My Liver Experience in the World of Cthulhu

Chapter 266 Cultists in the Andes

Lannister sat in the arranged guest room with a look of pain on his face.

It's true that he has reached the silver level now, but giving out gifts worth about two thousand at once makes me feel like my heart is bleeding.

"I can only go back to the headquarters to apply for reimbursement, but there is no proof for giving gifts, so there is no need to argue."

After thinking about it carefully just now, today's situation cannot be blamed on Feikat's intelligence work.

With the detection spell newly learned by the third-level warlock, it should be normal for him to make mistakes. He himself only realized that the target had advanced to silver when he was very close.

However, it's too late to say anything now.

Lannister knew that Fekart's use of detection spells must have been exposed, otherwise he would not have given out expensive gifts directly.

The original plan was to obtain the formula and take it back to Xideni Island for mass production. Now if you want to obtain the potion, the only way to get it is through normal transactions.

As a result, the price paid is much more expensive.

After pouring out the discarded talisman water from the crystal bottle, Kroun poured another bottle of pure heart talisman water into it.

If it is a transaction, transporting the potion back to the headquarters of the Warlock Brotherhood is very time-consuming, and a large amount of potion must be stocked before a round trip is necessary.

As for melting the soul into the core of the magic circle, there is no need to practice, it must be successful once.

With his current forging skills, he could quickly understand 70% to 80% of the blueprints.

The crystal bottle doesn't look big, but the talisman water in the bowl is poured in completely, and the crystal bottle is still not full.

A blue spiritual light flashed on the bottle, and a black spiritual body floated inside, which was the spirit of the deer-headed spirit.

After carefully reading the forging notes twice, he put away the drawings. There were some things that were not very clear, and he planned to leave them to figure out tomorrow.

The shape of the spirit is constantly undergoing small changes, but the pair of antlers like thick tree branches have always been particularly conspicuous.

. . . .

He must meet with the liaison officer at the Hamers City office and ask him to report the current situation to the headquarters. He also needs to return to Rhine City to visit the archbishop of the lower diocese.

Closing his eyes and visualizing the golden light spells of the two Great Zhoutians, he regained his energy and took out a fist-sized rune crystal bottle.

If you were still a third-level transcendent, you might have some chance to 'persuade' the archbishop to let him speak for you.

He capped the crystal bottle and sealed it again.

There is only one soul in hand, and there is no room for error.

The soul of the deer-headed spirit who wants to leave falls into the ocean of Fu Shui, rising and falling like a drowning man.

Crown found a bowl as big as half a football, poured the golden light talisman water into the bowl, and stopped after pouring more than half of the bowl.

He has extreme forging skills, and the chance of making a mistake is very small, which is also his confidence.

Crown observed the changes in the crystal bottle and continued to add talisman water into it.
The purification of the deer-headed spirit's soul was more difficult than he expected. With his current ability, he consumed twenty-one pieces of golden light talisman water to complete the purification.

. . . .

He has gotten this blueprint for a long time, but because there is still room for improvement in his forging skills, and because he suffered a lot after the soul infusion failed, he has only briefly understood it, and today is the first time he has studied it seriously.

The originally slow-moving deer-headed spirit spirit reacted immediately and floated towards the mouth of the crystal bottle.

He held up the big bowl steadily with his hand, and the golden talisman water poured into the crystal bottle like a waterfall.

After purification, the spirit's size is one-third smaller than before, and the black color on its body has completely disappeared, and now it turns into a faint blue color, with a golden stream of light shining on it.

That night, Crown did not return to the mansion. A silver warlock stayed at the church and he needed to stay behind.

From the outside, the talisman water in the crystal bottle is constantly decreasing, and this spirit is like a sponge, constantly absorbing the talisman water.

In the drawings, the most difficult part is to perfectly integrate the materials that make up the magic circle into the weapon, and at the same time melt the soul into the core of the magic circle.

The airship transporting supplies will arrive in Hamers City tomorrow. He will inform the person in charge of the church about what is happening here and ask the archbishop to come.

For him, the most technical step is to make no mistakes in the process of casting the soul. Any slight mistake will lead to failure.

Crown studied the drawings and kept taking notes. He planned to wait until the Archbishop arrived and solved the problem of the Silver Warlock before starting forging.

