Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 456 Settlement and Encounter (5k2, first update)
After parting with "Thunder General" Albert, Luo Xiu went straight to another district of Fafnir City, trying to find Hubert's whereabouts.

At the same time, he paid attention to the real-time movements of the expeditionary players in the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel], and monitored the battle situation remotely.

The players who had entered the city were about to annihilate the last line of defense of the Dark Legion stationed in Fafnir City, and were about to meet up with the "Border" Knights who were at the forefront of the charge.

Most of the clergy of the church were also with the players of the [Advent Legion], providing them with long-range assistance and firepower support.
During the time from when he descended to the bottom of the blood cave until he killed the Lord of Blood Sacrifice, the casualty rate of the church's clergy was not too high. The players did indeed play the role of meat shields very well...

Luo Xiu was thinking about all this while quickly browsing the messages shared in real time by other players on the panel. It seemed that Thomas, Da Crocodile and other players from the "Mirror of Glow" guild had encountered some tough problems, but they were not that difficult to solve.

While browsing the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel], Luo Xiu mainly wanted to find Hubert's current whereabouts, but he did not get any useful information from the players.

After Hubbard separated from the "Winter" general and followed the players of the [Legion of the Advent] into the city of Fafnir, he soon encountered the "Nightmare Witch" Samanthaia, and the other players who followed him were killed instantly on the spot. After that, no player witnessed Hubbard's appearance.

Luo Xiu went to the district where he last disappeared - the western district of Fafnir City, and searched for it. However, even he could not sense the aura of "Holy Deacon" Hubert.

Luo Xiu had a strange feeling, but he could only ignore Hubert's affairs for now. Luo Xiu knew that Hubert had just received a Level II authority from Archbishop Sid, and his strength had been greatly strengthened. Generally speaking, it would not be easy for him to get into trouble...

But it was hard to say, because that "Nightmare Witch" Samanthaya from the [Nothingness]... Luo Xiu still had some impression of her in his previous life.

"The Nightmare Witch" is a "hidden profession" in the fifth level of [Nothingness]. Although "The Nightmare Witch" does not have particularly strong offensive and damaging abilities, the effects of her main abilities can be described as hell.

Although that ability does not pose a big threat to the players and herself who still has a panel, it poses no threat to Hubert... Although "Holy Deacon" Hubert's hard power exceeds hers, he is also easy to be tricked.

Luo Xiu was still a little worried.

But at least, the executioner of Nothingness, the Nightmare Witch Samanthaya, must be alone now, without any other executioner to assist her.

"Elemental Bishop" Euan Burroughs had been killed by himself, Koros had long been one of his own, and the last "Alien Demon" Barcard Frederick was fighting fiercely with "Winter General" Lansas outside the southeast gate of Fafnir City. "Nightmare Witch" Samanthaya, who did not have many means of attack, might be able to entangle and trap Hubert, but she could not kill him.

"..."

Thinking about these.

Luo Xiu then rode on the golden Pegasus and quickly went to every corner of the western city of Fafnir, allowing the "Eye of the Lunar Eclipse" to separate into fog shadows, and then arranged those fog shadows here to monitor any place where the "Holy Deacon" Hubbert might appear.

After finishing all this, he went to the southwest and northwest urban areas of Fafnir City, which were connected to the west urban area, and arranged the fog shadows differentiated by the "Eclipse Raven" in the foggy night there. Then he returned to the direction of the original southeast gate of Fafnir City, preparing to go to support "General Winter" Lansas.

Before that, he was in a state of being out of combat. The health and mana consumed in the previous fierce battle with the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" and the surprise attack on the "Elemental Bishop" Euan Burroughs had now been fully restored. Now he was in his prime and could enter the battle at any time.

Before he actually rushed to the southeast gate of Fafnir City to support the "Winter" General Lansas Thorn, he could just settle a wave of kill rewards.

——The reward for killing [Lost] Executioner, "Song of the Elements" Euan Burroughs has been calculated!

"I sacrificed Albert to be single for ten years..."

"I offer Lansas ten years of singleness..."

"I sacrificed Thomas to be single for ten years..."

"..."

After thinking about it, Luo Xiu made two more "sacrifices" -

"I'll sacrifice Connor to be single for ten years..."

"I offer Huberte ten years of celibacy..."

"The Great Shepherd of Purification" Connor and "The Holy Deacon of Purification" Hubert, they should still be fighting fiercely with the enemy in places that I can't notice.

Since I have become my own "sacrifice", nothing will happen! .jpg
Thinking about these things metaphysically in his heart, Luo Xiu had already completed a wave of necessary sacrifices. He then opened the panel, stared at the red dot that was flashing a striking light, and gave the panel the command to "receive" -

[Kill "Song of Elements" Euan Burroughs (lv.47), gain 10224 basic experience points]

["Burning Soul" takes effect, gain 20% additional experience points]

["Evil Soul" takes effect, gain 30% additional experience points]

["Extremely Evil Soul" takes effect, gain 50% additional experience points]

["Noble Judgment" takes effect, gain 16 free attribute points]

[Rewards settlement, actual experience points gained: 20448! ]

【…】

["Song of the Elements" Euan Burroughs is a disaster-level boss]

[Rewards for killing the disaster-level boss are being generated...]

