Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 335 Death's Question
"No, Adeleka! No!"

Villino reached out his hand towards the gradually disappearing figure, as if trying to grab something, but nothing was left.

All that came into his eyes was the blazing, rising fire and the dark figure standing there, watching all this coldly.

"…It really smells like 'betrayal'."

Luo Xiu looked at Velino, the corners of his mouth under the black-patterned puppet mask slightly raised in a cold arc, and he turned to look at the "blasphemous demon" Tatya behind him.

The illusory barrier created by the illusory guardian was removed, and Tatya slowly descended from mid-air and came to Luo Xiu's side.

"What's wrong?" He asked with a smile and a charming look at Luo Xiu.

"That 'Hidden Elder'...is his name Adeleka? I'll leave him to you, Tatya."

Luo Xiu smiled and said gently, "You can play with him as you like, but - be careful to restrain yourself and don't affect the streets."

"..."

"I'm actually more curious about this side, 'Lord'~"

Tatia smiled on her beautiful face, and said in a somewhat resentful tone: "I am actually more curious about how you plan to deal with this 'Order Killer'..."

My Lord...The corner of Luo Xiu's mouth twitched slightly under the mask.

"Tatia."

Luo Xiu raised his tone, and his voice contained a sense of urgency.

Tatya said nothing more, but smacked her lips and said reluctantly:
"Okay, 'Lord'~"

"I'll be back after I solve the problem. Hey, I hope he can hold on a little longer~"

After saying this, he took one last look at Velino with his dimly glowing eyes, and the pair of wings behind him that were condensed with black light suddenly spread out and flew out of the window.

Beside Luo Xiu, the "Ashe Wolf King" Fenrir also followed him out of the window and disappeared in the rising smoke.

……

Velino Bakar, he watched the entire conversation between the "blasphemous demon" and the so-called "Lord" in his mouth.

Velino felt deeply humiliated—

The other party seemed to have never taken me seriously from the beginning to the end. In fact, the "uninvited guest" even asked a "god" and a "summoned beast" to withdraw their siege on me, as if I was just a corpse in their eyes and did not need to be treated with caution at all...

Villino felt his eyes burst with anger, but when the "uninvited guest" was talking to the "god" he summoned, Villino still didn't say a word.

He was angry, but...

As he was staring at the other person with wide eyes, the dark figure opposite finally turned his head and looked at him.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Luo Xiu politely apologized to Velino.

At the same time, he bowed slightly to Velino - that was the etiquette that the common people of the empire, and even the minor nobles, should perform to the great nobles.

As Villino watched the other person doing this, he did not feel a sense of respect, on the contrary - he felt a chill.

"Who are you on earth..."

He looked at Luo Xiu, and retreated carefully step by step, while watching him vigilantly and asking him.

"us?"

Seeing Velino retreat, Luo Xiu also took a step forward, approaching him, and answered him in a calm tone -

"We are 'Holy Abyss', you can call me 'Shura', respected little Bakar."

Holy Abyss... What is that? I've never heard of this name...

Villino racked his brains to recall, making sure that he had not done anything to offend the other party, so he asked tentatively:
"I haven't offended you, 'Shura'... So, why did you..."

"You are the 'Order Killer', right?"

Looking directly at Villino, Luo Xiu suddenly smiled and interrupted him:

"I can tell you - I have been commissioned to kill you, 'Velino Bakar', and it will give me a generous reward."

The entrustment of a task is also considered an entrustment... Luo Xiu muttered in his mind at the same time.

But when Villino heard this, the tense muscles on his face suddenly relaxed.

——It turns out that someone hired a killer!

To Villino, it seemed that the other party had no reason to kill him.

Then there is still room for things to turn around -

"remuneration?"

A forced friendly smile appeared on Velino's face. "Oh... just for this? Since you know my real name... 'Shura', I can give you more!"

