Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

Nolan Empire, Songyuan Territory, Red Maple City.

A carriage with a sun pattern on its curtains drove into the street where the Glorious Church was located.

The first "Grand Master" of the church during the war was in this carriage.

All the clergymen of the "Wartime Church" then stood still under the leadership of Anthony, placed their right hands lightly on their left chests, and paid attention to the carriage carrying the "officiant of the high ceremony".

When the crisp sound of horse's hooves "ta, da da" came closer, the priest who was driving the horse pulled the reins and stopped the stagecoach.

The carriage stopped in front of the church, and the clergyman sitting in the driving position also got off the car from one side and walked towards the other clergymen waiting at the entrance of the church.

Anthony had already recognized that the clergyman driving the car was the other "deacon" Maiyev who was originally with him in the church in Sina City.

Maiyev first said hello to Antony, and then said to all the clergy:

"The 'big sacrifice' of the wartime church has arrived, please join me in worshiping the sacrament!"

Saying that, Maiyev stood in the same row as Anthony. His right hand was also lightly placed on his left chest. At the same time, his left arm was raised to the side and his body was slightly bowed downward.

This is the standard "sacrament" that lower-level priests in the "holy court" should perform to higher-level priests.

Other clergymen also raised their arms and bent their bodies in response to Mayev's movements to show their respect and worship for the big man in the carriage.

Step, step, the sound of footsteps came from inside the carriage, and the outline of the carriage also swayed slightly.

Then, the door curtain of the carriage was opened, and a high-ranking priest wearing a priest's robe slowly walked out of the carriage.

"...Everyone, please get up. This is an extraordinary time, no need to be polite."

"Hosting the Grand Ceremony," he said in a calm and gentle voice.

Anthony was half-lowering his head at this time. His sight could only see the neck of the new "Master of Ceremony", but he had not yet seen the appearance of the Master of the Ceremony.

He was wearing a robe that symbolized the "priest" of the Holy Court Church, and he came to the Glory Church of Red Maple City at this time. His identity must be to "preside over the high ceremony"... However, the voice of this "high priest"... Why is it so familiar?

Anthony thought about this in his mind. And when the "presiding of the high ceremony" made it unnecessary for them to salute, Anthony and other clergymen ended their salutes and returned to standing at attention.

When Anthony's eyes glanced at the face of the "host of the ceremony", a wave of turmoil suddenly arose in his heart!

This newly arrived "host of the festival"...

——It turned out to be Luo Xiu! It's Rossio Carlos!

"You...how did you..."

Anthony was speechless for a moment, his mood was a little complicated, and this complexity was reflected in the expression on his face.

Anthony murmured somewhat incoherently: "You... presided over the grand ceremony... Luo Xiu... 伱..."

Anthony thought, maybe Luo Xiu only came to the wartime church as an "deacon", just like Anthony himself and Pamier... But this is not enough to explain why Luo Xiu wore the robe of the church's "priest" ...or is it that he was instructed by Priest Leonard to take over the priesthood of "presiding over the high priest" on his behalf...

The latter is more likely, Anthony analyzed the situation and truth behind what he saw.

He had never thought that Luo Xiu had been promoted to the "fourth level of destiny" and became a priest of the church, and he did not dare to make such a conjecture.

"..."

"Long time no see, Captain Anthony."

Luo Xiu waved his hand to Anthony and said with a smile: "As you can see, I am the first 'Master of Ceremony' of the Wartime Church in Red Maple City. After that, I will formulate the development plan and work of the Wartime Church, and preside over it." Other wartime church matters."

"These are extraordinary times, and I don't like to preach at length with you. I hope you will give me full trust, and I will also rely on your strength to let the Red Maple City Church find a new and bright way out in the turmoil. ”

After saying that, Luo Xiu walked towards the crowd of church clergy during the war.

