Arcane Exorcist

Special Grade

“Alright, what are we waiting for, let’s go already,” Adam said, rolling his eyes.

“No problem man,” Drake said, igniting the car’s engine. Without further hesitation, Drake drove the car, exiting the Bureau’s Headquarters at high speed.

While inside the car, Adam glanced into the side mirror, trying to check on Cassie. This didn’t go unnoticed, as Cassie seductively winked at Adam, pulling her bright brown hair in a childlike manner. Seeing her sudden change of attitude, caused Adam to scoff as he removed his attention.

“Seriously, did you just scoff at me?” Cassie exclaimed in annoyance.

“What is it now Cassie?” Drake inquired, rolling his eyes.

“Hey dumbass, I wasn’t talking to you, Damnit!” Cassie angrily erupted.

“I’m talking to Adam!” …

Despite her incessant rants, Adam remained indifferent as he slowly got lost in his thoughts.

“Are you even listening to me?” Cassie inquired.

“Just cut it out, Cassie!” Drake complained.

“Fine!” Cassie angrily snorted.

“Phew…… She has finally calmed down!” Adam thought to himself.

“Sometimes you can be really difficult” Drake whispered.

“I heard that!” Cassie said, glaring at Drake with wicked intentions. “Who are you calling difficult?” She inquired, trying to strangle Drake.

“No one, I was talking to myself!” Drake exclaimed in fright.

“Good!”

Later on,

[6:10 P.M],

Abandoned Sector 4,

Outskirts of New Chrisland City,

A Black SUV was seen parked close to a nearly demolished building, with the three youths casually exiting the vehicle. Adam, Drake, and Cassie began their mission, which was to eliminate the Primes that were detected around the area. As soon as they stepped out of the car, they sensed an ominous energy emanating from the Eastern part of the area.

“Did you guys feel that?” Drake said, staring towards the East.

“Yeah!” Cassie replied.

“Let’s go” Adam calmly said, waltzing towards the area where the grotesque energy originated.

Shortly after, they intercepted five Grade-B Demon-Class Primes. The Prime’s were three times larger and taller than an average adult male. Since they were Demon-Class, The Prime’s resembled actual Demons.

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Primes are categorized into six distinct grades: Grade E, Grade D, Grade C, Grade B, Grade A, and Special Grades. The assignment of grades is based on both the quantity and quality of Mana each prime possesses.

As their grades ascend, the challenge of exorcising them rises exponentially. The classification of each prime into these grades is determined by the unique force that played a role in their transfiguration.

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“There they are!” Drake said, assuming a fighting stance.

“Alright Adam, what are your orders?” Cassie curiously inquired.

“Just stand down, I’ll handle this on my own,” Adam said, placing his hands inside his pockets, casually strolling towards the Primes, completely unfazed.

“What do you mean you’ll handle this on your own?” Cassie erupted.

“Leave him,” Drake said abruptly, staring into Cassie’s eyes.

“Alright!” Cassie agreed, nodding her head in affirmation.

They both stared at Adam, as he prepared to fight Five Demon-Class Primes all on his own. He still had his hands in his pockets, showing great confidence in his abilities.

Fueled by anger and determination, the Primes launched a coordinated assault, unleashing a torrent of dark energy that raced through the air and scorched the few remaining water vapors. Aggravated, they proceeded with a synchronized attack, literally puking out an immense amount of devilish-looking energy. The blast traveled rapidly, ravaging through the air, literally boiling the few water vapours left suspended in the air.

It wasted no time and raced across the terrain, finally detonating upon eminent contact with Adam.

“Did it get him?” …

“Why are you asking me?” Cassie answered, smacking Drake in the head.

“That wasn’t necessary,” Drake said, caressing his bumped head.

Meanwhile,

The debris from the explosion slowly diffused into the air, revealing an ominous pitch-black figure. The figure stood perfectly still and unfazed as literal darkness emanated from its body, slowly revolving around it. The dark figure walked casually toward the Demon-Primes after noticing that the debris had finally dispersed.

“Attacking an opponent before they’re even ready, how cowardly!” The figure said, as the darkness that revolved around it gradually vanished, revealing a familiar stoic face. He was perfectly fine, which meant the attack from The Prime was an utter failure.

“He’s alright!” Drake cheerfully exclaimed.

“For attacking me, you die!” Adam said, directing his immense bloodlust towards the Demon-Primes. Despite this, Drake and Cassie were still affected by his release.

Without warning, Adam's body suddenly became dark and immaterial, resembling that of a shadow. He repeatedly vanished and reappeared across short distances, heading straight towards the Primes. All of a sudden, he was nowhere to be found, stunning not just the ghastly creatures he was about to collide with, but his mates that stood far off, watching the entire scenario from the sidelines.

“Now, you’re done!” Whispered a dark, stoic voice.

Before the Primes could even react to the sound of the voice, their bodies were instantaneously ripped apart into minced-up bits of flesh, guts, and dark oozing liquid. Mangled parts scattered and rained down to the ground, releasing an offensive odour that could induce people to regurgitate.

“Disgusting!” Adam nonchalantly said, walking towards his colleagues, who were still dumbstruck. They soon noticed that Adam still had his hand in his pocket throughout the entire assault.

