Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

The players of the "Church Patrol" have been led by the priests to the residence I prepared for them in advance... Luo Xiu has seen this scene through the mist of the "Shadow Raven".

At that time, the 150 acres of land in the suburbs of Hongfeng City that Maieyev bought was about half of the construction land, and more than 50 Nordic-style villas have been built - the three- and four-story villas have an average of 20 rooms, and each room is about 20 square meters, which is equivalent to the specifications of a single apartment in the previous life - even if it is the entry benefits for the "Church Patrol".

Each "Church Patrol" can have a whole separate room, and its interior has been finely decorated according to the specifications of the quasi-priests. Compared with the treatment of peripheral civilian members in the side court and the square monument courtyard, it is much better.

In addition to building the villa, Luo Xiu also specially asked the landscape architect to create the landscape of the villa area - after the "Church Patrol" finished their duty, they could take a walk near their residence to enjoy the scenery.

Luo Xiu also hired a number of professional cleaners to clean the villa area and even the rooms regularly and at designated locations, so as to maintain a comfortable living environment for the "church patrol".

The church does not even charge rent to the players, and all these arrangements are paid out of Luo Xiu's own pocket - he probably needs to pay more than 300 gold coins per month for maintenance.

But Luo Xiu's current bishop income of 1,000 gold coins per week and 4,000 gold coins per month is enough to support him to make these investments, and he still has enough to issue bounties to the players, but in this regard, he also asked the Lord of Nelson to share the pressure with him.

In general, in order to keep the players under control as much as possible in the early stage, these are necessary expenses.

Now that the players are still in the development stage, Luo Xiu feels like he is creating a brand new chive field, just waiting for the opportunity to harvest in the future.

Through the perspective of "fog shadow", the players have divided the rooms under the guidance of the clergy.

Most of the players were quite satisfied with the first residence for the internal test of "God's Destiny". After they showed off to other players in the Red Maple City in the chat channel for a while, they lay down on the bed and logged off.

It seemed that in the real world, the corresponding time was late at night... Except for a few night owl players who were still playing abstract games in the channel, the chat was temporarily heated.

Luo Xiu then closed the channel panel, got up and left the bishop's seat, and walked towards the courtyard.

He couldn't go to bed early that day - he had just crushed Koros's invasion conspiracy, and there were still many things waiting for him to do, and he also needed to make new arrangements for some things.

Under the moonlight, he went straight to the Holy Office and entered the bishop's room. While dealing with the newly accumulated affairs, he waited for a while.

Just as Luo Xiu expected.

About twenty minutes later, the door of the bishop's room was gently knocked.

Then, without waiting for Luo Xiu to respond, a figure pushed the door open and entered.

That was the "Holy Deacon" Hubert.

"Good evening, Lord Hubert." Luo Xiu greeted him with a smile.

Hubert nodded slightly in response. He then came to the table opposite Luo Xiu, pulled out a chair and sat down.

"I talked to the 'Judge' Baines and learned some of the arrangements for the [Supreme]."

Hubert said straight to the point: "This victory was hard-won. Any slight mistake will lead to irreversible consequences."

"The [Supreme] also realized this, and considering the situation, they will send a 'Saint' to stay here permanently. That is the deputy of Lord Gawain Bakar, the Divine Seal Knight Albert Perez of the 'Round Table Chief' of the Songyuan Law Office."

"Albert Perez?" Luo Xiu's face showed a surprised expression, and he pondered. Said, "I've heard of his name. 'Thunder General' Albert, he seems to be a difficult person to get along with."

"Well... but he is indeed very strong. The old Marquis Bakar has his reasons for making such a decision."

Hubert nodded, crossed his fingers under his chin into an arch, and his eyes became deep. "Originally, the Marquis seemed to want to send Lord Gawain himself, but the Lord still needs to deal with the rebels in Kuma Territory. Therefore, Albert Perez is the most suitable person to be stationed here now."

"Other 'saints' are not qualified." Hubert added.

Not qualified... Luo Xiu chewed and savored Hubert's words, and roughly understood what he wanted to express.

——The reason why [Supreme] is [Supreme] is that the most core point is that it has absolute authority and control over the members of the destiny in other empires. But the current situation in Red Maple City actually broke the original pattern of [Supreme] in the Nolan Empire.

When Luo Xiu was still at the "fourth level of destiny", his combat power had surpassed that of the "Grand Inquisitor" Baines, the strongest transcendent in Red Maple City at that time. Luo Xiu has even been promoted to the "fifth level of destiny". Although this is a good thing for the empire, it is also a very dangerous signal.

