Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

Without any setbacks, Thomas's request to join the "Church Patrol" was approved.

Afterwards, he and other players who became "Church Patrol" were taken away by the Inquisitor of the Church's "Holy Inquisition" and were assigned a set of half-leather armor and a steel one-handed sword.

This is the first set of weapons and equipment for the newcomers! Thomas was secretly happy.

The moment he got them, Thomas couldn't wait to detect them on the panel.

"Exquisite half-leather armor" and "fine civilian robes" can be equipped at the same time, and as protective gear for "lining" and "armor", the attribute additions given can take effect at the same time.

"Half-leather armor" gives 3 points of strength, 1 point of constitution, and 3 points of resistance, while "steel one-handed sword" gives 5 points of strength and 2 points of agility, which makes Thomas's various attributes have increased significantly!

In addition, the one-handed sword Thomas received was faintly engraved with light gold lines, which seemed to contain some kind of sacred power.

And it is indeed the case in the sword panel - after a simple enchantment, this weapon can convert 20% of the physical damage into "holy light" attribute damage, and has a certain dispelling and purification effect.

It is worthy of being a weapon issued by the strongest church in Red Maple City! Thomas was happy, and then he opened the chat channel to see the players around him who had already got the job discussing their gains enthusiastically.

Suddenly, a private message popped up in his chat window.

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[Frost Moon 123]: There really is a "forge apprentice"! I have joined, and the clergy of the missionary will take us there in a while, to the "authentic dwarf blacksmith shop"!

[Frost Moon 123]: This name... haha. It feels like I am going downstairs to eat "authentic OO soup dumplings" orz

[Frost Moon 123]: Looking forward to it! What about you? Thomas? Have you confirmed it?

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Shuangyue has indeed joined the “Authentic Dwarf Blacksmith Shop” and become an apprentice forger… That’s great, and it really fits her personality…Thomas thought, and then sent a message back to Shuangyue.

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[Thomas the Tank Engine]: I’ve also confirmed that I have joined the “Church Patrol” and am preparing to go out of the church with the Inquisitor of the Holy Inquisition to perform patrol missions.

[Shuangyue 123]: That’s great too! Hehe, I’m leaving, maybe I’ll see you on the street!

[Shuangyue 123]: Let’s talk later, see you later!

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After that, Thomas did not reply to her again, but closed the panel and waited with other players who became “Church Patrol” for the Inquisitor to lead them to appear.

At the door of the Holy Inquisition, amid the excited discussions of dozens of other players who became “Church Patrol” in the first wave, Thomas saw a somewhat gloomy figure of a priest walking towards them with a warhammer.

That was the “Holy Light Priest”! Thomas looked intently at the priest who was walking towards him.

The priest walked quickly and soon came in front of the players. The gloomy aura he exuded made the players who were still discussing excitedly silent.

The priest looked around the players in front of him, and then spoke in a cold voice:

"From now on, I am the captain of your first "holy patrol team."

"I am Connor, "Holy Judge" Connor Rune, you can just call me Connor."

"Later, I will tell you the team's mission. But now, you should know what the commandments are."

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Red Maple City Church, Bishop's Seat.

Through the vision of "fog shadow", Luo Xiu knew that most of the players had received "work".

Everyone was now in high spirits, and under the leadership of the priests, they left the church and went to their respective posts.

And Luo Xiu's attention was mainly on Connor's side.

Connor is about to be promoted to the "Triple Destiny". He needs a fierce battle to completely break through the shackles, and becoming the captain of the "Church Patrol" team is also a chance for him to fight.

When the "Death God" comes, the streets will be full of low-level undead monsters, and the players who become "Church Patrol" will soon face the battle. Giving them weapons with a certain "holy light" enchantment effect is also for this reason.

The location where Connor leads the team to patrol is also close to the neighborhood around "Gusta Street". There are also "Border Court" knights who have been prepared to meet there, so Luo Xiu is not too worried about Connor's safety.

In addition to this, Luo Xiu's attention is still on another player.

——"Thomas the Tank Engine".

In Luo Xiu's previous life, he was one of the top players of the [Glorious] Paladin profession, and when Luo Xiu finally launched a crusade against the "Abyss Disaster Dragon", he was Luo Xiu's teammate.

