Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

Within Caffrey Fortress.

"The crocodile stewed in an iron pot", after he died three times in the fortress, when he was resurrected for the last time, he deliberately avoided the hostile supernatural beings in the fortress, quietly returned to the place where he died last time, and recovered his equipment and weapons. .

He then equipped the "Paladin Armor" back, held the "Paladin Sword" with both hands again, and rushed in the direction he came from.

This brave trip to Caffrey Fortress probably penetrated two-thirds of the fortress. Although it did not reach the deepest point, it was enough for the predators——

Through this operation, he has "detected" the intelligence of two "fourth-level destiny" and nine "three-level destiny" enemies within the Caffrey Fortress, and also found out the distribution of the main peripheral buildings, which is enough. .

The mission assigned to them by the "Bishop", Rossiu Carlos, before leaving was to detect as much as possible the garrison distribution inside "Caffrey Fortress" and the configuration of the extraordinary ones.

Just go back and report the information you used three lives to find out to the "Bishop", and you will be able to complete the commissioned task you received before leaving [Bravely Entering the Caffrey Fortress (Dangerous Difficulty)], and you will also get a lot of money. bonus!

The crocodile thought excitedly in his heart, and he kept running wildly at the same time, and rushed towards the Caffrey Fortress where there were few enemies -

The surrounding hostile supernatural beings suddenly became alert and chased after the predator.

At the same time, more and more players using "Rune Wings" to slide into the city have appeared on the walls of Caffrey Fortress. They are different from the "detection" missions accepted by Crocodile and Thomas - they simply come in. It’s fun to kill randomly, create chaos, and fight!

That is the agreement that pioneer players like Crocodile and Thomas have made with the support players long ago——

After the vanguard players have roughly explored the map in Kaffrey Fortress, they will share it with other players through the [Chat Channel].

Then, more than two thousand players stationed throughout the Blackstone Mountains will glide down, climb onto the walls of Kaffrey Fortress, rush into the city and kill, with blood flowing like rivers!

Players like Crocodile and Thomas who took the lead as "pioneers" were undoubtedly the strongest among all the players participating in the action, and less than one-third of the players who came later had a "second destiny" Extraordinary Ones - The players' current strength alone is not enough to completely defeat the Kaffrey Fortress from the inside out, but it is quite easy to cause some serious damage to the defenders in the city.

And when thousands of players belonging to the periphery of the "Church" and "Side Court" appeared on the walls of the Caffrey Fortress like airborne troops, the dark extraordinary beings stationed in the fortress were immediately dumbfounded - —

"Where did there come from... so many people!"

"The main force of the empire has rushed in? Aren't they still camping dozens of miles away?!"

"Stop! Stop them!"

"We must not let them get close to Master Zaska's residence!"

"..."

Just when the predator was focused on running away, he heard a "gladiator" wearing scarlet armor not far from him shouting loudly.

At the same time, the predator used the panel to throw a detection at him - it was an enemy he had never seen before, the fourth-level destiny enemy of [Ku Tu], the "Gladiator Champion" Haveru.

——Oh my god, this is the third "fourth-level fate" enemy I have encountered!

The predator thought excitedly in his heart, and quickly sent this message to the "Glowing Mirror" guild chat group, writing down the information about "Gladiator Champion" Havelu——

[Big Crocodile Stewed in Iron Pot (Administrator)]: Cute brothers, +1 for intelligence gathering on the "Fourth Destiny" boss! [Ku Tu], "Gladiator Champion" Havelu!

[Alicia]: Okay, champion of the fight

[Thomas the Tank Engine (group leader)]: Okay, fighting champion

[Sweating Soybeans]: Okay, champion of the poo fight

[Human High-Quality Rereading Ji]: Okay, champion of the fight

【……】：……

After that, the predator closed the panel again, and before the "Gladiator Champion" Havelu noticed him, he quickly turned around and ran away from him.

And in the middle of escaping, he felt that he had just heard some incredible information——

Did that "Gladiator Champion" Havelu talk about... the official residence of "Lord Zaska"?

Who is that?

Executioner?

"..."

The predator chewed on the name and had some guesses in his mind.

And he had also noticed at the same time that the extraordinary beings chasing him behind him seemed to be chasing him even tighter due to his slight delay, so he put aside these conjectures in his mind and accelerated his escape.

The shouts of killing behind him gradually died down, and the predator rushed directly into several deep alleys, killing several hostile extraordinary beings with "first-level destiny" and even "second-level destiny" on the way. Finally, on the fifth time, When turning into a deep alley, completely throw away the pursuers.

