Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

After saying this, Luo Xiu stopped talking and looked calmly down at the old man who was clearly showing fear.

He was waiting for Balin's answer, and at the same time, he was silently preparing a "crazy and pious" holy prayer.

For Luo Xiu, he actually does not want to transform the "ghost craftsman" Bahrain into a "crazy believer". That would greatly deprive and tamper with Bahrain's subjective consciousness, and would also be a huge overdraft of Bahrain's potential and ability. The greatly weakened and transformed "crazy believers" also require Luo Xiu to consume more spiritual energy to maintain them.

But "mad piety" is still a possible solution, but it is a last resort.

It's not yet time to use this last resort.

…

"..."

"Huh..." Feeling the huge pressure coming from all directions, Bahrain let out a long breath.

He knew that it was impossible for him to take action again, and he would never have a chance to take action - the previous action had shown that the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" in front of him was very strong, even stronger than the "Undertaker" and "Sercerer" before him. Weiss" is beyond reach!

What kind of existence can contract with so many terrifying existences at the same time? And their auras are not even of the same origin, and are mixed with something that Bahrain has never sensed...

"..."

"Okay, deal." Balin nodded, "What do you want?"

"Join the 'Holy Abyss' and let you and your 'Steel Shield Mercenary Group' work for me, Bahrain."

Luo Xiu said lightly, "This is also your only choice. I hope you can stay in the Forgotten Royal Court and forge for me with peace of mind."

"In return, Bahrain. I will give you generous rewards, the best forging environment, the best materials, and I will protect you, as long as you are in the 'Forgotten Royal Court', the 'Holy Abyss' Ability to protect your personal safety.”

"This is my proposal, Bahrain."

"..."

"Do I have a choice? 'Lord of the Holy Abyss'?" Balin smiled bitterly.

"Of course you do, you can choose to reject me, Bahrain." Luo Xiu shrugged, "But accordingly, you need to bear the consequences of rejecting me."

"Out of kindness, I wanted to remind you a few more things."

"I know that except for the 'Steel Shield Mercenary Group', you are alone in the Songyuan Territory and even the entire Nolan Empire - you will not have any nostalgia for your original place. If you stay here, I will only care about you." Greater good.”

"Besides, you don't have to worry - the Steel Burners can't find you. As long as you stay here with peace of mind, they will never find you. Isn't this exactly what you need? Bahrain?"

"..."

"I understand." Balin said in a deep voice, "Actually... I don't have a choice, right?"

"Since you need my skills, you also need the 'Steel Shield Mercenary Group' behind me to work for you, ha. The bargaining chip you proposed is too low, 'Lord of the Holy Abyss'."

"I accept your deal, but I don't accept the price you set."

"..."

"So, what else do you want?" Luo Xiu asked with interest.

Bahrain accepted the "deal" - although he was forced and had no choice, he was a smart man after all and did not let the situation get serious to the end.

Balin raised his eyebrows and said:

"I want you to help me kill all the Steel Burners. I want to see the head of Harris, the Burning Steel King!"

After hearing Balin say his request, Luo Xiu felt relieved.

Where to go, who to kill, and how many to kill, this is really the most popular task for "players".

Although Luo Xiu didn't know that Balin had a past with the "Steel Burners" before Undertaker, Service and Balin came into contact, Luo Xiu, who had memories of his past life, was familiar with the "Steel Burners".

They were members of the secret society "The Furnace of Burning Steel", all composed of blacksmiths from [Ku Tu]. Because their forging skills were too evil, they were defined as a cult organization by the empire.

They are keen on using the "sacrificial forging method" - that is, throwing spiritual extraordinary beings directly into a "burning steel furnace" as a "sacrifice" for quenching. The weapons or equipment they forge are often Quite powerful.

However, this kind of forging products often have the characteristics of cursed creatures, such as hands covered with dense blood, eyes covered with grunts, etc... Because these weapons or equipment are so recognizable, others do not dare to buy and sell them openly. Or used, most of the time, by the "Steel Burners" or with other cult members to entertain themselves.

For this reason, although Luo Xiu knew about the existence of the "Steel-Burning Furnace", he did not intend to transfer them to the Holy Abyss because the risks were greater than the actual benefits.

As for Harris, the "King of Burning Steel" mentioned by Bahrain, he is the leader of the "Burning Steel Furnace" and a [Kuchu] blacksmith with a five-fold destiny.

"Yes, Bahrain, I agree to your terms."

