Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

Red Maple City Church, inner courtyard.

"Thomas the Tank Engine", after the guard war outside the city ended, he returned to the church with other players and the church clergy.

Thomas originally thought that he could clean up the remaining battlefields with the clergy who were doing the cleaning work, and by the way, he could get some good things from the dark army corpses that had been piled up into hills - but his immediate boss, That is, Connor Ruane, the captain of the "Holy Guard", explicitly rejected him, which made Thomas a little disappointed.

Not only Thomas, but also other players did not get permission to "clean" the battlefield. Captain Connor directly took them back to the church and took them to the "Preaching Place".

On the way to the "mission field."

Thomas heard what Captain Connor said, and he would give them rewards in line with their merits. Although the captain didn't say what the "rewards" were, Thomas thought it would be something good.

At this moment, it is already early morning, both inside and outside the game "God's Destiny".

Many players have already returned to their beds and logged off. There are still only a few players like Thomas who are ready to complete the entire mission of [Dark Sky Haze (Hell Difficulty)].

At this time, there are still 23 minutes left before the countdown for the limited-time mission [Dark Sky Haze (Hell Difficulty)] ends in Thomas' mission panel. Thomas has not yet taken the initiative to resolve it, but is preparing to wait for the countdown to reach the last moment.

This is a habit of RPG players - unless the rewards are full in advance, similar limited-time tasks will wait until the countdown finally ends to avoid missing anything.

He watched the countdown of [Dark Sky Haze (Hell Difficulty)] in the mission panel decrease second by second, and he became more and more excited.

Suddenly, Thomas's panel jumped suddenly, showing a new prompt——

[Additional mission objective (optional 2): ​​Assist in killing the enemy leader, Executioner ‘Crow of Despair’ Asterais - Completed]

——The last executioner, "Crow of Despair" Asterais, was killed with only 21 minutes left in the countdown!

Thomas's eyes brightened!

What is delayed gratification.jpg

All I can say is... there are indeed benefits to staying up late!

He immediately opened the [Chat Channel] and couldn't wait to share the newly revealed content in his mission panel with other players around him.

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Families, my panel has just moved - the last executioner, the "Crow of Despair" Asterais of [The Void] is dead! What about your side? !

[Cang Qing]: Me too! Fortunately, I didn't settle the matter in advance... I originally thought there was nothing left, but this wave is, this wave is waiting for the party's victory!

[Sweating Soybean]:...fuck. I have settled my power in advance (sorrow)

[Sweating Soybean]: No - who is a good person who kills someone after a fight, ah?

[Sweating Soybeans]: Damn it, there’s something wrong! .jpg

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Hahaha! laugh.gif

[Stewing Crocodile in Iron Pot]: Indeed, this also appeared on my task panel.

[Stewing giant crocodile in iron pot]: It seems that the mission has made me fatter. I am happy and happy.

【Thomas the Tank Engine】:? Old crocodile, are you back?

【Alicia】：The missing person returns

【2.5夂五】：The missing person returns

[High-quality human review Ji]: Return of the missing person

[Stewed crocodile in iron pot]:...

[Big Crocodile Stewed in Iron Pot]: I am just offline, not dead...

【……】：……

Although there were not many players online at this time, the [Chat Channel] was still very lively. Thomas chatted with other players for a while and then closed the panel.

He was walking in the direction of the mission with the players of the same team and Captain Connor Luen who was following the "Holy Guard". Seeing that there was still a short distance to go, Thomas looked up.

Sure enough, not far away from him, he saw another burly figure.

That was the back figure wearing the Paladin armor. Under the light of the pale blue moonlight, crescent-like silver light was flowing through the armor's surface. That was another player who mainly played "Paladin" and "Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile". "The back view.

Thomas then trotted over and said hello to the predator.

He patted the predator's silver armor with his hand, and the predator turned around at the same time, recognized Thomas, and said hello to him.

"What happened to you before? Why did 'War Correspondent' suddenly become silent?"

