Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 269 Victory?

——“Holy Deacon of Purification” Hubert!
Just like the last time they met at the church in Sina, Hubert was wearing a blue-gray long dress, and also a white robe with gold patterns on it.

In his hand he held a war hammer forged from fine steel, the engraved patterns on the hammer surface shining with golden light.

When he saw the "Senior Deacon" Hubert suddenly appear on the battlefield, Luo Xiu's frown immediately relaxed.

He estimated that Hubert would arrive in Red Maple City in the next few days at the latest, but he did not expect that he would arrive so timely!
Looking at the other side of the battlefield, the expression on the face of "Executioner" Koros suddenly became quite interesting.

Under the damaged colorful mask, Koros' pupils were trembling violently, and hideous grooves gradually accumulated on his originally pale face. He looked at Hubert's figure in disbelief.

"You... the 'holy deacon' of the Holy See..."

In a sharp and cold voice, Kross said to Hubert sinisterly:

"Why were you able to... chase you here..."

"..."

...Chase? Huberte chased Cloth? Luo Xiu captured the key words.

Before Koros arrived in Red Maple City, had he and Hubert already encountered and fought with each other?
Luo Xiu was thinking about these things in a divergent way, and then he looked at Hubert.

Hubert did not respond to Koros's words, but slowly raised the warhammer in his hand that was emitting a shining golden light. A sacred and surging aura was emanating from him in circles.

He was ready to attack - within the hammer, an extremely strong force of "annihilation" had already condensed and formed.

Just when Hubert's spirit locked onto Koros, Koros also made a new move.

Koros did not wait for Hubert's response. His expression twitched slightly, and his deep eyes swept over Hubert, Luo Xiu and the people in the "Border Court" on the field. The outline of his body began to fade gradually.

The thick black fog gradually spread and rose from under Koros' feet, and finally completely enveloped him.

Seeing such changes in Koros, Hubert immediately swung his war hammer and rushed towards Koros.

As Hubert and the hammer in his hand rushed towards Koros, he almost became a golden afterimage.

——Boom! The point where the afterimage stopped suddenly erupted with an extremely strong shock, and golden fragments of light splashed around in circles!

Right around the explosion, the air was distorted in an extremely unnatural way.

The hammer that Hubert swung at Koros did indeed dispel the black fog that was surrounding Koros.

However, the figure of "Executioner" Koros had disappeared from the spot - the end of Hubert's bombardment was only the cracked ground, but there was no trace of Koros.

He fled, escaping the battlefield before Hubert's hammer could hit him.

His breath had completely disappeared, and even Hubert could not be sure where he had escaped to, so he could not chase him.

Although Koros escaped, he was unable to take away the other "Black Fangs" and "Fang Heads" who had sneaked into the border.

Without the "Black Fang" and "Fang Head" commanded by Koros, their fighting spirit dropped sharply in an instant. The knights on the border immediately regained the upper hand in their respective battles and firmly suppressed the invading enemies.

Baines and Frosa have also joined the knights' battle group, blocking the last retreat route of the enemies who invaded the border.

Hubert and Luo Xiu quickly locked their targets on the invading "Fang Heads". With the intervention of several powerful fighters, the "Black Fangs" and "Fang Heads" were quickly killed or wounded, and no one escaped.

Luo Xiu killed two "Fang Chiefs". Although Koros ran away, the reward for killing the Fang Chiefs was also a gain for the winner.

……

After all the enemies in the border were wiped out, Frosa led the remaining knights to clean up the messy battlefield, while Baines came to Hubert and Rossouw and thanked them solemnly.

"Thank you for your assistance, His Excellency the 'Holy Deacon' and His Excellency Luo Xiu." Baines nodded to the two clergymen in front of him.

The "Holy Deacon" from Songyuan Diocese finally arrived, which allowed the defense of Songyuan City to finally regain a balance with the Dark Army... But letting the "executioner" Koros escape still left a huge hidden danger... Baines thought about this with half joy and half worry in his heart, but his face remained calm and solemn.

"You came just in time, Master Hubert." Luo Xiu also echoed from the side, "We tried our best to resist the 'executioner'. If you had come a little later, I can't imagine what would have happened."

