Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 186 Killing in the Forest (4k4)

Songyuan City, Iron Cross Street.

In Vincent Alley, refugees who had fled their hometown due to the plague and sought refuge here were queuing in front of the temporary camp of the City Lord's Relief Association, waiting to receive relief from the City Lord's Mansion.

According to the decree issued by Marquis Vizia Bakar, the City Lord's Relief Association will distribute to the refugees about one pound of cooked grain and three pounds of emergency food made from monsters conquered by the army. These foods are enough for the refugees to survive the next week - and they must survive, otherwise they will face death.

And right next to this long line is an inconspicuous corner in Vincent Lane.

A middle-aged man wearing a coarse turban and patched linen clothes walked through the refugee group with an expressionless face.

Judging from his clothes, he had indeed blended in with the refugees. However, no one noticed that there was a big hole torn on the chest of his linen clothes. And at the edge of the hole, there was a trace of fresh blood.

Bang, bang, his shoulders kept bumping into other refugees, which earned him a lot of unfriendly looks.

The refugees who were pushed away glared at him with angry eyes, but they were met with cold and indifferent indifference.

The refugees saw a touch of bright red in the middle-aged man's eyes.

But it was this deep red that made them feel extremely terrified. In a trance, the refugees seemed to see the sea of ​​blood and corpses that could drown and devour them.

Some refugees had already raised their fists, ready to punch the middle-aged man, but the strong fear that suddenly emerged in their hearts stopped them, causing their movements to freeze in mid-air, and they finally watched the middle-aged man pass by with an expressionless face.

……

After passing through the long line of refugees, the middle-aged man raised his hand and pulled his scarf up a little higher.

Then he reached into his arms.

After a while of groping, he took out an exquisite and gorgeous compass that exuded an ancient atmosphere from his arms.

——“Silver Sundial Compass”!
The man stared at the compass, his eyes became gloomy and deep.

"The target... that priest... has moved?"

He murmured, recalling the information that Black Fang's spies had previously reported to him.

"Lord Koros... sent me here... because his target is the 'Fourfold Fate', or he has an assistant with the 'Fourfold Fate'."

"Those four Black Fangs who were in the vanguard... they are all dead. They died in that tavern..."

"Hmm... In that tavern, there are actually two 'Throne Knights' with the [Supreme] Quadruple Fate..."

The man's fingers stroked the surface of the compass. The constantly trembling mercury needle inside prompted him to think more.

"But... we still haven't seen the target with our own eyes... Could it be that the 'Black Fang', 'Hyena', 'Blood Owl' and 'Gargoyle' that Lord Koros sent out the last two times... were all killed by those two 'Throne Knights'?"

"Hmm...it's possible."

"Guillotine" Bagli, the "head" of the Black Fangs under the command of "Executioner" Koros, kept thinking in his mind.

"But now, the target has moved. He has left the tavern..."

"Hmm... Is this a trap? Or an opportunity?"

"But no matter what... the two 'throne knights' are not here... maybe we can complete the task assigned by Master Koros in one fell swoop."

"..."

When he thought of this, "Guillotine" Bagli stopped thinking about it.

He silently put away the "Silver Sundial Compass" and walked deeper into Vincent Lane while speaking to the air beside him:
"Serving my fellow dark men... follow me closely."

"Although... 'Black Bear' and his men have already sacrificed themselves, we still have you and me. This is enough to complete the mission and eliminate any possible obstacles ahead..."

"...For the sake of 'Darkness', for the sake of 'Executioner'...Give me your lives..."

"——For the great cause of Master Koros."

"..."

……

On the edge of Songyuan City, next to a deep and dense forest.

Luo Xiu and Index were walking along the edge of the dense forest, heading away from Songyuan City.

There were no established roads around here. "The wilderness" was the truest description of this place. Luo Xiu could often hear the howling of hungry beasts coming from deep in the dense forest.

The atmosphere around here is quite eerie, because it is actually close to the mass graves where residents of the Songyuan City slums buried the bodies of their relatives or neighbors.

Although there were always officials from the mansion who publicized or educated the citizens that privately burying corpses would contribute to the spread of plague and the epidemic of disease, most of the proletarian and low-income citizens were dismissive or even sneered at this - before solving the problem of the so-called "plague" or "disease", it would be more practical to first solve the problem that only middle-class and above families can afford the burial costs in the cemetery.

Recently, an unknown plague broke out on the border of the empire, and countless refugees fled to Songyuan Territory. They not only brought the plague, but also brought an exponentially increasing number of corpses.

