My Liver Experience in the World of Cthulhu

Chapter 67 Changes outside the church
Time always passes very quickly when people are focused. When Kroun was tortured by hunger and ended the practice, the sun was already turning west.

Glancing at the golden wall, he found that after more than two hours of uninterrupted training, the flame breath had gained fourteen points of proficiency.

He has acquired a lot of skills and has summarized the proficiency growth curve, which is generally a parabola that opens downward.

The entry-level skills or the early stages of advancement will not bring rapid growth in proficiency.

Because the body's condition cannot adapt to the new exercise method at this time, after a period of running-in and understanding, the increase in proficiency will enter an explosive period.

When the explosive period reaches a peak, it will slowly fall back. The last few proficiencies of skill advancement are relatively difficult to get into.

This rule is particularly obvious in combat skills, and it is relatively easy to advance in knowledge-based skills.

Crown estimates that breathing skills will enter a period of rapid growth after reaching [-] or [-] proficiency levels. There is no need to worry if the progress is not fast enough at the beginning.

After thinking briefly about the training, he walked towards Nick who was standing on the edge of the field.

He had noticed it when the opponent stopped here 10 minutes ago, but at that time he was in good condition, and the opponent did not stop him and simply kept training.

"Come with me to the square. Seeing that you are not in the study, I guess you have read all the books, right?"

The priest looked a little worried, but his tone was very kind.

"Yes, after reading books for so many days, I feel like my whole body is rusty. I just came out to practice breathing techniques. Are you still worried about that group of infidels?"

"The evil thing created by refining flesh and blood has not come to harass or attack. It has been very quiet these days. It is very abnormal for this kind of evil thing to desire the flesh and blood of living creatures."

Crown nodded slightly. After these days of supplementing his extraordinary knowledge, he fully understood the habits of monsters created by this forbidden evil.

Fresh flesh and blood and the fearful cries of death are its favorite delicacies, especially emotionally-rich creatures like humans.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Then wait for me for a moment. I'll take a shower and change into clean clothes before coming back."

"Go and come back quickly," Nick handed over a small leather bag, "Just use this to replenish energy. Ordinary food is nutritionally deficient for warriors, and they need to eat a lot to replenish enough nutrients, which is a waste of time."

He took the things and opened them. He saw five bottles of No. [-] holy water: "Isn't it a bit wasted?"

Holy water has now begun to be reserved as a strategic resource. Based on his understanding of the priest's stinginess, it is impossible to use such resources to replenish people's physical strength unless it is absolutely necessary.

Nick grinned: "The production of holy water has greatly increased in recent days. If these resources can speed up our career growth, it is natural to use some."

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Crown returned to the room, took a quick shower, and put on clean clothes.

He returned to the training ground and walked outside the church with Nick. When he came to the square, he found that the place had changed drastically.

This place can no longer be called a square, wooden houses have been built, and many people are busy doing carpentry work.

Around the house, wooden piles were driven and a simple wall was built.

The wall is about three meters high, and a wooden frame is set up on the inside. Planks are laid on it. When an adult stands on it, half of his body is exposed.

In the middle is a gate covered with iron bars. On both sides of the gate, two wooden towers were erected, and a black oil lamp hung on each tower.

Grinning, he said: "This is a plan to stay here for a long time. If we had these things when the monster attacked last time, more people would be able to survive."

Nick laughed "haha": "It's just right now. If no one is killed or injured, many people will not feel the contrast and our efforts."

After thinking about the priest's words, Kroun found that this was really the case. Everything must be compared. Without experiencing the danger of death, most people would not know how to be grateful, but would take it for granted.He pointed at the tower and asked: "Why do we still need to hang up the oil lamp? Wouldn't it become an obvious target at night?"

"It's used to dispel the gray fog. This place is already at the edge of the holy fire's illumination range, and it's not safe enough at night."

"Don't oil lamps still need to be prayed to collect the light of faith to dispel the gray fog? Can these ordinary people also use it when they pray?"

The pure spirituality generated by his own promotion to transcendent prayer was still very weak, and he did not think that these mortals could charge this magical oil lamp.

"I added some holy water to it. Now our townspeople are very devout and the holy water production is very high." Nick smiled sincerely, "Go up to the tower and have a look."

Holy water is so omnipotent. Kroun thought and flew forward. He was as light as a swallow and climbed up the four to five-meter-high tower with just a few steps.

The roof of the building was only one meter square. There was a strong man holding a double-barreled shotgun and looking warily into the distance. When he saw him coming up, he hurriedly bent down to make way for the space: "Hello, Sir Knight."

He smiled and nodded, looking outside.

The trees within a certain range outside the fence were cut down cleanly, and sloping wooden piles were laid quite densely in the open space, leaving only a two-meter-wide path with sharp corners, and the wooden piles were sharpened.

He looked around the square and saw people patrolling the towers and inside the walls.

Jumping down from the tower, he returned to the priest.

"How about the defenses we built?"

"I think it's totally fine to deal with those mutated beasts."

Nick looked more serious: "Only the extraordinary can fight against the extraordinary. If evil things come out, it's up to us. Let's go back to the sanctuary. Tonight is the night of the full moon. We'd better not stay outside after the red moon rises." "

While the two were talking, there was a sound of "coo". Crown looked up and saw a black spot appearing in the sky quickly approaching the church.

"The church's letter has arrived, a few days later than expected. I'll go to the pigeon house to get the letter. You can tell Sheriff Hull to send more night watch patrols at night. He should be sleeping in the night watchman's hut at the moment."

After the priest finished speaking, he quickly ran into the church.

Crown followed him to the night watchman's hut.

There was loud snoring inside, and there were two wooden beds in the outer room, leaving a narrow passage.

He glanced at the people on the bed, found no target, and walked straight to the back room.

As expected, the patrol captain was lying here. He woke up the sleeping captain and informed him of Nick's instructions: "Captain Hull, the priest asked me to inform you that extra night watchmen will be sent tonight."

Seeing that the other party still looked completely awake, he repeated what he had just said loudly again, fearing that the other party would not pay enough attention and explained:

"More night watchmen must be arranged. For extraordinary people tonight, they need to deal with the erosion of evil spirituality. The priest and I will not take action unless it is absolutely necessary."

Hel was startled, his sleepiness disappeared, and he nodded hurriedly in agreement.

Seeing that he understood his current situation, Crown said goodbye and left: "Goodbye, may we forever be bathed in the glory of the Lord of Fire."

After he walked out of the hut, the patrol captain's roar came from the room: "Get up, everyone will participate in the vigil tonight. Yalu, you go and notify other members of the militia."

Crown continued to walk forward when a figure suddenly rushed out and blocked his way.

(End of this chapter)