This isn't a souls-like game at all.

"I'm not in a position to pursue him, but Brother Clifford does. Now that we're calculating, someone should come and repay him, right?"

He turned his head and saw that at the corner of the street, Abbot Clifford, dressed in a red robe and with a gloomy face, was leading two Knights of the Fire Crown.

Seeing the abbot approaching, Agosto stood up to greet him.

"Didn't catch him?"

The old hunter looked at Clifford's gloomy expression and guessed the result almost exactly.

"Didn't catch it."

The abbot shook his head and said, “His cavalry regiment includes cavalrymen who were once bandits. They led the knight deep into the Dark River Forest.

"It leads directly to the Broken Mountains, and the terrain is complex. Our knights are not familiar with the area, so they can't capture it."

"Ha~"

The old hunter sneered when he heard this.

"He thought he could get away with obstructing the church's actions and allowing the pollution incident to happen?"

"I will issue a fatwa as soon as possible."

Clifford said calmly, "Sir Federley has seriously neglected his duties as a lord. Even if this matter is brought to the attention of the State Religious Review Council, no one can protect him."

"As it happens, there is a gentleman who has a strong opinion about Sir Federico."

Agosto laughed coldly, then looked at Ye Yiyi who had an expressionless face behind him.

"Sir Gus, would you be willing to go to the Dark River Forest?"

"I can't bring you a living person." Ye Yiyi said softly, "I swore to kill him with my own hands."

"No living people are needed," said Abbot Clifford loudly.

"Sir Gus, the hunt is on. It doesn't matter what you do to him, whether he's dead or alive. We only want his head."

"That's no problem." Ye Yiyi nodded, "There's no time to lose. I'll set off now."

"Now?" Agosto was stunned, then looked up at the sky, "But it's almost night."

"I'm impatient." Ye Yiyi nodded to the two of them, "I'll go make some preparations and then we'll set off."

He turned and left, leaving the two of them staring at his back.

"As expected of Mr. Guts." The old hunter sighed.

"Who is he... exactly?" Brother Clifford pondered for a moment and couldn't help asking.

He saw the other party's heroic fight against the blood coagulation monster. He was frightened by the look of being invincible and sweeping away everything.

With that kind of fighting power, even if he and Agosto were to attack together, they would probably not be his match.

"Church secrets," Agosto replied without turning his head.

"That's all you know how to say." The Taoist priest sighed helplessly.

On the way back to the holy monument, Ye Yiyi counted his harvest lightly.

They fought from noon to sunset and killed countless blood-clotting monsters.

Although a blood coagulation monster only has 275 soul echoes, the total number of echoes obtained is still considerable after the number increases.

Current Soul Echoes: 227146

Nearly 230,000 soul echoes, roughly equivalent to nearly 800 blood coagulation monsters.

Compared with the population of Garden Village, this number is already very large.

In addition, he also harvested a large number of blood-wiping beads, a total of 183, which is equivalent to one blood-wiping bead for every five blood-clotting monsters.

"The conversion efficiency is almost the same as that of the blood beads." Ye Yiyi thought to himself.

“But there are also differences. Coagulopathy is a one-time deal, and once the person dies, it’s gone.

"Hemophilia is a way to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, it's highly concealed, and it's less harmful. From this perspective, it's more cost-effective to use the blood-coated beads as the crystallization of divine power."

But no matter which method is used, human lives are used to exchange for divine power crystals, which Ye Yiyi cannot tolerate.

Therefore, once any cult is discovered attempting to conduct an ascension ceremony, it would not be an exaggeration to wipe them out!

Returning to the Cursed Hall at the Holy Monument, Ye Yiyi found the Saint.

A total of 227146 soul echoes were converted into 9 attribute points.

Upgrade the Power template first.

Level 68 → 77↑

Strength 52→60↑

Energy 25→26↑

Strength is increased to 60, and two strength characteristics are gained again.

Strength Characteristics: Pillar (55): Moderately reduces the level of impact force received, allowing you to forcibly break free from large enemy throws; moderately increases torso strength, moderately increases maximum load, and increases weapon attack speed.

Strength Characteristics: King of Strength (60): Significantly increases physical damage and physical damage reduction. Significantly increases torso robustness, maximum load, and weapon attack speed.

Next is the Mage template.

The last time I upgraded, there were still two attribute points left in the mage template, so I just added them all this time.

Level 66 → 77↑

Intelligence 60→70↑

Concentration 15→16↑

专注值227→234↑（113+100+21）

Intelligence is increased to 70, and in addition to a normal intelligence characteristic, a super intelligence characteristic is also obtained.

