Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 395 New Mainline Settlement and Harvest (5k1, first update)
After killing the "Executioner" and "Soul Taker" Zaska.

Luo Xiutong met with the players who had been freed from the control of "Soul Stealer" and explained their new tasks to them. He then rode on the "Golden Pegasus" and galloped towards the direction of the original Zaska residence.

He knew that the Cavernier Fortress would be breached soon, and those "Black Fangs" and "Fang Heads" under Zaska who were resisting stubbornly would not be able to hold out for long.

In the nightmare-difficulty commission task called [Cavernier Bronze Wall] that he assigned to the players, a total of seventy-eight [Skulls of Martyrs] carried by the players had been detonated.

The walls of the Kaveri Fortress were on the verge of complete destruction.

The clergy of the church and the cavalry of the "Border Court" [Supreme] Knights were now pouring into the Cavernier Fortress in an unstoppable manner, wielding the blades of judgment on the "Black Fangs" and "Fang Heads" who were still resisting stubbornly inside the fortress.

The smell of blood from the killing had now permeated the entire Caffrey Fortress.

Even though it was still dark, the flames still made the whole city glow red.

Luo Xiu was in mid-air, on the back of Pegasus, overlooking this scene.

At the same time, he had already opened the panel and was looking at some new content that had just appeared in it.

It was in his promotion mission [Ascension of the Holy Wings].

[Mission Objective 2263: Inflict divine punishment on heretics, current divine punishment points 20000/]

The progress of "Mission Objective Four" has been refreshed in real time.

And when Luo Xiu actually killed the "Executioner" Zaska, his progress jumped up by nearly two thousand points!
About two thousand points. This was the approximate number of divine punishment points that could be obtained for judging a heretic saint at the level of the "Fifth Fate".

However, the divine punishment points that can be given to heretics who judge the "quadruple fate" or below are much less. In the panel that Luo Xiu was watching, he only got nearly 300 "divine punishment points" when he killed "Executioner" Zaska and a dozen "Black Fangs" and "Fang Heads" at the same time.

Luo Xiu roughly calculated these in his mind, and his eyes immediately turned to the other side, to a newly triggered task -

[Trigger the main quest: Grand and Sacred Expedition (Difficulty of Doom)]

[Recommended level: lv.50+, fifth level of destiny and above]

[Task type: Faction mission]

【Mission Description: The "War of Judgment" has reached the middle stage. The Supreme Emperor "Auguswell the Great" of the "Nolan Empire" where you belong has officially declared a counterattack against the Dark Principality.

As the "bishop" of the Red Maple City Church, you have led your clergymen on a sacred expedition with the current ruler of the "Border Court", "Thunder General" Albert.

Now, you have truly stepped into the border of the Dark Principality and into the Cavernier Fortress, and will continue to advance towards the heart of the Dark Principality until you achieve the ultimate goal of the Red Maple City Expeditionary Force - to reach and conquer the largest border territory of the Dark Principality, the capital city of the "Fafnir Territory", "Fafnir City".

You can no longer turn back, and you don’t need to turn back. Here—you will finally witness the true face of the “Judgment War.”

[Main Mission Objective: Embark on an expedition, eventually reach and conquer "Fafnir City"]

[Additional Mission Objective 1: On the journey of the Holy Expedition, conquer and occupy the "Caveri Fortress" (completed)]

[Additional Mission Objective 2: Kill the Executioner guarding "Kaffrey Fortress" and "Soul Taker" Zaska (Completed)]

[Additional Mission Objective 3: On the journey of the Holy Expedition, conquer and enter the "Black Gravel Fortress"]

[Additional Mission Objective 4: Kill the Executioner guarding the "Black Gravel Fortress", unknown]

[Additional Mission Objective 5: On the journey of the Holy Expedition, conquer and enter the "City of Esco"]

[Additional Mission Objective 6: Kill the Executioner guarding "Esco City", unknown]

[Additional Mission Objective 7: On the journey of the Holy Expedition, conquer and enter the "Latama City"]

[Additional Mission Objective 8: Kill the Executioner guarding the "Latama City"...]

