A Guide to Becoming a God Starting from a Monastery

No. 288 Trophy 1

Quite a while has passed since Thomas broke in here.

During this period of time, the Deer-Headed Demon's entire attention was on Thomas, and he had no time to pay attention to other things.

And it had no magical vision, so it couldn't see the blue light gradually condensing in the air around it.

The blue light was barely detectable at the beginning, but now it is quite strong.

You know what's going on without asking.

Now, the magic is almost woven into shape.

No, it's already woven!

"What did you say?" The Deer-Headed Demon was shocked.

Its expression just now could only be described as panic, but now it has turned into fear.

Because it found that it could not move.

Thomas smiled and watched the changes ahead.

Naturally, the naked eye couldn't see anything, but through magical vision, the blue light had condensed into a mysterious symbol, completely enveloping the Deer-Headed Spirit. The Grand Master's ritual magic was finally complete.

"You...did...what..." The deer-headed demon struggled to squeeze out these words from between his teeth.

"You're our prisoner," Thomas said. "Oh, as you know, this is legal. She's your captive, your trophy, so she belongs to you. You can extract her bloodline power and use her like a chess piece. Haha..." Thomas sneered. "Now, we've defeated you and captured you. According to the human laws of war that you agree with, you're now a trophy, aren't you?"

"Thom... Mars..." The Deer-Headed Demon suddenly uttered a voice. The hoarse and damp feeling of the voice faded a lot.

A look of struggle appeared on the Deer-Headed Demon's face. Clearly, the sound wasn't its own.

"Grand Commander?" Thomas hesitated.

"It's me!" The Grand Commander's voice came from the Deer-Headed Spirit's mouth. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," Thomas replied.

"That's great. We succeeded, I controlled it!" said the commander-in-chief.

The deer-headed demon's face twisted repeatedly, showing that it was struggling with all its might.

"So this is... the power of the forest and nature..." the Grand Commander said. "I feel it... As expected..."

"Captain, what are you doing?"

"It's nothing. In the name of the Lord, I took over the body and power of this monster." The commander's voice became more fluent.

In this battle of spirit and soul, the advantages and disadvantages are obvious.

"Okay, I'll let it fall into a stable sleep now. After bringing it back, we'll strengthen the seal! Be careful not to hurt it!" The commander-in-chief said decisively.

The Deer-Headed Demon continued to struggle in vain. But it was useless, because within a dozen seconds, its struggles grew weaker and weaker. Finally, it lay motionless and fell into a deep sleep.

There is actually such a... trick!

Thomas was quite surprised. This was somewhat different from what he had expected.

He knew that the Grand Commander was trying to capture the Deer-Headed Demon, but he didn't expect that he would be captured in this way.

If this can be done to the Deer-Headed Demon, what about humans?

In theory, it seems to work perfectly.

Then I...

No, no, no, that's not it. Thomas quickly realized that this required the opponent to remain motionless for a long time.

The main reason why the spell was so effective this time was that the Deer-Headed Spirit was unable to move, so he stayed on the throne without moving.

On the other hand, all attention was drawn to Thomas.

If it weren't for Thomas, the Deer-Headed Demon would have noticed something was wrong long ago.

But for humans, this trick is obviously not so effective.

Thomas thought, then stepped forward.

He had seen it clearly just now: the Deer-Headed Demon had extracted the extraordinary power from the Long Sword Princess and condensed it into a crystal. It even showed off to Thomas for a moment before retracting it.

As for where to put it...it is put into the folds of fat on its body.

A layer of fat hangs over it, and as long as it doesn't get up and move, the thing cannot be thrown away.

This sounds a bit disgusting, but it didn't stop Thomas from reaching into the fat layer of the deer-headed demon and feeling around carefully.

After a while, Thomas took out everything he could find.

There were several natural crystals. Unlike the ones the Deer-Headed Spirit had given them last time, these were much smaller and seemed to be semi-finished products.

The Deer-Headed Demon's previous mention of "the only one in the world" was a classic play on words. While there was indeed only one finished piece, there were many incomplete pieces. It presumably had several of these items ready, intending to corrupt and control human heroes.

As for why they didn't lie but played word games...it was probably to prevent Thomas from having the ability to see through the lies.

It is not a lie, but how it is understood is another matter.

In addition, there is also the essence of extraordinary power extracted from the Long Sword Princess, which also appears in the form of a crystal prism.

The rest were just some miscellaneous items without any magical aura, so Thomas didn't pay any attention to them.

There was movement at the entrance of the cave; it was the knights clearing obstacles.

The vines that Thomas had half burned before became an obstacle for the knights to enter and had to be cleared.

Time was running out; now was not the time for detailed scrutiny. Thomas opened the door to his secondary plane and dumped everything he could find, including the antlers on the ground and the ball he had dug out from the evil tree man, into his own secondary plane.

After doing this, Thomas went to the totem pole again and absorbed the divine power there.

There is less divine power here, but even if it is less, there are still hundreds of clusters.

Finally, there is the apple tree in the corner.

But this is not very urgent because it is too inconspicuous.

If the Deer-Headed Demon hadn't pointed it out, even Thomas would have had a high probability of being kept in the dark.

At this time, the knights finally cleared a passage from the green mountain blocking the road and entered the cave.

The Grand Commander looked pale and walked in, supported by another knight.

