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——Are you a corpse or food?

...what does this mean?

Astrais listened to the lips of the monster opposite him humming and making such a long and dry sound, and the fear in his heart could not help but deepen.

Some kind of ominous premonition had emerged in its mind - and before that premonition came true, his body had already started to act on its own.

Astraeus raised the cane carved with crows in his hand, and circles of intricate dark lines suddenly appeared on its wall.

Gray mist gurgled out from it and began to linger around Astraeus' body.

Countless gray crows condensed and formed. They circled and quickly condensed into another thick gray mist. At a certain moment, they suddenly trembled violently and rushed towards the "monster"!

——Buzz! ! !

The air made a sharp explosion, like a monster hidden in the gray mist making a harsh roar.

The entire space was also trembling synchronously, and the countless twisted and slender thorns extending from the gray mist were about to pierce the "monster"'s body!

However, in the eyes of Astrais——

All he saw was that the "mourning" monster's four eyes were still filled with sadness. His closed hands finally slowly separated, and he pointed vaguely in the direction of Astrais.

——Wow!

The dark fog, the fog containing "death", burst out from the fingertips of the mourning monster, and built a high wall in front of him.

Countless withered and slender hands stretched out from the black wall - no flesh and blood, just wrapped and condensed into the shape of "hands" by the black mist. They stretched out as hard as they could, as if eager and wanting to grasp. something;

And in the gaps in the wall, between the strands of black mist, deep gaps opened one after another, spitting out mist-like tongues and revealing atomized fangs——

Asterais heard bursts of piercing wails coming from the black wall.

He felt his mind begin to wander, and the unknown fear was like a wild beast, gradually filling up and completely occupying his heart.

Unknowingly, the outline of Astrais's body was filled with clumps of dark, dense strands of "death".

The colors belonging to Astrais are being snatched away and chewed, gradually fading to complete black and white and gray, fading to the edge of losing color.

Then, the "desperate" gray mist released by Asterais completely fell on it, being captured, decomposed, and eaten away by the black mist.

…

"What……"

"Crow of Despair" Astrais' pupils trembled as he looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief.

This was the first time he saw that his fog of despair could be so powerless...

No, that's not right.

Not long ago... the "bishop" of the Red Maple City Church, the angel contracted by Rossiu Carlos, was able to ignore the infection and influence of his own fog of despair!

In one day, he encountered his natural enemy and nemesis twice that he could never defeat...

Why? Why!

Real "desperate" emotions began to pour out from the bottom of Astrais's heart like a torrent.

His eyes became scattered, and he held the cane tightly with both hands and began to wave it wildly, squeezing out the little spirituality he had left, and spraying out a gray mist that became increasingly richer and darker in color——

That does have some effect.

Right in front of Astrais, the black mist of death emitted by the "mourning" monster actually showed slight cracks due to the penetration of the gray mist squeezed out by Astrais's exhaustion of spirituality!

This made the despair in Astrais's eyes disappear, and a little light called "hope" burst out.

But in his ears, he then heard the buzzing lips of the "mourning" monster in front of him.

He spoke slowly——

"I don't need..."

"Impurities...'Despair' is impurities..."

"I want...pure death..."

"..."

——Buzz! ! !

When Astrais heard the "mourning" monster say these words, gray mist suddenly surged in his eyes.

But that was not the gray mist of his "despair".

But it was the same as before - it was the gray mist that made him feel empty, floating, and sinking!

It is the gray fog of "illusion"!

"Crow of Despair" Asterais felt a huge sense of oppression constantly beating against him. It was like a tsunami-like wave coming from all directions. This feeling almost suffocated him and made his body... My heart is about to stop pumping——

Suddenly, his eyes turned red.

There was also a huge, constantly vibrating roar in my ears——

boom! ! ! ! !

Something smashed down from the top of Astraeus' head, and his body was hit hard downwards. He fell and kept falling. He felt that his flesh and blood had become blurred and his bones had become broken. .

But there was no pain - even though the despair in his heart had rehearsed his possible death countless times, Asterais felt no pain, which made his "desperation" feel at a loss -

And in Astrais's ears - if he still has the sense of "hearing" - he heard a low sound like the vibration of raw stone -

"amber……"

……amber?