【…】

[Additional Mission Objective 37: On the journey of the Holy Expedition, conquer and enter the "Los Angeles City"]

[Additional Mission Objective 38: Kill the Executioner guarding "Los Angeles City", unknown]

【基础完成奖励：基础经验+680000、自由属性点数+68、命途适配“传说”品质专长*1、命途适配“史诗”品质专长*2、命途适配“稀有”品质专长*3】

[Additional Completion Reward: Complete any additional mission objective and gain Basic Experience +100000~200000, Free Attribute Points +10~20]

[Complete 10 additional mission objectives and obtain 1 "Legendary" quality feat*3 that matches your destiny, so you can get up to "Legendary" quality feats]

【…】

It was in Luo Xiu’s task panel that this “main task” appeared.

——In addition to the main quest [War of Judgment], the second [Main Quest] of version 1.0!
This new main quest even indicates the difficulty and recommended level.

The various completion rewards it gives are also much higher than the real main line [War of Judgment]!

Even Luo Xiu couldn't help but be stunned by the richness of it.

He quickly browsed through all the contents of this newly triggered [Main Mission], and an excited and interested look appeared on his face.

The difficulty of the "Destruction" mission, in the previous life, was a mission difficulty level that would be triggered only after players were able to advance to the "Sixth Level of Destiny" in version 4.0.

The rewards are also at the same level as the rewards for tasks at the "Destruction" difficulty and "Sixth Fate" difficulty.

In Luo Xiu's memory, as a "Descender" in his previous life, he had also embarked on the journey of "Holy Expedition", but did not trigger such a hidden [Main Quest].

But that doesn't mean no tasks have been triggered.

In the previous life, there was indeed a quest triggered by the "Holy Expedition", but it was a "side quest" -

[Side Quest: Embark on a Sacred Journey (Hell Difficulty)], this quest is also available in the current players' quest list, but the difficulty of the quest is not as high as the "annihilation" level, and the rewards are not as generous as [Grand Sacred Expedition (annihilation difficulty)]...

This gave Luo Xiu some guesses.

——Perhaps it’s because of the difference in status?

After all, I have already exceeded the level cap of lv.1.0 in version 30 of "God's Destiny", and even exceeded it by a lot.

Although I can accept tasks, complete tasks, and obtain rewards like players, I cannot be considered a real player after all - I don’t have the immortality of players, but I also don’t have the "restrictions" of players.

This makes it possible to trigger many hidden quests that were difficult to trigger in version 1.0 due to insufficient level or destiny depth.

This can be considered a huge advantage... Luo Xiu thought.

At this moment, his gaze was still lingering on the new main quest, [Grand and Sacred Expedition (Difficulty of Destruction)].

This newly triggered main storyline and its additional mission objectives list all the fortresses and important towns in "Fafnir Territory".

Obviously, in order to quickly reach and capture "Fafnir Castle" - it is impossible to capture all the fortresses and important towns one by one.

At this moment, Fafnir, the "Chief Executioner" of Fafnir, was confronting Gawain and the Songyuan army led by another "Knight of Heaven's Word". This was a perfect opportunity to quickly capture Fafnir City.

Therefore, there are always some trade-offs for this newly triggered main quest...

Luo Xiu thought to himself.

Before he actually embarked on the expedition, he had already discussed with "Thunder General" Albert about the seven fortresses and three towns that must be conquered on the expedition's route.

That was also the order Lord Gawain gave to Albert, and Luo Xiu did not intend to change the original plan.

And he could have just taken Fafnir City as quickly as possible, and then led the clergy or the army to other fortresses or towns that had not yet been conquered.

