Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

There was an aura of longing and fanaticism about Frank, Grasa and Howard, which surprised Luo Xiu.

Seeing this, Hubert explained to him that the three "priests" of their general church took the initiative to apply to the archbishop after the archbishop issued an edict to send "priests" to the Red Maple City Church. And thus came here.

They are all admirers of Luo Xiu Carlos, the former "Grand Priest" of Red Maple City. When they were in the main church, they always paid attention to the various sacred deeds of Luo Xiu and the "Red Maple City Church". Today, they finally have the opportunity to Join Maple City and work with their "idol".

Luo Xiu did know that after he became the "Grand Ceremony Host" of the Red Maple City Church, groups of people did appear in various churches in the Songyuan Territory who were curious about his deeds and the Red Maple City Church, and eventually formed a relationship. The holy men whom Luo Xiu worshiped fervently.

The three "priests" standing in front of Luo Xiu at this time were the best among such admirers, the best and strongest group.

It's pretty good... Luo Xiu thought to himself. Having been promoted to the "fifth level of destiny", he could clearly feel that the sense of reverence they exuded was real and not a false pretense, as his spiritual perception was different from ordinary people.

"I once again welcome you on behalf of Red Maple City, Fran, Grasa, and Howard." A calm smile appeared on Luo Xiu's face, "I will arrange suitable positions for you. I hope you can adapt to the church as soon as possible. work and life.”

"Everything will be in accordance with your instructions, Bishop." Frank put his right hand on his left chest and bowed slightly to Luo Xiu to offer the sacrament. "We must follow it with devotion."

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Afterwards, Luo Xiu called "Guide Pastor" Column and asked him to take the three "priests" to their residence first, and then worked out their duties arrangements with Hubert.

According to their original "priest" priesthood, they will directly serve as "priests" in the Red Maple City Church. Since Luo Xiu was officially promoted to bishop, the size of the church has also officially developed into a quasi-large church, and the levels of the three major sanctuaries will also be To move up a level, it needs to be managed by a "priest".

The "large church" is actually the size of the church in Sina City, and Luo Xiu has a ready-made priesthood structure that can be directly used for reference. He finally reached an agreement with Hubert, with 'Knight of Enlightenment' Fran as the priest of the secret base, 'Fireblesser' Glasa as the priest of the mission, and 'Patriarch of Purification' Howard as the priest. Served as priest of the Holy Inquisition.

But they had just arrived and were not familiar with the real situation of the church. Therefore, Luo Xiu did not make any changes to the original "chief officer" positions of the three major sanctuaries.

Olga, Maiyev and Pamier will still be in charge of most of the affairs of the sanctuary, but they will need to report to the three new "priests" and obtain approval before proceeding to the next step.

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In a sense, this can also be regarded as the "supervisory army" sent by the general church... Even if the three "priests" are all their admirers, when it comes to handling sacred affairs, almost all high-ranking priests Everyone knew it very clearly. Luo Xiu knew this very well, but he also accepted it readily——

Because although he accepted such a "trade-off", he did not directly hand over the management of the three major sanctuaries of the church to the priests.

In addition to the direct descendants of the Red Maple City Church such as Pamie, Maiyev and Olga, there is also the "presiding priest" Anthony who is on the same level as the "priests" and is placed between the priests and the bishop - Anthony Although he no longer directly manages the affairs of the sanctuary, he can coordinate and supervise all the sacred affairs of the three major sanctuaries of the church, so his real "real power" is greater than that of the three new "priests".

It's just that Anthony may be under more pressure.

But it doesn't matter. Most of the clergymen in the entire Red Maple City Church are his solid backing. In addition, his own reputation and prestige in the church is second only to Luo Xiu, so he should be able to withstand this pressure.

Under such a structural arrangement, the power that Luo Xiu can achieve at the lower levels of the church will not be eclipsed by the three new priests - even if necessary, Luo Xiu can reverse them and let Hong Maple City Church has returned to a state where it is truly managed by the "direct lineage" of clergy.

This is similar to the situation when Luo Xiu first came to the Red Maple City Church and dealt with the different voices from the clergy of different churches, but now he is obviously much more calm.

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After negotiating with Hubert about the job arrangements for the three new "priests", Luo Xiu sent Hubert away from the Holy Office. He seemed to have matters to hand over to the three "priests".

That was about some matters explained by the main church. Luo Xiu did not participate in their discussion and went straight back to the bishop's seat.

He began to pack his luggage, and the tentative timetable for going to Songyuan City was the day after tomorrow——

If nothing else happens, the day after tomorrow will be the day after tomorrow when Anthony and the others will complete the mission of the Holy Judgment in "Oncica Town" and prepare to return to Red Maple City.