【…】

[Kill rewards generated]

[Obtain the expertise "Fire Burner (Rare)", free attribute points*10]!
[Fire Burner (Rare): You are a dancer of fire—the bright red flames dance wildly with you.]

[Your "divinity" attribute +6. The "fire" attribute damage caused by you increases by 10%, and the "fire" attribute resistance penetration increases by 10%. At the same time, you will cause additional damage to the target that has been damaged by the "fire" attribute caused by you. The damage amount is 50% of the mana consumed by your attack (not exceeding 50% of the total amount of basic "fire" attribute damage this time). The additional damage type is "fire" attribute damage. ]

【…】

"'Fire Burner'..."

Luo Xiu murmured.

Looking at the settlement of "Song of Elements" and the "rare" quality expertise obtained by Euan Burroughs, Luo Xiu was quite satisfied.

Because now I have used [Dragon Flame Demon Sword] and [Dragon Breath Scepter] to cause two waves of burst damage, which accounts for a very large proportion of my total output.

The bonus related to the "fire" attribute damage is never too much, not to mention that this expertise also gives a very rare bonus related to "resistance penetration".

However, by calculating the reward for killing Euan Burroughs, the "Song of the Elements", the "Executioner" of the fifth destiny, he now obtained a "rare" quality expertise -

This means that the expertise rewards for killing saints at this level have indeed reached saturation. Unless you find an enemy like the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice", who is one of the most advanced enemies in the "Fivefold Destiny", you will not be able to get any better expertise.

Luo Xiu was thinking about this.

While thinking in his mind, he had also confirmed the result of this kill reward calculation, and then closed the panel.

At this time, riding on the "Golden Pegasus", Luo Xiu was almost at the east gate of Fafnir City.

It was in Luo Xiu's field of vision, at the end of his field of vision - the figure of the "alien demon" Bakad Frederick, standing on the high walls of Fafnir City, appeared vaguely there.

He was raising his strong arms high, and the "dragon scales" all over his body that were shining with eye-catching light were fully opened, and hot, scarlet flames were spewing out of them.

His entire body was enveloped in the scarlet "flame" that was gushing out from the inside out, and the aura of the [Red Lotus] was rising step by step!
Sometimes, dozens of icy spikes shining with crystal light would be thrown from outside Fafnir City and the direction of the Dragon Skeleton Plain towards the "Alien Demon" Baccard.
But before those sharp and slender ice spikes like lances can actually penetrate Baccard's body, they will be melted by the burning fire gushing out from Baccard!

"——Roar!!!!" Although Luo Xiu was still a long distance away from the "alien demon" Bakad Frederick, he could clearly hear the deafening roar coming from the dragon-born executioner.

At the same time when Baccard let out such a deafening roar, the roars of monsters from all over the surrounding area seemed to be "responding" at the same time!

“——Roar, roar, roar!!!”

The huge and fierce roars overlapped and collided with each other, causing the air around Luo Xiu to vibrate noticeably, making Luo Xiu feel a very powerful push from the front!

Feeling this, Luo Xiu stared at the back of the "alien demon" Baccard from afar, and a look of joy and excitement suddenly appeared on his face——

The executioner of [Red Lotus]... "Alien Demon" Baccard may be even stronger than imagined!
That was the candidate for sainthood who would be transformed into the new "Apostle of the Holy Abyss". The "alienated demon" Bakad showed stronger strength than expected, which was a good thing for Luo Xiu.

Luo Xiu did not stop and rode on the "Golden Pegasus" Pegasus, speeding towards the direction where Baccard was.

……

--clang!

A dull, teeth-grinding thumping sound vibrated from the hammer face of a steel-forged war hammer.

There was a sound of something breaking, and a "Black Fang" of the Dark Army had just received a blow from the war hammer and his head sank deeply.
Blood spurted out from his eyes, nostrils and corners of his mouth like a burst water pipe. He flew outward in a spin, and after a moment he fell flat on his face into the gullies on the ground that had cracked open due to the fierce battle.

He was dead - Thomas, who had completed the final kill of "Black Fang", rushed forward, raised his war hammer and hit "Black Fang"'s face a few more times, smashing it into a bloody mess.

After that, he jumped back, opened the mailbox panel, and glanced at the kill reward that had just appeared.

"Huh...dead."

Thomas switched the warhammer from his right hand to his left hand, raised his right hand slightly out of habit, wiped the thick sweat from his forehead, and said:

"Laying off the last blow is a good habit!"

"..."

As he was sighing, half to himself, his teammates - Da Yu, Alicia and Huang Dou, as well as other players from the "Mirror of Glow" guild, gathered from nearby towards Thomas's location.

They had just experienced a bloody battle. A "Descender Squad" of 20 people followed the Border Knights and rushed into the city of Fafnir.
But because most of their players didn't have such a thing as a "mount" - they were quickly left behind, along with the church clergy who were also walking, and so they steadily advanced deeper into the city of Fafnir.