"Tell me, who hired you? And who told you about the 'Order Killer'? All this information can be priced clearly, and I will never treat you unfairly—"

Uh…who hired me…the panel?
Luo Xiu looked at Velino who was still struggling to survive, and inexplicably felt that he was a little pitiful...

——It’s so stupid.

Until now, he finally understood why Velino, who was the leader of the "Order Killers" in Songyuan City, did not leave any records in his previous life.

Because of his character... As the [Supreme], he really lacks the courage and boldness to override everything, as well as the judgment to remain calm when facing desperate situations.

Including when the "hidden elder" Adleka chose to run away, Velino showed panic that was inconsistent with his identity and timing... To be honest, based on Luo Xiu's intuitive judgment of him, if he really started a rebellion, it would not be able to cause any waves.

And he had already directly exposed his identity as the "Order Killer" - even if someone really hired him, the most likely person would be the "Supreme" himself, just like the illegal extraordinary people and saints that Lord Gawain kept in the "Black Sword Mansion", who were often used in these occasions.

But Velino obviously didn't have this awareness, his focus was all on the fact that "Shura" was hired by someone...

But Luo Xiu didn't care about these. He looked through the mask at Velino's face which was full of hope. His mind turned slightly and he realized that he could make more use of this "Little Bakar" -

"Hey, tell me about it."

Luo Xiu was still approaching Velino step by step, and asked him, "What other price can you offer?"

——He can really be negotiated with!

A look of relief appeared on Velino's face. He remained alert to "Shura" and tentatively put forward his price:
"First of all - let me go, and I will give you 10,000 gold coins as a reward. What do you think?"

Ten thousand gold coins… Luo Xiu’s eyes twitched.

When he was still in the second destiny, he already had a savings of 100,000 gold coins!

"Hey, you are the descendant of Marquis Bakar, so your life is only worth ten thousand?"

Luo Xiu's cold and indifferent voice came from under the mask. The staff he held tightly in his right hand emitted bursts of black light and pointed in the direction of Velino - "No, no! One hundred thousand, one hundred thousand!"

Velino waved his hands wildly in panic, shouting incoherently while stepping back.

Bang! Suddenly, Velino's back hit the wall, making a dull sound, and dust fell from the ceiling.

There is no way to retreat... Villino watched the other party getting closer and closer, and was still expecting the other party to respond to the previous price.

"One hundred thousand..."

Luo Xiu said in a playful tone, "This is indeed a large number... but can you come up with more?"

"We can talk...we can talk!"

To Villino, the other party's words were a sign that they could talk!

"One hundred thousand is not enough... One hundred and fifty thousand, no, two hundred thousand! This is already a very large number!"

"If you take these 200,000 gold coins and leave, no matter where you go, this is enough money for you to spend in your lifetime! You can enjoy it without any worries!"

Uh... two hundred thousand...

Luo Xiu fell into deep thought as he thought about how he could get three hundred thousand a year just from bank dividends.

"...?"

He thought the price he offered was enough to drive anyone crazy, but Velino found that the other party seemed unmoved and remained in a frightening silence.

Is the price still not enough... not even 200,000 gold coins? But this is all the cash I can afford!

As he was guessing with his pupils trembling, Velino suddenly heard the "Shura" opposite him finally speak:

"You are the descendant of Marquis Bakar... Two hundred thousand gold coins? Your life is too cheap."

"Wait——" Velino still wanted to fight for it, but the "Ashura" in front of him had already raised his staff towards him, and the deep black light flowing on it burst out at the same time!

Whoosh! Three beams of light, shrouded in the aura of death, rushed towards Velino!

Unexpectedly, the other party would suddenly attack. A look of fear flashed across Velino's face, and he issued an "order" to the three rays of death:

"--【come down】!"

——Buzz! The three beams of light were visibly emitting extremely chaotic fluctuations. The trajectory that was originally flying straight towards Velino actually showed signs of bending and falling!

