Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

Chapter 52 The Place of Holy Judgement

“…Please wait a moment.”

The middle-aged priest said solemnly, “I’m going to ask the ‘priest’ for instructions. You stay here and don’t walk around.”

After saying that, the middle-aged priest walked deep into the church and soon disappeared in the crowd.

Luo Xiu watched the middle-aged priest leave. He knew that this was a necessary procedure.

…

After a relatively short wait, the middle-aged priest returned to the front yard of the church.

“Please follow me.”

The middle-aged priest said to Luo Xiu, “Be low-key and don’t disturb other believers.”

“Understood.” Luo Xiu nodded and followed the middle-aged priest into the depths of the church.

…

Luo Xiu followed the middle-aged priest through the front yard and atrium and came to the inner courtyard at the core of the church.

The feeling here is completely different from the front yard. The core courtyard is not open to ordinary believers. This is already an internal place for the activities of the [Glorious] destiny extraordinary people.

Luo Xiu and the middle-aged priest took a fork in the road.

After walking along the path for a while, a building like a courtyard appeared in Luo Xiu's vision.

But it didn't look like a religious building, but more like a barracks. On both sides of the entrance of the courtyard, there were huge statues of knights.

One of the two knights was holding a sword and the other was holding an axe. The weapons in their hands had golden light on the blades, which looked sacred and heroic.

"This is the giant statue of the guardian knight."

Seeing Luo Xiu's eyes lingering on the two knight statues, the middle-aged priest smiled and explained: "This is the Holy Court of the "Holy Judges."

As he spoke, Luo Xiu saw another familiar figure.

The visitor was carrying a fine steel warhammer and waving in Luo Xiu's direction.

"—— Luo Xiu! Luo Xiu..."

Luo Xiu recognized that it was the "Holy Light Priest" who had been to Dawn Town before, Connor Rune!

Luo Xiu went to meet him. He saw the excitement on Connor's face, so he smiled and greeted him: "Long time no see, Connor."

"...We thought you would come later."

Connor looked at Luo Xiu and said in surprise: "You have been promoted to extraordinary?"

"Yes."

Luo Xiu nodded, "Soon after you left Dawn Town, I applied for the 'key' from the church, and I opened the door."

While speaking, Luo Xiu asked in a puzzled tone: "I applied to Sina City, don't you know about this?"

"...Alas, I don't have enough authority." Connor smiled awkwardly, "I don't have the authority to know this, but congratulations."

"..."

While chatting, the two walked into the Holy Tribunal side by side.

The interior of the Holy Tribunal, contrary to the sacred style of the church, is more like a police department with various files scattered around.

The environment inside seemed a bit messy, but Luo Xiu knew that such an environment was still acceptable, combined with the duties of the "holy judges" to eliminate cultists and solve "supernatural events".

"By the way," Luo Xiu asked Connor, "Where is Pamier?"

"Pamier is in the inner room. She said she wanted to train alone."

Connor said, "She usually doesn't go out. I'll take you to Leonard first. He is one of the "priests" of the church. You need to pass his assessment first."

"Okay."

Luo Xiu nodded and began to think about the knowledge about "priests".

Generally speaking, in the "holy court", "priests" are middle-level positions.

"Priests" are usually only held by supernatural people who have reached the fourth level of [glory] destiny. They work with the "church bishop" to manage the church and are in charge of at least one function in the church.

"... Luo Xiu."

Connor's voice interrupted Luo Xiu's thinking.

Luo Xiu came back to his senses and saw Connor saying to him with a serious expression:

"We are here, you knock on the door... After Priest Leonard allows you to enter, you go in alone, I will wait for you outside."

Hearing this, Luo Xiu took a deep breath.

In front of him was a slightly old wooden door, which gave Luo Xiu the feeling that it was like the office of an old leader.

He still couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"Okay."

Luo Xiu nodded to Connor, took another deep breath, and finally raised his hand and knocked on the door gently.

"..."

"...Come in."

An old but full-bodied voice came from the door.

Connor patted Luo Xiu's shoulder gently and took two steps back.

Luo Xiu then pushed the door open and walked in.

The first thing he saw was an old man with white hair and beard.

That was the priest of the "Holy Tribunal", Leonard.

Then, Luo Xiu noticed the knotted muscles on the neck and arms of Priest Leonard at a second glance.

Leonard's eyes were as sharp as a knife. Although his hair and beard had turned gray due to aging, his fierce energy and fiery temperament made Luo Xiu feel a chill inexplicably, even though they were at a certain distance.

And this priest Leonard also reminded Luo Xiu of his past life, a character in an anime...

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So Luo Xiu closed the door very sensibly.

Then he turned around and smiled in the direction of Priest Leonard.

"Hello... Priest..."

Luo Xiu's attitude was unprecedentedly gentle, "I am Luo Xiu Carlos, from the Glorious Church in Dawn Town..."

"Yes."

Leonard said a calm "hmm", only raised his head to glance at Luo Xiu, and then continued to look through the information at hand.

Looking at Leonard's silent face, Luo Xiu always felt that he would suddenly burst into rage and explode in the next second, and give Luo Xiu a show of "conquering people with virtue" full of martial virtue...

While Leonard was browsing the information, Luo Xiu secretly threw the detection at him.

However, because the gap in the depth of fate is too large, Luo Xiu can only get minimal information from the detection.

Leonard Bambers, the fourth life path of [Light], can’t see his profession...but he should be the upper level of "Holy Light Priest" or "Holy Knight".

Luo Xiu was thinking while observing Leonard's image characteristics.

"Are you Rossio Carlos?"

Finally, Leonard put down the information at hand and asked.

"Yes, it's me."

Luo Xiu nodded, "Excuse me...will my assessment start now?"

“It starts from the moment you walk in the door.”

Leonard said solemnly, "I heard that you once saved Connor's life? You did a good job."

"...It's just within my responsibilities." Luo Xiu said modestly, "Master Priest, may I ask, what do you need me to do?"

Just when Luo Xiu asked this sentence.

Leonard suddenly stood up.

He rolled up the sleeves on his arms and swung his thick arms.

The next moment, Leonard's sharp eyes looked at Luo Xiu.

Priest Leonard slowly walked towards Luo Xiu.