"Hoo, ho..." The big crocodile then stopped running and leaned against the wall of the alley, breathing heavily.

After feeling that his physical strength was almost restored, the predator raised his arm and took off his arm armor——

The back of his right hand appeared before his eyes, with white dragon claw marks flashing on the surface, and a deep red teleportation circle appeared beside his feet.

The predator has activated a "teleport" mark,

——[Isol Royal Court Seal (White)]!

This mark can only take effect after leaving the combat state.

After getting rid of the pursuers, the predator teleported itself to the abandoned royal court of the "Holy Abyss"!

……

Holy Abyss, above the Lost Royal Court.

When the crocodile's vision regained color, he had teleported to the front square of the "Holy Abyss".

This was the "fixed teleportation point" for players to come to the Holy Abyss. The crocodile then ran towards the "Advent Manor" of the "Holy Abyss" -

It was located on the edge of the Lost Royal Court. The "Holy Abyss" provided a residence for the Adventers, and the crocodile and Thomas were assigned a room.

He quickly came to the Adventer Manor, to a villa building where the "Saint Guardians" of their church lived together, went in, found his room, activated the [Isol Royal Court Seal (White)] again, and opened the locked door.

The crocodile then walked in.

Compared to his residence in the "church", his residence in the "Holy Abyss" is much simpler, with only a bed, a table and a chair.

Although there are indeed "Holy Abyss Apostles" who can provide "fine decoration" for residences, that requires a certain amount of "Holy Abyss points" and payment of money or experience points, and the crocodile's main residence is not here, so he has not commissioned a special "Holy Abyss Apostle" to do fine decoration.

And the crocodile came back this time with other purposes.

He went straight back to the room, closed and locked the door, and then began to take off his armor-

Take off the "Paladin Breastplate", "Paladin Arm Guard", "Paladin Leg Armor" and other Paladin suits one by one, pile them on the bed, and then put the "Paladin Sword" on the wall.

-Deposit your precious weapons, equipment and props in the "Holy Abyss", so that they will not be left at the place of death due to death!

This is a new use of the "Holy Abyss" developed by the Crocodile and other "Holy Abyss" players.

The Crocodile has also successfully preserved many valuable props, weapons and equipment in this way.

In this way, the "Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile" has removed all his weapons and equipment, wearing only a set of civilian clothes and pants - a civilian suit that will not drop with death.

Then, he walked to the table, picked up a red ball engraved with complex runes, and tied it around his waist with a rope.

After completing these, a satisfied expression appeared on the Crocodile's face, and then he sat on the edge of the bed, raised his arm, and activated [Isol King's Court Seal (White)] again -

His body quickly became illusory, and the crimson teleportation array appeared again at his feet, and his vision was quickly shrouded in gray and colorless.

...

When he opened his eyes again.

The Crocodile had returned to the "Caveri Fortress".

At the same time, his eyes burst into a brilliant light. He took off the red ball with complex runes engraved on it from his waist and rushed back in the direction he came from -

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He shouted in his heart and rushed out of the alley where he had been hiding before. The extraordinary people who were chasing him in the Kaveri Fortress had re-entered his field of vision -

"He's there!"

"Kill him!"

Dozens of eyes shot at him at the same time. The crocodile instantly felt that he had been locked in by many strong hostilities.

The extraordinary people in Kaveri Fortress then rushed towards his position again. Some of them had puzzled expressions on their faces, and the crocodile had heard several dark extraordinary people murmur with some puzzlement-

"Where is his equipment? Huh?", "He is... the paladin from before?", "It is definitely him! My spiritual perception can't be wrong!";

"He escaped again, haha! He took off all the paladin equipment. Is he trying to pretend to be a civilian and escape?!", "He didn't even take the paladin sword, haha!", "Kill him! Cut off his head and ask for credit from Lord Zanska!"...

Such voices were vaguely and intermittently transmitted to the ears of the crocodile.

At the same time, several dangerous spiritual surges gradually became clearer with these sounds and gradually approached the crocodile.

There were some strong auras of extraordinary people at the level of "Triple Destiny", and the crocodile had already seen one of them -

That was a taboo warlock of the [Intellectual] Destiny, who was about to summon a puppet and besiege him with the extraordinary people of the surrounding Kaveri Fortress!

That was also the extraordinary person of the "Triple Destiny" Kaveri Fortress closest to the crocodile.