"amber……!"

Amber——

"..."

Astraeus was still wondering what the last two sounds he heard meant.

Suddenly, gray mist surged in his eyes again.

And his thinking also ended at the same moment——

He completely lost all consciousness.

…

Outside Hongfeng City, on the mountains in the deserted countryside.

The gray fog is still surging, and in the increasingly dense fog, the figures of the gods belonging to the mourners of the "Deathrattle Demon" and Amber, the "Guardian of Falsehood", stand opposite each other in the center of the gray fog.

In the middle of them is a "corpse" that is no longer human-like and mangled with flesh and blood.

"Crow of Despair" Asterais died. His distorted body and consciousness were shattered by the two amber hammers of "Guardian of Falsehood", and the mourner of "Deathrattle Demon" announced his final death. , the end of death.

"amber……"

The "god" wrapped in the gray mist of the huge amber rough stone made a trembling sound from the stone.

He was expressing something, and regret appeared in the eyes of the mourner of the god of the [Abyss] opposite him - the "Deathrattle Demon".

The four dry and thin arms of the mourner had returned to the "praying" posture. He nodded slightly, and said with a buzzing thin lips:

"You were too impatient...which made his 'death' less than perfect."

"……amber?"

"I haven't... tasted the taste of his death. This is a shortcoming... a pity..."

"……amber!"

"..."

The Mourner didn't understand what Amber was saying.

His eyes were still full of compassion when he looked at the [Lost] God opposite.

Finally, He seemed to sigh, and his ghostly body floated in front of the body of "Crow of Despair" Asterais.

"Forget it...the Lord won't care about this."

The mourner's dry voice came from the thin lips and said to himself:

"I'm just hungry...I'm so thirsty..."

"I'm going to...feed him, completely, completely..."

"Then...finish the things that the Lord...assigned to me."

"..."

He murmured to himself, and the four hands that were clasped together in front of him slowly separated again. Between his palms, there was a black mist that stuck to each other and pulled each other.

His four arms immediately opened to both sides, and the black mist also expanded greatly to both sides, with the tips of the four fingers extended by the mourner as the four ends, unfolding into a dark, squirming as if tiny. A tentacle-like curtain of black mist.

He leaned down towards Astraeus's body, and stretched out his four hands to the top of his head and the soles of his feet respectively, while the curtain of black mist exuding the aura of death was completely attached to Astraeus. The surface of the corpse.

Just after the veil of black mist was completely attached to the body of "Crow of Despair" Asterais.

——Wow! ! !

The four hands of the mourner connected the four ends of the curtain, peeling the curtain of black mist away from Astraeus' body again!

Visible to the naked eye, at the moment when the fog curtain broke away, a light group of light green and gray colors was adhered and extracted from Asterais' corpse.

——That is the soul of "Crow of Despair" Astrais!

The surface of the essence of the soul is rippling like ripples. The mourner's eyes are looking at it, and his pupils already show the light of greed and eagerness to taste it.

Astraeus's soul was stuck to the veil of black mist. It seemed to still retain some of the consciousness belonging to "Astraeus". When the mourned person continued to drag him towards his body, he actually began to Trembling like fear.

But the mourners ignored this "fear" and just kept dragging Astraeus' soul to him. Then, he opened his four long and withered arms and embraced it - —

——Bah!

The soul belonging to Astraeus was embraced by the mourner into his arms, and black smoke like burning began to rise from the surface where his soul's light group came into contact with the mourner's arm.

In the long, close embrace of the mourners.

Asterais's soul light group was rapidly shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the end, it was completely absorbed by the deceased, and the remnants were completely eaten.

"..."

"……satisfy."

“…I feel more fulfilled than I’ve ever felt.”

"Have you felt it...my fellow servant, 'False' Amber..."

"..."

"……amber?"

"Guardian of Illusion" Amber, his huge amber stone body suddenly trembled, making a stone-like sound with some confusion.

