Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 408 [Nightmare Latama] (6k, monthly ticket required~)

Thomas the Tank Engine#Dead

[Your number of deaths this week is 6 times]

[Resurrection countdown: 29 minutes and 47 seconds]

【…】

Right in front of Thomas, a reminder of the death and resurrection cooldown appeared.

His consciousness had left his body, and he just sat in mid-air watching the body of "Thomas the Tank Engine" continue to fall into the bottomless depths.

"……what?"

His "consciousness" cried out silently, "Is he really dead?"

He had just been locked in mid-air by several monsters climbing the cliff with a bunch of flashing scarlet eyes.

The monsters howled, and then their bodies burst into terrifying and scorching scarlet flames, shooting dozens of fine, scarlet waves of light straight at Thomas, directly blasting through his body -

"GAIA!!!!!"

"My equipment!!!!"

Thomas roared silently and indignantly, knowing that if he died in this state, it would be almost impossible to recover his weapons and equipment.

While falling in mid-air, he was unable to activate the white imprint of the "Holy Abyss Royal Court" and, because he was unable to deploy a complete teleportation array, he was unable to teleport himself back to the "Holy Abyss" for refuge.

He felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he would have stuffed the [Silver-Cutting Scythe] and [Saint's Hammer] into the crotch of his iron pants when he was falling.

After resurrection, I have to go back to the "Holy Abyss", smash the piggy bank in the room, and use the more than 600 gold coins I saved by living frugally to exchange for a new set of weapons and equipment...

"...Fuck."

Thomas thought about this with some sadness, and subconsciously uttered the Chinese quintessence.

At the same time, he watched his own "body" falling into the bottomless darkness, until the broken body was finally swallowed up by the deep darkness, and then he stopped staring.

He then turned his attention to the panel and scrolled up to see the damage he had sustained when he was still "alive".

His panel recorded the attacks at that time, including [Red Burning Eyes (lv.29)], [Black Burning Eyes (lv.38)], [Gray Burning Eyes (lv.26)], etc.

It was while Thomas was constantly monitoring his own status through the panel that he was attacked by these monsters.

That is a monster whose threat level is "distorted" or even "mad"!

Taking Thomas' current extraordinary level of triple destiny into consideration, his combat power is actually about the same as that of monsters below "Madness" and above "Twist".

But when faced with dozens of such monsters attacking him at the same time, he had no way to resist and could only be killed instantly on the spot.

This is the second time Thomas has died suddenly since his encounter with "Ring Fire Bishop" Drummond.

"What on earth are those things?!"

He "murmured" in confusion, but he still couldn't make any sound in the resurrection state, and his instant resurrection scroll had been used up, so he could only wait patiently for the resurrection to cool down.

It was only a half-hour resurrection cooldown, which was nothing to Thomas.

While browsing the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel], he opened the external network connected to the motion sensing cabin through the panel and watched some short videos on Pili Pili.

But he was in a very anxious mood right now - he was about to successfully capture the "Acropolis" of Latama City, but something like this happened!
but……

Anyway, it didn't matter if he died now, because he had almost completed the several tasks he had accepted before "gliding" into the Acropolis.
Then just wait for other players to occupy the Acropolis, there shouldn't be any problems.

Uh...should?
He didn't know what was going on with the sudden uncertainty that arose in his heart. Just like what he had said to his teammates before his death, the ominous premonition that was throbbing deep in his heart was becoming stronger at this moment.

And he finally remembered that before he embarked on the journey of the "Holy Expedition", his "Bishop" Rossu Carlos - he had held a ceremony of "Divine Revelation".

He and most of the other first-tier players in the church had attended that ceremony. The bishop had said, "Latama City is pregnant with disasters" - that was one of the reasons why they chose "Latama City" as a target that must be conquered.

"So those just now... were the 'disasters'?!"

Thomas thought about it and felt that he had grasped some key information.

So he opened his status panel again, and began to look over the entries of those "monsters" repeatedly with his soul state eyes.

Through the panel of the hit status, you can directly jump to the "hostile target" panel that attacked him at that time.

It is not a panel that updates in real time, and what you can see is definitely less than what you can see directly through "detection".

From the players' perspective, it is more used for post-battle review, so that they can learn from their mistakes in subsequent battles, rather than just repeating them over and over again.

Thomas directly opened the panel of [Black Burning Eyes Demon (lv.38)]——

[Black·Scorching Eyes Demon (lv.38)]

[Race: Monster/Abyss Beast]

[Threat Level: Madness]

[Health: 1883/2640, Mana: 113/540]

[Physical Attack: ?, Magic Attack: 111, Defense Reduction: 24]

[Attributes: Strength?, Constitution 183, Agility 26, Wisdom 37, Divinity 54, Perception 89, Resistance 12, Luck 25]

【…】

Damn, what a terrifying attribute...

