Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

第440章 【神辉的庇荫】（3k8，第二更，今日总更7k2！）
An hour later.

Hubert and Evans just left the bishop's tent. During this time, they talked a lot with Luo Xiu about some details of the Holy Expedition and some things that happened in the rear of the empire since Luo Xiu embarked on the expedition.

Evans and Hubert were both surprised by Luo Xiu's application - a "Mirror Crystal Key"!
The bishop said that he could already feel his "Mirror Crystal Gate" - that was indeed a sign of his imminent promotion to the "Sixth Level Destiny".

Hubbard and Evans have both been promoted to the "Fifth Destiny" for a long time, but they have not yet felt the "Mirror Crystal Gate" that belongs to them.

In the entire Songyuan Territory, there is only one Archbishop Sid Lawrence who has the sixth-level destiny. If Luo Xiu can also successfully advance to the sixth-level destiny, it will have a significant impact on the faith foundation of the Holy See Church in Songyuan Territory.

Evans also agreed to Luo Xiu's request. When he returned to the main church and reported to Archbishop Sid about the "True Ancestor Demon" in Latama City, he would submit an application for the "Mirror Crystal Key" to the Archbishop on behalf of Luo Xiu.

When Hubbard and Evans left the bishop's tent, Evans did not stay in Latama. He then rode the church's post horse and set out on the journey back to Songyuan City.

Hubert stayed behind, assisting Luo Xiu in handling church affairs as the "acting bishop". At the same time, he temporarily took over the position of Fran, the "priest" of the former secret office, and was responsible for maintaining close contact with the border court and Fangbeiyuan.

As for the next arrangement, Luo Xiu was going to go to the "temporary palace" in the main city of Latama at three o'clock in the afternoon to participate in the border court meeting.

At that time, the meeting will decide the next expedition target of the expeditionary force.

Before that, Luo Xiu was in the bishop's tent, dealing with some of the church affairs that had accumulated in the past few days. At the same time, he opened the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel] to follow the latest movements of the players of the expeditionary force.

……

Latama, Acropolis.

Among the eight scars designated as "forbidden areas", Thomas, Crocodile, Alicia and other "Mirror of Glow" players are standing on the edge of a scar.

The corpses of abyss beasts were lying all around them. Thomas was wiping the dark red blood stains on his war hammer while calculating the reward for killing a "Mad and Evil" level boss.

The result of this settlement is a feat of "ordinary" quality.

Thomas uttered a "tsk" and said:

"When will there be another hidden quest like [Tyrant of Latama]?"

"Oh my god, this mission is really horrible. I want to get one more 'legendary' and two 'epic' quality expertise rewards!"

Two days ago, when Thomas settled [Tyrant of Latama], he obtained one "legendary" and two "epic" quality expertise.

Relying on the effect of the existing "epic" quality expertise [Burning of the Devourer], during the siege of Ratama, he successfully killed a "Scourge" level abyss beast with a self-explosion, thereby unlocking the highest level special reward [Tyrant of Ratama].

——“Legendary” level expertise! Currently, among the players of the expeditionary force, only two players have this quality of expertise. Thomas is one of them, and the other is a crocodile who also killed a “natural disaster” level abyss beast.

[Shelter of Divine Glory (Legend): You have been blessed by Divine Glory. The haze of death will not engulf you - the light will save you from the shadow.]

[Your "Divinity" attribute +22, "Perception" attribute +22, "Luck" attribute +22. When your health drops to 0 or below and you die, you will be resurrected after 10 seconds, recovering 20% ​​of your upper limit health, and the cooldown time of your two [Glorious] destiny skills with the longest cooldown time will be shortened by 100% (after "Protection of Divine Glory" takes effect, it will enter a 24-hour cooldown period). ]

【…】

For Thomas, this expertise is simply divine!
He had already experimented with this "legendary" quality specialty [Shadow of Divine Radiance] in the Scar Forbidden Zone of the Ratama Acropolis, and its effect could be coordinated with [Burning of the Devourer].

