Chapter 79 Counting the Harvest (asking for monthly tickets!)
The northern part of Nasir town suffered heavy casualties, and many of the dead were wealthy people.
The old priest of the Church of the Storm had an extremely heavy responsibility. The preparations for the rituals of the Poseidon Cult would take at least several months, and he had no idea about it at all.
However, the old priest was not afraid of any punishment at all. He was already a marginal figure in the church, and at this age he was still stuck at the origin level, with no possibility of rising.
In addition, the enemy's strength was already beyond his ability limit, and as a veteran, he would not be punished too severely.
Moreover, there is a tacitly acknowledged fact within the church that those cult incidents that only caused heavy casualties among civilians are not considered important matters at all within the Storm Church.
After all, the existence of common people is nothing more than fodder needed by the major churches, and they cannot even be called the Lambs of God.
Their lives often count for nothing.
In this battle to wipe out the cultists, the Vaner family lost a transcendent on the spot, suffering the heaviest loss. The young knight Vaner was extremely sad, but also extremely grateful to the Fisher family for saving him.
One thing that concerned the Fisher family was that a very serious change had also happened to Mayor Andes' family. His wife and children were all in the North City area. They did not escape at the time and were devoured by the Son of the Abyss, leaving no trace behind.
The mayor nearly collapsed when he learned about this. He has been staying in his completely dilapidated home and has not communicated with the outside world at all. He has also completely ignored the various reconstruction affairs in the town of Nasir.
The worse news was that many town officials also died in the disaster, so Nasir fell into a brief power vacuum for a short period of time.
The Fisher family stepped forward at this time. In the name of assisting the Storm Church, they led the sheriff and patrol teams to control order and stabilize the disaster situation, and soon gained great reputation and prestige.
A few days later, Byrne took the initiative to find the old priest, and the two talked in the reception room of the church.
He said he could organize the reconstruction of the northern part of Nasir, but he wanted to buy some uninhabited properties and land at low prices after the disaster.
"By the way, I know that after this incident, the Isaac family's manor should be confiscated by the church and sold at auction after a careful inspection, right?"
The manor covers a large area, several times the size of the Fisher family's current mansion, and occupies almost the best location in Nasir Town.
But it may not be sold for several years.
"That's right." The old priest nodded and drank the black tea.
Byrne smiled gently and said:
"Obviously, few people would buy a cult den that is extremely ominous and all the residents around it are dead, so I want to buy it at one-fifth of the original market price."
The old priest was silent for a while, then slowly said, "Is that so? But isn't one-fifth a little too little?"
Byrne shook his head and continued speaking seriously:
"In order to express our gratitude to the Storm Church for its important role in this incident, the Fisher family is willing to donate part of the money to the Storm Church to repair the church, and use the rest of the money for disaster relief."
"Well, deal then." The old priest had no other questions this time.
"That's right."
He suddenly remembered something, and his old voice was full of fatigue:
"In two days, the bishop's assistant priest should arrive in Nasir. When the time comes, please come to the church and that lord will ask you some questions."
"Okay, got it." Byrne nodded.
He knew that the assistant priest of the Storm Bishop was equivalent to the Storm Bishop's deputy and was a big figure in the church who was far beyond the reach of the old priest.
After leaving the church, Byrne came to the Dawn Orphanage with a calm expression.
There were some new children in the orphanage, but the one that the Fisher family was most concerned about was a ten-year-old boy named Eric Raymond.
He is Xiu's son and old Raymond's grandson, a short-haired boy with dull eyes and a dull look, who always bites his fingers.
Xiu died. The taciturn, strong and filial blacksmith was drinking at a merchant's house in the northern city that night. He did not have time to escape when the incident happened. No one knows what he was thinking at the last moment.
When the Fisher family learned of Eric's situation, they immediately took him to an orphanage.
The blacksmiths in the smithy also knew that they were absolutely trustworthy, and agreed to hand over Xiu's son to the Fischer family for upbringing, while the blacksmiths would temporarily take control of the smithy.
With Irene as the notary, the blacksmiths will return the entire smithy when Eric grows up.
