This Holy Knight is So Despicable!
Chapter 146 - 138 Reliable Grocery Store (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 146: Chapter 138 Reliable Grocery Store (Please Subscribe)

Upon hearing Emily’s words, Lette didn’t say anything, he just smiled and looked at all the logistical staff.

"It’s been a hard day for everyone. Given the recent heavy workload, I’ve decided to distribute some bonuses.

Everyone will receive one Silver Delang! Line up, everyone gets a share.

Emily, you’re in charge of distributing them."

After Lette finished speaking, he handed Emily a small bag of Silver Delang. The other cooks immediately lined up with happy faces upon hearing this, thinking that joining this church was indeed the right decision.

Currently, a large loaf of rye bread only costs two copper pesos. For these dock workers’ families, a Silver Delang is quite a bit of income.

But after all the silver coins were distributed, Emily still couldn’t find any trace of the Witch.

Lette whispered next to her: "What’s the situation?"

"Not among these people, but several of them have a strong witch’s aura on them. The witch must have contacted them.

Think about it, is there anyone suspicious?"

Lette rubbed his chin: "No one seems suspicious! There was a little girl who used an alchemy potion to change her appearance."

"Hey! Isn’t that super suspicious?"

"She should be the little girl from the police station. After all, the Blood and Flesh God Sect is a cult, so it’s not suspicious for police to send someone to check things out."

At this moment, an older woman walked up shyly.

"Church Ancestor, I... I have a niece who came to help today. She’s not part of the sect, but she did a lot of work today and got sick from it.

You see..."

"Oh, oh, I remember, the little girl who threw up, right."

Lette rubbed his chin: "She only worked for one day, so giving her the same pay as everyone else is unreasonable. Forget it, I’ll give you an extra ten copper pesos as medical expenses."

"Okay, okay! Thank you, Church Ancestor!"

The woman was very happy. She knew asking for money was somewhat inappropriate. But to earn a little more, she didn’t care about face.

She originally just wanted to give it a try, accepting that it might not work, but was surprised that the Church Ancestor was willing to give her some!

"By the way, where’s your niece?"

"Oh, she came to visit me and her uncle, she took a carriage back this morning."

Lette nodded slightly, it seemed that the little girl had finished her investigation and returned to her original police identity.

"Alright, you’ve all worked hard today, you can go home now. Please be on time tomorrow morning."

The cooks all saluted Lette, then turned and left in small groups.

After everyone had left, Emily stood up: "How can you let them all go? You should have questioned them properly."

"No need, that little girl must be from the police. I have an impression, just can’t remember her name.

We’ll go look for her tomorrow."

Emily was very excited: "Why not now? There’s no time to delay!"

"You just got released from the police station, if you suddenly go back, people will get suspicious.

We’re using fake identities now, and have to deal with The Liar Demon. If we recklessly expose our identities, all our previous efforts would go down the drain.

We three can just leave if we want, but what about the people here?

If The Liar Demon breaks free, it will be a catastrophe for the whole world.

At that time, Joanna and Afra would both be in danger, not to mention the ordinary people of the world."

Emily took a few deep breaths and slowly sat back down.

"Sorry, I was too excited."

Lette ruffled her hair: "I understand your feelings towards the witches. We’ll take it slow...

Besides, even if we find her, how can we make her believe us, should we involve her, and what if she doesn’t want to cooperate or becomes a target of the lies because of it?

Have you thought about all this?"

"..."

Emily shook her head in silence, then looked at Lette with teary eyes.

"Lette... sir~"

"Ew~ don’t do that, it’s gross. I’ll definitely handle the witch’s affairs. But... don’t inform the Dream Witch tonight about finding a witch here."

"Huh? Why?"

Lette knocked on Emily’s forehead: "Don’t forget, she has some connections with the Tower of Truth.

Until we determine her true position, we can cooperate, but can’t share such important news."

Emily covered her forehead: "She was forced to last time."

"We don’t even know where her true form is, we’ve just met a few times in the Gap of Dreams. To use a saying from back home, she’s like an online friend with low favorability.

When we meet in reality and get to know each other better, then we can judge whether she’s an ally or an enemy.

Even if she’s not from the Tower of Truth, it’s quite possible she, like the Blood Witch, has her own plans.

We can’t be careless."

Emily pouted and nodded: "Alright."

At this moment, Lilith picked up a small piece of meat residue from the dining table and looked at it repeatedly, suddenly her expression changed.

"Hey! Lette, this... meat, is it the Devourer’s flesh?"

Emily, who had also heard about the infamous Devourer’s flesh from Lilith, was startled and immediately sprang up.

"Where, where, where is it?"

"Here."

Lette spread his hand, and a mass of Devourer’s flesh emerged from his palm, quickly forming into the size of a human head.

