Witch Monastery

Hawthorne was eager to try. At the same time, his fingertips were still swiping in front of him, swiping back and forth on the system screen that Heidi couldn't see: "Then, let me transform this place and make the kitchen my first monastery building!"

Chapter 7 Monastic Architecture

The room where Hawthorne lived was almost next to the kitchen. After all, the monastery where the witches were hiding was not very large.

According to the system data, it is only 2,200 square meters in total. After leaving the necessary areas for prayer, reading, exercises, greening, resting, cooking and serving porridge, there is not much space left for the nuns to hide people.

Even the kitchen of the monastery was not very large. It was less than 50 square meters in total, with only a stone stove that could cook a large pot of oatmeal, and a pile of firewood behind the stove.

On the other side of the stove were vegetables such as radishes and potatoes. It seemed that they had been left there for too long and had become a little wilted.

A few kitchen knives, spoons, a few salted fish and a large chopping board were hung on the khaki wall. A jar of salt was placed under the kitchen utensils and a few plates were stacked next to it. Apart from that, there was nothing else.

Seeing all this shabby stuff, Hawthorne was scratching his head: "There really isn't much here..."

Heidi was also a little embarrassed, after all, witches themselves had no need for food. Whether giving porridge to the poor or feeding the people they captured, they only needed a bite to eat, so they didn't care about the taste.

"I can go buy some ingredients and seasonings now." She continued, "At this time, the fishermen should have just returned from fishing, so I can buy fresh sea fish. Besides, the grocery store should not be closed yet..."

Since the truce with the Amazons, the South Port has gradually been converted back to a fishing port. Liber Port pursues an absolutely free economic strategy, so the local residents do not receive any support or help. They can only work from sunrise to sunset and rely on fishing to maintain their poor lives.

Although the witches themselves did not need food, they also understood the living habits of the locals - otherwise they would not be able to make precise moves and capture the locals quietly as food - so Heidi knew very well that if she went out at this time, she could buy a lot of fresh sea fish.

Hawthorne shook his head slightly and raised his hand to stop her action: "No, I have a better way."

As he said this, under Heidi's confused gaze, he stretched out his finger and gently moved the system light screen in front of him that only he could see, reading the instructions on it.

In the process of purifying Heidi, he really gained a lot. Not only did he get a witch like her who obeyed his orders, but he also earned 1,150 purification points.

You know, to upgrade the core building of the monastery - the prayer hall - from level 1 to level 2, you only need 1,000 purification points. And to upgrade ordinary level 1 buildings - such as kitchens, dormitories, warehouses - you only need 100 purification points.

Therefore, the income of more than one thousand yuan is enough for him to improve the situation.

For example, my own attributes, although I am already fifteen years old, my strength is only eight points, and my physique is only seven points. I am not as good as many children, or even some malnourished goblins. I must supplement them!

However, the way he supplemented his attributes was not to use purification points to directly add points to himself, but to bring out the "kitchen".

The reason is very simple. He just tried it and found that it was the same as in the game.

Spending money to improve attributes is ridiculously expensive!

When the attribute value is below thirteen points, one hundred purification points are required to increase the attribute by one point; when it is thirteen or above, two hundred points are required to increase the attribute by one point; and when it is above fifteen, three hundred points are required, and even more will be required if the attribute value is higher.

The purification points he has now are not enough for a few clicks!

Moreover, attributes are only one aspect of strength. Even if he raises all attributes to above 18, it is difficult to see an immediate improvement in strength: he still needs to obtain a profession, train expertise, and learn magic. The latter are the real components of combat power and are also the main source of purification points!

Therefore, he really didn't have any extra points to spend on improving attributes. It would be better to spend 100 points to build a kitchen, and then gradually improve his physical condition through diet and conditioning, spending the least money and doing the most things.

His body is only fifteen years old, and there is still plenty of room for growth. As long as he starts to adjust now, everything will not be in time!

Looking at the window on the system display in front of him that asked "Do you want to spend 100 purification points to build a first-level kitchen?", Hawthorne clicked "Yes" without hesitation.

Then, his consciousness suddenly stretched far away, as if he had risen high into the sky, and then overlooked the entire Nangang District below.

However, at this moment, in his field of vision, all other places were pitch black, and only the monastery was bright, just like the building interface in the game.

