Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

——Are you the "Adventor"?

When he heard the "Apostle of the Holy Abyss" wearing a crimson cloak in front of him ask such a question, the long-lost familiarity suddenly surged up in Thomas's heart——

That is the "Apostle of the Holy Abyss"!

Unexpectedly, the "Apostles of the Holy Abyss" appeared on the second day of the open beta of "God's Destiny"!

Then the nearly 40,000 or so experience points left in the experience tank can finally be exchanged for new skills or skill knowledge from the [Shengyuan Mall]!

——So cool!

Thomas was thinking about this, and an excited expression suddenly appeared on his face, and he shouted to the "Apostle of the Holy Abyss" wearing a crimson cloak opposite:

"I am!"

"..."

"well……"

Visibly to the naked eye, the eyes under the wide hood on the opposite side seemed to flash a dark red light for an instant——

The moment Thomas revealed to him that he was the "Adventor", the crimson apostle stretched out his hand to Thomas with a black dragon claw mark floating on the back of his hand.

"Then...according to the will of the 'Lord,' I am here to invite you..."

A high-pitched, somewhat creepy sound came from Thomas's ears.

And at the same time, he saw that a dark red magic circle had emerged at the feet of himself and the cloak in front of him.

Then Thomas' vision went dark.

Then the deep voice came to my ears——

"'Sacred Abyss'...welcome."

…

The Holy Abyss was left on the royal court.

When Thomas' vision returned to color, he had been teleported here by the crimson apostle.

He looked into the distance, and the magnificent and ancient palace came into view again. The huge statues belonging to "King Isol" and "Lord of the Holy Abyss" still stood on the square, and there were people rushing around. Hundreds of other Holy Abyss apostles walking and patrolling - this is indeed the "Holy Abyss"!

Thomas was excited, and a look of excitement appeared on his face involuntarily.

And when he confirmed that he had indeed been transported to the "Holy Abyss" - the first landmark he looked for was the most important and iconic "Spring of the Holy Abyss"!

That was the main body of [Apocalypse Mall]. Soon, Thomas saw the "Fountain" that had been exquisitely carved and beautified again in the middle of the square, between "King Isol" and "Lord of the Holy Abyss" ".

An exquisite and gorgeous "wine cup" is placed on the top of the fountain, and the spring water continuously overflows from the surface of the cup, as if it will never dry up; and another giant wolf burning with flames - that is the "Holy Abyss" The seat beast of the "Lord", "Ember Wolf King", is now entrenched on the edge of the "Spring of the Holy Abyss".

OK OK...

Thomas's eyes shone as he began to figure out how to spend the nearly 40,000 experience points he had accumulated after he could move freely.

At this moment, Thomas is around.

More and more players have been brought into the Holy Abyss by the "Apostles of the Holy Abyss".

Most of them are new players who have only entered the game during the public beta, and they still have some ignorant fears about the impression of the "Holy Abyss" - just like players of Soul-like games who suddenly step on the teleportation trap, there is always a sense that they will soon understand. The premonition of unexpected sudden death and wasted resurrection times.

However, players who had already joined "Sacred Abyss" once during the closed beta seemed much calmer, and began to introduce "Sacred Abyss" to new players in the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel].

Thomas was also one of them. He shared with the surrounding players a general introduction to what kind of organization the "Holy Abyss" was, and quickly became involved with the surrounding players.

But the players are still unable to move freely, just like when they were first teleported during the closed beta. There are many Apostles of the Holy Abyss surrounding them, exuding a faint dangerous aura, guarding them.

But this was only temporary. Thomas simply waited patiently, waiting for the moment when the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" appeared to give a speech.

But before that—

"My...who is that?"

Thomas suddenly heard a burst of exclamations coming from the players approaching the main hall.

Thomas, who was curious, squeezed through the crowd and headed forward.

Just when his field of vision gradually became wider due to his forward position, Thomas also saw the figure that caused the players to exclaim——

That's "Crow of Despair" Astles!

It was "Astras", one of the three executioners who attacked during the previous defense battle of Red Maple City!

"ah?"

