Inside the Church of the Harvest.
Klein turned his head to glance at Emlyn White, without breaking the peaceful atmosphere. He deliberately lowered his voice and chuckled, asking in return:
“In need of money?”
As soon as the words left his mouth, he felt as if he was asking if the other knew about Amway.
Emlyn was momentarily stunned, then sneered:
“Don’t insult a noble Sanguine with money!”
Klein snorted lightly. Looking straight ahead at the tall and robust Father Utravsky, he casually said:
“As far as I know, those exquisitely crafted puppets aren’t cheap; they can even be called expensive, especially the life-sized ones.”
“…” Emlyn opened his mouth to retort but couldn’t find the words.
After a moment of silence, he cleared his throat twice and pretended to be nonchalant:
“Tell me, what exactly do you need my help with? I’m not a Sanguine who likes riddles.”
Without looking at the vampire beside him, Klein smiled to himself and said:
“A friend of mine is about to advance and needs to gather the corresponding Beyonder ingredients. I wonder if you can help?”
“Are you doubting the ability of a Sanguine?” Emlyn White said arrogantly. “Even if I don’t have them, I can write letters to inquire with those more noble Lords.”
That’s exactly what I wanted… Klein immediately responded with a barrage of words:
“The pituitary gland from a Thousand-faced Hunter’s brain, 100 ml of its blood, a Human-Skin Shadow characteristic, and five strands of a Deep Sea Naga’s hair. If you can obtain any one of these items, I will pay you a fee. It depends on the price. The cheaper the price, the higher the reward I’ll give you.”
He deliberately quoted a larger amount of supplementary materials to account for any loss.
Hearing this perfectly smooth description, Emlyn White suddenly felt as if he had fallen into a verbal trap.
He calmed his mood and said:
“The reward for mystical creature materials is at least 100 pounds, and for supplementary materials, at least 10 pounds. Although I don’t know exactly what level the things you want are, I believe they definitely won’t be cheap or common. Otherwise, you wouldn’t come to me for help.”
Pretty smart… Klein smiled and said:
“Deal!”
At that moment, Emlyn White deeply suspected that the reward he demanded was too little.
So, he added another sentence:
“Detective, have you found a clue to lift the mental suggestion?”
Seeing that Father Utravsky in front of the altar was absorbed in prayer, Klein turned his head and glanced at the vampire, saying:
“I have the simplest solution.”
“What?” Emlyn White’s red eyes lit up.
“Defeat Bishop Utravsky and snatch his ‘Mind Devil Candle’.” Klein chuckled. “After you reunite with your parents, you should have enough strength. Three Sanguines, are you afraid you can’t defeat a single ‘Dawn Knight’?”
The corner of Emlyn’s mouth twitched, and his expression collapsed:
“I lost. “Can’t beat him. “My father and mother were almost captured too. That ‘Mind Devil Candle’ is very eerie…”
So you’ve already tried it… Your whole family almost converted to the Earth Mother Goddess… Three Sanguines couldn’t beat Father Utravsky? Is Father Utravsky, supported by the ‘Mind Devil Candle’ and the ‘Blood Collector’, that terrifying? Or are vampires too weak? But all rumors say vampires are quite strong… Klein said thoughtfully:
“Then you can write to ask those more noble Lords for help. Your Sanguine race shouldn’t lack experts.”
Emlyn White replied with a numb expression:
“They refused.”
Suddenly, he looked at Klein with great hope:
“Can you beat Father Utravsky? Or can that friend of yours beat him?”
After obtaining the ‘Sun Brooch’ and the ‘Biological Toxin Bottle’ and digesting a lot of the potion, I originally thought I could win against Father Utravsky in my spirit form, but your description just now makes me uncertain. Is the ‘Mind Devil Candle’ really that eerie? This kind of Sealed Artifact definitely seems to counter spirit bodies… Klein shook his head rationally:
“No.”
He quickly changed the subject:
“Why did the noble Lords of your Sanguine race refuse your request? To them, it should just be a simple favor.”
Emlyn White’s face instantly turned ashen, like cooling embers:
“They said that Father Utravsky is the Blessed of the ‘Earth Mother Goddess’, and they don’t want to directly conflict with him. They are studying other ways to lift the mental suggestion, such as going deep into the Sonia Sea, the Misty Sea, and the Roaring Sea to find the Ancient Dragons that have been in seclusion for a long time.”
He smiled, looking even more pained than if he were crying, and added:
“By the time they finish their research, by the time they find a mental domain dragon, I might already be a devout believer of the ‘Earth Mother Goddess’… I’m increasingly feeling that life is precious and the harvest is gratifying.”