The mourner still couldn't understand what Amber was saying, but he didn't care. His four eyes looked to the ground again, staring at the bloody and riddled corpse that was once "Astras".

Then, His four arms opened again, and the death curtain emitting black mist weaved and emerged again.

On the surface of the fog curtain, there were scattered ripples, and something was spitting out from it——

That's still the soul of "Asteras".

It's just that the light green and dark gray colors no longer exist, only black remains - the color left after the remnants of death, completely eaten by the mourned ones.

It has completely lost the activity of its soul, but still retains part of the power of [emptiness].

And what the mourner of the "Deathrattle Demon" will do will be the embodiment of his "authority"——

The soul belonging to "Asteres" was separated from the veil of black mist, and was re-infused into the corpse on the ground, and returned to its original container.

The dark mist spread out again and again, and from the wounds of the bloody and riddled corpse, fine, dark rays of light sewed up countless wounds of all sizes like needles and threads.

And "Asteres" - after his soul returned to his body after being eaten, his eyes opened again.

But the original pupil light had long since dissipated, leaving only ignorance and turbidity.

He has become a "dead spirit" -

a dead spirit puppet named "Asteres" that is completely controlled by the "Death Whisper Demon" Mourner!

"I... am..."

"Asteres" is still lying on the ground, his "resurrected" body embedded in the cracks of the cracked stone, his neck suddenly began to creak and turn, his mouth opened and closed, and he made a vague murmur.

"I am... Ah... Ah... Ah..."

"..."

"Come with me..."

The mourner looked at him, his eyes still full of compassion, looking at "Asteres" lying on the ground, just like looking at a poor lamb with broken legs, and he was a shepherd.

At the same time, the mourner's withered voice slowly said:

"From now on, you will lose your name..."

"You are just a doll... You have no name."

"..."

After saying this.

The mourner turned and left, he no longer looked back, and his eyes did not stay on "Asteres" for even a moment.

And "Asteres", when the mourner turned and left, the body that was reconnected by the black fog pulled him out of the crack by itself.

He stood there, his eyes were still turbid and dull-except for the void, there was nothing to see there.

After a long time.

He finally took a step, staggering, and walked along the path that the "mourner" had walked.

Like a lamb being led by an invisible bridle.

…

Red Maple City.

Main Street - Red Maple City Church, Bishop's Seat.

After "Thunder General" Albert returned to the border, Luo Xiu looked out from the city wall for a while, and then returned to the church and Bishop's Seat.

Like Albert, the battlefield being cleaned up did not require Luo Xiu to pay attention to anything. The only thing he was paying attention to now was the result of the hunt for "Desperate Crow" Astralis.

He did get information about where "Desperate Crow" Astralis would flee to - it came from two people who were members of "Funeral Mask" with Astralis.

"Dream Stealer" Pior stole this secret from his original secret organization, and Luo Xiu confirmed this secret through another channel -

His only worry was that Astralis's journey through the spiritual sea of ​​[Nothingness] would not be so smooth - the empty, illusory pillar god "Void Devouring Snake" might pay attention to him, which would naturally create some obstacles to the plan.

Therefore, Luo Xiu waited for the most immediate feedback from the panel, and waited for the news from the two "gods" he sent out and contracted - "Death Whisper Demon" Mourner and "Void Guardian" Amber.

Just as he began to think about how to continue to hunt down "Desperate Crow" Astralis in case he escaped.

His panel suddenly jumped out.

It showed new content -

[Additional mission objective (option 2): Assist in killing the enemy leader, the executioner "Desperate Crow" Astralis - completed]

- "Desperate Crow" Astralis is dead!

Luo Xiu's eyes lit up.

The plan he had just made to continue hunting down "Desperate Crow" Astralis was immediately thrown out of his mind. He subconsciously wanted to prop up his arms on the armrests, but he didn't do so.

He already knew.

There was no problem with the information stolen by Pior - and the "Deathrattle Demon" Mourner and the "False Guardian" Amber had indeed successfully completed the task of hunting down, and he no longer had any worries.

And the limited-time task [Pitch Black Sky Haze] - finally settled all the rewards perfectly before the countdown ended!

