Chapter 149 Metal Spirit Control

After hearing Yennefer's words, Clown asked, "What kind of spirit control?"

He had a faint expectation in his heart, but it was not strong. The fact that the spirit control increased the attack power while increasing the defense did not sound particularly reliable.

"An evil spirit that can affect metal. This evil spirit can absorb the essence of metal and then form a layer of armor on its body surface. Current test data shows that this layer of metal armor can defend against a first-level extraordinary person's full-strength attack using cold weapons or a close-range attack with small-caliber firearms for a certain period of time. The physical defense of the armor is still very strong.

This evil spirit also has the ability to control the shape of metal. It can turn a block of iron into an iron ball. If you have this kind of spirit control, you can turn ordinary iron tools into weapons.

You can improve your spirit-controlling ability by actively absorbing various metals, thus avoiding the disadvantages of devouring other evil spirits to improve your spirit-controlling ability."

"That sounds good. What metal can evil spirits absorb now?"

Yennefer smiled slightly: "Currently, it can only absorb the essence of iron and copper, but the ability of the evil spirit is constantly improving, and it may be able to absorb the essence of other metals in the future.

More importantly, the power of this evil spirit provides many possibilities for combat, and there must be some features that we have not yet tested. You can use your imagination to use the power to an amazing level. "

"This is a gamble on whether this spirit driver has a brighter future."

"Not at all," the sorceress shook her head. "As the spirit is upgraded, its abilities are enhanced and new features may be acquired. This is the conclusion we have drawn after years of research. Even if this spirit cannot absorb the essence of other metals, as its abilities improve, you can also gain corresponding benefits."

"Perhaps you haven't realized one thing. This evil spirit absorbs the essence of metal. We have done experiments. After it absorbs a hundred pounds of refined iron, it can only obtain a very small piece of armor. As its ability increases, it will definitely be able to refine metal armor with stronger defense."

Clown continued to ask: "You said that this spirit control can increase attack power. In what aspects does it manifest?"

"You have to use your imagination. For example, you can transform this layer of armor into spikes, or you can give..."

The sorceress mentioned a few unreliable uses of her abilities, and Clown shook his head inwardly.

He pondered silently and realized that this kind of spirit control transformed into armor to increase physical defense was quite good and could be used as a backup.

After considering for a moment, he asked, "Are there any other spirit controls that can meet my requirements?"

"No, our criteria for selecting a spirit controller is to assess its offensive potential, as offense is the best defense. Therefore, we will not even consider a spirit controller that does not have particularly good defensive attributes.

Or you can wait and see, but the abilities of evil spirits are varied and there is no set pattern to them, so you may not be able to wait for something better."

Yennefer drank the remaining coffee in the cup and added, "If you don't buy this metal spirit now, we will use it in a few days."

If you don’t buy it now, it will be out of stock in a few days. Clown completely understood what the seller meant. Now there was no better choice, so he decided to buy it directly: “How much is this metal spirit control?”

"It's rated as an excellent quality spirit control, and it's priced at twelve gold spirit coins. It has a lot of potential to be explored, and I think the price is a bit low."

“Is it so expensive?”

"Many spirit controls can only provide a bonus to physical fitness, which is equivalent to practicing an ordinary breathing method. These spirit controls are cheap, and ordinary ones only cost fifty gold shields. All spirit controls that can provide special abilities are very expensive. Although they cannot provide a bonus to physical fitness, they can bring more possibilities for improving abilities."

"Special types of spirit controls are indeed expensive. You'll find out if you buy them on the black market," Geralt chimed in.

"If you buy it now, I will provide you with a free potion that can reduce the impact of the spirit master's evil thoughts and increase the success rate of summoning spirits."

The demon hunter hummed, and said with some amusement: "It would be better to use the magic water, Yennefer."

"Deal," Crowne agreed generously without wasting time bargaining.

"Excuse me, I will go and tell someone to get spirit-controlling and related books for you," Yennefer stood up and left the small room.

"You'll feel that you've got your money's worth, my friend," Geralt said with a smile, "These spirit controllers all have very good characteristics. They were specially selected by the Brotherhood to train a group of elite spirit controllers, and they've gone through a lot of rigorous testing."

"I hope so," Klauen replied calmly. The relationship between the witcher and the sorceress was much closer than that between him and the witcher.

Not long after, Yennefer walked in with an unhappy look on her face, as if she had encountered something unpleasant.

She held a large book in one hand and a fist-sized transparent spherical container in the other.

The container was set on a bronze base engraved with light blue runes that flashed with magical light. It contained a slightly turbid translucent liquid with a black cube floating in it.