Thomas asked him half-jokingly.

The predator took off his helmet with his armored hands, exhaled, and responded to Thomas:

"...I saw the bishop flying directly over at that time. The executioner with the dragon head, uh, his name was 'Silver-Blooded Dragonborn' Kuiha. He was directly hit by the Holy Art of Annihilation filled with various special effects. Obliterated."

"Then?"

Thomas walked side by side with the predator, and then asked the predator, "Isn't this a normal thing?"

"...Then, I thought that the 'Silver-Blooded Dragonborn' didn't have much blood left. I thought about whether I could get a reward for 'killing the executioner', right?"

"Then, um, then I rushed in, melted, and gave my family six hours to resurrect."

"I went offline later. I came back online just now, and the cooldown on resurrection has just ended."

"..."

"Awesome."

Thomas held back his smile and gave the predator a thumbs up.

It seems that he has died a lot - the instant resurrection scrolls in [Apocalypse Mall] should have been bought by predators, but he was still put on resurrection cooldown at least 7 or 8 times.

However, among the three career branches of [Glory], "Paladin" is indeed the most vulnerable to being beaten up by righteous gangs and the easiest to get shit--

At least before "Second Life" and before, "Paladin" seems to have only mastered melee combat or auxiliary melee skills. It is indeed easy to be focused on the battlefield, coupled with the "iron pot stews predators" fighting style It seems that he is a reckless person, and it is quite normal to die suddenly 7 or 8 times in a row...

In contrast, although "priests" can learn a bunch of remote-output annihilation sacred arts, their fragile body is also their shortcoming...

Although the expansion of various fields and the annihilation of sacred arts by the "trainee priests" and the superior "XX Bishop" are indeed ridiculously cool, the current players are still far from reaching the "Bishop" Luo Xiu Ka of the church. Lose is like that every second.

From this point of view, the "Priest" profession is the most suitable profession for the development of novice players who take the [Glorious] destiny path!

"..."

While chatting with the predator, Thomas was also thinking about this.

Soon, the open porch of the "Preaching House" appeared in front of Thomas.

They finally arrived, and Connor, the captain of the "Holy Guard", asked the players to wait outside first, while he went inside the mission house to hand over to the other 'big treasurer'.

Thomas craned his neck and looked inside the mission house.

He saw the figure of the "big treasurer" and recognized it as Mayyev, the former chief officer of the "preaching place".

Speaking of which, it seems that during the closed beta, the 'triple destiny' Paladin Maiyev picked me up from the gravel plain outside the city... Thomas thought to himself.

At the same time, he saw that his Captain Connor had finished the handover with Majev, turned around and walked towards their players.

"Those whose names I read will come in with me one by one. The others will wait here for now."

Captain Connor said, his eyes immediately glanced at Thomas, and the first one said:

"-'Thomas the Tank Engine'."

"Yes, Captain." Thomas responded immediately and stepped forward.

For some reason, Thomas suddenly remembered the scene of him participating in military training when he was a high school student in the real world...

He was standing next to Connor, listening to the "captain" in front of him continue to read the "names" of the players.

Because the IDs given by players are so weird, Thomas noticed that Connor was frowning as he read them.

"Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile" was also read out by Connor and came behind Thomas. This time, Connor read out the "names" of sixteen players in total - all of them had participated in the closed beta. And players who are online now.

Afterwards, Connor led the "church patrols" who came out and walked into the mission house.

Thomas followed him and soon came to a high walled building and stopped.

"..."

"You were once a member of the 'Guardians'," Connor said to the "Church Guards" in front of him:

"According to the instructions of the Bishop."

"I will lead you to receive another 'Bronze Key'."

——The Bronze Key!

Thomas's eyes lit up when he heard Captain Connor say this "reward"!

He was originally thinking about the key to promoting [Glory] to the second level of destiny, and was planning to wait until the next day to redeem the "merit" for preaching, but now it's okay - he just skipped this step, and Saved a lot of effort!

