Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 401 Latama City
March 768, 3 in the Tianqi calendar.

The Red Maple City expeditionary force set out from the Kaveri Fortress and arrived forty miles outside the Latama City two days later, and had set up camp on the open plain.

On the way, the "bishop" of the church, Luo Xiu, had sorted out the bandits, cult strongholds and monster nests that might be encountered along the way, and organized them into commissioned tasks, which were distributed to the players accompanying the expedition.

This ensured that the players would not be idle - and the thousands of players who joined the expedition, with the help of intelligence from the church, were like locusts swarming across the border, clearing away all obstacles in the way for the expeditionary force.

Currently, there are more than 5,000 players participating in the "Holy Expedition".

In addition to the players who were the first to join the expedition, Luo Xiu also opened up an "assessment" channel for the players who stayed behind in the Red Maple City Fortress - although the players who stayed behind did not qualify for the first wave of expeditions, they could also pass subsequent assessments and follow the reinforcements to the front battlefield.

And the "reinforcements" heading to the front line from Red Maple City usually number several thousand to tens of thousands every day.

Most of them are soldiers gathered from Songyuan Territory and even the heartland of the empire. The second-tier players follow them to the front line and can also receive rich commission tasks.

And now, more than 5,000 frontline players who were forty miles outside the city of Latama had been separated from the regular army by "Bishop" Carlos Ross and "Thunder General" Albert Perez, and independently set up a new battle group.

——"The Advent Legion"!
"The Adventers" is a name that all the major forces in the continent of Fanor have almost unified for this group of players.

Because the players appeared out of thin air from the very beginning, and they always disappear for a few minutes, hours or even days at a certain time, and when they reappear, it is like an invisible existence "arriving".

This led the Nolan Empire to eventually give the name "Adventers" to these people who always "appeared out of thin air".

Now, the Nolan Empire, where the largest number of "Adventurers" have appeared, has paid enough attention to them.

Based on the Empire's current observation and understanding of the "Adventers", they are a group of amnesiac individuals who do not know where they came from.

Sometimes what they say is easy to understand, but sometimes it is obscure and difficult to understand - especially when they mention certain images, the sounds they make do not belong to any known language, and even the "Tower of Sages" has difficulty deciphering them.

There are also quite obvious differences between the "Adventers" and individual "Adventers". Most of them have ordinary rationality, some behave strangely and are difficult to understand, and some are completely unable to communicate.

They also possess "immortality" - this is the most important point, although it seems to have some limitations.

They can always be resurrected after a certain period of time after being killed, but the place of resurrection is uncertain - sometimes it is in an open space next to the place where they were killed, and sometimes they simply disappear, leaving the forces or organizations that want to study them without the body for further research.

For now, the Empire's "Tower of Sages", which is responsible for studying the behavior and characteristics of the "Adventers", has not found a way to completely kill these "Adventers".

However, they cannot be resurrected all the time.

According to incomplete statistics from scholars at the "Tower of Sages", the "Adventers" can be resurrected an average of 7 to 10 times within a week.

And all the "Adventers" have basically shown a very rapid speed of becoming stronger.

Most of them only need less than a week to meet the conditions for advancement to the extraordinary level and be promoted to the "Second Fate";
And the best among them will be able to be promoted to the "triple destiny" in just about half a month.

Such a fast promotion speed has forced the native supernatural forces of the Fanor continent to pay close attention and be on high alert.

Because of the appearance of the "Adventers", basically all organizations or forces that do not have saints of the "Fivefold Destiny" in charge feel that they are on a shackle and in danger.

The "Adventers" who have joined the three major bases of the empire are also quite keen on accepting various "mopping up" related missions, which has caused the number of relatively weak pagan organizations in the empire to decrease rapidly, and has almost reached the point of extinction.

The top leaders of the three major destinies of the empire were quite satisfied with this, but for some reason, they always felt a chill on their backs.

According to the imperial law, in the current severe situation of the "Judgment War", as long as the "Adventers" do not violate the imperial law, they are qualified to be citizens of the empire.

