Chapter 259: The Exorcist's Daily Life
Philip explained some of their work to Yan Xu, after all, they need to be together for the next month, it is best to let each other know first, in case of an accident, he will also be in trouble.
"Our job is very simple, we usually stay in the office during the day to answer the phone and comfort some frightened local residents, although most of the time they scare themselves, but sometimes it is inevitable that they will encounter something special, so we also need to visit the house when we have time to check and eliminate it in case of danger."
"Usually we can find something interesting to pass the time, but in the evening it is our working time, and we need to go around a few non-human gathering areas to see if they are in trouble, and we have to wipe their butts." Philip took out a map from his desk, and after reciting a few incantations, some special markings appeared on the map, apparently what he called the inhuman gathering area.
There are more non-humans in Europe than Yan Xu imagined, traditional vampire werewolves have their own leaders and territories, they will not go out easily, and they don't need to care, unless there are vampires or werewolves who run out to kill people, if you really encounter such a wave, you deserve to be killed by the exorcists.
In addition to these, there are hundreds of non-human species such as goblins, gnomes, trolls, banshees, ghosts, etc., in Europe, and there are also some descendants of gods, who are even more troublesome.
For these non-humans, there are extreme advocates to eliminate them all, but obviously this is impossible, because it is impossible to find the cause of these non-human beings, not to mention that except for some natural appearances in special environments, more non-human beings were human beings before, but they have non-human genes in their blood, because of the changes in the world that produce atavistic situations, in fact, their consciousness is still human, and they do not have the idea of harming human beings, and they cannot be eliminated as irrational monsters.
Well, these are just excuses, the main thing is that you can't beat it, not to mention the special creatures born naturally such as goblin trolls that can't be killed at all, unless you destroy the whole nature, don't think about cutting off the roots, and ghosts, this thing is simply a dead man, and if you want to completely eliminate ghosts, you have to destroy humans first.
The most important thing is that those non-humans with the blood of gods, or demigods, are powerful, not to mention, if you hit the small ones, you think the old ones will just look at them, and there are few gods in the European god system who are good-tempered, and there is absolutely no ambiguity when they should shoot.
Even at the current level of civilization, there is still no way to encounter natural disasters caused by the gods, but the casualties will be greater because of the population density.
In addition, compared to these non-humans who rely on blood to grow, exorcists not only need to be born with special talents, but also need to go through years of study and practice to become a qualified exorcist.
In fact, these non-humans are also poor people, they were originally good human beings, but they have become strangely shaped non-humans, and those with poor psychological quality have been imprisoned in a specially built prison by the Exorcist Guild, and the rest are disguised according to the regulations, and they still live in the way of human beings, after all, although their appearance is fundamental, but the human habits they have developed for decades have not changed, let them run to the deep mountains and old forests to lure the lost people to eat, it is better to die directly.
However, after all, the life form has changed, and the psychology will be somewhat affected, and the local exorcists must not only have to do psychological counseling, but also show force to make the other party have scruples, otherwise if they are driven by instinct, no one knows how much damage they will cause.
In the evening, after a few people finished eating takeout, Philip went to the garage to drive the car out and prepare to go on patrol.
The car is very ordinary, but Yan Xu feels that the car is covered with a layer of strange energy, and the biggest role is probably to resist the invasion of evil forces, and it should belong to props such as moving sanctuary, but because of the cost, it is a simple version.
The four of them were in the car, and White Mist had prepared some sandwiches and drinks, and it was clear that they needed to work late.
Along the way, Yan Xu and Philip talked easily, and exchanged some characteristics of encountering enemies, such as superpowered criminals and evil creatures, while Bai Wu kept his eyes closed, obviously scanning with his senses, and only Little Red Riding Hood was playing with his phone idly.
"Where to go." White Mist opened his eyes and said to Philip.
Philip's expression suddenly became a little solemn, obviously knowing what was wrong.
The car stopped outside an abandoned station, and Philip pushed open the door to let everyone in, while White Mist closed his eyes again as soon as he walked in, apparently doing something.
"White Mist is a rare psychic medium, her soul is inherently more powerful than ordinary people, even stronger than exorcists, so she can directly see and communicate with spirits, and is also our main source of information." Philip explained Bai Mist's behavior with his eyes closed, but Yan Xu was also very curious, and he was afraid that he was more powerful than an agent to inquire about the news with the spirit, and it was estimated that if the One-Eyed Man knew, he would definitely hire Bai Mist.