The priests made way for Luo Xiu to pass through. With complex emotions such as admiration, reverence, surprise, and suspicion in their eyes, they watched Luo Xiu, the new "host of the ceremony", walk into the church.

Later, the clergy also followed Luo Xiu's footsteps and entered the church. The last clergy finally closed the door of the church and locked it. After today, no unrelated persons will be allowed to enter.

Anthony followed Luo Xiu, the expression on his face becoming more complicated.

Luo Xiu... He did not come on behalf of Priest Leonard, but he really became the "presiding priest" of the church during the war...

Why? Why can he become the host of the great ceremony? Could it be that he has been promoted to the fourth level of destiny and passed the assessment from the senior deacon of the diocese... Anthony thought with some anxiety in his heart. The growing gap between him and Luo Xiu made Anthony feel depressed for no reason.

His mood at this time was similar to Leonard's, but more serious.

At least Luo Xiu hasn't really surpassed Leonard on the extraordinary level yet, but he has absolutely crushed Anthony on the level, and the current "host of the festival" was once an ordinary subordinate under him. The Holy Judge... Anthony thought about this with emotion. The image of Luo Xiu in his heart became increasingly blurred, and it was already difficult to see his back clearly.

The person who had the same idea as Anthony was a "Paladin" standing behind him, Pamier Skadia.

At this time, Pamier was not wearing heavy paladin armor, but a white clerical robe, standing in the same row with Anthony and other triple-fate clergy.

Pamier followed Anthony, her cat-eye-like golden-green eyes occasionally looking at the back of Luo Xiu in the front, her eyes full of confusion and yearning.

Before, Pamier had successfully completed the promotion from the second to the third fate according to the promotion experience "shared" by Luo Xiu, and became a "judgement knight". She thought she had made up the gap between her and Luo Xiu.

But Pamier did not expect that after only one month without seeing Luo Xiu, she was left far behind by him... This shocked Pamier, but also brought her a new and stronger desire to become stronger.

She was still too weak... Pamier thought so-"Triple Fate" was by no means the end of her extraordinary career, her goal should never end.

…

When Luo Xiu came to the newly expanded courtyard of the Glory Church and stood in front of a sun-casting altar, he turned around, leaned against the statue of Xu Yu, and said loudly to the clergy of the wartime church:

"Under the witness of Xu Yu, I, Luo Xiu Carlos, will officially take office as the 'high priest' of the Red Maple City Church. I hope all the Glory fellows will entrust their power to me. I will also live up to your trust and lead you on the right path."

"Now, I hope you can explain to me the current situation of the Red Maple City Church."

"…"

After a silence, Anthony took the lead and said to Luo Xiu:

"The 'Wartime Church' of Red Maple City has now completed the expansion of the Glory Church and has reached the standards of a 'church'. All the selected The clergy transferred to the Red Maple City's 'Wartime Church' have also arrived. The church now has four 'Triple Destiny' and thirty-six 'Double Destiny' clergy. After Mayev's arrival, the number of triple destiny 'deacons' in the church will reach five. "

"At present, Pamier and I serve as the chief adjutants of the church's 'House of Holy Judgment', and the other two church deacons are in charge of the 'Preaching House' and the 'Secret House' respectively. According to the arrangement of the parish, Mayev will serve as the adjutant of the 'Secret House', and the other clergy will perform their duties and each have their own clergy. "

"..."

"I understand, thank you for your explanation, Anthony."

Luo Xiu nodded, he roughly understood the current internal state of the church.

The Red Maple City Wartime Church has three sanctuaries inside, which is also the most standard and lowest church configuration.

The "House of Holy Judgement" is the holy place responsible for judging paganism, and it is also the place where Luo Xiu once served as a priest;

The "Place of Preaching" is responsible for coordinating matters inside and outside the church. The clergy of this place are responsible for the specific duties of various churches. The clergy responsible for "guidance", "care", "duty" and other duties come from this place. They also undertake the task of spreading glory and gathering believers;

The "Secret Place" is more secretive. The clergy of this place are more independent of the sacred affairs of the church. They are responsible for the secret contact between the church and the [Supreme], [Wisdom] and other imperial supernaturals, and more often play the role of church messengers. The clergy of this place do not often appear in the church, but hide in the city or other secret organizations, and only appear when necessary to convey important information to the church or perform some secret tasks sent by the church.