A smile suddenly appeared on the crocodile's face, and he rushed towards the taboo warlock with his legs, and used the skill of "Paladin" in the last section of the journey!

——"Holy Charge"!

He moved directly in front of the taboo warlock!

The taboo warlock who was suddenly close to his face showed a panic expression on his face, and in his eyes, he only saw the "Paladin" in front of him, who had raised a red ball in his right hand and instantly poured a lot of [Glorious] spirituality into it!

The taboo warlock's face changed drastically in an instant. He had recognized what the rune creation in the opposite paladin's hand was.

——【Skull of the Martyr】!

That was a rune creation developed by the Empire's "Tower of Sages" and commissioned by a cardinal of the "Holy Court". The taboo warlock who defected from the "Tower of Sages" knew how terrifying this thing was;

But 【Skull of the Martyr】...this rune creation should have been banned from production because it is too dangerous!

How could it appear in the hands of the opposite paladin——

——Boom! ! ! ! !

Before the taboo warlock had time to think more, his vision was flooded by the sudden surge of red light.

And his body only felt the burning heat for a moment, and then he lost all consciousness, and even his soul was reduced to ashes.

"The crocodile stewed in the iron pot", he poured a large amount of annihilation spirituality into the [Skull of the Martyr], and completed the chain reaction of "rune activation" in an instant!

[Skull of the Martyr], this thing is something that the church has carefully studied after carefully studying the characteristics of their "Adventors" who can resurrect from the dead, and specially entrusted the Obelisk Temple to re-produce it, and promoted each of them to the "Triple Destiny". Distributed by the "Guardians of the Saints".

Although the production of this rune creation was once prohibited, with the endorsement of [Supreme] "Thunder General" Albert, it was only a matter of Albert's nod to put them back into production.

The reason why [Skulls of Martyrs] are issued to every "Saint Protector" with a triple destiny is to be able to "self-destruct" in an emergency, exchanging one life for ten, causing a devastating blow to the enemy!

The giant crocodile at the center of the explosion had his health points reduced to zero in an instant, and the [Intellectual] third-level taboo warlock who was directly in his face was also instantly annihilated by the explosion to the point where nothing was left.

The dozen or so "Second Life Path" Caffrey Fortress Extraordinaries who were close to each other were directly melted on the spot by the annihilation heat wave generated by the explosion, while the more peripheral "First Life Path" guards were also melted by the fierce wave of the explosion. Those affected by the explosion were burned to death by the continuous damage from the high temperature before they could escape the scope of the explosion!

Within a radius of twenty meters from the center of the explosion, there were basically no "First Life" guards who could survive.

There were also second-level and third-level extraordinary beings who escaped from the center of the explosion, but they had basically lost more than half of their health before they could barely escape from the center of the terrifying explosion.

Even though they were seriously injured, they no longer cared about their injuries. When they first escaped, their faces showed complex expressions of fear, panic, and happiness intertwined with each other, as if they were coming back from the dead.

They no longer cared about "chasing" the previous paladin. After the annihilation heat wave of the [Skull of Martyr] explosion dissipated slightly, the surviving extraordinary beings from the Caffrey Fortress returned to the center of the previous explosion. , and what they saw was only a messy scene——

There were broken walls and ruins everywhere, and corpses that had been blown to pieces by the explosion.

The smoke was still billowing, and the "Black Fang Leader" in this area - the taboo warlock with the third destiny of [Intellect], seemed to have evaporated from the world, and the body of the "Paladin" was gone, not even a trace of ashes. There is no scum left.

The faces of the extraordinary beings who entered the Caffrey Fortress looking for them within the scope of the previous explosion had varying degrees of fear and despair on their faces.

The huge noise caused by the explosion here also attracted new players who were wandering around, looking for new targets.

Just when fear and despair blended into the air and filled the hearts of the fortress's extraordinary people,

They suddenly discovered that many intruders they had never seen before appeared around them!

The players swarmed forward and soon fought with the extraordinary beings of Kaffrey Fortress here.

On top of the already messy explosion ruins, more than a dozen corpses soon appeared.

The smell of blood quickly filled the air, and it didn't take long before the players slaughtered all the dark transcendent beings around them.

Then, the players go to the next battlefield to find their next "prey."

…

Andrian Blackstone Mountains, foothills.

In the Pioneer Camp of Red Maple City, in a pointed tent, the body of "Big Crocodile Stewed in an Iron Pot" was condensed again in a thick velvet sleeping bag, and he opened his eyes soon after his body was completely condensed.