Thomas glanced at the panel of this "Mad and Evil" abyss beast and found that its attributes were much higher than his own, who now had a "triple destiny".

Its "health value" alone is more than three times that of its own, and its "strength" attribute is invisible. No wonder a few "Scorching Demons" can kill it instantly.

The attack of this Burning Eye Demon seems to be mainly determined by the numerical value of "physical attack".

And their combat power, which is at the "Mad Evil" level, may correspond to the strength of the "Quadruple Destiny".

Thinking about this, Thomas did not spend too much time on these values, but instead keenly noticed another piece of information that should be the key -

In the [Black·Scorching Eyes Demon] panel, in the [Race] column, there was a term that I had no idea about.

——【Abyss Beast】!
It seemed that it was not an ordinary monster, but a special species.

Thomas felt that this looked familiar. He thought about it and opened the panels of other monsters that attacked him.

For example, [Blue Burning Eyes], [Gray Burning Eyes], [Red Burning Eyes], etc., half of their levels are in "Distortion" and half are in "Madness", but their [Race] is the same.

——They are all [Abyss Beasts]!
It was as if he had discovered some real secret. If Thomas was not in the "spirit" state waiting to be resurrected, an expression of surprise and excitement would appear on his face.

He immediately opened the [Chat Channel] and the group chat interface belonging to the "Mirror of Glow".

He saw that the number of new messages in the group chat had instantly reached 99+, all of them discussing the dramatic changes that had just occurred.

【2.5夂吾】：Oh my god.jpg
[Losers Eat Dust]: What are those monsters that suddenly emerge from the ground?
[Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile]: I don’t know, but there are so many of them.

[Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile]: I'm about to be beaten to death. I'm at the side of the tower that just collapsed. Is there any good brother nearby who can save me?

[Rabbit is so cute]: You know what, it’s quite cute qwq
【Big Crocodile Stewed in an Iron Pot】:?

[Sweating Soybean]: Damn, there was an earthquake just now, and the train suddenly fell down.

[Sweating Soybeans]: There is no news about this b yet, could he be dead?
[Alicia]: I'm sure you'll die, sister.
【Thomas the Tank Engine】：?

[Alicia]: Damn, a dead body

[Sweating soybeans]: Damn, a fake corpse

[Big Crocodile Stewed in an Iron Pot]: Damn, a dead body

【Thomas the Tank Engine】：???

【……】：……

The members of the Mirror of Glow were chatting fiercely in the chat group. It seemed that they were the only ones swallowed by the huge crack of the earthquake.

Daguai, Alicia and Huangdou are still alive.

And those "abyss beasts" have already rushed out of the ground and are wreaking havoc in the Acropolis.

The crocodiles were fighting off those monsters, and the situation seemed quite serious, but Thomas couldn't see the scene with his own eyes.

He then continued to send a message in the Mirror of Radiance guild chat group:

【Thomas the Tank Engine】: Damn, I can’t send messages when I’m dead? Stab.jpg
[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Are there monsters up there too? This, uh, crack where I fell? It's full of monsters!

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: That should be the "disaster of Latama City" mentioned by Bishop Luo Xiu during the "Divine Revelation" ceremony.
[Thomas the Tank Engine]: If you cast a detection on those monsters, you should be able to find that their [Race] column is all "Abyss Beasts"

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: So what exactly is a "deep beast"? I feel like I've seen this term before.
[Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile]: Indeed, my panel detection also shows "Abyss Beast", but I don't seem to have any impression of it
[Alicia]: I remember... it seems that my friend at Fangbeiyuan sent me some relevant information?

[Alicia]: The two deans over there seem to have studied a monster called "Blood Corpse Hyena" before, and that seems to be an Abyss Beast.

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Damn, there is such a thing, I'll ask too

【Thomas the Tank Engine】: I got the answer.

[Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile]: Damn it, stop chatting, help me ah ah ah

[Crocodile Stewed in Iron Pot]: Encountered the big monster 'Mad Evil', [Bloody Devourer], NMD what is this thing?
[Big Crocodile Stewed in an Iron Pot]: How come this thing can replenish its own health by eating it, ahhhhh!
【Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile】:

[Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile]: Okay, no need to save it

[Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile]: I'm dead too (sad)

【Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile】: Crazy/Crazy/Crazy/
[Sweating Soybeans]: Hahahahahaha, what a dish!