Obviously, according to the system, this is his territory, so he can do whatever he wants here.

Oh, but there are clearly six powerful witches inside who can easily crush me to death. Without Heidi's company, I dare not go anywhere...

Hawthorne laughed at himself in his heart, and then stopped thinking about it and focused on the things in front of him. His fingertips slid across the screen, and as he slid, the shadow of a kitchen building would move along with it.

This was the location for him to choose a building, and everything was exactly the same as in the game. He then set the location of the kitchen to where he was now, completely overlapping with the current kitchen of the monastery, and then double-clicked.

Then, another dialog box popped up in front of him: There are other buildings at the location of the new kitchen, and it is determined to be an ordinary kitchen. Should it be merged with it?

Hawthorne immediately pressed "yes", and the next moment, his consciousness returned to his body, and the scene in front of him returned to the inside of the kitchen.

And then, as Heidi looked on in shock, the whole kitchen was lit up by a hazy white light, exactly the same as the light that purified her.

And in that light, everything in the kitchen was changing rapidly: the original simple stone stove was quickly replaced by a row of metal stoves of different sizes;

The number of knives hanging on the wall increased rapidly, with bone-cutting knives, meat-cutting knives and other kitchen utensils of various sizes and models neatly arranged on the wall;

Under the knife, various condiments such as refined salt, oyster sauce, soy sauce, chili pepper, sweet noodle sauce, etc. appeared one by one, neatly arranged, waiting for him to show his skills at any time...

Hawthorne admired Heidi's shocked look, feeling extremely satisfied. Although this was not his ability, but the credit of the system, after all, he surprised a lovely witch, didn't he?

Finally, the white transformation light completely went out. Looking at the kitchen that was more than twice as big as before and filled with all kinds of kitchen utensils and tableware that she didn't recognize, Heidi was extremely surprised: "This... Master, how did you do it?"

As she said this, she suddenly thought of something and quickly turned around and walked outside. Looking at the kitchen whose appearance and floor space had not changed, she was even more shocked to realize that the interior of the kitchen had actually become an independent space!

Create a demiplane!

This is something that only an eighth-level spell can do, and the master clearly has no magic power and cannot cast any magic...

How did he do that?

Seeing Heidi walking back slowly in shock, Hawthorne was also surprised in his heart - after all, he had never seen what the details of the kitchen in the game were like - but it did not prevent him from slightly curling his lips, and then whispered: "This is the secret of how I can bring you happiness and security, Heidi."

Suddenly, the girl suppressed all her shock and smiled as brightly as spring flowers.

She threw herself into Hawthorne's arms, hugged his arms, narrowed her eyes, raised the corners of her mouth, and spoke with endless admiration and happiness: "I know, the master is omnipotent!"

Hawthorne was extremely satisfied. Then, he looked at the stove in front of him and gradually became ambitious: "Next, Heidi, the master will show you what cooking is!"

Chapter 8 The Road to Magic

Frankly speaking, Hawthorne didn't know how to cook. Although his family had always urged him to learn in his previous life, until he traveled through time, he could only cook a simple soup or scrambled eggs, and could only sigh at the sight of slightly more complicated dishes.

But his cooking skills are crude and useless, because the kitchen itself has the ability to cook!

He just needs to stand here, click twice on the system panel, select ingredients and products, and finally give orders to the kitchen.

Under the magic of the kitchen, the knives automatically flew in the air and skillfully processed the onions.

, dried shrimps, carrots, potatoes and other ingredients.

The big stove in front of him lit up automatically, and he fried the onions with olive oil, then added clean and clear spring water. After all the vegetables were cooked, he finally put in the prawns, salt, pepper and other seasonings.

Thus, a pot of seafood and vegetable soup was prepared, which was much more delicious than Heidi's previous cooking.

Although Hawthorne's contribution in this process was only to click twice on the system interface at the beginning, this did not hinder his joy and sense of accomplishment.

He then poured the soup into a bowl, and then stood in the kitchen, using a spoon to scoop up a little of the thick soup with golden fat floating on it, and finally couldn't resist the desire to share, so he put the spoon to Heidi's mouth and said shamelessly: "Come, Heidi, try my cooking!"

