Chapter 154, Heartfire Magic Dagger, Blessing Ceremony of the Church of Saturn

Kil looked at the magic dagger carefully.

Heartfire, this is the name of this dagger. The thing itself was taken from the mistress of a high-ranking chamber of commerce who was hiding in the mezzanine of a building when he was cleaning up the rebel chamber of commerce a few days ago, and was later given to Knight Crow as the spoils of that operation.

It's funny to say that the mistress of the high-ranking member of the Chamber of Commerce who was using the dagger was clearly holding such a powerful magic weapon in her hand, but Kiel approached her step by step and knocked it to the ground with a wave of her hand.

It didn't have any real effect at all.

Because at that time, Keir could tell at a glance that the man had never killed anyone, and he was not a determined gangster, but just a pampered woman.

Even if she brings her own children with her, she cannot fight fiercely when facing hunters like a mother beast with cubs in the wild.

The blade of the Heart Fire Dagger is made of pure red unknown material, like fire and blood.

The twenty-centimeter-long dagger body is straight and has edges on both left and right sides. It is considered a fairly standard dagger style. The gauntlet is much more gorgeous. The cross gauntlet is made of a gold-like alternative metal. A red magic gem is inlaid on both sides of the center of the glove. However, the manufacturer is not too picky in the selection of magic gems. One side is a A round unpolished magic ruby, and on the other side is a finely polished drop-shaped magic ruby.

The handle was forcibly wrapped with a dark red metal wire. Kil pressed it with his fingernail and found that this dark red unknown metal was slightly elastic and not tough. It was suitable for wrapping the handle. I use it, but I don’t know what other functions are behind it.

Finally, there is a larger gem on the base at the end of the handle, but this gem is not a ruby, but a red stone that Kiel doesn't know much about.

"That is pigeon blood stone. I heard that it is a kind of gemstone that is naturally produced after the blood of flying monsters drips onto the stone. It has a certain amount of magical power."

Baron Kendall is very knowledgeable about these magic props. He has probably played with this dagger in the past few days, so he is familiar with this magic dagger.

"After you go back, find time to try the first two methods in addition to the third method of use. See its strength. Use it and make it a boost for your trip."

Having said this, Baron Kendall raised the hangover drink in his hand like a drink: "If you can successfully complete this trip, Keir, then it will be yours, haha, how about my help."

Keir immediately thanked the Baron for his generosity.

He excitedly took this magic dagger in his hand and played with it. He held the instruction manual for this magic weapon in his left hand, and in his right hand he held the gorgeous magic dagger between his fingers and kept turning it.

"Be careful and remember that when you come into contact with the magic dagger, don't actually recite the commands to activate it when there is no battle."

Knight Crow scolded Kil because he saw that Kil's lips were mumbling words and his fingers occasionally came into contact with the magic gem on the dagger when he turned it.

This is really dangerous.

Because the dagger has three attack modes, the third method of self-destruction may directly destroy the room.

Although he and Baron Kendall would obviously not have any problems in the magic explosion, the two unprepared priests and Kiel himself would have died ridiculously.

He himself has powerful life energy that protects his body. As long as the life energy is consumed, he will not be seriously injured due to external energy attack. At most, the surface of his body will be burned.

As for Baron Kendall, the self-protection magic props on his body will protect the baron himself. Whether it is the magic gem crown on his head or other magic gadgets, the baron himself is protected in layers.

Normally you can't see it, that's because those magic protections haven't been activated.

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After being scolded, Kil carefully put the dagger back into the wooden box, and then stuffed the box into his clothes, regardless of whether it looked bad.

"Kiel Warrior, after listening to Baron Kendall's words and seeing his actions just now, I think the Baron is right. The gods have their own arrangements, but we must take full action."

Priest Batal nodded to Priest Corral: "We just discussed it, and it would be a bit reckless to set off directly like this. Although I don't know many people in the local diocese, I still got a friend from the local diocese. The support of the deputy dean. Tomorrow, before the official departure, we can go over and add some practical ritual blessings to you and me. Or get some additional resource support."

