Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

Sina City, Alchemy Academy.

"Generalist" Rockland is focusing on the study of "Side's Notebook".

After four days of research, Rockland gradually figured out the theoretical basis of the incomplete taboo knowledge on those pages.

However, without the assistance of practical experience, Rockland knew that there was still some gap between his research and the original version of Seide's Notebook.

It was still difficult for Rockland, who was not a "hidden omniscient", to cross this knowledge gap by himself.

Under the surveillance of "Mist Shadow", Luo Xiu could see that Rockland often pulled his hair tightly and stared at the contents of the notebook;

Rockland's expression was sometimes ferocious and sometimes dull, but his eyes were always on the notebook, as if staring at it like this, it could grow the incomplete pages again.

"...Puff."

Luo Xiu held back his laughter. He calculated the time. "Shadow of Killing" should be about to act.

...

At the same time, Luo Xiu was also keeping an eye on "Shadow of Slaughter" Setis. Luo Xiu could see every move of the high-ranking warriors on both sides very clearly.

"Shadow of Slaughter" Setis had come out of his base at this time and was moving silently towards the Alchemy Institute.

With Luo Xiu's "help", Setis accurately intercepted two "scholars" from the Alchemy Institute and abducted them to a nearby base.

It was also under Luo Xiu's "guidance" that Setis's atrocities were "accidentally" seen by an alchemist from the Alchemy Institute.

The alchemist was stunned on the spot, and a strong sense of crisis suddenly surged in his heart. He could sense that the enemy who enveloped the two scholars in gray fog and then took the scholars away was definitely not something he, who only had a double destiny, could fight against.

The alchemist hid on the spot and only observed the actions of the "enemy" through the gap in the bunker.

After confirming that the enemy's breath had disappeared, the alchemist came out of his hiding place and ran towards the Alchemy Institute.

…

The warlock came to the Alchemy Institute and entered the "Transformation Room" on the first floor. His colleagues greeted him warmly, but he was not in the mood to greet his colleagues, nor did he go to his workstation.

He went directly to the ritual array that transmitted to the upper level. After a flash of light and shadow, the warlock's figure disappeared in an instant.

…

The third floor of the Alchemy Institute, "The Room of True Knowledge".

Beep, beep--

When Rockland was immersed in the ocean of knowledge, suddenly, the alarm sounded.

Rockland raised his head, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.

Rockland clapped his hands, and the "door" slowly opened to both sides, revealing the source of the alarm.

It was a panting "alchemist". He was constantly slapping the light red bulge on the guard puppet to trigger the alarm of the "guard puppet".

"...Santi." Rockland asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?"

"Lo...Lorkland." The alchemist named "Santi" wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in a trembling voice, "Yes, there is an enemy attack..."

"Enemy attack?" Rockland frowned.

In the territory of Sina City, there are still people who dare to attack the Alchemy Academy under the jurisdiction of the "Tower of Sages"?

"Calm down first." Rockland's voice turned kind and said to the alchemist opposite, "Santi, as a believer of 'truth', you must understand that you should not panic when encountering anything."

"..."

After being comforted by Rockland, Santi's emotions gradually stabilized. The look he gave Rockland also changed from anxious to calm.

"... I will follow your instructions, Lord Rockland."

Santi nodded, "That's right, on my way to the Alchemy Institute, I saw that some followers of the Red Lotus kidnapped our scholars."

"Followers of the Red Lotus?" Rockland frowned, "The Alchemy Institute has no intersection with them... Why did they kidnap our scholars?"

"Lord Rockland..."

Santi said, "At least, he is an enemy of the triple destiny of the Red Lotus. Even though I only witnessed his atrocities from a distance, I can still clearly feel that there is a huge gap between him and me."

"Lord Rockland, you are the only great generalist who is now in the Alchemy Institute. I ask you to come forward in person to save our colleagues."

"..." Rockland still frowned, and did not immediately respond to the "alchemist" Santi.

But soon, Rockland smiled and said to Santi: "I will go there in person. You should go back to your post and wait for my message."

