By the time the red cloud burned in the distance, the Herman had already left the village, but he had left the great knight's sword behind.

The body of the giant sword is imprinted with the legendary dark beast immortal bird, which is one of several manifestations of the goddess's authority, which can both bless and accept faith.

This village will be the starting point for the belief in the goddess.

Early in the morning, Herman finally rushed back to Mine 29.

This mine is not very large, the annual production of dragon's blood stone is only about one hundred and fifty pounds, similar to this mine, the knights belong to the Night Feather Wizard Guild there are more than a dozen, these small mines only have two wizards and wizards with a knight squad stationed in these small mines, the defense force is weak, so it will frequently attract racial attacks in the dark mountains to seize the dragon's blood stone that can craft magic weapons.

In the wizarding world, any kind of magical material can be regarded as a strategic material, which can cause many parties to compete for it. When the Night Feather Wizards took over many of the mines in the Red River Valley region, they also managed to take over after a series of long wars, and this war has not completely ended until now, and the bloodshed and slaughter continues.

Luckily, the mine doesn't produce a lot of money every year, and every month the supply team takes the dragonblood from that month with them, so they don't have too many outrageous enemies around them.

Last month's attack on the mines was just a werewolf tribe, and with the combined efforts of wizards and knights, these half-human, half-beast monsters were finally repulsed, and they managed to save the more than ten pounds of Dragon's Blood Stone, which is the amount that can forge an E-class magic weapon, worth at least 1000 contribution points.

1000 contribution points, that's almost half a year's salary for a knight, why am I not a wizard, so I can have ten times the current salary...... Herman felt a little resentful in his heart, the difference in basic salary between knights and wizards was too much, if he could also have a salary of three thousand contribution points per month, then it would only take three or four years to exchange the bone-level or even visceral-level Dou Qi Containment Method, and then he would be able to concentrate on impacting the more advanced numbers. And with his current salary, it will take him almost twenty or thirty years to accumulate so many contribution points.

"Goddess, how about I show off a little bit of magical talent? There should be a lot of geniuses in history who have cultivated both magic and martial arts, right? Herman asked quietly in his mind so that he could get ten times his salary.

But he heard the goddess respond in her ear: "Yes." ”

Herman frowned: "Really? ”

The goddess laughed suddenly: "Of course it's true, as long as you're not afraid of death." ”

Herman's smile froze: "Uh, how do you say that?" ”

The goddess snorted coldly: "Wizards are not fools, they value any genius, but they will not let go of any unscrupulous person. Even if it is a god force, before determining the list of key cultivators, they will do a detailed background check, they are wizards, and they will also do soul inquiries, before the hypnosis of vampires is simply not in the flow compared to soul inquiries, you can't even resist the hypnosis of vampires without grades, do you still want to challenge the soul inquiries of at least third-order wizards? ”

A third-order wizard, wouldn't that be a figure at the level of the Grand Master of the Legion or even a wizard mentor?

Herman laughed and stopped the conversation. Not mentioning the existence of the goddess, even his own soul can't see the light, so naturally he doesn't dare to throw himself into the net, so he has to work hard to get his qualifications.

Then the captain Jonas came over and said to him, "Boy, are you well rested?" What happened to the injury? ”

Herman slapped his waist and abdomen hard, and said with a smile: "It's completely fine, captain, I want to cancel the leave." ”

During the last attack, he accidentally gave the werewolf a claw, and if it weren't for the potion concocted by the mine wizard, he might have been disemboweled. Herman joined the Knights for five years, but it was only three years before he officially cultivated his fighting spirit, and only a few months after he became a garrison knight. Last time was the first time he was facing a life-and-death crisis, and because of this, even though the mine was understaffed, Jonas readily agreed to Herman's vacation and let him go out into town for a few days.

Jonas smiled slightly, and didn't ask where Herman had been in the past few days, and said, "No problem." Now that the injury is healed, hurry back to earn contribution points. Take advantage of your youth to go down to the mine a few more times, and save enough contribution points earlier in exchange for the advanced Dou Qi Containment Method, so that you can also be promoted to Source Knight earlier, and the upper limit will be higher. If you cultivate to a high level, you can live a good life even if you quit the wizarding club in the future, you know! ”

In this world, knights are promoted by the Dou Qi Containment Method and by the Energy Stone, both of which are as high as possible. Both of these require a large contribution value to be redeemed.

As low-level garrison knights, Herman and others have few ways to obtain contribution points, and only those who go out to patrol the forest or go down to the mine to supervise can get more contribution points.

Not to mention the danger of going out to patrol the forest, this is the Dark Mountain Range, dozens of miles away, it is an abandoned place jointly demarcated by the four Holy Sees, and the various dark races and remnants are extremely aggressive; Although you don't have to face all kinds of enemies in the mines, not only are there dangers of collapsing at any time, but the dark and damp environment underground is also very treacherous, and if you stay underground for a long time, even knights are very likely to suffer from rheumatoid arthritis and tuberculosis.

Therefore, although the garrison knights can apply for this mission, they must be separated by at least a month, which leads to the fact that the garrison team is far from understaffed, and it has been two months since Herman last went to the mine, so Jonas wants Herman to go to the mine.

