Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

After "Guiding Priest" Coren recognized him, [Main Mission] was actually refreshed in his panel!

This made Thomas' eyes light up.

What surprised Thomas even more was——

In his mission panel, the current version of [Main Mission] is still [Judgment War]. Not only that, his main mission panel seems to have retained the mission points from the internal beta!

The excitement of being a "closed beta" player has not disappeared, and has been retained in the form of points for the open beta. This shows that...the starting point of their "closed beta" players is naturally higher than that of most open beta players. Relying on the advantage of intelligence, he can firmly occupy the first echelon of combat power!

"..."

Thinking of these, a happy expression appeared on Thomas's lips.

I wonder if other closed beta players also have such early benefits... I'll wait until I enter Songyuan City and ask other closed beta players I know...

"Come on, then, Thomas."

While he was thinking about it, Thomas heard the voice of "Guidance Pastor" Colen again:

"I will take you back to the church first, Thomas. Afterwards, there will be priests who will check your body or treat your wounds. If you have no problem, please help us find other missing 'Saint Protectors' ”

"Okay." Thomas nodded.

He reached out and patted the dust on his body, mounted the horse brought by Priest Column and other clergymen, and followed the clergymen under the gazes of other players with half curiosity and half envy. He rushed towards the direction of Red Maple City with a "da, da" sound.

…

Scenes like Thomas's are happening in every corner of the gravel plain outside Red Maple City.

Many players who were originally "Saint Protectors" were recovered by the priests who were ordered by Luo Xiu to go out to search for them in the city. Although the number of "Saint Protectors" found was only about a quarter of what was found during the internal beta test, It's a good start.

In addition to these closed beta players, Luo Xiu also dispatched church clergy to bring the new "refugees" scattered outside the city back to the city.

Some of these clergymen who carried out the tasks assigned by the bishop had also participated in the previous task of bringing back the "refugees".

They had a vague feeling that the number of "refugees" who appeared outside Red Maple City this time seemed to be much larger than last time... Not only that, it seemed that the "refugees" this time gave people a better feeling than the last time. It's a little weirder.

They are always speaking words that the clergy cannot understand, and they have an inexplicable and fanatical curiosity about everything they see.

The standard configuration is a team of four priests, which can restrain almost fifty refugees.

But this is an ideal situation - the reality is that the priests who are going to bring the refugees back to the city will almost always be attacked by "refugees" who are not extraordinary beings throwing stones, shaking fists, or even hitting their heads. !

Although their attack was not threatening, it also caused considerable trouble for the priests to maintain the formation of the refugees, so that they had to use some extraordinary means.

For example, the "evil prison cage" - diverting the spirituality of the Holy Light to control the most escaping "refugees" first, does have a deterrent effect on other "refugees"...

At least in the eyes of the priests, it was indeed a "shock", because the other refugees who were about to make a move did restrain themselves, but more eyes that made the priests faintly locked on them.

In addition to these, there are also many refugees who have caught each other and fought with each other.

It was a rather primitive way of fighting, an intimate combination of fists and flesh, and occasionally stones on the ground were used. It was a sublimation from apes to humans——

It was supposed to be a bloody scene, but the priests not far away could already see the blood splattering from their bodies.

But for some reason, the clergy only thought the scene in front of them was absurd and funny...

That was probably because the faces of the two parties fighting each other did not show pain or ferocious expressions, nor did they make the proper screams.

On the contrary, the breath of happiness filled the air with the "Oh, okay, I'm dead!"

But the clergy couldn't care less about this.

At least most of the "refugees" seem to be normal and obedient now.

They continued to lead the refugees towards the city, and on the way back to the city, they could not help but increase their vigilance.

…

Red Maple City, church.

In the Bishop's Holy See, "Bishop" Luo Xiu watched the players from a distance with a playful expression on his face.

It can only be said that the familiar smell is indeed back... This group of "adventors" was later called "natural disasters" for a reason. Although they have not yet touched the extraordinary, they can already see the embryonic form of "natural disasters" .

While browsing the [Player Forum] and [World Channel], Luo Xiu was also thinking about other things.

