Contractor...... A human being who is able to connect with the abyss.

Since the empire has not studied this connection thoroughly enough, it has not been divided in too much detail.

It's just that from the strength of ability, it can be roughly divided into four stages.

The first stage is the most common contractor, and most of the people who have just undergone the canonization ceremony are of this level, accounting for 80% of the total number of contractors, and its manifestation is ...... You can open a small rift that connects to Hell and summon your own contract demons.

The second level, which accounts for 15% of the total number of contractors, has established some kind of inexplicable symbiotic relationship with their demons at this stage.

The approximate manifestation is that the contractor has some demonic abilities.

For example, the old priest was able to control people's minds a little by looking at them, and Deacon Badr had great physical strength. At the same time, if a person or a demon is injured, it will also affect each other.

And the average second-order contractor can become a clergyman of the Holy See, after all, the combat power is already beyond the existence of human beings.

As for the third stage contractor, only 5% remained.

These contractors are actually similar to the abilities of second-order contractors, they can summon demons, and they have some abilities from the abyss and hell.

The only difference is ...... They can summon 'big demons', and at the same time, the strength of their symbiotic abilities is far greater than that of the second order.

Take, for example, the dead deacon Badr; If he reaches the third stage, then his contract demon is estimated to be able to evolve to more than ten meters, and a single collision can easily destroy half a street, and his own physical strength is estimated to be able to stand and let the Knights Cathar fight for hours without fighting back.

Fortunately, due to the shroud of the Holy See's [Holy Light], the large void rift could not be opened within the empire, and those demons controlled by the third-order contractor were also under the control of the Holy See.

Otherwise, a few large demons would get together and probably be able to tear down a city.

And the contractors of the above three stages have already accounted for the entire number of contractors.

As for the fourth stage...... In fact, it was only divided about 35 years ago.

It was the era of great chaos of the second demon invasion, when war and killing became the main theme of the world, and the survival of humanity had reached the brink of precariousness.

And then...... The man who came into the world as if he was a god of death appeared......

Mistress Dante Aliquieri......

A poor man who came out of the lower city, with extremely rare surnames, strange names, and a body of brilliance and countless glory, stood alone in front of the gates of hell, slaughtered tens of thousands of demons, stepped into another world, returned to the world after a year and seven months, faced the most terrifying abyssal evil god with mortal willpower, and killed him, ending the five-year-long demon invasion war, the hero of the empire, the general who was worshipped as a god by mankind.

His deeds have been recorded in all school textbooks for decades, and although he has long since retired from his heavy power armor and returned to his native town to recuperate, he is still revered in the highest esteem throughout the empire.

He is the only contractor who has evolved to the fourth stage.

However, it was precisely because he was so radiant that no organization dared to study what kind of power he possessed, not even the Holy See, and he himself did not seem interested in clarifying it.

As a result, no one knows how powerful the Stage 4 contractors really are.

......

Sherlock has actually heard a little about the division of these four stages, after all, he has read a lot of books.

When he heard the old priest's proposal, he was stunned, then surprised, and finally turned into a trace of hesitation.

Become a Contractor......

As a member of this world, Sherlock, no matter how maverick he is, will certainly not resist becoming a contractor...... But his yearning for this is not at all because of the pursuit of power, power or social status.

but because of his curiosity...... and intellectual curiosity.

Sherlock is a detective, so the exploration of the unknown is really a great attraction for him; At the same time, he is a mortal, so he naturally wonders what kind of feeling the contractor likes;

Of course, he also knew that the Holy See had already possessed a way to make a mortal a contractor, but that was a gift that only the most devout believers could obtain, and he was a 'bastard' who was even deceived by his beliefs, wasn't it a bit ...... Unworthy......

The old priest should have seen Sherlock's thoughts, and smiled: "You don't need to care too much, you saved the lives of two clergy of the Holy See, as well as dozens of heroic soldiers of the Knights of the Cathars, and the most important thing is that the ability you have shown has been admired and recognized by me...... You are worthy of this gift. ”

He said it sincerely, but Sherlock still looked suspicious.

After another ten seconds, the old priest was a little embarrassed, he looked at the door of the tent, made sure that no guards were passing by, and finally whispered:

"You saved Catherine, and her family's place in the Holy See ...... Very high. ”

"Very high?"

"Well, it's much higher than you think, but I can't go into details, in short, it's just a canonization ceremony for the contractor, it's really nothing, if you're a member of the Holy See, maybe you can be promoted several people directly."

"Uh~"

This is really a bit unexpected by Sherlock, I didn't expect that what I offended was not only a nun of judgment, but also a higher identity behind it; For a moment, he didn't know if this was good news.

And the old priest ...... He was a little anxious when he saw that Sherlock had not yet agreed; I wonder who has received such a reward, and he did not hurry up to thank Dade and kneel down to bow to the Holy See.

Why is this guy still hesitating, is it possible that he still has to beg him?

So, he didn't wait for the other party's response, and asked directly as if forcibly inserted:

"So, have you ever had that strange dream?"

"Dreams??

Miscellaneous...... What dreams?! ”

At this point, after a whole day, this Mr. Detective finally showed a trace of surprise like a civilian!