Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

After tidying up his clothes as the "host of the grand ceremony", Luo Xiu opened the barrier and allowed Anthony to enter the residence.

Anthony came straight to the residence, and Luo Xiu just walked down from the second floor. They then went to the meeting hall on the first floor to exchange the information they had obtained.

"The side court of [Supreme]... I did meet the 'Grand Inquisitor' Baines and told him the information about 'Death Teller' Grayn."

Anthony said: "But Mr. Baines didn't seem surprised."

"I told him about you and Pamier's plan to execute the Holy Judgment of the 'Death Teller' today, and asked him for help. I hope that the [Supreme Supreme] can send more manpower to the church to help us clean up together. Surrender to the 'Death Reporter' and his infidels."

"But Mr. Baines just responded to me lightly and did not express anything else clearly. After that, we briefly exchanged some information about the respective situations of the side court and the church, and Baines talked about the affairs. I got busy and left the courtroom."

"You said 'Grand Inquisitor' Baines... isn't he surprised by this information?" Luo Xiu looked playful, "In other words, he has actually known about the 'Death Teller' for a long time?"

"...I think so. It's just that Baines and the 'side court' he is in charge of are reluctant to take action against the 'death informer'. They hope that we can take full responsibility for this matter, and they [Supreme] can take action from Ponderee.”

Anthony nodded and continued:

"After Baines left the trial hall, I also prepared to leave the hall. But Baines's guard stopped me at this time. He said that according to the wishes of Lord Baines, he hoped that I could stay by the side. Spend the night in court to fulfill their [supreme] honors as host and guest.”

"Maybe he doesn't want me to go back too soon...I can feel that."

"At that time, I didn't get any important information from Baines, so I simply agreed to his request and stayed in the side court temporarily."

"Several [Supreme] dignitaries from the side court who also belong to the 'Triple Destiny' prepared a banquet for me. By the time the banquet was over, it was already very late."

"And during the banquet, when I excused myself from the banquet, I did see something different."

"At that time, I was in the garden of the side courtyard, and I happened to be able to see the side door on the other side of the trial hall. Shortly after I left the meeting, the side door of the trial hall quietly opened, and four guard knights walked out of it. There are figures that look like 'Baines' escorted from four corners."

"They walked onto a small road and probably left the side court. After that, the guard knights who were half escorting and half monitoring me began to urge me to return to the banquet."

"Because of this, I couldn't wait and see for too long, so I could only follow the guard back. After the banquet was over and I rested for a night in the bedroom they prepared for me, I left the side court early in the morning and returned to the church to tell you this. "

"..."

"I understand." Luo Xiu nodded and said, "If I guessed correctly... the figure of 'Baines' you saw should be his 'spiritual body'."

"Since Baines sent the 'spirit body', he is probably going to be near the hiding place of 'Death Teller' Gray. But I didn't sense his aura at the time... I don't know if Pamier will Will see him."

"..."

"That's all I want to tell you, Luo Xiu."

Anthony spread his hands, and an apologetic expression appeared on his face, "The [Supreme] people in the side court are still on guard against us... I'm sorry, but I didn't get any useful information."

"No, Anthony. That's enough."

Luo Xiu responded gently to the former captain, "At least we know that the 'Grand Inquisitor' did take action due to your visit. This is the biggest gain."

"What about you?" Anthony no longer responded to the previous topic, but changed the topic and said:

"When I return from the side court, you should have gone to Pender Street to execute the holy judgment on the 'Death Teller'... Without the assistance of the [Supreme], the [Lost] in that large stronghold must be completely wiped out. ] Pagans, it shouldn’t be an easy task..."

"Luo Xiu, so, what's the result of your execution of the 'ruling'? Judging from your condition, you shouldn't be in much danger... But I don't seem to have seen Pamier and the others."

"..." Upon hearing Anthony's question, Luo Xiu did not answer quickly. An indifferent smile immediately appeared on his face, and then he said calmly to Anthony:

"I asked Pamier and the accompanying Holy Judges to temporarily stay in Pender Street to deal with the aftermath of the 'Judgment'. No one among them was injured or killed."