Countless refugees died from long journeys, diseases and plagues, which has doubled the number of people who have secretly hidden corpses and buried them outside the city in recent days. The stench of corpses can be smelled from a long distance away.

It was this aura that made Luo Xiu choose this place as the venue for his plan—the venue for the battle with "Liaoshou" and his "Black Fangs"!
In such an environment, the strong atmosphere of the battle between the extraordinary people will be difficult to be detected by other extraordinary people in the city. This is an ideal battlefield... Except for the strange atmosphere, other aspects are quite ideal.

And he can also "unleash" some forbidden abilities.

While Luo Xiu was thinking about these things, he took out the "Silver Sundial Compass" and observed the movement of the mercury needle on it from time to time.

Just as Luo Xiu had expected, not long after he left the "Wolf Hunting Tavern", the mercury needle on the "Silver Sundial Compass" began to vibrate violently.

This means that the enemy's "fangs head" has moved again, and his movement speed has become extremely fast at this time!

"Sure enough..." Luo Xiu rubbed his chin, which further confirmed his guess.

The original choice to stay at the "Wolf Hunting Tavern" really brought great confusion to the enemy!
"Throne Knight" Isaac and "Throne Knight" Bruyer are too conspicuous, which will make the enemy mistakenly believe that the reason for the failure of the previous two assassinations by sending Black Fang was because of these two [Supreme] gate gods of the fourth destiny, and ignore or despise their original target, that is, their true strength!
Luo Xiu thought so. After all, in the third Black Fang attack, he only completed a unilateral massacre of the Black Fang assassin in the room, and no one outside the room saw what happened inside at that time.

As Luo Xiu pondered, he quickened his pace. At the same time, he saw the "Silver Sundial Compass" in his hand vibrating more and more violently, which meant that the enemy was getting closer and closer to him.

Finally, when the mercury needle stopped trembling, Luo Xiu grabbed Index's arm and flashed into the dense forest beside him.

Opening the "Spiritual Vision" to eliminate the stench from the rotten leaves and the pile of corpses not far away, Luo Xiu and Intis quickened their pace and soon arrived deep in the jungle.

Afterwards, Luo Xiu leaped onto a fir tree and half-leaned down on a branch, completely concealing his figure with the help of his specialty "Mist Hider".

Index jumped onto another fir tree not far away. She had also drawn out the "Phantom Dagger" and used the ability of the civet cat to erase the scent, waiting for the prey to come to her.

...Half an hour passed.

Suddenly, Luo Xiu, who was in a "meditation" state, finally opened his eyes.

He had been maintaining his "spiritual vision" to detect his surroundings and felt the approaching spirit.

They were violent, fiery, hostile spirits. There were four such spirits in total, converging towards where they were from two directions.

When he realized this, Luo Xiu sent a signal to Index through the "Family Emblem".

In a short spiritual transmission, he soon received a response from Index and learned that she was ready.

So, Luo Xiu no longer paid attention to Index, but focused all his attention on the approaching enemy.

The four spiritual masters moved forward slowly. The visibility in the dense forest late at night was very low. They had to hide their breath as much as possible and look for the target at the same time. This forced them to be much more cautious than usual.

However, what the group of Black Fangs who sneaked into the dense forest did not know was that the moment they stepped into the forest, they had been quietly targeted by the hunters they regarded as "prey".

……

When one of the Black Fangs walked lightly under a fir tree.

He suddenly became aware of an extremely dangerous aura coming from above his head.

He looked up and saw a sharp sickle flashing scarlet, coming down from mid-air with a sharp sound!

A look of horror suddenly appeared on the face of the Black Fang, but having undergone rigorous training, he took quick action in the face of this sudden change.

Luo Xiu only saw that the target he was aiming at froze in an instant, allowing the sickle to split his body from head to toe, cutting it in half.

This was a concealed sneak attack. Luo Xiu did not expect to kill a Black Fang on the spot with this attack, so his attention quickly shifted elsewhere.

Sure enough, in the next moment, Black Fang's body that was cut in half "melted", and a hissing sound continued to emerge. The body gradually got rid of the illusion and turned into a piece of arm that was cut off at the root.

And in front of Luo Xiu's gaze, a gray-black smoke spread out, and the previous "Black Fang" used the broken arm to escape to a safe distance away from Luo Xiu.

