Struggle in the Steam Age

The night passed quickly, and just as the sun was about to rise, Lawrence woke up from the church room in the dark. After he came out of the meditation room last night, he went to the restaurant to eat something, and then practiced the newly mastered magic in the exclusive practice room of the church. He didn't go to bed until the mana was exhausted.

Through the practice last night, he found that his mana can release about 22 times of zero-level magic or 4 to 11 times of level-1 magic at a time. This is mainly because zero-level spells require about the same amount of mana, while level-one magic requires 2 to 5 times as much mana as zero-level magic depending on the spell. In addition, he also naturally acquired the ability of spiritual vision, which allows him to see things that ordinary people cannot see.

After the practice, and after a full night's sleep, Lawrence completely recovered from his depleted mana. This is mainly due to the fact that the energy circulation in his body naturally began to move closer to Bai Ze's internal circulation after awakening the blood, which is equivalent to learning a special meditation method that is very suitable for him.

Stretching his waist, Lawrence touched the matches placed beside the bed in the dark and lit the oil lamp. Then he went into the washroom holding the oil lamp to clean himself up. When he entered the dining room with the first light of dawn after writing the telegram to his father, he happened to meet the clerics of the Church of Knowledge who had come to eat together after the early prayer.

"Lawrence, you have fully recovered now. Thank you, the God of Knowledge." Just as Lawrence finished eating on an iron plate and sat at the table to eat, Peter also sat across from him with his own breakfast, and then it was like a radio Also talking about the latest news.

From the messy information he babbled, Lawrence learned that the Church of Knowledge had recovered the wreckage of the Rod of Glory and Withering. After research, they believed that the reason for the destruction of this powerful magic item was that as a magic item of faith, the long-term blockade and With the disappearance of its worshipers, its power is continuously drained.

As a result, in the final battle, Boob extracted a large amount of energy from it to maintain the trap space and suppress everyone's resistance, so that the last bit of energy contained in the Rod of Glory and Withering was exhausted, and Lawrence himself continued to attack its body. In the end, it led to the destruction of such magic props.

This news made Lawrence breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that his secret had not been discovered. After eating, he was going to go to Liszt's clinic to find him to continue to perfect the thesis, but Priest Carter blocked him at the door of the restaurant. "Lawrence, you have become a Transcendent now, so can you tell me what your plans are?"

"I, I want to become a powerful warlock. But I don't want to give up everything now." Lawrence said hesitantly. "So I'm a bit lost now, can you give me a good opinion?"

"The lives of extraordinary people are not contradictory to the lives of ordinary people!" Priest Carter's eyes widened slightly when he heard Lawrence, and then he laughed outright.

"Stop reading those novels on the street. Extraordinary people are also human beings. It doesn't say that mastering extraordinary powers must be separated from ordinary people. Think about your father, and think about me. Even if we serve the god of knowledge, it doesn't matter. It means giving up the life of a normal person, like your father, after finishing his church work, still devotes his spare time to his pile of research."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Lawrence suddenly realized that he had previously encountered a group of clerics from the Church of Knowledge who could be identified as transcendental beings, and this too single sample obviously could not represent the common phenomenon of transcendentalists.

"In fact, many extraordinary people, especially low-level extraordinary people who are not priests, maintain their living habits and work as ordinary people." Priest Carter looked at Lawrence, "Since you have mentioned your ideals just now, then I Personally, I suggest that you better get a name in our Faith and Doctrine Department here."

"A name?" Lawrence asked a little puzzled.

"It's like this. Every church has a team that specializes in dealing with various supernatural issues. But the problem is that the church doesn't have enough resources, and at the same time taking into account various influences, it can't cultivate a large-scale armed force. Therefore, each church has a large number of The non-staff personnel are used to deal with the endless supernatural events." Priest Carter explained.

"Among these huge numbers of non-staff personnel, the vast majority are mercenaries among the extraordinary. They will obtain information from the church, accept tasks and receive corresponding rewards."

"Of course, I will definitely not invite you to become this kind of low-level mercenary. After all, you grew up in the church, and you showed your position when you dealt with the Rod of Glory and Decline last time. According to the usual practice, a reliable person like you Can be exempted from the test to become a non-staff operator of the Ministry of Faith and Doctrine."

"As a non-staff operator of the Ministry of Faith and Doctrine, in addition to having all the resources of those mercenaries, you will also have the right to see some internal materials and enjoy discounts on supplies, and you can obtain basic food at cost prices in churches of knowledge everywhere. In addition, every month you have the opportunity to choose a task first, and you can choose a task in advance from the tasks that have not been posted on the public task bar."

"Aren't there any mandatory tasks or orders?" Lawrence asked what worried him most.

"There are not many mandatory requirements, and there are only two in summary." Priest Carter said. "One is that when encountering large-scale racial wars such as monster siege or evil creature riots, they must respond to the call and cooperate with the command of the local Church of Knowledge. The other is that they must not carry out any actions against the Church of Knowledge."

"As for the mandatory tasks or orders you mentioned, they are aimed at the permanent staff of the Department of Faith and Doctrine. At least in our knowledge church, we pursue fairness in obtaining and giving, so only those who usually enjoy various resources and salaries are here. It is only the editors who need to perform various mandatory tasks”

"That's right, then I'm very happy to be a non-staff operator of the Ministry of Faith and Doctrine." Lawrence nodded, and was led into a room by High Priest Carter.

This room is located in an inconspicuous corner at the back of the main hall. There are no windows except for a door. The whole room is as simple as the overall style of the church. There is a table in the center of the room, and a pair of A lighted candle and an inkwell with a pen in it.

The only difference from the other rooms is that this room has a huge bronze holy emblem of the Church of Knowledge hanging on the wall facing the door. Lawrence could now feel the great power hidden in that holy emblem.

"Okay, we need to make a contract now." Entering the room, High Priest Carter took out a piece of parchment that was basically no one used now from the only desk drawer in the room, with something written in blue ink on it.

After taking the parchment, Lawrence found that there were not many regulations on it. That's what Priest Carter said just now, in addition to stating that if you violate the contract, you will be directly punished by the church.

The regulations are very simple, so it only took a few tens of seconds for Lawrence to read the entire contract. Then he picked up the dip pen inserted into the ink bottle on the table and scratched on the waste paper beside him, then signed his name on the bottom of the parchment.

Watching Lawrence sign his name, Priest Carter took out some small tools from the drawer and melted a little wax on the candle, and then used a small silver seal to stamp a wax seal on the rolled contract parchment.

"You are welcome to join us now." After putting the contract in the drawer, Priest Carter took out a small green book from the drawer on the other side of the table, wrote something with a pen and handed it to Lawrence. "By the way, put this away."

Lawrence took the small open book and saw that it was written in the common Kante language:

A licensed detective of the Police Department of the Eagle Fort Special City of the White Eagle Federation.

Beneath this line of writing was the name of Lawrence just written on it, and above it were the stamps of the church and the stamps of the city government and the city police department.

"The police department, like us, lacks enough manpower, so they have recruited some detectives as their downline. Extraordinary personnel of each church will have such a certificate, so that they can have a convenient identity when dealing with extraordinary incidents. "