Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 246 The End of the Decisive Battle

It was not until the "high priest" of the church rode the golden Pegasus back to the ground that Baines came back to his senses.

"You are here, Lord Luo Xiu."

Baines nodded and thanked Luo Xiu:

"You arrived just in time. On behalf of the 'Bianting', I thank you for your assistance."

Luo Xiu dismounted from his horse, walked to Baines and checked his injuries first.

This "Grand Inquisitor" of the border court had dozens of new wounds on his body. His originally gorgeous robe was now dirty and torn, and bright red blood continued to flow out of his wounds, staining large areas of the lining red.

But his life was not in danger, and he could even continue fighting after a short rest.

"It should be said that we arrived too late."

Luo Xiu shook his head. He looked around and roughly confirmed that the knights of the "Border Court" were in good condition, and then he said softly:
"I heard the noise and sensed some ominous 'spiritual' aura, so I rushed over. There were other clergymen from the church, and they were clearing out those bloody 'hyenas'."

"So, Lord Baines."

After a pause, Luo Xiu asked Baines:
"What happened here?"

"...I don't know." Baines shook his head.

"I also heard the noise, so I led the knights of the Border Court to rush over. Afterwards, the enemy's 'beast trainer' appeared here. He said that he was the one who released these 'disasters'.

"Are you talking about this 'beast tamer'?" Luo Xiu glanced at the half head on the ground, and Baines nodded slightly.

"It was him, and you killed him, Lord Luo Xiu."

Baines said slowly:
"Before that, many people who claimed to be apostles of the Holy Abyss appeared."

"Among them, there are Red Lotus, Bitter Tea, Nothingness... and even believers of your own Glorious destiny. Before the terrifying hyenas devoured us, they suddenly appeared and stood between us and the hyenas."

As he spoke, Baines raised his eyes and looked around, looking for the figures of the "werewolf" and "assassin".

But Baines did not see them. At the same time as the "tamer" Klauer disappeared in the bright golden mist, the figures of the "werewolf" and the "assassin" also disappeared in it, leaving only the remains of the "bloody hyena", Baines, Frosa and a group of scarred "Border Court" knights.

"Hmm..." Baines looked puzzled. Just as he was about to say something else, he heard Luo Xiu say from the side:

"I did see some unfamiliar faces here. They call themselves 'Holy Abyss'? I have never heard of this organization before."

"Let's investigate these after we return to Red Maple City, Lord Baines."

"Now that the 'tamer' Klauer is dead, these remaining 'hyenas' are ownerless. It is only a matter of time before they are completely wiped out."

After saying that, Luo Xiu grabbed the holy flame mane of the "Golden Pegasus", jumped on the horse again, and galloped back to the camp of the "Executioner" Afatak.

After a short rest, "Grand Inquisitor" Baines and his "Border Court" knights rushed towards the surrounding "blood hyenas" and carried out a final cleanup of these monsters.

The "tamer" Klauer, who induced and controlled these "blood hyenas", is dead. These monsters that had been sweeping the battlefield like a tide have lost their last shackles and fallen into complete frenzy.

Their nature as "deep beasts" erupted. In addition to attacking the extraordinary people of the "Border Court" and "Church" on the battlefield, they also fell into an extreme "civil war".

Countless hyenas showed their claws and fangs to their own kind. They killed other "blood corpse hyenas", tore and devoured their flesh and blood, turning it into their own flesh and blood and strength, and then pounced on other members of their kind.

Shortly after Klauer's death, the tide of the Blood Hyenas fell into complete chaos.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the knights of the border court and the clergy of the church launched a fierce counterattack against the tide of "blood hyenas" and pushed the front line back.

And those apostles who claimed to serve "Holy Abyss" mysteriously disappeared after the situation was almost stabilized.

It was not until Baines led his "Border Court" knights to kill the last "Blood Hyena" and wanted to turn back to look for the "Holy Abyss" apostles.

Except for a few apostles who had been "killed in battle", Baines could no longer find any remaining traces of the "Holy Abyss" apostles.

It was as if they had never been to this battlefield.

……

Luo Xiu rode on the "Golden Pegasus" and rushed back to the high slope where the "Executioner" Afatak was.

He has killed the "Beast Tamer" Klauer. Apart from the "Guillotine" Bagli, the "Executioner" Afatak is the enemy's last "Quadruple Destiny" extraordinary person.

—— Seize the opportunity to win! Before the enemy escapes from the surveillance of the Raven Wuying, kill the last "leader" of the enemy, and you can completely win!

Luo Xiu planned this way. Since he had already played the biggest trump card of "Holy Abyss" and resolved the chaos caused by the influx of "Abyss Beasts", he would eventually gain greater results from other places.

He had also found out the situation of the raging forest fire - the Dark Vanguard had buried a large amount of black gunpowder there in advance, and detonated them after the "Cursed Curse" was breached.