Luo Xiu nodded slightly and said, "This is not difficult to do. You just need to tell me where they are - within a week, I will place the head of 'King of Burning Steel' Harris in front of you."

"..." After hearing what the 'Lord of the Holy Abyss' said without any hesitation, Bahrain couldn't believe that he actually agreed so easily.

In fact, he didn't expect the 'Lord of the Holy Abyss' to agree to him. After all, he was trapped in the 'Holy Abyss' lair. From all aspects, the other party had an absolute crushing advantage over him. Even Bahrain himself felt that, My own proposal is playing with fire and bargaining with my life.

As a result, the 'Lord of the Holy Abyss' actually agreed. This made Bahrain have a much better impression of the leader of the Holy Abyss in front of him, and his inherent impression of the 'Holy Abyss' also had some positive changes.

What Bahrain doesn’t know is——

Just before Luo Xiu agreed, a new mission panel popped up in front of him.

That's the new [Commissioned Mission]!

[Trigger commissioned tasks]

[Commissioned Mission: Night of Molten Iron and Burning Steel (Hell Difficulty)]

[Recommended level: lv.50]

[Task Type: Delegated Task]

[Task description: ‘Master Craftsman’ Bahrain has issued a commission to you. Find the "Steel Burners" of the "Steel Burning Furnace" and kill them to deliver the commission to Bahrain. 】

[Basic mission goal: Kill as many "Steel Burners" as possible (the number of Steel Burners killed is 0/73, and more than 50 "Steel Burners" can be delivered)]

[Extra mission objective: Kill "King of Burning Steel" Harris]

[Basic goal completion reward: basic experience +60,000, free attribute points +12, rare specialty ‘Iron Heart Hunter’*1]

[Additional goal completion rewards: basic experience +120,000, free attribute points +18, epic specialty ‘Burning Steel Destroyer’*1]

【……】

Looking at the task panel that popped up in front of him, Luo Xiu couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

But wearing the black-striped mask, Bahrain couldn't see the change in expression on his face.

When Balin was still thinking, "The 'Lord of the Holy Abyss' is pretty good," he heard Luo Xiu say:

"So, Old Balin. I agreed to your conditions, should you also express something?"

What does it mean... Balin thought about Luo Xiu's words. He knew what the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" in front of him wanted him to do.

"I understand." Balin nodded, sighed, and said:

"I will do as you say and stay in the royal court of the 'Holy Abyss' to work for you."

"As for the 'Steel Shield Mercenary Group' behind me, after I see the head of 'King of Burning Steel' Harris, I will write a handwritten letter to them and ask them to join you."

"Very good, Balin." Luo Xiu nodded slightly, and said with a friendly tone in his voice, "I was looking forward to your reaction like this."

…

Afterwards, Balin told Luo Xiu where he knew the "Burning Furnace" was hidden.

It was a settlement town located near the border area within the Dark Principality. It is said that they used the tavern as a disguise, but in fact they dug their stronghold ten meters underground and built a hidden sacrificial forge there.

After learning about the location of the "Burning Steel Furnace" hiding stronghold, Luo Xiu released his first mission to Bahrain——

Forge a large number of "Bronze Key" prototypes and wait for his next instructions.

If the engraving method is not involved, the "gold" and the previous key template are not secret among the blacksmiths. Although Balin didn't know why Luo Xiu wanted to forge so many keys, he didn't ask any more and agreed casually.

…

After that, Luo Xiuping withdrew from Bahrain and asked Piol to take Bahrain to familiarize himself with various places in the "Forgotten Royal Court". He activated the dragon claw mark and teleported back to the real world from the royal court.

In the inner courtyard of the church and the bedroom of the bishop's seat, the first moment Luo Xiu returned from the royal court, he mobilized his spirituality and communicated with another "Apostle of the Holy Abyss" who was dozens of miles away——

Soon, the voice of "Executioner" Koros came to his ears.

"Greetings to you, Lord." Koros said in a humble voice, "What are your instructions?"

"I have a task to give you, Koros." Luo Xiu said in a calm voice:

"In the town of Odud on the edge of Fafnir City within the Dark Principality, there is a secret society called the 'Burning Steel Furnace'."

"He blocks the way to the Holy Abyss - Koros, you know what to do."

"..."

"I will destroy them, Lord." The voice of Koros came back from the other end.

"Very good." Luo Xiu nodded.

