Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

——"Holy Deacon of Purification" Hubert!

Just like the last time they met in the church of Sina City, Hubert was wearing a blue-gray long dress, and at the same time, he also put on a white robe with gold patterns.

He held a war hammer forged with fine steel in his hand, and the engraved patterns on the hammer surface were shining with golden light.

When he saw that it was "Senior Deacon" Hubert who suddenly appeared on the battlefield, Luo Xiu's frown suddenly relaxed.

He estimated that Hubert would arrive in Hongfeng City at the latest in the next few days, but he didn't expect that he would arrive so timely!

Looking at the other side of the battlefield, the expression on the face of "Executioner" Koros suddenly became quite wonderful.

Under the damaged colorful mask, Koros' pupils were trembling violently, and hideous ravines gradually accumulated on his originally pale face. He looked at Hubert's figure in disbelief.

"You... the 'holy deacon' of the Holy Court..."

Koros said to Hubert in a sharp and cold voice:

"Why can you... chase here..."

"..."

... Chase? Hubert chased Koros? Luo Xiu captured the key words.

Before Koros arrived in Red Maple City, had he and Hubert encountered and fought?

Luo Xiu thought about these things divergently, and then he looked at Hubert.

Hubert did not respond to Koros's words, but slowly raised the war hammer in his hand that was emitting golden light, and the sacred and surging aura was spreading from him one circle after another.

He was ready to attack - in that war hammer, the extremely strong "annihilation" power had already condensed into shape.

Just when Hubert's spirituality locked Koros, Koros also made a new move.

Koros didn't wait for Hubert's response. His expression twitched slightly. His deep eyes swept over Hubert, Luo Xiu and the people of the "Border Court" in the field, and the outline of his body began to fade gradually.

The dark fog gradually spread and surged from the bottom of Koros' feet, and finally completely enveloped him.

Seeing such a change in Koros, Hubert immediately swung his war hammer and rushed towards Koros.

Hubert and the war hammer in his hand rushed towards Koros and almost became a bright golden afterimage.

——Boom! The end point where the afterimage stopped suddenly erupted with extremely strong shocks, and golden fragments of light splashed around one after another!

Just around the explosion, the air was extremely distorted.

Hubert's hammer at Koros did dispel the black fog that permeated Koros.

However, the figure of "Executioner" Koros had disappeared from the spot - the end of Hubert's bombardment was only the cracked ground, but there was no trace of Koros.

He fled, and had already fled the battlefield before Hubert's hammer hit him.

His breath was completely annihilated, and even Hubert could not determine where he fled to, so he could not chase him.

Although Koros escaped, he did not take away the other "Black Fangs" and "Fang Heads" who sneaked into the border.

Without Koros's command, the "Black Fangs" and "Fang Heads", their fighting spirit was instantly reduced, and the knights of the border immediately regained the upper hand in their respective battles and steadily suppressed the invading enemies.

And Baines and Frosa have also joined the knights' battle group, blocking the last retreat of these enemies who invaded the border.

Hubert and Luo Xiu also quickly locked their targets on the invading "Flange Heads". With the intervention of several powerful fighters, the "Black Fangs" and "Flange Heads" were soon killed and wounded, and no one escaped.

Luo Xiu killed two "Flange Heads". Although Koros ran away, the reward for killing the Fang Heads was also a reward for the winner.

...

After all the enemies in the border court were wiped out, Frosa led the remaining knights to clean up the messy battlefield, and Baines came to Hubert and Luo Xiu and thanked them solemnly.

"Thank you for your help, Mr. 'Saint Deacon', and Mr. Luo Xiu." Baines nodded to the two clergy in front of him.

The "holy deacon" of Songyuan Parish finally arrived, which allowed the defense of Songyuan City to finally regain some balance with the Dark Army... But letting the "executioner" Koros escape still left a huge hidden danger... Baines thought about this with a half-joy and half-worry in his heart, but his face remained calm and solemn.

"You came just in time, Lord Hubert." Luo Xiu also echoed from the side, "We tried our best to resist the "executioner". If you came later, I can't imagine what would happen."