[Burning of the Devourer] was originally not affected by the "immunity to death" effect, but [Shelter of Divine Radiance] was not immune to death, but "resurrection", so there was no conflict - this was equivalent to [Shelter of Divine Radiance] giving Thomas one free resurrection per day.

As a result, [Burning of the Devourer] can explode once more every day!
"Damn the seal." Huangdou rolled his eyes at Thomas.

As a "Great Fire Worshiper", Huangdou can only obtain two "Epic" quality specialties when resolving [Tyrant of Ratama].
The result is a melee bonus feat and a mediocre feat that increases basic attributes.

He always felt a little unhappy with Thomas because of this.

Because of the damage Thomas's explosion inflicted, Huangdou would have to empty his mana bar almost twice before he could deal the same amount of damage.

"happy."

Thomas smiled, then looked towards the crocodile and said:
"Since the end of the Latama battle, 'Shadow of Fate' has been updated again, and there are several more bosses that can be challenged - 'Greedy Tyrant' Brigantis, 'Insane Viscount' Yasod, 'All-Knowing Attendant' Kaliwian, 'Lord of the Beasts' Monul..."

The so-called "Shadow of Fate" is the weekly version, which is a new module updated after the flash update of version 1.1 and "God's Fate".

"It seems that we have only seen Brigantis? The other three are executioners... Hmm. The first time you defeat an executioner in single-player mode, you can get a 'legendary' quality feat."

"And if we kill the 'Greedy Tyrant' Brigantis in team mode, all of us will get a 'Legendary' quality specialty!"

Thomas said with a twinkle in his eyes:

"The bishop can kill him, but we can't? What do you mean, do you want to give it a try?"

Thomas tried to convince his teammates - in fact, he had already tried to kill the "Executioner" alone, but failed. In addition, with the effect of [Protection of Divine Glory], his two self-explosions could only kill less than one-third of the health of "Mad Viscount" Yasord.

"..."

"You're inflated, little train." Alicia said in a faint voice, "But you can try."

Huangdou: "Try! You can try anything!"

The big crocodile spread his hands. He had a bad feeling, but seeing his teammates were excited, he said:
"You can try. At worst you should be able to get a minimum living allowance... Yeah, I think."

After his teammates agreed, Thomas opened the [Apocalypse Mall] in the panel, spent 6r to buy the "Pure Crystal of Fate", and then opened the "Shadow of Fate" event interface.

In the interface, there was a GIF of the "Gluttonous Tyrant" Brigantes. His hideous appearance was shown on the interface, with huge cracks flashing scarlet light, and the eyes as big as human heads also emitting unsettling murderous light.

In the lower left corner of the interface, the reward for killing the "Greedy Tyrant" Brigantis is clearly marked:

[Team Mode] × [Single Mode (Reward × 3)]

[Team mode can be played by up to 10 players. When the number of players is greater than 10, all attributes of "Greedy Tyrant" Brigantis will be increased proportionally] [First kill of "Greedy Tyrant" Brigantis - Basic experience +500000, free attribute points +50, "Legendary" quality expertise *1]

[For the first time, reduce the HP of "Greedy Tyrant" Brigantis by 75% - Basic experience value +300000, free attribute points +30, "Epic" quality expertise *2]

[For the first time, reduce the HP of "Greedy Tyrant" Brigantis by 50% - Basic experience value +150000, free attribute points +15, "Epic" quality expertise *1]

[For the first time, reduce the health of "Greedy Tyrant" Brigantis by 25% - basic experience value +50000, free attribute points +5, "rare" quality expertise *2]

[For the first time, reduce the health of "Greedy Tyrant" Brigantis by 10% - basic experience value +10000, free attribute points +1, "rare" quality expertise *1]

【…】

"Brother Meng, I'm going first!"

Thomas said enthusiastically:

"I've already sent an invitation to the group chat of 'Mirror of Glow', come quickly!"

After saying that, Thomas gave the "Shadow of Destiny" - "Team Mode" panel the command to "Start Challenge".

The outline of his body gradually blurred, and his entire body quickly became translucent, and finally disappeared.

