Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 333: Loggins Mansion

late at night.

Songyuan City, Fengling Main Street.

Inside a manor house, the soft moonlight gently spreads down, weaving a pale blue sea of ​​light above the house.

It is surrounded by a delicately carved wall about three meters high, and an iron gate serves as the end - [Roggins Mansion]. On the door hangs an iron nameplate with a little rust on it, and it looks like it has been there for quite a while.

The bronze lantern hung on the intricately carved lintel, emitting a faint yellow light, interweaving with the moonlight to form a mysterious light and shadow.

"Lord."

Behind a tall oak tree, Intis, wearing a gauze cloak and a wide hood covering half of her face, pulled the brim of her hood and whispered to the "Lord" beside her who was wearing a full black cloak:
"That's it—the 'Loggins House.'"

"Villino lives here, on the third floor of the largest villa in the middle - behind the window that is always lit. According to the accurate information I have received, Velino will stay there until the early morning, and then go back to his bedroom to rest."

"Yeah." Luo Xiu nodded slightly, then he gently rubbed his left wrist with his right hand, took out a pitch-black mask from the storage bracelet, and put it on his face.

This is the [Loggins Mansion] - Luo Xiu has opened the "spiritual vision", and he can indeed feel that spiritual surges of varying concentrations are coming from different sources in this mansion.

But their strength is not that high, and they even always give Luo Xiu a sense of disharmony, as if something is suppressing them. To Luo Xiu, it feels like he is glimpsing a bunch of illusory figures from a thick fog.

In Luo Xiu's intuition, his first thought was that as the leader of the "Order Killers" in Songyuan City, Velino Bakar must have raised a group of private armies in his mansion - and through the preliminary detection of the "Spiritual Vision", the spiritual surge emanating from different sources did indeed belong to at least three destinies, which indirectly confirmed Luo Xiu's guess.

"My fellow citizens from 'Holy Abyss' have surrounded this mansion."

While thinking, Index's voice sounded from the side. The edge of her hood just covered her eyebrows, and her dark green eyes sparkled in the moonlight. She continued:

"Everyone is ready - just waiting for your order to act, my Lord."

"call……"

Luo Xiu took a deep breath, then looked at Index and nodded slightly.

"Then act, Intis."

"Just follow the original plan - you know what to do."

……

The main villa of Loggins House is three stories high.

In the study belonging to "Villa Loggins", Verino, who had changed into his bathrobe, was sitting casually on a golden cashmere sofa in the study with his legs crossed.

He was holding a pipe in his hand, his long, slightly curly hair was spread out like a bard, his dark brown pupils expanded and contracted like a snake, and he looked at the person in front of him with interest.

He was a scholar - judging from his attire alone, he should be from the "Tower of Sages", but this was obviously not the case.

"Hidden Omniscient..." Velino murmured, and brought the pipe to his lips, took a small sip, and then exhaled a puff of swirling smoke.

"I heard that your factory was destroyed last night."

"I have been supporting you and protecting you so that you can continue to operate outside Songyuan City, but now, huh... you have really handed in the worst answer."

"All my investment in you was wiped out overnight - and my judgment of you has become even weaker as a result. Do you really still have the strength to fulfill what you promised me?"

"..."

"It was an accident, Master Bakar."

The Scholar still had a smile on his face. "We, the Hidden Omniscient Ones, promised to help you and promote you to a higher position. This has not changed to this day."

"It's just a factory that was destroyed. Please believe me, Master Bakar. As long as our Master Hidden Sage is still alive, it will only be a matter of time before everything is rebuilt."

"Hidden Sage..." Velino chewed on the title, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but he shook his head.

"No, I can't wait until you 'rebuild'."

"I have learned from the spies planted in the Church that two of your 'hidden elders' have died in the battle. Their names are... oh, Elius and Gattuso, right? They should have assisted me on the day of the uprising, but now... they are dead, and they are no longer qualified to be my 'chess pieces'."

After a pause, Velino narrowed his eyes and said to the "scholar" in front of him in a somewhat cold tone:

"I might as well tell you that Adelaika, the only remaining 'Hidden Elder' in Songyuan City, has actually been approached by people from the 'Pure Sect' and the 'Original Sect', who want to form a cooperative relationship with me."

"You know, Adelaika. No matter which of them we sign a new cooperation with, it will never be good news for you."

"As for me, your factory was destroyed and the 'Hidden Elder' was killed. Even if we only consider the financial investment, this is a huge loss for me. How are you going to make up for my loss?"

"..."

"I'm so sorry, Master Bakar."

Faced with Velino's threatening questioning, the "Hidden Elder" Adeleka did not seem panicked, but seemed more and more indifferent.

"Of course, I understand, Master Bakar." Adeleka nodded and said:
"I understand your considerations, Lord Bakar, and that's why I came here specifically... No matter what, compared to the 'Pure Order' and the 'Original Sect', you can trust us more after cooperating with us for such a long time, right?"

"As for the destruction of the factory and the unfortunate martyrdom of two 'hidden elders'... I am much more heartbroken than you are about the loss of two important comrades. But you don't have to worry, because this will give you a more reliable ally—"

"A more reliable ally?" With an imperceptible deep light flashing in his eyes, Villino asked Adelaika with interest, while leaning forward slightly.

"Of course, because..."

Adelaika paused, then said to Villino in a low but serious voice:

"——Because the 'Hidden Sage' Master Hoffman has arrived in person."

"...!"

"You mean Hoffman?"

When he heard the name, Villino almost stood up subconsciously, but he suppressed the impulse.