If Hubert came later, I would have been forced to take off my vest... Luo Xiu complained in his heart at the same time.

"It's just a little effort. I also noticed some unusual movements here." Hubert shook his head and said, "It's a pity that the "executioner" still ran away."

"Lord Hubert, just now the "executioner" Koros said that you seemed to have encountered him on the way to Red Maple City?" Luo Xiu asked Hubert.

"Yes." Huberte nodded and said, "That's true."

"But Koros was not my target at the time. I just discovered the whereabouts of the elder of the 'Hidden Omniscient', Baberon Dias, on the way to Red Maple City."

"I chased him all the way, and he led me to the location of 'Executioner' Kross, that's all."

That's all... So you, the old man, are also hunting down Koros? Luo Xiu secretly clicked his tongue.

It seems that Hubert has actually been in Red Maple City for a while. But he did not choose to come to the church immediately. Instead, he found a place to stay and hide temporarily.

On the one hand, Hubert was also wary of the possible actions of "Executioner" Kross; on the other hand, this was not part of his "assessment"... Luo Xiu was thinking about this.

And Hubert said to himself just now - "You have done a good job", which shows that he should recognize his achievements in Red Maple City...

Hubert did not continue talking about what happened after that. He turned to look at Luo Xiu and said:

"You know why I'm here, Luo Xiu. I'm very happy to see you grow up again."

"This shows that my decision to let you pass the 'Grand Ceremony Hosting' assessment was correct. The achievements you made in Red Maple City have been reported back to the main church, and even the Archbishop is satisfied with you."

"But now..."

After a pause, Hubert continued: "Now is not the time for small talk."

"There are still enemies that have not been dealt with. Just outside Red Maple City - 'Hidden Elder' Babelun is attacking the city wall. The two generals of 'Fangbeiyuan' cannot resist him for too long."

"The 'Bound Court' will go to support them." Baynes said from the side. "Koros's raid plan failed. If we appeared in front of Babelan, he would know that Koros's operation failed and he would feel guilty. retreat."

"Well, I'll trouble you." Hubert nodded, "I'll be there later."

After that, Baines took Frosa and a few more lightly injured guard knights, and rushed towards the city wall.

In the messy side courtyard, soon only Hubert, Luo Xiu, and a group of injured knights were left cleaning the battlefield.

Hubert and Luo Xiu immediately left the side court and headed towards the church first.

The crisis in the city was temporarily relieved, and Hubert and Luo Xiu could go to the church to summon other clergymen.

"I felt a heterogeneous spiritual surge. When riots broke out in many places in the city, its surge was particularly strong. It was the aura of another 'holy'."

Halfway through, Hubert said to Luo Xiu: "But I didn't find out who he was. I only vaguely noticed that the source of the aura was on Gusta Street."

"Do you have any information about this?"

The ‘saint’ of Gusta Street? That must be "Bishop of the Undead" Pasaro... Luo Xiu thought these things with certainty. At the same time, he realized that "High Deacon" Hubert had indeed arrived in Red Maple City a long time ago and had already done a lot of investigation work. .

"That should be the 'Dead Bishop' Pasaro." Luo Xiu then said to Hubert, "Before you arrived, I captured an enemy leader. His name is Lias, and he is [ Lost his destiny, and contacted Coros and Passaro.”

"At that time, I transferred the 'Hunter' Lias to the side court, and his interrogation was also conducted by the 'Grand Inquisitor'. I participated in the entire process of the interrogation."

"Lias confessed about the 'Dead Bishop' Passaro. His hiding place is on Gusta Street. I have asked the Holy Inquisition to investigate him."

"That's it." Hubert nodded.

"A [lost] bishop is hiding in Red Maple City... I don't know why."

"When I was in Songyuan City and the main church, I couldn't imagine that this city would face so many dangers."

…

While exchanging information, Luo Xiu and Hubert had returned to the church.

At this time, the church was still shrouded in the "Great Sun Golden Barrier". Outside the barrier lay several corpses of "Black Fang" and "Hunted Head". They tried to break the barrier and invade. Inside the church, he was first killed by the church's clergy.

