The Holy Man of Another Century Gospel

Chapter 9: Super Large

Sophie stared at the tent above her head for a long time before she remembered where she was.

She sat up and stretched.

The berth next to it was empty; Sister Alena had already gotten up and was no longer in the tent.

Maybe because she ran around a lot yesterday, she slept soundly last night even in such an environment.

“…I almost forgot.”

After stretching, the little nun quickly began her first prayer of the morning, although judging by the light outside, it seemed that it was already quite late.

"Are you awake? Then get up."

After the prayer, Sophie realized that the head nun had lifted the curtain of the tent and was standing outside looking at her. "It's getting late."

"Ok!"

After changing into nun's clothes and coming out of the tent, Sophie saw that the camp was very lively, with many villagers wearing coarse cloth.

The head nun was talking to the monks she had met yesterday. It seemed that they would also participate in today's operation. According to her arrangement last night, Sophie had to stay in the camp.

After confirming that there is no danger in the mine, she will consider taking her in to see it for herself... That's what the head nun said.

Sophie had no objection to this. She knew that insisting on following would only cause more trouble, given her own strength. She had witnessed the horror of those undead last night...

Thinking of this, she looked around, but couldn't find the young master of the City Lord's Mansion who was in danger last night.

"Sophie?" The head nun noticed her coming out and pointed to the other side. "The washing area is over there."

"Oh, well..."

The washing area in the camp is very simple, but fortunately the water in the wooden barrel is clear and looks very clean, so people can feel at ease and make do with it.

After a quick wash, Sophie looked up and saw Eric coming out of a small tent, wearing a suit of chain mail that looked like a brand new one.

The iron rings are interlocked, emitting a cold light, covering from the neck to above the knees without any extra decorations, and the lower body is wearing leggings and leather boots.

After putting on this outfit, his whole temperament seemed completely different from yesterday.

Eric didn't notice the little nun staring at him not far away, and went straight to the center of the camp, waiting for the captain of the guards to assemble the troops.

"Mr. Eric."

Alena came over first and said, "I hope to bring these local monks with me so they can observe and learn, and then participate in the purification."

Eric looked at the monks from the small town who came with her. Judging from their appearance, they were probably from poor backgrounds and under normal circumstances, they would hardly have any chance to learn divine arts seriously.

"That's no problem."

He looked at Alena again, "But once you join the team, you must obey orders. If you act on your own, expulsion is the lightest punishment."

The head sister nodded. "I've been in the military for a while, so I understand the rules. I'll keep them in check."

army?

Eric was a little surprised, but Alena obviously had no intention of saying more.

He called Leslie and explained the situation. Leslie frowned at the poor monks for a while, but finally nodded.

"Master, we are ready too."

"Then let's go."

The guards of the City Lord's Mansion quickly gathered. After the captain of the guards explained the plan for today's operation, he pointed out one person to stay behind in the camp, and the others all followed the team into the mine.

"set off!"

Before entering the mine, you need to remove the newly built outer wall - those logs are so dense that they almost block the wind.

This was no problem at all for the guards, who could easily handle it with their bare hands. As the logs were unloaded one by one, the closed, abandoned mine finally reopened.

"Take a few of the dismantled logs in. It's much more useful to block the mine directly than to block the door." Eric ordered.

"Yes!"

When you walk into the mine, you will see a mess.

The various wooden houses and sheds built more than two hundred years ago had already almost completely decayed, and under the destruction of the undead, only broken wood chips remained on the ground.

After walking a few steps, Eric felt his feet sink, as if he had stepped on something. He looked down and saw a large piece of rotten meat. He was immediately nauseated.

He forced himself to adapt quickly because the mine was full of rotting corpses and pieces of flesh scattered everywhere.

The lowest level of undead are afraid of light and hide in the mines during the day, but this simple behavior is also a challenge. The guards soon found an undead stuck between two large rocks.

"Let me do it." A guard drew his sword and was eager to try.

"Wait." The captain of the guards stopped him and turned to call Eric on the other side.

He remembered clearly that the young master said last night that unless it was an emergency, he should be given the opportunity to kill the undead as much as possible.

Although he didn't understand the meaning of this, Leslie didn't care: Meaning? The master's words were the meaning.

"..."

When Eric came over and saw the rotten corpse stuck in the crevice of the stone and twitching, he was speechless for a while.

If he hadn't noticed the movement from afar, he would have thought that Leslie had stuffed this thing in there so that he could have a safe and painless experience.

——After all, he had specifically instructed me last night.

Eric's purpose was nothing more than to gain some experience and improve his level.

With the strength of the City Lord's Mansion guards at the third level, dealing with these undead is a piece of cake. If he doesn't warn them in advance, he probably won't even get a sip of soup.

"Master, let's do it." Leslie said.

Facing the immobile target, Eric did not make any unnecessary moves. He raised the steel sword in his hand and slashed it down directly.

Pfft!

