Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 422 The Devil and His True Name (3k2, plus monthly tickets)
"The real disaster, the real horror..."

Thomas murmured.

Does this sound a bit scary?

In front of him, the "Apostles of the Holy Abyss" stood there with serious faces. They then made way for Thomas, the Crocodile and other "Adventers" so that they could go to the "Holy Abyss Fountain" and scoop up the water from it.

Thomas and his teammates then stepped forward.

When they arrived at the "Holy Abyss Fountain", they bent down according to the instructions of the "Holy Abyss Apostle" and scooped up the cool, shiny liquid from the azure spring.

Then, they leaned their faces down and gently applied the spring water they scooped up on their faces.

"..."

"..."

After a few breaths, Thomas felt that he seemed to no longer be able to hear any sound around him.

He just stood there, but his consciousness seemed to have separated from his body, and his "sense of smell" simultaneously smelled a fishy odor.

He felt a tearing pain all over his body, and his vision regained color from the dull gray.

He saw a throne of bones.

And on the "throne" was a terrifying monster that was as fat and huge as a hill, with countless cracks and fangs!

He was biting and devouring himself. While devouring himself, He was also constantly splitting and growing new flesh and blood.

This made him look extremely deformed, and from the surface of his festering body, in addition to the jagged and bloody fangs, there were also spiraling and twisted horns, which were flashing a dark purple and scarlet light.

Thomas gasped.

A deep, ominous, and dark aura emanated from Him, making Thomas feel terrified.

What the hell is that...

Thinking about this, he tried to cast a detection on the monsters he saw.

But it was unsuccessful, the panel did not return anything useful.

After all, it was just a scene seen through the "Holy Abyss Spring", not actually standing in front of the monster.

Thomas was thinking this, when suddenly, his consciousness began to be pulled back by an invisible force.

The twisted, huge flesh monster quickly moved away from him, and Thomas's vision gradually lost color and became dim.

……

By the time colors returned to view, Thomas had returned to the "Holy Abyss".

He was still standing in the square of "Holy Abyss", with sparkling blue light flowing in his eyes, but cold sweat was already flowing from his forehead and the back of his neck.

As a player, he actually felt the inexplicably real "fear"——

"What on earth was that just now?"

This question was not asked by Thomas, but by Huang Dou - his face also looked pale, which was the fear from the bottom of his heart.

"……do not know."

Thomas calmed down, and the chill in his heart soon dissipated. He said:
"I saw... uh, a monster?"

"It was a monster with dozens or even hundreds of bloody mouths cracked across its body."

"I saw it too," Alicia said.

"It feels like... that huge monster must be at least ten meters wide... no, dozens of meters wide!"

Huang Dou said: "I think it must weigh hundreds or thousands of tons...but what on earth is that?"

As the players discussed, their panels simultaneously changed color and revealed new content.

First, there is the completion prompt for the commissioned task from the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" - [Nightmare of Gluttony].

Players all received the basic completion reward, 10000 basic experience points, 5 free attribute points, and a "rare" quality specialty.

And beyond that,
[The "Lord of the Holy Abyss" has revealed the source of the disaster in the Holy Spring.]

[You have learned——]

[The head of the disaster that emerged from the bottom of Latama City is the "True Ancestor Demon". Its real name is "Greedy Tyrant Brigantis Bottomless Pit Jaeger The Mouth of the Gorgon".]

【Do not recite his real name in full! 】

【Do not recite his real name in full! 】

【Do not recite his real name in full! 】

【…】

The following content is displayed in the panel of the task completion of [Nightmare of Gluttony].

Thomas' attention was first attracted by the long list of "real names".

"My 'True Ancestor Devil'..."

Thomas's face was full of excitement, and he said subconsciously:
"I have such a long list of 'real names'... 'Greedy Tyrant', 'Bottomless Belly', 'Gourmet Mouth'! Putting aside the SAN value, this one is pretty cool!"

"And...it seems to be a 'devil'! A true devil!" This was the first time Thomas saw this word from an "official" perspective.

No, it seems that this is not the first time——

Thomas remembered that among the three "gods" contracted by the "Lord of the Holy Abyss", two were "demons" - the "blasphemous demon" and the "deathrattle demon"!
The "demon" is indeed a kind of god...

In other words... the two demons contracted by the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" are actually the same kind of "god" as the piece of meat seen in the picture... that is the "True Ancestor Demon"?

The painting styles are too different!
Thomas thought to himself, and at the same time he complained in his heart.

"but……"

While thinking about the above, Thomas was also thinking about something else, and subconsciously continued to mutter:
"Why does it remind us three times, 'Never recite his true name in full'?"

Thomas asked, scratching his head.

