Nock excitedly put down the Bible in his hand, shook Ford Holmes's hand with both hands, and said with an excited face.

"I, Nock 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 monasteries, and for not despising me because of my young age. ”

"Mr. Holmes, I am glad to have a devout believer like you."

"Don't worry, in response to your trust in us, I will find out the true face of that [Ripper]. Let that monster have nothing to hide, and prove that you are not hallucinating, sir, and you are not lying! ”

"Let's go, even if I go bankrupt, I will gather enough magic materials to find out the breath of the monster on your body!"

"Against the dark creatures, our Holy Church is the ancestor of other sects!"

In order to fool the big businessman, Nok blurted out that he would make other sects attack in droves.

Seeing Nock believing in himself, Ford Holmes was also emotionally excited.

Immediately hit it off with Nock, and with a wave of his hand, he donated fifty gold coins to the monastery. (Note 1)

That's fifty gold coins! All the magic materials Nock collected last night could only be sold for twenty silver coins!

Fifty gold coins, how many night owls does Nock have to kill!

Lilian and the others wash other people's clothes once, and it's only ten copper coins a day.

A palm-sized piece of black bread costs two copper coins!

A pound of black bread is about 7-8 pieces.

The children of the monastery ate openly, and they could eat 20 black loaves of bread in one meal!

Fifty gold coins, what a fortune this is, enough to buy five bottles of high-grade nutrition potions on the black market for Lillian to replenish their body deficit!

Although Nock was very excited, his expression was very calm.

"Thank you for your generosity, and may the Lord be with you on your journey."

Nock blessed the other party as usual, and there was no special treatment.

He's a Greg who treats money like dung!

"Mr. Holmes, this way, please."

Nock invited the other party from the side hall to the apse, which was once the workplace of Father John to exorcise evil spirits, and the tools were still very complete.

Nock usually collects unknown materials, and he will come here to study them, just in time, to study the problems of Mr. Holmes.

Holmes looked at the apse with some surprise.

Although the Abbey of Our Lady has existed for many years, the church of the Holy Church is so large in England that there are countless churches that were once holy churches, but there is also one in every town.

There was once a temple on the avenue outside the palace.

Therefore, Ford Holmes did not come to the Abbey of Our Lady.

He always thought that the last church in England was just a small chapel, but he didn't expect it to sit in a large hall, comparable to the existence of a cathedral.

It's only a few points inferior to the Great Sanctuary of the past.

It's not to blame Sherlock Holmes for being weird.

After all, according to Nock's current clerical rank, he is a black-clothed priest, and at most he can be in charge of a small church with a chapel.

The former Abbey of Our Lady is the only abbey in the whole of England to train clergy for all churches in the whole of England, and the scale is naturally not small.

It's just that Nock and the others only have seven children in total, so they don't need much space, so the scope of activity is only the chapel in the front yard and the kitchen and dormitory area in the backyard.

Therefore, Ford Holmes was naturally surprised to see that this was both a side hall and an apse.

"Alright, Mr. Holmes, I've got the materials ready, you can now relax and don't think about anything, just close your eyes and concentrate. I'll leave the rest to me. ”

Under Nock's guidance, Ford Holmes soon fell into a state of self-forgetfulness.

Nock also hurriedly began to mix the materials in his hand in order.

First poured the tentacles of the hell cockroach into the vessel and ground it into powder, then put in the jaws of the devil ant to continue grinding into powder, then added the tail of the fluorescent gecko, which was also ground into powder, and finally added the juice from the grinding of the petals of the Epiphyllum flower, and stirred the three powders together.

Soon, a ghostly light lit up, and a dark green bead appeared in the vessel.

This method similar to alchemy was modified by alchemists with reference to witches' medicines.

It stands to reason that Nock, as a priest, does not and should not learn.

But in order to survive, Father John had to steal this skill against the rules, and it happened to be stolen by the ignorant fellow Nock.

Thanks to the fact that there is now only one church left in the entire Lionheart Kingdom, there is a church of the Holy Church.

Otherwise, if the people of the Holy Church know about it, they will definitely brand Nock as a heretic and burn him at the stake.

Nock used tweezers to clip out the dark green beads and placed them in the closed hand of Sherlock Holmes.

Then, Nock began to chant the spell with words: "O elves who wander among the netherworld, follow the desires of your hearts and hunt the darkness that wanders beyond the netherworld!" Netherworld, Revelation! ”

Hum, the bead in Holmes' hand emitted a dazzling ghostly light

Woo!

A gloomy wind blew in the room, brushing Holmes's body, and then, without a trace of nostalgia, disappeared behind Holmes.

Click-

The dark green beads in Ford Holmes's hand turned into powder, and the glow suddenly faded.

Nock watched this scene dumbfounded, his heart full of puzzlement.

The beads lit up, proving that the Nether Soul Seeker had been successfully activated.

The wind blows, proving that the Nether Elves have come.

The beads shattered, proving that the Nether Elves had not only come, but had also taken the reward after finishing the errand!

But Holmes was so calm that he was about to fall asleep, which showed that the Nether Elves had not found a dark aura in him at all.

Otherwise, when the Nether Elves devour the aura of darkness, Holmes will feel uncomfortable.