If Hubert had come later, I would have been forced to reveal my true identity... Luo Xiu complained in his heart at the same time.

"It was just a small effort. I also noticed some unusual movements here." Hubert shook his head and said, "It's a pity that the 'executioner' still escaped."

"Lord Hubert, the 'executioner' Koros just said that you seemed to have encountered him on the way to Red Maple City?" Luo Xiu asked Hubert.

"Yes." Hubert nodded and said, "That's true."

"But Koros was not my target at the time. I just discovered the whereabouts of the elder of the 'Hidden Omniscient', Baberon Dias, on my way to Red Maple City."

"I chased him all the way here, and he led me to the location of the Executioner Koros, that's all."

That's all... So you're going to hunt down Kolos as well? Luo Xiu secretly smacked his lips.

Apparently, Hubert had actually been in Red Maple City for some time. However, he did not choose to come to the church right away, but instead found a place to temporarily stay and hide.

On the one hand, Hubert was also on guard against the possible actions of "Executioner" Koros; on the other hand, wasn't this also part of his "assessment"... Luo Xiu thought about this.

And Hubert just said to me personally - "You did a great job", which means that he should recognize the achievements I have made in Red Maple City...

Hubert did not continue to talk about what happened next. He turned to look at Luo Xiu and said:
"You know why I'm here, Luo Xiu. I'm happy to see you grow up again."

"This shows that my decision to let you pass the 'High Priest' assessment was correct. Your achievements in Red Maple City have been reported back to the Church, and even the Archbishop is satisfied with you."

"but now……"

After a pause, Hubert continued, "Now is not the time to chat."

"There are still enemies that have not been dealt with. They are just outside Red Maple City. 'Hidden Elder' Baberon is attacking the city walls. The two generalists from 'Fangbeiyuan' cannot resist him for long."

"'Bianting' will go to support them." Baines said from the side, "Koros's surprise attack plan failed. If we appear in front of Baberon, he will know that Koros's action has failed and will retreat on his own initiative."

"Well, I'll trouble you then." Huberte nodded, "I'll be there later."

Afterwards, Baines took Frosa and a few guards who were not seriously injured, and rushed towards the city wall.

In the messy courtyard at the edge of the court, Hubert, Ross, and a group of injured knights who were cleaning up the battlefield were soon the only ones left.

Hubert and Luo Xiu also left the side court and headed towards the church. The crisis in the city was temporarily resolved, and Hubert and Luo Xiu could go to the church to summon other clergy.

"I felt a surge of spiritual energy of a different nature. It was particularly strong when riots broke out in many places in the city. It was the aura of another 'saint'."

Halfway through the journey, Hubert said to Luo Xiu: "But I didn't find out who he was. I only vaguely felt that the source of the aura was on Gusta Street."

"Do you have any information about this?"

The "saint" of Gusta Street? That must be the "Bishop of the Dead" Passaro... Luo Xiu thought about this firmly. At the same time, he realized that the "Senior Deacon" Hubert had indeed arrived in Red Maple City a long time ago and had done a lot of investigation work.

"That should be the 'Bishop of the Dead' Passaro." Luo Xiu then said to Huberte, "Before you came, I captured a leader of the enemy. His name is Lias, he is the Lost Fate, and he has contacted Passaro on behalf of Koros."

"At that time, I handed over 'Fang-Head' Lias to the Border Court, and his interrogation was also conducted by the 'Grand Inquisitor'. I participated in the entire interrogation process."

"Lias told me about the 'Bishop of the Dead' Passaro. He is hiding in Gusta Street. I have asked the Inquisition to investigate him."

"That's it." Huberte nodded.

"A [Lost] Bishop is hiding in Red Maple City... I don't know why."

"When I was only in Songyuan City and the Church, I could never imagine that this city would face so many dangers."

……

While exchanging information, Luo Xiu and Hubert had returned to the church.

At this time, the church was still shrouded in the "Great Sun Shining Golden Barrier". Outside the barrier, several corpses of "Black Fang" and "Fang Head" were lying in a mess. They tried to break the barrier and attack the church, but were killed by the clergy of the church first.

