Sherlock Holmes

Contractor. A human being who can connect with the abyss.

Since the empire's research on this connection is not thorough enough, there is no too detailed division.

Just based on the strength of ability, it can be roughly divided into four stages.

The first stage is the most common contractor. Most people who have just gone through the canonization ceremony are of this level, accounting for 80% of all contractors. Their performance is that they can open small cracks connecting to hell and transfer their own The contract demon is summoned.

The second level accounts for 15% of the total number of contractors. At this stage, the contractors have established some kind of unexplainable symbiotic relationship with their demons.

The general performance is that the contractor has some demonic abilities.

For example, the old priest can slightly control people's thinking through his sight, while Deacon Bader has extremely strong physical strength. At the same time, if a person or a demon is injured, it will also affect each other.

And ordinary second-level contractors can become clergy of the Holy See. After all, their combat power is considered to be beyond human beings.

As for the contractors in the third stage, only 5% are left.

In fact, the abilities of these contractors are similar to those of second-level contractors. They can summon demons and have some abilities derived from the abyss of hell.

The only difference is that they can summon "large demons", and at the same time, the intensity of their symbiosis ability is far greater than that of the second level.

Take the dead Deacon Bader as an example; if he reaches the third stage, then his contracted demon is estimated to be able to evolve to more than ten meters, and a collision can easily destroy half of the street, and his physical strength, He could probably stand and let the Guardian Knights take turns beating each other for several hours without having to fight back.

Fortunately, due to the shroud of the Holy See [Holy Light], large void cracks cannot be opened within the empire, and the demons controlled by the third-level contractors are also under the control of the Holy See.

Otherwise, a few large demons could probably demolish a city together.

The contractors in the above three stages already account for the entire number of contractors.

As for the fourth stage, it was actually only divided about 35 years ago.

It was the era of great chaos when demons invaded for the second time. War and killing became the main theme of the world, and human survival had reached the edge of danger.

Then the man who looked like a god of death appeared.

Lord Dante Alighieri

A poor man who came out of the lower city, with an extremely rare surname, a weird name, and a whole body of brilliance and countless glory, stood alone in front of the gate of hell, slaughtered tens of thousands of demons, and stepped into another world. After one year and seven months, he returned to the world. He faced the most terrifying evil god of the abyss with his mortal willpower and killed him. This ended the five-year demon invasion war. The hero of the empire was enshrined as a god by humans. general.

His deeds have been recorded in the textbooks of all schools for decades. Although he has long since retired from the heavy power armor and returned to his hometown and town to live in retirement, he still enjoys the highest respect from the entire empire.

He is the only contractor who has evolved to the fourth stage.

However, it is precisely because he is so brilliant that no organization dares to study what kind of power he has, not even the Holy See, and he himself does not seem to be interested in explaining it clearly.

This leads to the fact that no one knows how powerful the contractors in the fourth stage are.

Sherlock actually has some knowledge of the division of these four stages, after all, he has read many books.

After hearing the old priest's suggestion, he was startled at first, then surprised, and finally turned into a trace of hesitation.

Become a contractor.

As a member of this world, no matter how maverick Sherlock is, he will definitely not resist becoming a contractor. But his yearning for this is not at all due to the pursuit of power, rights or social status.

But because of his curiosity...and thirst for knowledge.

Sherlock is a detective, so the exploration of unknown areas is really very attractive to him; at the same time, he is a mortal, so he will naturally be curious about what it feels like to be a contractor;

Of course he also knows that the Holy See already has a way to make a mortal become a contractor, but that is a gift that only the most devout believers can obtain. He is a fool who can't even deceive his faith. Son', isn't it a bit unworthy?

The old priest must have sensed Sherlock's thoughts and smiled: "You don't need to worry too much. You saved the lives of two Vatican clergy, as well as dozens of heroic soldiers of the Guardian Knights. The most important thing is It is the ability you have shown that has won my praise and recognition that you are worthy of this gift."

He said it sincerely, but Sherlock still looked suspicious.

After another ten seconds, the old priest felt a little embarrassed. He looked at the tent door to make sure that no guards were passing by, and finally whispered:

"You saved Catherine, and her family's status in the Holy See is very high."

"Very high?"

"Well, it's much higher than you think, but I can't go into details. In short, it's just a canonization ceremony for contractors. It's really nothing. If you are a member of the Holy See, you may be directly promoted several times. A person."

"Uh~"

This was really a bit beyond Sherlock's expectation. He didn't expect that he had offended not only a Judgment Sister, but also a higher identity behind it. For a moment, he didn't know if this was a nun. good news.

As for the old priest, he was a little anxious when he saw that Shylock had not yet agreed. Who could receive such a reward and not quickly kneel down to bow to the Holy See with gratitude?

Why is this guy still hesitant? Could it be that he still has to beg him?

So, he didn't wait for the other party's response, and asked directly as if forcefully inserting:

"So, have you ever had that weird dream?"

"Dream??

What dream? ! "

At this point, throughout the whole day, the detective finally showed a hint of surprise like a civilian!