Chapter 252 Attempt
Ten days passed, during which time, Clown took twelve drops of Sun Essence, and finally raised his proficiency in the Fire Breath to the critical point. After taking the Sun Essence, the pollution in his body was completely purified.
When practicing the breathing method again, he could already feel the transformation of the body by the breathing method. The temperature of the blood rose, and some black oil was discharged from the body.
However, this phenomenon did not last for two days and disappeared. His life essence had been transformed by the Golden Light Mantra for a long time, and there were not many impurities in his body.
Later, when practicing the Fire Breath, Clown noticed that the heat could penetrate into the bones. If it was not unexpected, it was the breathing method that was transforming the bone marrow.
When the transformation of the bone marrow was completed, the hematopoietic capacity would be greatly improved, which meant that his body transformation was basically completed, and he could start preparing for the sublimation ceremony.
Now, he needed to solve the mithril gap as soon as possible.
Clown observed the alienated land from a distance. Its scope did not expand any further, but the plants began to grow white leaves and grew madly and morbidly. All birds flying over there would eventually get lost.
At night, all plants will emit colorful glimmers, grass and trees will twist and tangle together, shaking violently as if blown by a strong wind, and even animals will emit ghostly glow.
Animals also become deformed, as if they have suffered strong nuclear radiation, bloated and slow in movement.
Clown understands that this is because the strange star-like creature in the land has become stronger.
He doesn't know how long this fragile balance can last. Perhaps when the evil creature becomes stronger, it will show strong aggressiveness again.
It is foolish to hope that the enemy will not show aggressiveness. Clown knows that he must speed up the acquisition of mithril.
He plans to go back to Rhine City and visit all the bishops of the Flanders family, ready to borrow or buy as much mithril as possible.
If he can achieve the silver rank as soon as possible, he will be able to enter the alienated area and quickly improve his proficiency in the golden light spell.
That dangerous area will completely become his place of opportunity.
Lisa has given him a clear answer that the brotherhood will take out six pounds of mithril for the next transaction.
Fanny also agreed to lend him three pounds of mithril in her hand temporarily, so that he still had a gap of nineteen pounds.
. . . .
On the airship, Clown and Geralt sat opposite each other.
"You have successfully advanced to the third-level demon hunter. What are your plans for the future?
Now that human activities are limited, there is less demand for killing demons. Your life will also be affected a lot, right?"
Official agencies no longer issue bounties. Even if demon hunters kill demons and evil spirits, they will not get bounties, but can only sell some alchemical materials.
But now that demons are rampant in the wild, the prices of these alchemical materials have been falling again and again, which is very unfriendly to the demon hunter business.
Geralt smiled and replied: "For so many years, I have been accustomed to wandering around, hunting monsters for bounties, tasting fine wines and beauties from all over the world, and I am used to being free.
Isn't your church opening up ground transportation in various places? I will always have a meal."
"Have you ever thought about settling down in one place?"
"Settle? Why should I settle? I never think that life should stay in one place.
What? The bishop wants to establish his own private power?"
The demon hunter thought about it for a while and understood the meaning of the words.
"That's what I mean."
Geralt shook his head. From the perspective of growth, joining the Brotherhood is his best choice.
Klauen saw that the other party did not answer and understood what he meant.
He was not disappointed and smiled: "If Mr. Geralt has this idea, you can tell me."
After returning to Rhine City, Klauen first visited Flanders.
"Archbishop, my breathing method has grown to a critical point. I can feel the changes in my bone marrow. It won't be long before I can perform the sublimation ceremony."
Flanders smiled with relief: "Very good, did you come back this time to collect mithril materials?"
He was a little numb to the rapid progress of this subordinate.
Crown nodded: "Yes."
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to ask other bishops for help."
Flanders shook his head slightly: "It's probably difficult to do. Many bishops don't have the potential to become silver. As far as I know, few of them store mithril, and Bishop Cavendish is also preparing mithril for the ceremony."
"Haha, His Excellency Cavendish has reached this point?"
"Haha, it's normal for him to get to where he is today after years of accumulation?!"
Crown laughed: "You know that's not what I mean."