Thomas couldn't help but say "Huh?", doubts emerged in his heart, and his eyes couldn't help but look at "Astras".

Shouldn't he die... When [Dark Sky Haze] is settled, this executioner of [Nothingness] should be already dead, right? !

Why... is he in the "Holy Abyss" and in the Forgotten Royal Court?

"..."

While doubts arose in his heart, Thomas saw that the body of the "Crow of Despair" Asterais was indeed riddled with holes, and the broken and broken places were covered with deep and dense spiritual threads. Once connected, he stood there motionless, his eyes cloudy and his expression dull.

And above the outline of his body - there seemed to be dozens of fine spiritual threads connecting him, with dark light squirming on them, exuding a deep and ominous aura.

While observing the unexpected appearance of "Crow of Despair" Astrais, Thomas simultaneously conducted a panel detection on him.

He soon discovered that the panel of the "Crow of Despair" was no longer an NPC panel, but a "monster panel"!

Originally a saint of the fifth level of [Nothingness], he has now completely transformed into an undead monster with the threat of "natural disaster", and his name is also different - now it has become "Despair Undead - As "Teleis"!

"That is to say - it was actually the 'Holy Abyss' that hunted down Asterais... and then transformed him into a dead spirit?"

Is...is that so?

Thomas guessed.

He felt that he suddenly realized something, and while watching the former executioner who was now a "dead spirit" with great interest, he opened the [Chat Channel].

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Shocked! Encountering the [Void] executioner by chance, he tried his best...

[Sweating Soybeans]: Shock is prohibited

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: No, is that really Astraeus?

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Although I feel like I didn’t see what he did on the battlefield before...

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Was he caught by the Holy Abyss? And then was transformed into an undead?

[To overcome strength with flesh]: Right... When I saw him for the first time, I was frightened to death.

[Conquering strength with meat]: I thought the Dark Army was coming, damn it

[Sweating Soybeans]: Uh... I suddenly thought that the 'Holy Abyss' was from the Dark Army. It scared me to death. It doesn't seem right when I think about it.

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: You are disloyal!

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Fuck, I suddenly thought - was it the Holy Abyss that killed Astles, the Crow of Despair?

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Does this mean that the extra 5,000 experience points and 5 points of free attributes we got are equivalent to gifts from Shengyuan?

[Sweating Soybeans]: I am super, reasonable

[Sweating Soybeans]: Thank you Shengyuan for your gift! .jpg

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Then I will go to the "Shengyuan Mall" later to have fun. Hahahahaha, what are you producing and selling at your own pace?

[Pure Love Yellow Mao]: Wuwuwu, why is my Great Nothingness so weak, Wuwuwu

[When I type]:?

【……】：……

In the [Chat Channel], Thomas was chatting with other players, while he was still observing "Death of Despair Asterais".

The former executioner just stood there. Even though the discussions about him among the players around him were boiling, he was still completely motionless, as if he was dead.

Oh...he is indeed dead.jpg

Thomas cursed, chatted with other players in the [Chat Channel] for a while, and then closed the panel.

He was still waiting for the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" to appear, and shortly after he closed the [Chat Channel] panel, he suddenly heard a burst of rustling sounds coming from the edge of the square.

The "Apostles of the Holy Abyss" suddenly knelt down in unison, raised their hands in a gesture of consecration, and shouted with piety and fanaticism on their faces:

"——Great Holy Abyss!"

"——Great Holy Abyss!"

"——Great Holy Abyss!"

Their voices were neat, high-pitched and rhythmic, surging like thunder in the sky of the royal court.

Thomas had seen such a scene before, so he looked above the holy abyss, above the ancient and magnificent hall——

Sure enough, the figure of the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" - that "Shura" has indeed appeared there!

The "Lord of the Holy Abyss" finally appears!

He held up a staff that exuded pitch-black mist. It was the legendary [Lament of Death], from which a rich black light containing a strong aura of death spurted out, and three black mists quickly spewed out from it!

The black mist had quickly condensed into a dark and profound ghost, and then flew behind the "Lord of the Holy Abyss", turning into two wings of black light surging into the death mist.