"...Huh."

Luo Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, then sat up straight and opened the "Task Panel".

After nearly half a day of fierce fighting, he finally waited for this step -

He was finally able to settle the task of [Limited-time Task: Pitch Black Sky Haze (Hell Difficulty)]!

[...]

[Limited-time Task: Pitch Black Sky Haze (Hell Difficulty) Completed]

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[The attacking dark army has retreated, you successfully defended the Red Maple City - but the "judgment" is not over yet, and the dark peeping still remains in the shadows. ]

[Get basic completion rewards: basic experience +82300, free attribute points +43]

[Get additional completion rewards: basic experience +15000, free attribute points +15]

[Get special completion rewards: basic experience +430000, free attribute points +145, adapted fate "legend" quality expertise *1, adapted fate "epic" quality expertise *1, adapted fate "rare" quality expertise *1]

[……]

After Luo Xiu gave the panel the "settlement" command, after a short wait, the panel showed the final settlement reward information.

Luo Xiu held back his excitement, his eyes flowed over the rows of newly emerged numbers, his eyes became brighter and brighter.

——A huge harvest!

This is the reward for the "Hell" difficulty level!

Regardless of the "Legend", "Epic" and "Rare" three fate-matching specialties that can be settled later, just the basic experience and free attribute points that can be obtained - Luo Xiu quickly calculated in his mind, just by settling this task, he can get more than 527,000 experience points, and up to 203 free attribute points!

This reward number, even if placed at the middle level of Luo Xiu's current "Five-fold Fate", is still not a small number.

Luo Xiu received these rewards happily, and his eyes immediately shifted to the three specialties waiting to be settled.

Temporarily emptying his mind and concentrating his spirit, Luo Xiu clasped his hands together and prayed devoutly:

"I sacrifice Anthony for ten... no, twenty years of singleness!"

"I sacrifice Albert for thirty years of singleness!"

"I sacrifice..."

——Necessary metaphysics!

After sacrificing several close friends who are still "single" as far as Luo Xiu knows,

Luo Xiu reopened the panel in his mind and settled the three specialties in order from low to high!

[……]

[Generating specialties adapted to "rare" quality...]

[Obtained specialties "Blessed by Glory (Rare)"]!

[Blessed by Glory (Rare): You are on the path of "glory". ]

[Your "divine" attribute value +10, "wisdom" attribute value +5, "perception" attribute value +5. ]

[You already have: Blessed by Glory (Rare)]

[Blessed by Glory (Rare) - Specialty Upgrade]

[Your "divine" attribute +16, "wisdom" attribute +8, "perception" attribute +8]

[……]

The first settlement of fate adapted to "rare" quality specialties, the specialties obtained by the panel settlement are the specialties that Luo Xiu already has.

This is not uncommon - as more specialties are obtained, the probability of obtaining duplicate specialties will also increase, and the existing specialties will be improved and strengthened accordingly.

Luo Xiu did not feel disappointed because it was a positive improvement anyway. He quickly accepted the result of this settlement.

His attention was then focused on the settlement of the second "epic" quality specialty -

[Adapting to "epic" quality specialty generation...]

[Obtaining the specialty "Pure White Crown (Epic)"]!

[Pure White Crown (Epic): You have been baptized and you will be crowned - you have no sins, and your soul is strong enough to bear its weight. ]

[Your "divinity" attribute +18, "wisdom" attribute +18, "resistance" attribute +12, "luck" attribute +12. When you enter combat or consume mana, periodically, every 180 seconds, you will receive one of the four "Crown" blessings - the damage you cause increases by 30%, the damage you receive is reduced by 30%, 1% of health is restored per second, and 1% of mana is restored per second. The blessing of the "Crown" lasts for 60 seconds. 】

【……】

The result of this settlement... is not bad.

After quickly browsing the adapted "epic" quality expertise obtained from the panel settlement, Luo Xiu was quite satisfied, and then confirmed the result of this settlement.

Then, only the last "legendary" quality expertise has not been settled!

Looking at the red dot with a bright light on the panel, Luo Xiu's face showed concentration, and at a moment of inspiration, he gave the settlement instruction!