"I want you to kill Harris, the Burning Steel King, and then bring his head to see me at the Forgotten Royal Court. Koros, I believe it is not difficult for you to do this."

"I will obey your will, Lord." Koros humbly promised on the other end.

Later, Luo Xiu cut off the spiritual connection with Koros.

It is extremely easy to destroy a group of secret blacksmiths with the power and means of the "Executioner".

The commission for Bahrain did not require Luo Xiu to do it himself. He just needs to wait for Koros to report the results to him now.

After transferring the commission to Kross, Luo Xiu's attention shifted to another place.

He opened the [World Channel] and began to pay close attention to the movements of some "wild" players.

That is the second link of his "Holy Abyss" plan, and it will be launched soon.

…

late at night.

The pale green moonlight poured faintly on the eaves, and there were few pedestrians stranded on the quiet streets.

A young man with dyed yellow hair was holding a rusty half-steel sword and wandering on the streets of the outer ring.

He was looking for where to sleep tonight.

But that's not to sleep, just to log off.

——If he doesn’t find a place judged as a “bed”, he won’t be able to log off and return to the real world.

"I really don't know who came up with this groove setting!" Huang Mao sighed and complained.

His true identity is the "descender" of this world.

"Pure Love Yellow Hair", this is his ID as a player.

The night before yesterday, he finally found a deserted shabby house and logged off on a hard bed inside. At that time, he had already decided not to play this game, but today he couldn't help it and "descended" in the somatosensory cabin.

As a result, the shabby house had been occupied by real homeless people, and the yellow-haired man who lost his bed could only find other places to live.

Huangmao regrets it now, very much.

"..."

At the beginning, he did not choose to join the border, the church or the outskirts of the square monument courtyard quickly like most other players did when he "descended" into this world, but chose to be a lone player first and "autonomously" explore this town.

"Not joining any forces" is indeed the first choice of many RPG players in the first week.

Huangmao thought that this would reduce many constraints, and the degree of freedom as a "player" would be greatly improved, and he could do some things that ordinary players wanted to do but dared not do.

But soon, he found out that he was wrong, completely wrong——

"This game is too damn real..."

The yellow-haired man sighed, "I originally thought that free exploration could reveal some hidden content...but this town is too real and too clean..."

"Why can't there be a treasure chest every few steps like in a fantasy adventure? At the very least, there should be some hermit monks and secret believers who, seeing my extraordinary bones, would come to give me secret scrolls and the like..."

"I'm a player, a player! The 'Adventer' of the world! Is it so shameless?"

"Even after I've been walking around for a whole day, there's no place like the 'Adventurer's Guild' in this town...Apart from the Border Court, the Church and the Square Monument Courtyard, is there really no place to go?"

"In the end, I couldn't even find a place willing to hire 'vagrants'! It's really a medieval wandering simulator..."

"...A-choo!"

The yellow-haired man complained, feeling this cold, sleepy and hungry body, and couldn't help sneezing.

The body he was controlling now retained a series of physical sensations of a normal person. The sensitivity could be adjusted in the background settings. In order to pursue realism, he set the initial setting to 100% when he entered the game.

After being hungry for a day, he finally became honest. He just reopened the settings half an hour ago and adjusted the sensitivity simulation to 20%.

A prompt popped up on his panel:

[Adjusted to 20%, effective after re-entering the line]

“…Fuck!” Huangmao’s eyes went dark when he saw this panel again.

This is what it’s like to be both bad and love to play… Although he learned from other players’ sharing in the [Player Forum] that players can actually log off by “death”, Huangmao was justified to be timid under the setting of 100% real physical sensation.

He just wandered around, wandering around, in the quiet night, on the intricate streets of Red Maple City, like a ghost.

Suddenly, at the corner of the street in front of him, a figure in a dark cloak flashed.

The figure quickly approached Huangmao and stopped two steps away from him. A deep and faint voice asked him:

"Are you...'The Adventer'?"

"......?" Huangmao was stunned.

Is that a secret believer? A hermit monk? How could he know that I was the "Adventer"...

Without thinking too much, Huangmao nodded.

The figure suddenly trembled, and a white but thin hand stretched out from under the cloak.

The dark dragon claw mark flashed on it!

"Then...according to the will of the 'Lord', I come to invite you..."

While hearing these creepy voices, Huangmao saw that a ring of deep red magic circle had emerged at the feet of himself and the cloak in front of him.

Then, his eyes went black, and the deep voice came to his ears——

"'Holy Abyss'... welcome you."

...