Crown found the drawings of soul-infused weapons and began to study them.

The color of the talisman water is getting lighter and lighter, and the same is true for the black color of the soul.

But compared to other top blacksmiths, Crown's success rate will be much higher.

He knew in his heart that this warlock had some evil intentions, otherwise he would not have generously given away two pounds of mithril, but the other party had no substantive actions, and he could not start a war just because he felt that others had malicious intentions.

The airship had just left Hamers City in the morning, and another airship landed in the afternoon.

Others must prepare a purification circle if they want to purify their spirit bodies. For him, there is no need to be so troublesome.

Two days later, in the afternoon.

He decided to practice with other materials first. If he could perfectly integrate the magic circle into the weapon, he would be successful.

Then, he released the spiritual seal of the crystal bottle and opened the bottle cap.

Based on his current understanding of the Golden Light Curse, the Pure Heart Talisman Water can also play a role in replenishing spiritual consumption.

The headquarters attaches great importance to this potion. He will stay here to discuss a plan, and the transaction volume must be increased.

Lannister was thinking about the rank of the Archbishop here.

Flanders got off the airship, took a carriage to the central church, and met Lannister.

In the conference room, all the bishops of Hamers were present.

Lannister was shocked. The Archbishop of the Rhine City Diocese also advanced to Silver, but the Brotherhood branch also had no information.

'Is this the gap? The entire Warlock Brotherhood only has two Silver-level warriors. We are ecstatic and believe that it is not far away to have the power of the major churches.

After all, only the popes of various churches stand in the silver rank, but in Rhine City, I actually saw two strong men in the silver rank. '

For a moment, Lannister felt a little depressed.

Flanders said: "Your Excellency came to Hamers Parish privately and was at odds with me."

Before meeting the Silver Warlock, he had already understood the situation in detail.

Normally, if a transcendent of this level enters the territory of the church, he must report to the Holy See.

The powerful man standing at the top of the world can cause too much damage.

"The Brotherhood Headquarters wants to contact Mr. Crown as soon as possible to obtain more golden elixirs. Frankly speaking, we are worried that reporting to the Holy See will hinder the transaction, so we have to take this step and send me here to meet secretly."

Lannister also knew that he did not follow the normal steps, because his original intention was not to conduct a friendly transaction.

It's just that he found that he couldn't complete his original plan at all. He was caught by a transcendent of the same level and had to go to the stage.

But he didn't panic because he didn't really take action and caused no harm to anyone.

Although his behavior is indeed inappropriate, it can be excused. These are all diplomatic issues.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Pope Oster, the Lord of Fire, does not have much goodwill toward the Brotherhood.

His secret contact with Croun was a matter of course.

Under the premise that the spiritual concentration of the world continues to increase, all forces face a common enemy, so it is unlikely that a strong conflict will break out between human forces.

All forces are very restrained, which is why the Brotherhood headquarters wants to obtain the potion formula but is not prepared to harm the inventor.

Flanders was unmoved: "The process still needs to be followed. You suddenly appear here now, which makes it difficult for me to handle it. In any case, you need to explain the situation to the Pope."

He knew that private contact with Silver-level warlocks would cause the Pope's displeasure.

The archbishop glanced at the people in the conference room. They were all his own people here and said softly:
"You don't need to mention your transaction, but you must report your whereabouts to the Holy See."

"Can't we discuss it? I have always heard the warlocks in the branch talk about your views on 'uniting all forces to jointly resist the evil god'."

Flanders did not want to talk more: "The process cannot be abandoned. Your Excellency, please prepare to return to Rhine City with me tomorrow."

Hearing the Archbishop's refusal, Lannister nodded helplessly: "Understood, Your Excellency."

He couldn't figure out that Flanders had agreed to trade with the Brotherhood. If he reported it to the Holy See, he was worried that there would be other twists and turns.

. . . .

The Lannister left the meeting room and returned to the guest chambers of the church.

Crown asked: "Archbishop, what happened?"

He understood that the Archbishop had no objection to the Golden Light Potion transaction, but based on the Pope's attitude, it would be difficult for the Silver Warlock to stay in Faruk Kingdom for a longer period of time.

Since you are not opposed to the transaction, how can you expel the other party in disguise? There must be something else going on.

