Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 142 Deadly Conspiracy and Important Intelligence (4k8)

Luo Xiu glanced at Anthony beside him and saw that Anthony's face had an extremely solemn expression.

"…What happened? What are they talking about?" Luo Xiu asked tentatively.

Anthony looked solemn. He kept monitoring the situation and said after organizing his words:
"They seem to be talking about something I don't quite understand... war, sacrifice, 'Dusk' ritual..."

Anthony pondered for a while and continued, "Luo Xiu, your guess is correct. They are indeed planning something bad."

After saying that, Anthony stopped talking and continued to focus on monitoring, trying to eavesdrop on more information.

Luo Xiu did not disturb him anymore, but just chewed on these new words silently.

Luo Xiu probably understood that "war" refers to "revenge war", that is, "judgment war"! As for "sacrifice" and "dusk ceremony", Luo Xiu was not very clear, which should also be related to the judgment war.

I wonder what other important information Anthony could have eavesdropped on... Luo Xiu thought secretly, while at the same time spreading his perception to the surroundings to guard against unknown dangers.

……

In Anthony's perception.

At the same time, he kept monitoring the enemy, and the old and vague voice he had heard before quickly disappeared, and the next moment, another voice sounded.

It was a sharp and high-pitched male voice, which lowered the tone as much as possible and said:

"The Dusk ritual does need to be restarted. However, the 'container' you mentioned, that Fabion...how confident are you that you can capture him and keep him in your hands?"

Fabien... Bishop Fabien?! Anthony subconsciously wanted to exclaim, but reason stopped him in time.

The voice of the person who was speaking now was sharper than the old and vague voice before, so Anthony could more easily distinguish what he was saying and hear the complete sentence.

"So, the incomplete name 'Fabi...' mentioned by the old voice before is actually our bishop..."

As Anthony thought about this, he heard the sharp voice continue:

"Don't underestimate the vengeance of the Holy See. We have all suffered greatly from them in this regard, especially you, Blood of Thorns."

"……Yes."

The old, blurred voice sounded again, but this time with a humble and respectful tone: "Lord Koros... I... was... the bishop was seriously injured... the past... now... things are different."

Whenever this old and vague voice sounded, the sound Anthony could hear would become intermittent, and he could only barely distinguish some of the words.

"Container... Don't worry... Grey Blood Curse..."

"..."

The old voice suddenly stopped at this point. Then, the sharp voice of the man called "Koros" sounded again:

"...Gray Blood Curse. Over the years, the blood in his body should have turned into enough gray blood."

"This has already met the necessary conditions to serve as a container for the coming of 'dusk'."

"It's just that I still have the same problem."

"Are you sure you can capture Fabien and keep him under control?"

"..."

When Koros asked this question, the next moment, all the sounds disappeared and the scene fell into a strange silence.

After a long time, the old and vague voice suddenly raised its tone and said:

"...In fact, we are preparing to conduct a large-scale sacrificial ceremony. I will have my thorns attack the Alchemy Institute of the Sage's Tower of Wisdom in Sina City. There, there are things that I urgently need to take back."

"..."

"Are you going to attack the Alchemy Institute?"

Koros said in a puzzled tone, "'Lord of Blood Sacrifice', shouldn't you just attack the church of the Holy See of Glory? According to the information obtained by my 'Black Fang', Fabion has not left the church for a long time. We guess that his condition no longer allows him to be active outside."

"This is the best opportunity." Koros added, "If you all go out in full force, Bishop Fabion of the Holy See will definitely be unable to resist. This is in line with our interests and goals."

"..."

The Lord of Blood Sacrifice was silent for a while, then said:
"Sir Executioner, I want to launch an attack on the Alchemy Institute. Naturally, I have my own priority interests and goals. Even if it is against the Dark Principality, this is a better and more effective arrangement."

"If I can achieve my goal this time, I can see the light of day again from the 'Bottom of the Blood Cave'! Believe me, Lord Executioner, waiting for the moment of revenge so that I can go to the battlefield is more valuable than letting 'dusk' fall on Fabion's body."

"If my idea can be implemented and my goal can be achieved, we can also keep Fabian firmly under control. And it is you who arranged all this, Lord Koros. You may be able to become one of the twenty-three chief executioners with this merit!"

"..."

This time, it was Executioner Koros' turn to remain silent.

After a while, Koros's voice continued:
"Lord of Blood Sacrifice, I think I need to tell you that restarting the Dusk ritual is a request from your master, the chief executioner, Lord Fafnir. I am just delivering the message."