The surrounding "Apostles of the Holy Abyss" have stopped praising the "Lord of the Holy Abyss". They have stood up from their prostrate posture, looking at their co-lord with enthusiasm and longing.

The "Lord of the Holy Abyss" has already flown to the high sky, the [Death Lament] in his hand is raised again, and the spirit of gray mist and amber has appeared behind him on the left.

——That’s the “Guardian of Falsehood”!

He waved the black staff again, and the surging black mist of death was released from behind him. The slender spirit of death with four eyes and four arms appeared behind him on the right.

——That’s the “Deathrattle Demon”!

Under everyone's gaze, the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" waved his staff again.

But this time, an unprecedented deep light emerged from the tip of the [Death Lament] staff.

The sky dimmed, the cracks opened, and a figure that was beautiful and flawless but exuded a dangerous and charming aura stepped down the light-stabilized sky steps and stopped behind the "Lord of the Holy Abyss", her hands gently embracing his neck.

——That’s the “blasphemous devil”!

Thomas's panel detection revealed the names of the gods summoned by the "Lord of the Holy Abyss".

Even though there are still invisible question marks everywhere except the name, it does not prevent Thomas from immersing himself in appreciating the special effects when the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" appears.

Even though he had seen this "Lord of the Holy Abyss" make an exaggerated appearance once during the closed beta, Thomas still felt quite shocked and excited after watching it again during the open beta -

That's so cool! .jpg

He is the complete opposite of [Glory] and is handsome, revealing a taboo, blasphemous, and dark beauty.

There are some differences from the closed beta. This time, the spirit summoned by the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" has an additional "Deathrattle Demon".

In just one month, this "Lord of the Holy Abyss" seems to have become stronger again!

So... this "Lord of the Holy Abyss", what is his destiny, and what level has he reached?

Thomas thought to himself, still staring up at the sky, unwilling to miss even a single scene.

He couldn't help but think of the "bishop" of his church, and he couldn't help but want to compare the bishop "Roseux Carlos" with the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" above the sky.

"If we talk about special effects alone, our bishop and the 'Lord of the Holy Abyss' seem to be about the same handsomeness..."

"I wonder who would win if the bishop and the Lord of the Holy Abyss had a fight?"

"..."

Thomas pondered this in his mind.

He had begun to imagine in his mind the scene in which "Bishop of Red Maple City" Luo Xiu Carlos met "Lord of the Holy Abyss" Shura and had a real fight.

While in reverie.

The "Lord of the Holy Abyss" floating in mid-air, surrounded by three bottles of "spirits", made a low voice full of divine majesty:

"——I am 'Holy Abyss' Shura, the lord of this place."

"——I welcome you, the 'adventors' from outside the world."

"——I will guide, I will carry, I will mediate;"

"——I will dominate, I will transcend, I will sublime!"

After a pause, the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" raised his staff again and drew a perfect arc in mid-air.

The words and actions the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" said and made during the closed beta were the same. Thomas was still looking up, staring intently -

A black ring appeared on the path traced by the staff in the hand of the "Lord of the Holy Abyss", and slowly rose into the air.

Just when it reached a certain height, the ring that exuded deep darkness suddenly bloomed, and the deep light that poured out continuously outlined the outline of the ancient, profound, and magnificent "Holy Abyss" hall, and floated from an unknown source. The ancient and distant sound of singing.

The "Lord of the Holy Abyss" then issued a majestic and echoing declaration:

"——Live here peacefully!"

"——All the exiles, all the abandoned ones, all the people who do not belong to this world!"

"——You will explore, you will discover, you will pry!"

"——I will witness!"

"——Witness the 'natural disaster' engraved on the surface of the world;"

"——Witness the 'Holy Abyss' engraved on the destiny!"

After announcing the last few words loudly, a deep red light danced behind him.

A red ring emerged from behind him, and then the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" disappeared.

And his three "gods" - the "blasphemous demons" gently lifted their skirts, with charming smiles on their faces, bowed slightly to salute the "adventurs" below, and then also ran towards the red ring.