Priest Batal looked solemn. He had obviously seen what Baron Kendall had brought out. He could not relax after finding the visitor. When it was time to ask for help, when it was time to pay debts, when there was a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, he had to get it. Just use all your resources and abilities.

Knight Crow and Baron Kendall looked at each other, and he sighed: "In this case, I agree with Kiel's assistance to the priests of the Church of Saturn this time to find and save the people in distress."

The knight patted Kil on the shoulder: "Be careful when you move. Don't get caught, or defeated and killed, which will disgrace me. Come to my place in a while, and we will bake some monster jerky overnight for you to move. Eat on the road. No matter what, you are still training and this is indispensable."

When Kil heard about monster meat, he had a bitter look on his face. Monster meat usually cooked in various ways was very strange. He couldn't imagine how unpalatable the dried monster meat was.

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The conversation dispersed.

Kil had to go with Knight Crow to bake the monster meat jerky he would need to eat in the days to come, while Priest Batal was invited by Priest Corral and planned to talk with another Saturn Priest in the army. In this matter, there was also the exchange of some different church knowledge between the North and the South.

Baron Kendall was still sitting on the main wooden chair in the hall, and asked the attendant to remove the hangover drink and replace it with the sour plum wine he bought locally.

While savoring the taste of wine that I had never tasted before, I thought about the situation and possible changes in the southern provinces.

The attendants stood by the wall, breathing softly and trying not to disturb their master's thinking.

Outside the house, the baron's guards were constantly patrolling around the house. Not only the ground, but also the wall of the military camp where the house specially prepared for military command was built, had several guards patrolling back and forth on the wall.

Although the local soldiers were initially unwilling to allow these Kendal people from out of town to patrol the wall, even if they wanted to protect the nobles. But after the army secretary took out a small bag of copper coins, these not-so-well-off soldiers acquiesced to the matter.

Anyway, it’s only two nights. For the sake of money, let alone a small section of the wall. You Kendal people like to patrol the wall. The entire military camp wall can be patrolled by you.

They can still be lazy and rest.

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Early the next morning, Kil's clothes changed drastically, and when he appeared in front of Priest Batal again, the young priest almost didn't recognize him.

A tall and strong prairie horse with black and gray fur, a suit of the same color, a tightly wrapped metal armor, a long sword hanging from the waist with a shimmering scabbard, and a blue shimmering sword hanging behind his back. There are blue two-handed axes and metal shields wrapped in animal skins. The horse's weapon rack is also equipped with a metal double-edged spear. Several pots of crossbow arrows are set against the soldier's crossbow, and several bags of arrows are set against the hunting bow.

Especially when Priest Batal saw that the red magic dagger that had just been unveiled yesterday was now hanging on the metal belt on the knight's right waist.

He couldn't believe it. Could this majestic knight be the 'comer' he found yesterday?

"Yes, yes, ahem, is it really the Kiel Warrior? Is it you?"

Priest Batal carried the long-distance luggage prepared by the church and looked at the strange knight waiting at the exit of the military camp with a shocked expression.

"it's me."

Kil's voice was a little tired. He lifted the visor on his helmet, revealing a sleepy face. He didn't sleep all night last night, so he followed Knight Crow to tinker with the monster meat of the harpies.

The knights themselves did not expect that it would be so troublesome to dry the monster meat. They were busy until dawn, and then they roughly prepared the monster meat jerky that could feed Kil for a month.

Because of the dehydration and the non-perishable nature of monster meat, even in rainy spring, as long as this batch of monster meat jerky is not exposed to water, they can be eaten for a long time.

The baked monster jerky is quite hard, and when Knight Crowe flicks it with his fingers, it can make a sound similar to a metal collision.

In this regard, Knight Crow expressed his apology to Kiel and suggested that Kiel try not to use human teeth to challenge the hardness of the food when eating.