Today's players are more like "infantry units" - compared to the [Supreme] Knights in the border court, players can be more flexible in the intricate streets and battlefields of Fafnir City.

Thomas and his men were originally following the main force, but the [Elemental Legion] suddenly appeared - hundreds of elemental cultists led by an executive belonging to [Lost]. As they followed the Border Knights deep into the city of Fafnir, they launched a fierce bombardment on them!

Because the positions occupied by the elementalists were basically commanding heights, and it was difficult to reach those positions in a short period of time, the players were somewhat embarrassed by the fierce flames.
Most players no longer chose to join a group, but instead went deep into the streets and alleys of Fafnir City in the form of "squads" and began to kill the dark guards stationed in the city in small groups.

This is how Thomas, Daguai, Huangdou, Alicia and others "fled" from the eastern city of Fafnir to the southern city.

Perhaps because they went too deep, they gradually lost sight of their expeditionary teammates around them, while there were still Dark Army guards nearby who were constantly surrounding them, and the situation became somewhat critical for a while.

"hiss……"

The big crocodile hissed, slammed the large Paladin sword heavily to the ground, and leaned against the wall behind him to take a short rest.

"We should be safe here for the time being..."

The crocodile said, "We went too deep. But we couldn't withstand the firepower of the Elementalists of the [Elemental Legion] before."

"Damn it, there's another slave army behind us... and..."

"Why are there 'players' in the slave army?"

——Player!
It was during the fierce battle in Fafnir City that they encountered players from the "Dark Duchy" camp on a large scale for the first time!

Through the information previously released in the [Player Forum], Thomas knew that there was indeed a small number of players who initially chose to land in the territory of the Dark Principality - but that was only a small number.

The Dark Principality was slow to realize the identity and specialness of their "descenders", which made many players who first descended into the Dark Principality not do very well.

Most of the players in the Dark Principality eventually chose to go the solo route, or simply abandoned their accounts and started training new accounts in the Nolan Empire, the Golden Kingdom Federation, and the Holy Tower Church.

Since embarking on the "expedition" against the Dark Principality, Thomas, Big Crocodile and others have encountered other players in the Dark Principality, but this is the first time they have encountered such a scale!
Those were the players they encountered as they moved deeper into the South City from the East City of Fafnir.

Although their number was small compared to the size of the players in the expeditionary force, they still existed - the total number of "slave troops" encountered by Thomas and the Crocodile was about six or seven hundred, and among them there were about sixty "players"!
That was discovered when the panel was detecting those "enemies". Generally, when detecting ordinary Dark Army guards, the first column would show that they were NPCs, but the enemies encountered before were different - the first column in the panel detection of them clearly showed "Adventers"!
As for orthodox "players" like Thomas and Big Crocodile, the first column of their respective character panels shows the level after "id", and then the "adventurer" logo.

This was enough to explain the identities of the "enemies" they encountered - those "players". At that time, those players screamed and rushed towards where Thomas, Crocodile and others were.

Then, the players of the "Mirror of Glow" guild fought with them while fleeing in the direction where the guards were fewer in number and weaker in strength. After finally getting rid of them, Thomas, Crocodile and other players of the "Mirror of Glow" finally came to their current hidden location.

While those "players" were chasing Thomas and the crocodile, they were shouting something loudly.
But what reached Thomas and the others' ears was just a series of vague and somewhat sharp noises, and Thomas and the others could not understand what they were saying at all.

And it didn't seem to be a language that Thomas and the others were familiar with, like English, Russian, Japanese, French, etc. It might be some language that couldn't be any smaller... Thomas thought.

"I still... huh, this is the first time I've encountered a team of players from the True Dark Principality."

Thomas said:
"But I remember that most of them were in jail, and I just tried to add them as my friend, but no one responded to me. They just kept hunting us down."

"Shouldn't the players who were part of the expeditionary force become rebel ninjas? What's the difference between this and joining the national army in 1949?"

"..."

After Thomas finished speaking, Huang Dou continued to tease half-jokingly:

"Maybe it's because games like God's Destiny are isolated from each other, and the server platform data can't communicate with each other? This is too un-'black technology'!"

"..."

"Hmm. I guess they are not connected. I can't add them as friends even if I apply."

Alicia also nodded and said:

"But the strength of those players... is also limited."

"On the [Player Forum], we can only see messages from players who chose to 'initialize' in the Dark Principality on the same platform. On the [Chat Channel], we haven't unlocked the world channel yet, so those should be players who 'logged in' to God's Destiny on a different platform from us..."

She made such guesses, and her teammates nodded in agreement.

However, although Thomas, Daguai, Alicia, Huangdou and others were discussing this, they were somewhat surprised by the appearance of those "slave army" players in Fafnir City, but they were not too surprised.

Just think of this as a battlefield with a newly added pvp section.

Moreover, killing those slave army players can also get the same experience rewards as killing ordinary NPCs, so there is no difference.

Just kill it!
……

(End of this chapter)