Heidi's eyes were filled with admiration, but she did not refuse. She opened her lips slightly, took the spoon into her mouth, drank the boiling hot soup, looked into his eyes very seriously, and said, "It's delicious. The master's cooking skills are great!"

Hawthorne had been observing her expression, but he didn't notice the obvious change in her eyes. He was a little disappointed: "Heidi, do you... not really like eating human food?"

Hearing this, Heidi's expression suddenly showed a hint of apology: "I'm sorry, Master, we witches feed on souls, so when I was disguising myself as a human, I didn't give myself the ability to taste."

Well, it seems that she really can't taste what the soup tastes like.

Perhaps the astringency in the seafood soup before was not entirely due to the seasoning of this era...

With this thought in mind, he did not force Heidi to eat this thing. He scooped a small spoonful with a spoon, tested the temperature with his lower lip, and drank it with his head tilted back.

Suddenly, the aroma of oil, the deliciousness of shrimp, the sweetness of vegetables and the salty taste of refined salt without any bitter impurities all exploded between Hawthorne's taste buds, moving him to the point of almost shedding tears.

Ah, my craft is really good!

Shamelessly taking all the credit for the system kitchen's work, he then swallowed the soup and felt a warm current flowing down his esophagus, slowly entering his stomach, and then suddenly spreading throughout his body.

My body, which was a little cold due to lack of energy, suddenly felt this warmth, and goose bumps appeared all over my muscles. Every cell that was thirsty for nutrition was cheering with joy.

This is an ultimate enjoyment. I never expected that the second benefit I would experience in the other world would be delicious food...

He was sighing in his heart, and at this moment, Heidi considerately found a basket of sliced ​​white bread from another corner of the kitchen.

There is no doubt that the bread was cold and dry, and it was not easy to eat directly. But now, Hawthorne had such a delicious soup in his hand, so he tore the bread apart, soaked it in the soup, and after the soup was fully soaked, he scooped it with a spoon and ate it with vegetables and shrimps.

So, the high-density protein in the shrimp, the vitamins in the vegetables, and the starch in the bread and potatoes that can serve as the main source of energy, all entered his stomach. After being carefully broken down and absorbed by the strong acid in the stomach, they were transported to his limbs and bones along the blood, making the cells that had been hungry for a long time sigh with satisfaction.

He drank the whole pot of soup in one breath and ate fifteen slices of dry bread. He felt warm all over and his stomach was slightly bloated before he finally finished.

The two of them did not wash the dishes either, as the system's kitchen had a built-in cleaning function. After they left, the purifying white light automatically restored everything to its original place, and except for the consumed ingredients, everything was the same as before.

Hawthorne returned to his room with a satisfied mood and half-lay on the bed to digest his food. Heidi accompanied him throughout the whole process, with love in her eyes, and she was unwilling to leave his side for a moment.

However, at this moment, after being fully fed and warmed, he frowned slightly when looking at this simple room.

Well, it’s too monotonous and not comfortable to live in.

If I want to recuperate in the future, a good rest environment is also very necessary, so...

After calling up the system, he fiddled with the building interface and merged another building, the "dormitory", with his current room.

In the game, this is the place where witches rest. It can greatly improve the witches' mood and physical recovery speed, and can also automatically heal some injuries.

In short, this is also a magical building like the "kitchen".

Then, accompanied by the purifying white light and Heidi's cute eyes full of surprise, this monotonous little room slowly changed, becoming furnished in a manner similar to his bedroom in his previous life: its area almost doubled, the small bed by the window turned into a soft large bed two meters wide, with his desk at the head of the bed, his closet opposite, and even a chandelier on the ceiling!

However, there is no way that the lamp can be turned on. Although this world has begun to use electricity, this world does not have Tesla or alternating current, so this world cannot use cheap electric current like people in the 20th century in the previous life.

The way people in this world use electricity is to store it in pieces of "energy stones", just like huge batteries, and then put them into various electrical appliances for use.

Naturally, this is very costly.

Therefore, except for a small part of the upper class, other places cannot afford this kind of thing.

As one of the few large ports in the world, Port Libèce is rich enough, but the gap between the rich and the poor is also huge enough. The upper class people almost live in modern society, while the lower class people almost live in primitive tribes.

