Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

Blood splattered everywhere.

Afatak was pierced by the spike protruding from the bell curtain, and blood gushed out of his body like a fountain.

But the spike did not penetrate his fatal vitals, which allowed Afatak to escape from the sea of ​​death.

"Cough cough... cough..."

Afatak coughed twice, and he felt sweet in his throat, and then vomited sticky blood.

Severe pain came from all parts of his body, eroding and devouring his spirit.

"'The Executioner' Afatak."

"Or, 'Storm Warrior' Afatak."

Koros's sharp voice came from the side, and every word was clearly heard by Afatak:

"This is just a small 'punishment' - but it is by no means enough to offset the shame on you."

"As a warrior, as a warrior who also believes in the way of [Ku Tu] 'God of War', Afatak."

"I can let you die later, or in other words, your death should be more valuable to me."

As he said, Koros bent his fingers again and flicked lightly on the snake-shaped cone blade.

The bell curtain covering Afatak disappeared, and the cone thorns also dissipated into nothingness, leaving only several deep holes on Afatak's body that appeared out of thin air, and blood was still gushing out.

"...I will follow your instructions, Lord Koros."

Afatak endured the pain in his body, knelt on one knee in the direction of Koros, and said:

"...I will atone for my sins...As you said-even if I must die, I will die more meaningfully."

"Very good." Koros nodded.

The corners of his mouth immediately turned up into a sinister, joyful smile, which formed a weird expression with the howling mask he was wearing.

"Then, tell me-what happened before I came here."

"...Okay." Afatak responded in a low voice.

And the first thing he said to Koros was:

"-'Guillotine' Bagri, he rebelled."

...

"'Executioner' Afatak, he knows my identity."

Isor was left in the royal court, and Bagri reported to Luo Xiu in the palace.

"..."

"He knows your identity?" Luo Xiu frowned slightly, "He knows that you are the apostle of the Holy Abyss?"

Bagri was silent for a while, then nodded heavily.

"In the previous decisive battle, I abandoned Afatak's Berserker Legion, which should have made him suspicious."

"But Afatak did not take action at that time. It was not until two days later, when they really regained their foothold outside the city, that Afatak suddenly attacked me."

"During the battle between me and him, he said this - 'The person wearing a green mask and using a broadsword is you, claiming to be an apostle serving the Holy Abyss'. I may have revealed something and let him find out the clues."

"..."

The most difficult situation has appeared... Luo Xiu has a headache.

He did not let the "Death Priest" Asvis participate in the decisive battle before, because he was afraid that the people in the border court would find out something.

The same situation actually applies to Bagri, but the severity is relatively lower.

Because the Dark Army was originally the enemy - the loss of exposure was not serious.

But if Asvis was exposed, the situation would completely evolve into a hostility between "Sacred Abyss" and "Border Court", which was not what Luo Xiu wanted to see at the moment.

Compared with taking risks, the presence of "Violent Sword Master" Bagri was more critical at the time. If he hadn't stopped some of the blood corpse hyena tide, the battle would have become more difficult.

But now the risk has backfired - fortunately, Bagri finally escaped Afatak's surprise attack and came back with his life.

"Then what?" Although his heart was surging, Luo Xiu still asked calmly.

"Then... before Afatak told my identity to the 'Executioner' Koros, I found him first by virtue of my past as the 'Fang Chief', and reported Afatak's failure to Koros with exaggeration."

"Koros was very angry about this - Afatak's failure in the decisive battle was enough to kill him, and Koros, who was at odds with the 'CEO' Fafnir, would not miss this opportunity."

"I have tried my best to save the impact of being exposed, my lord. I also tried to let Koros arrive in Red Maple City later, but I failed."

"After that, I was sent by Koros to perform other tasks."

"But I escaped halfway, activated the teleportation mark in a safe enough place, and temporarily hid in the 'Holy Abyss' royal court."

"..."

His final reaction was quite sensitive... Luo Xiu thought.

