Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

Chapter 108 Alfonso Durant (5k5)

Reproducing the scene of telling the "myth story" to Anthony, Pamier and others before, Luo Xiu told it again to the priest Leonard.

The protagonists of the original story, "the original apostle of the 'Suncaster'" and the "Golden Pegasus", were replaced by Luo Xiu again.

"...That's it, priest."

Luo Xiu spread his hands, "To be honest, I am afraid of this..."

"Except for that battle, I have never shown anyone else about the 'Holy Flame Wolf'."

"..."Leonard was silent.

Leonard lowered his eyes and fell into a long thought.

While the priest was thinking, he did not withdraw the spiritual pressure on Luo Xiu, and was still monitoring and observing Luo Xiu's "spiritual fluctuations".

Luo Xiu calmly waited for Leonard to speak and waited for the final result.

To be honest, Luo Xiu was extremely nervous at this time. If his "resistance" attribute was only 10 points, his spiritual fluctuations would have been shaking like Parkinson's disease.

However, with a resistance of "52" points and the overlapping effect of the "Scarlet Magic Crystal", no matter how turbulent Luo Xiu's heart was, the spiritual fluctuations emanating from his body were still as calm as dead water.

...

Finally, after a long wait.

Priest Leonard slowly said:

"Luo Xiu Carlos, I already know everything about your "Contracted Holy Beast."

"You are indeed a "special" priest, even more special than I imagined."

When Leonard finished this last sentence, he retracted the spiritual pressure emanating from him.

Luo Xiu suddenly felt that the pressure exerted on him like a small mountain suddenly eased in an instant.

It seems that I have passed the test... Luo Xiu thought secretly in his heart.

He still maintained his gaze with Priest Leonard, and the golden light in the eyes of the priest was gradually dimming.

"... Luo Xiu. I want to see with my own eyes the 'Holy Flame Wolf' that has made a contract with you."

Luo Xiu could hear that Leonard's tone at this time was earnest, but he would not allow rejection.

"Of course, Priest." Luo Xiu nodded, "This should also be the part that I confess to you."

As he said that, Luo Xiu began to chant and summon the "Holy Flame Wolf".

"——Bathing the glorious wolf, reborn in the burning holy flame..."

"..."

As Luo Xiu chanted, a dazzling golden glow emanated from his front, and the outline of the "Holy Flame Wolf" was slowly emerging from it.

When the chanting of the "Holy Flame Wolf" was completed, the "Holy Flame Wolf" Fenrir finally revealed his complete figure.

With golden hair, proud eyes, and blazing holy flames surrounding it, Leonard stared at the appearance of Fenrir, the "Holy Flame Wolf", and his inner shock could not stop for a long time.

"... This, this is really a holy beast that has never been seen before."

Leonard exclaimed, and he also began to chant:

"-I summon the supporter with burning wings with the holy fire..."

"..."

Leonard raised his arm slightly, and golden flames burned in his palm at the same time.

A sacred aura began to surge all over Leonard, and in front of him, just like when Luo Xiu summoned the "Holy Flame Wolf", a golden formation emitting dazzling glow appeared.

Something was born from this golden formation, and Luo Xiu stared at the changes in front of him.

As Leonard's chanting ended, the complete outline of the "new" thing was completely revealed in front of Luo Xiu.

"This is my contracted holy beast, its name is 'Sunburning Fire'."

Priest Leonard said.

Luo Xiu followed Leonard's gaze and carefully observed the appearance of "Sunburning Fire".

It was a spirit body made of pure "holy flame", but behind it grew a pair of pure white wings like angel wings; at the core of "Sunburning Fire", there was a crystal core that was buried very deep but exuded a very bright golden luster.

Almost at the same time as "Sunburning Fire" appeared, Luo Xiu "detected" it.

The panel quickly gave feedback.

It was a "dangerous" level holy beast like "Holy Flame Wolf" Fenrir.