However, they soon discovered that Eric, who was already a little dumb, was greatly shocked when he learned that his father had died, and became a little dull and stupid.
It was not a physical disease, and even Irene could not cure it.
In the basement of the Fisher family's mansion, Byrne, Irene, and Chris are reviewing the gains and losses and mistakes of the whole thing.
Byrne took a deep breath and said:
"We should have brought Chris with us. If Chris had been there from the beginning, maybe things wouldn't have turned out this way."
Irene nodded, not objecting to the hope of taking Chris with her, and continued:
"And it would probably be better if I shot the enemy who has degenerated into a lower level with my first shot."
Silent Chris couldn't help but glance at his sister.
He fully felt the subtle changes in his sister. Today, Irene still loved the Fisher family, but she was no longer afraid of the possibility of losing her family.
Byrne recalled how chaotic the entire battle was and felt that if his father Lucius had been there to command, perhaps things would have turned out differently.
Moreover, the combat skills of the patrol guards were too poor, and the Fisher family guards were not much better, and were completely incomparable with the Rhean soldiers.
After thinking for a while, he suddenly said, "If I have the chance, I would like to go to the academy in Fein City to study military for about a year, and systematically learn combat command and military training."
"Maybe I can take this opportunity to find a way to advance to the third level."
"Well, I support your decision." Irene nodded and felt it was okay.
"I also want to say something extremely important."
Byrne looked extremely serious as he continued, "Regarding the plan of creating a new 'blood recipient', I think we must put it on the agenda from now on."
"According to the original rules, as long as the three members of the Fisher family agree, someone can be allowed to join Dawn. Now that Chris is mentally mature, it is natural that he can participate in the decision-making."
Irene was silent for a moment and did not refute.
Although prudence and secrecy are the most important rules of the Fisher family, continuing to maintain the current number of extraordinary people will definitely put them in constant trouble.
She nodded in agreement and added:
"Then the most important thing is screening. The price of extraordinary materials is getting more and more expensive, and many specific materials are not available just because you want to buy them. Selecting children who are capable and loyal enough is something we must think about."
Money is undoubtedly the most objective issue.
The price of a second-level extraordinary material is dozens of gold coins. The Fisher family has incurred huge expenses this year, and the remaining total assets are only enough to buy one more second-level extraordinary material at most.
Byrne concluded, "The blood recipients that the Fisher family needs are a small number of loyal elites. We can't create too many, otherwise it will definitely attract the attention of outsiders."
If a small family in a remote place suddenly has dozens of extraordinary people, it will definitely attract the attention of various countries and several major churches, and will bring unimaginable dangers.
After the review and planning were completed, the Fisher family began today's sacrifice.
Irene calmly offered the mysterious artifact "Bad Blood" of the Blood-Red Rose to the Lord of the Lost.
It is a mysterious and rare treasure, and the spirituality it contains is several times more than that of a collection item.
When Carl absorbed the spiritual energy, he could suddenly feel the taste as if he was chewing beef.
It’s good news that you can still taste delicious food even though you don’t have a tongue.
After continuously devouring the mysterious existence Son of the Abyss and the mysterious artifact "Bad Blood", the third seal has shown signs of loosening, and Carl is filled with joy in his heart.
Soon, he disassembled the blood-red runes deep in his soul into many rune essences.
Carl found that the essence of those runes was not enough to evolve the "Healing" rune, nor was it enough to evolve the "Iron Wall" rune, which was already a spiritual rune.
So he decided to inject most of the rune essence into "Acceleration" and keep the remaining small part for the time being.
The next moment, the originally blue acceleration rune suddenly shone brightly!
It evolved!
Spirit Rune "Transcendence"!
When you activate the spirit rune "Transcendence", not only can you increase your movement speed for up to three minutes, but you can also instantly increase your thinking speed.
However, its use costs more Spirit than the "Speed" rune.
There seemed to be blue sparks flashing in Byrne's eyes, and he felt that some kind of shackles in his mind were suddenly broken!
"I feel the gift of the Lost Lord. It is a new power, and it is much stronger than the previous rune power!"
(End of this chapter)
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