After promoting [Glory] to the second life path, the saved achievements can be exchanged for more skills, skill knowledge, weapons, equipment, props or materials in the church!

Thomas thought excitedly. He glanced to both sides at the same time and saw the same excited expressions on the faces of other players.

Then, behind Captain Connor.

Behind the porch of the building that resembled a Gothic chapel, a moment after Captain Connor finished speaking, sixteen clergymen from the "missionary house" came out.

They all held a small and exquisite square box in both hands, walked to the corresponding players, and handed the square box to the players.

Thomas reached out, took the square box from the hands of the cleric in front of him, and eagerly opened it.

——Wow!

Dark brown light burst out from the gaps in the square box.

The simple, rusty smell hit his face, and Thomas immediately saw the "key" which was completely made of bronze and had ancient sacred words engraved on the edge and center, lying quietly on the silk at the bottom of the box.

——That is indeed the "Bronze Key"!

The square box also has only one layer. The "Bronze Key" is wrapped in cloth and placed on the upper layer.

Thomas opened the secret cover on the lower floor again, and a tiny light like sprinkled gold dust flashed through. He saw thirty imperial gold coins, which were embedded in the soft cotton pad one by one.

I'm...

I have never seen so much money! .jpg

That is almost a month's salary for an ordinary [Glory] second-level priest.

Thomas was excited. He immediately closed the lid of the box again, put the square box containing the bronze key and thirty gold coins into his arms, and nodded to the priest in front of him.

The priest nodded in return, then turned and left, returning to the sacred building, and his back quickly disappeared.

All players received a "Bronze Key" and 30 gold coins - except for the "Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile" who completed the promotion with the extraordinary key left by the internal test, and the box he handed to him contained 60 gold coins, which was the key that should be given to him, exchanged for gold coins of equal value.

The first wave of players who entered the "Preaching Place" all showed obvious excitement on their faces.

The "reward" given to them by the church this time is not too generous. After leaving the church and returning to their residence, they can use the experience points obtained from the [Dark Sky Haze] task to directly upgrade their professional level to the upper limit level lv.10 when they were in the "First Fate"!

Then, they can complete the [Promotion Task] and consume a "Bronze Key" to complete the promotion!

Such thoughts emerged in the hearts of the players present.

At the same time, they heard the voice of Connor, the "Captain of the Holy Guard":

"You have all touched the extraordinary, so now you are just taking back the power you once had."

"Use this key to open the [door] you have opened, and the sun will bless you in a moment."

"..."

After saying this, Connor stopped talking and led the players out of the courtyard and took them out of the "Preaching Place".

Thomas still followed Connor, watching the "captain" then go to the other players who were still waiting and continue to read the next round of "names". Thomas and the players who had received the rewards left first and returned to their residence in the suburbs of Red Maple City.

...

Almost fifteen minutes passed.

When Thomas returned to the suburban villa complex and returned to his room, the countdown for the limited-time task [Dark Sky Haze] in his task panel finally ended!

The column of this limited-time task has turned gray and the progress has been locked. The "Task Settlement" option at the bottom is highlighted, reminding that it is in the "settlementable" state.

Thomas opened the [Chat Channel] and [Player Forum] at the same time, and saw that many players in the Red Maple City camp had already completed the settlement and were showing off their new mission rewards on the public screen.

Because the rewards for the limited-time mission [Dark Sky Haze (Hell Difficulty)] are dynamically settled, the guaranteed rewards for all players are 25,000 basic experience points and 25 free attribute points, and the rewards will fluctuate according to the actual killing of the mission targets.

Just in the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel], players who share their rewards can get more than 27,000 basic experience points, which is quite high. Most players can only kill two or three "secondary fate" extraordinary enemies, and dozens of "first-level fate" ordinary enemies who have not even touched the extraordinary. After superposition, the experience value rewards they can get are indeed about this number.

After reading the forum for a while, Thomas began to rub his hands excitedly and look forward to it.

