Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

The archbishop urgently summoned all the "saints"... Listening to the words of the deacon in front of him, Luo Xiu had vaguely guessed something.

That is most likely because of the chaos that just happened last night - not only the case of the Loggins Mansion over at [Supreme], but also the murder of "Saint" Franya by "Hidden Sage" Hoffman, "Chief Executor" The ambush by "Executive Officer" Fafnir.

What could have prompted the archbishop to issue such a supreme summons was more likely to be for the latter - two enemies with "sixth destiny" appeared in Songyuan City at the same time. Nothing was more worrying than this.

However, even though he suspected that this was the case, Luo Xiu still kept it in mind——

He did not completely deny the possibility of his "exposed incident", and was ready to run away at any time if the situation went wrong.

"I see."

Luo Xiu nodded slightly and said to the two deacons in front of him, "I'm going to prepare. You guys stay here, don't move around."

"Yes, Bishop Luo Xiu." The two deacons responded.

Luo Xiu nodded, then closed the door slightly, returned to the room and changed into the "bishop's" robe, then opened the door and walked out, and went downstairs with the two deacons.

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After that, Luo Xiu and the two deacons went straight down to the first floor of the Wolfhound Tavern, but still did not see Isaac and Blueyere come back.

It looks like there was quite a stir last night... Luo Xiu thought to himself. He walked to the door of the tavern courtyard and gently closed the iron gate.

Just outside the courtyard along the street, Luo Xiu got on a two-horse chariot.

The two deacons who came to pick him up, one was responsible for driving the car, and the other was accompanying Luo Xiu and had just untied the rope that tied the car curtain.

Luo Xiu in the carriage then heard the sound of "squeaking, squeaking" and the rotation of the axle.

He felt a slight jolt, so he simply closed his eyes and rested, trying to catch up on the last bit of sleep he could on the way to the main church.

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Songyuan City Church, Glorious Church.

It only took less than ten minutes to get here by chariot from the Wolfhound Tavern.

The distance between the tavern and the church is not too far, and along the way, Luo Xiu and the two deacons did not talk much. During these ten minutes, a certain sacred silence was maintained in the chariot amid the sound of the axles. .

Until they arrived at the main gate of the church, the accompanying deacon got out of the carriage first and opened the curtain for Bishop Luo Xiu of Red Maple City.

Under the attention of the two deacons, Luo Xiu also got off the chariot, and he immediately looked at the main entrance of the church.

He suddenly discovered that the number of priests responsible for guarding the gate on this day was three times the usual number, and the level of the priests on guard duty had also changed from the "brilliant" three-fold destiny to a uniform "four-fold destiny."

The church has stepped up its security, and the church has also been put under martial law, and a barrier has been put up to prevent ordinary believers from coming to worship.

A leading deacon walked in front of Luo Xiu. When he guided Luo Xiu to the main gate, he showed the priest on duty the token given by the archbishop himself——

"I am the 'Middle Deacon' Prolet. Following the Archbishop's order, I guided the Bishop of the Red Maple City Church, Rossiu Carlos, to have an audience with him."

The first priest on duty took the token, and Luo Xiu saw that a light golden light shone between his hand and the token, which was a way of distinguishing authenticity through spiritual resonance.

Luo Xiu knew what the meaning behind such strict scrutiny——

The clergy may indeed know each other, but the history of Songyuan City is not without the occurrence of the [Nothingness] heresy disguised as clergy. If this disguise cannot be discerned, holding the Archbishop's token is the only way to confirm his identity.

As for taking away the token, that is not allowed to happen. Archbishop Sid has also set up an insurance in the process of infusing the token with [radiance] spirituality - once the holder's spirituality is annihilated or in a Under some covert control, the token will be destroyed and lose its role as a credential.

The priest on duty quickly confirmed that the token was genuine, then handed it back to "Medium Deacon" Prolet, and bowed slightly to Luo Xiu behind Prolet.

"Please forgive us for our overstep, respected bishop. Songyuan City has reached a very dangerous time, and we have to be so cautious."

Sure enough, it was for Hoffman and Fafnir... Luo Xiu had already clearly guessed this when the priest on duty said that.

"Don't worry, I understand."

Luo Xiu nodded and responded with a smile, "Holy Light is above. You are performing your sacred duties, which deserves divine praise."

"Thank you for your understanding."