[Adapted "legendary" quality expertise is being generated...]

[Obtained expertise "Radiant Hand (Legend)"]!

[Radiant Hand (Legend): You will rise to the sky - you will board the chariot of the sun and hold the whip of the sky car. 】

[Your "divinity" attribute value +32, "perception" attribute value +18. When you use a skill, you gain the "holy light" attribute "Sky Shield" with 50% of the mana consumed. During the existence of "Sky Shield", the damage you cause is increased by 25%, the damage you receive is reduced by 25%, and you are immune to negative control effects. 30 seconds after the skill is released, the "Sky Shield" disappears, and the lost health is restored according to 100% of the remaining shield value. 】

【……】

"……!"

"What a draw!"

When Luo Xiu saw the latest settlement of the specialty "Radiant Hand", his eyes suddenly brightened!

That is equivalent to being able to convert half of his mana into a "shield"-and during the existence of the "Sky Shield", he can also get a series of bonus effects. After the "Sky Shield" disappears, the health can be restored according to the remaining shield value, which is powerful!

This is also a relatively standard "Legendary" quality specialty, which should have a strength increase.

Luo Xiu was quite satisfied with the three specialties that were adapted to the fate settlement this time. He finally browsed the specialty panel and confirmed the settlement result of the last "Legendary" specialty.

……

After that, Luo Xiu settled two more "kill rewards".

[……]

[Kill "Storm Lord" Muset (lv.56) and gain 16340 basic experience points]

["Storm Lord" Muset (lv.56) is 6 levels higher than you]

[Kill above your level! Gain 60% extra experience points...]

["Scorching Soul" takes effect, gain 20% extra experience points]

["Evil Soul" takes effect, gain 30% extra experience points]

["Extremely Evil Soul" takes effect, gain 50% extra experience points]

["Storm Lord" Musette's highest attribute is "Physique"]

[You gain: "Physique" attribute +10]

["Noble Holy Judgment" takes effect, gaining 16 free attribute points]

[Reward settlement, 42484 experience points were actually obtained! 】

【……】

["Storm Lord" Musset (lv.5ss]

[Rewards for killing natural disaster-level bosses are being generated...]

【……】

[Kill reward has been generated]

[Acquire the expertise "Gift of the Storm (Epic)", free attribute points*10]!

[The Gift of the Storm (Epic): You are not torn apart—it, He makes you as strong as a wall of bronze. 】

[Your "Physique" attribute is increased by 36 points, your "Resistance" attribute is increased by 12 points, and your "Health Points" gain an additional calculation base of 10 times the "Physique" value. 】

[The storm can no longer shake you, let alone the small breeze - all physical damage you receive, if the single damage amount is less than 2% of your current health, you are immune to this damage; if the single damage amount is less than your current health 5% of health, then 50% reduction. 】

【……】

This is an epic quality expertise obtained from the kill reward of "Storm Lord" Musset.

It has once again significantly increased Luo Xiu's health - as a "bishop", he has reached the absolute ceiling of this priesthood in the "fifth life path", and Luo Xiu doesn't mind becoming more durable... …

--install! Complete!

A sense of security had already flooded into Luo Xiu's heart, and every fiber of his body, and even every cell, was filled with surging vitality.

Although he still looks like a thin "bishop" on the outside - Luo Xiu always feels that he can already compete with a real "giant".

With this in mind, he immediately began to calculate the next kill reward.

This is his final settlement——

That’s the kill reward settlement for “Silver-Blooded Dragonborn” Quilton!

【……】

[Kill "Silver-Blooded Dragonborn" Quilton (lv.52) and gain 14112 basic experience points]

[The level difference between "Silver Blood Dragonborn" Quilton (lv.52) and you is 2 levels]

[Leap level kill! Get 20% extra experience points...]