He will make two settlements in total - in addition to [Pitch Black Sky Haze (Hell Difficulty)], he will also settle the reward for killing the "Giant Warrior" Naigu in the triple destiny of [Bitter Tea]!

Full of expectations, Thomas looked at the task panel again and gave the order to settle [Pitch Black Sky Haze] -

[……]

[Completed the limited-time task: Pitch Black Sky Haze (Hell Difficulty)]

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

[Get basic completion reward: basic experience +16800, free attribute points +15]

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

[Get special completion reward: basic experience +10000, free attribute points +5, adapt to destiny "rare" quality expertise *1]

[...]

"——Fuck!"

"A total of...more than 41,000 experience points!"

Thomas was excited and couldn't help but hum.

This is much higher than those players who show off their experience in the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel]!

And the settlement is not over here, Thomas immediately started to settle the adaptation "rare" quality expertise!

[Adaptation "rare" quality expertise is being generated...]

[Get expertise "Saint of Light (Rare)"]!

[Saint of Light (Rare): You are bathed in light - you understand the sacred life from the holy light. 】

【Your "divinity" attribute +6, "constitution" attribute +6. The "holy light" attribute damage you cause is increased by 10%, and the "holy light" resistance penetration is increased by 10%. 】

【……】

"I'm super, strong!"

Looking at the "rare" quality expertise that was newly refreshed and settled in the panel, Thomas' eyes lit up!

This is the first expertise he got in this public beta, and it is undoubtedly a huge improvement for him.

Without hesitation, Thomas quickly confirmed the result of this settlement.

Afterwards, he opened the mailbox panel again and saw the killing reward experience of "Giant Warrior" Naigu lying in it, with a striking red dot constantly jumping.

Without any hesitation, Thomas received this killing reward.

And his panel once again showed brand new settlement content——

This work is compiled and uploaded by Liujiu Book Bar~~

【……】

[Kill "Giant Warrior" Naigu (lv.24) and obtain 984 basic experience points]

[The level difference between "Giant Warrior" Naigu (lv.24) and you is 14 levels]

[Leap level kill! Get 140% extra experience points...]

[Reward settlement, actually gained 2362 experience points! 】

["Giant Warrior" Nayigu (lv.24) is a distortion-level boss]

[The reward for killing the twisted boss is being generated...]

【……】

[Kill reward has been generated]

[Acquire the expertise "Giant Strength (Rare)", free attribute points*3]

[Power of Giants (Rare): You were given a seed by the God of Storms, and power has gathered in your blood.

Your body will gain stronger strength, and the "Strength" attribute will be +10; at the same time, your "Physical Attack" attribute will gain an additional 1 times the value of the "Strength" attribute. 】

【……】

It turns out that it is also a "rare" quality expertise...

Looking at the settlement results refreshed on the panel, Thomas touched his chin, his eyes shining with light.

He originally thought that by settling the kill reward after crossing two levels of destiny, he might be able to get an "epic" quality expertise, but now it seems that it is difficult to have such a good thing in "God's destiny".

Does that just make the probability of finding good expertise higher? Or there are other hidden improvements...

Thomas thought about this while operating the panel to confirm the result of this settlement.

Anyway, through this limited-time mission [Dark Sky Haze], he got 44,162 basic experience points, 38 free attribute points, and two "rare" quality expertise. This is already a huge profit!

The most important gain is these two "rare" quality specialties - before most other players have even gotten one speciality, I have already gotten two!

This makes his actual combat power much higher than that of most players, almost to the point where he can crush two players of the same level through pure attributes!

Thomas closed the settlement page with satisfaction, and opened the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel].

In these two social panels, Thomas looked at many other players and showed off the rewards they received from completing the limited-time mission [Dark Sky Haze].

The highest settlement reward currently publicly available has been refreshed to 31,000 basic experience points, but no one has yet reached Thomas's height of 44,000 and above.

A smile appeared on Thomas's lips. He was about to take a picture of the rewards obtained from the settlement on the public screen and pretend to be flirty with the other players who were chatting enthusiastically, but after thinking about it, he gave up such an idea.