At present, there is no "Adventer" who can be promoted to a "Quadruple Destiny" extraordinary person. The main ruling class of the empire, the "Supreme" people, can still suppress them for now, so their attitude towards the "Adventers" is still relatively friendly.

The first to come into contact with the Adventers, the "Bishop" of the Red Maple City Church, Ross Carlos, received a decree from the "Archbishop" Sid Lawrence of the diocese:
"——According to the instructions of Pope Lorente, the Holy Crown, who conveyed the order of Emperor Augustwell, the churches under the Holy See will open the gate of the Holy Road of Glory for the Adventers with outstanding qualifications and pure faith."

What this means is that the "Holy See" encourages various churches to recruit Adventers, and the Imperial Court has issued the same orders to the "Department of Law" and the "Tower of Sages" in various territories and various academies, in order to guide as many of the "Adventers" in the empire as possible onto the legitimate destiny and absorb them for the convenience of dispatch and control.

This does not conflict with Luo Xiu's goals and interests, and he has been doing such things for a long time, but is just waiting for the corresponding policies to be issued.

It was also after obtaining such permission that he and "Thunder General" Albert finally confirmed the establishment of a new regiment, and established all the "Adventers" participating in the expedition from the church, the border court, and the Fangbei Academy as the "Adventer Legion" -

And now, the independent camp of the "Guardians" of the Church in the "Legion of the Adventers" is stationed on a hill ten miles east of the city of Latama, pointing directly at its Acropolis.

……

evening.

To the east of Latama City, there are the barren white hills.

Thomas, Crocodile and other "Saint Guardians" were warming their hands around a newly lit bonfire and exchanging information with each other.

"That's Latama City over there. What a big city—"

As Thomas spoke, he turned his palm over, letting the firelight flow across the back of his hand with an orange-yellow glow.

His gaze had passed through the disturbed air above the campfire and fell on the vague outline of the city wall in the distance.

He could vaguely see fireworks burning on the walls of Latama City, with thick black smoke billowing upwards.

Above the vague outline of the city wall, there are many tall, tower-like buildings, which are filled with disturbing dark red light, as if something terrifying is brewing.

Compared to the "Kaffri Fortress", the defense of Latama City looks much more strict.

The city of Latama also looks larger than the city of Red Maple, and is probably about the same size as the city of Sina. According to the information Thomas and his men obtained from the church, the city of Latama is estimated to have a population of more than one million, including nearly 200,000 defenders.

The enemy's leaders are said to be three "executioners", but their identities are still unknown.

"Remember what the bishop said before... In the 'Divine Revelation' ceremony held by Bishop Ross Carlos, this 'Latama City' seemed to be a city with disasters hidden in it."

"Once we complete the mission and the expeditionary force successfully captures Latama, we will be able to get the Bishop's reward again!"

The crocodile said with some excitement.

He was also warming his hands. The flames of the campfire could effectively drive away the cold and restore some comfortable warmth.

In his heart, he was indeed looking forward to seeing how generous the reward would be that Bishop Ross Carlos would give them after they successfully captured the city of Latama.

He also remembered very clearly that two days ago, one day after the expeditionary force entered the Cavernier Fortress, the clergy of the church, in the name of "Bishop" Rossu Carlos, issued a bounty of 130 gold coins to each of their "Triple Destiny" guardian saints!

——130 gold coins!
This was the first time that the crocodile received such a large bounty, and according to the clergyman who gave him the bounty, it was the compensation and reward from the "bishop" for their selfless detonation of the [Skull of the Martyr]. The other players who participated in the battle of Kaveri Fortress at that time also received bounties that matched their achievements, and even the players who were only at the "first level of destiny" received a minimum reward of 30 gold coins.

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Although no one knows where the church got so much money to reward them, the bigwigs don't care about such things.

"Ahem, about the oracle that the 'bishop' requested that day."

