Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

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[Thomas the Tank Engine]: What happened?

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Why am I gone?

【Thomas the Tank Engine】:? ? ? ? ?

【……】：……

At the moment of death, Thomas had opened the [Chat Channel] and sent several messages with a questioning tone.

He didn't even see clearly who the enemy was, he only knew that he was gone with a "bang", and even exaggerated damage figures were refreshed on the panel!

——When I received 828D, I only had 130 HP points, and I received 82864 points of damage!

——This time you can even see me in 637.4 seconds!

How much psychological damage can be caused to a cute kid by being called "82864"! .jpg

At the same time, the chat channel was like an explosion, and other players who entered the death cooldown with Thomas also joined the conversation one after another——

[Stewing crocodile in iron pot]: Woc? Brother Meng, what happened?

[Crocodile stewed in iron pot]: Why was I killed? nmd suffered 67988 damage!

[Big crocodile stewed in iron pot]: Should I defeat the bull demon? What's going on over there?

[CaiGou]: Haha, we will die together.

[Dangerous Building Listening to the Rain]: +1

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Old crocodile, you just suffered a 82864!

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Holy shit, what the hell? !

[Calm down Xiaonan]: Calm down, brothers, calm down

[Calm down Xiaonan]: My damage panel has also been refreshed - 102384 points of "fire" damage. It seems that the person who caused the damage was a 'ring flame bishop'...

[Alicia]: I am him too...but it seems that he is the [Lost] Bishop? Is it a primitive sect?

[Alicia]: Anyway, I feel like this is not something we can fight now...

[Alicia]: That should be the enemy with the fifth level of destiny. What do you say now, withdraw first?

[Crocodile stewed in iron pot]: Agreed. Fortunately, it was the first death. It only takes 30 seconds to resurrect. Oh, mine is already healed.

[Crocodile stewed in iron pot]: Resurrect and return to the room first, and then rush to the church to report this matter to the bishop. This is an enemy we discovered together. What starting reward should we get?

【Thomas the Tank Engine】: Agree

[Human High-Quality Rereading Ji]: Agreed

【……】：……

In the previous pillar of scarlet fire that soared into the sky, this patrol team of ten people died suddenly at almost the same time.

While waiting for resurrection, they quickly discussed a lot in the group and passed the resurrection cooldown time.

Thomas was still a little eager to give it a try, wanting to be resurrected on the spot to see what the "ring-flame bishop" looked like, but the captain "Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile" still insisted on being resurrected first. After weighing the balance, Thomas gave up the idea of ​​committing suicide first. .

…

In the deep alley, in the sea of ​​burning scarlet fire.

The fine spiritual threads were pulled out from the remains of the broken flesh that were already ashes and charred in the sea of ​​fire, and flew quickly towards the entrance of the deep alley, and soon disappeared.

The fire burned more and more intensely, and no one noticed this "resurrection" vision.

Until the fire gradually died down.

From deeper in the alley, a man wearing a crimson cloak slowly walked out.

His face is covered in large areas of burnt marks, and scarlet flames are lingering on his neck, waist, abdomen, and wrists like bracelets; his eyes have no whites, and dark yellow and scarlet flames are in his eyes. His eyes were spinning, looking at the embers still floating in front of him, thoughtfully.

"Church people..."

He is "Bishop of Flame" Drummond.

The two almost dry lips trembled and uttered a hoarse whisper:

"Why do people from the church come here? They are all strangers..."

"Forget it, it's not important."

"Dead people cannot speak..."

"..."

With one final glance at the remaining flames in front of him, "Bishop of Flame" Drummond put his hands behind his back and turned around to leave with a staggering step.

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In the outer suburbs of Red Maple City, there is a group of church villas.

"hiss……"

Opening his eyes from the bed, Thomas rubbed his head and felt a tearing pain coming from his brain.

This is the residual effect that will always remain after "resurrection" - that comes from the immersive pain simulation in "God's Path".

Thomas didn't turn off the option, but turned it up to 20%...but even so, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

His skin seemed to still have some burning phantom pain, as if the scarlet flames were still burning him, but this feeling did not last long and soon subsided with the change of environment.

"'Bishop of Ring Flame' Drummond..."

Thomas stood up from the bed and murmured at the same time.

"A [lost] bishop... has a five-fold destiny. Our 'bishop' also has a five-fold destiny..."