After Luo Xiu spread his senses and realized that there were no living enemies around the Great Sun Golden Barrier, he let go of a corner of the barrier and entered the interior of the barrier with Hubert.

After that, Luo Xiu summoned the clergymen of the church's "triple destiny" such as Anthony, Mayev, and Pamier, and rushed to the location of the Red Maple City wall.

…

Outside of Red Maple City.

"Hidden Elder" Babelun's bombardment was still continuing. On the way to the city wall, the sound of continuous bombardment gradually rose with the black smoke, and the earth was accompanied by quite violent vibrations again and again.

But the momentum of Baburon's bombardment of the city wall gradually decreased. As Baines said, after Koros chose to retreat, Babrun really had the intention to cease his activities.

When Luo Xiu, Hubert, and the clergymen of the church came to the city wall, the dusty-faced Lord Nelson hurriedly ran to greet them.

"How is the situation?" Luo Xiu asked City Lord Nelson.

"We held it! We held the city wall under the hands of that Babylon..."

Even though he was disgraced, Lord Nelson still couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes and said:

"Lord Baynes and Lord Frosa arrived in time to provide support. But before the two adults arrived, the two generals from Fangbeiyuan used nearly twenty 'Sky Lake Curtains' Blocked Babelun's attack!"

"Now, nearly ten minutes have passed since Baberon last bombarded the city wall! The enemies outside the city have not made any new moves. We have reason to believe that it is a sign that they are about to retreat."

At this time, Baines and Frosa have already made good defense outside the city. In front of them is a fortress-type puppet, stationed firmly in front of the city gate.

And on the ground around the "fortress" where they are, there are deep pits that are still emitting black smoke.

Bains and Frosa worked closely with the generalists of the "Fangbei Courtyard" to intercept many fire streams bombarding the city wall.

And in the precious time that Baines and Frosa bought, the magicians of the Fangbei Courtyard risked being bombarded into pieces and lowered the city wall, and completed a temporary repair of the damaged wall with the skills of [intelligence].

So far, the entire city wall has temporarily escaped the danger of collapse, and it is difficult for the "hidden elder" Baberon to break through the defense of Baines and Frosa in a short time.

Luo Xiu looked into the distance.

The thick fog that enveloped Baberon and his "city-destroying cannon puppet" was gradually dissipating.

Among them, Baberon's figure had also disappeared without a trace - he had indeed retreated and gave up the action of continuing to bombard the city.

"...Huh." It was not until this moment that Luo Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.

Koros and Baberon had both retreated. Putting Baberon aside, Koros definitely suffered heavy losses.

Almost half of his "fangs" died in this operation. After his retreat this time, he should not come back for a while.

And the remaining enemy's "saint", "dead bishop" Passaro, did not know what he was planning...

Luo Xiu was thinking in his mind. At the same time, he saw Baines and Frosa return to the city, and Irfan and Eureka also took back the puppets of the fortress, so he walked towards them.

This is a victorious gathering... Luo Xiu thought to himself, shook off the dust on his body, and a smile appeared on his face.

This is another important victory for Red Maple City.

…

Red Maple City, Gusta Street.

Deep in the street, under an old alley that had long been abandoned, the base of the "Ancient Hermitage" is hidden here.

"Bishop of the Dead" Passaro, he sat on a chair made of skeletons, looking at the crystal ball in front of him with a gloomy expression and indifferent.

Several dark mists gathered from all around and merged into the interior of the crystal ball, and the "death" spirit it carried was about to be full.

However, just before it was about to be full, the death spirits pouring in from all around "cut off", and as the expression on Passaro's face gradually twisted, his eyes began to flash with doubt, unwillingness, and fear.

"I'm hungry..."

Suddenly, right in front of Passaro, behind the ominous black crystal ball, came a childish, baby-like, shrill, hungry voice.

A pair of huge, cloudy eyes, about the size of a human head, and full of bloodshot.

Under Passaro's trembling gaze, they slowly opened.

…