Flanders smiled bitterly: "Things have changed. The airship detected anomalies in the Andes Mountains, and quite a few pagans gathered there.

These pagans are very deformed and obviously very seriously contaminated by evil gods. "

As soon as his words came out, the expressions of others suddenly changed.

Nick frowned and asked eagerly: "How far is the enemy from Zach Town? How many people have been detected?"

The town of Zac is the northernmost point of Faruk's kingdom, adjacent to the Andes Mountains. The situation is so critical that the entire Rhine City is facing the threat of war.

This is not the most worrying thing. They once thought that the changes in gray fog came from the depths of the Andes, rather than being blown in from the ocean by monsoons.

If the city of the evil god rises from the west coast of the ocean against the Andes, then things will be very troublesome.

The Rhine City Parish had to be wary of both the enemies in Lorente and the enemies from the Andes, so it was inevitable that it would fall into a two-front battle.

Although the population is now beginning to explode, more and more extraordinary beings are being born, and many extraordinary beings have gone a step further and become higher-level extraordinary beings, the fighting power of those descendants of the evil god is very powerful.

Fanny also asked: "Have you found the Evil God City?"

Flanders shook his head: "The weather is bad now, winter is coming soon, the airship cannot cross the towering Andes Mountains, there is no way to know the situation on the west coast, and no one knows whether there is an evil city.

The place where the cultists gather is very far away from Zac Town. The straight-line distance is about 300 kilometers. There are currently about 30,000 to 40,000 people. It will snow soon. In this weather, marching will be very difficult.

I am not worried that the Rhine City will be attacked now. The harsh winter will deter all enemies. The ice and snow coupled with the biting cold wind will force the march to be buried in the wind and snow.

But when the ice melts and the snow melts next year, the situation we will face will be very serious, and we must be prepared to fight on two fronts. "

"In this case, we must ask for the support of the Holy See."

Crown's teeth were a bit sore, and he might not have much time left to develop peacefully.

"I originally wanted to wait until next spring to go to the Holy See, but it seems I can't postpone it. I'm already contacting old friends, and in half a month, a few of us with silver ranks will go to the Holy See to obtain the next stage of knowledge."

Flanders has been in contact with the archbishops of other dioceses who have become silver-ranked. The archbishops of other dioceses want to see if a new silver-ranked archbishop will be born after waiting for a few months.

Now it seems that we can no longer wait. The Rhine City will definitely face a war tomorrow spring, and the Holy See must send more friendly troops.

Crown understood the reason why the Archbishop had treated Lannister so coldly just now. It was very unfavorable to arouse the Pope's suspicion at this time.

However, thinking about being able to obtain more extraordinary knowledge, he was still very happy. He responded:
"Understood, Your Excellency."

Flender nodded slightly, with a smile on his face:

"During this period, you need to prepare more military supplies and store more food supplies to prepare for the war."

With three silver-level experts in the parish, he was actually very confident. The only thing he was afraid of was the massive casualties of ordinary troops.

He decided to let go of the restrictions on the repeating firearms studied by the Oddities Association and create a batch of spares.

Cultists are still flesh-and-blood creatures, and a large amount of bullets poured out by a gun in a short period of time can block the enemy's attack. The only thing that needs to be paid attention to is that the person who controls the gun must be a transcendent.

Extraordinary people have stronger will resistance and can resist spiritual pollution.

Otherwise, it would be a disaster if soldiers killed each other with such firearms.

Fanny nodded and said:

"I will arrange other supply matters, but the blacksmith shop needs to be operated at full capacity, and Mr. Crown has to work hard."

A smile appeared at the corner of Kroun's mouth:
"No problem, I have news here. Now that there are two more senior blacksmiths in the blacksmith shop, my job is relatively easier."

Not only that, the other two blacksmiths who received training in the blacksmith shop have steadily improved their skills after a lot of practice.

Before long, the blacksmith shop will have four senior blacksmiths.

In a state of war, weapons and armor will be consumed in large quantities, and Crown will have more sources of income.

The only worry is that the high-intensity fighting cannot continue forever, otherwise the church's finances will be tight.

Maybe the church will give up in the end, but the production of weapons and equipment cannot be stopped. We can only pray that this situation will not happen.

Crown needed to produce more high explosives in order to make more shells.

(End of this chapter)