Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

Chapter 212 Questioning, Understanding, Becoming... (5k2)

When Luo Xiu returned to Anthony's room in the Inquisition with the newly received letter, Anthony and Pamier were still "counting" the number of Inquisitors who could participate in the Inquisition mission.

It was not until they began to manage the entire "Inquisition" personally that they finally experienced the heavy workload of Priest Leonard when they were in the Sina City Church.

When Anthony and Pamier saw Luo Xiu coming back, they put down their work at hand and cast eager eyes on Luo Xiu.

"How was your conversation with Lord Nelson?" Anthony asked directly, "And what is that thing you are holding in your hand?"

"Lord Nelson is indeed a good person." Luo Xiu replied calmly, "He was cursed, and the purpose of coming to the church is also to hope that I can help him remove the curse. I just purified him."

Then, Luo Xiu raised his hand, raised the letter in his hand, and said:

"And this is your next task."

"..."

"Task?" Pamier on the side couldn't help but wonder, she took the letter from Luo Xiu and read it.

Until she read to the end of the letter, Pamier's cold face did not show any ripples, just handed the letter to Anthony on the side, and gently said:

"...We will eventually bring down the death of revenge? Wishful thinking."

"Is that a pagan who wants to avenge Starro? Is it the remnant of the 'Ancient Hermitage'?" Anthony quickly read the contents of the letter, put down the letter, and blurted out.

"It's not certain yet." Luo Xiu shook his head and said, "This letter is the threatening letter received by Lord Nelson. His trustee handed it to me, and I happened to get some information, which is partially consistent with the content of the letter."

"Do you have any information?" Pamier tilted her head, her golden-green eyes looked straight at Luo Xiu, and she asked in a calm voice, "Do you know who the 'Announcer of Death' is?"

"...Maybe I know something." Luo Xiu answered Pamier without comment, and then solemnly said to Anthony and Pamier, "'Gren. 'Bruce', you must remember this name, it may be a 'spellcaster' or 'necromancer' of the third or fourth destiny, and it is also the name of the person who wrote this letter. "

"Then, I will give you a few positions to clear out the [Lost] pagans in those strongholds and find out information about 'Gren Bruiser'. That is the task I will give you."

"..."

When the problem was simplified to "where to go, who to judge, how many to judge", Anthony and Pamier were immediately full of energy, and the expressions on their faces at this time seemed to have understood everything.

"I understand."

Anthony nodded and said, "We have counted the names of the Holy Judges who can participate in the "Judgment" mission. Just as you said, we will complete the cleanup of those [Lost] pagan strongholds and investigate the information about 'Gren Bruiser'."

"Very good, Anthony, and Pamier."

Luo Xiu smiled, put his fingers together on his chin, and said:

"Then I will wait for your good news."

...

After that, Luo Xiu gave Anthony and the others the locations of three [Lost] strongholds.

They were three medium-sized strongholds, located in the old streets and alleys of Mawei Street, Lavender Street and Sifen Street, and they were all guarded by at least one "curse master" or "necromancer" of the [Lost] triple destiny.

For Anthony and Pamier, it was not difficult to "judgment" such extraordinary enemies, and it could even be considered easy.

Luo Xiu did not directly tell them the location of the large stronghold where the "Fourfold Fate" extraordinary person was stationed. Although such an enemy might know more about "Grein Brussel", it might also put Anthony and Pamier in danger, which was not the outcome Luo Xiu wanted to see.

And the most important task of Anthony and Pamier was actually to find out information about "Grein Brussel"... Luo Xiu thought. If that was really an enemy of the "Fourfold Fate", then he could only solve it by himself.

...

While thinking about this, Luo Xiu had left the Holy Court and walked to the vicinity of the statue of Xu Yu.

He was walking on the avenue of the inner courtyard at this time. When the sunlight penetrated the cold clouds and shone on Luo Xiu, he felt a warmth like the melting of spring water.

At the same time, he heard someone calling him.

"——Master High Priest! Master Luo Xiu!"

The panting shout came with the sound of rapid footsteps. Luo Xiu looked towards the source of the voice and saw a priest.

That was the ‘consecrated priest’ of the second destiny. According to the priesthood, he should be a priest of the ‘Place of Preaching’. At this moment, he was holding a large stack of files in his hands.

“Finally I see you… Lord High Priest!”

The priest ran to Luo Xiu, held the files and bowed slightly to him, then said respectfully: “Lord Qilanta of the ‘Place of Preaching’ asked me to bring all these files to your Holy Office… But you were not at home at that time. Fortunately, I met you here!”

“Lord High Priest, these are the files that have not been processed or reviewed since the establishment of the Red Maple City Church. Lord Qilanta and several other Lords’ ‘deacon’ rank is not enough to fully review them, so you are needed…”

“…”

While listening to the priest saying these words, Luo Xiu had a bad feeling in his heart.

He smelled the breath called “overtime”…

“…I know.” Luo Xiu put away these complicated thoughts and said gently to the priest, “I will take you to the Holy Office.”

