Chapter 134 Holy Fire Cathedral

The next day.

"Clang, clang, clang."

The monotonous and repetitive sound of the moving locomotive was like a lullaby, and Crown felt as if he had returned from a dream, as if he were sitting on a green train from a distant era again.

The good thing is that the carriage they were in was considered a VIP carriage, and the passengers inside were all extraordinary people from the church.

There are no crowded crowds in the aisles here, and you won’t encounter the embarrassing situation of wanting to go to the toilet but finding that all the supplies have been sold out by the time you reach the door.

Nick kept walking around, greeting and chatting with old friends, while Crown went to the corner of the carriage and began to visualize the Golden Light Mantra.

Because he was busy marching these days, he had much less time for meditation than usual.

No matter what the future of the world will be like, no matter how the struggles within the kingdom will be like, no matter where everyone's fate will go. Only the power in one's own hands is real, and being strong is the confidence of an individual, making people fearless of challenges and dangers.

The day passed quickly.

“Woo woo.”

A long, dull whistle sounded, and Crown ended his visualization and summoned a golden wall.

[Golden Light Curse: 41536/50000; Level 1]

This was the longest meditation session he had had in the past month.

The train had slowed down, and Crown turned his head to look out the window.

In the distance, the setting sun struggled, casting its last rays of light. In the gray sky, an orange-red halo shone through.

Nick came over at this time, smiling with reminiscence: "The locomotive will stop at the station soon, Crown, welcome to Rhine City. Life here is great except that the air is not as good as in the countryside."

“I’m looking forward to it.”

. . . .

The tower rises into the gray clouds, and the sacred fire on the top of the tower shines as brightly as the sun.

Buildings dozens of meters high are rising from the ground and the streets are bustling with people.

Various small motorcycles were crowded together, and the drivers honked their horns desperately, knowing that it was futile and would only increase people's anxiety.

As travelers poured out of the station, Nick pointed to a silvery-white ellipsoidal object in the sky that was larger than a giant whale and was making a roar. He said, "Look, that's a Zeppelin. I have to say, those ordinary people have created many amazing creations. Iron and steam have formed a mysterious combination."

Crown looked up at the sky, then turned around and looked around.

Hot white gas spewed out from the huge metal pipes on the street, then condensed into countless tiny water droplets and floated away. The diffuse mist rose up and enveloped the sky above the city.

"Let's go, you can see enough later, let's go back to the Holy Fire Cathedral," Fanny led everyone from the church out of the station and into the huge underground passage nearby.

Nick still serves as the city's commentator:

"That group of crazy mechanical experts followed the example of the crazy people in the Mechanical Institute of the Kingdom of Ribia. They hollowed out the underground of the city and built a huge and bulky steam engine here. They introduced water from the Rhine River to burn it day and night to provide power for a large number of mechanical factories."

The underground passage was brightly lit, with several lamp holders connected to pipes at regular intervals.

The priest pointed to the lamp sockets and said, "Those are gas pipes. The experts call them another energy source, mainly used for lighting and cooking."

Soon after they entered the passage, they came to a row of neatly parked carriages.

Crown saw that the carriages were all engraved with the Holy Emblem of Fire.

"Get in the car. We will stay in the guesthouse provided by the church tonight. We will go through the relevant procedures tomorrow and see what arrangements the church will make for us."

Everyone got on the carriage, and the driver shouted at the animals and started on their journey.

After several extraordinary people from Zak Town arrived at their residence, they hurriedly had dinner and went back to their rooms to rest.

No words were spoken that night.

. . . .

Holy Fire Cathedral.

Early in the morning, Crown, Del and Nelson came to the court to conduct soul purity tests.

There were about thirty other people who were examined together with him.

Everyone lined up outside and walked into the room one by one.

The person in front of Crown walked in, and within two minutes, a scream was heard from inside.

"ah"

He then heard the sound of fighting coming from inside, and after a few muffled sounds, the fight subsided.

At this moment, a priest wearing heavy armor came out dragging the lower limbs of a "humanoid monster".

Clown saw that the monster had black tentacles growing on its face, sharp fangs in its mouth, its skin was bluish-black, and there were even fine scales on many parts of its body.

The rest of the people were talking and guessing what had happened.

The pastor sneered and said, "This man's spirit and body have been polluted, and evil has caused irreversible erosion on him. The church's detection can trigger this pollution.

Unfortunately, he is beyond repair. He must have spent a long time in the gray fog for some reason. The next one to go in for testing."

Crown took a deep breath and walked in. Del behind him unconsciously clenched his fists.

The room was not big, but very spacious. Apart from the lamp holders on the four walls, there were no other objects.

There was a silver eight-pointed star magic circle pattern painted in the center, and there were several pools of fresh blood outside the magic circle.

Clown roughly identified this magic circle and found that it was somewhat similar to the magic circle he used when he received the holy baptism at the beginning of his journey.

A priest in a robe stood at the edge of the magic circle, holding a metal-bound flaming Bible, and another priest in heavy armor stood behind him holding a stack of pages.

There were three flails placed on the wall behind the two men, one of which had an iron ball spike with blood plasma hanging on it.

"Stand in the magic circle and be tested," the priest in robes asked calmly, "Name, which parish are you from, and who is the priest in charge of the combat team?"

"Crown Moya, from Zak Town, belongs to Father Nick Misong's team."

The armored priest responded, "Verified."

The priest in robes nodded slightly and began to recite prayers from the Bible.

The magic circle began to shine, and Clown felt like a hairy crab thrown into a steamer. The air around him became hotter and hotter, as if he was breathing high-temperature steam.