"Okay! Okay..." Santi was delighted. After getting the affirmative answer from Rockland, the "generalist", he bowed and left the room.

When Santi left, Rockland's kindness quickly turned into a playful expression.

"The followers of [Red Lotus] kidnapped our scholars at this time..."

"Could it be the remnants of 'Saint'?"

"Roxiu Carlos obtained Saint's notebook and handed it to me..."

"Well... Luo Xiu passed my investigation, he is fine."

"But this does not mean that Luo Xiu Carlos will do things flawlessly..."

"He got this notebook from Saint's hiding place. Maybe he was targeted by someone because of this..."

"It is also possible that "Said's Notebook" is a trap itself?"

"There is a possibility that the incomplete page content is probably hidden in the [Red Lotus] believer..."

"Hmm... this may also be a trap of the 'Hidden Omniscient One', but, haha..."

A contemptuous smile appeared on Lockland's face.

"Whether it's the fragments of the codex, or defeating the enemy's trap and rescuing colleagues from the Alchemy Institute."

"——I can do it all."

…

White Antelope Inn.

Luo Xiu was lying on the bed, connected to the field of vision of "Mist Shadow", and paying attention to the movements of "General Knowledge" Lockland and "Shadow of Murder" Thetis.

"What kind of blockbuster of the year..."

Luo Xiu's face was filled with a calm smile.

Seeing that "General Knowledge" Lockland has assembled a fighting team, and "Shadow of Slaughter" Thetis has also set up numerous ambushes at the stronghold, waiting for the possible liquidation of the "Alchemy Institute" at any time.

The battle between "Alchemy Institute" and "Blood of Thorns" was about to break out, so Luo Xiu adjusted his condition and then left the hotel.

Luo Xiu would never miss an opportunity like this to "touch someone's head" easily.

Although he is now a pure blank slate except for the extremely high "resistance" attribute, it is still no problem to get some combat experience and complete the promotion mission.

While thinking about it, Luo Xiu walked towards the stronghold where the "Shadow of Killing" robbed scholars.

…

"The Knowledgeable" Lockland, after arranging his manpower, headed towards the stronghold of the "Shadow of Killing".

Led by "Alchemist" Santi, the Alchemy Academy team did not take many detours.

Through the rune induction between scholars under the "Alchemy Institute", Rockland's team quickly locked the location of the hiding stronghold of the "Shadow of Killing".

Before that, though.

Rockland encountered another "unexpected" person.

——Roseux Carlos!

At this time, Luo Xiu, wearing his daily white robe, happened to pass by Lockland.

As if he noticed something, Luo Xiu looked in the direction of Lockland, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Lockland stopped walking and nodded to Luo Xiu.

"Luo Xiu, I'm glad to see you here."

Lockland said kindly, "But I'm sorry, I can't stay too long. We still have important things to do."

"May your holy light shine forever, Lord Lockland. Meeting here is already a blessing given by 'Xu Mo'."

Luo Xiu responded politely, but there was a hesitant tone in his words, "Did you...are you in any trouble?"

Lockland was stunned for a moment, then after thinking about it he nodded and said, "Yes, someone kidnapped the scholars of our Alchemy Academy. We are going to go and destroy their stronghold."

A group of [Intellectual] Extraordinaries travel lightly, and it is indeed easy for people who are also Extraordinary to spot the clues, and Lockland has no intention of hiding this matter.

"Are they heretics?" Luo Xiu's eyes were bright.

"It should be so. Someone reported to me that they were followers of [Red Lotus]..."

"Well, that's the case."

Luo Xiu said solemnly: "Please let me join your action. As the 'Holy Judge', it should be my duty to judge heretics."

Hearing this, Lockland was stunned.

His eyes became profound in an instant, and the invisible spiritual net suddenly opened and then quickly retracted.

Lockland still didn't, sensing an unusual spiritual fluctuation from Luo Xiu.

"Okay..." Lockland nodded.

