Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 329: The End of the Notebook

After the "Glorious Knight" Kruel took Adele and Evans away, Luo Xiu went to the location of the "Bishop of Judgement" Raymond as Kruel said.

That was located at the entrance of the original "Black Crystal Factory", where Raymond and the other two Shining Knights suppressed Baberon at the beginning.

The entire factory was destroyed in the huge explosion, but the entrance was not seriously affected because of the narrow corridor and the cast door. Luo Xiu found his way up from the ruins, and he soon saw the figure of Raymond, the "Bishop of Judgment".

He was a middle-aged bishop with an untidy beard. He was standing in the open space in front of the entrance, with a "giant cocoon" woven like golden threads in front of him.

——【Holy Binding】, that is a holy art that is uniquely mastered by the "Bishop of Judgement", and is a higher-level variant of the "Holy Temple of Imprisonment of Evil".

The one in the "giant cocoon" was the "hidden elder" Baberon... Luo Xiu had already felt the surging spiritual power from it, but it was dying due to suppression, so he walked towards Raymond's position.

Sensing someone approaching, Raymond turned his head and looked over.

When he saw clearly that it was the newly appointed bishop of Red Maple City, "Rosius Carlos", a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"It's me, Bishop Raymond." Luo Xiu smiled at him, looked at the "giant cocoon" beside him and asked, "Is Baberon in there?"

"Yes." Raymond nodded.

"Where are Olivia and Krull?"

"They escorted Bishop Richester, Gulanbato, and Evans back to the cathedral first."

Luo Xiu replied to Raymond, "Richester, Gulanbato and the others were all seriously injured and must return as soon as possible. I am in good condition, so Lord Krull asked me to come to you and escort Baberon back with you."

"I see." Raymond nodded. "I understand."

"'Hidden Elder' Baberon, did he show any abnormality?"

"Abnormal..." Raymond looked thoughtful, and replied after a while, "There is nothing particularly abnormal. It's just that Baberon didn't resist much the whole time, and only summoned the 'Giant' to resist the attack. After we destroyed the puppet, Baberon even removed his shield, as if he wanted us to kill him..."

"But of course we didn't do that - like you said before, because of the case of 'Dragon Hunter - Ross', unless necessary, we will try to capture Baberon alive instead of killing him."

"That's good." Luo Xiu nodded.

He did not specifically instruct Raymond and the others to capture Baberon alive, but just asked them to act according to the circumstances, and now was the best outcome.

And according to what Raymond said, the "Hidden Elder" Baberon also mastered the same forbidden technology as Rocklan - the forbidden technology belonging to the [Black Devouring Life Core].

It was just a coincidence that Rocklan was able to be resurrected with the help of the puppet, and perhaps Baberon did it on purpose... But no matter what, as long as his physical body could not die, he would not be able to revive with the help of a shell.

Afterwards, Luo Xiu showed the back of his hand towards the "giant cocoon" that bound Baberon, and light patterns of the holy seal that flickered in light and darkness floated on it.

——【Lightless Cage】!
The dark curtain quickly enveloped the surroundings, blocking any possibility of Baberon's escape. Luo Xiu then looked at Raymond and said:
"Let's temporarily lift the [Sacred Binding], we must first confirm his condition before we can escort him."

Looking at the darkness surrounding him, Raymond's face once again showed a look of surprise.

But the surprise did not last long. Raymond nodded, raised his arm, turned his palm up, and a ball of bright light and fire condensed in his palm.

Right in front of Luo Xiu and Raymond, the golden threads on the surface of the "cocoon" that imprisoned Baberon began to fade and peel off, gradually revealing the figure of the person imprisoned inside.

It was an old, skinny figure, and it was indeed the "Hidden Elder" Baberon!

——Wow!

Suddenly, inside the half-unraveled cocoon, Baberon began to struggle violently.

The imprisoned Baberon was only restrained physically, but his mind remained clear. He finally found an opportunity - Raymond actually unlocked the [Sacred Binding], which gave Baberon room to operate!
As soon as he was freed from his restraints, the first person Baberon saw was Bishop Raymond. The other two "Glorious Knights" seemed to be gone, and there seemed to be someone else standing next to Raymond, but Baberon had no time to see clearly.

