Chapter 280: Soul and Flesh

Fukin approached quickly with the prey, and returned to his master in a short while.

The crow swooped down and dropped the prey on the snow, making a "crunching" sound.

Buster jumped up at the moment the prey landed, and landed steadily, with his calves submerged in the snow.

Klauen narrowed his eyes slightly. The snow flakes these days were huge and the snow was very soft, but the black cat's body seemed to have buoyancy. I don't know why.

'Delicious. '

The crow conveyed excitement. There was a special food that it liked to eat in the reindeer's skull. Because the prey was huge, it was difficult for its claws to tear the hard bones.

Klauen turned the reindeer over, and then he noticed that there were no wounds on the reindeer.

"Meow."

Buster jumped on the prey, raised his head proudly, growled as if asking for credit, and flicked the tip of his tail.

From the thoughts conveyed by the black cat, Klauen understood that the hunting of the reindeer was actually done by the black cat alone, and Fukin only played the role of the transport captain.

Bast has a special talent for devouring souls, but the spirituality of ordinary creatures is very weak. Only the evil spirits of the extraordinary level can be considered its food. The more polluted the soul is, the more it suits the appetite of the black cat.

This reindeer is a monster whose body is occupied by evil spirits. In the eyes of the black cat, it is as bright and dazzling as a bonfire in the dark night.

Now the black cat's special ability can only deal with spirits of the same level at most. If it cooperates with Fujin, it may be able to challenge the third-level evil spirits.

Clown was overjoyed. He could actually directly detain the possessed evil spirits from the body. He didn't have this ability yet.

At this moment, he finally felt that these two pets were not raised in vain. They had a certain combat power and could fight for him in the future.

"Well, it's not in vain that I used various talisman water to raise them."

Clown had a bronze dagger in his hand. He exerted a little force and the hilt of the sword sank into the reindeer's skull.

In a few strokes, the hard bones were split open. Fujin pounced on it, searched inside, and soon found a white strip of meat.

The crow held the meat strip in its mouth and threw it upward, then a ball of flames spitted out from its mouth to roast the meat strip.

Fujin opened his mouth wide, swallowed the meat strip in one gulp, and cried out in pleasure twice.

The rich aroma of barbecue immediately spread in the ice and snow, and Clown couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

With the knowledge of a third-level magic scholar, he recognized that this piece of meat was the spirit meat that grew after the evil spirit possessed the flesh and blood creature for a period of time.

The spirit meat is very pure, not polluted at all, and has the property of purifying pollution slightly. It is a dry food.

The evil spirit has a strong spiritual pollution property. It can grow spirit meat when it possesses a creature, which feels like a white lotus root growing in mud.

This piece of spirit meat is too low in grade, and Clown has no effect when taking it. He can only try it.

For him, at least the flesh and blood of a third-level creature will work.

The two-headed chimera is a good food. Although it is a product of flesh and blood alchemy, their blood and bone marrow have magical effects.

If the pollution can be completely purified, this blood marrow can accelerate the generation of silver blood, which is why he said that he sent elite troops to lure and hunt the cultists.

For others, to purify the pollution engraved in the genes of the two-headed chimera requires advanced alchemy and the cooperation of high-level purification arrays.

Not only is it tedious and difficult, but it is also very costly. Even if the purification is completed, it is a loss-making business.

The Golden Light Curse has the dual effects of breaking magic and purification. It can be tried. Clown thinks that there is a high probability that the purification can be completed.

If the results of the experiment meet expectations, he will be the vanguard of killing the cultists.

Now that the main medicine of the Tempering Potion cannot be obtained, using the blood marrow of the two-headed chimera as a substitute is also a good choice.

The tribe of the cultists has a large number of tamed beasts. If there are third-level monsters as tamed beasts, it is also a good resource, which can accelerate the progress of the flame breath.

After the reindeer's head was cut open, the dark red blood flowed all over the ground, with a faint smell of ruin, the kind of decay when the life of a creature reaches the end.

With a kick, Crown kicked the prey into the alienated area. It would be more comfortable to throw this kind of garbage there.

