Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 214 The Return of the Holy Inquisition

Red Maple City, a deserted alley deep in Sifen Street.

[Lost] In a medium-sized stronghold of the esoteric cult "Death Mystics".

--boom!

A golden light rose up, and the war hammer smashed heavily on the head of a sorcerer, instantly smashing a huge skylight, and blood, flesh and turbid matter splashed out.

"Inquisitor" Anthony kicked away the corpse in front of him that had lost half of its head, and at the same time raised his hand to pull out his war hammer.

"This is the last one." Anthony looked around. The stronghold he was "judging" at this moment had been completely wiped out by him and his subordinates. No pagan escaped from his hammer.

Pamier came over from the side, the blade of the huge sword he held in both hands was dripping with blood, and behind him, there was also a half-dead body lying down. The pagan had his eyes wide open before he died, as if he died with his eyes open.

"Their secret vault is at the deepest part of the stronghold, and the pagans guarding it have been dealt with by me."

Pamier said in a cold voice, and threw a bunch of keys to Anthony. "This is the key found on the guard. Captain, take your men to open it and pack up the useful supplies and take them away. I will keep an eye on the entrance for you."

Anthony took the key and watched Pamier dragging the giant sword towards the entrance of the stronghold. His back soon disappeared behind the broken door.

Anthony nodded imperceptibly, and then ordered the Holy Inquisitors around him, "The rest of you, follow me to the 'secret vault' the adjutant mentioned, and count and take away anything that can be used."

"Yes." The Holy Judges responded at the same time and entered the corridor leading to the depths one by one.

……

Deep in the stronghold.

A dark brown wooden door is embedded in the gray wall, appearing conspicuous and abrupt.

Anthony and the Inquisitors were standing in front of this door, staring at it with vigilant eyes.

Right on the front of the brown wooden door, a strange black light flowed, swirled, and bound like a ribbon, as if it were chains tightly locking the door, revealing a dark and ominous atmosphere.

Although all the Lost Pagans in this stronghold have been wiped out, the Inquisitors dare not be tired for even a moment when fighting this group of strange enemies.

The weirdness left on this door made most of the Holy Judges feel an extremely dangerous aura. If their spiritual level was not high enough, they might face fatal danger if they approached this door rashly.

When Anthony came to a stand within two lengths of the door, he raised his hammer and prayed:

"——I thirst for the holy fire of heaven, and I am willing to use my sins as firewood..."

"—burn all that is unclean, turbid, and tainted!"

"——I bear this with my body, and the Holy Light grants me thunder!"

"..."

As Anthony prayed, the hammer in his hand also underwent some changes.

The glorious inscription engraved on the hammer suddenly emitted a dazzling light the next moment, and one or two wisps of golden flames slowly ignited from the surface of the hammer and kept jumping on it.

The Inquisitors beside Anthony felt that the temperature seemed to have risen a lot. They all stared at their chief Anthony, eagerly awaiting his next move.

Anthony then took a step back, and pulled the warhammer in his hand as far as possible behind him. The brightness of the flame jumping on the hammer surface also reached its highest point.

The next moment, Anthony swung the hammer suddenly and smashed it heavily on the door!

--boom! ! !

The war hammer slammed heavily on the door, and the golden holy flame and the black light on the door suddenly collided, causing an extremely violent explosion, accompanied by a spiritual air wave that swept around, and emitting rounds of sonic explosions outward.

The sound of sound waves echoed in the air in front of the secret library door. The sound seemed to contain some kind of power that could shatter gold and iron, causing the Holy Judges to cover their ears.

Anthony stood in front of the door with a calm expression, his eyes fixed on the holy flame that "devoured" the strange black light bit by bit.

"Hiss! - Hiss, hiss, hiss!" The black light, which was being torn apart by the holy flame, made a mournful and sharp sound. The light began to flicker unnaturally, with deep red and dark purple lights flickering in it, and something was about to come out.

The next moment, a translucent dark undead with a human-like body struggled to break free from the door.

There were still traces of golden flames on its body, and it let out a sharp and shrill howl from its mouth, then pounced towards Anthony with its fangs and claws bared.

At this time, Anthony had raised his warhammer again and smashed it heavily in the direction of the dark undead!
——Puff! Puff puff puff! When the war hammer wrapped in golden holy flames touched the body of the undead, it did not make a huge explosion like the previous door smashing, but instead made a series of low, muffled sounds like a water cannon.

With Anthony's hammering, a large amount of holy flame was poured into the body of the undead, burning and annihilating the deep energy on which it depended for its formation from the inside.