He rushed directly in the opposite direction of Raymond!

——Boom!

Then, he crashed heavily into something extremely hard and black in color.

Baberon looked up in confusion and saw a large patch of black that swallowed up the light in front of him. He stood there in a daze for two seconds.

Then, alarm bells rang in his heart, and the sense of oppression from behind suddenly increased!
Baberon turned around suddenly, only to find that the man whom he had not seen clearly before was rushing straight towards him, with a bright light emanating from his right surgical staff!

At the same time, a spear emitting brilliant golden light shot out from under Baberon's feet and pierced through Baberon from the back to the chest!
——[Prison Evil Temple]!
In order to block Baberon's actions, Luo Xiu retracted his staff and swung his fist instead.

Under Baberon's unavoidable gaze, Luo Xiu's first punch had already arrived, heading straight for Baberon's face!
--boom! ! !

——“A Punch of Mercy”!
The huge impact force hit Baberon's face, and a large swelling suddenly appeared in the middle of his nose. Blood gushed out of his nostrils and mouth instantly.

Baberon's head was buzzing, and he seemed to hear some overlapping sounds in his ears. He also saw clearly who the person who suddenly attacked him was...

——Rosius Carlos! That is the bishop of the Red Maple City Church, Rosius Carlos!

Baberon was shocked, but the swelling on his face was not enough to make him show a corresponding expression.

That Ross Carlos, how come he is here!

Before he had time to think, Luo Xiu's second punch had already arrived!
--boom! ! !

This punch was still aimed directly at the face. Baberon could never have imagined that his old face could make a sound like a drum.

This is the value of physical attack 5000+!

The bridge of Baberon's nose was completely broken and his lower jaw seemed to be dislocated, so even if he wanted to say something or shout something, he could not make any clear sound except "wuwu ah ah".

Then, he was hit by Luo Xiu's third and fourth punches...

By the time the ninth punch was delivered, Baberon's face was covered in blood, his already low health points were reduced to the lowest point, and he completely lost consciousness.

According to the panel detection, the "Hidden Elder" Baberon is in a state of near death.

If they just want to capture him alive, then this trick taught by Priest Leonard is really useful... Luo Xiu thought to himself, then he turned around and looked at Bishop Raymond with a calm expression.

Raymond: "..."

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Luo Xiu felt that Bishop Raymond was petrified, staring at him with a dazed look.

"..."He just...beat a "hidden elder" to the point of near death?
...Is he really a "bishop"?
Thinking about this, Raymond heard Luo Xiu say to him:

"I'm going to search him, Bishop Raymond. We should make sure he poses no threat when we escort him back to the Cathedral."

"Please also prepare a new sacred confinement spell. Once I have searched him, you will be able to control him again."

"Okay." Raymond nodded heavily.

Then, Luo Xiu squatted down and reached out to Baberon who was lying on the ground.

He first pried open Baberon's fingers, took off all six storage rings on them, and quickly searched the contents inside using the panel.

Most of them were some materials and magic crystal pendants of puppets, but the quality was not high, only up to "Madness" at best.

Luo Xiu then piled them all aside, then reached into Baberon's tattered robe and searched.

Soon, Luo Xiu touched something that looked like a letter in the inner pocket on the right chest of Baberon.

His face remained calm as he slowly pulled out the book.

It was indeed a notebook, carefully wrapped in white cloth strips. Luo Xiu then unwrapped the cloth strips one by one.

Then he saw the cover of the notebook clearly.

——"Said's Notes"!
After holding the notebook for about five seconds, Luo Xiu's panel suddenly jumped.

[Completed the chain mission: The Wail of Filth (Nightmare Difficulty)]

[You finally retrieved "Sid's Notebook", bringing this long forbidden journey to an end.]

[The task is being settled...]

[Get basic completion rewards: Basic experience +23000, free attribute points +10]

[Get additional completion rewards: Basic experience +56000, free attribute points +30]

[Final reward for the serial quests: Limited epic skill "Shadow of Destruction"*1]!
[Shadow of Destruction (Epic, Limited): You have seen through the overlapping shadows, and the fire of the forbidden spell has finally turned into cold embers.]

