Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 297 Forbidden Summoning

Rockland's intelligence was true. Through the feedback from the panel, Luo Xiu was able to confirm this.

For mission objectives like "collect clues" and "find whereabouts", all you have to do is tell the mission principal the "suspected" correct intelligence you get, and then confirm the authenticity through the feedback on the panel. This is a confirmation method unique to players.

After confirming that the information was correct and learning that the dwarves of the "Gravel" clan were indeed trapped in the "Black Crystal Factory" of the Hidden Omniscient, Luo Xiu closed the panel and looked at the dwarf Mir who was still in a daze.

His right hand still maintained the shape of holding the bronze dragon scale, and the water cup in his left hand was shaking slightly, but Mir didn't notice it at all.

After a long period of silence and astonishment, Mir asked in a trembling voice:

"where are they?"

"..."

"According to the clues I got, they are trapped in an underground factory."

Luo Xiu considered his tone and said, "That was a factory secretly built by the 'Hidden Omniscient' outside Songyuan City, and your compatriots... the people of 'Sand' seemed to have been abducted by them, and they are working day and night as the basis for the operation of the factory."

"But it's not too late now. I'm ready to go to Songyuan City. I should be leaving within a week. Then, I will also participate in the operation to destroy the factory."

"..."

"So that's how it is..." Mir came back to his senses and nodded in a daze.

"Why can't I get any news from them? Is it because of this... 'Hidden Omniscient'? They..."

"You can calm down first, Mir." Luo Xiu comforted him, "I will intervene in this matter and try my best to keep them safe."

"You can wait for my news with peace of mind, Mir. Red Maple City still needs you. As for the affairs of your people, you can rest assured to leave them to me."

"Okay, okay..." Mir nodded heavily.

Afterwards, he let out a long breath, returned to his normal state of mind, and said:

"You're right, Luo Xiu... I was too anxious. I wanted to just drop my work here and go to Songyuan City with you... but that's not realistic."

"Then I'll leave everything to you, Luo Xiu."

"By the way, wait for me for a moment. I have something for you..."

As he said that, Mil jumped down from the stool, turned around and walked into the small room at the back, followed by a sound of rummaging.

Two minutes later, Mir came out, holding a necklace inlaid with azure blue gems.

"This is 'Shelter of the Heavenly Lake', Luo Xiu."

Mir shook the necklace in his hand and said:

"It can continuously provide a shield for the wearer, and after crushing it, it will create an invincible field that suppresses spirituality, thus protecting the wearer from harm for a certain period of time."

"If you really meet my people, please give them this necklace during your battle with the enemy so that they can protect themselves..."

Looking at the pleading expression on Mir's face, Luo Xiu didn't say much, but silently took the necklace from Mir's hand.

What he didn't tell Mil was that his "Sand" people had actually been planted with rune seals... They might no longer have self-awareness, so the necklace would be useless to them.

But there was no need to tell Mir about this. Luo Xiu nodded and said, "I will do my best."

……

After that, Luo Xiu no longer disturbed Mil's work.

His purpose of confirming the authenticity of the information had been achieved, so he left Mil's room.

When he went down to the courtyard of the forge manor, he saw a girl with delicate features and short hair jumping into the manor. She was wearing the clothes of a forge apprentice and holding a thin-handled forging hammer in her hand.

That is the "Adventer" with the ID "Frost Moon 123".

Luo Xiu looked over there and their eyes met.

In Luo Xiu’s memory of his previous life, this was also a very famous player—

Her ID during the internal beta was "Frost Moon 123". After the public beta started, she finally got the ID "Frost Moon".

Regardless of whether it is an internal beta or an open beta, she has always taken the [Intelligence] destiny route and is a beautiful blacksmith who is well-known in the player circle.

However, in her previous life, Shuangyue did not join Mil's Forging Manor, but directly joined the "Fangbei Courtyard"... The reason why I can see her here is also because of my interference, which led to drastic changes in the plot of Red Maple City.

When his eyes met Shuangyue's, a faint smile appeared on Luo Xiu's face and he nodded slightly to Shuangyue.

After that, Luo Xiu naturally shifted his gaze away, passed by Shuangyue, and walked out of the gate of the manor courtyard under her gaze.

