Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

Red Maple City, a deserted alley deep in Sifen Street.

[Lost] In a medium-sized stronghold of the secret sect "The Secret Prayer of Death".

--Bang!

A piece of golden light rose, and the warhammer hit a curse master's head hard. A huge skylight immediately opened, and blood, flesh and turbid matter splashed out.

"Holy Inquisitor" Anthony kicked away the half-headed corpse in front of him, and at the same time raised his hand and pulled out his war hammer.

"This is the last one." Anthony looked around. The stronghold he was "adjudicating" at this time has been completely wiped out by him and his subordinates. No heretic has escaped from his war hammer.

Pamier came from the side, the giant sword he held in both hands was dripping with blood, and behind her, there was also half a corpse lying on it. The pagan's eyes widened before he died, and he seemed to be unwilling to die.

"Their secret vault is at the deepest part of the stronghold, and I have taken care of the heretics guarding it."

Pamier said in a cold voice, throwing a bunch of keys to Anthony, "This is the key found from the guard. Captain, please take someone to open it, and sort out the usable supplies and take them away. I'll go to the entrance and keep an eye on you."

Anthony took the key and watched Pamier dragging the giant sword towards the entrance of the stronghold. His back quickly disappeared behind the broken door.

Anthony nodded imperceptibly, and then ordered to the surrounding Holy Judges: "The rest of you, come with me, go to the 'secret vault' mentioned by the adjutant, count and take away the usable things."

"Yes." The Holy Judges responded at the same time, and then penetrated into the corridor leading to the depths one by one.

…

Deep in the stronghold.

A dark brown wooden door is embedded in the gray wall, looking conspicuous and abrupt.

Anthony and the Holy Judges were standing in front of this door, staring at the door with vigilant eyes.

On the facade of the brown wooden door, the strange black light flows, swirls, and is bound like a ribbon, like chains locking the door, revealing bursts of dark and ominous atmosphere.

Although all the [Lost] heretics in this stronghold have been wiped out, the Holy Inquisitors did not dare to be tired for a moment against this group of strange enemies.

The weirdness left on this door makes most of the Holy Inquisitors feel an extremely dangerous aura. If their spiritual level is not high enough, they may face fatal danger if they approach this door rashly.

Until Antony came to stand two feet away from the door, he raised his warhammer and prayed:

"——I long for the sacred heavenly fire, and I am willing to use my sins as firewood..."

"——Burn away the unclean, turbid, and tainted things!"

"——I carry this on my body, and the Holy Light gives me thunder!"

"..."

As Anthony prayed, the warhammer in his hand also changed in some way.

The glorious inscriptions engraved on the surface of the hammer suddenly emitted a dazzling light at the next moment, and one or two golden flames slowly ignited from the surface of the war hammer and continued to jump on it.

The Holy Judges beside Anthony only felt that the temperature seemed to have risen a lot. They were watching the chief Anthony closely at the same time, eagerly anticipating his next move.

Anthony immediately took a step back, and the war hammer in his hand was pulled as far as possible behind him, and the brightness of the flames dancing on the hammer's surface also reached its highest level.

The next moment, Anthony swung out a hammer and slammed the door hard!

--boom! ! !

The war hammer slammed hard on the facade. The golden holy flame suddenly collided with the black light on the facade, and an extremely violent explosion suddenly erupted. Along with it, spiritual air waves swept around the surroundings, one after another outward. It emitted a sonic blast.

The sound of sound waves echoed in the air in front of the secret warehouse door. The sound seemed to contain some kind of power that could shatter gold and iron, causing the Holy Judges to cover their ears.

Anthony, on the other hand, stood in front of the door with a calm expression, his eyes fixed on watching the holy flame "eating away" the strange black light bit by bit.

"Hiss! - Hiss!" The black light, which was being torn apart by the holy flames, made a shrill and sharp sound like mourning. The light began to flash unnaturally, with deep red and dark purple light appearing and disappearing in it, as if something was about to emerge.

The next moment, a translucent ghost with half a humanoid body struggled out of the door.

Its body was still stained with traces of golden flames, and it made a sharp and shrill whistle from its mouth, and then swooped in the direction of Anthony with its teeth and claws.

At this time, Anthony had raised his war hammer again and smashed it down hard in the direction of the Netherworld Undead!

--puff! Puff puff puff! When the war hammer wrapped with golden holy flames came into contact with the body of the undead, it did not make a huge explosion like before when the door was smashed, but instead made waves of low, muffled sounds like water cannons.

Following Anthony's hammer blow, a large amount of holy flames were poured into the body of the undead, burning and annihilating the profound energy on which it was formed from the inside.

"—Hiss! Ooooh!"