He has entered the "shadow space" created by the "shadow of fate" - which is essentially a projection-like method, a reproduction and re-enactment of the difficult and bloody battle he had experienced.

Thomas' teammates soon accepted his invitation. At the edge of the scar, the figures of the eight "Guardians" players gradually faded and disappeared, and began to challenge the "Gluttonous Tyrant" Brigantis.

But only twenty seconds passed.

In the [Chat Channel] and the "Mirror of Glow" guild group, dozens of messages soon appeared.

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: NMD, what is that?

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Holy shit, meet the sharks, my family! What the hell is that full-screen laser?

[Sweating soybeans]: Hahahahahaha, vegetables.jpg
[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Don't shout, you'll be the first one to be killed
【Iron pot stewed crocodile】: Chop silver carp as the vegetable
[Alicia]: The only dish is chopped silver carp
【Thomas the Tank Engine】：

Thomas the Tank Engine: This is outrageous
[Thomas the Tank Engine]: The self-destructive truck did explode, but what if it exploded - it caused more than 4000 damage in one explosion, but it only reduced His health by 0.3%?

【Thomas the Tank Engine】: Huh?
【Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile】: Hahahahaha

[Big Crocodile Stewed in an Iron Pot]: I can’t get the minimum living allowance, but I’m very excited!

[Alicia]: I really like what Little Train said: "The bishop can kill him, but we can't?"

Thomas the Tank Engine: Sorry, that's offensive.

【Thomas the Tank Engine】: The bishop can kill me, but I can’t.jpg
【Thomas the Tank Engine】: The bishop is awesome! (Appreciation)
【Iron Pot Stewed Crocodile】: Hahahahaha

[Sweating Soybeans]: The bishop is awesome!
【……】：……

……

The main city of Latama, the palace.

It was already three o'clock in the afternoon. Luo Xiu watched the whole process of Thomas, the Crocodile and others challenging the "gluttonous tyrant" Brigantes but returning empty-handed. A smile of joy appeared on the corners of his mouth.

He watched the players suffer as if they were playing Souls, and he felt inexplicably happy in his heart - it was like the feeling of pushing "Dark Souls II" to a good friend in his previous life, watching his friend get hit to death by a monster that looked like a dung pile, and then cursing at Miyazaki for letting his horse fly in the sky at the speed of the first universe.

Luo Xiu watched as Thomas and the others only survived for a dozen seconds at the hands of the "Gluttonous Tyrant" Brigantis before dying suddenly. The players then began to have various discussions in the group. At this point, he closed the panel contentedly and prepared to proceed to the next "business".

After all, the players' movements were more of a pastime for Luo Xiu now. He then came to a gorgeously decorated door, and a "throne knight" standing beside him greeted him respectfully and opened the door for him.

Luo Xiu's eyes suddenly opened up - behind the door was an auditorium with a wide view.

"General Thunder" Albert, "General Winter" Lansas, "Holy Deacon" Hubert and other high-ranking officials had already taken their seats at the top. The moment the door opened, they all cast their eyes towards Luo Xiu.

This is the venue for the first strategic meeting since the capture of Latama City.

Also attending the meeting was Klein Fesera, the "Golden Sword Saint" of the Fesera family of the Golden Country. He was seated in the first guest seat and was nodding his head, waiting for the meeting to begin.

The other attendees were high-ranking people above the third level of destiny from the "Border Court", "Church" and "Fangbeiyuan".

When Luo Xiu walked into the meeting room, they all stood up from their seats and bowed to him.

Luo Xiu responded to them with a nod.

At the same time, he had also come to the top seat - the position of the "second seat" on the left side of the first seat, "Thunder General" Albert.

After straightening his robe, Luo Xiu sat down on the throne that belonged to him.

The high-ranking officials who saluted him then sat down one after another. "Thunder General" Albert stood up, and his bright eyes flashing with dark red light swept over the people below him, and announced in a low voice:
"Then, let's start now."

"About our sacred and grand expedition, about our next target - 'Black Gravel Fortress', 'Los Angeles City' or 'Storm City'."

“We’re going to make a decision here.”

……

(End of this chapter)