"—hiss! wooooooooooo!"

The outline of the undead began to tremble violently, and it let out an even more painful scream, but the holy flame inside it became brighter and brighter, and the deep, ominous aura was gradually disappearing.

Finally, bright flames began to jump above the outline of the undead, burning it from the inside out and eventually destroying its form, leaving no trace of its spirituality.

As the undead spirit possessing the door was successfully purified, the brown door revealed its original quaint facade. Anthony opened the door with the key that Pamier threw to him and saw the scene behind the door.

That was the room that stored many lost secrets. A large number of scrolls, props, weapons, and equipment were displayed on the quaint shelves on both sides.

In addition, the money that the pagans in this stronghold had hoarded was also packed into two large wooden boxes. Anthony lifted them and weighed them, estimating that there were about 5,000 gold coins in them.

This is indeed a great harvest... Anthony thought. He then asked his subordinates, the Holy Judges, to move out the two boxes containing gold coins. Afterwards, he asked them to sort out the scrolls stored in the secret vault, preparing to take away the "Ancient Heritage" scrolls and burn the [Lost] taboo scrolls as usual.

Afterwards, the Inquisitors destroyed the weapons or equipment that had been enchanted with forbidden magic, and took away the other ordinary equipment that had not been enchanted. As for the other props, potions, and materials, they were all packed up and taken away, but these things needed to be identified by the clergy of the "Preaching House" before they could be used with confidence.

After arranging his inquisitors to carry out these tasks, Anthony looked around again to make sure that he had not forgotten anything.

Suddenly, his attention was attracted by a small table on the side.

It was an inconspicuous small square table, with two of its four legs even broken. If it hadn't been leaning against the wall, it would have almost collapsed.

On the table, there was a brand new piece of paper with words written on it.

"I just... didn't seem to see it. Is there another piece of paper here?"

Anthony thought a little confusedly, but this was not an important memory. His first feeling was that he had missed something, so he shook his head and walked towards the square table.

When Anthony came to the table, he picked up the paper and quickly deciphered what was written on it.

[To the obituary · 'Priest of Death' · Asvis]

[The Judgment War is approaching. I ask you on behalf of the Holy Envoy: Have you prepared enough sacrifices to make the wheel turn and make the ancient soul happy?] [As a fellow warrior in the way of death, I need to remind you. Don't get lost in the worship of death, and don't forget your mission...]

[I came here for revenge. Although I am saddened by the death of my disciples, the revival of the Church is more important than anything else. I hope you can do the same.]

[If you have prepared enough sacrifices, then bring them to see me. I am at Alley 6 of the abandoned site of Pender Street. The 'Hidden Eye' will guide you on the way to worship.]

[——'Death Adviser' Grion]

……

After quickly reading the contents of the note, Anthony fell into deep thought.

The words in the letter were too obscure, and he didn't really understand what they meant. But they contained the most important and crucial information, which was exactly the main purpose of Anthony and his "Holy Judges"' ruling this time.

——Grein, the "Announcer of Death"! In this letter, the location of that Grein's hiding place is recorded!

Was this letter written by Grion to the "Priest of Death" Asves? Are they "comrades"? Grion also mentioned "revenge" in this letter... The "Spirit Adventer" Starro who was killed by us before was actually his disciple?
Anthony was thinking about this with confusion in his mind. According to his understanding of [Lost], he couldn't figure out why Starro from the "Spiritual Advent" school was a disciple of Grion from the "Death" school... But this was not important. What was important was that he learned a very important location - "Alley No. 6 of the Abandoned Site of Pender Street"! With this location, the mission that Luo Xiu had given them to the Holy Inquisition would be successfully completed.

Anthony then put away the piece of paper, and his subordinate inquisitors, having already cleaned out the secret vault in this stronghold according to his previous orders, were waiting outside the door of the secret vault for their "chief" Anthony to come out and give them the final instructions.

Anthony then walked towards the door, put his hammer behind his back and made a "pack up" gesture to the Inquisitors.

The Inquisitors then left the stronghold in an orderly manner, and after meeting up with adjutant Pamier who was guarding outside the door, they returned towards the direction of the church.

……

Just a few minutes after Anthony and his team left the base.

Next to the square table in the secret library, a blurry vortex door slowly appeared on the wall, and a light red, translucent human face poked out from it.

The "spiritual body" looked at the empty table, then looked at the direction where Anthony and other "holy judges" left, and nodded slightly.

Afterwards, the head of the "spiritual body" shrank back into the vortex, and the vortex then closed, returning to the rough, dull color of the wall, as if nothing had happened.