She put the things on the coffee table and pushed them to Clown: "Seventeen gold spirit coins."

The sorceress extended her slender jade fingers and pointed at the thick book, saying, "The detailed methods of restraining spirits are all recorded in it. I suggest you finish reading the book before restraining spirits. This container can provide stable protection to prevent the escape of the spirit within half a year, and it needs to be recharged after half a year.

This evil spirit is currently only at the first level of strength, so it should be within your ability to handle it."

"Thank you, sir." Clown took out his wallet and fumbled out enough gold spirit coins to give to the other party. "I still need to buy some ordinary spirit control."

"These things can be purchased in the service hall on the second floor," Yennefer's expression eased a lot, "I advise you to try to use the method of controlling spirits to improve your spirit-controlling ability as little as possible, as doing so carries additional risks.

Your talisman water can indeed suppress the evil thoughts of evil spirits, but the evil thoughts of the evil spirits are generated every moment, and one day, the talisman water you rely on may lose its effect. "

"Thanks for the reminder," Crown said sincerely, "I know the limits."

The sorceress weighed the gold spirit coin in her hand and nodded slightly: "You're welcome. Geralt said that you two have fought before and are very good friends. I will write you a purchase approval."

She put the gold spirit coin in her arms, took out a piece of paper, wrote a few words, stamped it with her ring seal, handed it to Clown and said, "You can go now. I still have things to do."

Crown stood up and took the paper and glanced at it. There were a few words written in Hermes on it: 'Agree to purchase ordinary evil spirits.'

Bowing, he said to the demon hunter, "I live at 211 Rose Street, Birmingham. I'm on vacation these days, so I'll be here in the evening."

"Okay," Geralt nodded. He planned to go find the other party tomorrow night because he had not received the payment yet.

After Klauen left, the demon hunter asked, "What happened just now? You look unhappy."

Yennefer snorted contemptuously and said, "Fekater stopped me from using this spirit control, saying that it concerns the future of the Brotherhood. Fuck the future, the success of a third-level spirit control master means nothing. Wait until we can stably train third-level spirit controls that don't lose control before we say that."

"A third-level spirit controller? There is actually a spirit controller who has successfully advanced to the next level?"

Geralt was very surprised. Among the two ways for ordinary people to transform into extraordinary ones cultivated by the warlock brothers, the status of the spirit master was much lower than that of the demon hunter. On the surface, it was because the risk of spirit masters losing control was greater, but in fact, there had never been a third-level spirit master.

If there are no real senior executives in a professional group to speak for themselves, the status will certainly be low.

Seriously speaking, due to the diversity of evil spirits' abilities, some spirit controllers are no less powerful than top-level spirit masters of the same rank in other professions.

Yennefer nodded seriously, her voice suddenly becoming passionate and surging: "Yes, after the gray fog descended, the spiritual concentration of the world increased again. Someone in the Brotherhood predicted that the world will return to the splendor of the ancient times. The third level is no longer the end point for professionals, and the world will usher in an era of shining silver."

“No matter how prosperous the world is, demon hunters, who rely mainly on mutations to advance, still have to wait for a further path to be opened up.” Geralt was indifferent, and even looked a little lonely. He sighed slightly and asked, “Who is the third-level spirit master? Can you tell me?”

Yennefer walked up to him, reached out her hand and stroked the gray beard on his face, and said gently: "The road is made step by step, dear, there will always be other ways. Demon hunters have a long life span, and we have more time to wait."

The sorceress gently hugged his neck and continued, "The new third-level spirit controller is Lisa Smit, and her spirit controller is a flame dancer. This matter has not been deliberately concealed, and the top leaders of major organizations in Rhine City are aware of it. The Brotherhood is also preparing to announce this news to the public in the near future to build momentum for the plan to train elite spirit controllers."

Geralt was curious about the new vocabulary: "What does spirit form mean?"

"There were spirit masters who advanced to the third level before, but they lost control in a short period of time and were surrounded and killed. These people have a very obvious characteristic, they can merge with the evil spirits.

It was not the state of being possessed by evil spirits like ordinary people, but rather a state of being integrated into a new life form. The specific manifestations were similar to the mutations caused by severe pollution, except that these pioneers became monsters without reason and acted completely on instinct.

Lisa is special. After her advancement, she merged with the spirit controller, like a fire elemental spirit. She is rational and communicative. Currently, she only shows irritability, but it is still within controllable range.

What's even more special is that she can also summon the spirit that she has imprisoned and coexisted with on her own, and the two can fight together. According to her own description, it feels like summoning an avatar with a shared mind.