The crocodile moistened his throat and said:

"Let's go to the city of 'Latama' and stop... er, I forgot what happened next, but that's what I meant."

"…puff."

Opposite the big crocodile and Thomas, a petite girl who was also warming herself by the fire couldn't help but laugh. It was "Alicia".

After successfully occupying the Kaveri Fortress, Alicia obtained the "Silver Key" from the priest Grasha who was accompanying the army in the "Mission", and successfully advanced to the triple destiny of [Glory] and became the "Great Blessed One of Enlightenment".

"So, our mission this time is to invade and capture the Acropolis of Latama."

She pointed to the high ground on the east side of "Latama City", where a "Acropolis" half the size of Kaveri Fortress was built.

In the center is a very tall black tower, and on each floor of the tower, there is a flashing dark red light, the same as the one on the battlements of Latama City.

Alicia said lazily:
"Destroy the largest guard tower in the acropolis; seize and remove as much of the grain stored there as possible, and if it is difficult to remove all, burn the rest;"

"Finally, just like when we invaded the Kaveri Fortress before, we can open a gap in the wall of the Acropolis, and our mission will be accomplished."

"..."

"so."

Alicia looked at Thomas with her blue eyes, then at the crocodile, and said:

"I think... it's about time?"

"Well, it's almost done."

Thomas nodded, having stood up from the campfire and walked to the edge of the cliff on the mountainside where they were.

His eyes were gleaming with excitement, and he had already taken out a rune artifact - "Rune Flying Wings" from his new "storage bracelet". He had equipped it behind him, ready to glide down at any time.

Invade the Acropolis of Latama using the same method used to invade and eventually capture the Cavri Fortress!
His teammates - twenty guardians who have been promoted to the "Triple Destiny" have also equipped their own "Rune Wings" and are waiting for orders from the president of their "Mirror of Glorious Light" guild, "Thomas the Tank Engine".

"Well, three—"

"two--"

"one--"

“——Fly!”

After Thomas finished counting, he jumped off the cliff in front of him.

At the same time, the wings behind him spread out, and his falling momentum quickly turned into gliding, and he flew towards the center of the Acropolis.

His teammates also jumped down at about the same time, and followed behind Thomas, gliding like peregrine falcons towards the Acropolis.

Twenty big birds - no, not just them. Over the vast expanse of barren white hills, more than three hundred invisible meteors rushed quickly and silently towards the Latama Acropolis.

They were all Guardians of the Triple Destiny—they were the ones who led the charge into the first battle against the city of Latama.

……

Latama City, mid-air.

"Bishop" Ross Carlos, who was riding the "Golden Pegasus" in the sky, has disappeared and is looking down at the scene of Latama City.

He had given orders in advance to all the guardian saints who had been promoted to the "Triple Destiny" to invade the Acropolis of Latama City in the same way as they invaded the Kaveri Fortress.

This is a strategic high ground and an important storage area for the city of Latama.

Food, as well as many military supplies, were stored here, and this Acropolis was also built on high ground. If the "Saint Guardians" had not been able to glide in with the help of rune wings, they would have been able to attack from the front.

That would be much more difficult - you would need to build two ladders, and you would have to defend against bombardment from above, which is far less convenient than gliding down from the hills -

And the same tactics can be used a second time.

Let the players go in first to find out the situation, while he will wait and see in mid-air to see if the "Executioner" stationed in the city of Latama will not be able to help but show up.

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The corner of Luo Xiu's mouth had already raised up slightly.

He also has another purpose—

Regarding the "oracle" obtained in the "Divine Revelation" ceremony, the "Abyss Beast" under the city of Latama has broken through the loose seal and is ready to break out of the ground at any time.

And now - at least the city of Latama now looks normal, with no signs of the surge of "Abyss Beasts".

But still be careful.

"..."

Luo Xiu looked down at the scene in the Acropolis and thought about this.

And while he was thinking.

From the largest sentry tower in the Acropolis, several dark red lights surged and suddenly burst into scarlet light.

……

(End of this chapter)