Although the number of clergymen in the current Red Maple City "Wartime Church" is still small, the three basic sanctuaries are also complete, which can be regarded as "small but complete"... Luo Xiu thought.

"So, what about the external situation?" Luo Xiu then asked Anthony.

Anthony paused, organized his words, and said to Luo Xiu: "Outside the church, we have discovered that many foreign forces have poured into this city. Some of them are secret cults or organizations that spontaneously combine and operate independently, and some are from the Dark Principality or the Holy Tower Church. Our Holy Judge is still investigating their backgrounds and should get some conclusions in a while."

"Well, although the situation outside is not good now, the enemies are currently lurking in the dark and have not launched hostile actions against our church." Anthony added.

Luo Xiu nodded. From Anthony's words, he roughly understood the situation of the Red Maple City Church.

In the strategic location of Red Maple City, all forces want to gain a foothold here before the war really comes.

Today, Maple City is in a turbulent time, but it is precisely in such a turbulent environment that no force is willing to take action easily, so as not to expose their important details.

Therefore, all parties are still in the stage of mutual exploration and confrontation. During this time, a kind of wonderful balance has been formed, and Maple City has maintained such a strange tranquility and peace.

"Okay, I understand, Anthony, thank you again."

Luo Xiu smiled and nodded, thanking Anthony again. And Anthony nodded slightly in response.

"I have a general understanding of the current situation of the church. Today is my first day as the 'host of the high sacrifice', everyone should return to their respective duties first."

"Afterwards, I will point out the future direction of the church for you, and formulate new tasks and arrangements for you." Luo Xiu finally said.

"..."

"Yes. We follow your wishes."

Anthony, Pamier and another 'deacon' of the church led other clergymen to perform a sacrament to Luo. Afterwards, the clergymen disbanded and returned to their respective posts.

Anthony and Pamier, as well as Connor and Coren, who were among the "Second Life Path" priests, stayed behind. They looked at Luo Xiu with complicated eyes, waiting for the other priests to disband. , Luo Xiu personally told them the real reason why he could serve as the "host of the grand ceremony" for the wartime church in Red Maple City.

After all the other clergymen left, Luo Xiu, Anthony and Pamier went to the church's new 'Holy Inquisition' and took a seat at the top of an ancient square table in the main hall of the Holy Inquisition. He sat down in front of him and said to Anthony and Pamier:

"...You are right. I was promoted to the 'Fourth Deacon' and passed the assessment of the 'High Deacon' Hubert above the diocese, and became the 'Grand Priest' of the wartime church in Red Maple City. "

"This is the whole process. Captain Anthony, as well as Pamier and Connor, you all know me. I will not and do not need to hide anything from you." Luo Xiu spread his hands with a smile.

After saying this, Anthony, Pamier and other old friends suddenly felt a strong spiritual surge from Luo Xiu.

The spiritual tide was surging but restrained. It only exuded a trace of spiritual breath in a small area, which made Anthony and the others feel extremely strong oppression - it was the crushing at the extraordinary level. This made Anthony, Pamier and the others truly understood that Luo Xiu had indeed been promoted to a transcendent person with the "fourth level of destiny".

"..." When Anthony felt the real "fourth destiny" aura emanating from Luo Xiu, his expression became complicated again.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with what Luo Xiu said before, and the spiritual aura exuded by Luo Xiu truly proves his extraordinary level. Anthony is simply unable to accept, or at least unable to understand, such a result.

"...then...then...congratulations, Luo Xiu."