…

In the inner courtyard of the church, next to the high priest’s residence.

Luo Xiu led the priest through the barrier of the high priest’s residence and came to the “Holy Office Hall”.

The “Holy Office Hall” is an independent building located on the side of the high priest’s residence. It is the place where the “presiding high priest” of the church handles holy affairs on weekdays during the war, and it is usually not open to other clergy.

Before that, Luo Xiu had not officially started to handle holy affairs, so this was also his first time to come to the “Holy Office Hall”.

Luo Xiu then took out his unique key to the Holy Office Hall from his bracelet, opened the door, and asked the priest to move all the files in.

He then stepped into the interior of the Holy Office Hall and began to observe the furnishings inside.

In the main hall facing the main entrance, there is a huge statue of Xu Yu in the middle. The work rooms that really belong to the "presiding priest" are located on both sides, with a total of eight rooms.

That corresponds to the number of "presiding priests" who may increase in the future development of the Red Maple City Church. After all, the current church is still only the scale of a "small church", but the Holy Office Hall has been built in advance according to the standards of a "medium-sized church".

And the first and largest Holy Office room on the left is the "Bishop's Room" belonging to Luo Xiu.

As the only "presiding priest" of the Red Maple City Church at this time, Luo Xiu is the same as the bishop - and if the Red Maple City Church expands again in the future, or Luo Xiu is promoted to the "fifth level of destiny" during his tenure, he will also get the real title of "bishop".

"Here it is." Luo Xiu smiled and said gently to the priest who was holding a pile of files, "Just sort them out and put them on the table. Go back and tell the chief officer of the mission station, Chilanta, to come see me tomorrow."

"Okay, Master High Priest." The priest nodded and responded respectfully, "I will convey your instructions to Master Chilanta."

After that, the priest took his leave from Luo Xiu, and Luo Xiu was left alone in the room.

Luo Xiu then sat down in front of the main seat, leaned back, leaned against the backrest, and looked down at the pile of files on the table.

In his mind, he inexplicably recalled the scene of Leonard's work before - in Luo Xiu's memory, the Leonard he saw was working almost all the time, and it seemed that he rarely had any free time.

The pile of files in front of him, like a small mountain, also gave Luo Xiu a similar feeling. He then picked up a file and unfolded it to check. The first line read:

- "Application for the details of the church land expansion plan and the final payment of the building materials"

Below was the detailed building division and planning, and the corresponding building consumables were listed. Luo Xiu patiently browsed down and spent nearly half an hour to finish reading this application report of more than ten thousand words.

Then, he picked up the pen on the table and dipped it in ink, and wrote in the blank area below:

- There is no problem with the church land expansion plan. The 16,000 gold coins used by the contractor for materials do not meet the quotation. The upper limit of the gold coins allowed to be paid is 14,786.

This is just a simple calculation. At the beginning of his tenure, Luo Xiu did not want to let the empty salary appear. After reviewing this file, Luo Xiu placed it in the "problematic" column on the side, and waited until the chief officer of the "mission" Qilanta came to him to ask him related questions.

After that, Luo Xiu grabbed the second file and glanced at its title.

——"Application for the medium-sized stronghold of the Holy Tribunal's 'Beast Cult'"

The content of this file is very clear and easy to understand. It roughly describes the situation of the medium-sized stronghold of the "Beast Cult" that was discovered, and the application was prepared by the Holy Tribunal and submitted to the presiding high priest for approval.

The author of this file is Anthony, the chief officer of the 'Holy Tribunal'. He did not talk to Luo Xiu about this during the chat, but took the formal channel and focused on a fair and impartial approach.

Luo Xiu then wrote the word "agree" at the bottom and put this file in the "no problem" column.

Afterwards, he took the new files one by one to read and approve them. This process lasted from noon to evening, and Luo Xiu only finished reviewing one-third of these files.

These many files that have been piled up for a long time cannot be approved in one afternoon...Luo Xiu rubbed his eyes that felt a little sore, then leaned back on the back of the chair and sighed.

He gradually began to understand Leonard and became Leonard...

Luo Xiu complained about this in his heart, and after resting for about ten minutes, he sat up again and continued to review the files.

...

In the evening, the main street of Red Maple City.

In the ochre-red main color of the city lord's mansion, Lord Nelson put on a dark robe and walked out of the mansion to the newly built "Border Court" in Red Maple City.

Like the "Wartime Church" of the [Glorious] Holy Court located in Red Maple City, the "Border Court" is a military and political court where the [Supreme] people gather, and several [Supreme] destiny transcendents are also stationed there, and the "Grand Inquisitor" Baines is the acting president of the "Border Court".

Nelson came to the main gate of the Border Court, and two guards stopped him with their weapons drawn.

"The front is the [Supreme] important place, civilians are not allowed to enter." Such a cold warning came from the mask of a guard knight, but Nelson was not moved.

He just reached into his arms calmly, took out a red sword-shaped token from his arms, and said to the guard knight: "I am the secret envoy of Lord Baines, Nelson Hampton. Please inform Lord Baines on my behalf and say that Nelson has something important to report."