This shows that the strength of the holy beast contracted by Priest Leonard is not actually very high...

While thinking, Luo Xiu heard Priest Leonard say: "Luo Xiu, you may not know what the concept of "holy beast" is..."

No, I actually know better than you...Luo Xiu complained in his heart.

"Generally, the believers of our [Glory] are allowed to contract with the sacred beasts when they reach the fourth level of destiny. They are the symbol of our journey on the [Glory] road, our guide, and our only companion who can be completely relied on."

"But you, Luo Xiu Carlos. You signed a contract with the sacred beast when you were in the 'second level of destiny'... This has not happened in our 'Sina City Church' for a long time."

"So, I asked you to come to me this time, in addition to wanting to know the true situation between you and the 'Contracted Sacred Beast', I also want to know some of your thoughts."

As Priest Leonard slowly stated, the invisible spiritual pressure once again spread out from Leonard as the origin and enveloped Luo Xiu.

However, with the successful experience of "hiding" Leonard from detection, Luo Xiu was no longer very nervous at this time.

He began to think about other questions...

——Why did Priest Leonard say that he had contracted a holy beast with a second destiny "for a long time"?

Has this really happened before?

Luo Xiu suddenly felt a strong interest in his heart, but he still suppressed his excitement and waited for Priest Leonard to say the next words.

"——Roseux Carlos, let me ask you."

"Can you guarantee that you will always be a loyal subject of [Glorious]?"

"Yes, I promise."

"Can you guarantee that you will never go astray spiritually?"

"Yes, I promise."

"Can you guarantee that you will always abide by the teachings of the Holy Court and support the authority of the Holy Court?"

"Yes, I promise."

"..."

The spiritual pressure exuded by Leonard dissipated once again after Luo Xiu finished answering these three questions.

"Very good, very good..." Leonard finally said with a smile, "I knew I was right about you. Now, I can tell you what the 'sacred beast' you contracted with actually symbolizes. ”

"With the second destiny, you can make a contract with the holy beast. This is the unique and only symbol of the 'Son of Glory'."

"And you, Luo Xiu Carlos..."

"——You are our Sina City Church, the first 'Son of Glory' in the past hundred years!"

Leonard's tone was a little excited, and his voice trembled as he said: "You don't know how much potential you have in you..."

“You will definitely take over ‘Fabiang’’s position in the future and become the new bishop of the Sina City Church!”

"And in the longer future, you may go to the Holy Court to serve as a cardinal or archbishop!"

"You may even become the next glorious pope!"

"And you, you..."

"With a 'Son of Glory' like you, our Sina City Church may be able to reverse the decline of the past century..."

"..."

This was the first time Leonard revealed these to Luo Xiu after confirming his "real thoughts."

The originally extremely majestic "Master Priest" now had a face full of enthusiasm and hope. When he looked at Luo Xiu, his eyes were like grasping a life-saving straw.

"...Master Priest."

Luo Xiu did not have too many emotional ups and downs because of Leonard's words. He asked softly:

"——What does the decline in the past century mean?"

Among Leonard's previous words, this was the only one that made Luo Xiu feel concerned.

Even though Luo Xiu was a great player of [Glory] in his previous life and was familiar with the situation of the church in Siena City, he had no idea about the "decline" that Leonard mentioned.

This should be the secret among secrets in the church in Sina City. It’s a secret that even I, who was already in the fourth level of [Glory] when I was living in Sina City in my previous life, was not qualified to have access to.

Leonard was stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face seemed to freeze for a moment.

"Uh... that..."

Leonard suddenly growled.

This gave Luo Xiu an inexplicable premonition.

This old guy...could it be that he suddenly revealed something he shouldn't have said because of his excitement?

This possibility, in Leonard's current state of mind, was suddenly stretched to infinity!

Luo Xiu became inexplicably afraid.

——He’s not going to kill people and silence them, is he? !

"...I shouldn't have told you originally."