"Resurrection..."

The predator murmured. After using up all the "Instant Resurrection Scrolls", he waited for five minutes before finally resurrecting.

This time, he directly chose to be resurrected at the "default resurrection point" - the sleeping bag in his tent.

After participating in the expedition and leaving Red Maple City and entering the territory of the Dark Principality, the "sleeping bag in the tent" replaced the bed in the Red Maple City residence and became the new default resurrection point.

And immediately after resurrection.

The predator opened the panel and glanced directly at the "mailbox" panel, where a large, bright red dot appeared, which was flashing with conspicuous light at this time.

The predator then opened it with excitement, and sure enough he saw something that made him even more excited——

[Kill "Forbidden Warlock" Agok (lv.23) and gain 996 basic experience points]

[Kill Priscilla Garfield (lv.13) and gain 343 basic experience points]

[Kill Valentinian Clayton (lv.16) and obtain 399 basic experience points]

Please...you...Collect_6Ⅰ9ⅠBookⅠ(Six\\\\\\Nine\\\\\\Book\\\\\\!)

【Kill...】

【……】

More than 20 kill reward prompts appeared in succession, and they were all the kill rewards that were obtained by self-destructing the [Skull of the Martyr] just now!

——So cool!

The predator suddenly felt that the boredom of dying four times in a row was instantly swept away, and his mood became happy and beautiful.

Afterwards, the predator activated the [Seal of the Court of Isol (White)] on the back of his hand.

His body quickly disappeared and was teleported to the Royal Court of the Holy Abyss. He returned five minutes later, re-equipped with his "Paladin Suit".

He immediately walked out of the tent and came to the bushes where the war horses were tied outside the tent. After communicating with the players who stayed here, he mounted the war horse, whipped the horse's haunches, and galloped towards the plain thirty miles away where the main army was. go.

…

Half an hour later——

In the predator's field of vision, he could already see the dark mass of the expeditionary army coming from Red Maple City.

On the right side, on a small plain next to the hilly area, there are white tents like a sea of ​​flowers, which is where the clergy of the "church" camp.

The predator galloped directly towards the church's camp.

Soon, he arrived outside the main gate of the camp. The church priest on duty had already walked towards him, helped him get off the horse safely, and held the horse for him.

"I'm here to submit information about Caffrey Fortress to the Bishop."

The predator said as he handed the reins of his war horse into the hands of the priest.

The priest who holds the reins for the predator is none other than "Bishop" Luo Xiu's attendant priest, "Guiding Priest" Colen.

Colen first led the war horse, called another priest on duty next to him, and asked him to lead the war horse to the stable. Then he came to the big crocodile, paid the sacrament to the big crocodile, and said:

"Please come with me."

"You are the first Guardian to come back. The Bishop is waiting for you in the tent."

Am I the first one back?

The predator felt a little excited but also inexplicably worried, so he followed Coren to the tent of "Bishop" Rossiu Carlos.

There is a sacred and solemn atmosphere in the air. Even in the tents set up in the wild plains, the priests who come and go are very careful to keep their behavior quiet. Under the influence of this atmosphere, the predator as a player , and didn't make much noise as usual.

Colen guided him to the tent of "Bishop" Rossiu Carlos.

After that, the handover took place between the two "priests" of the "fourth destiny" - Howard, Glasa, and Coren.

In the eyes of the predator, he saw that Column was very respectful to the two priests. He first performed a sacrament for the superior to Howard and Glasa, then turned around and faced the predator and said:

"After that, the two priests will lead you in."

"Please pay attention to your behavior when meeting the Bishop - although the Bishop has emphasized that you 'Saint Protectors' do not need to strictly abide by the precepts of the 'Holy Court', but please also pay attention to the etiquette of the 'Holy Court'."

"I know." The predator nodded solemnly.

After that, "Guide Priest" Colen came to one side and stood beside the big tent.

The two "priests" Howard and Glasa led the predator into the tent to meet the bishop.

In the eyes of predators——

When the tent was opened and he stepped inside, the soft and bright light emitted by the four spiritual crystal lamps made the predator's pupils slightly dilate.

He then saw a long white table, and the "bishop" of the church, Rossio Carlos, sat behind the long table on a square chair that was also pure white.

A gentle smile appeared on the bishop's face, and the voices of two "priests" came into the predator's ears at the same time——

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

The two "priests", Howard and Glasa, first performed the sacraments to Luo and gave him pious and respectful greetings.