He was a powerful saint with the sixth level of [Wisdom] destiny - it was indeed as the "Hidden Elder" Adeleka said, if it was really the "Hidden Sage" Hoffman who came, then it would indeed play a much greater role than the "Hidden Elders" Elius and Gattuso!
However, even though Adeleka, the "Hidden Elder," said this, Velino could not immediately tell whether what he said was true or false.

Moreover, if the "Hidden Sage" Hoffman really came, Velino didn't know why he would come here -

"Of course, none other than Master Hoffman."

Adelaika had been observing Velino's reaction, and when he noticed a certain degree of interest on his face, Adelaika smiled accordingly. He continued:

"We got some news, so Lord Hoffman came here in person. Unfortunately, the Black Crystal Factory was destroyed the night before Lord Hoffman arrived."

"But it doesn't matter. Master Hoffman doesn't rely on it. He said that he was being pursued by a troublesome guy and was trying to get rid of her or kill her. And he told me what he wanted to tell you in advance, so I came to discuss with you a new way of cooperation that we can adopt."

"A new way of cooperation..." After listening to what Adeleka said, Velino looked serious, "Tell me about it."

"Lord Hoffman knows your plan. He said he would assist you and help you completely overturn the existing order in Songyuan Territory two days after Marquis Vizia leaves Songyuan City."

The "Hidden Elder" Adelaika smiled and said:

"But, Lord Hoffman also hopes that you can agree to some of our new requests."

"What request?" Villino asked casually.

"It's not a big request." Adelaika smiled and said in a calm tone:

"——Lord Hoffman hopes that if you can become the new ruler of Songyuan Territory, you can assist him and seize the throne of the dean of the Grand Academy."

pat.

When Adeleka said this, Velino put down the pipe in his hand and tapped it on the armrest beside him with a crisp sound.

"I only went to war with the Supreme, and I didn't want to involve the Intelligence right away."

Velino said coldly, "That will only cause more trouble. After all, I have not yet completed the 'Order Killing'. After all, I am only at the fifth level of the [Supreme] destiny."

It seemed that the "Hidden Elder" Adeleka had expected Velino to respond in this way.

"But once you complete the 'killing of order', or kill the order established by a Supreme Seventh Fate Saint, you will become a Sixth Fate Saint. You have the ability to -"

Adeleka smiled and said, "Then it will be up to Master Hoffman to rely on your strength, Master Bakar."

"..."

“It’s still not safe.”

Villino pondered for a while, then shook his head.

"Even if I complete the 'Ordinal Killing' and advance to the [Supreme] Sixth Fate, including me and your 'Hidden Sage' Hoffman, we will only have two saints of the 'Sixth Fate'..."

"And according to your plan, Adelaika, if I respond to your plan to go to war with the Grand Church the moment I complete the 'Ordinal Slaying', the Church of Glory will definitely react."

"As far as I know, in addition to Archbishop Sid, there is also a new Sixfold Fate Saint who I don't know about... plus the dean of the Grand Church, our opponents will be at least three enemies of the Sixfold Fate."

"So, Adeleka."

Velino crossed his hands, resting them under his chin, and said to Adeleka:

"Unless you can find a third ally of the 'Sixfold Fate', I will only agree to your request."

"..."

As he said this, Velino stared at Adeleka with sharp eyes, while observing the reaction of the "scholar" opposite him.

This is obviously a challenge for Velino. Velino does not expect Adeleka to come up with the chips to meet his requirements, but he also hopes that he can show more value.

In Villino's basic judgment - if there are two saints with the "Sixth Destiny" including himself, then facing three saints of the same level is not without the strength to fight - this is something that can be strived for and is worth a try, but it requires some customized strategies, or in other words... some conspiracies need to be conceived.

When Villino was thinking about the strategy of the game, he suddenly saw the "hidden elder" Adeleka opposite him, and he suddenly laughed.

As if he had predicted that he would be challenged like this again - Velino saw that while Adeleka was smiling, he had reached into his arms and took out a secret note that was shining with wax.

"I guess you would have such concerns, Lord Bakar."

Adeleka said: "For this, Lord Hoffman has already thought about it and has prepared a third reliable 'ally' for you!"

As he spoke, Adeleka handed the secret note to Velino, who took it with some confusion.

The moment he took the secret note, his eyes had already swept over its cover and saw a line of conspicuous black handwriting -

[Fafnir Rochester, to Velino Bakar]

——Fafnir!

When he saw the name, Villino's pupils suddenly shrank.

He knew the name clearly - "Fafnir Rochester", which was the name of a "Chief Executioner" of the Dark Principality!

"You don't have to unpack it now, Master Bakar."

Seeing that Velino was obviously a little shocked, Adeleka kept smiling and said to Velino: "You can open it after I leave. I am only responsible for conveying some 'signals' to you."

"In fact, our 'Hidden Sage' Master Hoffman has reached a cooperation with 'Chief Executioner' Fafnir. The Chief Executioner has promised to assist us, and will also assist you."

"It's just that Lord Fafnir might want to get something from you that is in the interests of the principality... but that's not my business. After all, I'm just a small 'hidden elder' who acts as a middleman."

After saying this, Adelaika said nothing more. He just raised his head, looked at the "little Bakar" in front of him with a calm and deep gaze, and asked softly:

"What do you think, Master Bakar?"

"..."

"I think……"

Villino was about to say the second half of his sentence.

suddenly--

"not so good."

Someone came out of Velino's shadow, a voice that didn't belong to him!

……

(End of this chapter)