Leonard suddenly let out a long sigh and said, "That is about a former bishop of the 'Sina City Church'."

When he heard Leonard say the word "original", Luo Xiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

This means that he should be safe for the time being. You won’t fall into inexplicable danger just because you heard something you shouldn’t have heard.

Leonard then said slowly: "Once upon a time, about a hundred years ago, our church in Sina City was the church with the largest number of clergymen and the strongest overall strength in the history of the Holy Court."

"This is not because our Sina City Church has a richer foundation than other churches. It is because we had a 'great bishop' at that time."

"Great Bishop?" Luo Xiu asked in a puzzled tone.

"Yes, great bishop... At that time, the bishop of the Sina City Church was not Fabion. The name of that bishop was 'Alfonso Durant'."

——Alfonso Durant!

When he heard this name, Luo Xiu was shocked.

Although the name was unfamiliar to him.

However, the former bishop's surname is the same as his own, "Durant"!

"This Bishop Alfonso, has he done anything?" Luo Xiu was turbulent in his heart, but still asked calmly on the surface.

"... From my personal perspective, I think he is a 'great' person."

Leonard sighed and said, "At that time, I had just joined the Sina City Church not long ago, and like you, I had just become a Holy Judge."

"A hundred years ago, the Holy See did not have the structure it has today. We did not have the imperial background like we have now. Although [Glory] at that time was a legitimate destiny in the Nolan Empire, it did not completely control the authority of faith in the empire."

"There is such a thing..." Luo Xiu looked surprised.

"So, the Pope of the Holy See made such a decision at that time - to launch a "holy war" against the [lost] believers who were popular in the empire at that time, and seize the authority of faith from them, so that they could gain a foothold in the Nolan Empire and gradually spread the faith of "Glory."

-The Holy War, this is a "catastrophe" that has been repeatedly mentioned in the classics that record the history of [Glory]. Luo Xiu, who collected a lot of relevant information in his previous life, has a vague memory of this.

"At that time, I was still young and participated in the 'Holy War'... But we underestimated the means of the [Lost] enemies."

"Our [Glorious] followers were massacred by the [Lost] pagans. This is not only because we are not as strong as the enemy, but also because the [Lost] believers at that time had the support of the entire 'Holy Tower Kingdom', while we did not."

"At that time, it was Bishop Alfonso who stood up and proposed a new concept to the 'Holy See'."

"He said: 'Now, it is no longer a matter of whether our faith is pious and the Holy Light is strong. Is it a pure moment. We should absorb more people who have lost their way from other destinies and guide them to the path of [Glory]...'"

"It was Alfonso who first proposed to lead the extraordinary people from other destinies and let them try to take [Glory] as the second destiny to expand our combat power... He proposed this and did make the same attempt. "

"He, Bishop Alfonso Durant, himself took the path of [Supreme], and in turn used the authority of 'dominance' to control the power of holy light..."

"He... failed?" Luo Xiu asked at the right time.

"No, he succeeded."

Leonard said, "He successfully 'dominated' the Holy Light, allowing it to exert its most original power, close to 'destruction'. And the 'Holy See' also opened up the extraordinary knowledge of [Glorious] to many pagans who were not hostile at the time under the successful precedent of Alfonso."

"So..." Luo Xiu suddenly realized, "The combat effectiveness of the 'Holy See' at that time soared, and finally won the victory of the 'Holy War', and seized the authority of the 'faith' of the Nolan Empire from the hands of [Lost]?"

"Yes, yes..." Leonard nodded, "We did win, but it was an extremely tragic victory."

"But, Luo Xiu, you know." Leonard suddenly changed the subject, "This requires a price."

