My Liver Experience in the World of Cthulhu

Chapter 128

"Damn cultist bastards."Nick gritted his teeth and growled. He took out the holy water and poured it on the stone statue to clean up the dirt attached to it.

The two found the statue's limbs and put them back together, and then the priest recited a prayer.

After leaving the chapel, they walked quickly towards the backyard of the church. Crown looked around for a while and said, "The layout here is similar to the church in Zach Town."

The priest replied unhappily: "They are all standard buildings. The churches in the town were built using the same drawing. They are more or less the same."

Crown patted his companion on the shoulder and said: "The cultists have paid the price with their lives, and we have also avenged the people here."

"It's easy for them. The majesty of the gods cannot be trampled on. The souls of the leading cultists should be extracted and burned with holy fire for 100 years."

How to extract souls? I want to know. I would not feel any psychological burden if I use the souls of cultists or monsters to replenish my spiritual control power. Kroun thought silently, but did not ask after all.

They arrived at the priest's room in the backyard area with ease, and found that the passage into the church's underground was open. The glass of the copper lamp holder next to it had been smashed, and there was no place to stand on the ground.

Crown looked at the dark passage inside and frowned: "Are we running in vain?"

He carefully looked at the path under his feet and stepped forward to twist the lamp holder. The bookcase outside the entrance of the passage moved to close the passage.He twisted the lamp holder again, and the bookcase slowly moved away to reveal the passageway.

"The good news is that the mechanism isn't broken yet."

The priest came over, took off the lamp holder on the wall, fiddled with it a few times and said, "This can still be used."

He put his hand on the wick and the lamp was lit.

"It's so convenient." Croun looked envious. He couldn't create such an effect with the source of life. He had to use matches to light a fire.

"When you become a third-level flame fighter, you can do it too," the priest felt better and joked.

Crown bared his teeth: "Yes, I will definitely become a Flame Warrior. When I become a Flame Warrior, will you still be a second-level priest?"

"Definitely not. Since the red moon came to the world, the advancement of extraordinary beings has accelerated a lot. Before that, it would have taken at least decades to advance from the second level to the third level. Now it can take more than 20 years to advance. After the gray fog comes, , I can clearly feel that the rate of increase in my strength is accelerating again.”

A warm smile appeared on Nick's face and he continued:
"The second year after I became a second-level priest, I came to Zach Town and stayed there for three and a half years. I already felt that I had touched the threshold of advancement. Within two years, I could become a third-level strongman. . As for you, common sense says that we have to wait at least four to five years before there is any hope."

What you said is common sense, but I don't take the ordinary path. Kroun smiled back: "Tell me what rank the masters of Rhine City are now, so that I can gain insights."

"When I left, the strongest level was still level three. Now I don't know if I have broken through to the next level." Nick raised the lamp holder and walked into the passage.

"No way, there's only the third level?" Crown's eyes narrowed, and after adapting to the dim light in the passage, he continued to follow the priest down.

This information exceeded his expectations. In two months, he was promoted from an ordinary person to the level of a second-level transcendent. He originally thought that the urban area of ​​Rhine City, the largest diocese in the north of the Church of the God of Fire, would be as crowded as dogs with third-level ones. , the grand occasion of walking all over the ground on the fourth level.

Now it seems that the church may not be as strong as imagined.

"Yes, the strongest one is currently only level three," Nick said while walking in front of him cautiously, "Let me tell you some secret knowledge."

"The gods divide personal strength into three levels, namely extraordinary bronze, shining silver and holy mark gold. Those who have not advanced to extraordinary are called mudbloods.

Each level is divided into first, second and third levels. It is easiest for ordinary people to advance to extraordinary bronze. We often say that advancement is the sublimation of the essence of life. It is purely to put gold on one's face. The essence of our life is just slowly being transformed. Change.

But becoming the shining silver level is completely different. That is called the sublimation of the essence of life, and what is achieved is the jump of species. The old man said that the gap between the bronze peak and the newly promoted silver is larger than the gap between ordinary people and third-level extraordinary beings. some. "

Crown was shocked by the priest's remarks, but he was more concerned about the source of the other person's knowledge and asked: "Who is the old man? Did you learn this knowledge from 'him'?"

"Listen to the key points," the priest muttered. "You should be concerned about the bronze and silver levels. This knowledge is not top secret, and the high-level circles of the church know it."

"Isn't that right? Rhine City is the largest parish in the north. If the highest military force here is only the third level of bronze, then how far can the strongest military force of the kingdom reach? How high can the highest military force of the entire continent reach?
The gap in military force is so serious that this division of realms is meaningless. "

"The old man said that the strongest person in the church is the Pope, and his strength has reached the silver level, but he did not improve it through normal methods. As for the force fault, how do I know.

