Chapter 280: Soul and Flesh

Fu Jin approached quickly with his prey, and returned to his master in a short while.

The crow swooped down and dropped its prey on the snow with a crunching sound.

Buster jumped up the moment his prey hit the ground, and landed steadily, with his calves buried in the snow.

Crown narrowed his eyes slightly. The snowflakes these days were huge and the snow was very soft, but the black cat's body seemed to have buoyancy. He didn't know why.

'It's delicious.'

The crow conveyed its excitement, knowing that inside the reindeer's skull was some special food that it liked to eat. However, because the prey was so large, it was difficult for its sharp claws to tear the hard bones.

Crown turned the reindeer over, and only then did he notice that there were no wounds on the reindeer.

“Meow.”

Buster jumped onto his prey, raised his head proudly, growled as if asking for credit, and swung the tip of his tail lightly.

From the thoughts conveyed by the black cat, Crown realized that the task of hunting the reindeer was actually completed by the black cat independently, and Fukin only played the role of the transport captain.

Buster has a special talent for devouring souls, but the spirituality of ordinary creatures is very weak, and only evil spirits of extraordinary levels can be considered its food. The more polluted the soul, the more it suits the black cat's appetite.

This reindeer is a monster whose body has been invaded by an evil spirit. In the eyes of the black cat, it is as bright and dazzling as a bonfire in the dark night.

Right now, Black Cat's special ability can only deal with spirits of the same level. If he cooperates with Fujin, he may be able to challenge evil spirits of the third level.

Clown was overjoyed that he could actually extract the evil spirit from the body directly. He didn't have this ability yet.

At this moment, he finally felt that the two pets were not raised in vain. They possessed a certain combat capability and would be able to fight for him in the future.

"Well, it's worth it that I used all kinds of magic water to raise it."

There was a bronze dagger in Crown's hand. He exerted a little force and the hilt of the sword sank into the reindeer's skull.

The hard bone was cut open in just a few strokes. Fu Jin pounced on it, rummaged inside, and soon found a strip of white meat.

The crow held the piece of meat in its mouth and threw it upwards, then spurted out a ball of flame from its mouth to roast the meat.

Fu Jin opened his mouth wide, swallowed the strip of meat in one gulp, and shouted with pleasure twice.

The rich aroma of barbecue immediately spread in the snow, and Crown couldn't help swallowing.

With the knowledge of a third-level magic scholar, he recognized that this piece of meat was the spirit flesh that grew after an evil spirit possessed a flesh and blood creature for a period of time.

Spiritual meat is very pure, without any pollution, and has the property of purifying pollution slightly. It is a dry food ingredient.

Evil spirits have a strong spiritual pollution characteristic. When they possess a living being, they can grow spiritual flesh and blood, which is quite like white lotus roots growing in mud.

The quality of this piece of spiritual flesh is too low, and it has no effect on Clown. He can only try it for a fresh taste.

For him, the flesh and blood of at least a third-level creature would be effective.

Two-headed Chimera is a good food. Although it is a product of flesh and blood alchemy, their blood and bone marrow have magical effects.

If the pollution can be completely purified, this blood marrow can accelerate the formation of silver blood. This is why he said to send elite troops to lure and hunt down the cultists.

For others, purifying the pollution engraved into the genes of the two-headed chimera requires advanced alchemy and the cooperation of high-level purification arrays.

Not only is it tedious and difficult, but it is also extremely costly. Even if the purification is completed, it is a loss-making business.

The Golden Light Spell has the dual effects of breaking demons and purifying. It is worth a try. Clown thinks there is a high probability that it can complete the purification.

If the results of the experiment meet expectations, he will be the vanguard in killing the cultists.

Since the main ingredient of the Soul Tempering Potion is unavailable now, using the blood marrow of the Two-Headed Chimaera as a substitute is a good option.

The cultists' tribe has a large number of trained beasts. If there are third-level monsters acting as trained beasts, they are also excellent resources that can speed up the progress of fire breath.

After the reindeer's skull was cut open, dark red blood flowed all over the ground, with a faint smell of decay, the kind of decay that comes when a living creature's life reaches its end.