With one stroke, the rotten head rolled to the side, and a thin stream of golden light as light as smoke floated from the corpse, spun in the air, and suddenly flew into Eric's body.

[Swordsman class gains 150 experience points] [Swordsman class reaches level 2]

[Swordsman class upgraded to level 3]

An unexpected amount of experience poured into his body, and three prompts hit his face in quick succession, leaving Eric stunned.

What’s going on? Is this a giveaway for newbies?

He had seen a new account with three hits at level one, but he had never seen one hit at level three.

It's just a small monster, but the experience it gives is too much. It's like a cheat that multiplies the experience...

Wait, multiple experience points?
Eric's thoughts suddenly became clear.

He suddenly remembered that one of the most important features of the closed beta test in his previous life was multiple experience points and high-speed upgrades - because the closed beta test was only open for seven days in total.

In order to demonstrate the rich and diverse options of the job transfer system, a huge amount of experience is given to the monsters to ensure that every player can complete the second job transfer before the end of the closed beta.

During the closed beta period, the multiple experience points were directly added to the monsters, and were also inherited into this world?

Eric suddenly became excited.

This means that in just a few days, he will be able to raise his strength to level three - at most level three, because according to the settings during the closed beta test, the multiple experience gains only go up to level three.

But for now, this is enough. A third-level warrior can serve as a guard in the city lord's mansion in a remote place like Dent County. Even if he travels on the continent, he has a good self-protection ability.

Eric then glanced at his own dashboard.

The increase in professional level also brought about an increase in attributes. Strength, physique and agility all increased by two points. The most intuitive feeling this gave him was that the chain mail pressing on his shoulders seemed to have become slightly lighter.

In addition, he also received two free attribute points.

The selection ratio of free attribute points will affect the attribute bonus obtained when upgrading to level one or above. Eric has not yet decided how to add points.

"——Master?"

Seeing Eric become dazed after chopping off the undead's head with a sword, Leslie called out.

Eric came back to his senses, glanced at the corpse on the ground, and casually shook off the dark red blood on the sword. "It's okay, continue."

Leslie glanced around and pointed to a corner. "Go over there and take a look. If there's nothing missing, get ready to enter the mine!"

Several guards went over to check, and the head nun came with the monks and taught the divine art of purifying the undead who had just been chopped down on the spot.

"Concentrate your mind and visualize the image of Yela, praying for divine power to cleanse evil and purify the body... Take your time, the most important step is visualization."

Eric was watching from the side, and suddenly it occurred to him: since there was such a rare opportunity to gain multiple experience points, he might be able to upgrade both of his professional systems to the third level.

However, there is no movement in the second professional system now. The experience of the swordsman profession has filled up two large tubes, but there is still no movement.

How should he upgrade?

Do I have to use this holy book to kill monsters in order for the experience to be counted towards the second profession?

Eric, who got the dual-career template for the first time, was very confused.

He opened the profession panel. The only skill available to the monk profession was the meaningless "prayer".

"Prayer": To contact the gods and ask for blessings.

Most of the humans on Gaia were born as believers of Yela, especially the nobles, who began praying every day since they could speak. Eric was no exception, but he had never sensed the so-called gods, nor received any blessings.

Or is it that his daily prayers simply do not meet the standards of a clergyman's prayers?

Eric thought about it and tried to pray by activating his skills.

“May Yela bless me and allow me to remain brave and resolute in the face of difficulties and challenges…”

He lowered his eyes and silently recited a prayer, completely unaware that Alena beside him suddenly turned her head to look at him, her face full of surprise that she couldn't hide in time.

She sensed a certain flow of energy from him, which she was very familiar with. It was the fluctuation when the clergy cast their spells.

Is he performing a divine spell?

But even when the so-called "miracle" happened on the high platform in the square yesterday, she did not feel such fluctuations, so it was difficult for her to believe what he said later.

Can he really cast divine spells?
Alena stared at Eric. The wave was fleeting, starting from him and eventually disappearing from him.

"..."

Eric stopped praying and looked at the prompt that suddenly popped up. He felt both surprised and a little amused.

[You have received the blessing of Yela, Strength +1, Constitution +1, lasting for 6 hours.]

The good news is that "Prayer" is really useful, and the attribute it gives is equivalent to a level up;

The not-so-good news is that his problem is still not solved: How should he level up in the initial stage of his profession? Is he going to rely on giving buffs to others?
"Master, there's an undead with a broken leg over here!"

He was looking worried when the guard who went to check the corner of the mine actually found an undead that had been missed and immediately called him over to gain some experience.

Eric didn't hesitate either. He walked over with his sword and slashed at the man's neck.

Heads fall, experience comes flying——

[Swordsman class gains 150 experience points]

[Swordsman class upgraded to level 4]

[Monk profession gains 150 experience points]

[Monk class upgraded to level 2]

[Monk class upgraded to level 3]

Eric opened his mouth.

"……I go."

Thanks to the book friend [rankiw] for being the leader.

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(End of this chapter)