The outline of the undead began to tremble violently, and he screamed more painfully at the same time, but the holy flame inside it became brighter and brighter, and the deep and ominous aura was gradually disappearing.

Finally, bright flames began to jump on the outline of the undead, burning it from the inside and outside at the same time, and finally annihilating its form, leaving no trace of spirituality.

As the undead spirits on the door were successfully purified, the brown door also revealed its original quaint facade. Anthony opened the door with the key that Pamier threw to him and saw the scene behind the door.

That was a room where many [Lost] secret treasures were stored. A large number of scrolls, props, weapons and equipment were displayed on the quaint shelves on both sides.

In addition, the money hoarded by the pagans in this stronghold was also concentrated in two large wooden boxes. Anthony lifted the weight and estimated that the money sealed in it was about 5,000 gold coins.

This is really a considerable harvest... Anthony thought. He then asked his subordinates, the Holy Judges, to move out the two boxes containing gold coins first. Afterwards, he asked people to sort the scrolls stored in the secret library, preparing to take away the "Ancient Heritage" scrolls and burn the [Lost] taboo scrolls according to the convention.

Afterwards, the Inquisitors destroyed the weapons or equipment that had been enchanted with the forbidden magic, and took away other ordinary equipment that had not been enchanted. As for the other props, potions and materials, they were all packed and taken away, but these things needed to be identified by the clergy of the "Preaching House" before they could be used with confidence.

After arranging his Inquisitors to carry out these tasks, Anthony looked around again to confirm that he had not left anything behind.

Suddenly, his attention was attracted by a small table on the side.

It was an inconspicuous small square table, and two of the four legs were even broken. If it had not been leaning against the wall, it would have almost collapsed.

On the tabletop, there was a brand new piece of paper with handwriting on it.

"I just... didn't seem to see that there was another piece of paper here?"

Anthony thought with some doubts, but this was not an important memory. His first feeling was that he had missed something, so he shook his head and walked towards the square table.

When Anthony walked to the table, he picked up the paper and quickly recognized what was written on it.

[To the obituary · 'Priest of Death' · Asvis]

[The 'War of Judgment' is approaching. I ask you on behalf of the 'Holy Envoy': Have you prepared enough sacrifices to make the wheel turn and make the ancient soul happy? ]

[As a comrade who participates in the way of death, I need to remind you. Don't get lost in the worship of death, and don't forget your mission...]

[I came for revenge. My disciples' martyrdom certainly makes me sad, but the revival of the church is more important than anything else. I hope you can do the same. ]

[If you have prepared enough sacrifices, bring them to see me. I am at Alley No. 6 of the abandoned site of Pender Street. The 'Secret Eye' will guide you on the way to worship. ]

[——'The Announcer of Death' Grion]

...

After quickly browsing the contents of the paper, Anthony fell into deep thought.

The words in the letter were too obscure, and he didn't really understand what they meant. But there was the most important and crucial information, which was exactly the main purpose of Anthony's "Holy Judges" ruling this time.

——"The Announcer of Death" Grion! In this letter, the location of Grion's hiding place was recorded!

Was this letter written by Grion to "The Priest of Death" Asves? Are they "comrades"? Grion also mentioned "revenge" in this letter... The "Spirit Adventist" Starro who was killed by us before, could it be his disciple?

Anthony thought about this with confusion in his mind. According to his understanding of [Lost], he didn't understand why Starro of the "Spirit Adventist" school was the disciple of Grion of the "Death" school... But this is not important. What is important is that he learned a very important location - "Alley No. 6 of the Abandoned Site of Pender Street"! With this location, the task that Luo Xiu gave to them in the Holy Inquisition would be successfully completed.

Anthony then put away the paper, and his subordinates, the Inquisitors, had already cleared out the secret library of the base according to his previous orders, and were waiting outside the secret library for the "chief" Anthony to come out and give them the final instructions.

Anthony then walked to the door, and at the same time he put the war hammer on his back and made a "recruitment" gesture to the Inquisitors.

The Inquisitors then left the base in an orderly manner, and after meeting up with the adjutant Pamier who was guarding the door outside, they returned to the direction of the church.

…

Just a few minutes after Anthony and his team left the base.

Next to the square table in the secret library, a vague vortex door slowly appeared on the wall, and a light red, translucent human face poked out from it.

The eyes of the "spiritual body" looked at the empty table, then looked at the direction where Anthony and other "Inquisitors" left, and nodded gently.

After that, the head of the "spiritual body" retracted into the vortex, and the vortex then closed, returning to the rough, dim wall color, as if nothing had happened.

…

Red Maple City, Glorious Church.