After Luo Xiu spread his senses and realized that there were no living enemies around the Great Sun Shining Golden Barrier, he released a corner of the barrier and entered the interior of the barrier with Hubert.

Afterwards, Luo Xiu summoned Anthony, Maiev, Pamier and other clergymen of the church's "Triple Destiny" and rushed to the city wall of Red Maple City.

……

The outskirts of Red Maple City.

The bombardment of the "Hidden Elder" Baberon was still continuing. On the way to the city wall, the continuous sound of artillery fire was accompanied by black smoke rising up, and the earth was shaking violently again and again.

But the momentum of Baberon's bombardment of the city wall gradually decreased. Just as Baines said, after Koros chose to retreat, Baberon indeed planned to stop.

When Luo Xiu, Hubert and the clergy of the church arrived at the top of the city wall, Lord Nelson, with his face covered in dust, hurried over to greet them.

"What's the situation?" Luo Xiu asked Lord Nelson.

"We held it! We held the city wall from that Baberon..."

Even though he was covered in dust, Lord Nelson still couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes and said:

"Lord Baines and Lord Frosa came to support us in time. Before the two lords arrived, the two generalists from Fangbei Academy used nearly twenty 'Sky Lake Curtains' to block Baberon's attack!"

"Now, it has been nearly ten minutes since Baberon last bombarded the city wall! The enemies outside the city have not made any new moves. We have reason to believe that this is a sign that they are about to retreat."

At this time, Baines and Frosa had already prepared for defense outside the city. In front of them was a fortress-type puppet, stationed firmly in front of the city gate.

And on the ground around the "fortress" where they were, there were deep pits that were still emitting black smoke.

Baines, Frosa and the knowledgeable people of the "Fangbei Courtyard" worked closely together to intercept many of the fire streams that were bombarding the city walls.

During the precious time gained by Baines and Frosa, the magicians of Fangbeiyuan lowered down the city wall at the risk of being blown to pieces, and completed a temporary repair of the damaged wall with the skill of [Intelligence].

At this point, the entire city wall was temporarily free from the danger of collapse, and it was difficult for the "Hidden Elder" Baberon to break through the defense of Baines and Frosa in a short period of time.

Luo Xiu looked into the distance.

The thick fog that enveloped Baberon and his "City-Destroying Cannon Doll" was gradually dissipating.

Among them, Baberon's figure had disappeared without a trace - he had indeed retreated and gave up the action of continuing to bombard the city.

"...Huh." It was not until this moment that Luo Xiu let out a long sigh of relief.

Koros and Baberon have both retreated. Leaving Baberon aside, Koros has definitely suffered heavy losses.

Almost half of his "fang leaders" died in this operation. After his retreat, he probably won't come back for a while.

As for the remaining enemy, the "Saint", the "Bishop of the Dead" Passaro, no one knows what he is planning...

While Luo Xiu was thinking in his mind, he saw Baines and Frosa returning to the city, and Alvan and Eureka also took back the puppets in the fortress, so he walked towards them.

This is a victorious gathering... Luo Xiu thought to himself, shook off the dust on his body, and a smile appeared on his face.

This is another important victory for Red Maple City.

……

Gusta Street, Red Maple City.

Deep in the street, under an abandoned old alley, the stronghold of the "Ancient Hermitage" is hidden here.

The "Bishop of the Dead" Passaro was sitting on a chair made of skeletons, looking at the crystal ball in front of him that emitted a dark aura, with a gloomy expression and indifferent silence.

Several dark mist threads gathered from all around and flowed into the interior of the crystal ball. The "death" spirituality it carried was almost full.

However, just before it was about to be full, the death spirits that were pouring in from all directions were "cut off", and as the expression on Passaro's face gradually distorted, his eyes began to flicker with doubt, unwillingness, and fear.

"I'm hungry……"

Suddenly, right in front of Passaro, behind the ominous black crystal ball, a childish, hungry voice, like that of a baby, was heard.

A pair of huge, cloudy, bloodshot eyes, about the size of a human head.

Then, under Passaro's trembling gaze, he slowly opened his eyes.

……

(End of this chapter)