Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

When Anthony walked out of the city lord's mansion, he had a slightly dull expression on his face.

The captain, who had a gloomy temperament like a poet, became really gloomy at this time.

When everyone left the mansion and walked onto the main street of Red Maple City.

"... Luo Xiu."

Anthony stopped the priest in front of him.

Luo Xiu turned around, looked at the downtime look on Anthony's face, and spread his hands helplessly.

"Captain..." Luo Xiu said softly, "I guess you have a lot of things to ask."

"Yes." Anthony nodded.

"When we return to the Glorious Church, I hope you can tell me what you are thinking."

…

Red Maple City—Glory Church.

In the room where the "Holy Judges" usually gather, Anthony, Pamier, Connor and Luo Xiu are sitting around a round table.

Everyone's eyes were now focused on a secret message on the table.

"Captain...that's why."

Luo Xiu said softly, "At that time, I found this secret letter in the fireplace of Rodiff's mansion. I guess Rodiff should have thought that the secret letter had been burned... but by that time, you guys had already gone downstairs."

He has completed guiding the Lord of Lodiv, and if he tells Anthony about the secret message at this time, it will no longer ruin the follow-up plan.

Anthony didn't speak. He just stared at the secret letter in front of him, distinguishing the words on it line by line.

"I didn't expect that he was actually a 'half-disabled' person..."

Anthony was shocked.

"This is a letter from the Ancient Hermitage to Lodiff? Why didn't you take it out right then?"

Anthony wondered: "With this evidence, even if Rodive has ten thousand mouths, he still won't be able to escape the charge of collaborating with the enemy..."

That's why I don't want you to know too early... Luo Xiu secretly shook his head.

"Captain, what I want to express is-" Luo Xiu pressed his hands on both sides of the round table and said slowly:

"Lodiv, he is the official chosen by the [Supreme] and a person of status. Even if we present this evidence in front of him, he will have many ways to excuse himself."

"For example, he could have said that I forged it in order to help his political opponents frame him. And we have no other evidence. This will only waste the value of this evidence."

"And if Rodive knows that this evidence is in our hands, then he can also 'deny' any information recorded on it, such as the matter of 'Elemental Envoy' Alonso..."

As Anthony listened, his expression gradually became clearer.

"——So, you want to..."

"Yes." Luo Xiu nodded and said, "If we pretend that we don't know about the secret letter, let Rodive retain the inherent impression that the secret letter has been burned, and at the same time, we will record the contents in the secret letter to Another way to say it to Rodive..."

A glimmer of light flashed in Anthony's eyes: "Then he will suspect that something went wrong somewhere else?"

This kid knows everything... Luo Xiu nodded secretly.

Anthony is not stupid, he just lacks experience in this area.

"Yes." Luo Xiu said, "...Now, Rodive will only feel that 'Alonso' may have really been arrested by us."

"When he suspected that there was a problem with the Ancient Priory, he must have had trouble sleeping and eating. I think he would soon be unable to bear it and try to confirm this with the Priory. thing……"

"..."

When Luo Xiu finished this last sentence, everyone fell into a long silence.

Anthony rubbed his chin and thought, while Connor and Pamier looked at each other.

"...Your handling is correct, Luo Xiu."

Anthony finally nodded and said: "It's perfect. This will neither expose our intelligence superiority nor cause Lodiv to be unduly vigilant..."

"...You are grateful." Luo Xiu said modestly.

"So." Anthony asked at the right time, "Luo Xiu, what should we do next?"

Unknowingly, Anthony has begun to believe and gradually rely on the judgment given by Luo Xiu.

"--wait."

Luo Xiu pressed the fingers of his right hand heavily on the table and said slowly:

"The only thing we should do now, and the only thing we can do, is to wait patiently."

…

night.

Red Maple City, the residence of the city lord.

The light cyan moonlight brushed through the window lattice, reflecting on a shiny bald head. The diffuse light spread around, raising a faint mist.

Lord Lodiff was frowning and looking out the window, staring at the hungover homeless people on the quiet street.

He was still thinking about what the "priest" said in the morning.

The "Holy Judge" captured Alonso, who confessed to him, and also confessed that he was "incomplete".

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the priest was not just threatening.

Because there is indeed a person named "Alonzo" in the monastery, and it is true that he does not have that kind of job...

Rodiff personally threw the secret message into the fire of the fireplace, but the priest still knew too much "secret" information, which made Rodiff have to doubt it.

If "Alonso" was really captured by the Holy Judge, then the letter signed by him was most likely a trap!

"...Fortunately, fortunately, I burned the letter a long time ago."

Lodiff rejoiced.

He has now gone from suspicion to certainty that "Alonso" was captured by the Holy Inquisitor!

And "Alonso" could not bear the torture and gave out his information!

"..."

Lodifu, who was in a dilemma, finally stood up and walked to his study.

He sat on the gilded golden nan chair, and his fat body reached out to the drawer at his feet clumsily, and took out a stack of blank letter paper with an oily luster.

[To His Excellency the 'Advent Favored' of the Hermitage...]

Lodifu dipped the pink crystal pen into ink and wrote on the letter paper--

[The 'sacrifices' came to the mansion today and questioned me about the Hermitage. I evaded the question, but you should know that this evasion will not delay for too long...]

[So, I sincerely hope that you will recover soon, and I am ready to help you kill those 'sacrifices'. ]

After writing these words, Lodifu began to write to the main topic.

[It's just that I wrote this letter just to verify one thing——]

[Regarding the Elementalist "Alonso" of the 'Hermitage', who often contacts me, those 'sacrifices' actually threatened me that they caught Alonso, and Alonso actually betrayed me...]

[I didn't believe it at first, but they actually knew about my hidden illness, which made me a little scared...]

[So, I wrote this letter specifically to verify whether this is true. Please tell me the truth so that I can sleep peacefully.]

[Humble Rodif Walden, I hope you can guide me.]

[...]

After writing this, Rodif folded the letter in half and stuffed it into the envelope, and stamped it with thick wax.

Then, Rodif took out a whistle from his arms, put the whistle mouthpiece to his mouth, and blew it gently.

A cool breeze suddenly blew outside the window.

A "magic hand" appeared on the windowsill and quickly climbed into the room.

It was a translucent dark blue hand, its fingers grabbed the letter, and then quickly retreated out of the window.

…

Red Maple City, the real base of the "Ancient Hermitage".

“——A-choo!”

Alonso, the "elementalist" codenamed Three, sneezed inexplicably.