"You can join us. But remember, if you hold back, everyone at the 'Alchemy Yard' will not save you in times of crisis."

…

Triumph Square, the edge area of ​​the main street.

A deep alley completely penetrates the residential area on one side of the main street.

Before the new urban pattern of Sina City was established, it was once a bustling old street.

Just a few decades ago, a sudden plague caused almost all the residents in the entire alley to be infected with the plague.

In just one week, the place was filled with corpses of those who died of the plague.

Although the "Hall of Law" and the "Holy Court Church" in Sina City both suspected that there was supernatural power at work, when they rushed to the scene, they did not find any traces of pagan activities.

When the plague ended, the residents of the alleys also moved out one after another, and the alleys that used to be bustling suddenly became lifeless.

Although in recent years, more and more residents have gradually chosen to live here because of the low housing prices and housing taxes, this place is no longer in line with the current prosperity of Sina City.

Lockland led the team into the alley, and they went deeper and deeper until they could no longer see the entrance to the alley when they came back.

The surfaces of the buildings on both sides were covered with smoke stains, and the ditch next to the wall also emitted bursts of stench, which made the alchemy academy warlocks who had been living in the "square monument" for a long time frown.

If no one had come here in person, no one would have thought that beneath the bustling surface of Sina City, there was such a dirty and smelly shadow area buried.

The environment here is a little better than the "slums", but only a little bit.

Rockland resisted the mysophobia and nausea, and he radiated his senses, looking for the entrance that might be the stronghold of the "Shadow of Murder".

Suddenly, Lockland's eyes turned cold.

"...Found it."

…

Inside the "Blood of Thorns" stronghold.

"Shadow of Murder" Thetis was sitting on a "human chair" with the buttocks flattened to serve as a cushion.

Setis had just arrived at this base.

He had just detained two "scholars" from the Alchemy Institute and had not had time to torture them.

As a result, before he could even sit in the "human chair", Setis's heart suddenly trembled.

"Lord Setis..." A flattering voice sounded beside him, "Did you notice anything?"

"...There are little mice."

Setis said in a deep voice: "The mice from the Alchemy Institute, they followed the smell."

After saying this, Setis stood up and said to the waiter beside him: "'Destroyer' Voit, you go and gather the blood disciples. We are going to crush these invading little mice one by one..."

A layer of fanaticism flashed across Setis' face, and he walked to the hanging rack beside him and took down two twisted black daggers.

"Go, Voight, don't keep me waiting too long."

"...I will obey your will, Lord Setis."

Opposite Setis, a shadow with "four arms" and a lower body covered with dense legs like a centipede, "prostrated" Setis in a strange posture and retreated to the entrance of the base.

Waiting for Voight to leave, Setis's face flashed a layer of gloom, and he murmured in a low voice:

"Their reaction was too quick..."

"The two-faced puppet...the Lord's sacred object..."

"Sure enough, it is related to the Alchemy Institute..."

...

——Boom!!!

The gate of the base where the Shadow of Slaughter hid was smashed into pieces by the tyrannical brute force!

The "blood slaves" who were originally guarding the gate of the base were smashed to pieces on the spot by this fierce impact, and their broken arms and limbs were scattered all over the ground.

The few surviving blood slaves were trembling with fear at the sight before them.

They only saw that the thing that had just blasted through the gate was a thick metal ring arm.

The blood slaves looked back along the metal ring arm.

They only saw that at the broken entrance of the stronghold, there stood a fat body. It had no head, but it could accurately sense the enemy's position; in the middle of its body, there were two metal ring arms thicker than a human that connected to the gate.

This was undoubtedly some kind of alchemical creation for war!

This extremely powerful alchemical creation was also engraved with extremely complex rune patterns, which were now flashing a deep yellow light and emitting terrifying spiritual fluctuations.

"This is my third-level puppet. No. 16 siege hammer."

Rockland smiled at Luo Xiu and said, "If the enemies of [Red Lotus] are so vulnerable, then this operation should be over soon."

There's still dinner in the evening, let's have dinner first =w=