This is to give full play to the last surplus value. "Executioner" Koros will first suspect Afatak. Even if Afatak later reveals Bagri's identity to Koros, this suspicion will be deeply rooted in Koros' heart and will be difficult to erase.

But Bagri can no longer stay in the dark army and stay with Koros as an undercover... Luo Xiu felt a little sorry, but it was not surprising.

"I already know."

Luo Xiu nodded and said to Bagri:

"That was a special situation. Therefore, I will forgive your mistakes, Bagri."

"But from now on, Bagri. You stay in the royal court and don't go out for the time being. It just so happens that the royal court of the "Holy Abyss" also needs someone to guard it."

"Whenever I need to use you, I will let the Faceless Man tell you."

"..."

"Your will be obeyed, Lord."

Bagri knelt down to Luo Xiu again, bowed as a servant, and spoke humbly.

Then, Bagri watched the "Lord" turn around and walk towards his golden throne.

And next to his feet, a red circle of light and shadow appeared.

Luo Xiu's figure became more and more illusory in the eyes of Intis and Bagri, and finally disappeared.

He has been teleported back to the real world, back to his high priest residence within the Red Maple City Church.

…

Red Maple City Church, the residence of the great priest.

After activating the dragon claw engraving and returning to the bedroom, Luo Xiu recalled "Shadow Raven" Wu Ye and removed the Yaojin barrier.

Koros has arrived, but Hubert, the "high deacon" of the diocese who will evaluate him, has not yet arrived. This is undoubtedly a very dangerous situation.

After returning from the Forsaken Royal Court, Luo Xiu decided to stay dormant for the time being, waiting for the enemy to take action.

This is also the safest decision in the absence of vision... Luo Xiu thought about it.

After that, he went to the mission house and began to prepare in advance to prevent the enemy.

…

Outside Hongfeng City, there is a dark military camp.

When he heard what Afatak said, a cruel expression flashed across Koros's face.

"Do you know what you're talking about, Afatak?"

Koros said in a cold tone: "That is my 'monster', my subordinate."

"You should know, Afatak. If you bite in a hurry just to survive, I will definitely make you unable to survive or die."

"..."

"...Lord Koros, I didn't lie."

Afatak endured the severe pain in his body, and said with a humble posture but a firm tone:

"The failure of the decisive battle was largely due to Bagri's rebellion!"

"The 'Berserker Legion' I entrusted him to lead was completely wiped out by the knights in the side court, but Bagri was nowhere to be seen from the beginning to the end!"

"But before, when my deputy commander, 'Beast Tamer' Krall, released the Calamity Beasts, an organization claiming to serve the 'Holy Abyss' suddenly appeared... One of the 'Apostles', even though he wore He wears a mask that blocks his breath, but from the moves he uses and the spirituality he emits, there are some shadows of 'Guillotine' Bagry!"

"..." Koros was silent.

After a long time, Koros looked at Afatak with deep eyes. From under his cold mask, it was impossible to see his expression at this time.

But Afatak felt the cold, twisted, and manic anger from the "executor" in front of him.

After a while, Koros suddenly said in a low voice:

"'Fallen Prophet', tell me the movements of Bagri."

In front of him were the 'monster heads' of Afatak surrounding him. One of them took half a step back, and then came to Koros.

It was a [Lost] believer wearing a pitch-black cloak, his face blurry as if obscured by mist.

He bowed slightly to Koros and said:

"Follow your arrangements."

Then, the fallen prophet shook his sleeves, and a slender black magic staff fell out of it, and it was held firmly in his hand.

Then, he waved his magic staff, danced some kind of weird dance, and chanted in a kind of singing tone:

"——Original Goddess! I beg you to show mercy!"

"——I long for the future, and I dedicate my soul to it!"

"——The disbeliever of [Ku Tu], the 'violent swordsman' Bagri Sadiman..."

"——Pray for truth and insight for me!"

"..."

The fallen prophet's singing speed became faster and faster, his spinning and jumping sacrificial dance steps became more and more weird, and white and black spiritual light patterns began to appear around him.