His feet turned into skis, the metal frame wrapped around his calves, and two high-strength snowballs appeared in his hands.

He pushed his hands down hard, and he slid far away with a "sizzle" sound, flying towards Hammers City.

"Quack, quack", Fukin grabbed Buster and spread his wings to lead the way in front of his master.

. . . .

Hammers City, Central Cathedral.

After Crown returned to the town, he immediately went to look for Nick and the others.

On the way back, he saw a busy scene in the town. Now the entire Rhine City Diocese is preparing for the upcoming war.

Fanny came over with a bottle of white wine and a few glasses and poured them slowly.

Nick smiled and said, "You guys have been gone for a long time. I thought you would return in half a month."

"I was delayed in the Holy See for some time."

Crown fiddled with the charcoal in the fireplace to make the fire burn more vigorously.

As a high-level transcendent, he has a much better tolerance for extreme cold and heat, but it does not affect his enjoyment.

In his opinion, it is the ultimate enjoyment to have a few drinks in a warm room when it is snowing heavily outside. Unfortunately, the snow has stopped now, which makes the mood less interesting.

Fanny handed over the wine glass and asked softly, "What's wrong? Are we having trouble requesting reinforcements?"

She knew that one of the main purposes of going to the Holy See this time was to obtain support from the Church. If the Holy See sent too few troops, the Rhine City Diocese would face great danger.

In her opinion, such a matter that required the Church to send troops was indeed difficult to handle.

Clown took the wine glass, took a sip, and smiled:

"The reinforcements are going smoothly. Now the Church has a total of nine silver-level extraordinary people, which has reached the standard of establishing the College of Cardinals. Three of them have a good relationship with Archbishop Flanders."

"Nine? So many?!"

Nick's astonishment was written on his face. In the past, only the Pope could reach the silver level. Now the Church actually has nine strong people at the same level. This news is really exciting.

The spiritual concentration in the world continues to grow, and the heyday of extraordinary people has come.

The expression on Fanny's face is not as exaggerated as Nick's, but the excitement in her heart is even greater.

Among these silver strong people, one is her father, one is her elder, and the other is considered a friend.

Clown nodded. He remembered that there were discordant fluctuations under the light of the Pope's soul, and he couldn't help thinking.

He didn't mention this information to others. He felt that the Pope was covering something with the light of the soul.

Nick suppressed his excitement and said to himself:

"If my strength can rise with the recovery of the world's spirituality, then when the Kingdom of the Lord comes, will it also reach the level of the Golden Stigma?!"

"I think you haven't woken up yet!"

Fanny hit her husband hard and woke him up from his daydream.

Nick grabbed his wife's hand: "Can't I even think about it?"

The two began to interact

"Ahem."

Clown coughed twice, interrupting the two people who were showing off their love, and said:

"What is the war preparedness in Hammers now?"

The new diocese received intelligence about the coming of the war very early and began to prepare at that time.

Fanny blushed and stood up: "I'll go get a few more bottles of wine next door."

Nick laughed:

"This month, more than 30 new second-level extraordinary people in the army have been promoted, and more than 500 people in the Crusaders have become extraordinary people.

In addition, two second-level extraordinary people have reached the threshold for advancement to the third level. I expect that they will be able to advance after this winter.

It is much easier to advance now than before. Coupled with the explosive population growth, the proportion of human extraordinary people will become higher and higher. Maybe we can form a powerful army."

Klauen was not so optimistic and shook his head:

"Some evil gods will pollute humans in ways we don't understand. Coupled with the increasing number of evil gods' followers, the war will also consume a large number of people. It's hard to say what will happen in the future."

"I have read the files. The situation we are facing now It is different from the first holy war.

At that time, the gray fog caught the human race by surprise, and almost half of the population mutated in the gray fog.

Our own people became enemies, and the process of eliminating these ordinary mutants caused considerable casualties. As a result, the war potential of mankind was greatly consumed.

It is different now. With the efforts of various churches, the gray fog did not cause major casualties, and the number of humans remained at a large base.