If the Rhine Diocese achieves three silver-level extraordinary people, then the momentum may be stronger than the Holy See.
"Go and ask first."
"Okay, I'll try to see how much mithril I can buy. Archbishop, I'll take my leave first."
Three hours later, Clown returned to the Archbishop's room with a bitter face.
He visited all the bishops of his faction, and even lowered his face to visit the bishops of Daniel's line one by one, but he only got six pounds of mithril.
Even if he had a lot of gold spirit coins, he had nowhere to spend them.
As the Archbishop said, most of the bishops have lost their enterprising spirit. They don't have the habit of hoarding resources. Gold spirit coins are what they pursue.
Flanders said: "Looking at your expression, things must not be going well. How much mithril do you still lack?"
"Including what you promised me and the support from Fanny and Nick, after the transaction with the Brotherhood next month, I am still 16 pounds short."
"The church's secret treasury has a strict system. If you want to make an exception, you must obtain the approval of the pope.
The purpose of this is to prevent the archbishops of various dioceses from abusing their power. Based on my understanding of the Pope as a person, it is absolutely impossible to get his approval.
If you want to get more Mithril, you can only find a way from the Brotherhood and the City Hall. The Brotherhood has always maintained a deal with you, and the stock in their hands will not be much.
Let me ask your friends in the city hall for you, but even if you can get some mithril, it won't be much. "
"Thank you Archbishop. I really have no choice but to wait a few more months. I hope the Brotherhood will maintain a strong demand for the Golden Light Potion."
Flanders nodded: "This matter cannot be rushed, your progress is too fast, so time seems to be urgent.
It’s a good time to lay a solid foundation now. The more prepared you are, the greater the probability of successful advancement.
Are there any abnormalities in that alienated area now? "
Kroun considered his words and said:
"A large number of animals appeared inside, but they were all severely deformed and obviously controlled. Plants also started to grow. The only good news is that the area of the alienated area has not expanded."
Flanders frowned slightly: "If I guess correctly, the animals and plants in the alienated area have been trapped by the unknown starry sky creature, and the creature is absorbing their vitality to grow."
"I'm worried that as this creature continues to grow, it will eventually escape the influence of the alienated area."
"No, the laws of the material plane are not suitable for the survival of that kind of creature. This is confirmed by me after I came back and read a lot of information. I haven't had time to inform you yet.
If there was an inevitable threat, how could I let it go? No matter how much time and effort it takes, I will purify that area.
You closely monitor the changes in the alienated area. As long as you don't step into it, there will be no problem. "
. . . .
A week later, Crown returned to the Hammers Mine by airship.
In the past few days in Rhine City, he visited Rodney's family, discussed with Tula several times, stopped by the Brotherhood, purchased a high-quality fire elemental spirit master, and spent the rest of the time watching. Think of the golden light spell.
[Golden Light Spell: 63254/100000; Level 2]
After seven days of hard visualization, he only gained 1,600 points of proficiency. Since taking a wave of proficiency express trains in that alienated area, he is now a little unbearable as the Golden Light Spell slowly increases.
According to the archbishop's information, he was going to try to see if there were any other ways to get some benefits from the alienated area.
After getting off the airship, Crown took a carriage back to the central church.
He found Nick and smiled:
"I bought a high-quality fire elemental spirit master. When are you going to give it to Ni Lie?"
In order for his younger brother to be able to protect himself, the other party finally decided to take the path of a spirit master. In fact, the ultimate reason was that Croun was able to completely purify the spirit master and eliminate all negative influences.
Nick came out from behind the desk and said: "Thank you, friend. Tomorrow, you first complete the purification of the spirit master, and I will let my brother get ready in the evening.
By the way, how many gold spirit coins do I need to pay you. "
"A high-level spirit master costs 20 gold spirit coins, and the purification cost is more expensive. Well, the last time I helped Del purify the spirit master materials, it cost four to five hundred gold spirit coins.
I'll charge you four hundred gold spirit coins, which is a little bit of support for my brother. "
Now that the quality of his sunfire liquid is better, the cost of completely purifying the spirit should be lower.
