Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 289 Final victory, settlement!
As Thomas watched from afar, the body of the "Burning Sky Dragon" began to crumble and turn into ashes.

"What's going on..." Thomas murmured in confusion, "That dragon hunter... is he a traitor?"

"He is the 'puppet' summoned by Baberon, but he is one of us?"

"...He had a fight with the high priest, Rosso Carlos. Was it just a show for Baberon?"

"what?"

"..."

……

Not only Thomas was confused, but Baberon, who was watching the battle from afar, also had a constipated expression on his face, as if he had been hit hard, when the "Dragon Hunter" chopped off the head of the Burning Sky Aolong Dragon.

"Burning Sky and Fighting Dragon" - that was originally one of Baberon's "natural disaster"-level trump cards. This puppet made from the remains of an ancient dragon was extremely difficult to kill. No matter how badly it was injured, as long as there was still a head on its neck, it could recover from the injury at a terrifying regeneration speed.

There's only one way to kill it - chop off both of its heads at the same time!
This is the secret of "Burning Sky and Fighting Dragon", and it is also the confidence that Baberon relies on to fight against Luo Xiu Carlos.

Originally, he was very confident that it would be difficult for Luo Xiu to find an opportunity to chop off both heads of "Burning Sky Dragon" at the same time, and under the attack of "Dragon Hunter Knight", Luo Xiu would either escape from the battlefield or be killed by the dragon or the knight.

As a result, the "Dragon Hunter" betrayed him! At that moment...he betrayed him right in front of him!
When he saw this scene, Baberon's brain suddenly froze. Before he could understand what was happening, he saw that the "Dragon Hunter" had climbed onto the chest of the Burning Sky Aolong's body.

Right where the dragon hunter knight landed, in the gradually collapsing body of the dragon puppet, another huge, red heart was revealed.

Without hesitation, the dragon hunter grasped the long sword with both hands and stabbed it fiercely towards the heart below!
——Puff! A dull sound was heard, and along with the scarlet air waves that dissipated one after another, the Dragon Hunter Knight's aura suddenly rose!
He is the "Dragon Hunter" - his strength can be greatly enhanced through "dragon hunting", and the puppets made from the remains of the ancient dragon picked up by Baberon are naturally also within the scope of the "Dragon Hunter"'s hunting.

Suddenly, Baberon felt his brain twitch violently, as if a nerve was broken. He realized that his spiritual connection with "Burning Sky Dragon" and "Dragon Hunter" disappeared in an instant.

——He could no longer sense the aura of the two "Disaster Puppets" he had just summoned!

The "Dragon Hunter" completely killed the dragon, and with his newly acquired surging power, he completely severed the connection with Baberon!
Baberon took out the magic crystal that originally sealed the "Dragon Hunter" in a panic and poured spirituality into it, but did not receive any resonance in return.

This made Baberon finally accept the reality in despair.

The "Dragon Hunter Knight" had completely escaped from Baberon's control! After piercing the dragon's heart with the Dragon Hunter's broadsword, he fled the battlefield at an extremely fast speed, and his figure immediately disappeared from Baberon's sight!
Baberon was watching the scene with heartache. He suddenly felt a hot current rushing to his head, accompanied by a sharp pain as if his skull was about to crack, and his eyes quickly filled with bloodshot.

I had a cerebral hemorrhage...

This time it was a real cerebral hemorrhage...

In just a few minutes, he lost two "Natural Scourge" puppets... This was a huge loss for Baberon, and he didn't even understand the reasons behind all this!

Just as Baberon was staring at the direction where the "Dragon Hunter" was fleeing with a ferocious expression, he suddenly felt another unfriendly gaze directed at him.

That was a gaze coming from the other side of the battlefield, and the source of that gaze was none other than Ross Carlos!
He had ridden on the "Golden Pegasus", waving his sickle that was shining with golden light, galloping towards the sky, rushing towards Baberon's position!