It can be said that in the previous life, Luo Xiu and Thomas established a friendship since the opening of the server. They even landed in the same place at the beginning, which is why Luo Xiu assigned Mayev to find and bring him back, and later let Connor be his captain.

"Thomas the Tank Engine", he is a person worth training. Not only that, Luo Xiu also confirmed another thing while paying attention to him.

——When Thomas first descended, the "Adventer" beside him did not appear as "Luo Xiu" himself! In other words, he truly "crossed" into the other world of the game, instead of being cloned or copied and becoming his own isotope!

This has been a problem that Luo Xiu has been worried about for a long time, and it was not until today that the result was finally confirmed.

Luo Xiu breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, he did not have to think about how to get along with himself.

From this point, Luo Xiu has once again confirmed that this world is real and truly "alive", and the players who are "Adventers" will be summoned from the earth. The "fake" ones should be those players. They are like a projection connected to a materialization of consciousness, and for some reason, they have a connection with this world...

Luo Xiu thought about these divergently. From the perspective of "Fog Shadow", Thomas and other "Adventers" have followed Connor out of the church, so Luo Xiu stopped the visual connection and prepared to go out.

Suddenly, his spirituality trembled, which was the reaction of the "Golden Barrier" covering the Holy See.

"Guide priest" Colen requested to enter, his breath seemed anxious, and his spirituality became disordered.

Luo Xiu then removed the barrier, put on the high priest robe and walked to the first floor of the Holy See, and met Colen with an anxious look in the courtyard.

As soon as he saw Luo Xiu, Colen trotted over, not caring about performing the sacrament, and said breathlessly:

"Lord 'Holy Deacon' Hubert asked me to come to you quickly! He, he said... Passaro is moving!"

"On Gusta Street, a large amount of thick, black liquid poured out of the sewer! They are squirming, emitting an inexplicable stench, and are gathering outside the block!"

"Also, many civilians on Gusta Street have shown some symptoms. Their faces have turned pale and their eyes are still... Red was covered with blood, and began to become confused and even bite people...”

“…”

“I know.” Luo Xiu nodded, and then he quickened his pace and said, “You go and notify other sanctuaries of the church, and let all the clergy who have no urgent business to gather outside Gusta Street. I will go to Hubert now and try to calm it down before the situation is out of control.”

After that, Luo Xiu summoned the "Golden Pegasus" Pegasus, and jumped on the horse and flew away, galloping towards Gusta Street.

Colen did not dare to delay for a moment and went to the Holy Court, the Preaching House and the Secret Office, and conveyed the instructions of the high priest to the clergy in the sanctuary. All the clergy then temporarily put down their affairs and gathered in the direction of Gusta Street.

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Fifteen minutes later.

Gusta Street, Luo Xiu, riding the "Golden Pegasus", quickly arrived here and landed on an open space in front of the block.

As if sensing Luo Xiu's breath, a golden light appeared in the corner of Luo Xiu's eyes, and the figure of "Holy Deacon" Hubert appeared in front of him.

"You are here, Luo Xiu." Hubert greeted Luo Xiu briefly.

Without waiting for Luo Xiu to respond, Hubert's eyes turned to the deep alley in front of him and said:

"The breath of the 'Death God' has become more active than ever before. And the breath belonging to the 'Dead Bishop' Passaro is becoming thinner and thinner, and I can't feel its existence anymore."

"This shows that Passaro's resistance to the 'Death God's' swallowing has come to an end. But thanks to Passaro's struggle, now is the time when the 'Death God' is the weakest."

"You know what I want to say, Luo Xiu."

"..."

While listening to Hubert's words, Luo Xiu's eyes had already looked into the deep alley.

On both sides of the deep alley in front of him were old and dilapidated houses. The people living here were relatively poor, but not really poor, so they could only live in this relatively poor house.

Most of the houses were closed, and sticky, creepy black water kept pouring out from the manhole covers and ditches, caressing and slapping the ankle-high stone steps on both sides.

This was some kind of bad omen, Luo Xiu was very sure of this. Fortunately, the residents of Gusta Street had evacuated in time, and the "contaminated" civilians had been effectively controlled, and the current situation was still under control.