When Luo Xiu and Anthony are seamlessly connected, there will be no vacancy in the church at the highest authority level.

Another day passed quickly.

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In the early morning of the next day, Luo Xiu went to the Holy Office to handle the day's affairs as usual, while Olga, the chief officer of the "Secret Office", came to Luo Xiu early in the morning to brief Luo Xiu on the situation in the "side court". report.

"I have two things to report to you, Bishop." Olga said:

"I have relayed your previous words to the 'Grand Inquisitor' Baines. Baines accepted your proposal and launched a surprise attack late last night, completely defeating the remaining dark garrisons!"

"'Throne Knight' Frosa personally killed their executioners. Although a small group of dark troops escaped in the chaos, they were unable to form enough forces and could no longer compete with the Red Maple City's army!"

"After achieving such a victory, Baines asked me to express his gratitude to you. In addition, Baines also said that the border court is already preparing for your proposal to let the three major garrisons of Red Maple City shift to an offensive posture."

"Very good. I understand, Olga." Luo Xiu nodded, and then asked Olga: "Then, what about the second thing?"

"The second thing I want to report to you," Olga paused and said to Luo Xiu solemnly:

"The 'Round Table Chief' and 'Thunder General' Albert Perez of the Songyuan Law Office officially arrived this morning."

"He has taken over all of Baines's powers in the Border Court, and asked me to convey new news to you. I hope you can go to the Border Court in person and meet him."

Let me go to the Border Court... Luo Xiu chewed on the meaning of Olga's message, and his eyes gradually became deep.

Although Olga said that Albert "hoped" he would go, in the real situation, Albert was mostly commanding and emphasized.

Luo Xiu still remembered that when he first came to Maple City and became the "Chief Priest", Baines, the head of the Border Court, just kept sending Lord Nelson to visit him and test him - but Baines, who was the [Supreme], never called him to the Border Court, and Albert did this as soon as he arrived.

——This is the appearance of a true [Supreme] person... Luo Xiu thought. Baines has not broken through to the realm of sainthood at the age of hundreds, because he is not "superior" enough and not "dignified" enough...

"Go back and tell Sir Albert that I am preparing for an important trip and it is not convenient for me to go."

Luo Xiu tapped the table with his fingers, and said to Olga: "Tomorrow afternoon, if Sir Albert is willing to see you off, I can wait at the East City Gate."

——Although he understood that Albert asked him to go to the Border Court in person to establish his authority, Luo Xiu would not just follow his wishes.

There was no way he would just obey like that. After all, the Red Maple City could be preserved safely until now, and his church had at least half of the credit - but as soon as he set out for the Border, the prestige that the church had built up for a long time would instantly become the fruit of others, and become the first step for Albert to build his prestige.

This is the importance of the first meeting - the attitude and location of the leaders of both sides for the first meeting will determine many things.

But even if the other party is the [Supreme], Luo Xiu is not afraid of him.

After all, for Luo Xiu, it is not the church that is worried about breaking up, but the Border - the Border cannot and dare not lose the alliance with the church, and Albert will understand this sooner or later.

But there is no need to be tough - Luo Xiu later asked Olga to convey Albert's proposal, which was to give Albert a way out.

"I understand, Bishop." Olga nodded, "I will pass your words to the 'Thunder General' Albert."

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Olga then said goodbye to Luo Xiu and went to the border without stopping to relay their bishop's words to the new head Albert.

Luo Xiu no longer paid attention to the movements over there. After dealing with the matters at hand, he opened the [Player Forum] and the chat channel and began to observe the execution of Anthony's Holy Judgment mission in "Wongsika Town".

The afternoon before, Anthony had led the Holy Judges and the Guardians to sweep the three medium-sized strongholds of the "Blood of Thorns" Destroyers.

The battle situation was very good - they killed five enemy Destroyers, as well as more than 60 blood followers and blood slaves. The remaining Destroyers, blood followers, and blood slaves had retreated to the last nest, together with their "big leader", preparing for the final resistance.

Their leader is the "Blood Eater" of the fourth destiny of [Red Lotus], a magic profession that can greatly enhance its own strength by sacrificing and eating flesh and blood. In their last lair, the Blood Eater has prepared a large number of fresh corpses, ready to fight to the death with the Holy Judges.

But what they don't know is that the "Saint Guardians" players have already contacted the players who landed around Onsika Town at that time. The players in Onsika Town, instigated by the "Saint Guardians" players, pretended to be qualified vagrants, and were discovered and abducted into the lair by the Destroyers early.