Intelligence Characteristics: Telepathy (65): Able to precisely control the effects of all magic releases; greatly improves clairvoyance, moderately improves logical thinking ability, and can vaguely perceive the emotions and thoughts of intelligent life forms.

Intelligence Traits·Godlike (70): All Intelligence Traits have their effects doubled.

After the intelligence reaches 70 and this crucial characteristic is acquired, the Mage is officially formed.

"Hero, you seem a little different."

Before Ye Yiyi could check his condition, the saint in front of him suddenly spoke.

"Different? What's different?" He looked at her in confusion.

The saint looked at Ye Yiyi's cheek, carefully observing his expression and look, and then smiled.

"Although the hero before was very serious, he still gave people the impression that he didn't care about anything. He looked a little empty and lost, like... a lost traveler who couldn't find his way.

"But after Hero-sama returned just now, I noticed a change in you... Have you found your goal?"

Ye Yiyi was slightly stunned. He didn't know if it was the effect of his telepathic ability, but he could feel the happiness and joy in the saint's emotions, as well as a strong sense of happiness that seemed to wrap him up.

She was genuinely happy for me, but change?

He had some realization in his heart.

Perhaps it's because he no longer sees this as a game.

There are no NPCs here, only living people.

"That's probably because I met a lot of new friends."

He thought carefully and then gave a serious answer.

Hearing this, the saint smiled warmly.

She took out a black handkerchief and gently wiped Ye Yiyi's cheek, which was covered with dust and blood.

Amidst this silent concern, Ye Yiyi bid farewell to the saint.

He first went to the blacksmith and took back the crossbow.

The old blacksmith looked him up and down, then gave a short grunt.

"You're getting serious now? Humph! It's not too late."

Ye Yiyi didn't answer, but raised her middle finger at him.

The old blacksmith's expression darkened. He put down Wang's experience and raised two middle fingers at him.

"ill!"

"You are sick!"

After bidding the old blacksmith a manly farewell, he returned to the prayer hall and returned to the holy monument in [Garden Village, Sacrifice Street].

Soon, the dung beetle came from outside the city riding Virgil.

"I've discovered now that your greatest use is helping me look after the horses."

Ye Yiyi expressed his thoughts, and the dung beetle gladly accepted them.

He then headed northeast along the Aner River. At the intersection leading to the trail, the Fire Crown Knight Alva stopped him and handed him a bag, a thick sword made of rock.

"Hunter Oturo asked me to give this to you. He said it would be very helpful for your hunting."

"Thanks."

Ye Yiyi took the clanging bag, put the stone sword behind his back, and then saw Alva, who was covered in blood, solemnly giving him a knight's salute.

"Sir Gus, please give everyone's regards to Sir Federico!

"Happy hunting!"

Chapter 155 [Object Injector] and [Hunter Half-Stone Greatsword]

Starting from Huayuan Village along the northeast path, you will enter the Dark River Forest located in the Broken Mountains.

Moving forward along the road beside the Aner River, soon a vast and dense forest appeared in front of him.

"Is this the Dark River Forest?"

Ye Yiyi looked up and looked at the huge forest composed of countless hundred-meter-tall trees, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"These trees are so tall! What kind of trees are they?"

There are only a few hundred-meter-tall trees on Earth, but they are everywhere in this forest.

The Aner River beside it quietly sank into the dark forest and was no longer seen.

Although the sun had not yet completely set, the forest before him was pitch black, with no light at all.

These giant trees, which are hundreds of meters high, have layers of canopies that completely block out the sunlight from outside.

Even in the bright sunshine, the deep forest is still like night.

Together with the Aner River flowing through it, this is the origin of the name of the Dark River Forest.

As he approached the forest, he discovered a cemetery built at the base of a huge tree, with a dim holy tablet in it.

He stopped for a moment and went to the cemetery to light the holy monument.

[Dark River Forest, Cemetery Outside the Forest]

"That's quite unusual. There's only one holy monument in Garden Village, and it was transformed by hunters later on, but here's one just outside the forest."

With the help of the light from the holy monument, he looked around and picked up a dark oval fruit from the ground.

"This fruit, is it a pine cone?"

This is a tree fruit with a large number of raised "scales" on its surface. It is pitch black in color. If you smell it up close, you can smell a rich fragrance.

【Fruits of the famous Kurosugi】

Item Description: Large fruit from the famous black fir tree.

One of the materials used to make props, can also be used to make medicine.

The ancient black fir was once watered by the essence of famous giants.

Therefore, it has the effect of strengthening yang and kidney, and temporarily improving energy.

"The essence of the famous giant?"

Ye Yiyi scratched his head. He knew that it was a kind of giant that was more than ten meters tall.