"..." Feeling the threat approaching, Baberon had no time to think about the losses. He looked around and saw that the battle situation had irreversibly turned into a downward trend.

"Executioner" Koros had been seriously injured by Hubert and had retreated first. After Koros' retreat, the "Executioner" who originally led the army was also killed under the siege of the extraordinary people in Red Maple City. The defeat of the Dark Army was a foregone conclusion.

And Koros, who had escaped from Hubert's hammer, had also issued an order for the entire army to retreat in the rear.

As he watched the increasingly clear figure of Ross Carlos, the expression on Baberon's face changed for a while, and finally he took out a rusty whistle and blew it.

Beep—an illusory fog gate appeared beside Baberon, with a mixed black and white light flowing in the center of the fog gate.

Baberon looked at Luo Xiu and said in a voice that only he could hear:
"...I admit, Luo Xiu Carlos of Red Maple City, this is your perfect victory."

"I never thought that you could be promoted to the Saint in such a short time. I don't even know what method you used to make my puppet escape from my control..."

"What a shame! This will definitely be a shame for my whole life, a stain on my whole life..."

"But this is not the end, Ross Carlos..."

"I will definitely come back... When the time comes, I will personally take...your life..."

"..."

Baberon's last words became unreal and ethereal. When Luo Xiu, riding the golden Pegasus, was only a hundred meters away from Baberon, Baberon had already stepped into the fog gate and disappeared without a trace.

The fog gate quickly closed, and when Luo Xiu chased there, only the remains of the puppet were left.

……

"call……"

Luo Xiu stood in front of the place where the Baberon fog gate disappeared and breathed a long sigh of relief.

He was still a step late, but that was within his expectations.

Now, the "Executioner" Koros was seriously injured and fled by Hubert, and Baberon also chose to retreat when he saw the situation was not good. At this time, the Dark Army had completely become leaderless.

After the leaders of the two enemy armies were defeated, the morale of the Red Maple City army suddenly soared, and they split the gradually disintegrating dark army into several broken battle groups.

Except for the Dark Army commanders near the rear of the battlefield, who received Koros's final order in time and were able to lead their troops to retreat safely, almost half of the Dark Army was surrounded by the Red Maple City army. They had lost their will to fight, and only a few were still resisting, but they were quickly wiped out.

Luo Xiu then went to meet up with Huberte, and together with Huberte, he defeated one by one several "Quadruple Fate" leaders or commanders who were still resisting. The knights at the border took advantage of the situation to pull the battle line to the edge and completed the final encirclement.

After that, it was a one-sided massacre - except for the more than 30,000 Dark Army soldiers who successfully evacuated, the more than 70,000 Dark Army soldiers trapped on the battlefield were gradually wiped out.

Half of them were taken prisoners, and the other half were killed for their resistance. The corpses had piled up into small hills on the battlefield, and the blood had gathered into rivers, flowing along the cracks.

...This large-scale war lasted until sunset.

Only when there were no more stubborn enemies left on the battlefield did the commander-in-chief, Lord Nelson, order the troops to withdraw and count the results and losses.

The knights of the Border Court had led the logistics army to clean up the battlefield, the clergy of the church began to treat the wounded, and the warlocks of the Square Monument Court went to recover the spoils. Before they calculated the final result of the war, Luo Xiu and Hubert had already returned to the city wall.

Looking at the messy battlefield below, Hubert said with some regret:

"...Unfortunately, Koros escaped."

"If I had continued to fight, I would have been able to kill him, but he still managed to escape... I had no way to stop him from escaping, and I gave him a chance to recover in vain."

"It's okay, Lord Hubert." Luo Xiu shook his head and comforted him.

"Koros has been seriously injured. He will not and dare not make any new moves for at least a period of time. We have also wiped out two-thirds of his army. He has temporarily lost his threat to us."

"As for their other 'saint' - 'Hidden Elder' Baberon, he lost two 'Scourge' puppets in this war. Without such a powerful weapon, Baberon is even less of a threat to us than the seriously injured Koros."

