Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

Just when Thomas was thinking about this with excitement, "Holy Judge" Connor beside him suddenly turned around and looked towards the direction of the distant city wall.

Boom! A bright flame suddenly ignited from the top of the city, and then, not far away, more flames bloomed towards the sky one after another.

It was like a kind of "beacon fire" - a "beacon fire" that would be ignited when encountering an enemy.

Then a high-pitched, noisy horn sounded in Thomas' ears.

Woo! ——The loud sound of the trumpet echoed in the air, and Thomas saw the "Holy Judge" Connor in front of him, with obvious tension on his face.

"There is an enemy attack..." Connor muttered in a daze. His somewhat cloudy vision gradually became clear. He turned around and shouted loudly to the "patrols":

"——There is an enemy attack!"

"That is our biggest enemy, the first invasion from the Dark Army in half a month!"

"This is not within your responsibilities, but this is your only home - according to the instructions and instructions of the Great Priest, I hope you can follow me again and drive them out!"

"When the enemies are driven out again, the church will give you the bounty you deserve and will also give you a warm place to live!"

"Those who are willing to follow me and continue fighting should stand behind me!"

"..."

...The Dark Army? When he heard these three words, Thomas's eyes lit up for a moment.

Is that the army of the "Dark Principality" mentioned in the main mission, which is hostile to the camp he is currently in, the "Nolan Empire"?

If solving the "Dead God's Heir" crisis can be regarded as a "side mission", this is Thomas's first time coming into contact with events related to the main mission!

Previously, in his battle with the aberrant undead, he had only used up one death and resurrection count. He still had enough confidence to participate in the next battle, so he sided with "Holy Judge" Connor without hesitation.

…

After Connor shouted a few words, he was not sure whether these "refugee" patrols would really follow him.

He just did what Luo Xiu taught him before leaving -

"If the beacon is lit and you learn that the Dark Army is invading again, tell these 'church patrols' loudly like this - tell them that the 'Black Army' is attacking, and tell them that they will receive the rewards they deserve. , so that they will naturally come to your side”…

Connor did so doubtfully, and then waited anxiously for the reaction of these "church patrols".

During the short period of waiting, he recalled all the strange things about these new "church patrols".

They are really not afraid of death, and most of them seem to be resurrected after being killed in battle... Except for a few patrols who have died too many times, the other patrols seem to be standing still. Here it is.

As for the corpses of several patrolmen who had died too many times and had not been resurrected, they had also turned into spiritual threads and disappeared, and they did not know where they went.

Regarding why such a strange phenomenon occurs, Connor can only temporarily understand it as some kind of blessing or curse - there are indeed some ancient legends circulating in the continent of Fanor, and the blood of certain races flows with the name With the power of "immortality", their long life is a process of aging, transformation, aging, and transformation again and again, but in Connor's perception, legends will always be just "legends".

But now he has to think about the "legend" coming true. Fortunately, these refugees with unknown backgrounds are still quite weak. Even if they can be reborn after a certain number of times, they can still be controlled... Connor is half I thought comfortingly and half thankfully.

While he was thinking about this, he was surprised to find that most of the new "church patrols" had already stood behind him.

Only two "patrols" chose to leave, and they said some unclear words to Connor such as "exploration" and "opening a map". Connor didn't understand what they meant, but he let them go without saying anything more. Leave them alone.

The vast majority of the patrols chose to continue following him. This result seemed to Connor to be good enough, so he quickly led the patrols towards the city wall. Dozens of figures quickly disappeared into the streets. The end.

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Red Maple City, above the city wall.

The "Grand Inquisitor" Baines in the side court was looking at the black military tide at the end of his field of vision with a frown.

"As expected..." Baines murmured, "'Executioner' Kross, he will not let go of this opportunity..."

Previously, his scouts had reported to him that hundreds of thousands of troops had regrouped in Koros.

There are more "Horseheads" and "Black Teeth" who have returned to the command of Koros. This made the situation in Red Maple City become extremely serious again.

Baines also knew that this day was the time scheduled by the church to purify the "Heirs of the Dead God". That "Holy Deacon" Hubert must still be fighting fiercely with the "Death God's Heir" at this time... In other words, no one in Red Maple City can fight with the two jet black soldiers at the same time. The "saints" contend...

Baines thought in despair, but the responsibility and the sense of pride belonging to the [Supreme] destiny still made him stick to this place without retreating even half a step.

At this time, the two "generalists" from Fangbeiyuan were also nearby. Their expressions were as serious as Baynes's, but they were already prepared to defend themselves against the enemy.