In this era, human society has achieved rapid development. Guns are still very useful for dealing with low-level cultists and monsters. If ordinary people are equipped with guns, they can also contribute to the war.

In the past, these people could only be used as machines to provide the power of faith."

Nick said slowly, with reason and detailed content.

Klauen leaned back, letting the backrest support his body, and smiled;

"Good analysis, but you didn't value guns before. What made you change your mind now?"

They have known each other for several years, and at first the other party's attitude towards guns was contemptuous.

"During the days when you just left, several herbalists went to the wild to collect herbs. These people were ordinary people. They encountered a brown bear of extraordinary level.

We all know that in order to get more fat to survive the long winter, bears at this time are very aggressive.

The brown bear attacked the herbalists. By coincidence, one of the herbalists shot the brown bear in the eye with a shotgun.

When this strong prey was brought back to the town by the herbalists, it caused a sensation among the crowd.

After learning about this incident, I realized my problem. I only thought that these new things would be useful against stronger monsters, but if ordinary people can pick up guns to deal with low-level monsters, we extraordinary people will be able to deal with them. Can we free up our hands to surround and kill the stronger ones? "

"Haha," Clown laughed and patted Nick on the shoulder: "You've realized it!"

Fanny came in with a few bottles of wine and happened to hear the last sentence, and asked: "What did you realize?"

"I mean that ordinary people can also play a role in the war," Clown explained, and said:

"Since you also recognize the role of firearms, are the reserves of firearms and bullets sufficient?"

Nick opened the cap of the wine bottle familiarly and said with a sigh:

"You are going to get rich. William has expanded the arsenal, and the church has placed an order for thousands of gold spirit coins. If the war becomes a protracted war, I don't know how rich you will be. "

He admired his friend for being able to see so far ahead. It was equivalent to using the church's money to expand a good industry. His own industry was only concentrated on mines and smelting plants. Now, after comparing, he found that his vision was weak.

Fanny continued: "Now that you are back, you just have important things to do. The number of extraordinary people in the army has increased, and we need to create more extraordinary equipment. Relying on Del and others alone cannot meet the demand. In addition, we must reserve enough equipment for replacement."

Crown nodded: "I remember this. The reason why we delayed time in the Holy See is that the Pope personally sent people to investigate in the Andes Mountains. We learned that the situation is worse than originally expected."

He briefly recounted the investigation of Moon Kagra, the Pope's attendant, and continued:

"We need to make more adequate preparations."

Nick and the other looked at each other. If a war occurs, it should be very tragic. The number of extraordinary people in the enemy is much greater than that of Rhine City, and there should be no shortage of high-level forces.

. . . .

The sun struggled to cast the last ray of afterglow, and the gray fog soon submerged the world.

In the study, Clown listened to the reports of several subordinates.

William talked about the situation in the workshop, the expansion of the arsenal, and the income of the potion workshop. At the end, he summarized:

"Because the church has placed a large number of orders, the profit last month is expected to reach more than 600 gold spirit coins.

Now the number of guards has doubled, and the consumption is not small. There are more than 80 gold spirit coins every month."

"Yes, you will increase your efforts to purchase spirit coins in the future, and increase it to 100 per day."

Now it is necessary to store more gold spirit coins to cope with the consumption of war. Now he can obtain more Sunfire Liquid materials by visualizing every day, and can use the talisman water to purify more spirit coins.

"I understand," William paused and asked softly:

"Sir, is a large-scale war going to happen?"

The room suddenly became quiet, and everyone else held their breath and pricked up their ears.

Clown looked around and nodded slightly:

"Yes, I believe you have already guessed it. I tell you, there are cultists gathering in the Andes Mountains. It is expected that the war will start next spring when the ice and snow melt.

From the route, the cultists will reach Zak Town after leaving the Andes Mountains, and the Rhine City Diocese will bear the brunt.

This war is very intense, and most people in the diocese will go to the battlefield. The good news is that the Holy See has organized a large number of troops to reinforce us.

There are still a few months of preparation time, and everyone must be prepared to go to the battlefield. I will make you a set of advanced armor, and the cost will be slowly deducted from the salary."