My Liver Experience in the World of Cthulhu

Chapter 64 The Sanctuary
Nick showed an embarrassed and shy smile: "I originally thought that your growth would take time, and fighting evil creatures might distract me from taking care of you, so I decided on this distribution method."

"It turns out that you are fully capable of standing alone. Without you last night, I am afraid not many people in this church would have been able to escape."

"From now on, each of us will gain half the harvest from the battle." The priest leaned forward and said, "From now on, you will also have to pay a share of the expenses like those given to Geralt. The church is the final say between us."

Croun didn't expect the priest to give him this surprise, and his expression was a little unnatural. It was not authentic enough to secretly give away the spoils of war.

His embarrassment did not last long before he heard the priest continue: "All the spiritual essence this time belongs to you. I will teach you how to make spiritual coins later."

Nick's expression was very solemn: "Don't refuse. I don't have much to offer you for saving your life. I hope you won't take it too little."

He has become the second in command. How could Croun refuse? Interest bundling is really easy to use.He accepted it happily: "Thank you, Father, for your appreciation."

"According to the recently declassified documents sent by Hamfa, the first few years of the gray fog were the most chaotic and dark times. Once you get over it, things will gradually get better. Let us face the tide of the times together. , which is both a danger and an opportunity.”

Nick stood up and stood in awe: "May the Lord of Fire light our way forward."

This is the only bad thing about the church, which often shouts slogans. Crown also stood up in a hurry: "May the Lord of Flames illuminate our way forward."

He said "hmm" and asked a question that was deep in his heart: "Father, it will not be easy to survive these few years. If nothing else, wouldn't something like gray fog that can make people lose their minds corrode plants?" Really? Without food, animals have mutated, and we will starve to death, right?"

"You are wrong about this. The essence of gray fog is a spirituality that drives people crazy. For plants, they have no emotions. The spirituality that gray fog seeks will promote their mutation. Not only will food production not be reduced , but there will be a bumper harvest. More and more magic plants that were rare before will appear."

Nick explained with a smile: "After the first few years, the animals that are born again will also be able to adapt to such mutations. Their meat will be purified and can be eaten by extraordinary beings. What we have to do is to build a strong fortress camp. , resist the invasion of those crazy creatures at night, and resist the erosion of the dreams of the old rulers. Especially on red moon nights, try not to be exposed to the moonlight as much as possible."

This is the advantage of joining a powerful organization. It is relatively easy to obtain secret knowledge. Croun is glad that he did not run away in a bucket to avoid the debt of one hundred gold shields.

"Let's go." The priest picked up the leather bag and reached out to pat the young man on the shoulder. "I will take you to the sanctuary and tell you how to make spiritual coins."

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Nick stood up and rotated the lamp holder on the wall. The bookshelf next to him began to move to the left, revealing a downward hole, which emitted soft light.

This is a downward spiral staircase, and the two of them followed the staircase deep into the ground.

In the wall next to the stairs, a hexagonal brass lamp is embedded every few meters, emitting a soft milky white light.

The lamp is simple and elegant in shape, about the size of a baby's head, with a metal grid on the outside and very thin, highly transparent crystals between the grids.

After the two of them made a long circle, they reached the bottom of the stairs and stopped in front of two stone doors.

The stone door is gray-white in color, with a slightly rough texture, and is carved with flame reliefs.

Each stone door is inlaid with diamond-shaped rubies the size of half a child's hand.

At the level of Crown's eyes, there is a shallow circular groove.

Nick took off the Holy Emblem and pressed it into the groove, just filling the gap.

After a few seconds of waiting, the ruby ​​on the stone door glowed crystal clear, and the holy symbol began to rotate slowly in a clockwise direction.

The sound of "click-click" mechanical gears rotating echoed in the small space.

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

"Since the red moon came again, sanctuaries have been built under all the churches of the church to resist the crazy dreams," Nick said, stepping in.

Crown followed him and looked at the space inside.

This is a square hall with an area of ​​about sixty or seventy square meters. In the corner on the left hand side of the two people entering, there is a half-person-high silver square metal cabinet, and next to it is a group of light brown wooden cabinets as high as a person. , the wood has wavy curly tree grain.

The ceiling is a dome, about three meters high on the four sides, and at least four meters high in the center.

In the innermost part of the hall, there stood a pale golden angel statue two people tall.

The angel held a red flame-patterned stone sword in front of his chest in both hands. The tip of the sword did not touch the ground, but stopped about thirty centimeters above the ground.

A stone basin engraved with flame patterns was placed under the tip of the sword.

There is nothing else in the hall except these things, and it looks very empty. Many dim gray lines can be seen on the walls, floor, and dome.

Crown discovered that there was a huge eight-pointed star pattern on the floor of the room, with three cushions placed in the blank space in the middle of the pattern, and there were numerous lines on the walls and dome.

"This is the core place in the church. My badge is the key to the door of the sanctuary. The entire sanctuary is integrated. Don't try to use violence to open the door. When the sanctuary is attacked by an irresistible attack, it will self-destruct. .”

Nick pointed upward: "The room above is where we dissect the sheep-headed monster."

"The place of the Holy Baptism, I remember it was up there," Crown responded.

"Why, do you remember your one hundred gold shields?" The priest smiled brightly: "I tell you, I will not refund this money."

Crown couldn't help but smile. He shook his head. So many days had passed, and everything seemed like a lifetime ago.

The situation was completely different between the trepidation at the beginning of the time travel and the calmness and calmness of today.

"It's easy to make spirit coins. We have special machines." Nick walked to the silver cabinet in the corner. "Don't underestimate this cabinet. If you want to buy it outside, you can't buy it without a hundred spirit coins."

He pointed to the three buttons on the square top of the cabinet and said, "Press this green button to start the machine to load materials."

Nick pressed the corresponding button, and a palm-sized opening opened on the top of the cabinet.

He opened the skin bag in his hand and poured all the spirit essence into it:

"Click the blue button to let the machine start working. The red button is to forcefully stop the machine. You can learn it without using your brain."

Nick clicked the blue button, which made a "buzzing" vibration sound.

Crown bared his teeth and asked a question: "Spirit Coin is not just a currency, right? It should have other functions."

(End of this chapter)