Herman also happened to need a private space to complete the final step of helping the goddess establish her faith, so he agreed: "I understand the captain, tomorrow I will go to replace Graeme." ”

The captain solved a troublesome matter, and smiled even more: "No problem, I'll have someone prepare water and food for you right away." ”

Herman smiled and said, "These are secondary, don't forget to contribute to me is the most important thing." ”

"You kid, I'm not amnesic!" The captain punched him in the chest and left laughing.

Seeing this, Herman also went back to the dormitory to prepare.

Every time they went down to the mine, the knights would stay below for a week. The main task is to monitor the miners and prevent them from stealing the Dragon's Blood Stone, and the second is to prevent these mortals from digging up the monster and causing a disaster.

After all, this place is close to the Dark Mountain Range, and even if it is on the edge, there are a lot of magical beasts. The Knights have a special brigade responsible for clearing the demonic beasts in each mining area, so as not to put the guarding wizards and knights in danger.

As for the underground, before the Wizarding Guild became the master, there were miners who accidentally dug up the lair of a third-level demonic beast, which directly led to the record of the mine being abandoned. The third-level demonic beast is the existence of the same level as the mentor of the Night Feather Wizard Society, and no one in the entire mine can compete with it, maybe the wizard will be able to enter these mines, which is also related to that disaster.

And the reason why they have to stay for a week is because this mine has been mined for a long time, the mine is extremely deep, more than 100 meters vertically underground, and it is extremely inconvenient to enter and exit, and those miners can only change shifts once every two weeks.

The next morning Herman followed the pale, malnourished miners into the underground, and instead a tall knight came out of the darkness with a group of men, and he was exceptionally clean in the midst of the tired, numb gray and black crowd.

That's Graeme.

The other party was a little surprised: "Herman, your injury is not completely healed, why would Jonas let you come?" ”

Herman patted his belly and said with a smile, "Lord Holt's life potion is worthy of being a potion of magic, and I'm completely healed." I took the initiative to come, so what's next, is there anything new? ”

Graeme suddenly realized, then patted his waist, rustling: "It's still the same, don't talk about Warcraft, there is not even a single hair." However, I had bad luck this week and only got 2.9 pounds. I heard from the foreman that the mine to the north is almost finished, and I hope you can open a new mine this week, or you will have to pay a trip to Lord Holt's—good luck. ”

When Herman heard this, he immediately knew what he meant, as one of the most important magical materials of the Wizarding Society, Dragon's Blood Stone was highly valued by the higher-ups. They knew the production of each mine well, and if there was a reduction in production, even under normal circumstances, he would be investigated by the Wizarding Society.

This is a bit of a pitfall, if he knew such a situation, then he would not have volunteered to apply for this task. You must know that he is going to do something bad this time, and if he is caught afterwards, he will really die and don't know how to die.

"Let's hope everything goes well."

After dealing with Graeme, Herman continued on his way.

As the sunlight was completely expelled by the darkness, the road under his feet gradually became unclear, but fortunately, the foreman was considerate, and lit the oil lamp early in the morning, and used the dim light to illuminate the road under his feet...... Two hours later, more than 100 people who had carefully climbed the mine road and descended finally arrived at the simple accommodation area under the mine, put away the food and water, and rested for more than ten minutes, and then pushed the cart full of various tools to the destination, and began a two-week hard work.

Herman didn't need to bother with collecting raw materials, he had his own foreman to supervise the miners' work, he only needed to show up in the afternoon to supervise the workers to disassemble the rough stones, and then collect the dragon's blood stones obtained every day, and the rest of the time he could arrange by himself.

But the cave is dark and damp, and the cramped environment makes people feel sleepy and bored, and if they don't find something to do, even the most resolute transcendents can easily go crazy.

Generally, knights will choose to take a casual walk for two laps and then find a deserted mine to practice their fighting spirit or sharpen their fighting skills, so as to spend this dark time.

In addition to the 210 contribution points, Herman's more important purpose is to find a deserted mine and set up an altar belonging to the goddess there, so as to respond to the prayers of the believers, so that the foreign god in his body whose strength is seriously damaged can gain believers and restore his strength.

"Goddess, are there any special requirements for the orientation of the altar?" Herman, with an oil lamp in his left hand and a pickaxe and a cloth bag in his right hand, quietly left the improvised quarters, and followed the tinkling sound until he was completely inaudible, knowing that he had walked hundreds of meters.

The goddess replied in her mind: "No, if it weren't for the fact that the four pillars of this world god suppressed the other gods too harshly, attributed all the gods except them to the evil gods, burned the altars, and slaughtered the believers. Originally, I could have responded by building an altar directly anywhere outside, and building the altar 100 meters underground, just so as not to be discovered. ”

"I see, then it's fine. The Wizards' Guild and the Four Holy Sees' wells are a bit of a well, and even if a knight from the Inquisition breaks into the Wizards' territory, it is impossible for them to come here. It's just that those of your followers have been living in the Forsaken Lands, and once you start responding and giving them power, sooner or later the news of the magic in the Forsaken Lands will reach the four Holy Sees, and you will be classified as evil gods at that time. ”

The goddess did not make any waves, but said: "The gods have only truth and falsehood, and there is no good or evil." ”

"You're right." Herman smiled and stopped, "It's far enough, this is it." ”