"But, Master Koros."

The voice of the Lord of Blood Sacrifice suddenly laughed strangely and said, "You are moved by my proposal, right? If not, you would have rejected me in a stronger tone."

"In fact, you don't have to care about Lord Fafnir's orders. You are now the actual controller of all the hidden organizations directly under the principalities of Sina City. You have the power to handle special matters. You only need to report to Lord Fafnir afterwards."

"..."

"Executioner" Koros, he was indeed moved.

After thinking about something, Koros finally spoke:
"You may be right."

"'Lord of Blood Sacrifice', just assume that I agree with your idea."

"So, tell me. What are you going to do?"

"..."

"It's actually quite simple."

The Lord of Blood Sacrifice said, "In fact, as long as my Blood of Thorns goes out in full force to harass the Alchemy Institute first, the Holy Judges of the Holy See will not sit idly by."

"I have already done some research. Three days from now, the great masters of the Alchemy Academy will go to Songyuan City to participate in a grand alchemy ceremony. By that time, the Alchemy Academy's defenses will be unprecedentedly empty, which will be very beneficial for our actions."

"I will divide my men into two groups. One group, led by Setis, will go and kill a great universalist. The rest of the thorns will take the opportunity to capture the Alchemy Institute and have their alchemists spread the news to the church."

"Humph. At that time, the Holy Judges of the Church will definitely not sit idly by. And in a serious situation like this, their 'priests' will definitely be dispatched. At that time, the Church of the Holy See will be left without defense."

"Then... we, the people of Blood of Thorns, will hold back those Holy Inquisitors. As for the church guarding the Void, our friends from the Original Sect will help us deal with it."

"..."

The scene once again fell into an eerie silence, with everyone in deep thought.

At this moment, the person who was most frightened and surprised was Anthony!

——They are actually planning such a horrific plot! Their spearhead is not even directed at the Holy See Church or the Alchemy Institute, but at the legitimate forces of the two empires, the Holy See of Glory and the Tower of Sages of Wisdom, which is no less than a declaration of war!
What are they fighting for? The war they talk about, a war of "revenge"... is this their purpose?
Anthony's mind was thinking rapidly at this moment.

Fortunately, I happened to hear the content of their conspiracy!
If their conspiracy were allowed to be carried out successfully, the consequences would be disastrous... Thinking of this, Anthony suddenly felt a sense of fear.

Luo Xiu, who was beside him, watched the expression on Anthony's face change several times in the dim moonlight, and secretly guessed that he must have heard something that was not so good.

However, Luo Xiu was not in a hurry to ask further questions. Anthony was very focused at this moment, and he seemed to be ready to eavesdrop on more information.

……

And in Anthony's perception, after the "Executioner", "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" and others were silent for a while, a third voice finally sounded among them.

"...We, the 'Original Sect', have an indelible blood feud with the Sina City Church that believes in the Glory. We don't care what you want to do. We have only one goal, which is to destroy the Sina City Church forever."

"Haha, this is exactly why I invited you here." Executioner Koros suddenly laughed and said, "Bishop Zuling, the Principality and the Church have always been enemies in public and friends in secret."

"...I said, I don't care about these." The voice of the Zuling Bishop said, "I can participate in your plan, but I want you to pay the price. This is our law."

"That's no problem." Koros said, "I can, in my personal name, give you five copies of the ancient scrolls of 'rare' or above, as well as two copies of 'epic' and one copy of 'legendary' ancient scrolls. And you need to capture Bishop Fabion of the Church of Sina City and hand him over to us."

“…I agreed.”

Bishop Zuling said, "Then, the agreed time will be at noon three days later."

"'Blood of Thorns', first occupy their Alchemy Institute and attract the attention of the Holy See Church's Inquisitor. We will wait until we are sure that the Church's Inquisitor and priests have taken action, and then we will attack their church and the Bishop's seat of Fabion."

"……Can."

The voice of Executioner Koros sounded, and he continued: "Then, let me be a witness. The Original Cult and the Blood of Thorns, you are on the road of revenge that leads to victory."

"But, before that..."

The voice of Executioner Kolos suddenly became sharper. In an instant, the terrifying spiritual power in his body spread outwards, covering the surroundings in the pressure of his spiritual power!
——Not good! Alarm bells rang in Anthony and Luo Xiu's hearts at the same time!
"Executioner" Koros, he is a saint of the fifth level of destiny of [Ku Tu]. He radiates spirituality in an instant, indicating that he has entered a state of combat!
The muscles in Anthony's limbs suddenly stiffened. Faced with a high-level transcendent who had surpassed two levels, Anthony instinctively wanted to escape.

