Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 454 "The Ode to the Elements" by Euan Burroughs (4k4, first update)
General Albert is surrounded?

Luo Xiu looked at the "Throne Knight" Frosa. He was in a very weak state, with wounds all over his body. Blood had stained his entire body like mud. He was breathing heavily under his helmet.

"Mr. Frosa," Luo Xiu asked him, "What happened?"

"..."

"We..." Frosa panted for a while, and seemed to have recovered a little. He said in a hoarse voice under the helmet, trying to keep it as steady as possible:
"In Fafnir City... there are more dark guards than we originally expected."

"The number of elemental followers of the Lost Executioner, Euan Burroughs, the Elemental Chanter, is far greater than we expected!"

"Most of the block has been blocked by them. It has become a complete incineration site... General Albert is still fighting with Euan Burroughs! But because... because the firepower of those elementalists is too fierce, we can't quickly approach and destroy them in such a complex terrain."

"General Albert has issued an order for us to retreat in an orderly manner and try our best to find you and other clergymen and reunite with you and the clergymen..."

"..."

Florosa said a lot at once.

As if he wanted to explain the situation to the "bishop" as quickly as possible, he spoke very quickly, to the point of being a little unclear.

But Luo Xiu could probably understand what he was saying - he had previously asked the "Executioner" Koros's men to open the city gate, and Albert and the [Supreme] Knights charged directly forward and rushed into the city of Fafnir.

Afterwards, Luo Xiu personally witnessed the appearance of the Lost Executioner Euan Burroughs. At that time, most of the cooperating clergy and players of the Advent Legion had not caught up. They seemed to have been cut off by another Fafnir City garrison legion that came to support them.

The [Elemental Legion] led by the "Elemental Bishop" Euan Burroughs and the elemental believers surrounded Albert and his supreme knights, occupied the advantageous terrain, and constantly used long-range means to consume the manpower of the "Border Court".

Now Albert and the knights of the border court can still resist, but the situation has become extremely critical - Frosa and several other "Throne Knights" retreated tactically under Albert's orders. Their abilities could not bring them to advantage in such a battlefield in the streets, so they simply dispersed to reduce unnecessary casualties.

The current situation is only in danger for Albert. Apart from Hubert and the "Nightmare Witch" Samantha, who he encountered, the "Winter General" Lansas is gradually gaining an advantage on the battlefield outside the city.

The players of the [Advent Legion] were also about to break through the blockade and completely annihilate an elite army stationed in Fafnir City. Once they were completely annihilated, they would be able to reconnect with the Supreme Knights at the edge of the blockade, and thus quickly support "Thunder General" Albert and reverse the unfavorable situation he was in.

"..."

This is roughly the information I got from Frosa.

Although there were still many details of the battle that were not clear, Luo Xiu did not ask any more questions. He quickly performed a healing sacred spell and released a ball of light containing healing spiritual power to Frosa, which greatly improved his condition and stopped his worsening injuries.

Frosa could clearly feel that he no longer seemed to be in pain. The burns caused by the "Elemental Bishop" Euan Burroughs and the elemental believers under his command were healing visibly. He felt that after a while of recovery, he would be able to return to the battlefield.

"Go and rest first, Frosa."

In Frosa's ears, he heard the bishop in front of him say to him:
"Find a safe place, Frosa. You must avoid the main battlefield for the time being and stay here. I will go to support General Albert."

"I have basically cleared out the dark guards along the street behind me. It is safe here for the time being. I have also killed the 'Lord of Blood Sacrifice'. If you meet other Border Knights who have retreated, you can let them go to a 'furnace' to rest or take shelter temporarily."

"If there are clergymen and Adventers passing by here, tell them the battle situation here and tell them not to meet up with General Albert and me directly. Instead, tell them to attack directly the rear guarded by the Elemental Bishop Euan Burroughs and his Elementalists."

"...I understand, Bishop."

Frosa agreed and leaned against the wall with his axe.

He watched the "bishop" turn his horse and run towards the direction where the loud rumbling sound came from not far away. Soon after, the bishop's back disappeared from Frosa's eyes.

……

Fafnir City, main street battlefield.