"--ah!"

Suddenly, the fallen prophet yelled, and his whole body stiffened backwards and fell straight down.

He fell heavily to the ground, foam pouring out of the corners of his mouth, and blood overflowing from his eyes and nostrils.

His body began to twitch, and soon he lost all movement.

"..." Seeing this, Koros frowned even more tightly.

He probably knew that the "Fallen Prophet" suffered some kind of divination backlash.

But it did not come from himself, but from the object of his divination - 'Guillotine' Bagri. He blocked the divination in some way and launched a reverse attack on the soul of the fallen prophet!

This situation is exactly the same as when I asked the "Fallen Prophet" to divine the priest who might hold the broken pages of "Said's Codex" several times.

...Suddenly, Kross seemed to realize something.

——The "monster" who was sent to assassinate the priest that time was also Bagri!

He suddenly felt that there were many things that he could not understand before, and they gradually became traceable——

From Bagri telling him that the "broken pages" were in the hands of the Purity Order, to his many actions being repeatedly targeted by unknown organizations - is this the 'Holy Abyss'? That is the ‘Holy Abyss’!

In a daze, Kross felt that he was gradually understanding everything.

But now he knew that it was useless - he and Baberon, the 'Hidden Omniscient', had fought countless battles with the Pure Order, and the relationship between the two sides was now like fire and water... and the series of losses caused by this were difficult to recover. It was not until the end that he realized that this was just a ridiculous farce...

"——Bang!"

The more he thought about it, the angrier Koros was. He raised his fist and smashed it heavily in front of Afatak.

The condensed fist wind hit the ground heavily, causing a deep pit deep in the ground to the ankle. The strong vibration accompanied by the deafening sound made Afatak kneel unsteadily.

Afatak's forehead was sweating, and he could feel that Koros, the "executioner" in front of him, really wanted to kill.

This made Afatak sweat profusely, but he didn't even dare to breathe, and could only wait tremblingly for Koros to give the next instruction.

After a long silence, Koros slowly said to Afatak:

"...I will capture Bagli and cut him into pieces."

"But not now."

"...Now, Afatak. Tell me what the defense situation of Red Maple City is like."

"Okay, okay..." Afatak responded quickly:

"Their defense situation is similar to what we have known before. The key lies in the extraordinary people in the three places of 'Border Court', 'Church' and 'Square Monument Court'."

"The 'Judge' and 'Knight of the Throne' of the Border Court There is a certain threat, but their strength is not much different from mine; the two "generalists" of the "Fangbei Courtyard" are weaker than me. "

"The most noteworthy one should be the "high priest" of the church."

"The name of the "high priest" is Luo Xiu Carlos, the "holy judge" of the four-fold destiny of [Glorious]. All our colleagues in the "four-fold destiny" died at his hands."

"..."

"Luo Xiu Carlos..."

Koros chewed on the name repeatedly and nodded solemnly.

"I know."

Then he said to Afatak:

"I will test him, Afatak, this is your chance to fight for your life."

"It is also your only chance."

...

Late at night.

Red Maple City, Glorious Church.

When the dark sky covered the night sky and the whole city had returned to silence.

Luo Xiu was still guarding the high priest's residence and had no intention of sleeping.

This is the most dangerous moment - on the first night of the arrival of "Executioner" Koros, a strange atmosphere enveloped the dome of the entire church.

Suddenly, Luo Xiu's spirituality trembled to a certain extent.

And the illusory, crystal-like "ghost hawk" in front of him also emitted strange colors.

They gradually merged into a blurred image, showing the "unknown intruder" within the detection range.

There were six figures wearing black cloaks, belonging to the fate of [bitter tea], [nothingness], [loss], and [intelligence].

——"Fang heads"! And there are six "Fang heads"!

"Executioner" Koros really took action... Luo Xiu thought.

And I, as the "host of the high sacrifice" of the church.

Is Koros's first target.

…