Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 114 Breaking Operation!

Sina City, Alchemy Institute.

The "generalist" Rockland is concentrating on studying "Said's Notes".

After four days of research, Rockland gradually figured out the approximate theoretical basis for those pages of incomplete forbidden knowledge.

However, Rockland, who had no practical experience to support him, knew that there was still some gap between his research and Seth's original notes.

For Rockland, who is not a "hidden omniscient being", it is still difficult to cross this knowledge gap on his own.

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

Rockland's expression was sometimes ferocious, sometimes dull, but his eyes were always fixed on the notebook, as if staring at it would allow it to grow back the broken pages.

"……puff."

Luo Xiu tried to hold back his laughter. He calculated the time and thought that the "Shadow of Slaughter" should be about to take action.

……

At the same time, Luo Xiu was also keeping a watch on the "Shadow of Killing" Setis. He could see every move of the high-level fighters on both sides quite clearly.

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

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

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

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

The alchemist hid on the spot and only observed the "enemy's" actions through the gaps 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 in no mood to greet them, nor did he go to his workstation.

He came directly to the ritual formation that teleported to the upper level. After a flash of light and shadow, the sorcerer'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 looked up, a hint of confusion in his eyes.

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

It was a panting "alchemist" who was constantly slapping the reddish bulge on the guard puppet to trigger the alarm of the guard puppet.

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

"Lord...Lockeran." 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 actually people who dare to launch an attack on the Alchemy Academy under the jurisdiction of the "Tower of Sages"?
"Calm down first." Rockland's voice turned gentle as he said to the alchemist opposite him, "Santi, as a believer in the 'truth', you must understand that you should not panic no matter what happens."

"..."

After being comforted by Rockland, Santi's emotions gradually stabilized, and the look in his eyes when he looked at 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 followers of the Red Lotus kidnapping our scholars."

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

"Lord Rockland..."

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

"Lord Lockland, you are the only great universalist currently in the Alchemy Institute. I ask you to come forward in person to save our colleagues."

"..." Rockland still had a frown on his face, and did not immediately respond to the "Alchemist" Santi.

But soon, Rockland relaxed his frown, smiled at Santi and said, "I will go there myself. You should go back to your post and wait for my message."

"Okay! Okay..." Santi showed joy on his face. After getting a positive answer from the "generalist" Rockland, he bowed and left the room.

When Santi left, the amiable look on Rockland's face quickly turned into a playful expression.

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

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

"Rosius Carlos obtained Saint's codex and gave it to me..."

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

"But this doesn't 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's also possible that Sayid's Notebook is a trap itself?"

"It is possible that the incomplete page content is very likely hidden in the body of that Red Lotus believer..."

"Well... this could also be a trap set by the 'Hidden Omniscient', but, hehe..."

A scornful smile appeared on Rockland's face.

"Whether it's the fragments of the codex, or defeating the enemy's traps, or rescuing colleagues in the Alchemy Institute."

“—I can do all of that.”

……

Whitebuck Lodge.

Luo Xiu was lying on the bed, connected to the vision of "Mist Shadow", while paying attention to the movements of "The Universalist" Rocklan and "Shadow of Killing" Setis.

"What blockbuster of the year..."

A faint smile appeared on Luo Xiu's face.

Seeing that the "Generalist" Rocklan had already assembled a battle team, and the "Shadow of Killing" Setis had also set up many ambushes in the stronghold, ready to wait for the possible reckoning from 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 state and left the hotel.

Luo Xiu would never easily miss such an opportunity to "get a kill".

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

While thinking, Luo Xiu walked towards the base where the "Shadow of Slaughter" abducted scholars.

……

After the "universalist" Rocklan had arranged his manpower, he headed towards the stronghold of the "Shadow of Killing".

Led by the "Alchemist" Santi, the team of the Alchemy Institute did not take many detours. And through the rune induction between the scholars under the "Alchemy Institute", Rockland's team quickly locked the location of the base where the "Shadow of Killing" was hiding.

Before that, though.

However, Rockland encountered another "unexpected" person.

