Chapter 266: Cultists in the Andes

Lannister sat in the guest room arranged for him, looking painful.

It was true that he was now a silver rank, but he felt his heart bleeding when he gave away a gift worth about two thousand.

"I can only go back to the headquarters to apply for reimbursement, but there is no evidence for gifts, so I may have to argue."

I thought about it carefully just now, and today's situation cannot be blamed on Fecarter's inadequate intelligence work.

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

However, it was too late to say anything now.

Lannister knew that Fecarter's use of the detection spell must have been exposed, otherwise he would not have directly given away expensive gifts.

The original plan was to obtain the formula and take it back to the island of Sindery for mass production. Now, if you want to get the potion, the only way is to trade it normally.

In this way, the price paid is much more expensive.

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

If it is a transaction, it would take a lot of time to transport the potion back to the headquarters of the Brotherhood of Warlocks. A large amount of potion must be stockpiled before it is necessary to go back and forth.

He must meet the liaison of the Hammers City Office and let him inform the headquarters of the current situation. He also needs to go back to Rhine City to visit the archbishop of the lower diocese.

Lannister was thinking, I don’t know what rank the archbishop here is.

If he is still a third-level extraordinary person, there may be some chances to "convince" the archbishop to speak for him.

. . . .

That night, Clown did not return to the mansion. A silver warlock stayed in the church, and he needed to stay and take charge.

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

He knew in his heart that this warlock had some bad intentions, otherwise he would not have generously given two pounds of mithril, but the other party did not take any substantial action. He couldn't just start a war when he felt that others had malicious intentions.

Clown found the drawings of the soul-infused weapon and began to study it.

He had received this blueprint a long time ago, but because there was still room for improvement in his forging skills, and because he suffered a great loss after failing to inject souls, he had only briefly understood it. Today was the first time he studied it seriously.

The most difficult part of the blueprint was that the materials that made up the magic circle had to be perfectly integrated into the weapon, and at the same time, the soul had to be melted into the core of the magic circle.

For him, the most technical step was that there could not be any mistakes in the process of melting the soul. Any small mistake would lead to failure.

Clown studied the blueprint and kept taking notes. He planned to wait until the arrival of the archbishop and solve the problem of the silver warlock before starting to forge.

With his current forging skills, he quickly understood 70% to 80% of the blueprint.

He decided to practice with other materials first, and it would be considered a success if he could perfectly integrate the magic circle into the weapon.

As for melting the soul into the core of the magic circle, there was no condition for practice, and it had to be successful at once.

With only one soul in hand, there was no room for error.

But compared to other top blacksmiths, Clown's success rate would be much higher.

He has the forging skills of the extreme realm, and the chance of error is very small, which is also his confidence.

After reading the forging notes twice carefully, he put away the drawings. Some parts that are not very clear will be studied tomorrow.

Closing his eyes and visualizing the golden light spell for two big cycles, and recovering his energy, Clown took out a fist-sized rune crystal bottle.

The bottle body was flashing with blue spiritual light, and a black spirit was floating inside. This was the spirit of the deer-headed spirit.

The shape of the spirit was constantly changing slightly, but the pair of antlers like dense branches were always particularly conspicuous.

Others who want to purify the spirit must prepare a purification array, but for him, there is no need to be so troublesome.

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

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

The spirit of the deer-headed spirit, which was originally slow, immediately responded and floated towards the mouth of the crystal bottle.

He held up the bowl steadily, and the golden water poured into the crystal bottle like a waterfall.

The crystal bottle seemed small, but even after the water in the bowl was completely poured into it, the crystal bottle was still not full.

The soul of the deer-headed spirit who wanted to leave fell into the ocean of water, like a drowning man constantly floating up and down.

The color of the water was getting lighter and lighter, and the black on the soul was the same.

From the outside, the water in the crystal bottle was constantly decreasing, and the soul was like a sponge, constantly absorbing the water.

Clown observed the changes in the crystal bottle and continued to add water.

The difficulty of purifying the soul of the deer-headed spirit exceeded his expectations. With his current ability to produce golden water, he consumed twenty-one before the purification was completed.

After purification, the size of the soul was one-third smaller than before, and the black on the body completely disappeared, now turning into a light blue, and flashing with golden light.

After pouring out the waste water in the crystal bottle, Clown poured another bottle of Qingxin water into it.

With his current understanding of the Golden Light Mantra, Qingxin water can also play a role in replenishing spiritual consumption.

He put the lid on the crystal bottle and resealed it.

. . . .

Two days later, in the afternoon.

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

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 overjoyed and believe that having the power of the major churches is not far away.

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 light potions.

Frankly speaking, we were worried that reporting to the Holy See would hinder the transaction, so we had to resort to this trick and sent 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 didn't cause 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 all right.

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 branch's warlocks 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 was not opposed to the Golden Light Potion transaction, but based on the Pope's attitude, it would be difficult for the Silver Warlock to stay in the Kingdom of Faruk 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 Andes Ocean, then things will be very troublesome.

The Rhine City Parish had to be wary of both the enemies in Lorente and the enemies in the Andes, so it would inevitably 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's going to 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. "

"We must ask for the support of the Church in this situation."

Crown felt a little annoyed. He might not have much time left to develop peacefully.

"I originally wanted to wait until next spring to go to the Church, but it seems that I can't delay it. I have contacted old friends. In half a month, several of us who are at the silver level will go to the Church to obtain the next stage of knowledge."

Flanders has contacted the archbishops of other dioceses who have become silver-level. The archbishops of other dioceses want to see if there will be new silver-levels born after waiting for a few months.

Now it seems that we can't wait any longer. Rhine City will definitely face war next spring, and the Church must send more friendly forces.

Crown understood the reason why the archbishop treated Lannister coldly just now. It is not good to arouse the suspicion of the Pope at this time.

However, he was very happy to think that he could obtain more extraordinary knowledge, and he responded:

"I understand, sir."

Flanders 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 masters in the parish, he was actually very confident. The only thing he was afraid of was the large number of casualties in the ordinary troops.

He decided to relax the restrictions on the type of continuous-fire firearms studied by the Strange Objects Association and make a batch of spares.

Cultists are still flesh and blood creatures, and firearms can block the enemy's attack by pouring a large number of bullets in a short period of time. The only thing to note is that the person operating the firearm must be a transcendent.

Transcendents have stronger will resistance and can resist spiritual pollution.

Otherwise, it would be a disaster if such firearms were used by soldiers to kill each other.

Fanny nodded and said:

"I will arrange the other supplies, but the blacksmith shop needs to run at full capacity, Lord Crown needs to work hard."

Crown smiled:

"No problem, I have a piece of news, now there are two more senior blacksmiths in the blacksmith shop, my work will be relatively easier."

Not only that, the other two blacksmiths in the blacksmith shop who are receiving training have also been steadily improving their skills after a lot of practice.

It won't be long before 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 battle cannot continue, otherwise the church's finances will be tight.

Maybe the church will write IOUs in the end, but the production of weapons and equipment cannot be stopped, and we can only pray that we don't encounter such a situation.

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