[Sweating soybeans]: Your father is here
【Sweating Soybeans】: Let me taste the saltiness!
【……】：……

Thomas felt relieved to see that his teammates' mental state remained as stable as ever.

He chatted with his teammates, and the resurrection cooldown was almost over, with only a few minutes left. But as they chatted, Thomas seemed to remember something after Alicia mentioned that Fangbei Academy had already conducted research on the Abyss Beast, but he couldn't put it into words.

Suddenly, some images flashed through his mind——

That is the never-ending fountain in the square of "Holy Abyss".

The "Holy Abyss Fountain" has always been guarded by a terrifying giant wolf emitting deep purple flames, the [Cinder Wolf King], which seems to be a magical beast of the "Mad Evil" level.

Before he was promoted to the Triple Destiny, Thomas could only see its name.

But after being promoted to the "Triple Destiny", his "Perception" attribute has been raised to more than 40 points. When he detected the [Cinder Wolf King] with the panel, it seemed that its race had also been revealed.

——It seems to be a [Abyss Beast] as well!
It's just a "Contracted Abyss Beast", and the spiritual aura released from it is much deeper and richer than those "Crazy" Abyss Beasts just discovered.

And it is the mount of the "Lord of the Holy Abyss".

"..."

Damn, the so-called "Ratama's Disaster" is not referring to the Holy Abyss...

Is this the commotion caused by our "Holy Abyss"?
Shengyuan is awesome! .jpg
No, I don't think I've seen the 'Apostle of the Holy Abyss' here either?

I was in the middle of the battle in the Acropolis just now, and I went back to the Holy Abyss Royal Court to store my equipment. The movements inside seemed to be quite normal...

"..."

Thomas thought about this in a divergent way.

He felt as if he had discovered a corner of the true face of "Holy Abyss", and having joined both the "Church" and "Holy Abyss" at the same time, he only felt more and more excited.

If I remember correctly, since the giant wolf guarding the "Holy Abyss" is a "Contracted Abyss Beast", then these monsters that emerged from the ground of the Acropolis should also be able to be "contracted"?

Thomas thought to himself.

The idea of ​​catching those "Abyss Beasts" like catching Pokémon suddenly emerged in his mind.

Because those monsters seem to be really strong, Thomas, who belongs to the Iron Blood Strength Party, can't help but have such thoughts.

But which destiny is this ability?

Uh, it’s definitely not [Glory], could it be [Red Lotus]?
Or [Lost]? That's not right...

"..."

Thomas thought about the eight known destinies, and except for [Balance], there didn't seem to be a very suitable one among the seven destinies that players could choose.

I always feel like I'm still missing some crucial information. Why don't I go back to the "Holy Abyss" to explore after I'm resurrected...

Anyway, every time I return to the "Holy Abyss", the [Ashes Wolf King] is lurking beside the "Holy Abyss Spring". I should be able to see it at any time, and then I can throw a detection at it.

By then, perhaps we can get more useful information...

Thomas thought to himself, and the countdown for his resurrection cooldown finally ended.

When the panel popped up asking [Do you want to revive?], Thomas chose "Yes" and chose the "Desolate White Hills" outside the Acropolis as the resurrection point.

In fact, he could also choose "Nearby Safe Zone", but Thomas always felt that if he chose this, he would most likely be resurrected in a crack in the ground where no monsters spawned, and then he would never be able to reach the ground.

After giving the panel the "resurrection" command, his consciousness quickly floated upward at a speed so fast that it was blurred, and his "corpse" - the dark hole where he finally fell, also emerged with threads of white and gray spirituality intertwined.

They dissolved into the air and quickly floated towards the "Desolate White Hills".

Until Thomas opened his eyes again.

He finally felt like he had regained his physical body. He looked at the scene around the "sleeping bag" where he was lying, and inexplicably felt like he had "emerged from a body bag".

But he can't care so much now.

He first opened the group chat panel of "Mirror of Glow", then sent a message into it, "Brothers, I'm alive again!", and then closed the panel as a group of teammates repeated "Welcome back, Dragon King".

Then, Thomas crawled out of the mud-covered "sleeping bag", patted the mud off his body, and activated the seal of the Isol Royal Court to the "Holy Abyss".

……

The Holy Abyss was left in the royal court.

When Thomas returned here, the first thing he did was to rush towards the "Advent Manor" -

Because his spare weapons and equipment are stored there, and there is also another "Rune Flying Wing" there. Only by getting these can he return to the Acropolis to fight.

He then ran towards the manor, and when passing by the "Holy Fountain", Thomas took another look over there.