This means that [Supreme] will no longer be the "Supreme". Even the Red Maple City Church still has two "saints" at this time. If the church wants, it can even completely exclude [Supreme] and monopolize all the high positions in Red Maple City.

This has nothing to do with personal will, but the sense of crisis that will spontaneously emerge after the empire's will is delegated to the fortress town. Therefore, Marquis Vizia Bakar will make such an arrangement, which is a "check and balance" on the church in a sense.

And such "checks and balances" are actually universal - for example, the strongest person in Sina City is actually the person in charge of the Sina City Law Department, a "Supreme" Sixth Level Destiny "King of the Territory" ——That is the younger brother of Marquis Bakar, and his title in the empire is Viscount.

To put it more broadly, the entire Songyuan Territory is an important territory in the empire, and Marquis Vizia Bakar himself is also the "strongest man" in the Songyuan Territory - he has the seventh level of destiny and has reached the true "human limit" ", the ruling class in the empire are the "Red-crowned Princes" - their status in the empire is second only to the "Red-crowned Princes" whose title is "Duke", and the "Supreme Emperor" Augustville Nolan the Great myself.

And he is also the only person in the Songyuan Territory who has reached the pinnacle of the "Seventh Path of Destiny". This is the way of the [Supreme] - absolute supremacy, absolute authority. This is also the source of part of the power of the [Supreme].

"...I understand." Luo Xiu nodded and said thoughtfully, "I will think about how to get along well with this 'Chief of the Round Table' Divine Seal Knight."

"But this is a problem for later, Luo Xiu." Hubert smiled, "In a while, I will go back to the main church in Songyuan City to report to the archbishop. You and that Albert Pei Reis, we should be together for a long, long time."

"Actually, if you had promised me to go to Songyuan City and become a member of the Bishops' Conference of the General Church, you wouldn't have to worry about so many troubles."

"..."

In response to Hubert's last insidious invitation, Luo Xiu just smiled bitterly and shook his head, without giving a positive response.

Before Hubert could express his disappointment, Luo Xiu first reached out to the bracelet on his left wrist and extracted several pieces of Death Spirit Crystal and a Deep Magic Crystal ring.

"This is the material that was generated on the body of the 'Death God's Heir' when I was guarding his body."

Luo Xiu pointed at the Death Spirit Crystal and said, "According to the commandments, I will recover it and entrust it to you."

"There is also this ring. After the body of the 'Death God's Heir' completely collapsed, I routinely inspected his birthplace, which was the stronghold where the 'Death Bishop' Passaro Adoa was originally hiding. and found it."

"This profound magic crystal ring seems to contain some forbidden power and knowledge. Likewise, I entrust it to you and ask you to seal it for me in the Holy Treasure Hall of the Main Church."

"..."

Hubert's attention was successfully diverted by Luo Xiu. He looked at the few things Luo Xiuxin had taken out and reached out to take them.

"I did receive it, Luo Xiu." Hubert said, "Very good, you fulfilled the commandments. And according to the commandments, the General Church will record your achievements."

After that, Hubert talked with Luo Xiu about other things. Including the choice of Luo Xiu's officially disclosed "bishop" schedule, the church's future plans, the follow-up strategic approach to "Executioner" Koros, etc.

Within about two days, Luo Xiu will personally write a holy proclamation to officially announce his identity as bishop. At that time, the church will hold an ordination ceremony, and "Holy Deacon" Hubert will give Luo Xiu the scepter symbolizing the bishop on behalf of the archbishop.

Hubert also told Luo Xiu that if the Red Maple City Church wants to upgrade to a large church, the General Church will fully support them, as long as Luo Xiu can achieve results that match the requirements after becoming the bishop.

As for "Executioner" Koros and "Hidden Elder" Babron, Hubert relayed Baines's thoughts——

Baines is prepared to wait for the official arrival of the "Chief of the Round Table" Divine Seal Knight and "Thunder General" Albert Perez before launching a formal attack on Koros and the remaining black army. This is the safest option. strategy.

Luo Xiu just casually agreed with this, but did not intend to do so - he had already made arrangements to launch a big wave against Koros, and this happened to be from the standpoint of the "Holy Abyss", so he wanted to avoid the official arrangement.

Luo Xiu was secretly happy to learn that Baines was not in a hurry to send out troops, which meant that "Holy Abyss" had more time to prepare.

After talking about this, Hubert stood up and prepared to leave.