There is still a lot that can be done before Fafnir, the "Chief Executioner" and the "Dragon of Destruction", finally realizes that his home has been stolen and is forced to regard himself as the biggest threat.

"..."

Luo Xiu was thinking about this.

After the panel triggered the new main storyline [Grand and Sacred Expedition], he quickly formulated a rough plan in his mind.

He immediately closed the task panel and his eyes fell on the "Mailbox" icon on the other side, which was flashing a bright and conspicuous red dot.

All the plans can be put aside for now——

What he couldn't wait to do now was to settle the kill reward for the "Executioner" and "Soul Taker" Zaska who he had just killed!

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An excited expression appeared on Luo Xiu's face.

Just before he arrived at Zaska's official residence and made his next harvest.

He had already placed his palms together on Pegasus' back, performing a ritualistic sacrifice.

"I'll sacrifice Anthony's ten years of singleness!"

"I'll sacrifice Albert to be single for ten years!" "I'll sacrifice... uh, Thomas to be single for ten years?"

"--smoke!"

After completing these "necessary metaphysics", he gave the "receive" command on the mailbox panel.

The eye-catching red dot that was constantly flickering and flashing disappeared.

In front of Luo Xiu, a deep blue light and shadow floated up, and his panel quickly displayed the settlement result -

[Kill "Soul Reaper" Zaska (lv.48), gain 12878 basic experience points]

["Burning Soul" takes effect, gain 20% additional experience points]

["Evil Soul" takes effect, gain 30% additional experience points]

["Extremely Evil Soul" takes effect, gain 50% additional experience points]

["Noble Judgment" takes effect, gain 16 free attribute points]

[Rewards settlement, actual experience points gained: 25756! ]

【…】

[Zaska, the Soul Reaper, is a disaster-level boss]

[Rewards for killing the disaster-level boss are being generated...]

【…】

[Kill rewards generated]

[Obtain the specialty "Snake Cup (Epic)", free attribute points*10]!
[Snake-Eating Cup (Epic): 'The Snake of Void', He has cast His gaze upon you. ]

[He has seen you as food—delicious food that can fill His emptiness. But until then, He will do His best to feed you with His kindness, giving you a false, yet real, indulgent pleasure.]

[Your overall attributes increase by 50%, HP, mana, physical attack, and spell attack all increase by an additional 50%, and you can gain 20% of the experience points required to reach the next level every day.]

[Price: You will die. After 62 days, the 'Ethereal Snake' will appear and use your body as its food cup to feed on your soul and fill its emptiness.]

【…】

"……what?"

When the panel calculated such reward content, Luo Xiu couldn't help but exclaimed "Huh?"

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In the general boss reward settlement, the specialties that can be obtained are all those that the "boss" once possessed.

This is the expertise that Zaska, the "Soul Taker", once possessed!
It seems that the executioner's fate in his previous life was that he suddenly died of loss of soul in his official residence where he was guarding the fortress.

These vague memories automatically emerged in Luo Xiu's mind, and he reset the result of this settlement without hesitation using "Lost Path Explorer".

【…】

[Rewards for killing the Disaster-level boss are being regenerated...]

[Kill rewards have been regenerated]

[Obtain the expertise "Echoes of the Void (Epic)", free attribute points*10]!
[Echoes of the Void (Epic): You once heard the sound of his ethereal body passing by your ears in a dream.]

[Your "Perception" attribute increases by 48 points, and your "Spell Attack" gains an additional calculation base of 5 times the "Perception" value.]

[The Snake of Nothingness will guide you - you have entered the "nothingness". At the same level of destiny, the effects of your attacks on the target's "soul" will be increased by 30%, while the effects of other attacks on your "soul" will be reduced by 30%. ]

[This feat is a necessary feat for promotion to [Nothingness] "Sixth Fate".]

【…】

“This is okay…”

Looking at the settlement results after the reset, Luo Xiu nodded slightly.