Lisa is very powerful now. Soon after she was promoted to the third level, some veteran warlocks were no longer her opponents. This is also the reason why the Brotherhood wants to spend a lot of effort to find and train a third-level spirit master that can be controlled by itself. The top leaders want to be on an equal footing with the churches.

Compared to training a warlock who stimulates blood, the training period for a spirit master can be described as short. Lisa is only thirty-six years old. If the method is feasible, the elders of the Supreme Council believe that in a few decades, the Brotherhood will be able to reach the same level of power as the Church. "

"I don't think the church would like to see this happen," Geralt shrugged, grabbing the lady's white hand and kissing it gently a few times.

"You're wrong. The real top masters in the church won't care about this situation."

"Am I wrong?" Geralt laughed, "Then can you explain why most churches suppress other forces?"

As a demon hunter who has traveled to various countries for many years, although he is not sensitive to politics, the phenomena he has seen allow him to make judgments.

Yennefer pointed her finger at the ceiling: "That's the attitude of the Pope. The Pope is currently the most powerful person in the church. But in the future, it's hard to say."

. . . .

Clown left Yennefer's room and glanced over some information on how a spirit master could quickly improve his spirit-controlling abilities through devouring. He then came to the service hall on the second floor.

It was quite deserted here, with few people around. There was only one clerk at the counter, studying a book with yellowed pages.

He walked up to the clerk, tapped the table with his fingers and said, "Hello."

"What do you do?" The clerk raised his eyelids, glanced at him and responded lazily.

"Purchase a batch of low-level spirit controls," Clown took out the certificate given to him by Yennefer.

"A batch of low-level spirit masters?" The clerk finally looked away from the book and took the certificate to examine it carefully. "A low-level spirit master costs fifty gold shields each. How much do you want without bargaining?"

“Is there no discount for large purchases?”

"Of course there is a discount, 20% off for orders over 100," the order taker said calmly, and he looked the customer in front of him carefully.

The collar of his beige linen shirt was exposed, and he wore a brown, half-worn windbreaker and a black top hat.

The brim of the top hat was extremely large and was pulled down very low, covering most of the face.

"Then bring a hundred," Crown said calmly.

The clerk stared at the hands on the table with his brown eyes and asked, "Are you sure you want to buy so much at once? Without the protection of the magic circle, those ordinary containers can't restrain those evil spirits for too long. At most half a month, they will be able to break the restraints of the containers."

"I know all this, just give it to me," Clown took out his wallet and counted out twenty gold spirit coins.

"Please wait," the clerk said nothing more. He had reminded the guests of everything that needed to be done, and the guests would be responsible for the rest.

"Please sit down first," he handed out a chair and turned to walk into the room where the goods were placed.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

After a while, he brought out a large box and placed it on the counter. Then he opened the box with a smile and pushed it towards the customer: "Please order."

Crown stood up and counted the number.

The container inside was similar in style to the one he got from Yennefer, the difference being the material of the base and the runes engraved on it.

The floating spirits in the container have various shapes. Some look like a ball of seaweed, some look like deformed octopuses, and more look like a ball of black or gray smoke that floats and changes shape constantly.

"The quantity is correct," Crown counted the items and closed the box.

"Sir, please be sure to use these spirit controls as soon as possible. These ordinary containers cannot trap them for too long," the clerk reminded again.

"Thanks for the reminder. I won't make myself uncomfortable." Crown pushed down the brim of his hat, grabbed the handle of the box and turned to leave.

Overall, this shopping trip was quite pleasant. He got what he wanted and could start improving his proficiency in spirit control as soon as he returned.

"What a strange person," the clerk shook his head as he watched the customer leave. Then he happily grabbed the Golden Spirit Coin and began to calculate how much reward he could get this month.

. . . .

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Crown returned to Rose Street.

He bought a hundred pounds of fine iron from a nearby blacksmith shop and returned to his residence, where he hurriedly made himself a meal.

After eating and cleaning, he fed the two pets some magic water, and then drove them to the living room: "Del, help me watch over them for one night. I have something to do today and cannot be disturbed."

"Yes, sir," Del responded, "Janice will be happy when she comes back from school tonight."

As a family member of a formal church member, the little girl was placed in the church's literacy school, and their house was located in the area of ​​the church's property area.

The residents of Zak are now being housed in a temporary settlement on the outskirts of the city, awaiting the clearing and construction of their new homes. According to Nick, these residents will most likely be housed in Bran Castle.

"Sir, there is one more thing," Del stopped Clown who was about to leave, "I met with Torres this afternoon. He wants to join our team. Is it possible?"