Many truths in history have been lost in time. There is some scattered evidence that the world is much larger than what we know now. Some researchers even claim that the continent we are on is just a larger island. There are many highly intelligent races recorded in the records. How many can you see now? "

"Did the gods send an oracle to explain what happened to cause this current situation?"

I really want to know. Nick was confused by the questioning and said angrily: "Stop asking, you just don't know. I asked the old man these questions, do you know how he answered me?"

The priest imitated a slightly older voice and said: "Only when you become a third-level transcendent and stand at the top of the bronze level will you be qualified to contact the reality of this world."

Crown smiled sarcastically and did not continue to ask.

You have to eat one bite at a time, and when you are able to do so, you will have answers to these questions.For him, the future is destined to be bright.

The two of them talked and quickly reached the bottom.

The priest opened the doors of several other rooms and found that they were empty. A mouse would cry when he saw them.They stood in front of the main door of the sanctuary, which was the same as the stone door of the Zac Town Sanctuary. It was gray-white, rough in texture, and carved with flame reliefs.

The stone door is inlaid with a diamond-shaped ruby ​​about half the size of a child's hand, and there are a few shallow white marks near the gem.

"These cultists didn't take away these two gems. Is it because they couldn't do it?"

"Of course, the purpose of building the sanctuary is to resist the invasion of evil gods. Its defense is integrated. To break the defense here, you need at least the top level three attack power."

Nick explained, took off the holy symbol on his chest, and pressed it into the circular groove on the stone door.

"Your Holy Emblem can actually open the sanctuary of this church?" Crown said in surprise. He thought the priest would have some more advanced means.

The priest answered matter-of-factly: "Yes, other priests' holy symbols can also open the door of the sanctuary in Zach Town. The sanctuary is a place of refuge. Wouldn't it be a mistake to be blind if you can't get in if your own people come?"

The ruby ​​on the stone door began to light up, and the crystal red light reflected on their faces.

The holy symbol began to rotate slowly in a clockwise direction.

"Click, click, click", the sound of mechanical gears turning echoed in the narrow corridor.

When the rotation of the Holy Emblem stopped, the priest took it out, and the stone door roared apart to both sides.

The two walked in casually. The priest touched a mechanism, and the place suddenly became bright as day.

In the corner of the square hall, there is a half-person-high silver square metal cabinet and two wooden cabinets.In the innermost part of the hall, stands a two-person tall pale golden angel statue.

They walked quickly to the angel statue, and Nick squatted down and began to rotate the stone basin engraved with flame patterns at the foot of the angel statue.

There is also half a basin of silver holy water in the stone basin. These are zero-grade holy water that has not been mixed with water.

"Click"

A crisp sound came. Nick moved the stone basin aside and took out two palm-sized silver metal boxes engraved with lush flowers from the round hole at the bottom.

He opened the two boxes, and golden light reflected from the inside, blinding the two of them.

It’s in stock, it’s not free!Crown was quite happy.

Nick poured the gold spirit coins in the box onto the ground and quickly counted them: "One pair, two pairs, 22 and a half pairs, you take ten, I take eleven, and give the rest to the church."

"Ah, do you still want to hand it in?"

The priest nodded: "The priest stationed here is in his 40s. He has several children. One of them is a pastor of the church and works in the logistics department, and the other is a Crusader soldier.

Sending a favor may not always be useful.There are still 24 gold spirit coins left, and the priests in the town's church generally don't hold that many. "

"Oh, okay", Crown nodded and took the silver box handed over by the priest.

The box is quite heavy to buy, and it should really be made of silver.

"This priest is so rich. Even the boxes he puts his things in are higher-end than ours. I remember our boxes are made of brass."

"There are many more residents in Peru Town than in Zach Town. The villages are concentrated near the town, and the efficiency of converting gold spirit coins is much faster than ours."

"Anyway, we have avenged the residents here, and we can feel at ease with some incense money." Crown put his share of gold spirit coins into the box.

He thought for a while, poured out the spirit coins, and returned the box to the priest: "If the children know that their father has two silver boxes, it will not look good if we only return one."

"Although the possibility is low, your words make sense." Nick took the box and reloaded the spirit coins.

Crane packed the gold spirit coins and went to the wooden cabinet to open it.

"There are also goods here, how to divide them?"

"Take half and divide it between us, and hand over the rest."

"okay."

While Nick was filling the holy water, Crown began to quickly take out the items from the wooden cabinet and place them on the ground in categories.

Most of them are herbs, as well as a few metal blocks and some monster materials.

(End of this chapter)