Watching the bright red wriggling flesh, Emily turned pale with fright and backed away repeatedly.

Lilith, however, moved closer to take a careful look.

"Has it evolved?"

"Yes, it has evolved."

"How did it happen?"

"The Devourer’s flesh itself is a runaway failed alchemy creation. It seems there are also some elements of the demon in it."

Lette played with the Devourer’s flesh in his hand like modeling clay, manipulating it at will.

"That Wisdom of Reason Sage created many Holmunk bodies, also known as homunculi bodies.

But he must have made some improvements so that his Holmunk could carry divinity.

I almost got deceived by him at the time, not expecting that the Light God turned out to be such an unconscious alchemy substance.

After I killed him, a large amount of high-purity Holmunk was left.

I thought leaving this thing around was a hidden danger, so I let the Devourer’s flesh devour it.

Unexpectedly, this little thing actually evolved.

What’s more, it also developed some low-level spiritual intelligence.

This reminds me of something called Tai Sui back home.

Do you know?

Back in my hometown, Tai Sui is considered a great tonic! It’s known to prolong life!

So, I just fed it to the believers."

Facing the terrified expressions of Lilith and Emily, Lette laughed heartily.

"Don’t worry, what I fed them is certainly safe, non-toxic, and harmless. It’s all been stripped of its activity, leaving only pure nutrition.

You’ve seen it, all those dock workers are now incredibly fit.

Trust me, they will be a formidable force to pierce through The Liar Demon!"

Lilith sensed something was wrong: "Let me ask, the deity of your Blood and Flesh God Sect, in the end, wouldn’t it be this..."

Lette held the meatball high: "Yes, it’s this!"

"Aren’t you afraid of really turning it into an evil god with what you’re doing?"

"That’s exactly my goal!"

Lilith sighed upon hearing this: "Finally, has it come to this? You’ve finally moved beyond manipulating and bullying evil gods to personally creating one?"

Lette looked at the evil god in his hand: "Why not? An evil god under my control will save us all sorts of trouble."

"Bah! Don’t think I don’t know you! Your private server was confiscated, Joanna became the Holy Light Goddess, and your previous extravagant days are gone for good.

So, you’re planning to start anew, to stash some private money for yourself, am I right!"

Lette squinted at Lilith: "I’ll share one tenth of the power of faith I acquire with you."

"Thirty percent! One less, and I’ll pray to tell Joanna!"

"Haha! This Harbor City is shrouded in strange fog, without my prayer amplifier, your prayers won’t reach!"

Emily intervened: "Wait a minute! Isn’t the issue here that Lilith is a demon and can’t pray to the Holy Light Goddess?"

"...Oh, right."

Lette held up two fingers: "Twenty percent, not a fraction more!"

Lilith pouted: "It’s the Devourer’s flesh that I subdued! At least I... Jello! Big Jello!"

"It’s a shareholder! Alright, alright, twenty-five percent! That’s a quarter, you have to leave some for me too."

"Twenty-five percent it is then! But regarding the trip to the Abyss of Nightmare, you have to handle it seriously for me!"

Emily immediately chimed in: "Can I go too? I feel like I’m about to break through to Holy Rank! This dream journey might help me find the feel again!"

Lette looked Emily up and down, and she felt a bit shy from being scrutinized.

"What’s... what’s up?"

"If you’re about to break through, shouldn’t you prepare a Holy Artifact Embryo? If you get super lucky and successfully imprint your own exclusive Holy Artifact, your strength would skyrocket."

Lilith also nodded in agreement: "Yes! I think so too! But... where to find it in this small Harbor City?"

Lette clapped his hands: "I’ve got it!"

"You’ve got it?"

"It’s right in the grocery store!"

The two ladies immediately stepped back: "You don’t mean those bizarre and scary things you’re planning to sell as products, do you?"

"What do you mean bizarre and scary?! How are they terrifying?! They’re inventions! Inventions full of wisdom!"

Lette had great confidence in his creations. When he left the Holy City half a month ago, the dwarf Greybeard had given him a set of portable forge equipment and simple forging tools.

Since then, it opened a new world of possibilities for Lette, allowing him to release his creativity freely and make a bunch of completely useless creations.

To prove these pieces of junk were precious and useful great inventions, Lette planned to open this grocery store.

Primarily, it was for this bit of vinegar that he made a meal of dumplings.

"I’m really not lying to you, there really is a great invention in there that’s perfect for Emily! By the way! Opening this grocery store has a lot of deeper meaning!

Hey, hey, hey! What’s with those expressions!?

If you don’t believe me, you don’t believe me, but why are you looking at me with such disdain?

Let’s go! Come back to the grocery store with me!

Today I must broaden your horizons!"