"You can boil it in water and eat it, or cut it into small pieces and put it in your mouth and eat it. Just think of it as a snack!"

Faced with Knight Crow's remarks, Kil laughed and expressed his disdain. Because Knight Crow has obviously never eaten such outrageous things.

When he was packing up his things and putting on his equipment in the morning, he felt that these dried monster meat could even be hung on his body as additional protective armor.

He believed that even powerful bows and crossbows could not penetrate these monster jerky meats.

Hearing Kil's voice and seeing the young face under the helmet and visor, Priest Batal suddenly felt that there was really nothing wrong with the arrangement of the God of Agriculture. Perhaps such a mighty and majestic knight could really fight between ourselves and the enemy. Rescue the abducted villagers despite the huge disparity in numbers.

"By the grace of the great god of agriculture, Kiel, let's go!"

Taking a deep breath, Priest Batal said.

But Kil raised his hand to stop Priest Batar's move: "Wait a minute, you are not really planning to set off on your legs like this, are you? Bloody Fangster!"

After hearing Kil's cry, Kil's new partner, Bloody Fangster, immediately appeared in front of Priest Batar with a carriage pulled by two horses.

The carriage has a roof, which contains many wooden boxes and bundled hay, as well as many various tools hung on the inside of the carriage shed. There was also a prairie horse connected to the side of the carriage by a rope and following behind. This was the prairie horse that Blood Fang had just bought.

"Master Priest, please come up and walk together."

After saying that, Bloody Fangster stepped aside, leaving an open space for Priest Batar to sit in the driver's seat.

"Yes, yes, you really can't walk there, wasting time, wasting time."

Priest Batal slapped his forehead and handed his long-distance luggage to Kiel's companion, asking him to put the luggage into the carriage of the carriage. Then he climbed up and sat down.

The priest was obviously very happy and said with a smile: "Then let's set off! Let's go to Montoka City first and get the support of the local parish."

"Walk."

Kil touched the strong neck of the blood-licking grass and gently knocked on the horse's belly. The whole horse suddenly sped up and started to trot. The trot speed was even faster than when he was riding his own horse wearing a full set of weapons and equipment before. Be relaxed.

This forced Kil to deliberately slow down, otherwise the two men driving the carriage behind him would not be able to keep up with him.

The three of them passed through the gate of the military camp. In the military camp behind them, the Kendall army had begun to gather, preparing to embark on the march again.

On the commercial road outside, caravans and carriages were pulling various materials and goods, driving on the road gradually converging towards the city of Montauka.

Not only were there various caravans heading towards the city, but there were also many people and carriages heading out in Montoka.

A large number of farmers and women who have their own fields or rented fields around the city leave the city one after another through the small gates under the city wall specially designed for people to pass through. Sometimes there are priests from the Church of Saturn holding large kettles on the roadside, drinking fresh spring fruits with them. The branches of the trees are stained with blessed water, which is sprinkled over the heads of the approaching believers.

It doesn’t matter if you are not a believer. If you hang around a few times and chat with priests or trainee priests, you will gradually become a believer in the god of agriculture.

The caravans leaving the city gathered in the small square inside the city gate, waiting to be queued up to leave the city. Relevant caravans did not need to be inspected or scrutinized, and were often quickly lined up and left the city.

The carriages of other small and medium-sized chambers of commerce can only be inspected by the town tax soldiers to confirm that the transported goods are consistent with the documents submitted to the tax officials, and then they can only leave the city after paying the tax.

The city of Montauca is located at a trade hub and is a major trade and transportation hub connecting many places. Therefore, the daily trade volume is very large. Therefore, the local Viscount of Montauca deliberately lowered the share of taxes on transactions in order to continue to consolidate the city. The scale of trade in the city of Montauca.

When the scale increases, even if the taxes are much lower than other places, once combined with the trade volume that is many times or even dozens of times higher than other places, the income of Viscount Montauca's territory far exceeds that of other nobles.

