Chapter 459 – Tong is Powerful
"Have you decided? Then go away!"
The clerk lady kicked Max immediately after he got the tool. Then, she closed the store and put up a ’close’ sign.
Once again, he could only stare at that without being able to respond. He sighed and looked at the notification. It seemed like he wouldn’t be able to buy anything yet with his 15 coins.
[Congratulations! Tutorial complete!]
[Objective: You have felt an Evil Spirit’s energy. Follow your instinct and exorcise it.]
The objective this time wasn’t really… useful. However, the kind of instinct a player had in this game was materialized as a blue fire. So, it wasn’t that hard to find the next objective.
To add to the dramatic effect, the environment also changed.
Mist suddenly appeared, rendering his vision. He could only see 3 meters ahead. The thick miss was clearly unusual.
In the middle of it, the blue fire pointing to the next objective could still be seen clearly, adding an eerie effect to the game.
"It seems my tong will be useful immediately. Let’s try it against this evil spirit."
— Exorcist Tong isn’t a normal Tong!
— Watch out, Evil Spirit! This Tong will grab and exorcise you!
— One evil spirit barbeque incoming!
— I’d like it spicy, please. Make it hot!
— Dude, are you turned on by an evil spirit? Damn, you’re a nasty one. Me too!
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As usual, the chat was unhinged.
Max followed the blue fire that led him out of the market. He was led to the park where he met the man from earlier.
Exorcist’s instinct was sharp. Enough to feel an evil spirit a few meters away. And with each exorcist tool they possessed, their strength would increase.
And a gamer’s instinct to guess the storyline was also sharp. He had a tingling at the back of his head.
"Say, guys. We won’t fight the man from earlier, right?" He hesitantly asked the chat about his premonition. "My gamer instinct is tingling." Nôv(el)B\\jnn
— 1st rule! Don’t say spoiler!
— 2nd rule! Don’t backseat!
— 3rd rule! Laugh if Breeze makes a mistake!
— 4th rule! Harass him if he die
— That’s good, people. We need to hold this brotherhood maidenless creed
"..."
That didn’t tell him anything useful. He sighed as he entered the park.
What Max forgot was that his gamer instinct wasn’t as good as other people. The guide went past the park, making him look like a fool for asking that question earlier.
In fact, the chat made fun of him for being so confident that he would fight that man. He was embarrassed and grumbled about it.
"Forget about that." He said, pretending not to care. "Where am I going, anyway? I am on the outskirt of the city now. What’s in here is just… church." His words trailed as he looked at the church in front of him.
The blue fire guided him inside through the broken entrance. Surrounded by mist, the abandoned church looked like a perfect place for a battle against evil spirits to unfold.
"Yeah, no way. This is surely the place. I am 100% sure of it this time. Not because of my non-existent gamer instinct but because this is a normal plot for a horror game and movie."
— Right, right. You got tricked earlier, Breeze. Be more careful.
— lol, we are rooting for you. Exercise that evil spirit!
— It’s Exorcise, not Exercise. What are you going to do with that evil spirit? Sprint?
— It better be a ghost girl so we can sprint together
Max narrowed his eyes slightly upon reading that last sentence. Then, he smirked at the camera while walking.
"Poor you, having to spring with a ghost girl. I hope you have good stamina." He said in a mocking tone, earning laughter from the chat.
— Poor Stinky, getting roasted by Breeze
— Such a savage dude
— Breeze!
Entering the church, Max held his new Exorcist Tong in his hand and the Tarot Card in the other. He slowly approached the center of the church and looked around.
At that moment, a cold wind blew inside the church from all directions. Max shivered as he tensed. The evil spirit surely appeared, as a game notification popped in front of him.
[New objective! Defeat the low-level wind evil spirit!]
A ghostly moan resounded within the church. Max didn’t waste any time. He waved the card in his hand. An energy ball formed in front of him and shot forward. The Tarot Card lost its color.
It hit something, and Max used the Tong to grab it. A large energy tong appeared in the air and grabbed something invisible.
Max pulled it and threw it toward the ground. When it landed, the transparent evil spirit revealed itself.
A monster with an elongated head, slim body and blue skin.
"Zuzuzu!" It moaned.
The said evil spirit struggled out of the tong, but it was unable to move.
"Hahaha! You won’t escape my tong!" Max laughed maniacally as he stepped on the evil spirit’s head to keep it in place.
— Oh god, Breeze is so savage!
— He tortured the poor evil spirit! With a tong
— Poor evil spirit lol, don’t worry bro.
— Now I want to use Tong myself
— Look at Breeze waving that tong. He looked like an evil chef lol
Max ignored the chat and waved the Tarot Card in his hand. It had regained its color, meaning he could use it again.
"Die, evil spirit!"
He fired the energy ball toward the evil spirit held by the large tong. It instantly obliterated it, leaving only dust particles behind.
Another notification appeared.
[New objective! Report to the Exorcist Headquarter.]
Max looked at it while grinning.
"Tong is so powerful." He looked at the tong in his hand and laughed evilly.
— Tong is power
— Tong is Savage
— Tong is Powerful
— Tong is better than the Legendary Stick
— Guys, stop saying Tong. I know you loves it
And so, another objective finished. The MVP was the tong that held the evil spirit, rendering it unable to do anything.
He walked out of the church with his hand inside his pocket. He quite enjoyed this overpowered feeling inside the game, which made him forget that this was all just a part of the tutorial and not the main story yet.