The same goes for the "Guardian of Falsehood" and the "Deathrattle Demon" - they quickly disappeared into the sky.

And the red ring also closed, and the "Apostles of the Holy Abyss" on the edge of the square knelt down again in the direction where the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" left, praising enthusiastically and devoutly:

"——Great Holy Abyss!"

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"——Great Holy Abyss!"

"——Great Holy Abyss!"

The waves of praise were loud and enthusiastic, and Thomas was faintly touched in his heart.

And when the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" left.

Thomas's panel finally started to beat——

That was a reminder of a new, hidden mission!

[Trigger hidden mission: How great! Holy abyss! (Normal difficulty)]!

【……】

[Hidden mission: How great! Holy abyss! (Normal difficulty)]

[Recommended level: lv.1+, not yet on the road of destiny and above]

[Task Type: Hidden Task]

[Task description: You were guided by the unknown to the forgotten royal court secret realm, and saw the real secret of this world and this place - [Holy Abyss], which is neutral, harmonious, and dedicated to balancing the black and white. The mysterious force on both sides is secretive and powerful, perhaps more powerful than any force you have ever known. 】

[The "Lord of the Holy Abyss" issued a declaration to the descendants - He will guide you, observe you, and protect you. He predicted this - "The Advent" will eventually become the shadow of natural disasters, and the "Holy Abyss" will forever be engraved in the world because of you. 】

[At this moment, a unique opportunity is before you - join the [Holy Abyss] and become the shadow of the world with the "Lord of the Holy Abyss"; you will gain strength here, gain wealth here, and gain wealth here. Find the real "truth" in this world. 】

[Main mission goal: Under the guidance of the "Apostle of the Holy Abyss", join the "Apostle of the Holy Abyss" and become a new "Apostle of the Holy Abyss"]

[Completion rewards: Basic experience +1000, "Lord of the Holy Abyss" Shura favorability +10%, "Isol Royal Court Seal (White) *1", "Holy Abyss Spring" usage rights]

[Seal of the Royal Court of Isol (White): A seal of authority that can transmit between the "Holy Abyss Royal Court" and the real world. Only the person receiving the seal can transmit, and cannot bring others with him]

[Fountain of the Holy Abyss: It can consume experience and absorb extraordinary knowledge of specific destiny techniques and skills]

[Fate options: [Glory], [Intellect], [Lost], [Void], [Red Lotus], [Kutu]...]

【……】

——This is it!

Thomas's eyes lit up!

He has been waiting until now just to trigger this mission on the panel after the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" completes his announcement!

That is an invitation mission to join [Holy Abyss]!

Without hesitation, Thomas quickly browsed through [Great! Holy abyss! 】The content of the task was almost the same as during the internal test, so the panel was given a "settlement" instruction!

A burst of light and shadow suddenly floated in front of him, [How great! Holy abyss! ] has become completed, and Thomas received the reward for completing the task.

On the back of Thomas' hand - the white dragon claw mark never appeared, which was the completion of [Great! Holy abyss! 】The "Isol Royal Court Seal (White)" obtained later is a pass to enter and exit the Holy Abyss - the Forgotten Royal Court!

At the same time, he also gained the permission to use the [Holy Abyss Spring] again. As long as he is within the range of the Holy Abyss - Forgotten King's Court Square, he can directly open the [Holy Abyss Mall] in the panel.

Compared to the closed beta, where [Shengyuan Mall] could only be opened within five meters of the "Spring of the Holy Abyss", this was considered a major optimization, Thomas thought to himself.

And he couldn't wait to open the [Shengyuan Mall], and the dazzling skills, skills and knowledge from various fates came into view. They all had clearly marked experience values, and you only need to invest the marked experience. , you can immediately absorb the corresponding knowledge.

Some skills or skill knowledge are still gray and cannot be "learned". They need to meet a certain "Holy Abyss Points" and have a certain degree of favorability with the "Lord of the Sacred Abyss" before they can learn it. Thomas looked at them, I have begun to plan in my mind about the future direction of liver transplantation.

While planning in his heart, Thomas has quickly learned two "brilliant" destiny skills and three "brilliant" destiny skills.

