My Liver Experience in the World of Cthulhu

Chapter 131 Situation

"My hands are open to welcome my friends." Geralt bowed again and left gently. "Allen and I will keep vigil for the rest of the night."

Crown stared at the demon hunter's back as he disappeared, then turned around and said, "The situation in Rhine City sounds a bit complicated."

In his expectation, this should be a world dominated by the church. After all, it was supported by gods. But the meaning revealed in Geralt's words made him feel that the church was not the absolute ruler.

Nick said nothing and glanced around: "Del, you three go back to rest and prepare for the vigil in the second half of the night."

"Okay, Father", Del immediately stood up and left with Torres and Nelson.

After all the people who had eaten had left, Nick slowly said:

"It has been too long since the gods left the world, and the lifespan of mortals is short. Dynasties change, time sequences alternate, and it is normal for short-lived species to be unable to remember the power and glory of the gods. In the same way, they will not remember the world. The fear of falling into darkness and crawling in the shadow of the evil god.”

"In the past 100 years or so, the world has undergone great changes. The changes are far greater than the changes in the past thousands of years. After the red moon vision occurred, various churches decided after study to popularize some basic education so that more people can Mortals became excellent craftsmen, forging armor and building sanctuary fortresses for the church.”

"This change will first be implemented in large cities in each kingdom. If the experimental results are satisfactory, it will be promoted to all regions. Things went smoothly at the beginning. In less than ten years, the church has obtained a large number of outstanding people. of craftsmen.”

"The church found that the effect was very good, so it gradually promoted this reform to sub-level cities, and the original successful experience was constantly copied. Later, many guys who were useless in force but smart in mind appeared among mortals."

Nick spoke for half an hour, and Crown listened to a "History of Human Awakening."

Learning makes people progress, this sentence is also true in this world.

In order to meet the increasingly higher requirements of the church, mortals created various machines to replace the original cumbersome labor.

After the invention of the magical version of the steam engine, it gave wings to changes in the world.

Steam civilization is like a mad bull that breaks free from the reins held by the church and runs wildly in the wilderness of freedom.

How could the mortal group be willing to just be a tool in the hands of the church when they have great power in another dimension? They want more equality and respect.

They united with the natural blood people - the warlocks, and gradually gained the power to fight against the church.

The priest talked about the struggle in one word, but Crown understood that there was bloodshed and there was no power struggle without bloodshed.

Nick took a sip of water, cleared his throat, and continued:
"The current situation is that the church and the mortal organizations headed by the Warlock Guild have both cooperation and competition. Your Excellency Flanders is the archbishop who advocates cooperation. He believes that uniting all forces to fight against the approaching threat of evil gods is what the church should do things, so the situation in our diocese is much less severe than in other dioceses.”

Crown asked with a serious expression: "What is the situation in the entire kingdom?"

"His Majesty the Pope has a tough attitude towards other forces, but His Majesty the King's attitude is somewhat ambiguous."

"I understand, the kingdom as a whole has a tough attitude towards other forces," Crown nodded.

The Farouk Kingdom emphasizes the divine right of kings, and divine power is greater than royal power.With his ambiguous attitude, did the king see hope that royal power would override divine power?

So to put it this way, there must be undercurrents surging within the kingdom.

"What is the situation in other kingdoms, and what is the attitude of each church?"

"The pasture of the God of Knowledge in the neighboring kingdom of Rybia, the church there is happy to see this change. I don't know about the situation in other kingdoms, but I guess it is similar to Farouk."

The two chatted about the current situation until midnight when they changed guard with the demon hunter master and apprentice.

. . . .

The gray sky covering the earth gradually becomes as thin as a veil, and a red sun rises slowly, piercing the darkness of the world.When the sun spreads golden light, the gray fog that filled the sky and the earth quickly dissipated.

Facing the rising sun, Kroun started his homework without hesitation. A beautiful day started by visualizing the Golden Light Spell.

Nick rolled up the written pages and put them into a small bamboo tube and sealed them with wax.

He tied the bamboo tube to the gray pigeon's feet and then released the homing pigeon.The pigeon circled in a circle and flew into the distance with a cry of "coo". Under the sun, the pigeon's feathers were coated with a layer of gold.

The migrating team cooked their meals, packed their belongings, and set out on their journey again.

Nick stood at the front of the team on horseback and shouted loudly: "Dear residents of Zach Town, the journey is about to reach its end. We have made contact with the reinforcements in Cooks Town, and we will arrive in two days at most. destination."

"Okay, I'm exhausted these days."

"The days have finally come to an end."

There were smiles on the tired faces of the residents. After these days of continuous marching on the rugged mountain roads, everyone was exhausted.

Although they only traveled half a day each day, the food they brought could no longer sustain consumption. In the past two days, they could only eat wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger.