He unconsciously practiced the fire breathing technique, and the feeling of heat slowly disappeared, turning into the comfortable feeling of soaking in a hot spring.

"You can stop now," shouted the heavily armored priest, who was holding in his hand something that looked like a compass. The edge of the object was inlaid with crystals that emitted an orange-red glow, and a few others emitted golden light.

So fast, I've been here for less than two minutes? Clown was a little surprised, and he stopped practicing the breathing method.

"Passed the test," the heavily armored priest pressed a stamp on the paper, handed it to Crown, and pointed to another door in the room and said again: "Leave through this door."

"Thanks."

Crown took the things and turned to leave.

The robed priest asked his companion in confusion: "Why did it pass so quickly this time?"

"The soul-measuring compass shows a pure, crystal-clear, fiery red light of life, and..."

"what else?"

"Some of the crystals actually have golden aura."

"Golden spiritual light means the comprehension of the law. Some level three experts have never comprehended the power of the law. Are you sure you are not mistaken?"

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

"How could I be wrong? This warrior has great potential. We can become good friends in the future."

. . . .

Crown left the room and found himself in a corridor. Hamfa came up to him and said, "Nick has something else to do. I will take you to the logistics department after you have all been tested."

"Thank you very much."

"No, we are one family, you don't have to be polite."

After Del and the other two had finished the testing, the three of them followed Hamfa through many twists and turns in the church and arrived at the logistics department.

They took out the personal information form given after the test and quickly completed various procedures.

Klauen received a holy emblem, two pieces of leather armor, two star steel swords, and four months of potion supplies. However, the supplies were distributed according to the standards of a first-level extraordinary person.

The staff informed him that he would be able to receive supplies according to the standards for a second-level transcendent starting next month.

After completing the formalities, Hamfa led them to the church's library, where they had to learn the breathing method and could not take it out of the church.

. . . .

Library.

"What? I can't redeem the second stage of Fire Breath training? Why?"

Clown questioned, the priest had clearly told him that he could learn the next stage of breathing techniques after passing the soul purity test.

The person in charge of the library was an old pastor with snow-white eyebrows and layers of wrinkles on his face.

The pastor said calmly, "The new rules of the church began to be implemented shortly after the gray fog descended, and have been in effect for more than three months. Only contribution points can be used to redeem the church's various core secrets. Your information shows that you have no contribution points."

Crown turned his head and looked at Hamfa beside him.

The other party nodded and said, "Indeed, this new rule has been issued. In the past few months since the gray fog descended, many people have advanced. More importantly, the church members who were originally scattered all over the place are now gathered together. The church has to bear a lot of resource consumption every day, so this rule has been issued.

The church's welfare standards have also been lowered a lot. Everyone needs to complete tasks in exchange for contribution points to exchange for secrets and more resources. It's not just you, but."

"I'm back," Nick ran into the library slightly out of breath, "I feel like you're still here."

Hamfa smiled and said, "Done?"

Nick nodded and showed the priest of the library a page with several emblems printed on it: "Crown can choose the second stage of fire breath training."

The priest took the paper and read it carefully: "Yes, Lord Sis has the right to do so. Please follow me."

Crown knew that Nick must have used his connections to make things easier for him, otherwise, he really wouldn't have been able to obtain the second stage of the breathing method.

"Thank you," he said sincerely, placing his hand on his chest.

"Haha, we are members of a combat team. The stronger you are, the safer our team will be." Nick patted his shoulder. "By the way, you must want to stay here for a while. I will pick you up in the evening."

"Thank you," Crown bowed again.

. . . .

For the next five days, Crown stayed in the library in the morning, eagerly reading books that did not require contribution points, and forged his own weapons and armor in the afternoons and evenings.

During the holidays given by the church, their team was assigned to the Seventh Branch of the Security Bureau.

The Security Bureau is an abnormal case handling agency jointly established by the extraordinary people of the church and the patrol force, responsible for the pursuit of monsters and supernatural cases.

As the population of the subordinate parishes migrated, the territory of Rhine City expanded outward in circles like ripples on the surface of water when a stone is thrown into it.

The outermost towns were built as large castles, which were actually far away from the city center and more like small acropolises.

The Seventh Precinct is responsible for the Whitechapel area of ​​the city and the large Acropolis area to the north.

At noon, Del ran to the library to inform him: "Sir, Father Nick told us to remember to report to the Security Bureau tomorrow."

"Okay," Crown closed the atlas in his hand and nodded slightly.

The days of leisure are finally coming to an end, and from now on he will have to "punch in to work" or go on missions every day.

"Let's go, let's go back together," Crown stood up and put the borrowed books back to their original place.

He summoned the golden wall to check the results of the past few days. From now on, he would not have a lot of time to come to the library.

[Farouk Language: Extreme] (You have mastered all the vocabulary and grammar of this language. Special effect: Language proficiency. The speed of learning languages ​​is doubled) [Geography: 2145/3000; Level 2] (You have memorized the landforms, vegetation, regional climate, etc. of the Farouk Kingdom) [Mage Scholar: 238/5000; Level 3]

[Hermes: 51/5000; Level 2]

[Herbal Medicine: 726/10000; Level 4]

[Cooking: 4827/5000; Level 3]

There has been considerable progress in various knowledge skills, and what he didn't expect was that his proficiency in herbalism and cooking has also increased.

Not only did his knowledge and skills improve, but Crown also obtained the second-stage training method of the Giant Bear Breathing Method and another breathing method that he felt was quite helpful.

The Rock Breathing Method focuses on physical training and is said to be able to significantly increase physical defense.

(End of this chapter)