"Where is Lord Luo Xiu?" Baines looked around and suddenly asked.

According to the agreement, the heads of the three major bases should gather together on such occasions, but Baines has not seen the figure of "Luo Xiu Carlos".

He didn't know that Luo Xiu actually participated in the battle to purify the "Death Birth God" - this matter has been hidden by Luo Xiu and Hubert until now, and has not been revealed to the public.

This made Baines feel particularly anxious. If Luo Xiu was not present, the possibility of successfully resisting Koros and Baberon would be much lower.

Suddenly, a flash of bright golden light flashed at the edge of Baines's vision.

He felt a scorching wind blowing, and the temperature of the air seemed to rise a little, so he looked at the source of the light.

Soon, Baines' eyes widened.

——"Saint Deacon of Purification" Hubert! He actually saw Hubert!

This made Baines a little suspicious, wondering if he was dazzled.

It has only been about half an hour since the "Death God Heir" actually descended on the ground.

This is the time difference between the "Royal Guard Knights" near Gusta Street reporting the progress to him. Baines just received the news of the arrival of the "Death God Heir" a few minutes ago.

As a result, he saw Hubert, who was in a fierce battle with the "Death God Heir", appear in front of him!

"Hello, Mr. Baines."

When Hubert greeted Baines, Baines did not react.

"You..." Baines was a little stunned, and his speech became incoherent, "Shouldn't you be talking to the 'Death God Heir'..."

"He has been purified by us." Hubert said calmly.

Purification? Who purifies whom? Baines, who felt his brain was down, could understand every word Hubert said, but when combined, it became something Baines could not understand.

"'Death Birth God' has been purified by Luo Xiu and I." Hubert repeated and added some detailed explanations.

"... You and Luo Xiu?" Baines was still a little dazed. He then saw Hubert's face with a calm and boastful smile, saying:

"Luo Xiu Carlos, he has been promoted to the 'fifth level of destiny'."

"With his help, I purified the 'Death Birth God' much more smoothly than planned."

"..."

This time, Baines was completely stunned.

He felt that he could no longer understand what Hubert was saying.

It's not that he couldn't understand, but instinctively made Baines unwilling to understand the meaning behind it - you know, Baines is almost a hundred years old and has only reached the "fourth level of destiny", and Luo Xiu Carlos - he is only eighteen years old, he is only eighteen years old!

"..."

"Now is not the time to discuss this, Mr. Baines."

The next second, Hubert's voice came into Baines' ears, pulling him back to reality.

Baines looked up and glanced at Hubert. The indifferent smile on his face had disappeared, and a serious expression appeared instead.

It was as if everything he had seen before was an illusion.

"Yes, yes..." Baines nodded, and put aside the unnecessary thoughts, and listened to Hubert continue:

"Luo Xiu has other tasks and will come later. And I, I will help you first, help you resist the attack of the dark army."

"Okay, I understand." Baines nodded again, looking at the black tide approaching in the distance.

The dark army formation was getting closer and closer, and in the center, among the hundreds of black cavalry covered in iron armor, there were the figures of "Executioner" Koros and "Hidden Elder" Baberon.

Behind Koros and Baberon, there seemed to be more than a dozen tall, giant puppets reflecting silver-white light. They were guarding around the core position, giving people a full sense of oppression.

…

It will take some time before the enemy really arrives at the gates of the city.

At this time, the gate of Red Maple City also slowly opened with a stagnant sound. Lord Nelson had already commanded the defenders in the city to line up outside the city, also forming a dark formation.

In terms of the number of troops, Red Maple City and the incoming Black Army were almost the same. However, many of the defenders of Red Maple City were militiamen who spontaneously enlisted from the public, and their strength was slightly inferior to that of the Black Army.

But this did not affect the advantage of Red Maple City in defending the city, and for the Black Army, the number of troops was not their reliance on strength - the number advantage of high-ranking extraordinary people determined the victory, and Koros firmly believed in this.

There was a crowd of people under the city wall, and the defenders who left the city were lining up in an orderly manner. The previous victories made their faces full of high fighting spirit and morale.

Hubert looked down and found that the soldiers in the front formation seemed to be a little different from the other soldiers around.

They were not strictly lined up like other soldiers, and even huddled together in a mess. If there were no Border Knights and Clergymen to maintain order, they might have charged forward without looking back.

——Yes, charge forward!