……

Red Maple City, Glorious Church.

In the afternoon, Antony, Pamier, and the inquisitors from the "Holy Inquisition" returned triumphantly with the news of their victorious judgment.

In just two days, they successfully completed the judgment task assigned to them by the "High Priest" Luo Xiu and wiped out all the enemies. No Holy Judge was sacrificed, and the worst that happened was only fatally injured.

And this fatal wound can be effectively healed as long as one can return to the church with one breath left - as the "wartime church", the Red Maple City Church has sent many powerful and divinely blessed healing potions from the parish, which are enough to save any dying clergyman from the crisis of death.

As soon as Anthony and Pamier led the Inquisition team back to the church, they immediately found a guiding priest from the "Preaching House" and asked them to take the wounded Inquisitor to the missionary house to diagnose his injuries and receive treatment.

However, when Anthony found the guiding priest and told him this, the guiding priest looked a little panicked and said to Anthony:
"Yes, yes. Master Anthony, the priests of the mission will treat them with great care..."

"..."

Anthony noticed something was wrong with the pastor, so he put on a friendly attitude and asked the pastor gently:

"You look like you're scared? Is it because of the blood stains on us?"

"..." The guiding pastor was stunned for a moment and immediately lowered his head.

As if he had finally mustered up the courage, the priest raised his head again and said to Anthony:

"Please forgive my impoliteness. The clergy of the missionary center will inevitably be a little scared when they see the clergy of the Holy Inquisition..."

"Why?" Anthony asked back with a puzzled look on his face.

"Oh...you don't know that yet."

The guiding priest considered his words for a moment, and then said to Anthony:

"Just this afternoon, our former chief officer, Sir Chilanta, was found guilty of corruption by the High Priest. He was removed from his post and transferred to the 'Holy Court' for strict supervision..."

"And the clergy who committed the crime together with Master Chilanta were also removed from their original positions and fined their salaries, just like Chilanta... If the high priest hadn't revealed this matter in front of the altar statue, we, the marginal clergy, wouldn't even know that such a thing had happened in the missionary station."

"And now the entire missionary center is under the supervision of the Holy Tribunal, so the clergy of the missionary center are in a state of panic. No one knows whether the next punishment from the High Priest will fall on their heads..."

"..."

Luo Xiu attacked Chilanta, the deacon of the "Preaching House"? He really did what I suggested to him before, and found the first person who was suitable to establish his authority. I didn't expect it to happen so quickly... Anthony thought.

And that's not all. Luo Xiu directly let the people of the "Holy Tribunal" supervise the "Preaching House", and the two managers of the Holy Tribunal were both his own people, which meant that two-thirds of the real power of the church was truly under the control of Luo Xiu... As for the "Secret House", after such a thing broke out in the "Preaching House", it was only a matter of time before the "Secret House" was truly under Luo Xiu's control...

Anthony thought about this, and with a smile on his face, he said to the priest in front of him in a gentle tone: "Don't be afraid, my friend. As long as you have a clear conscience and follow the glorious doctrine, the punishment of the high priest will never befall you."

"Yes, yes..." The guiding priest murmured devoutly, his hand gently touching his chest, performing the standard sacrament on Anthony, and then said:
"I think more people who pursue glory will not commit such crimes. What we should do is to be more cautious."

After saying this, the guiding priest nodded slightly, bowed to Anthony again, and turned back to his post.

Anthony and Pamier went straight to the Holy Office. They had learned from the clergy along the way that the "high priest" Rossio was there.

When they were almost in front of the Holy Office Hall, Anthony saw from afar Luo Xiu's figure standing in front of the magnificent Holy Office Hall, looking at them with a smile on his face.

He seemed to have already learned from other clergy that the clergy of their "Holy Inquisition" had returned. Anthony and Pamier quickened their pace and soon arrived in front of the Holy Office.

"You have completed the mission and are back." Luo Xiu went forward to greet them and asked them, "Did you gain anything?"

"Yes." Anthony nodded.

"We have always remembered what you said, about the 'Announcer of Death' Grion."

"And in the base of the 'Death Mystic' that we finally judged, we did find something related to his hideout."

As he spoke, Anthony took out the handwritten note from "Gren" from his arms and handed it to Luo Xiu.

Luo Xiu took it and quickly glanced through it. His eyes became deep and he nodded slowly, saying solemnly:
"Thank you for your hard work, Anthony and Pamier. Your discovery is very important..."

"That 'Announcer of Death' Grion, he was originally in the Pender Street ruins... Hmm. This is exactly what I want to know."

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(End of this chapter)