And those "abyss beasts" and "blood corpse hyenas" that should not have appeared, they came from an "ancient seal" under the forest.

The huge amount of black powder buried in the coniferous forest exploded, completely tearing a hole in the "seal".

Among them, the nesting and wandering "Abyss Beasts", also known as "Blood Corpse Hyenas", surged out from the seal and swept onto the battlefield.

As the "tamer" of the fourth destiny of [Red Lotus], Klauer had already tamed dozens of the most powerful "blood hyenas" before detonating the seal.

Afterwards, Klauer used these "head dogs" to "tame" the other hyenas one by one. This is also the method used by "tamers" to control the entire group of Warcraft.

Now, Klauer, who was regarded as the "leader" by the blood hyenas, is dead, and the "head dogs" that were controlled by Klauer's power are also basically dead.

And in the coniferous forest that was still burning with a raging fire, no new "abyss beasts" emerged.

In the forest, the breath of the "abyss" has disappeared. Judging from the situation, no new "abyss beasts" should emerge from the seal. Luo Xiu is still relieved about this.

...But why would the "Abyss Beast" appear in the "Ancient Seal"?

Luo Xiu thought with some doubt in his heart. He didn't remember that a similar situation had happened in his previous life.

In his memory, the great seal imposed on the "Seven Abysses" should be quite strong. There is no reason for the "Abyss Beast" to escape from the great seal and escape to the upper "Ancient Seal".

Although he still had many doubts in his heart, Luo Xiu could not say for sure what went wrong unless he went down into the "ancient seal" himself to find out the situation.

In the current situation, it is not convenient for him to stay on the edge of the battlefield for too long. He can only consider finding an opportunity to come and explore later.

Luo Xiu then stopped thinking about other things and focused on sensing the direction of the "executioner" Afatak.

Rather than investigating the truth behind established facts, it is more important to focus on the battlefield at hand.

Just as the "Shadow Raven" perceived the differentiated fog shadows in the foggy night, the "Executioner" Afatak seemed to be preparing to escape - after the "Beast Tamer" Klauer was killed, Afatak began to retreat to the rear of the vanguard camp.

And among the "Giant Legion" of "The Executioner" Afatak, there are still a considerable number of elite soldiers following him.

Several Dark Vanguard Corps units that were stranded on the battlefield seemed to have received some instructions, and there were signs that they were about to evacuate en masse.

Right on the main battlefield, the warlocks of Fangbeiyuan have begun to chase in the direction of Afatak's retreat.

The "War Golem" of Fangbeiyuan had killed dozens of giant warriors of the "Giant Legion" of the Dark Vanguard in the previous battle.

Although they paid a considerable price for this, they ultimately made an outstanding contribution to stabilizing the war situation.

Lord Nelson has also ordered the entire army to pursue in an effort to expand the fruits of victory.

At the same time, the knights of the border court and the clergy of the church have gradually withdrawn from the edge of the battlefield and joined the pursuit of the dark army. The situation on the battlefield has become completely clear. If nothing unexpected happens, this will be a complete victory for the Red Maple City side!

Luo Xiu rode the "Golden Pegasus" in the air. He looked down at the dark tide above the battlefield retreating to the edge. That was a sign of the dark army's defeat.

And in the distance, at the forefront of the dark tide, the giant chariot of "The Executioner" Afatak was moving at high speed towards the end of the horizon, leaving the pursuers and other dark army troops far behind.

In the air behind the giant chariot that Aphatak was riding, the galloping figure of the "Golden Pegasus" was almost a shadow, and its speed had reached its maximum.

The giant chariot of the "Executioner" Afatak was getting closer and clearer in Luo Xiu's field of vision.

However, just as Luo Xiu was about to let Pegasus make the final sprint and fall on Aphatak's giant chariot like a real meteor, several dazzling lights suddenly flashed in the dark army formation below him.

——Boom! Boom boom boom! Four deep red beams of light suddenly burst out from the dark army’s formation and shot towards Luo Xiu who was in mid-air!
It was a giant carrying four huge cannons, launching a long-range bombardment at Luo Xiu!

At the same time, the flying stars surrounding the "Golden Pegasus" also shot towards the four beams of light.

——Boom! Boom boom boom! Several beams of light collided with each other, bursting into brilliant light and fire in the air.

The fire bursting out from the giant cannon continued, and the increasingly intensive bombardment disrupted the rhythm of Pegasus' charge several times.

The giant chariot of the "Executioner" Afatak also took advantage of this opportunity to increase its speed, again widening the distance between itself and Luo Xiu!

"...Tsk." Luo Xiu, who was on Pegasus's back, frowned. He looked to the front of Afatak's chariot and saw a large and dense forest.

Once the entire Dark Army pours into the dense forest, they will split into several groups and flee in all directions, and it will become extremely difficult to annihilate them all.