Shimotsuki was stunned. She turned around and looked at the gradually receding back of the church's "high priest" Luo Xiu Carlos, her face slightly flushed.

"——Is that the church's... high priest?!"

Shimotsuki murmured. This was the first time she saw the appearance of the high priest "Roshu Carlos" up close. She was a little surprised that he was so young.

He looks like everyone else his age. I don't know if it's psychological, but he's more mature and handsome than most of his peers.

Looking closely, Frost Moon felt a strong sense of intimacy with Luo Xiu.

"But...what is that Luo Xiu Carlos doing in this manor?" While daydreaming, doubts also arose in Shuangyue's heart.

She didn't think much about it and quickly put the matter behind her, preparing to experience her apprenticeship life today.

Shimotsuki looked around and found that her master, the senior blacksmith "Kanad Vimas" seemed not to have arrived yet. As an apprentice, she did not have any orders that she could complete independently, so she found a small stone block to sit down and wait.

She didn't wait for Canard first, but waited for another player.

"Thomas the Tank Engine" appeared at the door of the manor. He looked around for a while, found Shuangyue, and trotted towards her.

"Hey, guess who I saw on the way here?" Thomas said excitedly, "I saw the high priest of the church, and I saw 'Rosius Carlos' himself!"

"He just left the manor." Shuangyue raised her head. "I guess he might be here to see Master Mir. If the bishop-to-be of the church wants to make equipment, Master Mir is the only one in the whole manor who is qualified to do so..."

"Well, let's not talk about this for now." Shimotsuki stood up, patted the dust off his clothes, looked at Thomas and said, "You said yesterday that you were going to make a weapon?"

"Oh, yes! I said yesterday that I would customize a weapon of 'green rare' quality!" Thomas nodded vigorously, and saw Frost Moon walking towards the first floor of the manor villa.

As she walked, she said, "Come with me, Thomas. My 'master' hasn't come yet, so I'll take you to the storeroom first."

"Although you probably can't afford most of the extraordinary weapons and equipment there...but there are a few inferior items in the previously delivered custom orders that don't meet the delivery conditions, hmm."

"They are therefore stored here, and the manor intends to sell them at a discount. You might try your luck and see if you can find some good stuff."...

After talking to Mil about the "Sand" clan, Luo Xiu returned to the church the same way he came.

Along the way, he saw many players who, after taking a nap in their "real world", went online early to complete their respective tasks in their [New Home].

This group of players have only "arrived" here for one day, and they are still in a stage of being curious about everything.

At that time, Luo Xiu designed the task goal for them to complete 12 hours of work, but a large number of players only had a few hours left.

Now is the final sprint stage for players, just for the opportunity to "join the border court, church and square monument courtyard" in the mission reward.

By monitoring the completion of tasks by the task accepters through the backstage panel, Luo Xiu has also determined the candidates to be formally accepted as church members, as well as the list of people to be recommended to Bian Ting and Fang Bei Yuan.

In fact, it basically adopts the simplest way of drawing lines - for example, the first 30% of players who complete the [New Home] mission will be qualified to join the church, the border court, or the Fangbeiyuan.

As for the remaining 70% of the players, Luo Xiu will also give them the next task [New Home·II], slightly increase the task rewards, and continue to show them the opportunity to join the church, the border court, and the Fangbei Courtyard.

His ultimate goal is to allow as many players as possible to have an official identity, but before that, it is indeed necessary to "stratify" the players - more active and powerful players will enjoy better treatment earlier, and they can also pave the way for later players and stimulate the enthusiasm of players.

This can also reduce the pressure of supporting these players... Luo Xiu thought.

After that, he needed to consider more things. A large number of players would soon be exposed to the supernatural. How should he teach them the first supernatural skill, the knowledge of "engraving"? And how should he prepare the keys for the players to "promote"...

In Luo Xiu's plan, these two arrangements are both important stages of recovering investment.

The former will allow Luo Xiu to gain massive amounts of experience points through the "Spiritual Fountain", while the latter can "recover wages" from players. They are also very important means of controlling players.

But these are all follow-up arrangements... While thinking, Luo Xiu had returned to the church and walked into the church gate.

……

For the moment, put aside the arrangements for the players in your mind.