"As for 'Death Teller' Gray, I have already killed him."

"...?"

"Have you killed Gray? Killed the 'death teller' Gray?"

Anthony was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to come back to his senses, "No... you said no one was injured. Could it be that you..."

He vaguely noticed that Luo Xiu seemed to say something outrageous in a calm manner.

"You heard it right, Anthony. Including me and Palmier, no one of the clergymen who went with us was injured or killed."

Luo Xiu then nodded slightly and said, "Because I am the only one who went deep into that stronghold. I have completed the 'judgment' of all the heretics, and 'Death Teller' Greg has also arrived. He was executed under the witness of all the Holy Judges.”

"..."

"……ah?"

The expression on Anthony's face was stunned again, and his mouth opened unconsciously.

He was finally sure that Luo Xiu had indeed said some outrageous things calmly...but Anthony couldn't understand what happened at all.

In Anthony's understanding, even if Luo Xiu was promoted to a 'Fourth Level', it was unlikely that he would be able to fight against one 'Fourth Level', three or four 'Third Level' people, and dozens of 'Second Level' people by himself. A transcendent person with a destiny... This is completely beyond common sense. Only a bishop who has reached the realm of a saint can do such a thing, and Luo Xiu obviously... should not have reached such a height yet.

But Anthony knew in his heart that Luo Xiu, as the 'host of the grand ceremony', would not lie about such a thing.

Anthony finally couldn't help but asked: "How... did you do it?"

Facing Anthony's question, Luo Xiu was silent for a long time.

You can't tell him that you actually have supermodel trump cards such as 'False Guardian', 'Crazy Glow', etc... In fact, the former alone is enough for you to win over most of the 'Fourth Destiny'. The extraordinary person tortured him to death... Cricket was a 'death teller', but he really didn't take it to heart...

But long before that, Luo Xiu had already thought about how to answer similar questions that Anthony might raise. He quickly organized his words and said to Anthony:

"This is also a coincidence. At that time, 'Death Teller' Grayn was holding some kind of promotion ceremony. And his need for promotion was 'death'. Most of the people in that stronghold were about to die. Believer."

"Shortly after I entered the depths of the stronghold and met 'Death Teller' Gray, Gray triggered the 'death' curse that had already been carved into the bodies of those believers and turned their souls into death. The spirit was absorbed into itself... Therefore, the other pagans in that large stronghold were actually killed by Green."

Hmm... Actually, it was the 'Crazy Glow' that made them beat each other up... Luo Xiu consciously added in his heart.

"So that's it..." Anthony nodded thoughtfully, feeling that he had understood something in a trance.

But the puzzled expression on his face did not diminish much, and he continued to ask Luo Xiu:

"Then what? Wouldn't that 'Death Teller' Grayn become very powerful and very troublesome..."

"Uh...that's how it should be."

Luo Xiu nodded, and then he raised his arm and turned his spirituality to the inscription on his "Holy Seal", letting the lines on the back of his hand emit a faint golden light, and then continued:

"And when I passed the examination of 'High Deacon' Hubert, the glorious authority I was given was the 'Seal of Severance'."

"Grian absorbed those undead souls. Almost all his spirituality is 'alien spirituality', and I only successfully put the 'Seal of Ring Breaking' on him."

"..." Anthony's expression was stunned again. But the confusion on his face was gradually dispelling, and he could already imagine the scene at that time.

Anthony knew that the authority given to Luo Xiu was the "Sacred Seal of Severance", and he was not too surprised by this.

It was only when Anthony connected all the things he knew through Luo Xiu's words that he suddenly realized that he had already figured out that Luo Xiu had single-handedly picked out the entire [lost] large stronghold. Create a complete situation and construct rationality on your own.

"So that's it..." Anthony couldn't help but murmur, "I completely understand, this is really a coincidence... However, this is also an inevitable coincidence."

"I suddenly figured it out, Luo Xiu. The reason why you dare to go deep into a place like that alone is because you, who possess the 'Ring Seal', have long known that that power is the nemesis of the 'Necromancers' ?”