"Okay, I'll give you the money tomorrow."
Crown nodded and asked, "Has my brother understood the relevant knowledge about the Spirit Controller?"
"Del helped him a lot, and the basic knowledge has been understood. But I hope you can be present when Nilie undergoes the spiritual enlightenment ceremony, so that if any problems arise, they can be rectified in time."
"Okay, don't worry, nothing will happen."
Nick nodded and asked with a smile:
"Is things going well for you?"
"It's not going well. We don't have much mithril in our hands, so we need to wait a few more months."
After saying that, Crown said goodbye and left:
"I'm going to explore the area near the alienated area. The Archbishop said that the star creature cannot leave that land. I'll test it."
"Is there any danger? Let's go together."
"It's okay. If you go alone, you'll feel a little scared."
. . . .
The two of them got on the steam locomotive and arrived near the alienation area.
As soon as he arrived here, he felt the warning of his seventh sense, which was much stronger than when he first entered this area.
Nick saw the regrown plants and several deformed animals not far away, and said:
"The starry sky creature has become stronger. I don't know to what extent it will eventually grow."
"I have always felt that it is too passive to hope that the enemy will stay here peacefully. If possible, I would like to try to purify this place."
"Then you need to advance to the Silver level first."
The pair removed the props - a large rooster and a goat.
After tying the two legs of the chicken, Croun soaked the end of the rope he was holding in the golden light talisman water for a while.
He tied himself to the motorcycle. The enemy was much stronger. He didn't dare to step into this alienated area rashly, so he came up with this idea.
"If I am dragged to the alienated area, cut the rope."
Nick nodded: "Understood."
Crown released the Heart Purification Mantra and the Golden Light Body Protection. After everything was ready, he threw the chicken into the alienated area, and the rooster flew in.
After the rooster landed, it became obviously panicked and immediately rushed out.
At first, it was very fast, but it stopped moving after a few steps.
The rooster stayed at the edge of the alienated area and stared at the two people outside the area indifferently.
Crown saw that the rooster's eyes showed colorful fluorescence.
He pulled hard and pulled the rooster to his side, and immediately released golden light, and a little bit of heat flowed into his body.
This method works!
Crown was greatly encouraged. He summoned the golden wall to check the growth of his proficiency.
[Golden Light Mantra: 63268/100000; Level 2]
He shook his head again. His proficiency only increased by more than ten points, which was still too slow.
To release the Golden Light, one needs to stimulate the Life Qi and consume some Sunfire Liquid.
If only this little proficiency is increased, it would be a waste of materials.
At this time, the colorful light in the rooster's eyes had disappeared, but its original vitality had not returned.
Clown untied the rooster, replaced it with the goat, and repeated the same method.
This time he found that the proficiency of the Golden Light Mantra had increased by more than 50 points, which was a good increase.
Although it was not as good as him personally entering it to release the Golden Light, it was safer.
Next, he needed to try when the star creature would appear and whether it would drag him into this area.
Next, Clown repeatedly threw the goat in, and then fished it out to release the Golden Light and gain proficiency.
This happened again and again. When Clown threw the goat in again, the star creature appeared!
A piece of colorful phosphorescence wrapped around the goat, and the gray rope immediately became radiant, and the light extended from the alienated area.
Nick held the Star Sword of the Evil Slayer in both hands, ready to cut the rope at any time.
Clown squinted his eyes and watched the light approaching.
When the phosphorescence entered the range soaked in the talisman water, the speed of its movement immediately slowed down.
After a few seconds, the phosphorescence came to Clown's hand, and he felt the malice begin to surround him.
"Come in, come in..."
A voice full of temptation and suggestion echoed in his heart, and he felt the cold breath permeating.
When the malice on his body became stronger and the temptation in his heart became louder, he released the golden light.
A large amount of warm current flowed into his body, and the coldness was swept away.
The golden flame flashed along the rope and was drawn into the alienation area.
Although the flame went out soon after entering the alienation area, it gave Clown great confidence.
Although the star creatures became stronger, he was not without progress.
The enemy was not strong enough to directly solve him, which gave him a lot of room for operation.