Although they were in a messy state, their faces showed extremely fanatical fighting spirit. They tried to rush forward several times, but were intercepted by Border Knights and Clergymen.

"Who are they?" Hubert asked with some doubt.

"Huh? Don't you know?" Baynes responded to him with a puzzled face and said, "They are the refugees recently taken in by the church. With the recommendation of the church, they formed a city guard here."

"Oh...I really don't know about this."

Hubert responded calmly, "I have been keeping a close eye on the 'Death God's Heir' before, and I am not involved in the operation of the church."

"...So that's it."

Baines nodded and added, "The priest who sent them here conveyed to us the words of Lord Luo Xiu - he said that they are a special group of refugees. We can send them to any situation. It’s a severe battlefield, and you just need to give them adequate rewards afterwards.”

"Oh, Luo Xiu asked them to come."

Hubert understood and said, "That's not surprising. He will know more. It is an 'oracle' revealed in a moment. Just do what he says."

…

Thomas followed "Holy Judge" Connor and moved quickly towards the city wall.

Halfway through, he opened his mission panel and found that the limited-time mission [Death Catastrophe] was indeed in the "Completed" status.

The mission rewards have been fixed, and Thomas settled them.

[Completed the limited-time mission: Death’s Catastrophe (?? Difficulty)]

[The disaster caused by the "Death God's Heir" has been prevented. As a "Church Patroller", you have fulfilled your duties. 】

[The task is being settled...]

[Completion rewards obtained: Basic experience +5000, "rare" quality expertise "Destroyer"! 】

【……】

[Disaster Breaker (Rare): You have purified the spirit of death and have begun to understand the way to eliminate disaster. 】

[Acquire skill slot +2, skill slot +2, "Strength" attribute and "Physique" attribute +3. The damage you deal to undead monsters is increased by 30%, and the damage you take from undead monsters is reduced by 30%. Undead monsters whose level is lower than yours will spontaneously be afraid of you. 】

【……】

...fuck? "Strength" and "Constitution" attributes +3? Thomas raised his eyebrows, and after confirming the settlement contents, he couldn't wait to open the panel.

Sure enough, his originally worth 7 points of strength had become 10 points, and his 5 points of constitution had also become 8 points. The corresponding "physical attack" value has become 20 points, and the health value has reached 80 points!

Just a "rare" quality expertise increased his strength by more than half. Thomas was very excited and invested the newly gained experience points into upgrading.

After consuming about two thousand experience points, Thomas' level has been raised from lv.3 to lv.10, triggering a [promotion task], but in addition to his own level, he has not yet met other promotion requirements.

He has not yet learned the art of "brilliant engraving", so he has not officially touched the extraordinary. Even on the forum, there are no posts about players sharing how to advance to transcendence. It seems that no one has found a way in a short time.

And now - within a few hours of the closed beta of "God's Destiny", Thomas has not even seen any other players who have reached lv.10 on the forum. This shows that his progress should be ahead of all the closed beta players. The earliest batch.

While thinking about this with some pride, Thomas has allocated the 5 free attribute points he upgraded to "Strength" and 2 points to "Physique", which brought his physical attack value to 30 points in an instant. And the blood volume has also exceeded the one hundred mark!

Compared to the time when he first "arrived", Thomas felt that he was terrifyingly stronger now!

While tinkering with the panel, he had already followed "Holy Judge" Connor to the city wall.

The city gate was already open. Connor handed over to the side court knight guarding the inside of the door, and then led the guards out of the city.

"We will join the 'City Guards'."

Connor said as he left the city, "Those, like you, are refugees from afar."

"Afterwards, the shield soldiers array in Red Maple City will cover you. Just kill and injure the enemy, but be sure not to make unnecessary charges..."

...City Guards? Refugees?

Thomas smelled the scent of fellow countrymen.

While Connor Barabara was saying this, Thomas had opened the panel in his mind and joined the surrounding chat channels.

Sure enough - many players are already eager to try it in the channel. They are the players who chose the job of "city defenders" at the beginning. They are sharing the information they know with each other and actively discussing various possible uses. The next three-way tactics.

"What a fellow countryman..." Thomas murmured subconsciously.

Players who choose to become "city defenders" seem to have also triggered a "limited time mission."

It was a mission about resisting the attack of the Dark Army, but Thomas, who was also a player, did not trigger it. This may be related to their professional status, or it may be that they cannot trigger two limited-time missions in a short period of time.

But Thomas didn't care about this. He just opened the channel's chat box and quickly typed:

"——Boring! I want to see a river of blood!"

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