In the afternoon, Anthony, Pamier, and the Holy Judges dispatched by the "Holy Inquisition" returned with the news of the victory.

In just two days, they successfully completed the judgment task assigned to them by the "Chancellor" Luo Xiu, and completely wiped out the enemy. No Holy Judges were sacrificed, and the most serious ones were only fatally injured.

As for this mere fatal injury, as long as you can return to the church with a sigh of relief, it can be effectively cured. As the "wartime church", the Red Maple City Church has sent many powerful and sacred medicines to the diocese. The blessed healing potion is enough to save any dying priest from the crisis of death.

And when Anthony and Pamier led the Holy Inquisition team back to the church, they immediately found a guiding pastor of the "Preaching Place" and asked them to take the injured Holy Inquisitor to the Mission House. Diagnose the injury and receive treatment.

However, when Anthony found the guiding priest and conveyed this to him, the guiding priest showed a somewhat hasty look on his face and said to Anthony:

"Yes, yes. Lord Anthony, the priests at the mission will treat them carefully..."

"..."

Sensing something strange about the leading pastor, Anthony assumed a friendly and friendly attitude and asked the pastor in front of him gently:

"You seem scared? Is it because of the blood stains on our bodies?"

"..." The guiding pastor was stunned for a moment, and his head immediately dropped.

As if he finally mustered up the courage, the guiding pastor finally raised his head again and said to Anthony:

"Please forgive me for my rudeness. Now the priests of the mission house will inevitably be a little scared when they see the priests of the Holy Inquisition..."

"Why?" Anthony asked with some confusion on his face.

"Oh...you don't know that yet."

The guiding pastor considered his words, and then said to Anthony:

"Just today at noon, our former chief officer, Mr. Chilanta, was discovered by Mr. Daji for corruption and corruption. Therefore, he was removed from his position and transferred to the 'Holy Inquisition' for strict supervision..."

"And the priests who committed crimes together with Lord Chilanta were also removed from their original positions and fined their salaries...if Lord Daiji had not revealed this in front of the altar statue. "Things like this, we, the marginalized clergy, don't even know that something like this happened in the mission house."

"And now the entire mission is subject to the supervision of the 'Holy Inquisition', so the current clergymen of the 'Mission' are in panic. No one knows whether the next punishment of the Great Priest will come. On the top of your head..."

"..."

Luo Xiu took action against Qilanta, the assistant priest of the "Missionary School"? As expected, he found the first suitable partner to establish his power as I suggested to him before. He didn't expect this to happen so quickly... Anthony thought to himself.

And that's not all. Luo Xiu directly asked people from the "Holy Inquisition" to supervise the "Missionary Office", and the two leaders of the Holy Inquisition are both his own people. This means that the real power of the church has been divided into three groups. Two-thirds are really under the control of Luo Xiu... As for the "Secret Fortress", after the "Preaching Station" broke out like this, it is only a matter of time before the "Secret Fortress" is truly under Luo Xiu's control... …

Anthony was thinking about this, he smiled at the same time, and said in a gentle tone to the leading priest in front of him: "Don't be afraid, my friend. As long as you have a clear conscience and the glorious teachings, the punishment of the high priest will never come to you. body."

"Yes, yes..." the leading priest murmured piously, his hand already caressing his chest, he performed the standard sacrament to Anthony, and then said:

"I think more people who pursue glory will not commit such crimes. What we should do is to be more cautious."

After saying that, the leading pastor nodded slightly, saluted Anthony again, and then turned and returned to his post.

Anthony and Pamier went straight to the Holy Office. They had learned from the clergymen along the way that Luo Xiu, the "presiding priest", was there at this time.

When he was almost in front of the Holy Office, Anthony saw Luo Xiu's figure standing in front of the magnificent Holy Office, looking at them from a distance with a smile.

He seemed to have already heard from other clergymen about the return of the clergymen of their "Holy Inquisition". Anthony and Pamier then quickened their pace and soon arrived in front of the Holy Office.

"You have completed your mission and returned." Luo Xiu stepped forward to greet them and asked them, "Did you gain anything?"

"Yes." Anthony nodded.

"We always remember what you said, about the 'Death Announcer' Gray."

"And in the stronghold of the 'Death Secret Prayer' that we finally determined, we did find something about his hiding place."

With that said, Anthony took out the paper handwritten by "Grian" from his arms and handed it to Luo Xiu.

Luo Xiu reached out to take it and browsed it quickly. His eyes became deep, and he nodded slowly and said solemnly:

"Thank you for your hard work, Anthony, and Pamier. Your discovery is quite important..."

"That 'Herald of Death' Gray, he turned out to be at the abandoned site on Pender Street... Hmm. This is exactly what I want to know."

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