That cost him nearly 30,000 experience points. After that, Thomas saved the remaining 10,000 experience points for emergencies.

"Now...hey, I'm stronger again!"

Thomas thought excitedly as he looked at the brand new personal panel and felt the power surging in his body.

And after learning the required [Glory] techniques and skills, he stopped staying.

After activating the "Seal of the Royal Court of Isol (White)", a teleportation circle of light red light appeared at Thomas' feet.

His figure gradually faded and disappeared, and he had returned to the real world belonging to the "Fanor Continent".

…

Red Maple City Church, Bishop’s See.

Luo Xiu, who had just returned from the "Holy Court of the Holy Abyss", was already lying on the bed, opened the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel], and began to pay attention to the activities of the players.

In just one night, the number of people he asked the "Holy Abyss Apostles" to capture into the "Holy Abyss" was almost a thousand.

This number is already twice that of the first time players were caught entering the Royal Court of the Holy Abyss during the closed beta!

After the task of recruiting players to join "Holy Abyss" during the internal beta was once again distributed to players, the number of players who immediately chose to join "Holy Abyss" was about 400, and the number of players who joined after waiting for a while was about 400. Over a hundred years old.

Soon, more than 80% of the players chose to join the Holy Abyss.

Because many players who participated in the closed beta of "God's Destiny" tasted the benefits of joining "Holy Abyss" during the closed beta. Under their influence, the proportion of players who chose to join "Holy Abyss" this time was relatively large. It was much higher during the internal beta. Luo Xiu estimated that soon, the proportion of players willing to join the Holy Abyss would reach over 90%.

Luo Xiu also opened the [Shengyuan Mall] for players at the same time - now is the time to harvest!

While paying attention to his lovely players, Luo Xiu simultaneously opened the "Spring of Spirituality" panel.

In the "Spring of Spirituality" panel, after the [Sacred Abyss Mall] was officially opened to players, the experience accumulated in the Spring of Spirituality experience pool has been rising at a terrifying speed.

From more than three hundred thousand to more than two million in just five minutes, and half an hour later, the experience value in the experience pool has reached more than six million!

Thanks to the generous experience points rewards given by [Dark Sky Haze], for current players, they are simply "extremely rich" - the average player who has just joined "Holy Abyss" has an average of 10,000 Five thousand experience points were accumulated, and the experience points they used to learn skills and knowledge in [Shengyuan Mall] accounted for about half of it.

Luo Xiu estimated that it would not be long before the experience points accumulated in the [Spring of Spirituality] experience pool would approach the upper limit of 10 million points.

He thought happily, while paying attention to the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel], the players had started a quite heated discussion on "Holy Abyss", and the corners of his mouth could not help but raise a slight arc.

Only the current situation of players in Red Maple City——

Including the new players who later joined "God's Destiny", there are currently about 13,000 players in Red Maple City alone.

Sixty percent of them, or about 7,000 players, have chosen to join the periphery of the three major forces: "Church", "Bianting", and "Fangbeiyuan". There are still about 6,000 players who have not yet To join any force is to wander around as a "refugee" in Red Maple City.

It's in Luo Xiu's plan for the "players".

His "Red Maple City Church" should absorb about 6,000 players to join the periphery and become "church patrols" within half a month. And under Luo Xiuzao's layout long in advance, the church also It does have this condition and can accommodate this number of players.

And the number of players that "Holy Abyss" will absorb will be twice that of "Red Maple City Church" - "Holy Abyss" should attract 12,000 players to join, and its main target is the "unofficial forces" "Sanren" - let them embark on the four illegal destiny paths of [Red Lotus], [Kutu], [Loss], and [Nothingness].

Such a number is not an exaggeration - because Luo Xiu clearly knows that the number of players who will enter "God's Destiny" in the future and the number of players who migrate from other "initial arrival points" will only increase, and eventually A conservative estimate is that it is more than three times the current number of "13,000 descendants" in Red Maple City!

In the previous life, on the eve of the end of the "Judgment War", there were nearly 100,000 players in Red Maple City.