These players were raised as "blood slaves" and have been imprisoned in the deepest part of the lair.

However, what the cultists in the lair could never have imagined was that their newly captured "blood slaves" were constantly passing messages to the "Saint Guardians" outside through things like [Player Forums] and chat channels!

Including the layout of all the traps in the lair, the configuration of the guards, and the location of the "Blood and Flesh Festival", all were clearly conveyed to the outside world by the players who were raised.

The players of the "Guardians" also promptly fed back the information to Anthony. Although Anthony seriously doubted the authenticity of the information, after proving several times that the information brought by the "Guardians" was indeed true, Anthony temporarily put aside the questioning of their sources of information and made detailed tactical arrangements for the bases of the remnants of the "Blood of Thorns".

The result is imaginable.

It was noon soon, and Anthony led the Holy Judges and the Guardians to launch a final raid on the last base of "Blood of Thorns".

Because all the traps and personnel arrangements of the other party were known in advance, the Holy Judgement's clearing of the enemy base went quite smoothly. The entrenched Destroyers and Blood disciples were quickly killed, and the players who were "raised" were rescued by the "Guardians" players and placed under protection.

Until approaching the deepest part of the enemy base, the great leader "Blood and Flesh Eater" had no way to retreat and was forced to fight the final battle with "Purifying Patriarch" Anthony.

The battle did not last too long. Finally, under the joint siege of Anthony and several church deacons, the enemy's leader was finally killed, and the disaster in Onsika Town was completely lifted.

Anthony and other deacons and holy judges then began to plunder the spoils in the base. The "Saint Guardian" players were on guard outside and happily completing the task.

Luo Xiu, who had been following their movements in the forum and channel, suddenly saw his panel jump.

That was the panel prompt for completing a "divine oracle" -

[He is happy to see that His pious apostles have fulfilled the oracle -]

[The holy light will shine, the wailing will disappear in the wilderness, and the thorns will be cut and melted in the sea of ​​light -]

[There is no disaster in Onsika Town. 】

【The conspiracy there was shattered, the deformed death has been corrected, and the glory has dispelled the haze——】

【As the ‘Apostle of Divine Glory’, you have fulfilled your oath and saved your compatriots who were bound by doom. 】

【A divine gift that matches your achievements will be bestowed in a moment】

【…】

【The divine gift mission: Onsika’s Catastrophic Change (?? Difficulty) has been completed】

【A divine gift in a moment! 】

【Your “divinity” attribute is increased by 42 points; the upper limit of health and mana is increased by an additional 10%; you gain 24 free attribute points】

【You gain the expertise: “God-given (Epic, Milestone)”】

【God-given (Epic): You are a person who has received the true divine gift, and the pillar god of your destiny has given you a subtle glance. 】

【Your “health”, “mana”, “physical attack”, “spell attack”, and “defense reduction” attribute values ​​are all increased by an additional 10%. This upgrade is bound to "Divine Glory Oracle·Instant God's Gift". As the number of completed "Divine Glory Oracles" increases, this specialty has a chance to be sublimated to "Legendary" quality. 】

[……]

Looking at the content of receiving God's Gift after completing a "Divine Glory Oracle" refreshed on the panel, Luo Xiu became quite happy.

The already surging spirituality in his body began to surge. The boundless spirituality like the sea was stored in the container of his body, as if it was always full of vitality and could never be exhausted-

His body was like being moistened in some kind of comfortable hot spring, and every muscle was constantly absorbing nutrients. Luo Xiu felt that he was full of strength, and subtle changes were happening in his body.

After carefully feeling the changes in the formation, Luo Xiu then closed the panel and no longer paid attention to the town of Ongsika and Anthony's movements.

As "Saint Guardians", players cannot participate in the process of looting. Through the information exchanged by players on the forum and channel, Luo Xiu has difficulty in obtaining more useful information except killing time. Therefore, Luo Xiu planned to wait for Anthony to come back and listen to his report in person.

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Another day passed quickly, and it was the day when Luo Xiu was going to Songyuan City.

He had packed the things he was going to carry with him. In the morning, he dealt with church affairs as usual, and then handed over some affairs with the three new priests, Mayev, Pamier and Olga. At noon, he was ready to set off.

In the last two hours before departure, he waited for Anthony who had returned from Onsica Town.

He knew that Luo Xiu was about to go on a long journey, so he was one step faster than other inquisitors. The first thing Anthony did when he returned to the church was to rush to the "Bishop's Seat" where Luo Xiu was, and meet with Luo Xiu urgently.

As soon as they met, Anthony said with worry and anxiety:

"I have very important information to tell you, Luo Xiu."

"It's urgent."

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