The more the panel opposed, the more Thomas wanted to do it - he couldn't wait to leave the Holy Abyss and return to the real world to try what the consequences would be if he recited the real name of the "True Ancestor Devil".

This is a player!
"I don't know." Alicia shook her head.

She had a thoughtful look on her face, as if she was thinking about something, and then she said:

"The content on the panel shows that the 'Disaster of Latama City' we will face will ultimately be led by a 'True Ancestor Demon'... and the two gods contracted by the 'Lord of the Holy Abyss' are also demons. Why do I feel that the 'Holy Abyss' and the hidden disaster of Latama are somehow related?"

The crocodile also nodded and said:
"Will we find out in the end that the 'Lord of the Holy Abyss' is actually the final boss of 'God's Destiny'?!"

"It's hard to say, it's hard to say," Thomas also came back to his senses and joined his teammates' discussion, saying:

"But let's not worry about that for now. We have already followed the quest instructions of Gluttony's Nightmare and obtained the true name of the 'True Ancestor Demon'. Now, I think we should go back and tell the bishop his 'true name' first."

"If the bishop asks how we got it, well, we can just say that we got it by coincidence when we were hunting these abyssal beasts in the 'forbidden zone'! This is also the normal development of an RPG game."

"Okay." Da Yu, Alicia and Huang Dou nodded in agreement.

Then, they slowly raised their arms, revealing the backs of their hands, and activated the white dragon claw marks on them.

The mark of the Isol Royal Court flickered, and soon their figures disappeared and were teleported back to the real world.

……

Latama, Acropolis.

In the camp belonging to the church, a dim light was still on in the "bishop's" tent.

This is the first full month of the public beta of the Adventers, and God’s Destiny has been officially updated from version 1.0 to 1.1.

This is a minor version update that adds a lot of new content - for example, the "weekly version" system has been implemented, the number of initial resurrection points that can be set has increased, new items have been added to the [Apocalypse Mall], and a new penalty mechanism for players' "death resurrection" has finally been launched, etc.

This also happened in the 1.0 version of "God's Destiny" in the previous life, and it sparked quite a heated discussion among players at the time - especially the implementation of the "death penalty" mechanism, which prevented players from expanding their strength indefinitely by repeatedly acquiring various expertise.

This allows the strength of the "Adventers" group to be maintained within a certain controllable range, and also allows them to focus more on survival and strategy. They can no longer use "mutual destruction" as a normal tactic that can be used without any loss.

In the previous life, half of the players accepted this new implementation mechanism, and the other half found it difficult to accept - because it was no longer fun to play.

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But this did not affect the popularity of "God's Destiny" or the enthusiasm of players to play it.

In the previous life, one day after the "death penalty" mechanism was implemented, "God's Destiny" implemented a "newbie protection" mechanism.

They are the new "adventurers" who descended upon "God's Destiny" for the first time. From the beginning of their advent, within the next thirty days, their death will not be affected by the "death penalty" mechanism except for the "cooling time".

According to the discussion among players at the time, this was a mechanism introduced by the planners of "God's Destiny" for the sake of balance.

Because players who have played for more than 30 days can basically reach the saturation level close to the normal version level limit,
At this time, the combat power lost by players due to "punishment" can be basically equal to the combat power gained by "working hard", or the combat power increased by "working hard" can be slightly higher than the loss of "punishment". This can prolong players' game stickiness and enthusiasm, and avoid vicious competition among players.

But Luo Xiu now feels that this is the self-adjustment made by the apostles of the "Ring of Apocalypse" in order to maintain [balance].

——In order to achieve [balance]!
This is His and their ultimate goal.

And this might be the reason why they summoned the "Adventers", but Luo Xiu had no way of knowing more now.

Thinking about these.

At the same time, Luo Xiu heard a rustling sound of footsteps coming from outside the tent.

They were the players of "Guardian". They had completed [Nightmare of Gluttony] according to the instructions and obtained information about the real name of the "True Ancestor Devil". Now they were about to come and "report" to him.

This is in line with what Luo Xiu had expected.

He then temporarily put aside his previous thoughts and looked in front of him——

The door curtain of the tent has been lifted by the guiding clergy, and Thomas, Crocodile, Alicia and other players have walked in, with eager and excited expressions on their faces.

"It's you."

Bishop Ross Carlos smiled gently and asked the Guardians:

"Is there a problem?"

"My Lord, Bishop!"

Thomas performed a somewhat awkward sacrament to the bishop on the throne, and then said:
"We got some important information from the 'Forbidden Zone' - we learned that there might be a 'True Ancestor Demon' lurking in the city of Latama!"

"And His 'real name'!"

……

(End of this chapter)