"Well, there may be some reasons for this." Luo Xiu nodded and did not deny it. A bright smile immediately appeared on his face, and he said: "In short, 'Death Teller' Gray has been sanctioned. Next, we only need to wait for the reaction of the [Supreme] people - I express my opinion on this expect."

"Haha, I look forward to the same." Anthony echoed Luo Xiu and said: "This is the first time since the establishment of the wartime church that an enemy with a 'fourth level of destiny' or above has been punished in Red Maple City. [Supreme] Side Court Meeting So shocked, I’m sure of it.”

When talking about [Supreme], Anthony also had a smile on his face. The air was filled with joy for a moment.

…

Red Maple City, Pender Street, Lane 6.

Palmier commanded the Holy Judges, and the entire street was under complete martial law. The body of "Death Teller" Gray has also been moved by the Holy Judges to the abandoned warehouse that was the original stronghold, and was piled together with the fragments of the corpses of all other "Hidden Eye" cultists.

Unlike when Pamier was in Dawn Town, the way the Holy Inquisitors deal with the corpses of heretics now is no longer to separate them in isolation and gently wait for the spirituality in the corpses to naturally dissipate, but to directly gather them together and use holy magic to "annihilate" them completely. Turn it into ashes, this is a more efficient method.

It was not until all the pieces of the heretic corpses were gathered together and piled into a hill that the Holy Inquisitors responsible for carrying these corpses finally took a breath, with expressions of awe on their faces.

"Our Lord Daji, he actually judged so many enemies by himself..."

The Holy Judges looked at the horrifying pile of corpses in front of them, and the shock in their eyes became more intense. The too bloody scene also made some young Holy Inquisitors feel a little nauseous. They ran to the side and retched while holding on to the wall.

At this time, Palmier was standing quietly in front of the pile of corpses, holding a sword in both hands. Her eyes passed through the visor and stared straight at the horrifying scene in front of her, without changing her gaze for a long time.

It wasn't until her subordinate Holy Judge came to her side and reported to her that all the heretic corpses had been completely gathered, Pamier nodded, and at the same time slowly raised the sword in his hand.

The blade of the big sword in her hand immediately erupted with a dazzling golden glow, and the power of "annihilation" quickly gathered in it, gradually condensed into substance, and expanded into a larger blade.

The next moment, Pamier raised the holy sword in his hand and slashed towards the pile of corpses. The dazzling light turned into a raging wave of annihilation, completely engulfing the ominous mountain of flesh and blood.

--boom! ! !

The light blade opened in the next second, and after the deafening sound, the surging holy flames began to burn fiercely, eating away at the flesh and blood bit by bit, completely burning them into the ashes of the calamity fire.

When the holy flame was finally extinguished and the flesh and blood of the pagans was completely reduced to ashes, Palmier sheathed his sword and turned around to leave the broken stronghold.

"Close the team, our mission is accomplished."

Palmier's cold voice came from under her visor.

"Follow me back to the church and report the completion status to the Great Sacrifice."

…

Palmier and the Holy Judges gathered up and left, and the blockade of Lane Six was immediately lifted.

After they completed the "clean-up" work, they quietly left the scene, as if nothing had happened here.

However, what Pamier didn't know was that just beside Alley No. 6, on the eaves at the edge of their previously blocked position, several figures were lingering here, quietly watching their departure.

It wasn't until Palmier and the Holy Judges actually left Pender Street that these figures jumped down one after another and came to the original stronghold of the "Hidden Eye".

"Ah...it's incredible."

A sighing voice came from under the cloak of one of the figures. He raised his arms at the same time and gently took off the half-covered red cloak, revealing the shiny and exquisite helmet underneath that shone with silvery white light.

The other people around him also took off their cloaks, revealing the armor hidden underneath, thereby revealing their identities.

——They are all the guard knights of the "side court". Half of the knights have been "surveilling" in the nearby alley for a long time, while the other half have just arrived to connect with the knights responsible for surveillance.

"We have been monitoring for a long time, and we did witness the scene of the death of the 'Death Teller' Glenn Bruiser."