He then confirmed the result of this settlement, and he seemed to hear the rustling sound of the "Void Snake" swimming past him, accompanied by a sudden piercing coldness over his body.

However, this abnormal feeling soon subsided. After the "perception" attribute was improved, he felt that his senses became more sensitive and clearer.

After calming down and feeling the changes in his perception, Luo Xiu then closed the panel.

He rode the "Golden Pegasus" and had arrived at the former residence of "Executioner" Zaska.

……

In Kaveri Fortress, inside Zanskar's official residence.

The huge stained glass window, about the size of two people, had shattered into pieces.

Luo Xiu rode the "Golden Pegasus" and smashed it directly. At this time, he was standing in the official residence, in the magnificent room that originally belonged to Zaska.

He came here early for a reason.

According to the memory of the previous life, it was after the "Executioner" Zaska died suddenly from the "Snake Cup", the players at that time conquered the fortress that Zaska had originally guarded and went to his official residence. It was in the depths of his room that they found a scroll of "ancient heritage".

And that is not just an ordinary "ancient heritage".

——It was an ancient inheritance scroll engraved with "Level I Authority"!

If nothing unexpected happens, since Zaska was transferred to Kaveri Fortress, he should have brought the scroll of authority with him.

And that would be just right, as it would allow him to add one more of the five "Level I Authorities" required to be mastered in the second mission objective of his promotion mission [Ascension of the Holy Wings].

Luo Zheng had exactly this purpose in mind, and he had already walked into the depths of Zaska's room.

He had seen that next to a luxurious bed was an equally luxurious locked treasure chest.

——It is even a "combination lock" similar to that of the industrial age, made with high-precision shaft technology.

In Luo Xiu's memory, to open the lock of the treasure chest, he needed to decrypt it in Zaska's official residence.

In the previous life, when players broke into the mansion and entered Zaska's room, they would see Zaska's fresh and warm body, who had just died.

Then, we need to find clues to the code from various corners of the mansion and from Zaska's body, and finally decrypt it.

However, Luo Xiu had forgotten the password, and he was not the one who opened the treasure chest of "Executioner" Zaska in his previous life - he only knew what was locked in the treasure chest, and knew very few details other than that.

But in fact, there is more than just one way to open Zaskar's treasure chest: "decryption" -

Thinking of this, Luo Xiu walked to the luxuriously decorated treasure chest, stretched out his right hand, and gently grasped the copper lock on it.

Then, he gathered the extremely rich [Glorious] spirituality into his right hand, activated it, and transformed it into the spirituality of "Annihilation", and at the same time, all five fingers exerted force together -

Clap!

The copper lock quickly deformed and twisted under the tremendous force, and the annihilated spirituality also attached to the copper lock along with the force applied by Luo Xiu's fingertips, causing parts of it to peel off like debris.

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As long as the attribute points are sufficient and there is no self-destruction mechanism, then in the eyes of serious players, there is never the option of going through the trouble of decrypting!

Bang!
Click!

When a crisp sound came from the completely deformed lock, it had completely broken in the middle.

There was nothing that could stop Luo Xiu from opening the treasure chest in front of him.

It then put the damaged copper lock aside, supported the edges of the treasure chest with both hands, and gently opened it.

In an instant, a bright white and golden light flashed into Luo Xiu's eyes.

Among them were thousands of "platinum coins" and various gold, silver and jewelry that were obviously priceless.

The dazzling light was emitted from these things, and their total value was at least 300,000 gold coins.

The most inconspicuous thing, on the contrary, is the scroll of "authority" placed in the middle, surrounded by shining platinum coins and gold and silver jewels.

Luo Xiu gently took out the scroll from the pile of jewels and unfolded it.

There was an abstract picture with obscure meaning on it - a giant snake was cut into two parts by a huge red sword, and the back half of its body, along with the splattered "snake blood", was smashed into a gray, blurry ball by a huge golden hammer, which was flashing a dark and deep light.

……

(End of this chapter)