Nock excitedly put down the Bible in his hand, held Ford Holmes's hand with both hands, and said with excitement.
"I, Knock Lane, on behalf of the Church, thank you for your trust. Thank you for not doubting us because of the poverty and failure of our monastery, and thank you for not looking down on me because of my young age."
"Mr. Holmes, I am glad that the Lord has such a devout believer as you."
"Don't worry, in response to your trust in us, I will definitely find out the true identity of the [Ripper]. Let the monster have nowhere to hide, and prove that sir, you are not hallucinating or lying!"
"Let's go, even if I lose everything, I will gather enough magic materials to find out the scent of the monster in you!"
"To deal with dark creatures, our Holy Church is the ancestor of other sects!"
In order to fool this big businessman, Nok even blurted out words that would cause other sects to attack him.
Seeing Nok believe in him, Ford Holmes was also excited.
He immediately hit it off with Nok and donated fifty gold coins to the monastery with a wave of his hand. (Note 1)
That's fifty gold coins! The magic materials that Nok collected last night could only be sold for twenty silver coins!
For fifty gold coins, how many Night Owls Nok had to kill!
Lilian and others only paid ten copper coins a day for doing laundry for others.
A palm-sized piece of black bread costs two copper coins!
A pound of brown bread, about 7-8 pieces.
The children in the monastery eat openly and can eat 20 pieces of black bread in one meal!
Fifty gold coins, what a wealth this is, enough to buy five bottles of high-grade nutritional potions on the black market to replenish Lillian and the others' physical deficits!
Although Nok was very excited, his expression was very calm.
“Thank you for your generosity and may the Lord be with you wherever you go.”
Nok blessed the other party as usual without any special treatment.
He regards money as dirt!
"Mr. Holmes, please come this way."
Knock invited the other party from the side hall to the back hall, which used to be Father John's workplace for exorcising people, and the tools were still very complete.
Nock usually collects unknown materials and will come here to study them. It is just right to use them to study the problems of Mr. Holmes.
Holmes looked at the environment of the apse with a little surprise.
Although Our Lady's Monastery has existed for many years, England is so big that there were countless churches in the Holy Church, but there was one in every city.
There was once a temple located on the avenue outside the palace.
Therefore, Ford Holmes has never been to Our Lady's Abbey.
He always thought that the last church in England was just a small chapel, but he didn't expect it to be a large church, comparable to a cathedral.
It is only a little inferior to the previous Great Cathedral.
It's not Holmes's fault.
After all, according to Nok's current clerical level, as a priest in black, he can only be in charge of a small church with a chapel at most.
But I couldn't help but have a big business. The former Notre Dame Monastery was the only monastery in England. It trained clergy for all the churches in England, so the scale was naturally not small.
However, Nock and others only have seven children in total, so they don't need much space, so the scope of their activities is only the chapel in the front yard and the kitchen and dormitory area in the back yard.
Therefore, Ford Holmes was naturally surprised to see that this was both a side hall and an apse.
"Okay, Mr. Holmes, I have prepared the materials. Now just relax your mind, don't think about anything, just close your eyes and concentrate. Just leave the rest to me."
Under Nock's guidance, Ford Holmes quickly entered a state of selflessness.
Nok also quickly started to mix the materials in his hands in order.
First, pour the tentacles of the hell cockroach into the container and grind it into powder, then add the jaws of the devil ant and grind it into powder, then add the tail of the fluorescent gecko, grind it into powder as well, and finally add the petals of the eucalyptus and grind it. After the juice comes out, stir the three powders together.
Soon, a faint light lit up, and a dark green bead appeared in the vessel.
This method, which is similar to alchemy, was improved by alchemists based on witches' methods of making medicine.
Logically speaking, as a priest, Nok could not and should not learn it.
But in order to survive, Father John had to break the rules and learn this skill secretly, and it happened to be learned secretly by Nock, an ignorant guy.
Thanks to the fact that there is only one Holy Church church in Nok in the entire Lion Heart Kingdom.
Otherwise, if the people of the Holy Church find out, they will definitely label Nok as a heretic and send him to the stake.
Nok used tweezers to pick out the dark green bead and placed it in the hand of Holmes, who had his eyes closed.
Then, Nok began to cast spells in a murmur: "Elves wandering in the netherworld, please follow your inner desires and hunt the darkness that wanders outside the netherworld! The spirit-seeking technique in the netherworld, enlightenment!"
Buzz, the bead in Holmes' hand emits a dazzling light
Woo!
A gust of wind blew in the room, brushing against Holmes' body, and then disappeared behind Holmes without a trace of nostalgia.
Click——
The dark green bead in Ford Holmes' hand turned into powder, and the dim light suddenly disappeared.
Nok stared at this scene dumbfounded, filled with confusion.
The beads lit up, proving that the ghost-seeking technique was successfully activated.
The dark wind blows, proving that the ghost elves have arrived.
The beads shattered, proving that the ghost elves not only came, but also took the reward after completing the work!
But Holmes was so calm that he almost fell asleep, which meant that the Nether Elf didn't find the dark aura in him at all.
Otherwise, Holmes would feel uncomfortable when the ghost elves swallowed the dark aura.