While the predators were bowing deeply to them, they bowed slightly to Luo Xiu and performed a lame "sacrament" according to the pattern.

"Bishop" Luo Xiu nodded slightly in response to their greetings.

His scorching golden eyes immediately looked at the predator, a thoughtful expression appeared on his face, his brows then spread, he nodded and said:

"You are...'the big crocodile stewed in an iron pot', yes. I remember your name."

"So, 'Crocodile stewed in an iron pot'. Tell me, what did you find in Caffrey Fortress?"

"..."

Damn, I always feel like...should I change my name to something more normal...

The predator, who always felt a little embarrassed, dug his toes. The moment the "Bishop" finished speaking, he took a step forward and said to the "Bishop" Rossiu Carlos:

"We have discovered about two-thirds of the defense structure of Kaffrey Fortress, as well as the details of most of the extraordinary people stationed there."

"We have discovered a total of six "fourth-level destiny" and twenty-six "three-level destiny" enemies, and we have mastered their names, destiny and occupation."

After that, he opened the [Chat Channel], opened the group chat of "Glow Mirror", and read out the highlighted messages one by one like the names of dishes——

"[Ku Tu] The fourth level of destiny, 'Destiny Swordsman' Lundina;"

"[Lost] The fourth level of destiny, 'Elemental Priest' Aryu;"

"[Ku Tu] The fourth destiny, 'Gladiator Champion' Haveru;"

"[Red Lotus] Fourth level destiny, 'Beast Tamer' Siegfried..."

"..."

He read out the names of six "fourth-level destiny" and twenty-six "three-level destiny" heads and black teeth to "Bishop" Luo Xiu Carlos like the names of dishes, while Luo Xiu smiled. Listen and ask an attendant priest to record these names on a blank file.

After the big crocodile finished reporting the names of these "tussles" and "black teeth", "Bishop" Luo Xiu praised him and said:

"You have a really good memory, 'Big crocodile stewed in an iron pot'."

"This information is very useful to us, and you have successfully completed the task I assigned you."

"..."

In fact, I took the test with open book... The predator thought a little guiltily.

Then, he remembered another piece of information, and after the bishop praised him, he said it naturally:

"There should be another enemy. I have only heard his name mentioned by those enemies with third and fourth levels of destiny, but I don't know who he is."

As he said this, he raised his head and met the eyes of "Bishop" Luo Xiu.

"What name?"

Luo Xiu's eyes flashed and he asked the predator.

"That's 'Zaska'."

The predator organized some words and said to the bishop:

"In the Kaffrey Fortress, while we were fighting the enemy, I heard someone shouting 'Lord Zaska' loudly, and saying that they wanted to 'protect Lord Zaska's mansion'."

"I thought it was a higher-ranking enemy, but I didn't really see him."

"..."

"Zaska..."

In the predator's eyes, he saw "Bishop" Rossiu Carlos, and he was chewing on the name thoughtfully.

Soon, a bright golden light flashed in the bishop's eyes, and he said to the predator:

"Very good, I already know, 'Stewing a giant crocodile in an iron pot'."

"Zarska—that's the name of the executioner."

"That is the fifth level of destiny of [Void]. 'Soul Reaver' Zaska should be the current leader of Caffrey Fortress."

"You have accomplished a great feat by bringing this information to me, 'stewing a giant crocodile in an iron pot'."

After saying that, "Bishop" Luo Xiu looked to the other side, towards "Priest" Grasa of the mission house, and said:

"Afterwards, Glasa. Come and hand over to him and draw up a rough defense map of Caffrey Fortress."

"Then, you take him to the army's storage warehouse and let him choose a 'master' weapon or equipment. This is a gift for meritorious service."

"And the other 'Saint Protectors' who act together with him can also receive a gift from the 'Master'."

"I follow your instructions, Bishop." Grasa bowed slightly and nodded in response.

——"Master" quality equipment!

The predator was stunned by the sudden "big prize", and suddenly felt a little dizzy.

Just by bringing back the name "Zaska" and the names of other triple and fourth level destiny Kaffrey Fortress extraordinary beings, you can actually get such a generous gift!

His excited eyes then looked at the "Bishop" and the "Rosio Carlos".

But I saw that he had stood up and walked out of the tent.

The two priests made way for him, and the predator also took two steps back, then watched the bishop leave the tent.

The direction he was going to was exactly the direction that belonged to "Thunder General" Albert's tent.

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