Mercenaries and Adventurers

Chapter 156, ‘Fountain of Grass and Trees’ Blessing Ceremony

Keir saw that the powerful divine power of several old priests gathered together, gradually turning from a mess of light belts into a spherical light ball.

The vice-rector, who had been silent before, now took action to join the ceremony.

He raised his hands and opened his mouth outwards. He opened his mouth but did not make a sound. He seemed to be doing nothing, but between his eyebrows, Kil felt a suffocating invisible force coming from the old deputy dean. Rise up.

Unlike everyone else's divine power of the God of Agriculture, which emits blue light, the invisible and powerful divine power is invisible to the naked eye, but it does exist. The center of Kil's brow seems to be pressed by a sharp sword, and an unspeakable pressure rushes towards his face.

Fortunately, this was just a ceremony, and the object of the ceremony was not him.

But Kiel reacted the next moment. The person receiving the ceremony now was Priest Batal, but would it be his turn soon?

Oops.

You don't really have to face this power, do you?

No, no?

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Kil thought too much. The vice-rector's power was far superior to that of others. Of course, it was not the powerful power needed to perform a single blessing ceremony. In fact, it only relied on the divine power of several of his attendants.

His power exists more as an intervention and insurance force outside of rituals.

In Kiel's invisible energy field, the vice-rector's divine power was controlled by him, like several human hands, emerging from his body and then extending forward.

These powerful and invisible hands kneaded the cyan divine power gathered by the other priests in front of them, kneading the originally chaotic divine power of the God of Agriculture together into a unified 'dough'.

It is okay not to do this, but the time and quality of the ceremony will be lengthened and reduced.

He's here himself, with some extra help of course.

At the same time, behind the vice-rector, the tall white stone statue of the God of Agriculture sensed someone performing a blessing ceremony, so it also provided additional support with the divine power generated by the priests' daily pilgrimage to him.

This divine support from the god statue additionally increases the intensity of this blessing, making it even stronger than the blessings produced by not performing rituals here.

As the divine light ball in mid-air gradually becomes pure and round, this means that the power of several Saturn priests has been unified. Seeing this scene, several priests who performed the ceremony took out individual crop seeds from nowhere, held them in their hands and raised them toward the ball in the air like a treasure.

They whispered something repeatedly in their mouths. When Kil listened carefully, he heard that they were chanting the name of blessing produced by this ceremony: "Blessed Bread."

They chanted this blessing name repeatedly, and the light ball also changed rapidly.

The grain seeds in the hands of the priests were sucked away by the invisible force and merged into the divine light ball. Then the ball of light burst out with bright light, forcing Kil to close his eyes.

While Kil closed his eyes, Priest Batal opened his eyes wide, staring straight at the ball of light as if his eyes were not affected by the bright light.

The ball of light fell downwards, and two rays of divine power shot into Priest Batal's eyes like thunder and lightning, seeming to infuse something or knowledge into Priest Batal's mind.

At this moment, Priest Batal's whole body even floated upward slightly, and his whole body was bathed in powerful divine power.

In an instant, the white light suddenly disappeared, but it did not enter the body of Priest Batar. On the contrary, all the power in these divine light balls entered the few crop seeds that had just been absorbed.

These small seeds emit cyan light, and they themselves become very different from before. The energy flows and they become vaguely translucent.

These seeds then fell down, like hammers striking nails, and after making a "dong-dong-dong" sound, they were embedded in the left chest of Priest Batal one after another.

Several crop seeds formed a circle the size of a walnut, and in this circle embedded on the skin, a pattern composed of the power of the God of Agriculture quickly emerged through the skin.

It was a cyan divine power pattern. Although it was small, the description of the divine power was extremely detailed. An old man held up a handful of grain in his hands. The grain slowly slipped from the edge of the palm, but the grain in the palm was not less at all.

Yes, this pattern is still an animated picture.

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"Is Priest Batal okay?"

After Kil saw that everything was over, Priest Batal slumped down on the grass, his consciousness unclear. Kil walked over and waved his hand in front of his eyes. The priest's eyes were blurry for a while, as if he had drunk too much wine. , but concentrated again after a while.

Keir helped him up, pulled him a little farther away, and placed him on the soft grass.

"There is nothing wrong with him. He just learned about the method and scope of use of this powerful blessing. You have to know that although it seems to be the method and scope of use, it contains a lot of information. We use the ritual to ask the God of Agriculture to give When he gave the blessing, he also told him which crops could be used by this blessing."

Before Kiel understood, the vice-dean said one more thing to remind him: "You have to know that there are many plants or similar plants that can be used as crops in this world. There are tens of thousands of species at least."

As soon as he said this, Kil understood why Priest Batal looked so dizzy. It turned out that he was infused with too much knowledge in the ritual, which made him look confused.

It's almost like he was stupid when he was studying in high school in his previous life.

Then Kil thought of himself: "Vice-dean, am I like him? It looks very painful! And this knowledge has entered the mind of the blessed person? Will he never forget it in his life?"