The monastery was located in the Nangang district, which was almost equivalent to a slum. In order to avoid being noticed, the witches naturally could not afford electricity.

But these are all small matters. As for lighting, although the witches have no need for it, if they really need it, using magic instead is completely sufficient.

Heidi pointed her finger at the chandelier on the ceiling and silently chanted a spell, completing a magic trick called "light magic". The wave of magic wrapped around the chandelier, and a soft light lit up from the lamp, instantly illuminating the entire room.

Huo Sang looked at all this with envy, but unfortunately, the system did not directly give him the ability to cast spells. He had to obtain and learn these things first, and then he could find the system to upgrade himself.

How could it be so easy to acquire the ability to cast spells?

According to the setting, Port Liber has a permanent population of about one million. But even if those pseudo-spellcasters who use magic items to cast spells and actually have no magic power at all are counted, the number of people in the whole city who are capable of casting spells is definitely no more than 30,000.

And the number of people who truly possess the ability to cast spells and can cast a first-level spell on their own is probably only a little over 10,000!

Yes, if you add up the mages and bards who learn to cast spells, the priests and paladins who cast spells through gods and oaths, the druids and rangers who cast spells through nature, the warlocks who awaken their spellcasting abilities on their own, and the other people who gain spellcasting abilities through various reasons, such as path choice, ancient blessings, professional advancement, and expertise training, then there are only a little over 10,000 people!

Therefore, every true spellcaster is an absolute elite talent selected from hundreds!

The fundamental reason is that the conditions for casting spells are too harsh. If you don't have obvious talent, just be a warrior or a wanderer, and don't dream of changing the world and calling the wind and rain.

Although Hawthorne's first three attributes are very low, his last three attributes are all above average. In addition, he is only fifteen years old this year and still has room for growth, so in terms of talent, he definitely has it.

However, due to his poor family background, he could only receive a simple general education in a church school when he was young, and it was impossible for him to learn any magic.

Therefore, the path of a mage is currently blocked. As for a warlock, there is no need to think about it. No matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like the heir of a wealthy family, and it is almost impossible for him to suddenly awaken one day.

As for converting to a certain god and taking a vow, it was a little difficult for him to accept as he was essentially a modern East Asian.

As for converting to nature, becoming a druid or a ranger?

The idea is good. After all, these two professions have no other shortcomings except being weak.

cough!

Fortunately, despite the numerous difficulties ahead, as a hardcore player pursuing pure love, Hawthorne knows very well what the biggest shortcut to becoming stronger in this world is!

Moreover, this shortcut can maximize the advantage of your twenty points of charm!

"Heidi!" He whispered to the witch beside him, "Can you sign a contract with me, become my master, and share your ability to cast spells with me?"

Chapter 9: The Warlock's Contract

This is the path of the warlock!

Mortals with extraordinary charm often attract the attention of powerful supernatural beings and various strange magical creatures.

In most cases, this kind of attention would bring disaster to these mortals, just as Hawthorne was noticed by Heidi.

But in a few cases, these people can also seize the opportunity to sign a contract with these powerful beings, become their spokespersons in the secular society of the material world, and share the powerful magic of their masters.

People in this profession are generally called "sorcerers" by the outside world.

There is no doubt that this is a shortcut for ordinary people to become stronger, and it is almost the most suitable path for Hawthorne at the moment. Because the higher the charm, the stronger the affinity to various external extraordinary energies, the smoother the process of receiving the power of the sect master, and the easier it will be to become stronger in the future!

This was Hawthorne's idea, but upon hearing this, Heidi's expression became worried: "Master, it's not that Heidi doesn't want to share her power with you."

"It's just that, although my strength is considered decent in Nangang District, it is still too weak compared to those truly powerful individuals in the outside world."

Her worries were not without reason. Although Heidi's strength was considered among the top three in the monastery - but in fact this position was not very stable - but compared with the many powerful beings in this world, such as the Supreme Fairy Queen of the Fairy Wilds, the Devil Duke of Baator, and the ancient gods and demons from the distant starry sea, she was really not enough.

Therefore, Heidi was very worried that if the two parties signed a contract, she would not be able to share too much power with her master, and the upper limit of what he could achieve would be very low.

In response, Hawthorne smiled gently and then held her hand: "But I believe you, Heidi. Compared with those powerful but evil-minded