"...Are you a believer of Red Lotus? A bloodthirsty one?" Luo Xiu looked at the Black Fang in front of him with interest.

He had been concentrating on watching the positions of the Black Fangs in all directions, and had not detected the Black Fang in front of him. He then casually detected the Black Fang, and the feedback from the panel just confirmed his guess.

When Black Fang fled to the other side, Luo Xiu was able to see his appearance clearly - his face was covered with hair, his nose and mouth were protruding outwards, and two fangs were sticking out of his mouth, and it was obvious at a glance that he was of orc descent.

The Blackfang Orc's face showed fear, but more of it was the luck of escaping alive. Luo Xiu saw that the broken flesh on his left arm, which was cut off by the sickle, had begun to wriggle, and it seemed that a new arm was about to grow out.

But Luo Xiu did not intend to continue chasing. Instead, he turned around in front of the Black Fang orc and chased in the direction of the other Black Fangs.

He won't kill me...? The orc Black Fang looked at the target priest in front of him, wearing a black mask and holding a scarlet sickle, and just walked away from him. He couldn't help but think with luck in his heart.

However, the next moment, he suddenly heard a soft "sizzling" sound, followed by a chill from his back.

The cold feeling quickly spread throughout his body, and the Blackfang orc with a broken arm smelled a strong smell of blood at the tip of his nose - that was the smell of his own blood.

"Uh..." Feeling his vitality rapidly slipping away, the Blackfang Orc turned back with some difficulty, trying to see what it was, but suddenly launched a sneak attack on him again.

But he could not see the attacker's appearance clearly. He only felt a gust of cold wind blowing past his ears, accompanied by a slight vibration in the air, and heard a sharp "swish" sound.

He felt a sharp pain in his neck and his breathing was blocked. He looked down and saw a silver-gray dagger that appeared and disappeared from time to time, and it had pierced his throat.

——Swish! The dagger was quickly pulled out, and the Blackfang Orc's throat was instantly ruptured, spurting out flesh and blood.

"Ho ho..." The Black Tooth Orc covered his neck. He felt that his life was rapidly disappearing at an irreversible speed.

His consciousness gradually blurred, and he seemed to see two faint green lights flashing past him.

Then, the invisible dagger that had previously pierced the orc's back and neck pierced his chest again.

He finally lost all his strength and collapsed to the ground. After a few twitches, he became motionless.

……

Luo Xiu has already locked onto the second Black Fang who has sneaked into the forest.

The black-fanged orc fled to the exact spot under the tree where Index was hiding.

Luo Xiu stopped trying to finish him off and left him to Index to harvest, then turned around to hunt down his accomplices.

Compared to the experience gained from killing the orc, it is more important to intercept all the Black Fangs that have invaded the forest to prevent their "Fang Leader" from escaping after receiving the message.

Earlier, Luo Xiu had learned through detection that the Black Fangs sneaked into the dense forest in groups of two. When the Black Fang orc was attacked, his companions did not continue to go deeper, but turned around and ran away from the dense forest.

Luo Xiu knew that he had to report what happened in the jungle to his leader, the "Fang Chief" sent by the "Executioner" Koros.

……

The twisted and hunched trees on both sides were now disappearing behind us in rows.

The Black Fang code-named "Mole" who was fleeing in front was running for his life, hoping that the unfortunate Black Fang colleague code-named "Beast" could last longer under the hands of the target.

Their target, the one Lord Koros designated to be captured or killed, was indeed in the dense forest!
The Mole knew that among all the possible speculations they had made before Black Fang, the current situation had become the worst one.

——That target, that priest! He has the quadruple destiny!
Moreover, he seemed to be intentionally luring the Black Fangs here with the purpose of making them lost in this deep and dense forest so that he could hunt them down one by one!

As the "mole" ran wildly, all kinds of complicated speculations emerged in his mind.

In his field of vision, he could already see the dim blue-gray light just at the edge of the dense forest.

However, suddenly, a golden light flashed in the corner of the "Mole's" eyes, and countless fine golden threads suddenly emerged from the soles of his feet, and those threads instantly bound his feet!
This made it impossible for the "Mole" to take another step. Due to inertia, he was thrown forward and fell face down into the mud.

Then, a holy spear emitting golden light suddenly shot out from the mud and completely pierced his body!

"Run..."

"Aren't you good at running?"

A joking voice was heard, and this was also the last sound that the "Mole" heard.

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Fuck, the chapter name is wrong, it is locked and cannot be changed, it does not affect reading
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