Klauen kicked the prey into the alienated area. He felt more comfortable throwing this kind of garbage into there.

Snowboards appeared on his feet, metal frames wrapped around his calves, and two high-strength snowball poles appeared in his hands.

He pushed his hands downward with force, and with a "swoosh" sound he slid far away, speeding towards the city of Hamers.

"Quack, quack," Fokine grabbed Buster and spread his wings to fly, leading the way in front of his master.

. . . .

Hammers city, central cathedral.

After Crown returned to town, he immediately went to look for Nick and the other man.

On the way back, he saw a busy scene in the town. Now the entire Rhine Diocese was preparing for the coming war.

Fanny came over with a bottle of white wine and some wine glasses and poured them slowly.

Nick laughed and said, "You guys were gone for a long time. I thought you would be back in half a month."

"I was delayed for some time in the Vatican."

Crown fiddled with the charcoal in the fireplace, making the fire burn a little brighter.

As a high-level transcendent, his tolerance to extreme cold and heat has increased a lot, but it does not affect his enjoyment.

In his opinion, it was the ultimate enjoyment to have a few drinks in a warm room while it was snowing heavily outside. Unfortunately, the snow had stopped now, which made the mood less interesting.

Fanny handed over the wine glass and asked softly, "What's the matter? Are we having trouble requesting reinforcements?"

She knew that one of the main purposes of this trip to the Holy See was to obtain support from the church. If the Holy See sent too few troops, the Rhine Diocese would face great danger.

In her opinion, this kind of thing that requires the church to send troops is indeed difficult to handle.

Clown took the wine glass, took a sip, and said with a smile:

"The reinforcements are going smoothly. The church now has a total of nine silver-level transcendents, which has reached the standard for establishing a College of Cardinals. Three of them have a good relationship with Archbishop Flanders."

"Nine? That many?!"

Nick's astonishment was written on his face. In the past, only the Pope could reach the silver level, but now the church actually has nine strong men at the same level. This news is really exciting.

The spiritual concentration in the world continues to grow, and the golden age of the extraordinary has arrived.

The expression on Fanny's face was not as exaggerated as Nick's, but the excitement in her heart was even greater.

Among these silver-level warriors, one is her father, one is her elder, and the other is a friend.

Crown nodded, and he couldn't help but think deeply as he remembered the discordant ups and downs in the light of the Pope's soul.

He did not mention this information to anyone else, as he felt that the Pope was covering up something with the light of the soul.

Nick suppressed his excitement and said to himself, "If my strength can rise with the recovery of the world's spirituality, then by the time the Kingdom of the Lord arrives, will I also be able to reach the level of Stigma Gold?!"

"I think you haven't woken up yet!"

Fanny hit her husband hard, waking him from his daydream.

Nick grabbed his wife's hand and said, "Can't I even think about it?"

The two began to interact "Ahem."

Clown coughed twice, interrupting the two people who were showing off their affection, and said:

"What is the current war preparedness in Hamers City?"

The new parish received intelligence of the coming war very early and began to make preparations at that time.

Fanny blushed a little and stood up: "I'll go next door and get a few more bottles of wine."

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

Nick laughed twice:

"This month, more than 30 new members of the army have advanced to the second-level extraordinary level, and more than 500 people in the Crusaders have become extraordinary people.

In addition, two second-level transcendents have reached the threshold for advancement to the third level. I expect that they will be able to advance after this winter.

It is much easier to advance now than before, and with the explosive population growth, the proportion of human transcendents will become higher and higher. Perhaps we will be able to form a powerful army."

Clown was not so optimistic and shook his head.

"Some evil gods will pollute humanity in ways we don't understand. Plus, the number of evil gods' followers is increasing, and wars will consume a large population. It's hard to say what will happen in the future."

“I have looked through the files and the situation we are facing now is not the same as during the first jihad.

The arrival of the gray fog caught humanity off guard, and almost half of the population mutated in the gray fog.

Our own people became enemies, and the process of eliminating these ordinary mutants caused considerable casualties. As a result, the human race’s war potential was greatly consumed.

It is different now. Thanks to the efforts of various churches, the coming of the gray fog has not caused major casualties, and the human population has maintained a large base.