When the three of Kiel entered the city, Kiel's weapons and equipment were originally unable to enter the city directly. However, Priest Batal directly contacted the local Saturn priest who was doing church affairs at the gate of the city and gave Kiel a temporary The name of the Saturn Warrior allowed Kil to enter from the city gate fully armed.

The carriage driven by Bloody Fangster will not enter the city because it carries a lot of supplies. You can say that these things are consumables for a long journey, or you can say that they are goods for sale. no problem.

So if a carriage wants to enter the city, of course it has to pay a certain amount of tax on the materials on the carriage.

"Then please wait at the city gate. Priest Batal, how long will we be delayed inside the city?"

Faced with Kiel's question, Priest Batal already had an answer: "There are not many people, and the blessing ceremony will be quick. You can come out around noon. If you set off directly after coming out, maybe you can wear it by evening." Pass the white stone city wall pass in the east and reach the southern province."

"Very good, let's do that. Ste, watch the carriage. We will come out of this city gate at noon."

Kil said to Bloodfangster.

"Okay Kil, I'll wait for you here."

Bloodfangster is an old caravan guard, so this little thing won't be a problem for him.

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Bloodfangster temporarily lent his prairie horse to Priest Batar for use. Priests can also ride horses. Although they are rarely used, when the church trains priests in villages, all the skills needed have already been used. professor.

The best resident priest is, of course, the one who can develop the village on his own and make the Church of the God of Saturn account for the largest proportion of strength in the village.

But in some remote villages, it is difficult to expect so. At this time, the church can only let the sent priests find ways to solve various troubles by themselves. Therefore, during preparation, these priests were taught various skills. Not to mention becoming village chiefs, at least in the development of the village, priests must be able to occupy one or several projects that they would not be able to do without themselves. .

Although Priest Batal is relatively young, he has mastered a variety of useful and unused skills, including horse riding.

"Kiel, our southern province has more mountains, so each region is relatively scattered. Unlike the western province, which has large open lands that can accommodate a large enough population and highly developed industries."

On the way to the church, Priest Batal told Kiel some things about the southern province.

"But we actually have a lot of people there. They are mainly concentrated in a few small plains between mountains, or in the northern part of the province close to the central province and the eastern province. There are more open areas there. , the provincial capital is also there.”

"In general, our area has many mountains and rivers, and a large population, but it is very concentrated. Very few people approach the deep mountains, and there are alien races, monsters, and warcraft there. Of course, there are also neighbors from further south. national army.”

Kiel rode a horse and rode with Priest Batal. After listening briefly, he sighed: "It sounds like a place with complex topography. Coupled with last year's defeat and the tense situation, residents in many places must be living a very happy life." not easy."

The priest nodded, and then introduced to Kil the blessing ceremony that he planned to wait for the vice-rector who knew and supported him to perform.

Since Kil itself has a large amount of the power of the god of agriculture in his body, some blessing items that can rely on the use of divine power can barely be used by Kil. In this way, many ritual blessings with simple and ordinary effects do not need to be cast on Kil.

Skip some rituals directly and choose better and stronger blessing rituals.

For example, a small number of priests or a single high-ranking priest can use the prepared 'special food intake', and then through rituals, Keir can enhance a certain aspect of special abilities by eating food for a period of time.

It doesn’t look like much, right, but what kind of food does Saturnalia not have? This blessing is combined with many foods with special effects prepared in advance, so that the blessed person can temporarily acquire many practical or messy strange abilities as long as the body of the blessed can bear it.

In addition, there is a blessing ceremony to avoid the curse or temporarily resist the curse within half a year - 'God's Appeasement'.

There is also a powerful blessing ceremony that can obtain controlled release of unlimited energy recovery - 'Grass and Tree Source'.

Or a ritual that temporarily doubles the original strength due to blessing - the 'Iron Farmer'.

A blessing ritual that enables people to survive for a period of time by taking in little or no food or water - 'survival through hardship'.

There are other more powerful permanent blessings, but Kil probably doesn't have the qualifications to use them.