“This proves it, this guy isn’t a Tier Three Exorcist.” Drake thought.

“He just keeps surprising me,” Cassie thought as well.

“Hmm…Seems like there shocked. Did I go overboard, nope. I just used a Rapid Shadow Movement, there’s nothing special about that” Adam thought, stroking his chin.

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The technique of Shadow Movement, also referred to as Shadow Submergence, involves Adam using his shadow to effortlessly teleport to any dark location over long distances.

The Rapid Shadow Movement, as its name implies, is an enhanced version of the previous technique. In this advanced form, Adam completely transforms into a shadow-like being, smoothly vanishing and reappearing reflectively but only over short distances. Unlike the regular Shadow Movement, which utilizes a minimal amount of Yin (negative) energy, the Rapid technique requires a significant amount of energy consumption.

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“Also, what I just pulled off isn’t something a Lowly Tier Three Exorcist can do. If not for that bastard, Xavier, delaying my promotion, I’m supposed to be at a Tier Four level or maybe higher” He thought to himself, sensing a strange energy release.

He immediately turned around, facing the scattered corpse of the dead Primes, easily spotting five crimson-coloured crystals levitating in mid-air. Around the crystals, were the minced-up body parts of the Demon-Primes. It seemed like they were regenerating their entire body.

“Damnit, I forgot to destroy their Mana Source” Adam cursed, pointing his right hand towards the ongoing regeneration, forming a dark orb. The orb divided itself into five smaller balls. The tiny balls of darkness, rapidly changed their overall shape, forming tiny spikes.

“What a waste of Yin energy,” He said, clenching his right fist, the Dark energy spikes towards the Primes’ Mana source.

With pinpoint accuracy, Adam’s attack struck the five crystals simultaneously, shattering it to pieces. Shattering their Mana source instantly discontinued the regeneration process and further caused the corpses of the dead primes to dissolve into nothingness.

“Wow!” Drake blurted staring solemnly at Adam.

“That was amazing!” Cassie commented.

“Whatever you say, let’s just go back to H…” Adam said as he suddenly felt an immense pressure. Not just him, Cassie and Drake felt the strange energy that instantly froze them in place. They didn’t just feel the energy but they could also see the flashes of grotesque energy, dancing haphazardly in the atmosphere.

Cassie and Drake stared at each other and simultaneously exclaimed “Special Grade!”.

“Not just one, they’re two of ‘em!” Adam blurted as his body involuntarily shivered.

“Damnit!” He cursed. “ We’ve got to get out of here!” He yelled at Cassie and Drake who were presently in a self-induced trance.

“The energy is coming from a nearby sector,” He said, noticing a sudden spike in the energy wave. The trio felt a drastic energy pulse which sent them to their knees.

“This is fucking absurd…Whatever those things are, they’re not special grades. They’re something worse…… Shit, I’ve got to move,” Adam said, struggling to get back to his feet.

After a period of trial and error, he finally regained a little bit of strength, staggering towards an unconscious Drake and puking Cassie.

“Come on, we’ve got to get out of here,” He said, lifting Cassie to her feet while carrying Drake on his shoulder. Staggering for a few metres, Adam finally reached the location of their SUV, which was currently imploding on itself.

“Damnit….. Damnit….. Damnit” Adam cursed in frustration. He saw a building that was still standing erect despite the destructive energy wave. He staggered towards the building, entering without hesitation.

Inside the building, he placed Drake and Cassie on the floor, and he immediately fell butt-first to the floor.

“Fuck this shit!” Adam cursed.

After awhile,

[6:40 P.M],

Abandoned Sector 4.

Drake and Cassie slowly woke back to reality, immediately after the strange energy surge died down. They saw Adam, earnestly staring out the window.

“You Idiots are finally awake!” Adam said.

“What happened?” Cassie confusedly said.

“Fuck, my head is aching me!” Drake said caressing his head softly.

“You guys passed out” Adam replied.

“What were those things?” Drake curiously asked.

“I don’t know,” Adam said, furiously frowning. “Let’s go check it out!” He added.

“Are you mad bro?” Drake angrily erupted, staggering towards Adam.

“Did you feel the amount of energy coming out from those things, we can’t handle them” He roared.

“And don’t you think I know that!” Adam replied.

“Then why? Right now, we should head back to the Bureau” Drake commented.

“Do what you want. I’m not forcing any of you to come with me” Adam said, quietly exiting the building. “Besides, the information I could get from this will be extremely valuable” Adam promptly added.

Cassie slowly got back to her feet, staring earnestly at Adam “Wait, I’m coming with you”.

“Cassie!” Drake exclaimed.

“Adam’s right, the info we could get from this will be extremely useful in our research,” Cassie said, walking towards Adam who was waiting patiently by the door.

Within Drake, he was torn into two parts. One part compelled him to follow his colleagues while the other told him to back down. This mental tug-o-war continued for over a minute, with him contemplating his two options. Finally, he decided on what to do as he exclaimed “Fine, I’m coming with you”.

“Like I said earlier, do what you want!” Adam calmly said.

Minutes Later,

[7:20 P.M],

Abandoned Sector 5.

Adam, Cassie, and Drake stood tall in a massive crater with an unconscious, naked young male, lying at their feet.

“Let’s take him back to the Bureau, Xavier will know what to do!”