["Seering Soul" takes effect, gain 20% additional experience points]

["Soul of Corruption" takes effect, gaining 30% additional experience points]

["Evil Soul" takes effect, gaining 50% additional experience points]

[The highest attribute of "Silver Blood Dragonborn" Quilton is "Strength"]

[You get: "Strength" attribute +10]

["Noble Holy Judgment" takes effect, gaining 16 free attribute points]

[Reward settlement, 31046 experience points were actually obtained! 】

【……】

["Silver-Blooded Dragonborn" Quilton (lv.52) is a natural disaster-level boss]

[Rewards for killing natural disaster-level bosses are being generated...]

【……】

[Kill reward has been generated]

[Acquire expertise...]

【……】

The specialty that was spawned for the first time had serious negative effects, and it had the unique characteristics of [Red Lotus], self-destruction upon death - Luo Xiu just glanced at it and refreshed it with "Wrong Path Explorer".

【……】

[The rewards for killing natural disaster-level bosses are being regenerated...]

[Kill reward has been regenerated]

[Acquire the expertise "Scaled Dragon (Epic)", free attribute points*10]!

[Dragon of Reverse Scales (Epic): You have been subjected to the ritual of Reverse Scales - when they all fade away, you will sublimate and die. 】

[Your "Strength" attribute increases by 48 points, and your "Physical Attack" gains an additional calculation base of 5 times the value of "Strength". 】

[Death is the final bloom of sublimation - so is the process of shedding one's scales. When your HP is reduced, your "Physical Attack" attribute will be greatly improved: for every 20% of your "HP" reduced, your "Physical Attack" will be simultaneously increased by 20%. 】

【……】

This is the reward for the final settlement.

The "epic" quality specialty "Dragon of Scale Rebellion" is a good ending for Luo Xiu.

There is also an executioner, "Crow of Despair" Asterais. Although the limited-time mission [Dark Sky Haze] determined that he was dead, Luo Xiu's panel did not pop up his kill reward - for Astraeus. The kill judgment of Teles should be the "Deathrattle Demon" mourner. Although he was the demon who established a contract with Luo Xiu, Luo Xiu, as the contractor, was not near the location where Asterais was killed at the time, so it could not be determined as a coordinated killing.

Although Luo Xiu felt pity, he didn't take it too seriously.

Because, while the previous rewards were being settled, Luo Xiu had already received the two "gods" he had contracted with - the "Deathrattle Demon" Mourner, and the "Guardian of Illusion" Amber who were passed on to him through contract spirituality. news.

They have completed what Luo Xiu asked them to do - "Crow of Despair" Asterais, who has completely degenerated into a dead spirit completely controlled by the "Deathrattle Demon" Mourner!

After that, this [empty] executioner evaporated from the world.

He will no longer appear in the real world, but will be taken back to the Holy Abyss and guard there as the "Guardian of the Dead" until his remaining soul is drained to the last bit and until his broken body completely collapses. .

"..."

In Luo Xiu's mind, he was naturally thinking about the arrangements after "Necromancer Asterais".

After feeling the sensory enhancement brought by the newly settled expertise for a while, Luo Xiu emptied his mind, stood up from his chair, and walked to the edge of the bed.

He did feel a little tired, but he couldn't rest now - he estimated that the clergy of the church would request to enter the bishop's throne later, and there must be many things that need to be asked or urgently handled by him.

But Luo Xiu still lay on the bed, but he didn't close his eyes, just took a short nap.

He opened the panel at the same time, opening the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel] in both, watching the players who were still online late at night communicating enthusiastically and sharing their newly settled rewards with each other, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise a slight arc.

This was a relaxation for Luo Xiu - a rare relaxation.

... However, even in this slightly relaxing process, Luo Xiu was still thinking about another thing.

A thing that was not urgent, but was quite important in Luo Xiu's plan.

That was about the matter in Songyuan City, which he had already entrusted to Intis, and asked her to go to the president of [Gold Country Bank], Joe Dewen, to discuss——

Regarding the confirmation of the whereabouts of "Despair Crow" Astralis, Luo Xiu asked Intis to go to Joe Dewen, who was the "original mask" of [Funeral Mask], with the information obtained from Pior, to confirm it.

And when Joe Dewen confirmed that "Despair Crow" Astralis was dead.

His new "negotiation" with the president——will begin.

…