Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 403 "Lord of the Evil Beasts" Monur (6k2, monthly ticket required~)

Latama, above the Acropolis.

The bishop riding the "Golden Pegasus" - Ross Carlos, slowly opened his slightly closed eyes.

He withdrew his sight from the thousands of "fog shadows" of Shadow Raven and returned to himself. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, and a dark purple light flashed in his pupils for a moment.

"Got you……"

He murmured, the image of the tall man he had just "seen" appearing in his mind.

That was indeed the "Beast Tamer" branch of [Red Lotus]'s destiny. Luo Xiu's previous guess was correct.

That is the "Lord of the Evil Beasts" of the fifth destiny of [Red Lotus], the last "Executioner" - Monur Madrid!
In Luo Xiu's memories of his previous life, this person was indeed among the ranks of "executioners".

But he was not a "saint" stationed in the city of Latama, nor did he even belong to any town or fortress in Fafnir. He should be an executioner active in another territory of the Dark Principality.

Perhaps it was because of the large seal crack that appeared in the city of Latama that he was specially recruited here.

Luo Xiu thought to himself, and when he learned the true identity of the last "executioner" on the opposite side, the city of Latama became basically transparent to him -

There was nothing left that could hinder his next move.

As Luo Xiu was thinking, he had already ridden the "Golden Pegasus" and quietly galloped towards the dark river where the "Lord of Evil Beasts" Monur was.

……

Latama, Acropolis.

Thomas, Crocodile, Alicia and other "Saint Guardian" players have put on the concealment cloaks taken from the Acropolis transcendents and went down to the side streets in the Acropolis.

In Alicia's estimation, they had already entered the attack range of the [Eye of the Blood Pagoda], and at a certain moment, the several flashing scarlet "eyes" in the tower did indeed cast a scorching "sight" in their direction -

But the [Eye of Blood Pagoda] did not react further. It did not condense the terrifying scarlet light in the direction of Thomas, Crocodile and the others. Instead, it simply shifted its "sight" and looked elsewhere.

"call……"

Thomas breathed a sigh of relief.

His pupils trembled slightly, and patches of red light appeared on his face. He felt nervousness and excitement at the same time.

"As expected, if we put on the guards' cloaks, those 'eyes' won't aim at us anymore..."

Thomas whispered as he and his teammates leaned against a wall about three people high. Not far away on the opposite side of the wall where they were hiding, another team of "Guardians" players were fighting with the dark transcendents of the Acropolis.

They did not wear cloaks, and the eyes on the third floor of the tower in the distance suddenly swept over again, taking in the "Saint Protector" who was fighting with the dark transcendents.

Afterwards, Thomas, Crocodile and the others all felt a tremor in the air.

The temperature around seemed to become a little hotter, and in the next moment, the light emanating from the [Eye of Blood Pagoda] on the third floor of the tower suddenly became brighter!
--boom! ! !

Without any unnecessary special effects, a terrifying crimson surge of light suddenly shot towards the gathering location of the "Guardian" players on the other side of the wall in the next instant, and engulfed that area in a sea of ​​crimson light.

Thomas clearly felt that the ground beneath his feet was shaking violently, and he held on to the city wall tightly to prevent his body from staggering due to the earthquake.

Until the terrifying light dissipated.

Thomas poked his head out from one side of the city wall and saw that the three "Guardian" players who were fighting happily before now had only three broken legs and four arms holding weapons.

The broken end of the limb was a black, smooth surface with no blood - the flesh on the surface had been burnt to a crisp, as if it had been cut off in an instant with a scorching knife.

The [Blood Pagoda's Eye] that killed three "Guardian" players in an instant shifted its "sight" elsewhere after completing a bombardment.

"Fuck me..."

Thomas was greatly shocked, and looking at the dark transcendents who had previously fought with the three "Guardians", an almost shocked expression appeared on his face.

They were also wearing black cloaks of concealment, as if that was a "sign" that meant they were not targeted or attacked by the [Blood Pagoda's Eye].

……

Thomas and his friends hid on the other side of the city wall.

"Damn it, that 'blood eye' is really..."

One of the Dark Transcendents said with some fear, "Fortunately, we have the cloaks that Lord Kalivian gave us, otherwise we would have been blown to pieces!"

"..."

"Don't talk too much, Battale."

A dark transcendent on the other side had a stern expression. He reached out and pulled up the hood on his head, completely covering two-thirds of his face above his lips, and said in a low voice:
"Don't forget the mission Lord Yasuode has given us. The enemies that broke into the Acropolis this time are very dangerous. We must defend this place."

That seemed to be the "leader" of this team of extraordinary guards. When he spoke, the other dark extraordinary people were all silent, looking quite awed.