This time [Public Beta] does have a few more things than [Internal Beta].

For example, [Apocalypse Mall], a game mall specially prepared for money-spending players, has currently launched several props and gift packages suitable for the early stages of the game.

However, this thing is of little use to Luo Xiu. Even though he is quite familiar with the numbers [328] and [648], he cannot make money - he can only look at them, but cannot obtain them.

But it doesn’t matter.

Just 3 free points and 1000 basic experience points are no longer enough for Luo Xiu now.

He can, on the other hand, spy on what new products are coming out of [Apocalypse Mall] and use this to plan what to launch in his own 'Shengyuan Mall', which can actually gain greater benefits for himself.

Except for [Tianqi Mall].

Through the NPC panel in the background and the discussions in the [World Channel] and [Player Forum], Luo Xiu also roughly knew the general situation of the players coming to this [Open Beta].

A total of more than nine million players have "arrived" in the entire Apocalypse World, and the number of players who descended around Red Maple City has probably doubled from the internal beta, to about 10,000 people.

In addition to Red Maple City, the entire Apocalypse World also has more "arrival points"——

There are hundreds more initial landing points for players to descend on the Apocalypse World, and the locations are all over Fanor Continent, Storm Continent and Broken Continent. Most players have already explored the surroundings of the landing place.

Although nine million players can only be regarded as a tiny number compared to the aborigines of the entire Apocalypse World, they will still grow, and they will grow quite rapidly... It won't be long before they will gather into The power of terror.

Soon, the indigenous people of Apocalypse World will be deeply shocked by the "Adventors" for the first time.

…

"..."

I browsed the forum and the world channel for a while.

Luo Xiu then closed the panel and unlocked the barrier of the bishop's throne.

At this time, the priests sent out had brought back most of the "Adventors" outside Songyuan City.

The players who were originally the "Saint Protectors" of the church have also been brought back by the priests sent out first, about forty of them, and are now waiting in the inner courtyard of the church in front of the Altar of Immortality.

Sitting up from the edge of the bed, Luo Xiu walked to the clothes rack, casually grabbed the bishop's robe and put it on his body, then walked out of the Holy See.

He wanted to see the players he had missed for a long time.

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Red Maple City Church, inner courtyard, in front of the Xuyu Altar.

Thomas followed "Guiding Pastor" Colen back to the church, and was first brought here by Colen to gather with other "Saint Protectors" who were found by the priests.

Coren then left, while Thomas looked around at the several figures, the expression on his face becoming more and more excited.

——Those are all familiar faces!

There are about forty "Saint Protectors", all players who have participated in the closed beta and have chosen to join the church and become "Saint Protectors". Thomas, who is also a Saint Protector, is familiar with each of them.

As for these recovered "Saint Guardians", they all have a common characteristic - that is, the shaping and modeling of their game images are basically the same as during the closed beta.

This may be the main reason why the clergy of the church can recognize them at first sight.

As for the recovered "Saint Guardian" players, the IDs of several of them have changed somewhat compared to the time of the closed beta.

That may be due to the ID being registered during the public beta account creation, but the church clergy don’t know this yet.

"Hi Thomas?"

While he was thinking in his heart, Thomas suddenly heard someone calling his name from behind.

Thomas looked back and saw a man with muscles as strong as a hill, greeting him with a smile.

That was also a player. Thomas was familiar with him. He remembered that his ID during the closed beta should be called "Big Goose Stewed in Iron Pot"...

"Hi there, Goose."

While reminiscing, Thomas returned a greeting to "Big Goose Stewed in an Iron Pot" and at the same time turned off the detection on him, wanting to take a peek at his panel.

[Stewing crocodile in iron pot (lv.1, Adventer)]

[Race: Human]

【……】

"Stew in iron pot...crocodile?"

Thomas looked a little stunned. He looked at the panel again, then at the "crocodile" in front of him, and his expression turned into a suppressed smile.

"There is no way, the ID of 'Big Goose Stewed in Iron Pot' has been registered by someone. I can only call this one now."

The predator spread his hands and said helplessly:

"It takes seven days to change the ID, and you also need to purchase a name-changing scroll from [Apocalypse Mall]... Sigh, it's really troublesome."