"Is that the main boss we are about to face? But why doesn't it feel like it..."

"..."

While thinking to himself, Thomas touched his waist with his right hand, but found nothing.

This made him suddenly excited, and his eyes fell to his waist at the same time, but he didn't see what he wanted to see——

"broken!"

"My sword!"

The "mithril straight sword" he had customized from the dwarf blacksmith shop at a huge price (5 gold coins) during the internal beta test had been lost in that deep alley!

There was also a set of fine armor of the "Church Patrol", which was also melted by the previous scarlet flames. Now Thomas was wearing ordinary clothes belonging to "civilians"!

The pain in his heart could not help but surge into his heart.

Although he knew that "God's Destiny" would drop upon death, he still felt very distressed.

The set of armor of the "Church Patrol" was fine. At that time, the church issued him two sets in total, and the other spare set was hung on the wall of the room.

But that "mithril straight sword" - Thomas had already used it well. Once lost, he could only temporarily use the previous "steel blade hand sword", and his combat power would definitely be greatly reduced.

Thomas suddenly felt that he was like returning to the pre-liberation era... But now there was no time to be sad about these things, and there was a knock on his door soon.

Dongdongdong, the knock on the door was heavy and rapid, and Thomas trotted over and opened the door.

He saw the burly "Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile" appear in front of him, and the "Paladin Armor" and "Paladin Sword" on his body had been lost. He was wearing the same civilian clothes as himself, and his burly body was almost bursting!

"You lost your equipment too?"

Thomas asked.

He suddenly felt much better.

"What else?" The crocodile rolled his eyes at him and said, "It's okay. According to my experience in the internal test, these lost equipment can still be reported lost... But it's not the time to worry about these."

"The others have just resurrected and have gathered in the courtyard. You are the only one missing. Let's go back to the church now and talk to Bishop Luo Xiu about this."

"Okay." Thomas nodded.

He quickly changed into another spare "Church Patrol" suit, took the one-handed sword that was already a little rusty, and followed the crocodile to the courtyard.

When he arrived at the courtyard, Thomas saw that the other players had indeed been waiting here. When they saw Thomas coming, they hurried towards the church.

...

Twenty minutes later.

Thomas, who had almost trotted all the way and was a little out of breath, finally arrived at the main entrance of the church.

He and other players were about to go in when they saw "Bishop" Luo Xiu just walking out of the inner courtyard and about to ride on the "Golden Pegasus" to gallop away.

"Bishop!"

"Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile" hurriedly shouted, and Bishop Luo Xiu also turned around at the same time, sweeping his golden eyes over everyone.

"It's you." Luo Xiu nodded and asked kindly:

"What's wrong?"

"We... We..."

Thomas was a little out of breath, but he still said the next words in one breath:

"- At the location of Lane 36 on the main street, we found the traces of the 'ring... enemy!"

He wanted to tell Bishop Luo Xiu directly that they found "Ring Flame Bishop" Drummond.

But suddenly he thought that he might not be able to explain why he knew the profession and name of "Ring Flame Bishop" Drummond, so he simply called them "enemies".

"Enemy traces?" Bishop Luo Xiu seemed stunned, his eyes slightly fixed, and asked:

"What did you encounter?"

"We were attacked-quite fiercely!"

Thomas responded:

"At that time, dozens of scarlet pillars of fire spewed out from the ground at the same time, and soon burned a large area into a sea of ​​fire! But before we could see who the enemy was, we were engulfed by those flames..."

"You know, we have the ability of 'resurrection', and we are lucky not to really die... After resurrection, I came to tell you all this!"

"Scarlet pillars of fire..." Bishop Luo Xiu seemed to be in deep thought.

After a moment, his brows knitted tightly and said:

"That was 'Ring Flame Bishop' Drummond, I did get the information that he sneaked into Red Maple City."

"You did a good job. Thomas the Tank Engine...and you. Don't tell anyone else about this yet."

"Yes, Bishop!"

Thomas, Big Crocodile and other players responded to their "Bishop" at the same time.

As they responded to the "bishop", their panels flashed and new content emerged——

[Trigger the commission task]

[Commission task: Encounter the Ring Flame Bishop! (Normal difficulty)]

[Recommended level: lv.1]

[Task type: commission task]

[Task description: While performing the patrol task as a "church patrol", you encountered the "Ring Flame Bishop" Drummond.