Hearing this, the two guard knights looked at each other, and one knight opened the gate of the side court and stepped in to ask for instructions from the "Grand Inquisitor" Baines.

The other knight stayed where he was, with the long spear in his hand still tilted, and he would never let any irrelevant person pass through the gate before getting the permission of Lord Baines.

Nelson was very patient, he stood quietly in front of the main gate of the side court, waiting for the previous guard knight to return.

About ten minutes later, the Royal Guard Knight returned from the depths of the side court, and a deep voice came from under his visor:

"You can go in."

The other knight then retracted his long spear and made way for Nelson.

Nelson then paid the highest salute to the two knights, and then stepped into the side court, and his back then disappeared in the swaying shadows of the trees.

...

Deep in the side court.

The "Judgment Hall" located at the core is the residence of "Grand Inquisitor" Baines, and it is also the main place where he handles the affairs of the side court.

Nelson came here directly with a sword-shaped token in his hand, and after passing two "Royal Guard Knights", he entered the Judgment Hall and came to the door of "Grand Inquisitor" Baines' room.

Nelson knocked on the door three times, and the door then opened inward, and he saw an illusory, light red figure.

The one who opened the door for Nelson was the "spiritual body" of "Grand Inquisitor" Baines, who was half lying on a luxurious bed, looking at him through the curtain with deep, wolf-like eyes.

"Greetings, Lord Baines."

Nelson bowed slightly, saluted Baines, and then reported to Baines:

"You are right, the newly appointed 'High Priest' of the wartime church of the 'Holy Court' has purified the curse on me... His extraordinary level is indeed at the 'Fourfold Fate', there is no doubt about this."

"And I have followed your instructions. If he can really purify the curse in my body, I will donate 5,000 gold coins to the church in the name of the mansion to show our sincerity."

"And then he asked me for the threatening letter. I think he should have some ideas about the 'judgment' of the death informer."

"...Hmm."

Behind the curtain, Baines nodded slightly and made a long and meaningful low nasal sound.

Then, Baines said as if talking to himself:

"Rosius Carlos... the newly appointed 'High Priest' of the 'Wartime Church' of the 'Glorious' Holy See, he is indeed a four-fold destiny. It seems that those bishops of the Grand Church are not stupid enough to send unqualified clergy to serve in such an important priesthood."

"Indeed." Nelson said from the side, "However, that Rosius Carlos is indeed as young as the rumors say. According to the information we have about him, he is just a clergyman who has just come of age, but he can lift the curse set by the 'Death Announcer' Grion, which is enough to show his true extraordinary level."

"...Hehe . The high priest of the 'Fourfold Fate' is only eighteen years old, which is really scary. "

Bains suddenly smiled, his voice sounded a little old, and he asked Nelson, "Nelson, tell me. How did he help you purify the curse?"

"A ball of light appeared in his palm, and then the ball of light 'dissolved', and the warm light dissipated throughout the room. The curse on me was pulled out like a silk thread, and disappeared in front of me like a flame burning off the fluff, bit by bit. "

"...That is the 'pure glow'. "

After listening to Nelson's statement, Baines could already judge what the holy art that the "high priest" cast for Nelson was.

"He knows 'Pure Glow'... If he is not the head of 'Qihui', it is not easy to learn and master this sacred art."

"It seems that the young 'High Priest' may have more than the level of just entering the 'Fourfold Fate'... Is he a senior priest? But he is too young..."

"...Interesting."

Bains nodded, and then said to Nelson:

"Remember what I say next, Nelson."

"The new 'High Priest' of the Wartime Church, he has Maybe there are some unknown secrets, but don't try to reveal them before the time is right. "

"War is coming, Nelson. What you need to do next is to unite all the forces that can be united as much as possible. And the "high priest" of the wartime church is the one you need to focus on winning over."

"By the way."

Bains paused and asked Nelson: "You seemed to have mentioned before that the new "high priest" Luo Xiu Carlos asked for a threatening letter from you?"

"Yes, Lord Baines." Nelson nodded.

"... Really anxious. He wants to use this to establish the merit of the first "judgment"? "

"However, this is not bad for us. After all, the "Death Announcer" Green is the real enemy. "

"Nelson, pay more attention to the church's movements for me. And... when the time is right, have someone reveal to the church in a secret way the location of the 'Death Announcer' Grion's hiding place."

"Let the church and the 'Death Announcer' have their clothes stained with blood first."

"This false tranquility and peace has lasted too long. Nelson, Maple City needs to see blood, and the initiative needs to be in the hands of the Supreme."

After saying this, Baines stopped talking, just quietly looking at Nelson behind the curtain, waiting for his reaction.

"...Yes, Lord Baines."

Nelson responded respectfully, his expression became firm, and his eyes became deeper.

"Everything is in accordance with your will, Lord Baines."

"I will make the church a blade that pierces the quiet night, all for victory and to usher in true peace."

...