"I think I saw someone posting on the player forum."

Thomas continued to suppress his laughter and said:

"I thought you registered someone else's ID, but it turned out to be the other way around?"

"I'm so helpless, family." The predator shook his head.

"However, the other party seemed to think that 'stewing giant crocodile in an iron pot' sounded better and more domineering. He messaged me privately and said he wanted to change IDs with me, but he had to wait seven days."

In fact, I also think that "crocodile stewed in an iron pot" sounds better... Thomas sneered. He looked at the "crocodile" in front of him and said with a smile:

"Just use the 'iron pot to stew the crocodile' first. Maybe this ID will be more in line with your image."

"Really? That's good for now."

"..."

The two chatted without a word, and as the sound of the two chatting became louder, other players around them joined the discussion.

However, the players' greetings did not last long, and Thomas heard a rustling sound coming from the direction of the altar.

The surrounding priests all turned around, their eyes focused on the altar, and fell on a young and sacred figure——

That’s the “bishop” of the church!

——It's "Roseux Carlos"!

As soon as "Bishop" Luo Xiu appeared, Thomas' attention was immediately attracted. He stopped chatting with the players and looked intently at the direction where "Luo Xiu" appeared.

This time, the "bishop" of the church did not appear as gorgeous as when he first met. He was just walking towards this side in a leisurely manner, surrounded by the "priests" of the church.

While walking towards the "Saint Protector" players, the young bishop's blazing eyes scanned the players. When his eyes fell on Thomas, Thomas couldn't help but shudder. .

That bishop... he gave people a more oppressive feeling!

This was Thomas' first instinct involuntarily when he saw "Bishop" Rossiu Carlos.

And he, like most of the players around him, conducted a panel test on Bishop Luo Xiu when he appeared, and undoubtedly only got a bunch of question marks.

Until "Bishop" Rossiu Carlos, he had come to stand on the altar.

"I am glad that I can see you again, my sacred colleagues."

In Thomas's eyes, the bishop's bright and majestic eyes just looked down calmly. At the same time, he spoke lightly and said loudly to the players in front of the altar:

"Just a month ago, you suddenly disappeared, and there has been no trace since then."

"I have sent people to search for your whereabouts. I have thought about the possibility that you were kidnapped by the pagans, imprisoned by the executioner, etc., but you were never found... However, with the blessing of the great sun, you were here in just a moment. Today, you are finally back.”

"It's just, I can feel it."

"You don't have the blessing of [Glory], and you don't even have extraordinary power at all. This is not a normal situation... I want to know what happened to you in this month, but there is no rush. ”

After a pause, Luo Xiu looked around at the "Saint Protectors" in front of him, and then said:

"I remember all of you, including the achievements you made for [Glory]."

"Even when the blessings fade and the power fades, I will remember these, my comrades."

"Now, I want you - and I call on you."

"Remember. The blessing of [Glory] will not really dissipate, and all you have to do is return to your original sacred position."

"I will always believe in you. And other colleagues will do their best to help you."

"..."

After saying this, Luo Xiu raised his hands lightly, made a triangle shape on his chest, and nodded at the same time and said:

"——The glory of the great sun will be with you forever."

"..."

At the moment Luo Xiu's last words fell.

In front of Thomas, his panel also jumped out at the same time——

[Trigger commissioned tasks]

[Commissioned Task: Bishop’s Blessing (Normal Difficulty)]

[Recommended level: lv.1]

[Task Type: Delegated Task]

[As a lost "Saint Protector" of the Red Maple City Church, you have finally returned to the church and met with your bishop in front of the Altar of a Moment.

The Bishop of the Red Maple City Church, "Rossiu Carlos", has given you sacred blessings. He hopes and calls you to return to your sacred post, and he is eagerly looking forward to your response. 】

[Mission goal: agree to the request of "Bishop" Rossiu Carlos and return to his current sacred position. 】

[Completion reward: Basic experience +3000, free attribute points +3, [Glory] destiny skill: "Brilliant Engraving" skill knowledge *1]

【……】

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