With the rapid development of human society in this era, guns are still very useful for dealing with low-level cultists and monsters. If ordinary people are equipped with guns, they can also contribute to the war.

In the past, these people could only be used as machines to provide the power of faith."

Nick spoke slowly and steadily, with solid arguments and detailed content.

Crone leaned back, letting the backrest support his body, and smiled; "That's a good analysis, but you didn't think much of guns before. What's the reason that made you change your mind now?"

They had known each other for several years, and at first each other had a contemptuous attitude towards guns.

“During the few days when you were away, a few herbalists went to the wild to collect herbs. These people were ordinary people, and they encountered a brown bear of the extraordinary level.

We all know that in order to gain more fat to survive the long winter, bears are very aggressive at this time.

The brown bear attacked the herbalists, and by coincidence, one of the herbalists shot the brown bear's eye with a shotgun.

When this strong prey was brought back to the town by the herbalists, it caused a sensation among the crowd.

After learning about this, I realized my problem. I only thought that these new gadgets would be useful against stronger monsters. But if ordinary people can pick up guns to deal with low-level monsters, can we extraordinary people free up our hands to kill stronger monsters? "

"Haha," Crown laughed and patted Nick on the shoulder: "You got it!"

Fanny came in with a few bottles of wine, just in time to hear the last sentence, and asked, "What did you realize?"

"I mean that ordinary people can also play a role in the war," Klauen explained, and said, "Since you also recognize the role of firearms, do you have sufficient reserves of firearms and bullets?"

Nick opened the bottle cap with familiarity and said with a sigh, "You are going to get rich. William has already expanded the arsenal, and the church has placed an order for thousands of gold coins. If the war becomes a protracted war, I wonder how rich you will be."

He admired his friend for being able to look so far ahead, as he had used the church's money to expand a good industry. His own industry was only concentrated on mines and smelting plants. Now, in comparison, he found that his vision was very weak.

Fanny continued, "Now that you're back, there's something important to do. There are more extraordinary people in the army, and we need to create more extraordinary equipment. Relying only on Del and others is completely unable to meet the demand. In addition, we must reserve enough equipment for replacement."

Clown nodded. "I'll remember that. The reason we delayed time in the Vatican was because the Pope personally sent people to investigate in the Andes Mountains. We learned that the situation was worse than we originally expected."

He briefly recounted the investigation of Moon Kagra, the Pope's attendant, and continued:

“We need to be better prepared.”

Nick and the other man looked at each other. If a war broke out, it would probably be very brutal. The number of extraordinary people among the enemies was much greater than that of Rhine City, and there should be no shortage of high-level military forces.

. . . .

The sun struggled to shed the last ray of light, and the gray fog soon engulfed the world.

In the study, Crown listened to reports from several subordinates.

William talked about the workshop situation, the expansion of the arsenal, and the income of the pharmacy workshop, and concluded: "Because the church has placed a large number of orders, the profit last month is expected to reach more than 600 gold spirit coins.

Now the number of guards has tripled, and the cost is not small, with an additional expenditure of more than 80 gold spirit coins per month."

"That's right. From now on, you should increase your efforts to purchase spirit coins and increase the number to 100 per day."

Now he needed to store more gold spirit coins to cope with the consumption of war. Now he could obtain more Sunfire Liquid materials through meditation every day, and could use talisman water to purify more spirit coins.

"I understand." William paused and asked softly:

"Sir, is a large-scale war about to break out?"

The room suddenly became quiet, and everyone else held their breath and pricked up their ears.

Clown looked around and nodded slightly:

"Yes, I'm sure you have guessed it. I tell you, there are cultists gathering in the Andes Mountains. It is expected that the war will begin next spring when the ice and snow melt.

Judging from the route, once the cultists leave the Andes Mountains, they will reach the town of Zach, with the Rhine City Diocese being the first to be hit.

This war is very intense and most people in the diocese will go to the battlefield. The good news is that the Holy See has organized a large number of troops to reinforce us.

There are still a few months of preparation time, everyone should be ready to go to the battlefield, I will make you a set of high-level armor, the cost will be slowly deducted from your salary."

(End of this chapter)