However, Bai Wu quickly opened his eyes, looked at Yan Xu strangely, and walked away a little, this time some fog quickly gathered around him, and there were some strange shadows shuttling in the fog, obviously unconscious spirits attracted by Bai Mist.
These spirits have lost the consciousness that most of them belong to humans, and some spirits do not even belong to humans, so they cannot get more complex information, only some simple fragments, which need to be judged by Bai Mist himself.
"Another wraith has spawned nearby." The white mist dispelled the attracted spirits, and came to Philip's side and said.
"This is the fourth wraith in three months." Philip frowned, it is normal and inevitable to have resentful spirits, but as long as they do not deteriorate, they generally won't cause much harm, after all, resentful spirits can only affect the spirit of human beings, and cannot directly harm human beings.
But the exorcist will not let it go, and will generally dispose of it, but the resentful spirit is not a leek, and there is still a stubble after cutting it, and there must be changes nearby that he doesn't know about, causing the nearby spirits to continue to become resentful spirits.
"We need to see that these charms are attached to the outside of your clothes, and they can temporarily ward off the damage that the spirits will do to you." Philip took out a stack of paper talismans and gave them to Yan Xu and Little Red Riding Cycle.
"Although the resentful spirit can't directly harm humans, it can make people have terrifying hallucinations, just like your psychic superpowers, and it is even more invisible, so it's better to stick it, after all, I can't beat you who are crazy." Because he was worried that Yan Xu, the heroes who had never been in contact with these spirits, didn't know how powerful, Philip also explained specifically.
"Aren't paper talismans only used in the East, are you a Taoist priest or an onmyoji?" Yan Xu took the paper note, saw the familiar crooked strokes on it, and said to Philip curiously.
"What you said was before, and now that the Exorcist Guild has been reorganized, it's no longer so clear." Philip was not surprised, after all, Yan Xu was a typical oriental face, and it was not surprising to know some things about Taoist priests and onmyoji.
From Philip's mouth, Yan Xu knew that all the information collected by Will was the old imperial calendar, after all, the books in his hand were also hundreds of years old at the earliest, not to mention that now is the time when the world is changing greatly, and many things cannot be according to the old calendar, otherwise they will have to make jokes.
These things are simply open among the exorcists, and Philip naturally doesn't need to keep it secret, not to mention that he has a good feeling for Yan Xu, so he explained it to him in more detail, after all, looking for resentful spirits is not something that can be found in a while.
In fact, the current exorcists have changed a lot from the traditional exorcists, and the main reason is that the number of exorcists who develop according to the traditional teaching apprentices is difficult to keep up with the growth rate of the dark creatures, so in addition to adopting more efficient new teaching methods, they must also unite against evil creatures, otherwise the exorcist group is likely to disappear.
Therefore, some things that do not involve the fundamentals are taken out and shared, increasing the strength and survival probability of the exorcists at the bottom, after all, the foundation of the exorcists is still these pink newcomers.
Although some core things will not be taken out, the more basic things are, the more widely used, such as the very convenient paper talisman in the East has become one of the standard preparations of the latest exorcist suit launched by the Exorcist Guild, and there are also multi-purpose labeled holy water, magic clothes with charms sewn on the inside, rune sticks similar to telescopic batons that can amplify the release of aura, and powerful rune guns, etc.
In addition, the many professions of exorcists are also simply divided into three categories, trait system, release system, and enhancement system, which sounds familiar.
A spirit medium like White Mist is a typical trait system, born with a powerful soul, able to attract spirits, and communicate with spirits, it can be said that every spirit medium is a natural treasure, and it is the target of countless people's peeps.
Of course, this is when she doesn't find her own spirit, and when she finds one that matches her spirit, she will become a psychic and have strong combat power.
Philip is the release system, he is a user of aura, and the active aura is easy to trigger, so after simple training, he can use aura to drive many exorcism props, and can increase the power of paper talismans, and is also the main force of exorcism.
As for the strengthening system, knights are a typical strengthening system, although they can't release spiritual power, but the spiritual power flowing in the body can greatly increase their strength speed and even recovery ability, and have no less destructive power than those with superpowers of the body strengthening system.
However, the strengthening system is also the most difficult to cultivate, because compared to the aura, the spiritual power is not active, it is more like a seed hidden deep in the body, and the initial method is to trigger the spiritual power through years of penance meditation.
But obviously this method is too inefficient, and few people can endure real penance, so the current method is to activate it by instilling spiritual power in people who have spiritual power. Of course, this method has side effects, and the biggest side effect is the lack of control, and at the same time, part of the potential is wasted, but unfortunately the high efficiency makes this method still mainstream.