Luo Xiu was going to do something more important first.

The materials he will use to summon the "angels" have already completed spiritual nourishment!

On the Suyou altar in the inner courtyard, those materials have been filled with the spirituality of [Glory] and can be used to summon angels.

Luo Xiu walked quickly to the Xuyu altar and walked towards the holy pillars built around the altar. The stone altar on the top was filled with materials of "rare" quality or above, and the surface was already emitting a hazy golden light.

Picking them up one by one from the altar and putting them back into the storage bracelet, Luo Xiu finally walked in front of the statue of Xu Yu.

Under his statue, in the largest altar, the divine heart of the "Spirit of Heavenly Fire" lies quietly. The originally bright red flame light inside it has now been condensed into dazzling gold.

Luo Xiu held up the Heart of God with both hands and put it back into his bracelet. After that, he went straight to the "Holy See of the Bishop", came to the bedroom, and pulled up two layers of golden barriers.

After completing these, Luo Xiu activated the dragon claw mark and teleported to the Lost Royal Court.

The hall is empty, and all "apostles" will not be allowed to enter here without permission.

Luo Xiu then stood up from the golden throne and walked out of the hall.

The scene outside the palace was completely different from that inside the palace. Dozens of apostles with third and fourth destiny were urging their thousands of followers who stayed behind in the royal court to work on the construction of the royal court.

Luo Xiu saw Index from afar. She was concentrating on directing the other "Apostles" and seemed unaware of the arrival of the "Lord".

Luo Xiu did not interfere with them, but ran straight to a building that had already been built - another glorious altar built here in imitation of the "Shuyu Altar" of the church!
This place was originally built for the apostles of the destiny of [Glory] in the "Holy Abyss", but now it is a backup place for Luo Xiu to secretly summon "Angels".

Coming to the altar, Luo Xiu took out the heart of the "Spirit of Heavenly Fire" god and placed it in the center of the altar.

After that, arrange the other materials from the inner ring to the outer ring in order of quality from high to low.

According to the ritual required to summon an "angel" in his memory, Luo Xiu has arranged the materials into the prototype of the ritual formation.

But this is not the end. Luo Xiu then took out a pitch-black magic crystal from the bracelet.

——That is the "Death Birth Spirit Crystal" dropped by the "Death Birth God's Heir" after his death!
What Luo Xiu took out was a piece of "Epic" quality "Death and Birth Remnant Crystal".

Placing the Death Birth Remnant Crystal next to the "Spirit of Heavenly Fire" divine heart, Luo Xiu nodded imperceptibly, feeling the death spirituality contained in it like a reef, emitting waves of deep fluctuations under the impact of the surging [Glorious] spirituality around it.

After that, he took three steps back to the outer circle of the formation, and gradually raised his hands to both sides.

After finishing arranging all the materials, the skills and knowledge related to the "Angel Covenant" emerged in his mind, and the spirituality of [Glory] began to spread wildly from his body to the outside, sweeping until it completely covered the entire altar site.

The surface of all materials also revealed a dazzling golden light, which resonated with the spiritual [Glow] emanating from Luo Xiu's body.

Luo Xiu's eyes also burst into a golden light like the sun, and the noble divine light had already covered the outline of his body. He uttered a sacred, low chant:

"——I chant in the name of God's glory!"

"—I pray for a divine revelation!"

"--the guardians of the holy, glorious realm,"

"——Those sublime wings, those eternal followers!"

"--I pray that you will respond, and I will praise you with piety;"

"——I pray for you to come, and I dedicate my soul to you!"

"——I chant in the name of Ross Durant!"

"..."

——Buzz!!!

Suddenly, waves of ethereal buzzing sounds were heard in the air. The materials previously on the altar had transformed into spiritual threads and poured into the "Heart of the Gods" at the center, forming a giant cocoon woven from golden light.

Everything around seemed to be still, leaving only the dazzling golden light constantly surging in front of Luo Xiu's eyes, which was gradually converging into the incarnation of another great existence.

At the same time, new words appeared on Luo Xiu's panel:

[You have summoned: "Double-winged Angel" Tatya]

[He is a 'fallen angel', you have caused the advent of the forbidden. ]

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(End of this chapter)