Chapter 224 New Parish
Fanny and Nick commanded the troops to clean up the battlefield, treat the wounded, and rearrange defenses.
Clown walked on the battlefield, trying to find the scent of the Deer-Headed Spirit, but all the creatures living in the gray fog had a faint fishy smell.
The smell on the wolf was too strong, and he couldn't tell the taste of the deer-headed spirit at all, so he had to give up.
He summoned Fujin and asked through mental communication: "If you fly into the gray fog, how far can you see?"
Fokine responded: "From the edge of the camp to the campfire."
The crow's field of vision is about ten meters, so it is somewhat difficult to spot the Deer-Headed Spirit at this distance.
After a while, Fanny and the other two came over and said, "I have notified the patrols to strengthen the night watch. Let's go back and rest."
The Deer-Headed Spirit's death substitution spell cannot be effective all the time. It has a certain cooling time, and there will be a few days of weakness after using the spell.
After killing the Deer-Headed Demon once, it will be quiet for a few days.
Wild wolves came to harass the troops from time to time at night, but they were easily repelled by the night watch troops.
The next day, when the sun had just risen, Crown ordered Fujin to fly out of the camp to scout the surrounding area to see if there was any clue of the Deer-Headed Spirit.
The Deer-Headed Demon would hide during the day, and no one knew where this monster would hide, so he was just in case.
Half an hour later, the crow flew back and found no trace of the enemy.
After packing up, the troops set off again and arrived near the Hammers Mine before noon.
The craftsmen released flying objects to survey the terrain and select suitable places to build shelters.
It took two days to complete the survey of the nearby terrain.
Crown and others finally chose a place backed by a cliff to build a shelter without having to worry about defense at the back.
This place is three or four kilometers away from the main mine cave. There are many available rocks. When the shelter gradually expands, the mine can also be covered.
After determining the address, the soldiers began to build a semi-fixed camp.
The craftsmen cleared the weeds and trees in the target area, then leveled the land and built a simple mooring platform.
Before departure, the troops had made an appointment with the church to receive the first batch of supplies ten days later.
. . . .
Three months later, it was autumn.
With sufficient human and material support, the seven sanctuaries in the sanctuary were completed and the protective magic array was laid.
The sanctuaries are arranged in a semicircle, one large and six small, with the large sanctuary at the centre.
Churches were built above the sanctuary.
A nine-meter-high and four-meter-wide wall was built around the sanctuary.
A wall of this height could defend against most wild beasts, and only those mutant beasts that had reached the third level could jump up.
When the sanctuary was first constructed, the deer-headed demon would often launch sneak attacks at night, killing and injuring many soldiers. The situation only improved after the city wall was built.
Most of the craftsmen's energy was focused on the construction of the sanctuary, the laying of magic circles and the building of city walls. Apart from the church, the new parish had only about twenty scattered buildings, and most people still lived in wooden houses.
Crown did not have many tasks during this period, and spent his free time practicing breathing techniques and visualizing the Golden Light Mantra, and gained a lot.
[Flame Breath: 7986/12000; Level 3]
[Golden Light Mantra: 38158/100000; Level 2]
[Beast Taming: 10576/12000; Level 3]
Now when taking the Molten Potion, the increase in proficiency in Fire Breath has inevitably slowed down. One potion can only increase the proficiency by more than 60 points.
His proficiency in Giant Bear Breathing and Rock Breathing had also improved significantly with his progress in Fire Breathing.
The increase in proficiency in the Golden Light Spell did not slow down, but no new skills appeared. However, Clown figured out some new tricks on his own.
He can now extend the protective golden light onto objects. For example, he can cover weapons with the golden light, which can enhance the weapon's attack power and increase its hardness.
At present, he can gather more golden light to a certain part of his body at any time to resist attacks that far exceed the defense limit in normal state.
Clown has figured out the defensive properties of the Golden Light Body Guard. It is not about absorbing damage like the Source Armor, but about isolating damage.
When Yuan Kai is attacked, although he cannot hurt himself, some of the force will be transmitted to him and he will still feel pain.
But as long as the golden body protection is not broken, he will not feel anything unusual.
If he had enough Sunfire Fluid, he would now be confident that he could compete with the Archbishop.
His level of Golden Light Mantra is improving day by day, and the materials he obtains during visualization are much more than at the beginning. He has now refined more than fifty drops of sun essence and moon essence.
After being nurtured, the Taiyin Thunder Seal's divine light now shines even brighter, and even under the scorching sun cannot cover up the seal's radiance.
However, the other jade talisman with impurities could no longer lock the talisman's spiritual power, and its effect began to decrease. He planned to find a time to use it up and test the attack effect of the real Taiyin Thunder Seal.