But the current situation is different from that in the previous life. In the "Judgment War" in the previous life, the tug-of-war between the Dark Principality and the Empire in border places such as Red Maple City may have ended early due to the changes brought by Luo Xiu, but this time It does not hinder it - "Red Maple City" is still a very important military location and is still very attractive to players.

And no matter what.

Whether it is "Red Maple City Church" or "Holy Abyss" - Luo Xiu's plans for them will not stop for a moment.

This is only the beginning.

Luo Xiu knew deeply——

In the future, his influence will not be limited to just one corner of Red Maple City.

He is already a bishop, and in the future he will become an archbishop, a cardinal, or even replace the "Holy Crowned Pope"!

And the "Holy Abyss" - it will also secretly become the largest dark side force in Red Maple City, even the Songyuan Territory, even the Empire, even the Fanor Continent, and even the Apocalypse World!

This is the final plan - in Luo Xiu's mind, it is already a long-term plan.

Luo Xiu was thinking about this.

…

Soon, another hour passed by.

Luo Xiu temporarily put down these grand blueprints in his mind and glanced at the panel of "Spring of Spirituality".

At this time, the accumulated experience value in the "Spring of Spirituality" experience pool has almost exceeded the threshold - within an hour, players with high consumption desires contributed more than 3 million to [Shengyuan Mall] experience value.

Luo Xiu was quite satisfied with the current result. Before the experience pool was about to overflow, he gave the "Spiritual Fountain" panel instructions to extract all the experience——

[Father: Fountain of Spirituality]

[Current experience value storage: 9832287/10000000]

[Current resonance level: Level III]

[Level III resonance level: When taking out the stored experience value, it is effectively converted to 70%]

【……】

[Extracted experience: 6882601]

——Nearly 6.9 million points!

Seeing that the experience tank that had been 'dry' for a long time in his character panel became full again, Luo Xiu's eyes couldn't help but feel a little more joyful.

He roughly estimated in his heart that with about 40 million more experience points, he could raise the level of his [Glory] career "Divine Apostle" to lv.60, thus officially triggering his promotion to the sixth level. [Promotion Mission] of destiny.

That's not far away, Luo Xiu is sure of this.

He finally took a look at the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel]. The enthusiasm of the players' discussion of "Holy Abyss" had dropped a bit at this time.

There are also many players who have just gone offline - in the real world where they actually exist, the corresponding time is already late at night.

In the experience pool of the "Spring of Spirituality", the rate of accumulation of experience gradually slowed down, and Luo Xiu also felt a surge of sleepiness.

The "energy" he had replenished with only two hours of sleep had finally reached the point of exhaustion. Luo Xiu felt that his eyelids had become heavier, heavier, and heavier.

He took one last look at the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel], then closed all the panels. Unable to hold on any longer, he slid onto the bed, and soon fell into a distant dream.

…

Until the next morning.

The sun has shone through the cracks in the curtains and outside the window, casting a warm golden glow in the room.

After sleeping for about four hours, Luo Xiu woke up naturally.

The first thing he did after waking up was to pay attention to the "Spiritual Fountain" panel - during the four hours he slept, the experience value inside increased by more than two million.

For the first wave of players who joined the "Holy Abyss", the experience points that can be gained from them are almost these. Luo Xiu has begun to look forward to the "harvest" that can be gained from the second wave of players.

But that has to wait until tonight, until his Holy Abyss Apostles, and then send out a sincere "invitation" to the lovely lone players - now Luo Xiu, as the "Bishop", needs to go to the Holy Affairs first The office handles the church's affairs for the day, and then goes to the "Holy Inquisition" to preside over the final 'soul-sending ceremony' for the clergymen who were martyred in the previous guard battle.

Luo Xiu then went to the bathroom to quickly wash up, then returned to the bedroom to change into the pure white robe of the "bishop", then took the golden scepter, left the "bishop's seat" and walked to the holy office.

When he came to the Holy Office and walked into the "Bishops' Room".

Luo Xiu saw Anthony - he was already sitting in a seat on the side, looking at the pile of files on the table in front of him, which was thicker than the day before, with a wry smile on his face.

...

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