Kil's words seemed to make the old priests around him laugh: "How can there be such a good thing? If you receive a ritual blessing, you can know most of the crop knowledge in the world in a short time, then countless Saturn priests will know Fighting to get this blessing. We don’t do anything else but this all day long.”

The vice-rector shook his head: "First of all, the knowledge of ritual blessings is not included in every blessing. Secondly, this knowledge will be quickly forgotten as the time limit of blessings arrives. You don't think that this knowledge relies on your brain. Memory, right? It is actually maintained by the divine power infused through rituals."

"Is there a time limit for blessings?"

Everyone nodded: "There is a time limit. Unless the great God of Agriculture takes action, how can we, the priests, be mortals and cast permanent magic or blessings that transcend time?"

"Then how long will Priest Batal's blessing last?"

The vice-rector pointed behind Kil: "Then let Batar tell you."

Kil turned around and found that Batal, who had just been lying on the ground in a circle, had now sat up. He rubbed his cheeks with a headache on his face, but Kil noticed that Batal's eyes became bright again.

"How is it? How long can your blessing last?"

Kil squatted down and asked curiously.

Priest Batal lowered his head and looked at the dynamic pattern produced by the crop seeds embedded on his chest: "I'm fine, I just feel a big impact. As for the maintenance time."

"Half a year! The blessing can last for half a year. As long as I use my divine power now, I can continuously produce the food in my hands. Although it cannot supply too many people, the population of a village seems to be ok."

Priest Batal carefully touched the pattern of divine power maintenance with his hand: "It's amazing. There is a lot of divine power accumulated in these seeds to maintain blessings, and they will automatically supply some divine power that does not belong to me to drive blessings."

He suddenly raised his head and looked at the vice-priest. Although he did not speak, the vice-priest nodded: "Yes, it is just as you thought. This ritual blessing can not only be used by the priests of the God of Agriculture, but also can be used by non-priests or priests. Used by others of the faith.”

"How can it be!!"

These words surprised Priest Batal.

But the Archdeacon put an end to Priest Batal's shock with a single word.

"Who do you think this ritual blessing was for at the beginning? You? Me? Or the other priests present? No, it was for countless victims who had no choice but to flee because there were no crops. A little bit of food , you can change a hundred things into a thousand things. Batar, half a year is enough to replant a season of crops and harvest them."

Both of them fell silent when they heard this.

It is not difficult to imagine how many people could be saved by the effect of such a blessing in areas where crops failed and people were starving. And the effect of such a powerful blessing can free up the actions of many Saturnine priests in times of crisis, so that they will not be involved in one place, thus saving more people.

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"Okay, Baatar's blessing is complete, it's your turn, young Kiel warrior."

The vice-rector said to Keir.

Keir nodded and asked the question he had wanted to ask since just now: "Sir, do I need to take off my clothes?"

"What do you think? The ritual will produce powerful divine power and it must be unobstructed to enter your body. Of course, just take off your upper body. At the same time, the blessing will temporarily produce a blessed pattern on the surface of the body. They need to occupy a little space. .”

Kil smiled and said: "Sir, it's okay for men to do this, but what should female priests do when they are blessed?"

The vice-rector laughed and scolded: "You little brat, female priests or blessed ladies, we will ask them to lie down as much as possible and bear the divine power and blessing patterns on their backs. Are you satisfied? Take it off!"

Only then did Keir start to take action.

He took off the metal belt from his waist. On the belt hung the long hunting sword and the Heartfire magic dagger, as well as many sturdy small leather bags made of hard cowhide.

Then Kil placed the elf metal shield and the water-crossing head's two-handed ax behind him on the grass aside.

Then he took off his metal helmet and carefully took off his neck armor along with the helmet.

Then there are the metal gloves for the hands, then the arm guards and elbows, the upper arms and the shoulder armor.

After taking off these, he carefully opened the metal lock between the breastplate and skirt that was originally protected by the metal belt, and gradually took off the strong and heavy breastplate that mainly protected the body.

The Archdeacon noticed a black wooden sculpture of a bird hanging around Kil's neck.

"Take off that ornament too, it contains the power of other gods."

Seeing it through without telling it, the vice-rector didn't directly point out the real weirdness of the thing, but just asked Keir to take it off.

Kil hesitated for a moment, then took off the wooden sculpture and the lanyard, and threw it into the helmet with a rumble.

There seemed to be a faint chirping of dissatisfied birds, and Kil just shrugged. He had taken the risk to do something for the big bird god inside, but in the end, Kil was not satisfied with the reward the god gave him.

That's a temporary enhanced ability.

While wearing the bird statue, reciting a prayer given to him by the other professor can temporarily strengthen his vision.

What is this?

Eagle Eye Technique?

Is this magic or magic?

It looks good, right? But this vision-enhancing ability does nothing to enhance Kil's combat ability. He is not an archer or a crossbowman.

Based on the idea of ​​​​better than nothing, when Kiel went out this time, he asked the logistics secretary for two sets of bows and crossbows.

Otherwise, he prefers to fight at close range and defeat his opponents with one sword after another.

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After everything was done, Kil came to the center of the priests, put his hands on his hips, raised his head and said confidently: "Master Vice-Priest, come on, what kind of ritual blessing can I adapt to?"