Anthony said with some bitterness, "To be honest, I'm a little jealous of you, your talent, and your talent... It's only been less than three months. In less than three months... you have been promoted to the fourth level of destiny. …”

"If you weren't wearing the robe that symbolizes the priest of the church, and if Maiyev was the witness for you, I would really have difficulty believing that you were promoted to the fourth level of destiny and passed the examination of the parish deacon..."

"Luo Xiu, although you are not the youngest 'fourth-level destiny' transcendent in the history of the 'Holy Court', you are definitely the fastest promoted, no one." Anthony finally said, somewhat absentmindedly.

"..." Luo Xiu smiled awkwardly. He was just about to say something to ease Anthony's somewhat disappointed mood when he heard Pamier's voice from the side:

"There's nothing to be jealous of."

Pamier said to Anthony in a cold tone, "We have known for a long time that Luo Xiu is the 'Son of Glory'. Even if he has now become a saint of the 'Fifth Path of Destiny', it is also a very good thing for us. ‘Jealousy’ is really an emotion you shouldn’t have.”

"We are weak, and we should face up to our weakness in order to become stronger."

Pamier's tone was firm. She got rid of the strange emotions earlier than Anthony. At the same time, she looked at Luo Xiu with her golden-green eyes, and then said:

"I will target you, Luo Xiu. The 'fourth level of destiny'...I will soon reach the same level as you."

"..."

"I'm looking forward to it." Luo Xiu responded to her with a smile and a nod.

While Luo Xiu was chatting with Anthony and Pamier, Luo Xiu also noticed that Connor and Coren had not spoken a word for a long time.

The former presiding priest of the Red Maple City Church, "Pastor" Colen, actually only had one mission intersection with Luo Xiu. But that mission left a deep impression on Column, so he kept the images of Luo Xiu, Anthony and others in his heart.

As the presiding priest of the original Red Maple City Church, after the "Wartime Church" was established in Red Maple City, he was assigned to the "Preaching Office" and was responsible for all the guidance affairs of the church and guiding the newly appointed church. The "master of ceremonies" was familiar with all matters of the church during the war, which was Colum's job.

Therefore, Column stayed. It happened that he was also familiar with Anthony, Pamier and other former Holy Judges of the Sina City Church, so it was not awkward to participate in reminiscing with Luo Xiu.

Connor's face looked gloomy at this time, and his eyes seemed to have lost their highlights, as if he had just suffered a huge blow.

Seeing Connor showing his depressed will, Luo Xiu cast inquiring glances at Anthony and Pamier.

Anthony understood, but he just shook his head with a wry smile, not wanting to expose Connor's wounds any more.

But Pamier didn't seem to mind, so she patted Connor next to her on the shoulder and said to Luo Xiu:

"Don't worry about him. He just suffered some trauma before coming to Red Maple City."

"Trauma?" Luo Xiu asked in confusion, and at the same time, the correct answer vaguely emerged in his heart.

"Yes, trauma." Pamier's voice said without a trace of ripples, "Before we passed the examination of the parish deacon and prepared to go to Red Maple City, Connor said to us: 'This is the last chance. After that, he may not have the chance to meet little Marilyn'."

"Then a day later, Connor became like this. I don't know what he went through. Anthony told me that he suffered some serious 'psychological trauma'."

...Fuck. Luo Xiu held his forehead with his hand. He already understood everything.

Luo Xiu then looked at Anthony, wanting to get some confirmation from him, but saw that Anthony just nodded slowly and cast a meaningful look at Luo Xiu.

After getting the secret confirmation from Anthony, Luo Xiu looked at Connor with sympathy, and at the same time, a sense of uneasiness in his conscience surged deep in his heart.

But this uneasiness soon dissipated, because he then saw that Connor suddenly raised his head, his eyes were dull but firm and said:

"I won't be like this again... Luo Xiu. I promise you."

"I have understood, understood a simple but correct truth."

"-Women, will only affect the speed of my hammer swing."

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