This Holy Knight is So Despicable!
Chapter 145 - 137 A New Witch Has Appeared (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 145: Chapter 137 A New Witch Has Appeared (Please Subscribe)

"Honestly, I really can’t see what use your cult has."

Lilith shook her head repeatedly, "Among all the sects, only this form that only increases physical strength has the lowest payoff.

Others have Divine Arts and superpowers, you...just physical fitness!

How do you plan to fight against The Liar Demon with such a group of people?"

Lette laughed heartily, "That’s why I say your perspective is too shallow. Let me ask you, what is the sharpest blade against lies?"

"Isn’t it obvious? Of course, it’s the truth!"

"Then where can we find treasures that are rich in true imagery?"

"This..."

Lette clapped his hands, "There are none, so we have to make them ourselves."

Lilith couldn’t help but look out the window, "With...the Blood and Flesh God Sect?"

"Only muscles will never betray your hard work. Do you know the value of this statement? You might not learn everything by reading books every day.

But as long as you consistently exercise your muscles, maintain a nutritious diet and reasonable rest, your muscles will grow, and your physical strength will improve.

From ages eight to eighty, regardless of gender or age, this holds true!

Moreover, this is the lowest cost, with the broadest target demographic, fastest results, and strongest cohesion.

Arguably the optimal choice under the current circumstances."

Lette raised a finger, "It won’t be long before the sacrificial artifact of the Blood and Flesh God Sect is successfully forged!"

Emily held her head, "Why is there another sacrificial artifact? Blessing Artifact, Sacrificial Artifact, Holy Artifact, they’re so hard to distinguish!"

Lette sighed, "You’re about to break through to the Holy Rank, yet you still lack such basic knowledge?"

"Is it my fault? My teacher never taught me properly, and now no one tells me anything."

Looking at Emily’s pitiful appearance, Lette felt somewhat helpless.

"Then let me teach you, and you remember it well. Holy Artifacts, needless to say, are treasures reflecting the soul of those who have broken through the Holy Rank.

Blessing Artifacts, like that Light Hunting Armor, are treasures that have acquired power after being blessed.

But this blessing generally comes with restrictions. Only by adhering to the binding conditions of the blessing will the treasure possess the corresponding power.

It’s like making a vow, gaining power from the oath taken.

The harsher and more demanding the vow, the longer it is adhered to, the greater the power.

Because human souls are mostly unstable, and the vows made during the forging of Blessing Artifacts are often in a state of emotional extremity and abnormal soul fluctuation.

This also leads to most Blessing Artifacts being very unstable in power and prone to significant issues.

So, the crafting techniques for Blessing Artifacts were lost a long time ago."

At this point, Lette summoned his Holy Shield·Embrace of the Goddess. While stroking the shield, he continued to explain.

"My Holy Shield is also a Blessing Artifact, just a Divine Blessing Artifact.

Vowed by the more stable souls of Divine, so it is much more stable than human-crafted Blessing Artifacts, and there is no worry of going berserk.

Correspondingly, there is also the Demon Blessing Device. As the name suggests, it is a Blessing Artifact forged from the vows of Demons and Demon Gods.

This type of Blessing Artifact itself won’t go berserk, but for ordinary people to use it, they often have to pay a huge price, and the beneficiaries are usually the Demons and Demon Gods who made the vows.

And the Sacrificial Artifact is an optimized upgrade of the Blessing Artifact."

Emily was quite surprised, "How is it optimized?"

"It’s very simple. An individual’s soul fluctuation is unstable, but the soul fluctuations of a group of people with the same faith are generally stable overall.

Moreover, the more people there are, the greater the power, and the more stable it becomes. Occasional berserk phenomena will be neutralized by the fluctuations of others.

So, in religions, there are many Sacrificial Artifacts empowered by the collective vows of believers.

And the cost of this stability is the loss of the potential for creating miracles.

But it is indeed safer and more controllable to use.

You can think of Sacrificial Artifacts as Divine Blessings crowdfunded by believers, without bothering the Divine to participate."

Emily clapped her hands, "Oh oh oh, I get it, you’re cultivating these people to continuously sacrifice their belief in the truth to forge your true Sacrificial Artifact.

Once the Sacrificial Artifact is thoroughly forged, you can use it to deal with The Liar Demon!"

"Half-correct."

Lette waved his hand to put the shield away, "These people are my Sacrificial Artifact."

"What?"

This time even Lilith was stunned, "What...kind of game are you playing?"

"Everything The Liar Demon is doing in Harbor City is to blur people’s perception.

He wants to distort the city’s perception, turning it from a prosperous coastal city into a bizarre nightmare city.

The fog is his suggestion placed over the entire Harbor City.

As long as the fog arrives, people will feel that the whole city becomes dangerous and strange.

Once people form this fixed perception, the day the fog permanently covers the city will be the day Harbor City is completely lost in the Gap of Dreams.

In fact, he has succeeded more than halfway.

Based on the encounters of Emily and the Murderer, it can be judged that Harbor City is already partially immersed in the illusory dream.

And those abnormalities spawned from his lies can already travel freely between reality and dreams."

Emily nodded repeatedly, "I don’t understand!"

"...You can understand that there’s now an exact copy of the Inner Sea Port City that has partially overlapped with the real Harbor City.

And in the overlapped parts, those abnormalities can travel freely.

The Murderer didn’t vanish; he slipped from the real Harbor City into the Inner Sea Port City. That’s why you could sense him but couldn’t find him.