But suddenly, the black mist on the surface of the three beams of light suddenly dissipated, revealing the dark light that was constantly expanding inside, and Velino felt a chill from it -

He finally recognized it—it was a "dead spirit"! And it was a "dead spirit" of a very high status!
The previous "decree" also acted on the "dead spirits", but not the three flying towards him now...

Are these still the gathered undead? Some of the weak undead affected by the "Edict" were actually peeled off halfway?!

Velino's thoughts raced, and he figured out why his "decree" was not fully effective this time, but it was too late -

"--hiss!!!"

The undead had already rushed towards Velino's body, and the spirit of death immediately covered the outline of Velino's body with a thin curtain. Lines of dark erosion marks had spread on the surface of his body like vines.

"--【retreat……"

A red light flashed in Villino's eyes. He wanted to issue a new "decree", but was interrupted by another huge force!

--boom! ! !

A heavy hammer suddenly came down from mid-air. Villino could only see gray mist in front of him, and he was hammered heavily into the floor!

Crack! Even the floor couldn't bear such a huge impact and continued to collapse downwards. Velino suddenly felt a sense of weightlessness, followed by a heavy roar -

BANG! He fell heavily to the ground. The severe pain from his back almost made Velino bite off his tongue.

At this moment, he finally saw clearly what had hit him so hard just now.

The amber stone shrouded in gray mist is actually another "god"!
The "False Guardian" Amber dealt him a heavy blow. At this time, He stretched out five amber fingers from His left hand and pressed Velino's head and hair to the ground.

In this position, he could no longer move at all, his vision was locked, and he could only look up from below in the direction where "Ashura" was descending.

When Villino looked at the "Ashura" again, his eyes were once again filled with fear.

He watched "Ashura" slowly fly down from the huge hole that had just been smashed in the air. A spiraling and twisted horn had grown on the side of his forehead, and a pair of chaotic wings, the same as those of the previous "blasphemous demon" Tatya, spread out behind him.

Luo Xiu, who had taken on the form of the "devil incarnate", looked at Velino, who was clearly feeling a strong sense of fear, and said without any emotion:
"Velino Bakar—"

"Your money has no appeal to me. I just want to ask you a question."

"..."

Ask...ask me a question...?
Villino struggled to look at "Ashura", and the fire of hope that had been extinguished in his heart was rekindled at this moment.

He doesn't really want to kill me... If he really wanted to kill me, he wouldn't let me name a price!
Now he wants to ask me a question...and that answer is what he really wants!
Velino was thinking about this very quickly. He had heard Shura ask him:
"Tell me - as the 'Order Killer', who is your superior in the Imperial Capital?"

"...!"

When hearing "Ashura" ask such a question, Villino's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

"No, no...I can't say..."

A huge fear suddenly appeared on his face, and his eyes were trembling obviously as he looked at Luo Xiu.

Can’t say? What can’t be said? Is he under some kind of “curse”?

Just like the former "Bishop of the Dead" Passaro and "Executioner" Koros who simultaneously cast the [Death Binding Curse] and [Shadow Heart-Eating] on "Fang-Head" Lias, is there some curse on Velino that "he will explode as soon as the true name of the superior is spoken"?

Luo Xiu thought to himself. While searching for a similar "curse" on Velino's panel, he squatted down and said to Velino with his face very close to his:
"Velino Bakar, I'm more interested--"

"If you tell me that name, I might be able to protect you. But if you don't tell me... you know the result."

"I...I..." Verino's voice was still trembling, and it was trembling even more violently.

Suddenly, as if making a decision.

"His name is Khakass... Khakasvil No...!"

"——Uhhh!!!"

As soon as Villino finished saying the prefix of the name, his eyes suddenly swelled up like blood bags!

——Bang!

The next moment, Velino's head exploded!
All kinds of turbid and sticky substances were splattered all over the ground.

They squirmed like maggots for a while, and finally turned into smelly smoke and dissolved in a pool of blood.

……

(End of this chapter)