Witch Monastery

"Is it an elemental creature from the earth elemental world?" he asked.

Nidalee nodded slightly. For some reason, she was relieved to find that Hawthorne knew all this. "Yes, the master is really knowledgeable."

"That 'earth dragon' is essentially an earth elemental lord with a lizard appearance and not very intelligent. A hundred years ago, in order to fight against the army of the Sein Empire that invaded the mountains and forests, my ancestors signed a contract with it. Our tribe offers a certain amount of sacrifice to it every year, and it will fight to protect the mountains and forests."

"It is precisely because of its existence that the Mountain Riders tribe has remained strong. Even the so-called Black Rod Tower would not dare to cause trouble for us easily."

When she said this, a look of pride appeared on her face. But soon, it turned into sadness: "However, since the Witch Night a few months ago, there have been some problems with the Earth Dragon."

"Our current theory is that some tribes ignored the ancient teachings of the mountains and summoned demons into the material world. As a result, evil power and demonic madness spread among the mountains, and our earth dragons were unfortunately contaminated."

"Over the past few months, it has been moving closer to the abyss of madness and is completely unable to fight. Even my father has to spend a lot of time every day to calm it down..."

As she spoke, her expression grew increasingly gloomy. “The tribe’s most powerful weapon is on the verge of losing control. This secret must not be exposed. Otherwise, even if the Black Rod Tower does not take action, the hostile tribes in the mountains and forests, as well as those desperate and ambitious people, will inflict a very painful blow on our tribe…”

Huo Sang nodded slightly: "I understand. Um...what is the challenge level of that earth dragon?"

Nidalee was stunned, then shook her head slightly. "I don't know about that. Although I often interact with adventurers at the Rockseeker Camp, I don't really know how the experts at the Adventurer's Guild judge the challenge level of a powerful elemental creature."

"After all, some monsters seem really easy to deal with in my opinion, but they give them a very high challenge level..."

Huo Sang scratched his head. In fact, he had no idea. After all, the monster encyclopedia they produced was a little bit outrageous...

But then, he gently comforted her, "It's okay. In fact, no one understands how they evaluate, probably including themselves."

“But is there any reference material?

"What kind of enemies has it defeated? For example, how strong is your father? How does he compare to that earth dragon?"

Nidalee thought about it carefully. "My father is a professional who has been awarded the title of 'Archdruid', and according to him, he is no match for the Earth Dragon..."

Hawthorne's eyes suddenly widened, and his pupils shrank slightly: "Archdruid? In other words, a full-level druid rated at level 20?!"

The way real adventurers level up is completely different from Hawthorne's way of relying on the system to add points.

Serious adventurers would first improve their strength through training, and when they felt they were about ready, they would go to the corresponding professional union to take part in the level assessment. Only after passing the assessment could they determine their current level.

Unlike Hawthorne, who first upgraded his level through the system and then gained the corresponding abilities, it was completely the other way around.

"Yes." Seeing Hawthorne's shocked expression, Nidalee showed a proud look, "My father is a rare genius in the Mountain Riders tribe, second only to the ancestor who signed a contract with the Earth Dragon a hundred years ago."

"We are all looking forward to it. One day, maybe father will even be able to break through to the legendary realm and become the first true legendary druid in the history of the Mountain Rider tribe!"

She was very proud of herself, and at this moment, Hawthorne suddenly thought of a key question, "Wait, which society's Archdruid is your father from?"

"Of course it's the Earth Society." Nidalee said, "My druidic knowledge was taught to me by my father."

Immediately, Hawthorne breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, I was scared to death, it's okay now."

Chapter 195-Baptism

The Archdruid of the Earth Society...

puff-

Heheheheheheheh.

According to this statement, although her father is a full-level druid, his real strength converted into a challenge level may only be eleven or twelve, or even lower, and he can't even beat a butterfly...

As for Tulong, since her father is no match for him at all, if we don’t consider Qianci, he should be... fifteen or sixteen?

It shouldn’t be too high. Even if it’s stronger than Celine, it shouldn’t be much stronger.

After all, the fact that its mind was polluted by the power of an Abyss Lord it had never seen before, to the point of being driven to the brink of madness, did not seem like something that a truly powerful person would encounter.

As he thought about this, Hawthorne's eyes flickered: "I think I can really solve this problem of your tribe..."

The power of purification can purify all evil, so it should be no problem to eliminate the demonic contamination from an earth elemental lord, right?

He wasn't sure, after all, he hadn't tried it yet, but he felt it should be a sure thing.

In response, Nidalee said nothing, but closed her eyes and hugged his waist.

By telling others the biggest military secret of her tribe, she had already betrayed the entire tribe, her father, and even the entire mountain people. Now, apart from Huo Sang, she had no one to rely on.

