Chapter 238: Taking Advantage of the Situation

The stone statues were destroyed, the altars were smashed, and the scene was a bloody mess of broken bones and shattered stones. Clown felt that the malice that had been lingering around him had disappeared.

When the battle was over, he approached the statue and cast two more Sunfire spells, then poured in several drops of golden talisman water.

Black mist rose from the broken stones, and the drifting mist slowly dissipated like a twisting demon.

He stopped his actions only when he saw that there was no more black mist rising from the remains of the stone statue.

Nick came over and frowned, saying, "It's this evil statue again. It's really haunting us. This is the second time we've encountered it."

He recalled the embarrassment he felt when he first faced the statue of the evil god, and couldn't help but sigh at how quickly his friend's strength was increasing.

That time, they almost died in York Town. If their friends hadn't destroyed the stone statue, they would have mutated into minions of the evil god and been exterminated by the church.

He originally wanted to rush over to help, but when he got close to the evil god statue, the stone statue had already shattered.

Not only did my friend resolve the battle in a very short time, but now even the consequences have been eliminated.

"What kind of God's bloodline is so powerful?!" Nick was full of envy and admiration.

This is the third time I have encountered this. Clown muttered to himself and sneered, "It seems that this evil god has spread very widely, not only in human society. Maybe there will be more opportunities to deal with him in the future."

He had barely escaped danger the first time he came into contact with this evil god that looked like a swollen mass of flesh. Now he could easily destroy the opponent's statues that had activated their power, and he was very satisfied with his progress.

He closed his eyes and summoned a wall of gold.

In the battle just now, many dark shadows rushed towards him like moths to a flame and were then ignited. He felt waves of warm currents flowing into his body.

[Blade Storm: 2574/5000; Level 2]

[Golden Light Mantra: 44860/100000; Level 2]

After two days of continuous high-intensity battles, Blade Storm's proficiency level increased by more than 1,200 points.

He now has a clearer understanding of the mechanism of increasing Golden Wall proficiency. The speed at which skill proficiency increases in actual combat is much faster than training alone.

In the past few days, he has used Blade Storm for at most an hour. The stronger the enemy he faces, the faster his proficiency increases.

The proficiency of the Golden Light Curse was more than a thousand points higher than this morning. Killing monsters would give him extra experience. Doesn't this mean that he could find a statue of the evil god to fish? However, he quickly suppressed this idea. Doing so would easily lead to self-destruction. He was only a third-level transcendent now, and the rank of the god must at least reach the golden level of the stigma.

Converted into rank, all gods are at least level seven, and evil gods are no exception.

If I try to fleece the evil god with my current small body, it would be like an old man hanging himself because he thinks his life is too long.

The last time he dealt with Lucas, he clearly felt malicious surveillance, and it was very likely that he had been put on the wrong side of the evil god.

Nick saw his companion close his eyes and asked with concern: "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Clown opened his eyes, shook his head and said, "Nothing, clean up the battlefield and leave here quickly."

. . . .

At the bottom of Mine No. 1, two ratmen were tied up tightly with stones stuffed in their mouths. These were two experimental subjects captured by Crown.

Over the past two days, he and Nick led the troops to explore and clear the remaining three mines, and no evil god statues were found in these mines.

Now the rats have become smart. Whenever they enter the mine, they all hide in the small tunnels that have been dug.

These narrow passages were only as thick as a bucket and only thin humans could enter, so they were unable to pursue.

The flying object buzzed as it flew out of the tunnel. Klauen caught it and used his mental power to connect to the object's storage area, sensing the reconnaissance image.

After checking, he handed the strange object back to Nick and said with a smile:

"It looks like we have to do what we did in Yorktown all over again. The good news is that these ratmen don't know how to install portals, otherwise things would be even more difficult."

While in Yorktown, the old sheriff used red phosphorus to produce large amounts of poisonous smoke, which had a good effect.

However, the capacity of the mine is many times larger than it was back then, and it is bound to consume a huge amount of resources.

But it has to be done. If these rat people are not completely wiped out, it will be impossible to restore production in the mining area.

To take a step back, the new diocese would not tolerate the ratmen who believed in evil gods to reproduce here. This was a time bomb that could explode at any time.

Nick added: "We will report the situation to the Archbishop and obtain the necessary supplies. What are you going to do with these two ratmen? Why don't you just kill them?"

He was somewhat puzzled by his companions' behavior of capturing prisoners. In his opinion, such creatures with infectious toxins were best killed on the spot.

"We have to test the ratmen's tolerance. These things are not even included in the church's records. We don't know how they are different from other flesh-and-blood creatures. If they are not afraid of the poisonous smoke produced by the burning red phosphorus, we have to find another way."