Luo Xiu had foreseen this, and his eyes were also looking towards the battlefield behind the giant chariot.

The dark main force of the army came into Luo Xiu's sight.

They kept leaving behind small groups of remnants to delay the pursuit of the Red Maple City army.

The Red Maple City army was following closely behind the main force of the Dark Army, and the distance between them and the enemy's main force was getting farther and farther.

At the same time, deep red light was constantly bursting upward from the dark army formation below. The enemy was still trying desperately to stop Luo Xiu from pursuing them, and was trying desperately to cover the escape of their leader, the "Executioner" Afatak.

Although Luo Xiu wanted to kill Afatak with his own hands and completely secure the victory of this decisive battle, he knew that it would be difficult for him to succeed due to the dense artillery fire.

But he was not ready to stop there. Instead, he began to chant several sacred prayers while dodging the bombardment from below.

Soon, a ball of holy light with golden glow condensed in Luo Xiu's palm.

When the light reached its full potential, he threw the ball of light downwards.

The ball of light flew through the air and then dissipated in all directions, transforming into several misty threads that enveloped the heads of the dark army below.

Visibly, the dark soldiers shrouded in the light suddenly began to behave strangely. They picked up their weapons and slashed at the other soldiers around them.

——The crazy glow!
Although this holy magic can only affect the minds of a small range of Dark Army soldiers, it is enough to disgust them for a while.

And at this final moment, the results of the pursuit can be maximized as much as possible.

Afterwards, Luo Xiu released several sacred arts into the pitch-black army formation below. Light balls carrying different sacred arts fell into the pitch-black army formation one by one.

Skills such as "Golden Meteor", "Thunder of Judgment", "Dragon Thunder Burning Ashes" and so on were released in sequence, reaping the remnants of the enemy's fleeing army like a whirlwind.

But even so, the giant chariot of Afatak, the "executioner" in the front, still showed no signs of slowing down. Instead, under the cover of the giant cannon, it rushed into the dense forest at the end first!
The few Dark Army soldiers who were not affected by Luo Xiu's large-scale attack also poured into the dense forest and split into several small groups to escape.

But most of the dark army soldiers were not so lucky - the soldiers who were previously affected by Luo Xiu's "Frenzy Glow" blocked the way out for a large group of dark soldiers in the rear. This allowed the Red Maple City pursuers to catch up with them soon and capture or kill them in a short time.

Although the enemy leader, "The Executioner" Afatak, managed to escape in the end, only one in ten of the Dark Vanguard Army that escaped with him survived.

Having lost such a large army, Afatak could no longer cause any trouble in the short term, and his threat to Red Maple City had been reduced to an extremely low level.

When he saw the last small group of dark soldiers entering the dense forest, Luo Xiu withdrew the ball of holy light that he was about to release.

Afterwards, he rode the "Golden Pegasus" back, and met with Anthony, Pamier and other clergymen on the way. He then returned to the front of Red Maple City and to the camp where Lord Nelson was.

……

Half a day later.

"Grand Inquisitor" Baines and "Throne Knight" Frosa, led the surviving "Border Court" knights and returned from the edge of the battlefield one after another.

Inside the temporary military camp in front of Red Maple City, City Lord Nelson, who had been pacing anxiously, finally showed a look of relief on his face when he saw Baines and Frosa return safely.

He hurried over, and after a simple salute to Baines and Froza, he heard Baines say to him:
"...Nelson. Tell me the outcome of this decisive battle."

"..."

"We are victorious, Lord Baines."

Lord Nelson said in a high voice:

"We have driven the enemy twenty-three miles outside Hongfeng City. This result has far exceeded our previous goal."

"At the same time, we wiped out almost all of the enemy's troops and killed one of their 'Leo's Leader' and one 'Commander'!"

"Lord Baines, I think we should be proud and happy because we have just won a hearty victory that will be recorded in the history of the empire!"

"..."

"...Yes, we should be happy."

Baines murmured, but there was no sign of "joy" on his face.

"Nelson, too many unexpected things happened in this decisive battle."

After a pause, Baines said in a low voice:

"...First, the enemy's 'beast tamer' released a horde of strange monsters, and then an organization claiming to serve the 'Holy Abyss' suddenly appeared... Even though we won the final victory, I always feel that a new threat is approaching..."

"..." Nelson was speechless. He only felt that the "Great Inquisitor" in front of him was emitting an aura called "anxiety".

"But you're right, Nelson."

Suddenly, Nelson felt that the anxious aura of the "Great Inquisitor" in front of him seemed to disappear in an instant, and he saw a faint smile on Baines' face.

"This is indeed a resounding victory. Even if there are new 'threats', they will come later."

Baines raised his hand, patted Nelson on the shoulder, and told him:

"Get ready, Nelson."

"Go and inform the entire army that we will be returning to Red Maple City soon."

"—it will be a glorious triumph."

……

(End of this chapter)