Sensing her painful and tangled emotions, Hawthorne patted her back gently and said softly: "It's okay, I promise you, I will help you and your tribe solve this problem."

"But there is one requirement. Nidalee, you must become the leader of the Mountain Riders. Do you understand?"

Nidalee nodded slightly, then huddled in his arms, her uncomfortable mood relieved a lot. Sensing her change of mood, Hawthorne smiled and suddenly asked, "Have you recovered almost completely?"

　Nidalee's eyebrows twitched: "Uh, you mean..."

Hawthorne turned over and pressed her under him again, then lifted one of her long and firm legs onto his shoulders: "Let's do it again, dear!"

"Oooh..." Before Nidalee could refuse, he kissed her on the lips. The pleasant sound of flesh colliding once again echoed in this small cell.

……

A few days later, in the church of the Goddess of Life.

Hawthorne was wearing a black priest's uniform and had a serious look on his face. Behind him, Heidi and six other nuns were wearing heavy nun's clothes, covering their graceful bodies tightly, with their hands clasped in front of their chests, heads bowed, and praying silently.

Beside him, Sister Celine, who was wearing a luxurious white nun's uniform, was holding a jar of ice-cold holy water. She lowered her head, said nothing, and had a serious and solemn expression.

At the door of the small church, Nidalee, Marlena and little Lisa lined up and waited quietly. Nidalee had a calm expression, while Marlena was a little nervous. As for Lisa, her big eyes sparkled with curiosity, and she looked around from time to time, taking in everything in the church.

Although everything here seemed a little shabby, they were things the little girl had never seen before, so naturally she wanted to take a good look at them.

In front of him, under the statue of the goddess of life, Hawthorne reviewed the necessary procedures in his mind. He felt that he had a general idea of ​​what to do, so he called out, "Nidalee."

Hearing this, Nidalee immediately walked into the church in small steps and knelt on one knee in front of Hawthorne: "I'm here, Father."

"Are you willing to convert to the Goddess of Life and devote all your time and energy for the rest of your life to serving the Goddess and realizing the great cause of the Goddess' ideals?" he asked.

"I do." Nidalee replied, and then repeated everything Hawthorne said.

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"Okay." Hawthorne nodded, and then began to recite the lengthy scriptures and spells. These were all rituals that he had learned in the past two days. There was no other way. Marlena wanted to convert to the Church of the Goddess of Life. If he kept refusing, it would be too bizarre.

After all, the Church of the Goddess of Life really needs believers right now.

So he taught himself. Fortunately, the whole process was not that difficult. At least it was much easier to learn than the magic energy summoning of Painful Magic Explosion.

After reciting the scriptures, Hawthorne then reached into the porcelain jar held by Shireen, dipped a drop of water, and then touched the center of Nidalee's forehead.

At this point, the entire baptism process is completed.

Nidalee stepped aside, and then Hawthorne called Lisa and Malena in respectively and repeated the previous process, thus completing the baptism for the two of them.

At this point, the entire ceremony was finally completed.

After the baptism, Marlena and Lisa thanked Hawthorne and left together. Looking at their backs as they left, Hawthorne couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how rare it was to have such a peaceful and peaceful time without any crisis!

My strength is growing rapidly, the area of ​​the monastery is expanding, and the accumulated wealth is also increasing rapidly. If this can last a little longer, it will be even better.

Thinking of this, after Marlena and her daughter walked away, he put his arm around Nidalee's shoulders and said, "Let's go, dear."

"That was just a formality. What awaits you later is a real baptism."

There are two types of baptism: sprinkling and immersion. The former is just like what Hawthorne did just now, where he touches the forehead of the person being baptized with a finger dipped in water, and that's it.

The latter requires taking off all clothes and immersing the entire body in water before the baptism is complete.

And now, Hawthorne was going to take Nidalee to their public bath to complete this baptism that truly belonged to her.

Hearing this, Nidalee's body trembled slightly. She raised her head and saw the nuns - or witches - with malicious smiles on their faces, secretly looking at her.

Suddenly, she had a strong bad feeling in her heart. However, facing Hawthorne's request, she had no reason to refuse, so she had to bite the bullet and nodded in response: "Yes, Master."

Chapter 196 The pain of breast swelling

Not to mention that what was called a baptism on Hawthorne's side was actually a silver party carnival, on the other side, Malena took little Lisa straight back home.

It is called a home, but in fact it is just one of the dormitories built by Hawthorne for sale, and now it is allowed to be used by Malena and her daughter for free.

He built all these bungalows in one area, so now, Malena's family became neighbors with those Amazon women.

It has been a month since the mother and daughter moved here, but Hawthorne has never mentioned rent or room payment.

