Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

Two days after leaving Chenxi Town, Luo Xiu and the accompanying convoy finally saw the outline of Red Maple City in the distance in the morning.

Almost ten days have passed since I left Red Maple City for Songyuan City, and now I have finally returned to this place——

And during these ten days, Luo Xiu didn't know what happened in Red Maple City. However, judging from the frontline battle reports obtained by Songyuan City, it seems that although the frontier of Songyuan Territory has suffered several attacks from the Dark Principality, the situation is not serious.

Luo Xiu had opened the car curtain, and the walls of Red Maple City in his field of vision became increasingly clear.

And his motorcade immediately arrived at the gate of Red Maple City, and the elite guards from the border fortress quickly came to investigate.

When the guards saw Luo Xiu inside the car curtain, they were stunned at first, then hurriedly stepped back and gave Luo Xiu the most standard military salute:

"——Welcome Bishop Rossio Carlos back to the city!"

The guard commander greeted Luo Xiu loudly, and the guards on both sides immediately followed the commander in chanting:

"——Welcome Bishop Rossio Carlos back to the city!"

"Welcome Rossio Carlos..."

"..."

Bathed in the chorus of praises and greetings, Luo Xiu nodded slightly and signaled to the guards. His motorcade immediately drove towards the city and soon merged into the streets of the city.

…

Main Street of Red Maple City.

Under Luo Xiu's instruction, his motorcade drove in the direction of the church, and one of the accompanying clergymen had already mounted a fast horse and headed to the main church to pay tribute to the "acting bishop" Deacon Hubert who had stayed behind. Announce that you are back.

When he was about to enter the street where the Church's Glory Church is located, Luo Xiu let the carriage carrying the "Gravel" dwarves enter the side street. Luo Xiu also left his carriage in advance and summoned the "Golden Pegasus" Pegasus. Then he rode on it and followed the carriage carrying the dwarves.

His destination is quite clear - [Authentic Dwarf Blacksmith Shop]!

Transporting the dwarves of the "Gravel" clan safely to Mir's forging manor was the first thing Luo Xiu had to do after returning to Red Maple City.

…

Red Maple City, inside Mir's Forging Manor.

When Luo Xiu rode the "Golden Pegasus" to the area, he heard the tinkling sound of iron coming from the manor from a distance.

The forging manor seems to have recently received a lot of forging commissions. The forging masters are in full swing rushing to make the orders. Luo Xiu glanced around and saw that there seemed to be a lot of new faces in the manor. It seemed that before he went to Songyuan City, During this time, Mir recruited many skilled masters, and the manor also had more apprentices.

Asking the accompanying priests to wait outside the manor, Luo Xiu recalled the "Golden Pegasus" and walked into the manor.

A young blacksmith came up to entertain him, and Luo Xiu asked him:

"Where's Master Mir?"

"Are you asking the master?" The young blacksmith scratched his head and quickly responded, "The master has been in the forging room these days. No one is allowed to disturb him."

"No one is allowed to disturb him?" Luo Xiu asked in a confused tone.

"Yes..." The young blacksmith blinked and said:

"Because of the 'Bianting'...I heard that the newly appointed general there gave the master a somewhat difficult commission? I don't know much..."

It's "Thunder General" Albert... Luo Xiu nodded, "I understand."

He then patted the young blacksmith on the shoulder and walked towards the largest villa in the manor.

Behind Luo Xiu, the young blacksmith who had just entertained him suddenly became anxious and trotted to catch up with him, shouting:

"Guest, guest! You can't... Phew, you can't go in!"

"The master said not to let anyone disturb him..."

"..."

The young blacksmith shouted, and he suddenly felt his feet lift off the ground, as if someone was lifting him up by the collar——

"Do you know who that is, bastard?"

There was a deep and rough voice coming from behind him. The young blacksmith looked back with some doubts and saw a helpless expression on his mentor's face.

"Who?" the young blacksmith asked in confusion.

"That's Luo Xiu, the 'bishop' of this Red Maple City church, little brat."

"'Bishop'?" The young blacksmith's eyes widened, "You said he is a 'Bishop'? But he obviously doesn't look older than me..."