The Ring Flame Bishop is as strong as a monster, and you still can't defeat him despite your best efforts, but you finally got the information about Drummond's hiding place, and returned to the church as soon as possible to inform your bishop, Luo Xiu Carlos.

Bishop Luo Xiu Carlos approved of the information you provided. Now you just need to wait, wait for the news that the "Ring Flame Bishop" Drummond has been "judged". ]

[Task objective: Wait for the news that the "Ring Flame Bishop" Drummond has died. 】

[Completion rewards: Basic experience +5000, free attribute points +3, Luo Xiu·Carlos favorability +10%]

[……]

Looking at the new tasks triggered on the panel, Thomas, Da Ying and other players are getting more and more excited.

——This is the benefit of joining the Red Maple City Church!

Just wait... Even though he hasn't played for a long time, this is the first time Thomas has received such a mission in "God's Destiny" where he doesn't have to do anything but "wait".

He was about to say something when he realized that the "Bishop" Rossiu Carlos in front of him had his eyes on him again and stayed on him for a long time.

"Where is your weapon? Thomas? I remember that you have been using a mithril straight sword."

Luo Xiu asked him.

But this time, it was Thomas' turn to be stunned.

My weapon...why did the bishop suddenly ask this?

A strange feeling arose in his heart. Under the gentle but majestic gaze of "Bishop" Rossiu Carlos, although as a "player" he always wanted to say something sexy, he finally said sincerely:

"It was lost in Lane Thirty-Six...I haven't been able to recover it yet."

"I understand." Luo Xiu nodded calmly.

As he said that, he had mounted the "Golden Pegasus" Pegasus, looked at the other cleric on duty in front of the main entrance of the church, and ordered him:

"Vedrian. Now take them to the 'Missionary' and to the Holy Treasure Hall to pick up ten gold coins each. In addition, give them a weapon according to the standards of the 'Double Destiny' extraordinary person. That can make them They choose what they like.”

"Yes, Bishop."

The priest named "Vedrian" stepped forward and bowed respectfully to Luo Xiu. Then he turned around and came to Thomas, Crocodile and other players and said:

"Come with me, I will take you to the Holy Treasure Hall."

"..."

This time, Thomas was truly stunned.

Ten gold coins... an extraordinary weapon...

——He has just "arrived" in less than a day, and he can get so many things? !

Just these gold coins are all that I earned during the "internal beta"!

All of a sudden, the heartache of losing the "Mithril Straight Sword" disappeared at this moment.

The other players around Thomas also had expressions of surprise on their faces at this time. They all expressed their gratitude to "Bishop" Luo Xiu, and then happily followed Videlian back to the church and headed straight for the mission.

…

After Thomas, Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile and the others left.

The kind and friendly expression on Luo Xiu's face disappeared. He mounted Pegasus, which had lost its flames, and galloped towards Lane No. 36 on the main street!

In fact, Luo Xiu already knew from the chat channel that Thomas and the others encountered the "Huanyan Bishop".

Before Thomas and the others came to the church to report the news, Luo Xiu had already completed his plan.

The priest of the "Holy Inquisition" - "Patriarch of Purification" Howard had already been instructed to lead the Holy Inquisitors to 36 Lane to ambush. Not long after Thomas and the others entered the death and resurrection, the place was completely blocked. Martial law was completely implemented.

The reason why Luo Xiu will wait for Thomas and the others to come back is not only to subtly "preach" the church's treatment to the players, but also so that all his subsequent actions will be reasonable in the eyes of everyone and will not arouse suspicion.

This is for security reasons.

Speeding along and thinking about these things, when the deep alleyway of Lane 36 appeared in front of us, Howard, the "sin-purification priest" who had been waiting there for a long time, stepped forward and saluted——

"Greetings, Bishop."

Holding a long-handled war hammer, Howard greeted Luo Xiu, and Luo Xiu nodded in response.

"How are you preparing?"

"Be prepared, Bishop."

Howard gently tapped the warhammer in his hand, made a dull sound, and said:

"...That's right here. I smell the burning smell. It is indeed the stench of [loss]."

"good."

Luo Xiu nodded, then dismounted and walked into the deep alley.

"Then, let's do it."

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