"We can rest and recuperate for the time being, Lord Hubbard. In fact, in my opinion, it is best for us to immediately pursue the victory and annihilate the remaining forces of the Dark Army in one fell swoop, but this depends on the decision of the Supreme."

"..."

"...Yeah. You're right, Luo Xiu." Huberte nodded, and his frown relaxed a little.

"No matter what, this is a great victory. After City Lord Nelson and Judge Baines have counted the results and losses, we will see what to do next."

"I'm going to go find Baines and talk to him about what's going to happen next. Luo Xiu, you stay here for now. I'll feel more at ease if you keep an eye on any anomalies on the battlefield."

After saying this, Hubert turned and left, walking down the stone stairs of the city wall.

Luo Xiu stood between the battlements of the city wall and looked into the distance, while at the same time spreading out his perception to see if there were any high-level extraordinary people who had escaped.

While performing his duties, Luo Xiu was also thinking about other things in his heart.

——This was indeed an undisputed victory. Although Koros and Baberon were not killed, from another perspective, keeping them had other uses.

The seriously injured Koros could not run far. In fact, Luo Xiu had already let the mist shadow of "Shadow Raven" possess him and grasped Koros's real-time location.

As long as Koros doesn't go beyond a certain range, it will be easy to chase him, and Luo Xiu is quite patient about this.

Besides that, there is another happy thing -

Carry out the settlement of two tasks - [Disaster of Death] and [Forbidden Ghost]!

Not until the war was completely over did Luo Xiu have the leisure time to fully concentrate on thinking about the settlement options.

His mind moved slightly, and the task panel appeared.

And he immediately gave the settlement instructions.

[Completed the hidden mission: Forbidden Ghost (Nightmare Difficulty)]

[The "Dragon Hunter" Rocklan rebelled at the critical moment and assisted you in killing the "Fen Tian Ao Long" and thwarted the plan of the "Hidden Elder" Baberon.

Afterwards, "Dragon Hunter" Rocklan will find you again and tell you everything he knows about "Hidden Elder" Baberon. 】

[The task is being settled...]

[Completion reward: Basic experience +35000, free attribute points +15, limited epic specialty "???" *1]

[Hidden "Epic" feat has been revealed——]

[Obtain expertise: Forbidden Observer (Epic, Limited)]!
[Forbidden Observer (Epic, Limited): Even forbidden things cannot blind your eyes. ]

[Your "Perception" attribute increases by 20 points, making it easier to see through deception and disguise. You are immune to all moderate status abnormalities, and when you are negatively weakened by an immune effect, you choose a negative weakening and return it to the opponent with a 200% weakening effect.]

【…】

[Completed the limited-time mission: The Disaster of Death (?? Difficulty)]

[You have purified the 'Deathborn God', dispelled the death and fear spread by him, and returned tranquility and peace to this city.]

[The task is being settled...]

[Completion rewards: Basic experience +217500, rare specialty 'Breaker'*1, legendary specialty 'Hunting God's Heir'*1]

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[Evil Breaker (Rare): You have purified the spirits of the dead and the born, and have begun to understand the way to break evil. 】

[Gain +2 skill slots, +2 skill slots, +3 "strength" and "constitution" attributes. The damage you deal to undead monsters increases by 30%, and the damage you receive from undead monsters decreases by 30%. Undead monsters of a lower level than you will spontaneously feel fear of you.]

[Hunting the Heir of God·Lost Seed (Legend): You have eliminated the heir of the God of Death and have obtained the Seed of God Killer. ]

[Gain +10 skill slots, +10 skill slots, +2 level I authority slots, +1 level II authority slots. Your "divine" attribute increases by 30 points, and for every 1 point of "divine" attribute, increase your health by 5 points, increase your spell attack by 1 point, and increase your defense reduction by 1 point. When you face an enemy with a "lost" destiny, the damage you cause to them increases by an additional 20%, and this damage increase is independent of all multiplication zones. ]

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(End of this chapter)