The large army set off, and Croun followed at the end of the team. The black kitten lay in his arms and enjoyed being stroked, while crows flew around nearby.

He has already thought of names for his two pets. The crow is called Fujin and the kitten is called Buster. They are both names with some origins, which can be regarded as commemorating the world in which they once lived.

Sitting leisurely on the horse, Crown was thinking about his plan of action to reach Rhine City.First he needs to pass the church's soul purity test, which he is not worried about at all.Long-term visualization of the golden light mantra made his spirituality tainted with the spiritual aura of the sun, and he was not evil at all.

As the proficiency of the Golden Light Spell increases day by day, the traces of spiritual pollution that increase daily in his body will be destroyed as soon as they appear.

He even felt that the pollution produced by evil spirits was decreasing every day, and the base of the hourglass of time was shining with golden light.

After passing the church's test, he will be able to obtain the second stage of flame breathing training method.

After obtaining the breathing method, he will steadily improve himself as planned in the past few days.

As for the situation in Rhine City, he doesn't need to worry, he just needs to stand firmly on the side of the church.

After Kroon completely finalized the plan, he stuffed Buster back into the beast bag regardless of Buster's protests.

He took out the bow string and installed it on the yew longbow. After adjusting the bow string, he turned back and said: "Del, you guys keep an eye on it first, I will ask Geralt to come back here to take over my job."

There was no way to visualize the Golden Light Mantra during the march, nor to practice breathing techniques and other skills. He planned to continue practicing archery.

Now the archery skills have advanced to the extreme. I don’t know what the specific conditions are to advance to the extreme level, but if I keep practicing and accumulate, I will eventually advance one day.

He felt that if his skills had reached their limit and he wanted to go further, what he needed was an epiphany.But without sufficient accumulation, you will never wait until the moment of enlightenment occurs.

"Okay, sir," Del agreed happily, swallowed his saliva and said, "I wish you a successful hunt."

"Why have you become a foodie?" Croun laughed and whistled, then urged the horse to run forward.

"Quack, quack", the crow Fujin quickly flew over his master's head and stayed with him.

. . . .

Thanks to super vision and Fujin's reconnaissance, Crown's attack range was much wider. Among the prey in the morning were two turtle doves and a deer.

They were about to join the reinforcements. This time, a few extraordinary beings did not eat alone. They divided the deer bones and meat, and all the residents drank the wild vegetable soup with a bit of meat.

In the afternoon, when Crown went hunting again, there were two more followers, and Allen and Del had to follow him.

Del watched as Crown shot an arrow at the big tree in the distance, and a black shadow fell from the tree.

He raised the bow in his hand and said somewhat dejectedly: "Hey, I haven't seen the prey yet."

Allen happily drove his horse forward to pick up prey.

"Sir, you cannot leave a beast without any deformity without killing it, including birds and animals."

"What, you still want to get a pet?"

"No," Del smiled innocently and scratched his head, "Janice wants a pet, and she even told me yesterday that she heard your pet crow shouting 'Yummy'. I think the child is too bored and may be hallucinating."

"These beasts are more or less mutated. They were very ferocious and violent when they were first caught. I fed them with talisman water for many days before they gradually got better." Crown said slowly, "I sold these talisman water to Jero. Special 10 gold shields each."

"Ah?" Del shook his head hurriedly, "Forget it, I'll talk to Janice."

His pocket is very clean now. He only has some silver coins and talisman water worth 10 gold shields each. He doesn't know how much he needs, and he can't afford it at all.

"When you can raise one in Rhine City, there should be pet cats and dogs there that are not contaminated by mutations," Crown continued:
"When I get there, I should be able to earn some extra money by working as a blacksmith. You can help me, and maybe you can earn money to buy talisman water."

The two have known each other for a long time, Del is a hard worker, and Kroon feels at ease hiring him as his underhand.

"Okay, thank you for taking care of me, sir." Del nodded hurriedly in agreement.

The three of them continued forward and came to a woodland on a hillside.

There were many shrubs in the forest, and there were many dry vines hanging on the trees, which was not suitable for riding horses. Crown took Allen into the forest, while Del looked after the horses outside.

"quack, quack"

Fujin hovered in the distance, chirping from time to time.

"Is there any prey over there? Walk quickly, walk quickly," Alan urged in a low voice.

He also now knew that once the crow started calling, it meant there was prey.

Crown arranged his bow and arrows, grabbed the little demon hunter who was about to run, and said, "Don't be anxious, walk slowly. It's not easy to chase the prey if you disturb it."

He fully understood what Fu Jin meant, and he called out twice quickly, indicating that there were two prey. The large circle of the circling trajectory indicated that the prey was not small.

If prey mutate only slightly, their dinner will be rich.

(End of this chapter)