The leading priest on duty once again offered the sacrament to Luo Xiu, and then made way for Luo Xiu.

Luo Xiu and the two "medium deacons" then walked into the main gate and walked straight towards the "sublime temple" where Archbishop Sid was.

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Songyuan City Church, the Holy Temple.

When the two deacons guided Luo Xiu to the door of the sublime temple, they no longer moved forward, but divided into two sides to make way for Luo Xiu to meet.

The two middle-level deacons who were not "holy saints" only had the obligation to guide, and were not qualified to go to the audience with Luo Xiu. They bowed slightly to Luo Xiu, placed their right hands lightly in front of their left chest, and said with piety:

"Please come to see me, Bishop Luo Xiu."

"Middle Deacon" Prolet blessed him, "Archbishop Sid is waiting for you inside. May you be bathed in the Holy Light forever."

"May you be bathed in holy light forever." Luo Xiu returned the greeting.

Then, Luo Xiu passed by the two "medium deacons", walked into the pure white door, and stepped into the interior of the noble temple.

While walking in the pure white audience corridor, Luo Xiu saw the figures of several other "Bishops", "Glory Knights", and "Holy Deacons", and received the urgent call from Archbishop Sid to become "Saints". "He's not the only one.

There was nothing unusual in the way several [Glory] Saints looked at Luo Xiu, such as "Glory Knight" Krul, Olivia, and "Glory Knight" who participated in the mission two days ago. "Consecration Bishop" Raymond also smiled and said hello to Luo Xiu when he saw him.

Everything seemed normal, at least until now, Luo Xiu didn't see any sign that this was a trap specifically targeted at him... This made him feel relieved.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, if it is really a trap set against him, then there is no need to go to so much trouble - you are still just a [Glorious] fifth-level destiny, and it is not worthy of the General Church to mobilize such a force.

While guessing, Luo Xiu and other [Glory] saints had arrived in front of the Heart Palace. The guardian knights guarding here immediately opened the last door for the [Glory] saints who came to see them - —

Two pure white doors opened slowly with a not-sharp sound. Luo Xiu walked in along with the other saints. He had already seen from a distance, the seat that belonged to the banquet sitting on the holy throne. The figure of Archbishop De.

Next to Archbishop Sid's throne, "Saint" Franya was sitting on the second seat, looking at the saints who came to see them with her usual indifferent eyes.

She did escape safely from the two enemies of the "Sixth Destiny", which is a good thing for the current situation...

Luo Xiu thought to himself, and he followed the "bishops" to the left side of the Heart Hall and sat down at a seat slightly behind.

After sitting down, he roughly counted the number of [Glory] Saints who arrived.

Counting himself, there were a total of five bishops, nine ‘Glory Knights’, and six ‘Holy Deacons’.

Except for the fact that the "Enlightener" Richchester, who had just escaped from the near-death state and had just been relieved of the "deep ignorance" abnormality by means of "authority", did not arrive, in Luo Xiu's memory, he knew during this period Almost all the saints of the church were present.

Everyone looked at Archbishop Sid who was sitting in the Holy See. His deep eyes looked around, and then he slowly stood up from the Holy See.

All the church saints also followed Archbishop Sid and stood up. Luo Xiu only heard Archbishop Sid cough twice, and then announced to everyone in a majestic and steady voice:

"——Songyuan City has reached its most dangerous moment."

"We, [Guanghui]'s comrades, have also reached the most dangerous time!"

He declared so loudly that the atmosphere in the temple suddenly became tense.

Luo Xiu stared at the Archbishop and listened quietly, and then Archbishop Sid continued:

"Some of you should already know - just last night, two vicious incidents occurred in Songyuan City."

"On Wind Chime Main Street, the Loggins mansion belonging to the [Supreme] Law Office was broken into by unidentified heretics. The 'Grand Inquisitor' of the Round Table, Vilia Loggins, died on the spot. And all the pagans who caused the incident escaped..."

"This is one of the disasters!"

"In addition, our 'Saint' even encountered two enemies of the 'Sixth Destiny', one was the 'Hidden Sage' Hoffman, and the other was the 'Chief Executioner' Fife Na…”

"Why did they come here? And why did they happen to surround and block the Saint when the Logins Mansion was invaded? There must be a connection--"

"This is the second disaster!"

"..."

No, there is actually no connection... Luo Xiu cursed, this is just a pure coincidence...