"Now that he knows about Nelson's situation, is he still willing to work for the Security Bureau? It seems that he has been assigned to the church's defense force. Isn't that much safer?!"

"Torres said that he wanted to train more in dangerous places while he still has ambition," Del smiled bitterly, "He also said that he is the only one left at home now and has nothing to worry about."

Clown sighed softly and said, "I'll ask the priest tomorrow if it's possible."

"Thank you, sir."

"Don't be so polite. We are from the same hometown. It is only natural for us to help each other when we come to a strange city. Also, don't call me sir anymore. Just call me by my name."

. . . .

Crown returned to his room, locked the door, closed the windows and drew the curtains.

On the way back, he had already browsed through the books he bought. To him, the books did not contain much advanced knowledge and were indeed too expensive.

The book introduces the classification of currently known evil spirits and how to deal with them most effectively. A large part of the book is about how to reduce the accumulation of negative emotions, and there are different methods for different evil spirits.

This knowledge is very useful to other spirit masters, after all, it is a matter of life and death, but it is useless to him. It is useless except for broadening his horizons.

Judging from his current experience, the Golden Light Spell is naturally effective in countering evil spirits and dark creatures. There is no need to think too much about it. Just go for it. It is simple, crude, and very effective.

Crown took out the book and read through the pieces of knowledge that he would need in detail.

After making sure there were no omissions, he took out the metal spirit control on the bronze base, turned the base upside down and unscrewed it, then reached into the glass ball and fished out the black cube.

One of the functions of this special liquid is to suppress the activity of evil spirits, but it will only be effective if you soak in it for a long time.

The surface of the black block has a metallic texture. It feels hard and cool to the touch, but it is extremely light.

After leaving the special solution, the black cube quickly regained its activity.

It softened quickly like a candle being heated by fire, and Crown felt a distinct chill in the palm of his hand, like being washed by cold water in a sub-zero winter.

The feeling of coldness began to spread along my hands, and a faint stench emanated from the room.

The second function of the solution for soaking evil spirits is that it contains special ingredients that can reactivate the evil spirits and allow them to instinctively possess living organisms with warmth.

The evil spirit turned into a black slime and slowly seeped into Crown's skin.

The palm of his hand was like a drop of dark ink dripping into clear water, smudged out an evil black color. The difference was that the black color never faded, and deep black lines continued to grow from the palm of his hand and spread to his arm.

Klauen watched coldly, allowing the evil and twisted veins to spread over his entire body.

He turned his head to look in the mirror and found that the person in the mirror had big dark circles under his eyes, with black lines radiating out from his eyes like swirling roots, and these lines were actually swaying at a very small amplitude.

"How ugly!" Clown said with gritted teeth.

At this moment, an evil laugh came from all directions and poured into his ears, and a faint echoing sound came from the room.

A cold wind filled the room, lifting the curtains and twisting them into various shapes.

This is a common tactic of evil spirits, first arousing fear in people and breaking their will, so as to facilitate their subsequent actions. These sounds do not only act on the spiritual level, in fact, no sound is emitted at all.

Clown understood that this was the prelude to the evil spirit completing its possession. The next step would be to either directly devour the soul and vitality of the host, and move on to the next target after doing something successful; or to lie in wait and slowly drain the host.

As for which method to take, it all depends on the mood of the evil spirit.

According to the introduction in the books of the Warlock Brotherhood, it is now necessary to take special potions and then fight with the evil spirits for control of the body.

If you succeed in the competition, you will become a spirit master. If you fail, you will be caught and lie on the dissection table of the warlocks.

Crown laughed, and the following rhythm was familiar to him.

The last time, the hourglass evil spirit almost took him away. Judging from his current knowledge, the hourglass evil spirit definitely had not reached the extraordinary level at that time, otherwise he should have died immediately.

Things are different now. This time he wants to try how long a first-level evil spirit can last under the golden light curse.

He quickly formed seals with his hands and released the Heart Purification Mantra. The evil laughter that filled the room suddenly became much quieter, becoming so faint that it could hardly be heard.

Afterwards, he cast the Golden Armor Technique again, but a faint golden light covered his entire body, and a painful howl immediately came from his mind.

He looked at the mirror again and found that the black lines on his face and body were rapidly fading and slowly disappearing.

Crown grinned and said, "That's it?"

He sat cross-legged on the ground, with his thumbs facing each other, the other fingers crossed and clasped, his hands in the Vajrasana seal, and began to visualize the Golden Light Mantra.

Howls of fear and pain kept echoing in his mind, blood vessels bulged out from under his skin, and black mist rose from his body.

The mist just flew out and quickly dissipated.

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(End of this chapter)