On the contrary, he repeatedly asked the nuns to take the initiative to show their goodwill and allow the mother and daughter to use the monastery's kitchen or bathroom - after all, they were all women, and letting them sneak in would not be considered a violation of the rules.

He had a good plan in mind, knowing that Lisa was a girl with a promising future, so he was sincere and caring towards the mother and daughter and cultivated their relationship from a young age.

In the future, when she grows up and becomes an unrivaled spiritualist, her true feelings from the bottom of her heart will not be bought by just a few thousand gold coins.

This was Hawthorne's plan, but Malena was not aware of it, so she actually felt guilty now.

She asked her neighbors and learned that these sturdy stone bungalows here cost two thousand gold coins to buy one.

Although this is already very affordable, even if she now has a high salary of two gold coins a day, it will take her several years to afford it.

She hinted at this several times, but she didn't know whether Hawthorne didn't understand or didn't want it. In short, the matter always ended in vain.

This happened so many times that Malena never asked him again. She just quietly saved the money and would give it to him when he needed it one day in the future.

Today is a day off, so Malena did not go to the sewing shop to work, but returned home to prepare to mend clothes for her daughter.

Although after moving here, Malena could no longer continue to do laundry as before.

Compared to before, she has lost an income, and she also has to buy a lot of new furniture, which is another considerable expense.

However, a blessing in disguise. After moving to the house in the monastery, Lisa's education problem was unexpectedly solved. The nuns voluntarily taught her history and magic knowledge, and Malena's financial pressure was immediately reduced by half. So she could spend more of the salary she saved on improving the nutrition of her and her daughter.

Through the mirror on the table, Malena can now see that her skin, which was originally dry and yellow, is becoming white, plump and tender again, just like when she was a lady, looking charming and lovely.

Although she had given birth to a child, she was only in her early twenties after all. Her body was still young and her blood still contained endless energy. It was only due to the lack of nutritional supplements that she looked haggard before.

Now her nutrition has kept up with her consumption.

Even though she had become somewhat superfluous from the use of the convent kitchen, her health, youth, and beauty were rapidly restored.

But along with this excess nutrition, there is also...

Feeling the swelling in her chest, Marlena frowned slightly. She felt a little uncomfortable.

She then turned her head to look at her daughter who was reading a picture book and asked, "Lisa, have you not been breastfeeding recently?"

Lisa nodded, took her eyes off the book and looked at her: "Well, mom, I'm already a big kid. I can't drink mom's milk anymore."

As she said this, she clenched her fists and looked ambitious: "I want to eat well and eat a lot every day, grow tall and big, just like Sister Celine, and then teach those bad guys a lesson!"

As she said this, a smile appeared on Malena's lips.

After that night, the changes in little Lisa were very obvious. She was no longer playful, spoiled, or easily tired like before, but became energetic, running around or studying every day, which made Marlena more and more satisfied.

I don’t know whether this is the result of the awakening of my bloodline or the result of the nuns’ education.

But all in all, this is a good sign!

She sighed in her heart, then lowered her head and looked at the chest of her shirt with a little distress.

The breasts that had expanded to their limit could no longer hold any more milk, and some of it had seeped out, forming two wet marks at that location.

Forget it, I'll wait until Lisa falls asleep at night and then squeeze it out slowly myself.

……

That night.

After tormenting Nidalee again with the nuns, Hawthorne was about to go to sleep. However, he was suddenly awakened by the sound of an alarm. He stood up suddenly and called up the monastery map that came with the system. He saw several red dots representing hostile creatures that had entered the residential area that was only separated from them by a high wall.

Well, the system's judgment seemed a bit overbearing. Although the houses over there had been sold to the Amazons, that area was still judged to be the territory of the monastery, and the Amazons living there were nothing more than yellow neutral creatures.

And now, when those hostile enemies outside set foot on this land, the system will still determine that the monastery has been invaded, and then alert him as the owner.

Looking at those red dots, Hawthorne couldn't tell for a moment whether they were looking for revenge on the Amazon woman, or were really targeting his small monastery.

If it was the former, then he could just let it go, but if it was the latter...

Uh……

Looking at the direction where the red dots gathered, Hawthorne couldn't help but feel his eyes empty.

That room seems to be...

Malena's room?!

Realizing this, his pupils suddenly contracted, and at this moment the other witches woke up one after another, straightened their naked upper bodies, and looked at him in confusion.

And Hawthorne didn't have any more explanations, he immediately got out of bed and said: "Get up quickly, someone is here to kidnap Lisa again!"

Chapter 197 Milk

At this moment, in Malena's room.

Lisa's breathing was steady and even, and she had obviously fallen into a deep sleep. Feeling her chest swelling unbearably, Malena lifted the quilt, quietly got up in her white cotton pajamas, and walked into the living room.