"It just happened" that Velino was about to launch a coup that would "bring great filial piety", and "it just happened" that the Hidden All-Knowing Ones rushed over after smelling the smell. It also "happened" that Hoffman, who had "hidden the Sages", made an appointment with the "Chief Executive" Just the executioner "Fafnir"...

It's not that complicated.

But in the eyes of Archbishop Sid, this matter has reached a very serious level——

Archbishop Sid's words seemed not to be finished yet.

And what he said before doesn't seem to be what worries him the most.

Luo Xiu saw that Archbishop Sid seemed to pause for a moment, with a sad expression on his face, and then looked to the side at "Holy Maiden" Franya, who was still sitting elegantly on the Holy Seat.

Franya nodded, her two thin and weak-looking hands gently lifted the hem of her white dress, and she slowly stood up.

Those still indifferent eyes swept across the audience, and he said in a cold voice:

"I'm going to tell you something."

"It's something that the Holy Court has discovered a long time ago but cannot stop for the time being."

"——About [Abyss]!"

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--【abyss】!

When "Saint Maiden" Franya said this word, Luo Xiu immediately perked up.

He asked Tatia to help her escape from the siege in the form of a "blasphemous devil". In addition to laying a foreshadowing with Franya in advance, he also had the motive of wanting her to reveal some information about the [Abyss].

Because just a few months ago in Red Maple City, when the then "Executioner" Afatak led the dark vanguard army to invade the empire's border, there were signs of the broken seal of the [Abyss] outside Red Maple City. .

At that time, a large number of low-level abyssal beasts "Blood Corpse Hyena" emerged from the broken seal. In addition, there were even "natural disaster" abyssal beasts "Three-Headed Demonic Cow Epiros" stuck in the broken seal. The gap in the seal, although such a scene only appeared once in Luo Xiu's experience - Luo Xiu believed that it was not an accident.

There are more broken traces of the great seal of the [Abyss], which must have appeared everywhere in the continent of Fanor. The "Holy Court" must have discovered something a long time ago, and as the "Glory Saint" Franya, she also has the authority to know this.

While thinking to himself, Luo Xiu looked at the saint attentively and listened to her next words attentively——

"For a long time, including the 'Holy Court', we have recognized that there are only eight paths of destiny that we can embark on."

"Saintess" Franya said in a calm and calm voice:

"[Brilliance], [Supreme], [Intellect], [Balance], [Red Lotus], [Kutu], [Loss], [Nothingness], all extraordinary beings in this world, without exception, should step on it." One of the eight paths of destiny.”

"In these eight paths of life, [Balance] is completely independent, free and unified; in addition, [Supreme] is opposed to [Nothingness]; [Intellect] is opposed to [Loss]; [Bitter Tea] is opposed to [Red] "Lotus" is the opposite - only "Glory" is transcendent, and we have never found the true destiny to oppose it. "

"Although we all recognize the extraordinary destiny of the mortal world - Holy Crown Pope Lorende always warned me that the destiny of the 'Four Phases Balance' should be nine paths, and [Glory] should also have Only by contradicting it can the spiritual sea maintain [balance]—this is the logic that prevents the extraordinary world from transitioning."

"..."

After saying this, Franya paused for a moment, then continued:

"And half a year ago, in the misty forest surrounding the imperial capital, we discovered an ancient ruins——"

"It appears to be part of a huge seal that broke for unknown reasons."

"And there are creatures sealed within that that we have never seen before. They are indeed full of spirituality - but they are completely contrary to our [brilliance]. They are full of dark, profound, and chilling spirituality."

"At the same time, Holy Crown Pope Lorende heard the oracle of the Great Sun."

"He warned him that some kind of power that is completely contrary to [Glory] may have awakened. That terrifying thing has been sleeping for tens of millions of years, so deep that even for a moment, he almost forgot his existence."

"But they do not exist. The angels of the kingdom of 'eternity' clearly remember the chaotic things, but they just remain silent to us mortals."

"..."

She looked around at the saints in the hall with her pale golden eyes, and said one last word:

"And this silence is now finally over."

"A month ago, during the ceremony of praying for divine intervention, the Great Sun finally issued a warning to Pope Lorende, the 'Holy Crown' who was closest to Him, and also used an oracle to inform His Majesty the Pope, one of us, A name I have never heard of..."

"--【abyss】!"

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