In Luo Xiu's expectation, he should have said something to the "Adventors", but he didn't, probably because he didn't pay enough attention to them.

After all, the current "Adventors" have not yet entered the transcendent world. For Hubert, a "fifth-fold destiny" saint, if he does not take the initiative to contact them, he will not deliberately pay attention to them.

Luo Xiu did not take the initiative to mention this. He stood up from his seat and personally saw Hubert out.

…

After watching Hubert leave the Holy Office, Luo Xiu returned to the bishops' room.

He still needs to wait for someone else.

Ten minutes later, the door between the bishops was knocked lightly again, "Beep, knock--", but this time the person who came didn't just open the door like Hubert did.

"Come in." Luo Xiu said, then picked up a file that had not yet been reviewed.

"Creak-" With a sound, the door was pushed open.

It was Anthony who came in, with a sad, puzzled look on his face.

"Luo Xiu..." Anthony asked tentatively with a somewhat unhappy tone:

"You...have been promoted to the 'fifth level of destiny'?"

This is an inevitable phenomenon, a scene that Luo Xiu has long been prepared to face——

Before the Death God's heir appeared and "Executioner" Kross led his army to attack the city, in order to completely block the news, Luo Xiu did not let the third person besides himself and Hubert know about his promotion. Know.

Including Anthony - on the previous battlefield, when Luo Xiu was having a decisive battle with the natural disaster puppet summoned by "Hidden Elder" Babelun, Anthony didn't know that Luo Xiu had been promoted again, and he was shocked beyond measure on the spot. .

What followed the strong shock was a deep melancholy mood - no one in the entire church was aware of this before. After Luo Xiu was promoted again, it once again triggered a feeling of melancholy among the high-ranking clergy in the entire church. shock!

This kind of vibration is very deep. It is not deliberately expressed in actions or words, but permeates the atmosphere of the entire church.

Even when Luo Xiu summoned the "deacons" and asked them to lead the priests to guide the players, the deacons did not ask any questions, but Luo Xiu could clearly feel that everyone's attitude towards him, There have been more subtle changes.

It was an attitude of greater admiration and even more awe.

Even though Luo Xiu has not actually announced that he is a "saint", such a change in attitude has already happened to almost all priests.

"Well, yes." Luo Xiu smiled, nodded slightly, and said, "You are very keen, Anthony."

He spoke to Anthony in as relaxed a tone as possible, but the melancholy on Anthony's face did not fade away.

Sighing, Luo Xiu continued in a gentle tone:

"You know, Anthony. I may indeed have talent, but only Hubert and I know about my promotion."

"Today's battle is the first time I have shown my power as a 'saint'. Tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, I will officially disclose this matter. Under the witness of 'Holy Deacon' Hubert, I will officially accept the symbolizing the bishop’s scepter.”

"..."

"...Yeah, I understand." Anthony nodded absently.

He understands the truth, he just brought up some of the most basic emotions of human beings——

That's "jealousy." When Luo Xiu was promoted to the "Fourth Level of Destiny" and truly surpassed Anthony, this emotion had already grown in his heart. And when he discovered that Luo Xiu had been promoted to the "Fifth Level of Destiny", this jealousy almost caused Anthony to collapse.

Looking back, when I first met Luo Xiu, he was still on the second level of fate, but he was already on the third level. Until Luo Xiu was promoted to the third level, he was still the third level; when he was promoted to the fourth level, he was still the third level; now Luo Xiu is a saint of the "fifth level", and he is still the third level...

Luo Xiu has been getting stronger visibly, and there is no end, but Anthony has been standing still for a long time. Recalling his extraordinary career after being promoted to the "Triple Destiny", Anthony felt that he seemed to have lived a rather failed extraordinary life.

"I know...well, this is your strategic consideration, I know it." Anthony murmured:

"It's just...well, it's just a little unimaginable...you should understand...but this is fine, that's fine..."

After a pause, the melancholy on Anthony's face was deliberately hidden. Even though there was still a touch of sadness, he had almost returned to his usual state.

He did not come simply to confirm Luo Xiu's "promotion to sainthood", but there were more important things.

"Well, just listen to your old friend's nagging, Luo Xiu...congratulations on successfully crossing that hurdle."

"However, I'm not here just to ask you this...after all, I already know the answer."

After compiling his mood, Anthony calmed down his expression and said calmly:

"I'm here for another thing——"

"Luo Xiu, I also felt a flash of inspiration and became aware of my 'door'."

"I want to apply for the 'Golden Key' and try to break through the 'Fourth Path' under your witness."

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