Once the Inner Sea Port City and True Harbor City fully overlap, the fog will swallow the entire city.

At that point, The Liar Demon’s goal will be achieved."

Upon hearing Lette’s analysis, Emily shivered with fright, "What do we do if Harbor City sinks into the dream realm, what about the people here?"

"They will...become Imaginary Creatures, forever trapped in the Gap of Dreams without relief."

Upon hearing these words, Emily fell silent.

Seeing this, Lette stood up and patted her shoulder, "Don’t worry, since we’re here, we’re going to stop his plot.

All the members of the Blood and Flesh Church, each one is a living person.

Their minds are focused on earning money and living well.

Every penny of their income is counted carefully, and if they move one more ship of goods today than they did yesterday, they can stock up more rations for their families.

The extra will be used to buy a toy for the child, a new pair of shoes for the wife, and then go to the tavern with a few friends for a refreshing pint of black beer.

Living, a real life!

As long as they stay resolute and live steadily, they will be the most solid anchor for this city.

The more numerous and determined they are, the sturdier the city will be, and the less likely it is to sink.

All those so-called peculiarities, urban legends, strange tales...

In the eyes of those who strive to live, they’re just pretentious jokes.

The human chimney of life soothes the mortal heart the most."

Lette raised his finger, "They are the ones The Liar Demon’s little tricks cannot deceive."

Lilith was quite surprised, "I didn’t expect you to think so deeply, I thought you just felt bored waiting for the general store to open after renovation, and decided to start a cult for fun."

"...Initially, it was indeed out of boredom. But later I found the intent and energy they exuded to be very valuable, so I put more focus on fostering them."

Lette looked up at the sun, "The mist has completely dissipated again, albeit later than yesterday. This Liar Demon is slowly boiling a frog in warm water here.

By the time people notice something is wrong, it might be too late.

Emily, capturing the Murderer is still necessary. Among all the harbor urban legends, his appearance is the only constant and essential one.

He is definitely conducting some sort of killing ritual.

Since it is a ritual, there must be specific requirements for the targets, timing, number, and location of the murders.

So, the ritual itself will compel him to continue committing crimes.

As long as we capture him, we will have a breakthrough.

But we have to be quick!

As time progresses, the erosion of the Inner Sea Port City will become more severe, allowing the abnormalities to become more at ease.

Unfortunately, this time, time is not on our side.

After all, we are the intruders this time."

Emily puffed up her chest, "Don’t worry, leave this matter to me!"

Lilith propped her cheek, "I didn’t expect Emily’s enthusiasm to be so high this time?"

"Because Lette said the Dragon Clan might have a way to lift the Witch Curse! I’m not fighting for myself now, I’m fighting for all the witches!"

Lilith looked at Lette, "Do you believe what The Liar Demon said?"

"I think there might be some truth to it. The design inspiration and underlying logic of witches could really be related to the Dragon Clan’s Dragon Tomb.

That Wisdom of Reason, as the lies suggested, is just a hull formed by grievances after death.

I didn’t find much useful from his mind."

Lilith suddenly paused, "Wait, haven’t you already mastered unlocking the Witch Curse?"

Lette nodded slightly, "That’s right, I indeed can unlock it, but unlocking and removing it are two different things.

Magic Power doesn’t appear or disappear out of thin air. Take Joanna’s Witch Power as an example, even if Witch Power leaves her body now, the Desire Power brought by the fairy tale doesn’t dissipate.

So, they will seek a new host.

This is what’s most terrifying, and why I haven’t lifted the curse from Emily.

She’s still here with us, but if the curse is lifted, the power will depart and fall upon the next girl fitting the fairy tale, making her the new witch."

Lilith covered her mouth in shock, "So that means!"

"Yes, the power of the Destruction Light Witch has already escaped, and I don’t know which unlucky girl it’s landed on."

Lette regretted deeply, "I was too impulsive then and destroyed that Magic Wand. Otherwise... I’ve sent people from the Holy Light Church to investigate secretly, hoping to find the trail before the tragedy repeats."

Lilith clasped Lette’s hand, "Don’t blame yourself too much, you didn’t know it would turn out this way. Ultimately, it’s still the fault of those madmen from the Tower of Truth.

If need be, let’s find a chance to make another Fairy Stick. Surely, we’ll reclaim that power during the next Holy Presence three years from now.

This time, I’ll fund it; let’s find the most capable demon!"

Lette held Lilith’s hand, "Speaking of this, the matter I promised you about retrieving some power from the Abyss of Nightmare can begin."

Lilith visibly brightened, "Really?"

"Yes, because I’ve made contact with the Dream Witch."

Emily perked up, "Really? Can I...can I meet her?"

"Of course you can, tonight."

At that moment, there was a sudden knock at the door.

"Pope, the tavern is tidied up. Would you like to come for an inspection?"

"Oh, okay, I’m coming."

Emily quickly grabbed Lette’s arm, "I want to go too! I want to see for myself what you’ve done with this Blood and Flesh God Sect!"

"I didn’t say you couldn’t come...let go first."

The tavern and the general store were only separated by one shop, and Lette soon returned to the gathering place of the Blood and Flesh Church with the two women.

As soon as the three of them walked in, Emily frowned and began sniffing continuously.

"What’s the matter with you?"

Emily quickly leaned into Lette’s ear, whispering with moist breath.

"It’s the witch’s scent."