[Your "Wisdom" attribute increases by 24 points, and your "Perception" attribute increases by 18 points. Your "Magic Attack" attribute increases by an additional 2 points of "Wisdom" attribute value.

The attacks you make will have a mandatory "peeling" effect - every 10 attacks you make, you will "peel off" one of the normal buffs of the target. If there is no buff to "peel off", the target will be randomly given a "vulnerable" or "weak" debuff, increasing the damage received by the target by 10%, or reducing the target's physical and spell attack power by 10%. This can be triggered once every 0.5 seconds, lasts for 5 seconds, and can be stacked up to 5 times. 】

【…】

When the task completion panel popped up, Luo Xiu gave the settlement instructions.

In order to ensure that "Sed's Notes" is only passed to Koros and Baberon and not be discovered by means of divination, this task has been delayed until now.

And now, after officially "recovering" the notebook from Baberon, the series of tasks related to the notebook have finally been completed.

The final reward is a "limited" epic feat, which provides considerable improvements, mainly because the additional ability is quite rare among a series of "epic" quality feats.

It can forcibly remove the target's "gain" status and impose "vulnerable" and "weak" status debuffs on the target. This is of great help to Luo Xiu in long-term battles. And when facing enemies who rely on stacking a bunch of buffs to increase temporary combat power, this expertise can also form absolute restraint on them!
Huh... Luo Xiu suddenly felt a sense of relaxation both physically and mentally. He then placed "Side's Notes" on the pile of puppet pendants and slowly stood up.

In his panel, there were still rewards for killing two other "hidden elders" Elius and Gattuso that had not been settled, but Luo Xiu was not in a hurry - he planned to wait until he had some time alone, and then settle them after a pious "sacrifice".

During the entire process of searching Baberon, Raymond just watched Luo Xiu from the side.

He just watched Luo Xiu carefully caressing and examining the "trophies" he had searched from Baberon, treating it as a normal inspection process and not thinking too much about it.

When Luo Xiu stood up, took a step back, turned to look at Raymond and signaled him with his eyes, Raymond nodded.

Then, Raymond took out his scepter, pointed the tip of the scepter in the direction of Baberon on the ground, and prayed:

"——I swear by my body as the Judge to put this man in the holy shackles!"

Bang! Golden shackles with golden light quickly condensed from Baberon's neck, wrists and ankles, binding him firmly in place.

Then, three more rings of shackles slowly rotated in the air, eventually forming three perfect circles, locking Baberon tightly.

After the shackles were locked around his neck, wrists, ankles, chest, waist and abdomen, pale golden chains extended from the surface of the shackles, like a cage, completely wrapping up Baberon.

Through the perspective of the "spiritual vision", Luo Xiu has felt that the spirituality of the "hidden elder" Baberon has been completely suppressed, and he can no longer mobilize even a little bit of it. Even if Baberon wakes up at this time, he can only blow his beard and glare, but he can't break free from Raymond's shackles.

Luo Xiu then leaned over and picked him up, waved his left hand, removed the barrier of the "Lightless Cage", and then returned to the direction of the General Church with Raymond.

……

When Luo Xiu and Raymond returned to Songyuan City, the "Holy Judges" of the General Church stationed near the Black Crystal Factory took over the ruins of the factory and began to clean up the messy battlefield.

They quickly recovered all the materials, weapons, and equipment that could be recovered, and as for the scrolls that recorded forbidden knowledge or were creations that were themselves forbidden, the Inquisitors concentrated on melting them down.

They also specially handled the bodies of the "hidden elders" Arius and Gattuso, using special means to destroy and burn them on the spot, leaving no future troubles.

As for the dwarves of the "Sand" tribe and a very small number of surviving "slave laborers", they were also pulled out of the ruins by the Holy Inquisitors who arrived later, and were "escorted" back to the Grand Church in waves and temporarily detained in the Grand Church's prison.

After completing all these cleanup tasks, the "Black Crystal Factory" was finally burned down.

……

Until the dawn arrives.

When the first carriage finally passed by on the nearby city road, all the passers-by saw was a deep pit filled with ashes.

No one knows what happened in that deep pit.

There was only scorched earth left there - all traces of the "Black Crystal Factory" had been completely wiped out, as if it had never existed.

Never.

……

(End of this chapter)