In addition to what he saw in front of him, Luo Xiu could feel that the air was indeed filled with a wet and sticky smell, like the stench of rotten meat piled up floating around, and the source was deep in the alley.

Through the "spiritual vision", the outline of the house in front of him even disappeared completely, all shrouded in layers of thick miasma like smoke.

In the center of the dense miasma, there was a faint, black light ball. It was trembling and trying to escape in a farther direction, but it was sucked back again and again by the larger black light ball in the center.

Faintly, Luo Xiu could even hear faint cries for help and sounds like children crying.

"I'm hungry..."

"I...hungry..."

"So hungry...so hungry..."

"..."

Luo Xiu frowned, and suddenly he felt uncomfortable. It seemed that he couldn't maintain the "spiritual vision" for too long in such an environment, so he closed the vision.

"You want to dig open their hiding place, right?" Luo Xiu said to Hubert without turning his head.

"Well." Hubert nodded slightly, "Wait until Passaro's breath completely disappears, Luo Xiu. I need you to help me dig out the underground where the 'Death Birth God' is located."

"Okay." Luo Xiu nodded, "I will help you."

After that, they did not say anything more, but walked step by step into the deep alley against the continuous flow of black water.

...

When the sun slightly descended from the commanding heights of noon, it was already afternoon.

Thomas followed the "Holy Judge" Connor and patrolled Mawei Street, Quarter Street and Welton Street.

But what Thomas expected, encountering cultists or enemy spies during the "patrol" did not happen. Instead, they solved two drunken fights and three gatherings to make trouble...

They were all very ordinary events caused by disputes between civilians... Even in the real world, this is a common type of dispute. Could it be that the true identity of the "Church Patrol" is actually the city management of another world?

Thomas thought about these things with some lack of interest. He just felt bored and wanted to see blood flowing like a river.

However, it was the first time for Thomas to play such a realistic game, so he was always more tolerant of it. He thought that the "real" life in the other world might be like this. Before touching the real extraordinary, such ordinary patrols might be the daily routine of "church patrol"...

During this period, Thomas tried to talk to Connor, but Connor rejected him with a cold face. The aura of "stay away from strangers" exuded from his body made Thomas unconsciously stay away from Connor.

However, in addition to Connor, the team also had other "first-level" clergymen accompanying them, so Thomas quickly changed the person to talk to.

These "apprentice" clergymen were much easier to talk to than Connor. From them, Thomas learned some stories about the church and some common sense about this world.

While digesting them, Thomas followed Connor to the area where they would patrol in the end.

Gusta Street.

As soon as he arrived here, Thomas keenly felt that the expression of the "Holy Judge" Connor in front of him became much more serious.

"This is the last area to be "patrolled." Connor said, "Compared to other areas before, Gusta Street is more dangerous because there are pagans who have been found here."

"Cheer up, we will only patrol the periphery. If there is any abnormality and the situation exceeds our expectations, I will arrange for you to evacuate first."

"..."

Is it coming? Is the big one coming? When Thomas heard Connor say this, excitement flashed in his eyes.

And the moment Connor's voice fell.

—— Boom!!!

In front of everyone, in the center of the Gusta Street, a violent noise suddenly broke out, accompanied by pieces of golden light splashing out!

—— Boom!!! The second loud noise came in an instant, and this time, Thomas felt a clear vibration at his footing.

What happened! Thomas' first reaction was to look at the "Holy Judge" Connor in front of him.

At this time, Connor had stopped moving and took off the warhammer behind him with a vigilant look on his face.

——Boom!!! The third loud noise came soon, and Thomas suddenly felt a violent jolt under his feet. He staggered and almost fell to the ground.

And just after the three loud noises, a shrill, piercing, and sharp cry pierced everyone's ears like a needle.

——Woo wow!

A black beam of light shot up into the sky, and a huge head that was supported by the dark fog and looked like countless pieces of meat rushed up along the beam of light, but was soon shot down by the golden light shooting up from below!

——Woo wow!!!

The crying sound became more shrill, more piercing, and more sharp. The huge head that had just been shot down struggled to escape upwards again. This time, Thomas finally saw clearly what it was.

It was a terrifying head like a baby shrouded in ominous fog.

In the panel detection of "Him", everything else was a question mark, and Thomas only saw "Him"'s name.

That was [Death Birth God Heir]!

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