And when Thomas quietly detected the panel over there, he also found out that the other dark extraordinary people had double and triple destiny, but the one who gave the last speech had the "quadruple destiny"!
[Ku Tu] The fourth destiny, "Hunting Shadow Blade" Tok Dimas, he raised his arm and stretched out his fingers, biting his little finger lightly with his bloodless lips, and the fingers that did not look like those of a living person were constantly flashing with a gray and black luster that changed constantly.

"So, hurry up,"

Tok Dimas, the "Hunting Shadow Blade", continued in a low voice:

"…Lord Kaliwian has instructed us to retrieve the weapons of these enemies after Blood Eye kills them."

"There is a high probability that they will come back to reclaim them after they 'come back to life'."

"… a tricky monster, tsk."

Tok made a "tsk" sound and led a team of dark transcendents behind him to the remains left by the "Guardians", pulled out their fingers and took out the weapons inside.

There were indeed quite a few things that could be recycled, and the dark supernaturals quickly completed the recycling and prepared to withdraw from the street.

"Wait a minute, friends."

Just when the "leader" of this team of dark superhumans, "Hunting Shadow Blade" Tok Dimas raised his head, he saw another team of seven "dark superhumans" walking towards them.

They were covered in blood and wearing the "invisibility cloak" that every dark supernatural being had, and they stopped opposite Tok.

"We have received orders from... uh, Lord Kalivian? To relieve you and patrol this neighborhood."

Opposite Tok, the new "Dark Supernaturals" said this.

But "Hunting Shadow Blade" Tok did not respond to them first.

He just stood there, seemed to raise his head slightly, and observed the people opposite him.

After a while, Tok said in a low voice:

"I have not received any order to redeploy."

"What are you——"

- Swish!

"Hunting Shadow Blade" Tok, before he could finish his words, he suddenly felt a cold breath coming straight towards him!
He had been on guard for a long time and suddenly retreated backwards. As expected, he saw a dark sharp blade cutting through the air at his original position, making a creepy "rustling" sound.

The seven new "Dark Supernaturals" on the opposite side also took action at the same time and launched an attack on "Hunting Shadow Blade" Tok!

Golden light exploded one after another, and for a moment, all the output of "holy arts" were targeted at Tok and released at the same time.

Countless golden lights containing majestic annihilating spiritual power surged and blasted past Tok's body, making Tok feel a distinct burning sensation.

But as a transcendent of the "Assassin" professional branch of [Ku Tu], he can easily dodge these attacks by maxing out his "Agility" attribute, preventing his vital parts from being hit by those "holy arts".

Until the opponent's round of holy magic was finished, Tok stopped dodging and drew the hunting knife at his waist.

His eyes had become as sinister and sharp as a wolf's.

"You guys really aren't real guards—"

"I've noticed something's wrong with you guys, hehe..."

Tok has already realized that the "dark transcendents" on the opposite side are fake!

As for the enemies attacking from the opposite side, without exception, they all had the triple destiny of [Glory]. Their reckless use of holy arts had exposed their destiny and identity.

——Those are the “Saint Guardians” who broke into the Latama Acropolis!

After dodging a wave of attacks, Tok showed a strange smile on his face and said:

"Lord Kalivian doesn't care about redeployment at all, and he won't give us such an order."

"You are all wearing that cloak... Did you take it from other guards? Hey... You are quite smart..."

As Tok said this, he and the dark extraordinary people behind him formed a triangle formation and confronted the intrusive enemies.

But the strange thing was that the "Guardians" wearing cloaks on the opposite side did not make any other moves, but just watched him from afar.

Tok noticed that they seemed to be retreating little by little, distancing themselves from him.

...Are they scared?

Tok thought so.

But suddenly—

He suddenly felt as if his entire body was being stared at by something terrifying, and the air around him began to tremble.

It's a pretty strange feeling.

Just before the numb feeling like an electric shock appeared in every part of his body, Tok finally realized——

The tall tower inlaid with "blood eyes" - the "blood eyes" on the second, fourth and fifth floors - actually cast their gazes at him at the same time!
Then, the dark red light suddenly began to change, becoming even more scarlet!

It was not until this moment that Tok finally discovered it.

The holy art that had brushed past the edge of his body wasn't meant to kill him, it was only meant to burn the cloak he was wearing.

But it's too late to discover these now.

In the next moment——

boom! ! !
Three "blood eyes" simultaneously shot out terrifying scarlet light in the direction of "Hunting Shadow Blade" Tok!

Dense scarlet instantly submerged Tok's body. The three "blood eyes" simultaneously bombarded Tok with terror, which even a transcendent with the "quadruple destiny" could hardly resist!