However, just as Anthony was about to stand up and prepare to run away in the direction he came from, he suddenly felt a hand grabbing his arm.

Anthony looked at the owner of the hand with suspicion.

He only saw that the owner of that hand, Ross Carlos, was looking at him with a firm gaze.

"…Don't panic, and don't move."

Luo Xiu said in a very low voice: "Calm down and see clearly."

"..."

Hearing this, Anthony struggled internally for a while, but finally did as Luo Xiu said and crouched down again.

When Anthony forced himself to calm down, he realized how stupid his previous impulse caused by fear was.

Before he came here, he had discussed with Luo Xiu that even if the situation really deteriorated to the point where they needed to flee, they should try to evacuate as covertly and quickly as possible.

The way to evacuate is definitely not to run away, as that will only increase the risk of being discovered, caught up and wiped out by the enemy!

Moreover, when Anthony looked at Luo Xiu, although there was a hint of fear in Luo Xiu's eyes, he generally remained calm and composed.

"……call."

Anthony then took a deep breath and looked in the direction of Luo Xiu's finger.

From the cracks in the ruins, Anthony could vaguely make out the figures of the enemy.

Anthony only saw that the enemies' eyes were all on the left side of the stronghold, which was the opposite direction of their own lurking position.

Then, a man in the field, wearing black armor and a windproof hood, pulled out a long sword burning with black flames from the scabbard behind him, and then chopped it down heavily on the dangerous wall in front of him!

——Shua! Boom! The burning black flames of the slashing wave instantly smashed the three layers of dangerous walls into pieces! And behind the dangerous wall, two panicked figures flashed out the next moment!

These two figures were wearing robes belonging to the "Alchemy Academy" of the Sage Tower of [Wisdom]. Their identities were a "senior alchemist" with a triple destiny and an "alchemist" with a double destiny.

"Haha..." The executioner Koros's face was filled with joy at this moment.

"I've already noticed you, you little bugs from the Alchemy Institute..."

"Let you hear our plan, and then let you die in despair... Tsk, how wonderful..."

"……you!"

An alchemist cursed loudly in the direction of Koros: "You dirty criminals... Your plan will never succeed! Never!"

"Oh? Really?" Koros had a playful expression on his face, and the long sword in his hand had once again ignited an ominous black flame.

The deep light of the black flame flashed only for a moment in front of the alchemist who had just shouted, and he suddenly felt dizzy, with a chaotic black fog covering his eyes, and he lost all consciousness.

"Executioner" Koros took action, and his knife cut off the alchemist's head in an instant!
As for the "senior alchemist" with the triple destiny of [Intelligence] next to the alchemist, he had no time to feel sad for the sacrifice of his colleague. He only saw the old man in a crimson striped robe in front of him gently waving his arm.

——Swish! A skull flashing with a strange green light suddenly appeared from mid-air and flew towards the senior alchemist at high speed!
The alchemist was about to resist, and just as his hand touched the magic seal on his waist, the skeleton flew in front of him!

——Boom! The skull exploded, releasing a terrifying destructive tremor that instantly turned the body of the senior alchemist into dregs!
"…Okay. Now, all the eavesdropping little mice have been dealt with."

The Executioner Koros retracted his black flame sword, a ferocious smile appeared on his face, and he said:
"Everyone, I wish you a happy cooperation."

"...I wish you a pleasant cooperation." The Ancestral Bishop and the Lord of Blood Sacrifice responded in unison.

……

……

"Huh...huh..."

Anthony supported himself on his knees with his hands, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead and back. The shock and fear in his heart made his body tremble uncontrollably.

Just now, when the "Executioner" Koros and the Ancestral Bishop killed the two alchemists of [Intellect], Luo Xiu took advantage of the momentary spiritual disorder at the scene and quickly evacuated the scene with Anthony.

"In such an environment, being able to escape alive is already the greatest luck..."

Beside Anthony, Luo Xiu spoke.

His face was no longer trying to maintain calm, but instead revealed an expression of fear.

"I heard... quite important information."

After a while, Anthony felt calmer and said to Luo Xiu:

"What did they say specifically... Luo Xiu, I will tell you one by one on the way."

"Now, our top priority is to meet with Bishop Fabion immediately!"

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