As expected, the increase in proficiency in animal taming is the fastest among all advanced skills.
It was an accidental achievement. He had never practiced this skill deliberately. He just summoned his pet to stay by his side when he was visualizing the Golden Light Mantra, but he gained such a great result.
. . . .
After lunch, several bishops from the new diocese discussed matters in the meeting hall of the central church.
Fanny said: “The basic framework of the parish has been established, and the next construction task is to build civil buildings.
Next year we can settle here and build a small castle on the site of the mine."
There is an open-pit coal mine near the Hammers pit, where metals can be smelted directly.
When the miners evacuated earlier this year, they left behind a lot of heavy machinery that was difficult to transport. These mechanical beasts cannot be destroyed and can be used again after simple repairs.
Nick added: "A church must be built in the castle of the mine, at least to provide purification arrays for the guards and miners."
Fanny nodded: “This is a must, the church’s sanctuary will definitely be built first.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
There is only more than a month left before winter, and the weather is getting colder. It is no longer suitable for breaking ground, and the construction of the mine castle will have to be postponed to after the New Year.
Now let's discuss how to kill the Deer-Headed Monster. This monster is still haunting us. Yesterday, a Night Watchman had all his vitality sucked away by its vines."
Things were a bit difficult. With the strength of several bishops, the Deer-Headed Demon was no match for it. However, the monster had a spell of death-substitution, and they could not determine the location of the animal where it released the black magic curse, so they could not kill it completely.
The Deer-Headed Demon only appears at night, and the cover of gray fog makes it even more difficult to kill it.
Moreover, this monster has become much more cunning now, and there is no chance to hunt it down.
It is like a guerrilla army, firing a shot and then moving to another location. No one knows when it will reappear after a few days of attack, so we can only passively defend ourselves.
Nick shook his head and sighed, "If I want to kill the Deer-Headed Demon, I think I have to find its hiding place during the day, but where this thing is during the day is a mystery. There are no records of Deer-Headed Demons in the church's scriptures."
Klauen pondered the possibility of hunting the Deer-Headed Spirit alone. He once asked Fujin and learned that crows also maintained their vision in the gray fog.
Later, he conducted experiments himself and found that in the gray fog without any light source, he could maintain a field of vision of about 20 meters.
Without the aid of special oil lamps or other equipment, his eyes could penetrate the gray fog, which gave him the confidence to hunt the Deer-Headed Demon.
He thought about it carefully for a while, and then gave up the idea, thinking it was a waste of time.
Nick proposed another method: "I think we can change the idea. We send troops to hunt as many wild animals as possible in the new parish during the day. After a period of hunting, this area will become a restricted area for ordinary mutant beasts.
In this way, if we find the Deer-Headed Spirit again at night, the three of us can lead a large force to search the nearby area. At this time, all creatures are potential targets. "
There is a disadvantage to doing this, which is that the troops must be mentally prepared to suffer certain casualties.
Ordinary people and low-level transcendents are no match for the Deer-Headed Demon. This method will cost human lives and may even result in the loss of both the wife and the army, so the risk is quite high.
"Is there any way to mark the Deer-Headed Spirit?" Clown asked.
If they could mark the target, they could try to find the Deer-Headed Spirit's hiding place during the day.
Fanny shook her head: "Deer-headed spirits are very sensitive to scents that do not belong to them. They will erase any scent or spirituality that is not their own.
Let's implement Nick's method first. The beast nests outside will have to be cleared out sooner or later."
. . . .
Lisa Smit closed her eyes and rested on the airship flying to the Hammers Mine, thinking about how to establish a good relationship with Crown.
After the new parish of the Church was established, both the Brotherhood of Warlocks and the Town Hall prepared to set up offices.
Lisa actively sought to become the head of the Brotherhood's office in Hammers Parish.
The other warlocks all had their own research projects and didn't want to be distracted.
This time, she brought thirty control potions and forty bear heart potions, which were the bargaining chips she had accumulated in recent months for use in trading.
She also carefully investigated Crown's past, trying to find his weaknesses and then cater to his needs.
Unfortunately, she discovered during her investigation that the other party did not seem to have any special entertainment activities. He liked to stay at home after work and had few opportunities to go out.
Unable to find a breakthrough, Lisa loaned two spirit masters, Leah and Lorraine.
These two people knew Crown, which might be helpful. Most of the information she had about Crown came from them.
Luo Lin was both excited and nervous. She was excited because she was working with her idol, who had been packaged by the Brotherhood as a spiritual pillar in the hearts of spirit masters.
What made her nervous was that she didn't know why the other party had chosen her and Leah to do the job, and she was afraid that she wouldn't do a good job.
She felt the airship tilt downward and knew that they were about to reach their destination.
(End of this chapter)