Thomas's panel detection of "Hunting Shadow Blade" Tok Dimas also disappeared the moment Tok was bombarded by three scarlet lights. This means that the extraordinary individual belonging to "Tok Dimas" has completely died in the previous bombardment.

His subordinates and other dark transcendents watched this scene with horror. Due to the strong shock and fear, they even forgot to make any moves to escape.

All they saw was that the seven "guards" opposite them, who were also wearing concealment cloaks, were waving their weapons and rushing towards them!
——Boom! Boom boom boom!!
The golden light of the holy magic exploded one after another, and the dozen or so dark transcendents were quickly knocked down and turned into experience packs for the players.

After getting rid of these dark transcendents, Thomas, Crocodile and others began their routine corpse-searching and removing the "cloaks of concealment" from these corpses, while Alicia prayed for several healing and auxiliary sacred arts in the back to restore the health and mana of their teammates and give them new buff states.

"call……"

Thomas breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Indeed, that [Blood Buddha's Eye] recognizes the cloak but not the person..."

"But it's really powerful. Just now, the 'Fang Shou' with the fourth fate was able to take away half of his health with one attack, and three attacks killed him instantly!"

"But the extraordinary people in the 'Assassin' branch of Ku Tu are also very fragile... It's a pity that they were killed so quickly that I didn't get his kill reward."

"..."

"Indeed, but it's okay. There should be quite a few fangs of the 'Fourfold Fate' in the Acropolis. Are you worried that there won't be enough to kill?"

The big crocodile at the side said in a deep voice from under his helmet:
"And I don't think it's that urgent to blow up the tower..."

"Let's be honest. We can gang up on and kill a '獠首', but it will take some effort."

"But it's not difficult for us to destroy their cloaks. Uh, I think... why don't we just wander around the Acropolis? There shouldn't be any 'Executioners' here. The strongest one is the 'Fang Head'."

"The indiscriminate bombardment of the Blood Pagoda Eye can definitely be used."

"..."

"indeed."

"really."

The players echoed one after another, while Alicia said:
"…these cloaks we collected can be placed in the 'Holy Abyss'. Other players of the 'Mirror of Radiance' can first go to the Holy Abyss, take one, and then come out."

"Indeed, 'the invisibility cloak can prevent bombing'. This is intelligence that can be made public internally."

Huang Dou said: "This is not difficult to find. Other players should have discovered it in a while, but no player has collected cloaks like us."

"Well," Thomas nodded, "So, actually, we can also sell the cloak... uh, the price is 5000 experience points deposited in the 'Holy Abyss Fountain', or 5 gold coins?"

"This can save them the trouble of risking being bombarded to find a cloak. There will always be someone willing to pay for it. And for equipment of 'white ordinary' quality, it seems that this is indeed the price, and it can be slightly higher."

"OK."

The crocodile thought for a moment and nodded, saying:
"By then, all the 'Saint Guardians' who appear in the Acropolis will be wearing cloaks."

"And the 'panel' can easily detect whether they are players or NPCs. At least so far, we haven't encountered players from the 'Dark Principality' camp, so we can assume that they are all our own people."

"For those true 'Dark Transcendents', when we encounter a 'Fist of a 'Fourfold Fate', we just need to destroy his cloak!"

"Work together!"

"But speaking of which, the 'Fang Shou' just mentioned two names. Who are 'Kalivian' and 'Asword'?"

"I don't know, maybe the Executioner... But this time we don't have the mission to gather intelligence on the 'Executioner'. Let's go back and report these two names to the bishop and see if we can try our luck and get the reward."

"..."

While the players were discussing animatedly, they had already searched the bodies of the dozen or so dark transcendents they had just killed and gained a lot of spoils.

I have collected thirteen white-quality "Concealment Cloaks" alone. They have some signs of damage on them, but they are still usable.

According to what Alicia said before, they all found a corner to teleport back to the Holy Abyss, and placed the collected spoils and "cloaks" in a room in the "Advent Manor" in the "Holy Abyss".
Afterwards, Thomas revealed the mechanism and information about the [Eye of Blood Pagoda] to other players, and marked the price of the extra cloaks in the "Trading Panel" and sold them publicly to other players.

The information that Thomas disclosed about the "tower" and the [Eye of Blood Pagoda] was quickly responded to by other players.

The thirteen "Concealment Cloaks" that had just been collected, as well as the seven extra cloaks that had been collected on the top of the Acropolis, were quickly "snapped up" by the players.

Leaving one team member in the "Holy Abyss" to deliver the goods, Thomas, Crocodile, Alicia and Huangdou continued to go deeper into the Acropolis.

On the way, they encountered several teams of dark extraordinary people. The teams without the "Fang Leader" leading them were quickly defeated by them, their spoils were looted, and their cloaks were stripped off.