The vice-rector nodded: "I heard your and Batal's request before. Considering that after your warrior is injured in battle, Batal can be used to treat you with divine magic. Therefore, the powerful blessing in treatment will not be available." Choose it again. However, the physical material loss and energy consumption after magical treatment are a big problem that limits combat ability and time."

"I decided to give you the 'Grass and Tree Source' ritual blessing. It is a blessing ability that you can release independently. After the ability is released, within a certain period of time, you will have unlimited energy for fighting, traveling, making, and working. I think , this should be very powerful in combination with Priest Batar’s divine spell, and at the same time, it can also assist you in fighting well.”

"Do you have unlimited energy in a short period of time? OK, very good. I'll trouble you, priests. Come on."

Keir puffed out his chest, put his hands on his hips, and looked like he was about to start.

The old priests laughed for a while and then dispersed.

Before, they were just loosely surrounding Baatar, but now they were standing around Kiel.

"Kiel warrior, the source of physical strength is human lungs. The ceremony begins now, listen to my voice, and act as I arrange." The vice-rector's voice rang in Kiel's ears, but the other party's mouth Not open.

Kil nodded in surprise.

Then the blessing ceremony of the ‘Fountain of Grass and Trees’ officially began.

The old priests lined up on the left and right, but did not make any move.

The vice-priest slapped his long wooden stick, causing several new emerald-green leaves to grow on it.

When these leaves grew to the length of fingers, they fell off the long wooden staff and fluttered into the hands of other old priests.

These old priests held the new emerald green leaves in their hands and began to sing.

"Where does all the food to fill our stomachs come from?"

"From the many vegetation of the earth."

“Where do all the beasts come from that can satisfy our hunger?”

"From the many vegetation of the earth."

"Where do the birds come from?"

"Plenty of vegetation."

"Where do the swimming fish come from?"

"Many vegetation in the water."

"Thus, the god of agriculture was inspired by the mother of the earth."

"Many plants and trees are the food for the growth of all things."

“When grass and trees grow, they nourish all things.”

"Listen, they are quiet and facing the sun."

"Swaying branches and blades of grass."

"Listen, they talk less and turn toward the water."

"The roots reach out to the earth."

"Listen, they are taciturn and turn to the earth."

“The stems transport nutrients.”

"The growth of vegetation is the source of energy for all animals and people."

"This source is granted to you by the God of Agriculture at this moment."

"Please run on the earth."

"Please work in the fields."

"Please get moving and stretch your limbs."

"Just like a plant, it spreads its branches."

As soon as the words fell, the young leaves in the hands of the priests came out, and the divine power in their bodies began to flow. Miraculously, the lawn all over the central ceremony ground quickly started from the edge of the courtyard, and the withered yellow color moved inward.

The blades of grass swayed rapidly, and the withered yellow color started from the roots and quickly extended to the blades of grass. Then a little bit of the brightest green light broke away from the tips of the blades of grass and floated swaying towards the old priests.

The deputy priest waved his hands at this moment, and the green light spots quickly gathered on the young leaves from around the old priest.

The young leaves become emerald green and even seem to have exceeded the limit of color.

With just a glance from the corner of his eye, Keir felt that his eyes were hurt by the extreme color. In just a moment, all he could see was green.

Other colors gradually faded away, leaving only a scene of varying shades of green.

Then the old priests released their divine power, and each of them poured their divine power into a small young leaf. It seems that it is just a normal thing for his eyes to be invaded by extremely bright colors.

The vice-rector stretched out his hands and gently tapped the hanging young leaves, allowing them to speed up the infusion of divine power.

At this time, the white stone statue of the God of Agriculture emitted a wave-like wave of divine power. All humans present were undisturbed. However, the lawn on the ground that had quickly withered and turned yellow quickly returned to its previous green appearance under this wave of divine power. .

It was as if the statue couldn't bear to see that the place where it was was withered and yellow.

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Kil felt that the surroundings were full of powerful power. Compared with every old priest around him, he didn't seem to have that much of the power of the god of agriculture in his body?

Of course, it can't be compared with the invisible power of the god of agriculture of the deputy dean in front of him. It is an extremely powerful force. Before, he felt like he was being forced with a sword when he was many meters away. Now the deputy dean is here. Four meters away in front of Kiel, even with his eyes closed, he felt like a playing child walking on the railway track, as the freight train in the distance was rushing towards him with all its strength.

Kil was raising his hands to block his eyes, as if he wanted to use his body to block the oncoming powerful force.

But the vice-rector's voice rang in his ears: "Kir warrior, please do not release your life energy. This is not conducive to the generation of divine power and blessing ability in the following ceremony."

Without the deputy dean's reminder, Kil didn't even notice that all the life energy in his body was boiling violently at this moment.

Although it cannot be seen on the surface of his body with the naked eye, under the skin, the life energy is like the army of his body kingdom. At this moment, they have all entered a state of war. They are screaming fiercely under the skin of his body to follow the intruder. The enemies fight to the death.

Regardless of whether the people coming here are friends and partners who are good for them, anyway, all outsiders must be defeated and driven out!

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