"And The price for the Holy See to win the Holy War in this way was almost endless internal contradictions and the crisis of division. "

"At that time, among our followers of [Glory], there was a division between the "Purists" and the "Worldly Factions". The believers of the "Purists" believed that we used means other than [Glory] to win the war, which was a blasphemy against Glory. The victory of the "Holy War" was therefore contrary to the "holiness". "

"The "Worldly Factions" believed that the "Dual Destiny" extraordinary people represented by Bishop Alfonso were precisely the hope for the future of the Holy See. They believed that this was the right path and an unstoppable trend and torrent. "

"Both sides insisted on their own opinions, but no one compromised or gave in. The extremism among the "Purists" The followers of the Supreme Being completely separated from the Holy See, which is the now infamous Pure Order that you know. "

"It's just that, Luo Xiu... if that was all, this should have been just a disagreement within the Holy See, but the people of the Supreme intervened in our dispute. "

"The Supreme's spearhead was directed at Bishop Alfonso, because he had usurped the authority of the Supreme. His practice of the Supreme as a second destiny was trampling on the supreme dominance of the Supreme. "

"At that time, the people of the Supreme also negotiated with the Holy See at the same time - the Holy See, which had basically controlled the "faith authority" of the entire Nolan Empire, would recognize the status of the Holy See in the empire as long as Bishop Alfonso was handed over. They were willing to work with the Glory, From the secular and religious perspectives, jointly govern the entire empire. "

"Luo Xiu, you know, this is a very tempting condition."

Leonard sighed at this time, and then continued: "This has nothing to do with morality or faith, it is simply an interaction of interests. If 'Alfonso' is gone, the empire will give real recognition, and the voices boasting of purity within the 'Holy Court' will disappear. "

"So, you should be able to guess what choice the 'Holy Court' finally made. "

"After that, the name Alfonso Durant has become a taboo. "

Leonard sighed and said: "To be honest, from a moral perspective, I do not agree with the practice of the Holy Court. However, from the perspective of those in high positions, this is a necessary sacrifice. "

"And after the 'Holy War' a hundred years ago ended in this way, we who lost Bishop Alfonso became the target of the 'purists' and the pagans who remained in the empire. "

"We are the ones being targeted, and Bishop Fabion, who succeeded Bishop Alfonso, does not have the outstanding talents and abilities like Bishop Alfonso."

"Bishop Fabion... He has burned his life to give the Sina City Church a chance to succeed, and he wants to improve as much as possible on the path of [Glory]... However, human talent is ultimately limited."

"Now, Bishop Fabion has reached the point of exhaustion."

Leonard looked a little indifferent, but a glimmer of light suddenly flashed in his eyes, "And your appearance has given me hope."

"Because you are really like that Bishop 'Alfonso Durant' . You are all clergymen who are ‘priests’, and Bishop Alfonso, like you, was favored by the ‘holy beast’ when he was in the ‘double destiny’, and made a soul contract with it. ”

“So, Luo Xiu…”

Leonard said in a low voice and at the same time at the end:

“I have high hopes for you. You are the only person who has the possibility of reaching the other side of Bishop Alfonso’s achievement in the past hundred years, and you may also be the only one who can lead the Sina City Church out of the quagmire…”

“——As long as you don’t go on the wrong path.”

“…”

Listening to Leonard’s words, Luo Xiu’s face showed a pious and resolute expression.

“Okay, I understand, priest.”

But in Luo Xiu’s heart.

He knew that he might, really find it difficult to fulfill Leonard’s wish.

Because, what the priest didn’t know was.

——His real surname is actually “Durant”!

Although he didn’t know what his relationship with the “Bishop Alfonso” was.

But the only thing that can be confirmed is that, when no one noticed, he had already embarked on the path of "defiled glory" just like the former bishop.

And he, at the same time, embarked on the fate of [glory] and [abyss].

Luo Xiu Durant deeply understood another thing, that he had never been a "son of glory".

—— but should be a "son of taboo".

There is still tonight, it must be a day of 10,000, and the bid must be taken within a month.jpg

If I don't get a day of 10,000 today, join the group and beat me up! (Brutal remarks)