A guard knight said, "The 'presiding priest' from the church took Gerien and flew high into the sky. And a golden and white glowing wing grew out of his back, and it activated Shooting out countless burning wing feathers..."

"All those burning wing feathers exploded the moment they hit Gray. After a round of bombing, 'Death Teller' Gray fell to the ground... I didn't see the scene clearly after that, but Gray He appeared to have died on the spot.”

The knight who said this immediately spread his hands and said helplessly: "To be honest, I don't recognize it at all. What kind of holy art is it...even whether the high priest is worshiping fire, enlightenment or tailoring." The blessings of sin were not clearly identified..."

"..."

"It doesn't matter, it's not your problem, Honoré."

Another old and gentle voice came from in front of the knight "Honore". All the guard knights immediately looked at the source of the sound. The breathing under their masks suddenly stopped, and the atmosphere among the knights suddenly became solemn.

The knight who made the old voice then continued: "That is the 'Light Winged Heavenly Punishment'... The priesthood that can master this holy art does not belong to any of the three major paths of [Glory]."

"If what Honoré said is true, then it is almost certain that the high priest of the church is the 'Judge of Holy Glory'. Ah... It's a pity that I couldn't be there in person. I only heard that [Glory] has such a priesthood. Unexpectedly, the new chief priest of the church is."

The old knight's voice was full of regret, and the knights in front of him looked at each other. Although they couldn't see each other's helmeted faces, they could all imagine the complex emotions of the other at this time. expression.

Because they didn't understand at all what the "old knight" was talking about...

After a while, the knight Honoré broke the silence and said to the "old knight" in front of him:

"...Lord Baines, we have never heard of the 'Judge of Holy Glory'... However, the 'Master of Ceremony' of the church is indeed incredibly powerful."

"Baines" sighed and said slowly:

"Yes... this is indeed beyond my expectation. 'Death Teller' Greg, he had already glimpsed the spiritual door of 'sainthood'. But I know that at least the time for him to complete the promotion ceremony is still One day, before that, I wanted the church to find a way for me. It would be the best thing if the 'Master of Ceremony' was willing to do it himself."

"And even if there is no movement from the church, I will kill Gerien before he is truly promoted. I will never let him be successfully promoted to the 'fifth destiny'. That will only leave disaster."

"Even if the church really turns a blind eye to this, I can use this as a bargaining chip to gain an advantage in future negotiations with the church. It's a pity..."

Baines' voice paused for a moment before he continued slowly: "Unfortunately, I still misjudged the ability of the high priest. He was entrusted with important tasks by the diocese at such a young age. I should pay more attention to him... "

"Now, the high priest has solved the 'Death Teller' alone, but has put our [Supreme] side court on the edge... We have lost this bargaining chip, and now, the advantage of negotiation has fallen to It’s in the hands of the church.”

"..."

"It's our fault, Lord Baines."

In front of Baines, several guard knights lowered their heads and said: "It's because we didn't have time to 'support' the high priest. We had a chance, but we missed this opportunity."

"Forget it...it's already done, there's no point in talking about it anymore."

Baynes sighed, but he quickly changed to a positive attitude and said:

"That's good. At least we learned about the true strength of the high priest. At the same time, we also lost a troublesome enemy like 'Death Teller' Gray. Generally speaking, this is a good thing."

"We need to re-evaluate the relationship we should have with the church. Well... then let Nelson go to the church again and convey the goodwill of our 'side court' to the high priest."

"..."

After saying this, Baines turned around, led his guard knights, and walked towards the corner of the street.

And just when their figures were about to disappear into the shadows of the deep alley, Baines finally said to the knight beside him:

"Hmm...Honore. You can go to Rust Street later and find the 'Priest of Death' Asvis to meet in secret."

"You go and tell him - the information he provided worked. 'Death Teller' Geran is dead. I am very satisfied with his sincerity in surrendering."

"According to the previous agreement, the 'Bianting' will provide him with asylum for three months. I hope that he will continue to show sincerity, and the 'Bianting' will also fulfill the agreement and protect him until the end of the period."

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