"Hmph," the old blacksmith snorted:

"In short, the master doesn't want us to disturb him, but it's not about that one person. That one can come anytime he wants. If he wants, even the master will have to come down to receive him in person!"

"But……"

"Not so many 'buts', bastard."

Snap! The young blacksmith felt that someone had patted him on the head lightly——

"You can understand what I'm saying. If you understand, then go to work quickly, bastard."

The old blacksmith admonished:

"Remember, hum. Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, and don't ask about what you shouldn't."

"yes……"

The young blacksmith nodded in understanding.

…

Forging Manor Villa, in front of the largest forging room on the third floor.

The door was locked tightly on the inside. From the opposite side of the door, there came from time to time the sound of "sizzling" like electricity, the "clang" of forging iron, and the "bang bang" of small explosions - Mir was inside, He was concentrating on the commissioned forging, but the movement inside seemed a bit too loud, and even Luo Xiu couldn't understand what he was doing.

When those voices became slightly quieter, Luo Xiu raised his wrist and knocked lightly on the door.

"Damn it, didn't I tell you not to disturb me? Get out of here!"

Mir's somewhat rough roar came from the other side of the door. He seemed to be slamming the table with some anger, venting his dissatisfaction and irritability.

"It's me, Mir."

Luo Xiu said in a gentle voice.

"..."

"Luo Xiu?"

Mir, who was on the other side of the door, seemed to lose his temper all of a sudden, and asked tentatively:

"You're back?"

"It's me." Luo Xiu still maintained a gentle tone, "Open the door, Mir, I have something to ask you."

"..."

The sound of the door lock snapping was heard, and with a "squeak" sound, the door of the forging room was opened by Mir from the inside.

Luo Xiu saw that the hair of the dwarf in front of him had finally fallen out. His eyes were still densely covered with bloodshot eyes, and the wrinkles on his face were deeper than before. It seemed that his recent work intensity had exceeded the standard——

"Why are you bald?" Luo Xiu asked with a smile.

Mir: "..."

Visible to the naked eye, black lines quickly appeared on Mir's face. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't beat the "Bishop" on the opposite side, Mir felt like he would have to hit him twice.

"I've become bald, what's wrong?" Mir snorted and said:

"I became bald and stronger."

"puff."

"why are you laughing?"

"It's nothing, I remembered something happy."

"..."

The brief exchange of greetings ended with such laughter and curses. Luo Xiu walked into the forging room, and Mir closed and locked the door.

Luo Xiu glanced at what Mir was busy with before. On the obsidian table in the middle, there was a wide red giant sword——

"Is that the commission from that 'Thunder General' Albert?"

After looking at the giant sword and then at Mir beside him, Luo Xiu asked casually.

"Hey, that's it." Mir nodded and said:

"During your absence, the Dark Army seemed to have heard the news and gathered its forces to launch another raid on Red Maple City."

"You don't know, Luo Xiu. Facing the fierce invasion of the Dark Army, that 'Thunder General' Albert actually took the initiative to lead his army to attack - just in front of the two armies, he killed a [Red Lotus] fifth level The fateful executioner will be beheaded alive!"

"Oh, there is such a thing," Luo Xiu nodded, not showing any surprise, and asked, "Then, what is this sword?"

"That's General Albert's weapon," Mir replied, walking to the giant sword and flicking it twice.

"The executioner [Red Lotus] suffered some damage when he beheaded it," Mir pointed to a large corrosion pattern on the sword blade. "The executioner's blood has some kind of corrosive ability, so This sword...well, it's called [Thunder-Eating Wolf Slash], and the original rune circuit on it was destroyed."

"There is no rune blacksmith like me in Fangbeiyuan. Hum, even the 'Great Rune Master' Eureka may not be as good at repairing weapon runes as I am. So, that 'General Thunder' came to me!"

"That's it," Luo Xiu smiled and nodded, praising, "You are so awesome, Master Mir."

What Mir said is true - the two great masters of "Fangbeiyuan" have been working with each other for a long time. Their "alchemy" and "rune" skills are mainly used to make golems, and they are not good at weapons. Carry out rune engraving and repair on equipment.