The giant wolf, [Ember Wolf King] was still there, and Thomas detected it.

【Ember Kills Wolf King (lv.5?)】

[Race: Monster/? /? ]

【Threat level:?】

[Health:?, Mana:?]

[Physical attack:?, Magic attack:?, Defense reduction:?]

[Attributes: Strength?, Constitution?, Agility?, Wisdom?, Divinity?, Perception 142, Resistance 153, Luck 101]

【…】

"...?"

No, buddy?
Thomas was stunned, and he suddenly realized - why is it that this time when detecting [Jinmie Wolf King], the results are all question marks!

Oh, not entirely.

Its level is 50+ - in Thomas's impression, the level shown by the last detection of [Cinder Wolf King] seemed to be only in the forties.

It reached more than ten levels in just a few days?
However, what race Thomas wanted to see the most, the [Ashe Wolf King], had become a question mark.

——Fuck!

Thomas gritted his teeth.

However, in this comparison, if [Jinmie Wolf King] is really an "Abyss Beast", then it is really much stronger than those Abyss Beasts that attacked it before!

The attributes of [Jinmie Wolf King] that he could see alone were at least in the three digits, and the attributes that he could not see were probably even more terrifying!
Damn, it’s so handsome… A handsome and strong wolf. I wish I could be the “Lord of the Holy Abyss”…

By the way, has anyone developed a "console" for this game that can be used to put on NPC vests?
Thomas thought to himself, he didn't even notice that his mouth was already drooling subconsciously -

But just thinking about it.

He quickly ran out of the square and came to the "Advent Manor", found the building that belonged to the guardians of their "Church", and walked in.

When he returned to his room, Thomas quickly changed into spare weapons and equipment, took out new "Rune Wings", and activated the "Seal of the Isol Court" again, teleporting himself back to the real world.

And when his vision turned dim and then clear again,
He saw it with his eyes. On the plain on one side of the Acropolis, there were flashes of brilliant golden light.

Those are the "priests" of the church!

It wasn't just fellow church members who were there either. The general of the "Border Court," the "Thunder General" Albert, had also arrived, and behind him were thousands of elite cavalrymen.

The "Bishop" Rosso Carlos, riding on the back of the "Golden Pegasus", has risen to the sky above the Acropolis.

He looked down, at the "Abyss Beasts" that kept pouring out of the Acropolis.

"That is the 'disaster' mentioned in the oracle!"

He declared this loudly, and his voice was so clear that even though Thomas was far away from him on the desolate white hills, he could still distinguish every word he said.

"Just as the sun appeared to me for a moment, now - this purgatory-like scene also appears to you!"

"My 'Guardians'! You have stripped off the disguise of the disaster. You can leave the rest to us."

"Now, your only mission is to protect yourselves and guard the entrances and exits of each street in Latama's Acropolis. Don't let even a single disaster escape from the Acropolis!"

"..."

The bishop declared this, and the players inside and outside the Acropolis all looked up at him.

Thomas was also one of those who looked up to the “bishop.”

When the bishop's voice finally fell, new content appeared in front of Thomas and on his panel at the same time -

[Trigger the commissioned task: Nightmare Latama (nightmare difficulty)]

[Recommended level: lv.20+, double destiny and above]

[Task type: commissioned task]

[Now, the "disaster" of Latama City has truly come. ]

[The "bishop" of the Red Maple City Church, your camp, has given you a new message. As the "Saint Protector", he hopes that you can guard the streets in the Acropolis and not let even one "disaster" beast escape from the Acropolis. This is the mission of the "Saint Protector".]

[Mission Objective 40: Guard the streets of the city, prevent the "disaster" beasts from escaping the city, and hold out until the first wave of disaster beasts ends (if the number of disaster beasts escaping is less than 0% of the total, it will be considered as completing the mission objective. Current escape: %)]

[Mission Objective 2: Kill as many "disaster" beasts as possible that emerge from the ground fissure. Depending on how many of them are killed, you will receive additional rewards.]

[When the mission objective is completed, the mission can be settled]

[Basic Completion Reward: Basic Experience +26000, Free Attribute Points +3, the number of "disaster" beasts escaping from the Latama Acropolis is 5% lower than the target, Basic Experience +5000, Free Attribute Points +1]

[Additional Completion Rewards: The first time you kill a "Dangerous" beast, you will get 1 "Normal" feat; the first time you kill a "Twisted" beast, you will get 1 "Rare" feat; the first time you kill a "Mad" beast, you will get 1 "Epic" feat...]

【…】

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(End of this chapter)