——Rosius Carlos!

At this time, Luo Xiu was wearing his daily white robe and was passing by Rockland.

As if he had noticed something, Luo Xiu looked in the direction of Rockland, with a hint of surprise suddenly flashing in his eyes.

Rockland then stopped walking and nodded to Luo Xiu.

"Luo Xiu, it's nice to see you here."

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

"May the Holy Light be with you forever, Lord Rockland. It is a blessing from the Moment that we can meet here."

Luo Xiu responded politely, but there was a hint of hesitation in his tone, "Have you... encountered any trouble?"

Rockland was stunned for a moment, then nodded after thinking about it and said, "Yes, someone has kidnapped the scholars from our Alchemy Academy. We are going to go there and destroy their base."

A group of [intellectuals] traveling light would indeed be easily spotted by other extraordinary people, and Rockland had no intention of hiding this fact.

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

"That should be the case. Someone reported to me that they were followers of Red Lotus..."

"Well, in that case."

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

Hearing this, Rockland was stunned.

His eyes became deep in an instant, and the invisible spiritual net suddenly spread out and then quickly retracted.

Rockland still didn't, and sensed a hint of abnormal spiritual fluctuations from Luo Xiu.

"Okay..." Rockland nodded.

"You can join us. But remember, if you fall behind, the people of the Alchemy Institute will not save you in times of crisis."

……

Triumph Square, the area along the main street.

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

Before the new urban layout of Sina City was established, this was a bustling old street.

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

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

Although the "Department of Law" and "Holy See Church" of Sina City suspected that there were supernatural forces at work, when they arrived at the scene, they did not find any signs of pagan activities.

When the plague was over, the original residents of the alley moved away one after another, and the alley, which was once bustling, suddenly became lifeless.

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

Rockland led the team into the alley, and they went deeper and deeper until they looked back and could no longer see the alley entrance they came from.

The surfaces of the buildings on both sides were covered with smoke stains, and a foul stench emanated from the gutters close to the walls, causing the alchemists who had lived in the "Square Monument" for a long time to frown.

If you hadn't come here in person, no one would have imagined that beneath the prosperous appearance of Sina City, there lay such a dirty and smelly shadow area.

The environment here is only slightly better than the "slums", but only slightly.

Lockland suppressed his mysophobia and nausea, and he spread out his perception, looking for the entrance that might be the base of the "Shadow of Slaughter".

Suddenly, Rockland's eyes turned cold.

"……found it."

……

Inside the "Blood of Thorns" stronghold.

"Shadow of Killing" Setis sat on a "human chair" with his buttocks flattened as a cushion.

Setis had just arrived at this stronghold.

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

As a result, before Setis could even get comfortable in the "human chair", his heart suddenly trembled.

"Lord Setis..." a flattering voice sounded beside him, "Have you noticed anything?"

"…There are little mice."

Setis said in a deep voice: "The rats from the Alchemy Institute, they followed the scent and chased after us."

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

A look of fanaticism flashed across Setis' face. He walked to the hanging rack at the side and took down two twisted black daggers.

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

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

Opposite Setis, there was a shadow with "four arms" and a lower body covered with dense legs like a centipede. It "crawled" to Setis in a strange posture and then retreated to the entrance of the stronghold.

While waiting for Voit to leave, a shadow flashed across Setis's face, and he murmured in a low voice:
"Their reaction was too quick..."

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

"Sure enough, it's related to the Alchemy Institute..."

……

--boom! ! !

The gate of the hiding place of the Shadow of Slaughter was blasted into pieces by an extremely powerful force!
The "blood slaves" who were originally guarding the gate of the stronghold were smashed to pieces on the spot by this violent attack, with broken arms and limbs scattered all over the ground.

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

All they saw was that the thing that had just blasted through the door in an instant was a thick metal ring arm.

The blood slaves looked back along the metal ring arm.

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

This is undoubtedly some kind of alchemical creation used in war!

This extremely powerful alchemical creation was 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. Number 16: Battering Ram."

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

There is more in the evening, let’s have dinner first =w=
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(End of this chapter)