"Why do I feel like you are complimenting me..."

Mir snorted, then jumped up and sat on the table, shook his head and said:

"But there is indeed some trouble, because this [Thunder-Eating Wolf Slash] is a legendary weapon... I have only found some replacement repair materials for the time being, but I still need someone to help me."

"But the other blacksmiths in the manor are not capable enough, so now I can only rely on me... Well, it doesn't matter anymore."

"So Luo Xiu, why did you come to me?"

"..."

"Remember what I promised you, Mir?"

"What you promised me..." Mir pondered for a long time.

At a certain moment, Mir's pupils suddenly shrank, he looked at Luo Xiu, and asked a little awkwardly:

"About my...people?"

"..."

"Yes." Luo Xiu nodded, "About the dwarves of the 'Gravel' clan."

——Clang!

After confirming this from Luo Xiu's mouth, the forging hammer that Mir had just raised fell heavily again and hit the obsidian table.

"real……"

"Master Mir, my friend," Luo Xiu said with a smile:

"Let the blacksmiths of the manor go back today. I have brought the 'Gravel' clan and your compatriots, but their current state is not easy to see in public."

"I know, I know..."

Mir nodded solemnly, and he immediately trotted out the door, came to the corridor, and shouted angrily to all the blacksmiths in the manor:

"—Everyone, go home!"

…

In the forging manor, although the blacksmiths didn't understand why the "Master" suddenly asked them to go home, they were already exhausted from working for days and were not dissatisfied with the sudden holiday, and quickly packed up their "works". bit", call it a day and go home.

When only Luo Xiu and Mir were left in the forging manor, the clergy who had been waiting outside the courtyard received Luo Xiu's instructions and drove the carriage into the courtyard.

The gate of the courtyard was closed immediately, and Luo Xiu and Mir had come to the courtyard of the manor side by side. Luo Xiu had raised his arm, activated a light pattern of "authority", and pulled up the "lightless cage".

The outside world could no longer peek into the scene inside the "lightless cage", so Luo Xiu asked the clergy to open the carriages of the four carriages and help out the dwarves of the "gravel" clan one by one -

They were wearing khaki dwarf costumes, but their clothes were already tattered, their eyes were colorless, and their minds had been blinded by taboos, and they were unaware of being in a new environment.

When Mir saw these ragged dwarves, his expression was instantly stunned.

"Aldor, Tanmur... and Saren..."

"Really, it's you..."

"..."

Mil had recognized his "folks", and Luo Xiu just watched quietly and didn't disturb him.

At the same time, right in front of Luo Xiu, his panel also had a new prompt -

[Completed the hidden task: Disappearing Gravel (Hell Difficulty)]

[After many hardships, you finally got the clues about the "Gravel" dwarves and saved the lives of a total of 39 dwarves. 】

【Serial tasks are waiting for new development】

【……】

【You have completed the main task objective】

【You have completed the additional task objective】

【Task settlement in progress...】

【Obtained the main completion reward: basic experience +43,000, free attribute points +5】

【Obtained additional completion reward: basic experience +273,000, free attribute points +10, rare expertise "Friend of the Gravel Tribe·Dwarves"*1】

【……】

【Friend of the Gravel Tribe·Dwarves (rare, limited): You saved the tribe, and the dwarves of the 'Gravel' tribe will always regard you as a friend. 】

【Your "Wisdom" attribute +18, skill slots +3, skill slots +3, level I authority slots +1】

【You will be more likely to gain favor from the "Dwarves" race. The expenditure required to learn knowledge and trade with dwarves will be reduced by 30%, and the expenditure required to learn knowledge and trade with "Gravel" dwarves will be reduced by 50%. 】

[……]

Not bad limited rare expertise... Luo Xiu thought, silently closing the panel.

[Disappearing Gravel] is just one part of the hidden task. Luo Xiu knew that he would receive a new part of the task later, so he was not in a hurry.

He just watched Mir "recognize" his former tribesmen quietly, but those "Gravel" dwarves just stood there blankly without any reaction.

After greeting the last "Gravel" compatriot, but getting no response, Mir finally turned around and asked Luo Xiu anxiously:

"What happened to them?"

……