Because as a veteran MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) player, he knows that if he gets rewards that are too many for ordinary players - such as those two "rare" quality expertise, if they are known to players or groups with ulterior motives, they may Being targeted by some with bad intentions.

In other MMORPG games that Thomas has played, players have experienced something like this - they were so lucky that they dropped equipment that was limited to the entire server. As a result, they were hunted down by a large guild for three days and three nights; A certain high-quality skill scroll was directly stolen, and when it was found again, the backpack was empty, etc...

Many similar things have happened in the real world.

Although Thomas has not encountered such obvious studio operations in the current "God's Destiny", he still keeps an eye out.

If you don’t show off, you won’t die! .jpg

But sometimes I still can't help it.

Thomas was itching unbearably, so he opened the [Friends] panel and saw that the avatar of "Big Crocodile Stewed in Iron Pot" was still bright online.

He directly clicked on the private chat interface with the "Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile", sent a greeting emoticon to the predator, and then typed a probing message——

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Hey, Crocodile, have you settled that limited time mission?

After just waiting for a few seconds, the predator responded to his message.

[Big Crocodile Stewed in Iron Pot]: Settlement is settled, what happened?

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: What did you get?

[Big crocodile stewed in iron pot]: Uh, let me see...

[Crocodile Stewed in Iron Pot]: A total of 35,800 basic experience points, 35 free attribute points, and then killed one... uh, it seems to be a dragon-born soldier with the second destiny of [Red Lotus]? Dropped a "common" feat, that's all

[Crocodile stewed in iron pot]: What about you, what did you get from the settlement?

35,800 experience points, 35 free points... He is already a predator of the "Two Life Paths" Paladin, and he has defeated many more enemies than normal players... Thomas thought to himself, but the corners of his mouth turned up in a subtle arc. .

--Hey! But still not as much as me!

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: It’s nothing, just over 44,000 experience points and 38 free points...

[Stewed crocodile in iron pot]:?

[Stewing crocodile in iron pot]: Where did you get so many?

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: I picked up the head of [Ku Tu], a triple destiny "Giant Warrior" on the battlefield. There are special completion rewards, hehe.

[Stewed crocodile in iron pot]:? ? ?

[Stewing crocodile in iron pot]: Huh?

[Stewing Crocodile in Iron Pot]: Didn’t you also get the ‘rare’ quality expertise? ah?

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Yes, I took it

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: I also got two

[Stewed crocodile in iron pot]:???

[Stewed crocodile in iron pot]: smile/smile/smile/

[Crocodile stewed in iron pot]: Eat the spear and crawl!

(Your friend "Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile" has been offline)

(…)

Hey, that’s cool.

A smile as bright as a sunflower appeared on Thomas's face.

Pi is very happy now!

He then closed the chat interface, lay down on the bed, opened the main game panel, and the "Exit Game" option popped up.

He is already at the initial resurrection point - Thomas's [bed], and can exit "God's Destiny" comfortably.

When we returned to reality, we had dinner first... er, breakfast? The biometric monitoring in the game warehouse shows that I am already "hungry" in the real world...

Originally, I wanted to advance now, so I’d better go offline to eat, then take a nap, then log in to the game when I wake up, and concentrate on advancing to the second life path...

"..."

Thomas thought to himself as he lay peacefully on the bed and gave the panel the "Exit Game" command.

Then, the body of "Thomas the Tank Engine" began to gradually fade and become transparent.

Soon, he disappeared completely and "disappeared" from this world.

He was offline like this, and his consciousness returned to the world where it should be.

…

Two hours later.

The newly rising sun has already revealed an orange-red outline on the city wall of Red Maple City.

The sky gradually turned from dark to bright, the outline of the clouds became clear under the outline of the new rising sun, and the light cyan moon had not yet completely set.

Morning has arrived.

In the Red Maple City Church and the Bishop's Holy See, the door of "Bishop" Luo Xiu's room was lightly knocked.