——Boom!
The blazing light surged across the streets, creating deep and shallow potholes on the road surface.

"Elemental Bishop" Euan Burroughs was floating in the air, holding a long whip covered with thorns in each hand, and whipping the air in front of him vigorously. Every whip would bring about a terrifying burst of flames, and raging pillars of fire would rush out above the street!
The figure of "Thunder General" Albert was constantly shuttling and moving in the constantly gushing column of fire.

He raised the huge, crimson sword with both hands from time to time to block the flames blasted out by the "Elemental Bishop" Euan Burroughs, causing the scorching flames to spread to both sides like waves. The trees and wooden buildings on both sides of the road were soon completely engulfed and burned to ashes by the scorching flames!
Albert did feel that the situation was difficult.

——It was quite tricky. Most of the other Supreme Knights who followed him here had already dispersed, and the complex terrain like the main street of Fafnir City was not conducive to Albert's performance. The "Elemental Bishop" Euan Burroughs seemed to have taken advantage of the terrain.

Whenever Albert wanted to seize the opportunity to counterattack, "Elemental Bishop" Youan would "burn" himself on the spot, then turn into a flying flame and dissipate. Not long after, he would appear at a position forty or fifty meters away, and continue to swing the whip in his hand in the direction of Albert, shooting out streams of hot flames.

The elemental believers of the Elemental Legion, the legion under the command of "Elemental Bishop" Euan Burroughs, were scattered at various commanding heights on the main street of Fafnir City at this time, coordinating with their Elemental Bishop to blast Albert with dense flames, preventing Albert from chasing "Elemental Bishop" Euan.

"damn it……"

Even in the midst of waves of terrifying flames, Albert frowned and spat subconsciously -

boom! ! ! ! !
The next moment, more than twenty flashing scarlet flames blasted out from the elemental staffs held by more than twenty "elementalists" from the four directions around, towards the position where Albert was!

Dense, scorching flames immediately enveloped and engulfed him.

The heavy armor on Albert's body was turning red due to the high temperature, as if it was being calcined. The temperature around him was rising rapidly at a terrifying speed, and melted scorch marks appeared on the stone ground!
Albert's pursuit of the "Elemental Bishop" Euan Burroughs was also hindered. Amidst the burning flames, Albert had completely released his surging spirituality, condensing it into substance and transforming it into a shield to protect himself.

He and "Element Bishop" Euan Burroughs were both saints who were good at using "flame" to attack. They had a high degree of "flame" resistance, so even if they were bathed in such a fierce scarlet fire, the damage they received would not be too high. But Albert still felt quite difficult - almost every step he took forward, he would be bombarded with terror from "Element Bishop" Euan Burroughs and his "Elementalists". This made him bear the brunt of the intensive bombardment every time he took a step forward and every time he wanted to make a move, he was bearing great resistance.

However, the distance between him and the "Elemental Bishop" Euan Burroughs was still too far at this time, and the "Lost" Executioner himself was still quite alert, which made Albert unable to seize the right opportunity to exercise "Supreme" control over him.

He raised his head, staring intently at the "Elemental Bishop" Euan Burroughs, who was not far away but seemed extremely "distant". The fire reflected in his pupils was flashing dark red light, and he seemed to see vaguely a sinister and playful expression on the face of the "lost" executioner, as if he was playing with his prey.

And the next moment, in Albert's field of vision, he saw Euan Burroughs suddenly lash out with a fire whip, and two abnormal red flames like fire snakes suddenly appeared in front of him!

"--hiss!!!"

The "snake" wrapped in red flames let out a deep, trembling hiss, and then it moved towards Albert at a blurry speed!

Albert raised his greatsword to block, and the spiritual surge released from his body burst out again, making the shield around him brighter than ever!

He was prepared to deal with all attacks, but in the next moment - the "snake" wrapped in red flames suddenly changed direction and rushed straight to the side and rear of Albert and to a "throne knight"!
“——Ughhhhhhh!!!”