"Well done, Captain Thomas!" the Grand Master said weakly. "We succeeded."

Thomas' heart trembled, but he knew that this magic might not be that simple.

Although normal spellcasting consumes the soul, it does not affect the strength of the body. In other words, even if it is damaged, it is not visible.

The Grand Commander, however, was clearly weak and could barely walk.

Everyone surrounded the Deer-Headed Demon, stared at it for a long time, and finally dragged it off the throne.

The Deer-Headed Demon fell into a supernatural sleep and could not be awakened no matter how people tried to wake him up.

Several knights searched the cave but found nothing.

"Captain Thomas," a knight, who was unfamiliar but clearly of high rank and presumably either a captain or a division commander, said to Thomas. "What did you find here?"

He looked at Thomas's backpack. Although Thomas's clothes were badly damaged, his backpack was still in good condition.

"There's nothing," Thomas said. "If there was, it was probably destroyed in the battle."

"Impossible..." The knight was about to say something, but was interrupted by the commander on the other side.

"Don't worry about those insignificant things!" he said weakly. "We must bring back the spoils..."

"But, the rest..."

"The Deer-Headed Spirit is our most important trophy; everything else is trivial!" the Grand Master said weakly. "Does the Knights care about a little money or one or two magical items?"

Chapter 289: Trophy 2

The knight stopped talking, but he still looked at Thomas with an unfriendly look.

"Wait here, I'll take a break. Call everyone else over." The captain found a place to sit down, looking extremely tired.

Someone went out to look for someone.

After a while, the other knights also arrived here.

At this point, the three teams met up.

On the surface, Thomas escaped unscathed, the Grand Commander's main force successfully completed the mission, and the third team's bait team suffered minimal losses.

A knight suffered minor injuries that did not affect his movements and successfully destroyed several evil tree people.

All we can say is that the elite warriors of the Knights are very strong, and they are also well prepared.

Cannons, in particular, played a huge role in the battle. In reality, it was difficult to chop down the evil tree people with swords and axes, and muskets and arrows were pointless, but before cannons, all things were equal.

All in all, this time it went much more smoothly than expected.

Everyone also understood that the reason why it went so smoothly was because someone took on the most dangerous task in the entire battle.

The Grand Commander was well prepared, because the last bait team to arrive brought a sturdy stretcher.

Everyone worked together to put the unconscious Deer-Headed Demon on it.

No one else needed a stretcher, and the only injured person had a minor injury that did not affect his movement.

Thomas, on the other hand, looked at Green Mountain, which had been mostly burned.

Princess Long Sword is at the foot of this green mountain... Her body should have been cremated. This is the best possible grave, I guess.

"Calculate the time. We need to arrive at the dock and board the ship at dusk," the Grand Commander warned again. "Don't stop in pagan territory. Don't let anyone see what we're carrying... Anything left at the inn is unimportant; if it's lost, it's lost! No accidents can happen!"

Everyone obeyed the order, abandoned the cannons, and carried the Deer-Headed Demon on the road.

"Captain, I need to leave for a while." Thomas said suddenly.

"how?"

"My clothes are torn." Thomas gestured at the patchwork of rags on his body. "I have to find a new set!"

What he meant by "finding a set" obviously did not mean returning to the Chude tribe to buy one.

The knights traveled light, so naturally they had no extra clothing. After all, clothing in this season took up a lot of space and was heavy.

So the answer is very obvious.

"Captain Thomas, we need to maintain discipline." Someone frowned. "I'll lend you my cloak."

"This is indeed inappropriate," the Grand Master said. "Thomas, I'll give you an hour."

"Captain, you're too... indulgent of him," another person said. "We can't have any problems right now."

"Don't worry, young man. I understand you want to do it right," the Grand Master said. "Remember to catch up on time. If you're late, the ship won't wait for you!"

These words were spoken with great severity, but in a gentle tone.

Thomas quickly separated from the crowd and headed towards the forest of hanging corpses.

The Forest of Hanging Corpses is not very far from here. In fact, we will arrive there soon.

Thomas soon found Prince Yaroslav's body - like most of the bodies, he had only one wound, a blow to the chest that pierced the heart.

The frozen corpse's eyes were wide open, as if it couldn't believe that the Deer-Headed Demon would suddenly turn against it.

We are old customers who have maintained long-term trade cooperation!

Thomas took a moment to guess what had happened.

In all likelihood, the Deer-Headed Demon discovered that Princess Long Knife possessed the ability it desired, so it demanded that Prince Yaroslav hand over Princess Long Knife, but the prince refused.

There was no way to refuse, because such a capable subordinate was not something that could be easily exchanged.

Apart from anything else, he will almost certainly be a protector of the country in the future!

Although the Deer-Headed Demon was powerful, it was impossible for him to offer a price high enough to convince the prince.

So the Deer-Headed Demon simply overturned the table and solved the problem with violence.

Thomas could even imagine what happened at that time - without any preparation, a large number of vines suddenly swept over, engulfing and suppressing everyone.

In the face of such tactics, no matter how elite the troops are, no matter how skilled the swords and sabers are, they are useless. Even half-step defense of the country is useless.

They had no fire and could not deal with the plants. So after being tied up for a long time and becoming weak, the evil tree people pulled them out one by one and killed them directly.