"Guide Priest" Colen stood outside the door and waited humbly for a long time. From the other side of the door came the voice of "Bishop" Rossiu Carlos:

"Come in."

"..."

After Luo Xiu allowed him to enter, Coren pushed open the door of the bishop's room and walked in.

He saw that his "bishop", Luo Xiu Carlos, had changed into a pure white bishop's robe with gold embroidery, and gave him a faint look.

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

"Guide Priest" Colen respectfully performed the sacrament to Luo Xiu, and then said humbly:

"My colleagues in the mission have sorted out the proceeds of this holy war, and I need you to take a look."

"The Priest of the Holy Inquisition, 'Howard Burrut', would also like to invite you to go to the Holy Inquisition to deliver a final eulogy to those priests who died because of the 'Holy War'."

"'Master Fran Demir, I also want to invite you to the 'Secret Place'. Master Fran said that a messenger has been sent from the side court. He has been waiting for a long time and wants to invite you to go and accept his audience." ”

"besides……"

"..."

Column's attitude was still humble and respectful, and he told Luo Xiu one piece of "work" that he should perform, while Luo Xiu listened with a gentle face and a smile. After Column finished talking about one piece of work and Nodding lightly in between tasks.

It wasn't until Colen finished talking to his "bishop" Luo Xiu about the eleven to-do items in a row that he finally stopped and stopped adding to Luo Xiu's workload.

"Yeah, I already know, Coren."

Luo Xiu nodded and said to his waiter and "Guiding Priest" Column: "I will go to the Holy Inquisition first to give a final farewell to my martyred comrades."

"Before that, Column. Go to the secret base and ask the envoy of the 'Border Court' to come to the Holy Inquisition. I will receive him after the farewell ceremony."

"As for everything else, Colen, the order of things is up to you."

After Luo Xiu said this, he patted Column's shoulder and said in an encouraging tone:

"Go, Column, and inform the other clergy as I say."

"..."

"I respectfully follow your instructions, Lord Bishop."

Colen responded humbly, performed the sacrament to Luo Xiu one last time, then turned and left, his figure disappearing at the corner of the Holy Seat.

And after Colen left.

The gentle expression on Luo Xiu's face disappeared instantly, replaced by a somewhat mournful expression——

Overslept...

The day before...ah, no, it was early morning today. He originally just wanted to take a nap!

But after a whole day of high-intensity work and fighting, the body is already protesting. Even those who are on the path to sainthood in the fifth level of [Glory] or are "divine apostles" with hidden professions cannot escape the temptation of sleep!

The price is that after sleeping for less than two hours, I have to face such heavy church affairs as soon as I wake up. Moreover, it is visually obvious that these new affairs will not be finished until the night, and they will not be finished at all!

"well……"

Life is not easy, the bishop sighed.jpg

But at least I slept for almost two hours, which gave me a little bit of energy.

After Column left, Luo Xiu went to the bathroom, washed up quickly, tidied up his appearance and clothes as the "bishop" of the church, and left the bishop's seat and walked in the direction of the Holy Inquisition.

On the way to the Holy Inquisition, he opened the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel] and saw that there were so many messages that the chat record storage limit was exceeded.

Many players are discussing the rewards for settling [Dark Sky Haze]. Most players have received about 26,000 basic experience points, which is far more than what is needed to raise the career level of the "first level of destiny" to the upper limit. Many players' experience tanks are now in a state of "overflowing".

This is also the result that Luo Xiu wants to see---

Because, in his other plan, when the players' experience points are full---"Holy Abyss" will appear at this time!

"Spiritual Spring" is already thirsty, and Luo Xiu has already decided what to put on [Holy Abyss Mall].

When the players have a lot of experience points in their hands and don't know how to spend them--this is the perfect time to carry out the first round of "harvesting" for the players!

"..."

While thinking about "Holy Abyss" and the players.

Suddenly, Luo Xiu stopped.

He looked up and saw that the gate of "Holy Court" was standing in front of him.

……