The scarlet flame snake "pierced" straight through the body of the Throne Knight. The flaming shape of the snake instantly dissipated, but on the body of the "Throne Knight", a blazing fire suddenly burst out and ignited!
A shrill howl rang out from beneath the Throne Knight's visor. The horrific blow from the "Elemental Bishop" Euan Burroughs completely penetrated and shattered the Throne Knight's defense!
Albert turned his head sharply after hearing the screams, only to see that the armor that the "Knight of the Throne" was wearing had begun to melt away piece by piece like liquid, and the scarlet flames that were wrapped around him were even burning more fiercely!

It was as if the flesh, blood and spirit of the "Throne Knight" were used as fuel. In the scarlet flames burning on his body, there was a constant stream of "crackling, crackling" small and dense explosion sounds. Soon, the scarlet flames completely burned his heavy armor and began to really burn his body!

“—Aaaaaaaaah!!”

The Throne Knight's howls became more and more miserable. He could no longer stand and fell to the ground, twitching and struggling as he rolled on the ground. He had fallen into despair and tried in vain to put out the fire that was still burning in his body in this way.

Albert watched this scene, and the muscles on his face twitched slightly.

He had seen too many similar scenes in the fierce battles with the Lost Executioner and the "Elemental Bishop" Euan Burroughs.

Without any hesitation, the huge sword in Albert’s hands burst into a blazing crimson. Even in the burning of the terrifying scarlet flames, he turned to the burning throne knight and raised his sword.

“…The Most High grants you eternal glory.”

--boom! ! !

Albert held the huge sword in his hand and slashed down without hesitation and decisively!
The crimson that burst out from the blade of the greatsword in his hand quickly engulfed the burning throne knight and completely turned him into ashes.

He ended the suffering that the "Knight of the Throne" was enduring.

As Albert knew, the throne knight was doomed to die after being burned like that by the "Elemental Bishop" Euan Burroughs.

On a battlefield of such intensity, the flames that were burning his body could not be extinguished with the methods they had now. If he continued to wait, he would only endure more despair and pain of being completely burned into water or ashes.

[Don't give more torture to your comrades who are doomed to die. Death is also a relief when necessary] - This is one of the creeds of the "Round Table". If Albert himself was the one who was doomed to die due to the burning in such a fierce battlefield, and there happened to be another "general" next to him, the other general would do the same.

"..."

When he personally killed a "Throne Knight", the expression on Albert's face became frozen and much gloomier.

The fire in his pupils was still flashing a dark red light. When he looked at the thin and blurry figure of "Elemental Bishop" Euan Burroughs not far away, there was something else in his eyes.

The giant sword in his hand was still emitting a fiery crimson glow. At this moment, he had turned to face the direction of the "Elemental Bishop" Euan Burroughs and raised the giant sword in his hand again.

Under Albert's gaze, as he raised his attacking gesture towards Euan Burroughs, the executioner seemed to smile with disdain and contempt.

But the next moment, Albert's figure disappeared.

Disappeared from the terrifying, blazing flames!

The contemptuous look on the face of "Elemental Bishop" Euan Burroughs also disappeared, and was replaced by an expression of surprise and confusion.

He didn't expect Albert to disappear suddenly, and he had just mobilized his spiritual power to "kill" a throne knight. In a short period of time, he couldn't condense his spiritual power quickly enough to use the next secret technique.

Normally at times like this, the elementalists under Euan Burroughs would cooperate with him and blast flames at "Thunder General" Albert to prevent him from making threatening moves.

But Albert quickly entered a new state by "killing" a throne knight, which was something neither Euan nor his followers had expected!

Although the elementalists quickly mobilized their spiritual power and blasted a surge of flames towards the direction where Albert had been before, Albert was no longer there - there was nothing there!
--boom!!!!!

The next moment, Albert suddenly appeared where the six elemental cultists gathered, and slashed down the huge sword that was bursting with crimson!
Within a ten-meter radius around him, an extremely dazzling, blazing deep red light suddenly gushed out!

“——Aaaaaaaaah!!!”

This time, it was the elementalists under Euan Burroughs who let out the shrill roars.

Albert has radiated all of his surging spiritual energy outward. That spiritual energy is no longer a shield to protect himself, but has turned into a raging flame - a flame that surges, devours, and burns the surroundings!
……

(There is one more chapter, I am coding, I will post some owo first)

(End of this chapter)