Klauen explained, and after thinking for a moment, he added, "When you report to the Archbishop, ask him to send some more high-level troops. These ratmen may have other ways in and out."

Rats are highly intelligent and have a simple social structure; they cannot be treated as wild beasts.

It is not difficult for them to dig out several secret passages to make an entrance.

If they fail to succeed in this one battle, they will have to be on guard against these evil rat people every day.

Nick nodded and said, "I see, things have been almost dealt with, I will go back tomorrow, and the airship will be here tomorrow.

You said Del and his team would come at the end of the month, do you have any instructions?"

"It's the end of the month."

Clown sighed and continued, "Nothing special to say. Tell Del and the others to decorate the new mansion. Also, have the butler build an arsenal and a blacksmith shop."

The new parish did not form its own team of blacksmiths, so the soldiers' equipment was purchased from him, which was considered as giving him a business.

Of course, the price he ships at must also be favorable, but this is also reasonable.

After the mine resumes production, he will leave here and take charge of the daily work of the blacksmith shop. He has informed Del to recruit a group of blacksmiths and arsenal staff.

That night, Crown found some red phosphorus, put the two ratmen into a sealed space, and conducted a live experiment.

At first, the rat man coughed violently, and after about twenty minutes, there was gradually no movement in the space.

Later, after testing, it was found that these ratmen were also unable to tolerate the poisonous smoke, but their resistance to the poisonous smoke was much greater than that of ordinary creatures, so more red phosphorus needed to be prepared.

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

. . . .

Three days later, in the early morning, the mining castle welcomed a large group of people transporting supplies.

Crown was standing at the door to greet him. Nick came up and said:

“After receiving our intelligence, the Archbishop attached great importance to it and sent another 200 second-level extraordinary troops to assist us.

Let me introduce you to this, the commander of this reinforcement force, His Excellency Tula Baiyang."

Tula is of medium height and thin build, with blond hair, wheat-colored skin, angular face as if it had been cut by a knife or an axe, and a long and narrow scar on his right eyebrow. He is the newly appointed bishop of Daniel's faction.

He bowed slightly and greeted, "Mr. Crown, to be honest, I have met you once a long time ago."

He has an extraordinary memory and a photographic memory. As long as he has met someone once, he can still remember the other person's face clearly.

Clown returned the salute and asked with a smile, "When have you seen me?"

He only remembered that he had seen the other person at the bishops' conference. Given the other person's recognizability, he would have had an impression of him if he had seen him before.

"About a year ago, I had the honor of seeing you perform a unique sword technique at the Flame Holy Grail at 36 Rose Street."

Tula said with a smile. At that time he had sneered at that kind of sword skills, but he did not expect that the person who practiced sword skills would become a bishop before him.

Clown suddenly realized that the sword skill the other party was talking about was Blade Storm, but this sword skill was not very useful in a battle of the same level, and the other party would not take it seriously.

On the way here, Nick had already explained the situation of the ratmen to the reinforcements. After exchanging pleasantries for a while, they set off directly for the mine.

The three men each led a team, carrying a large amount of flammable materials, stockpiled them in the mines, and placed a large number of timed ignition equipment in each mine.

At the same time, a large number of ventilation equipment were deployed to deliver fresh air directly to the bottom of the mine to ensure the long-term burning of white phosphorus.

The stonemasons also built a stone wall more than three meters thick at the entrance of the cave, leaving only a hole as big as a human head, which they would block when thick smoke could be seen.

They were not afraid that the red phosphorus would be taken away by the rat people because they had prepared enough.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, large amounts of red phosphorus were found in all five mines.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, all the timing devices ignited the red phosphorus, and only ten minutes later, the thick smoke had reached the ground.

Dozens of flying creatures were patrolling the nearby mountains, and several elite troops were scattered in the mountains to ensure that they could discover any secret passages dug by the ratmen as soon as possible so as to snipe the enemy.

As long as we see where the smoke is rising, we can determine whether there are passages and how many there are.

Crown released Fukin, the crow flew faster than the flying creature and was more intelligent.

Ten minutes later, Fu Jin flew back and reported the situation to his master.

A total of two passages were found in the mountains, both of which were quite hidden, and one of them was relatively close to him.

Crown ordered, "Watt, you guys keep an eye on it first. I'll ask Fujin to stay here and report to me immediately if anything happens."

The stone wall at the entrance of the cave is more than three meters thick. Even if a ratman ran to the ground, he would have been inhaling thick smoke for a long time and would probably not have the strength to dig the stone wall.

After giving instructions, Crown quickly ran towards the target area.

With his current physical fitness, he could run at full speed as fast as a cheetah, and reached his destination in less than ten minutes.

Tula is already at the scene with a troop, trying hard to kill the fleeing ratmen.

(End of this chapter)