The most important thing is that if the Nether Elf devours the Dark Aura, it will definitely return the identity of the owner of the Aura.

But Nok didn't receive any information, and the Nether Elf took the payment and left!

Could it be that there really is no dark aura left on Ford Holmes?

But that's impossible!

Although judging from the other party's oral statement, it has been almost a week since the other party encountered that monster.

However, according to the records, all creatures that have been attacked by dark creatures will have more or less the breath of the attacker 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 the prey from escaping, even if the dark creature dies, its breath can remain for more than a month.

But now there is no dark aura to be found on Ford Holmes, which makes Nock very puzzled.

Even if the one who attacked Ford Holmes was a high-level dark creature who knew how to hide his aura, as long as he attacked Ford, it was impossible not to leave his own aura.

Unless......

Ford Holmes lied!

But according to Nock's observations, the other party does not look like a lie.

Moreover, what good is it for Sherlock Holmes to spend fifty gold coins to cheat Nock?

Since Ford Holmes didn't lie, the problem can only arise with the monster that attacked him.

Isn't that monster a creature of darkness?

You must know that from the high-level blood clan to the low-level little devil, even the most alternative gargoyles among the dark creatures cannot be without the aura of darkness!

Nock nudged Ford, "Mr. Holmes, wake up." ”

Ford was suddenly awakened, and he opened his confused eyes: "Huh? Is it over? ”

Nock nodded, "It's over." ”

Ford suddenly became nervous: "How is it, have you found it?" ”

Nock shook his head and replied honestly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Holmes, I didn't detect the aura of a dark creature from you. ”

"It can't be!" Ford screamed excitedly, "I didn't lie, that monster attacked me, I even felt its breath!" ”

"Calm down, Mr. Holmes. It's not like I don't believe you. ”

Nock hurriedly calmed the emotional Ford Holmes.

"How calm I am! You've said you didn't detect the breath of the dark creatures! If you, as a priest of the Holy Church, can't find out, who can prove that I'm not lying! I'm really not lying! Woo-woo-"

Ford Holmes broke down and crouched on the ground with his head in his hands, howling and crying.

Nock watched this scene with a headache, not knowing how to comfort the other party.

Fortunately, the apse is some distance from the front nave, and although the church is in the front yard, it is also some distance from the gate, otherwise people will hear it and think that he has begun to "rob the house".

"Mr. Holmes, please calm down and listen! I haven't detected the aura of the dark creatures, but I don't doubt your words. I have one more inference here, if you are willing to listen to my analysis, please be quiet! ”

Nock is also a little irritable, and he can't care about playing polite anymore.

Perhaps hearing that Nock had other inferences, Ford Holmes quickly stopped crying and looked up at Nock with a look of hope.

Nock sorted his thoughts for a moment before he spoke: "Mr. Holmes, in fact, in addition to dark creatures, there are many strange races in this world, which we humans call the subhuman race. Maybe the monster you see is a strange-looking subhuman race. ”

Ford Holmes was skeptical: "Subhumans? Are you serious? Didn't lie to me? ”

Nock nodded and affirmed, "If you can give me a detailed description of what that monster looks like, I may be able to inquire about this monster through a special channel." Just ......"

"Just what?"

Seeing that Nock was a little embarrassed, Ford hurriedly asked.

Nock embarrassedly explained: "If you want to inquire about news from special channels, it takes a lot of money. This is not what I want, but if you want to inquire about the sub-human race, you can only inquire with the sub-human race.

The Arkians are not friendly to us humans, and they only trade with humans for some needs, so if you want to find out about the subhumans, you must provide them with the goods or money they want. ”

After listening to Nock's explanation, Ford Holmes expressed understanding.

As a businessman, he naturally understands the truth of "fair trade".

So, with a wave of his hand, he left behind a hundred gold coins and a description of the monster, left the address and left.

There is no fear that Nock will deceive him and fill his pocket.

But this time, he really saw the wrong person.

Although Nock did not tell a lie, he still deceived Ford Holmes.

He really had to go to a special channel to find out the news, and he was indeed looking for the sub-human race, and he needed to provide the sub-human race with the materials they needed. But the high cost mentioned by Nock is relative to Nock.

Because, he had planned to go to the black market today and sell the materials he hunted last night.

The black market is a special channel.

The object of his trade is a subhuman.

His magic materials are the materials that the sub-human race needs.

Therefore, he could have asked the subhuman who had been working with him for three years about some inconsequential news at no additional cost to him.

Nock just saw Ford Holmes being generous, and planned to cheat another payment to relieve the pressure.

But he didn't expect the other party to be so generous, and directly threw out another hundred gold coins!

That's a profit that a small businessman can't make in a year!

And the other party took out one hundred and fifty gold coins to Nock today, this is a mine at home!

Nock decided that even if it took a little more effort, he would do things beautifully!

It really didn't work, he personally went out to Baker Street to guard the [Ripper].

Maybe you can even get the bounty of the profession by the way, killing two birds with one stone!

[Note 1: The coin conversion ratio is 1:100.] 100 Bronze = 1 Silver Coin, 100 Silver Coin = 1 Gold Coin]