As for the team of dark extraordinary people led by "Fang Shou", the cloak worn by their "Fang Shou" is always destroyed by concentrated fire in the first time, and then, the [Eye of Blood Pagoda] will bring down scarlet sanctions on them!

Using this method - before the dark guards noticed it as a whole, Thomas and his team had killed more than 150 dark transcendents.

There were several failures in the middle - Thomas and Crocodile died twice each, but they were resurrected quickly and cooperated with other teammates to complete the counterattack.

The "cloaks" that were still usable and stripped from the killed dark transcendents were also sold quite smoothly to other players who were preparing to enter the Acropolis.

Several other teams of players also began to "sell cloaks" - the number of dark transcendents in the Acropolis is currently unknown, but the cloaks stripped from their corpses have been sufficient for the first batch of more than 300 "Triple Destiny" Guardian Saint players.

Subsequent "Double Fate" players will soon glide into the city.

But they should no longer need the "invisibility cloak" -

Thomas, Crocodile, Alicia and several other "Guardian" player teams have arrived under the cover of cloaks.

There are four "Fist Chiefs" of the "Fourfold Fate" guarding here, but it doesn't matter anymore -

Suddenly, dozens of cloaked figures appeared at the four street intersections leading to this place.

Holding balls engraved with red runes in their hands, with excitement in their eyes, they rushed towards the tower.

The four leaders of the "Quadruple Destiny" who were guarding the place had panic expressions on their faces and immediately wanted to take action to stop it.

But it can't be stopped at all.

The first wave of "Saint Guardians" have already rushed to the foot of the tall tower, carrying the [Skulls of Martyrs].

Then——

boom! ! ! ! !
A deafening roar resounded, and waves of terrifying scarlet light spread outward. The spiritual energy of annihilation also fluctuated along with it, devouring everything within the range of the explosion.

The two "Fang Chiefs" who were blocking the way were quickly turned into powder by the self-detonation bombing of several "Saint Guardians", while the two "Fang Chiefs" on the other side also quickly followed in the footsteps of their colleagues.

——BOOM!!! BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!
The bombing continues.

The surrounding ground was blown into twisted, hideous cracks, and the entire tower was tilted to one side.

——BOOM! BOOM BOOM BOOM!!

The bombing did not stop for a moment.

More and more saint protectors poured out from the direction of the street entrance, holding the [Skulls of Martyrs] in their arms, with expressions of fanaticism on their faces that were no less than those of the cultists.

At some point——

Rumble!
The tower made a rumbling, deafening sound.

Smoke and scarlet mist rolled outward, and the tall tower - it finally collapsed at a certain moment, and turned into ruins along with the "eyes" embedded in it.

……

Latama City, underground.

Beside the purple dark river, Monur Madrid, the "Executioner" and "Lord of the Evil Beasts" of Red Lotus, suddenly felt the ground beneath his feet shaking violently, while rumbling sounds came from above.

“…An earthquake?”

Monur raised his left hand and scratched his bald head.

The five fingers of his right hand were clasped tightly, tightly grasping a "monster" that had just surfaced from the river.

It was a rabbit-like creature, but it had six eyes and its ears were a deep green color. It was emitting a intertwined poisonous mist with a whoosh sound.

Monur was still trying to figure out what the creature he had just caught was when the "earthquake" suddenly occurred, causing him to lose his balance and almost fall.

The "rabbit" in his right hand seemed to see the opportunity, and suddenly opened its mouth, biting Monur with its sharp "rabbit teeth".

"Damn it, you beast!"

Monur felt pain and threw the "rabbit" aside with force.

Snap!

The "rabbit" hit the rock wall heavily and turned into a pile of rabbit sauce.

Monur's gaze then turned to the bitten palm.

The rabbit's teeth pierced through the base of his palm, and a circle of dark green appeared around it, indicating that he was poisoned.

But Monur had experience in dealing with similar injuries, so he raised his hand, put it to his mouth, and sucked out the venom with his mouth.

And just as he was taking drugs with the sound of "huff, huff".

He heard footsteps behind him.

Monur then looked back.

The moment he saw who was coming, his pupils suddenly trembled——

That's the "Bishop"!
He is the "bishop" from the church in the Red Maple City Expeditionary Force!
——"Bishop of Red Maple City", Ross Carlos!
"What are you doing, Mr. Executioner?"

Under the somewhat stunned and confused gaze of the "Lord of the Evil Beasts" Monuel Madrid, he saw the "bishop" opposite him walking towards him step by step with a gentle smile on his face.

"I have been looking for you for a long time, Lord Monnur Madrid, the 'Lord of the Evil Beasts' of Red Lotus."

Monur heard the "bishop" opposite him say gently:

"It makes me happy."

"So, you were hiding here."

……

(End of this chapter)