The most important thing is that if the ghost elves swallow the dark breath, they will definitely feedback the identity of the owner of the breath to the caster.
But Nok didn't receive any information, and the Nether Elf took the reward and left!
Is there really no dark aura left in Ford Holmes?
But this is impossible!
Although judging from what the other party said, it has been almost a week since the other party encountered the monster.
But according to records, all creatures that have been attacked by dark creatures will have the aura of the attackers left on their bodies.
Unless someone is found to purify it, it will not dissipate within a year.
Because this is a tracking method left by the dark creature to prevent its prey from escaping. Even if the dark creature dies, its aura will remain for more than a month.
But now there is no dark aura on Ford Holmes, which makes Nok very confused.
Even if the one who attacked Ford Holmes was a high-level dark creature that knew how to hide its aura, as long as it attacked Ford, it would be impossible not to leave behind its own aura.
unless……
Ford Holmes lied!
But according to Nok's observation, the other party didn't look like he was lying.
Moreover, what good would it do Holmes to spend fifty gold coins to deceive Nok?
Since Ford Holmes didn't lie, the problem can only arise with the monster that attacked him.
Isn't that monster a dark creature?
You know, from high-level vampires to low-level little devils, even the most unusual gargoyles among dark creatures cannot be without the aura of darkness!
Nock pushed Ford: "Mr. Holmes, wake up."
Ford was suddenly awakened, and he opened his confused eyes: "Huh? Is it over?"
Nok nodded: "It's over."
Ford suddenly became nervous: "How's it going? Have you found it?"
Nok shook his head and answered honestly: "Sorry, Mr. Holmes, I did not detect the breath of dark creatures from you."
"This is impossible!" Ford screamed excitedly, "I'm not lying, that monster attacked me, I even felt its breathing!"
"Please calm down, Mr. Holmes. I do not disbelieve you."
Knock quickly calmed down the emotional Ford Holmes.
"How can this make me calm down! You said you didn't detect the breath of dark creatures! If you, as a priest of the Holy Church, can't detect it, who can prove that I didn't lie! I really didn't lie! Wow! Woo——"
Ford Holmes collapsed and squatted on the ground, holding his head and crying.
Nok looked at this scene with a headache and didn't know how to comfort him.
Fortunately, the back hall is some distance away from the front hall. Although the church is in the front yard, it is also some distance away from the main door. Otherwise, if people hear it, they will think that he has started "robbery".
"Mr. Holmes, please calm down and listen! Although I have not detected the breath of dark creatures, I do not doubt your words. I have another inference here. If you are willing to listen to my analysis, please calm down. !”
Nok was also a little irritable and couldn't care less about pretending to be polite.
Perhaps hearing that Nok had other inferences, Ford Holmes quickly stopped crying and looked up at Nok hopefully.
Nok collected his thoughts and then said: "Mr. Holmes, in fact, in addition to dark creatures, there are many strange races in the world, which we humans collectively call subhumans. Maybe the monster you saw is a kind of Maybe some weird-looking demihumans.”
Ford Holmes was doubtful: "Demi-humans? Are you serious? You didn't lie to me?"
Nok nodded and affirmed: "If you can give me a detailed description of the monster's appearance, I may be able to find out information about this monster through special channels. It's just..."
"Just what?"
Seeing Knock looking a little embarrassed, Ford quickly asked.
Nok explained embarrassedly: "If you want to inquire about information from special channels, you need a lot of money. This is not what I want, but if you want to inquire about the demi-humans, you can only ask the demi-humans.
But the demi-humans are actually not friendly to us humans. They just make deals with humans for some needs. Therefore, if you want to find out about the demi-humans, you must provide them with the materials or money they want. "
After listening to Nock's explanation, Ford Holmes expressed his understanding.
As a businessman, he naturally understands the principle of "fair trade".
So, with a wave of his hand, he left a hundred gold coins and a description of the monster, his address and left.
There was no fear that Nok would deceive him and enrich himself.
But this time, he really saw the wrong person.
Although Nock did not tell lies, he still deceived Ford Holmes.
He really wanted to go to special channels to inquire about information, and the person he was looking for was indeed the demihumans. He needed to provide the demihumans with the supplies they needed. But the high price Knock mentioned is relative to Knock.
Because, he originally planned to go to the black market today to sell the materials he hunted last night.
The black market is a special channel.
The object of his transaction was a demihuman.
His magic materials are what the demihumans need.
Therefore, he could inquire about some insignificant information from the demihuman he had cooperated with for three years during the transaction without any extra charge.
Knock just saw Ford Holmes's generosity and planned to defraud him of another reward to relieve the pressure.
But he didn't expect the other party to be so generous and threw out another hundred gold coins!
That is a profit that a small businessman cannot make in a year!
And the other party took out 150 gold coins for Nok today. This is because the family has a mine!
Nok decided that even if he spent a little more effort, he would do things beautifully!
If it didn't work out, he personally went to Baker Street to guard the Ripper.
Maybe you can also take the bounty from the professional office, killing two birds with one stone!
[Note 1: The currency conversion ratio is 1:100. 100 copper coins = 1 silver coin, 100 silver coins = 1 gold coin]
