Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.
Chapter 482 Apostles of Balance
Chapter 482 Apostles of [Balance]
That was the source of the extremely strong smell of blood that Luo Xiu had smelled earlier.
These apostles who followed "Revelation" and worshipped "Balance" have obviously been dead for a long time.
The blood in their bodies had been drained, but thanks to the extraordinary properties bestowed by "Apocalypse", their flesh did not rot, but instead appeared to be in a "dried" state.
...Why are there so many corpses of Balance apostles here?
When Luo Xiu saw them, this was the first question that came to his mind -
In Luo Xiu's memory, he had only seen these apostles of Balance three times in the entire "War of Judgment" in his previous life.
I have never seen them in this life. I didn't expect that the first time I saw them would be here, and there were a large number of corpses of [Balance] apostles!
This was not a good sign - Luo Xiu knew that the only reason for the appearance of these [Balance] Apostles could only be the emergence of factors that would lead to the destruction of [Balance].
This is not actually decided by the Apostles of Balance. In a sense, they actually have "no" will of their own to a large extent.
They are the agents of the absolute will of the "Ring of Apocalypse". And the judgment of "Apocalypse" on the threat also comes from itself - that can only be a real threat to the entire "Apocalypse World".
Such as the 2.0 version of "Scarlet Tide" and the 3.0 version of "Abyss Upside Down" in the previous life.
In the 1.0 version of the "War of Judgment" - in the eyes of the apostles of "Apocalypse", it was not a serious threat to the "Balance", because it was actually just a dispute between forces that broke out on the "Continent of Fanor".
The reason why Luo Xiu saw the three apostles of "Balance" in his previous life was during the final battle of the "War of Judgment".
On the battlefield of the final battle, the absolute strongest men of the "Sevenfold Fate" on both the Empire and the Principality came out together. Even the "Supreme Emperor" Augustwell the Great and the "Dark Duke" two demigods fought fiercely, and in a physical sense, a corner of the Fanor Continent was almost wiped out. Only then did the apostles of [Balance] show up, and they showed up three times within a week.
But that clearly shouldn't be the case now.
In the intelligence about "Alfonso Durant" that Luo Xiu had, it was obvious that Bishop Alfonso had not reached the level of "demigod" like Emperor Augustuswell and the Dark Duke.
In the records left by the "Holy See" about Bishop Alfonso, he was just a "divine bishop".
The corresponding extraordinary level is only "Saint", which is the fifth level of destiny. Although Luo Xiu can imagine that Alfonso's true strength is far more than that - Bishop Alfonso has at least six levels of destiny, or even the true strength of seven levels of destiny, but he is definitely not a "demigod".
In the seal script left by Bishop Alfonso, he himself had written: "I can no longer ascend. The path of 'authority' is broken and blocked, and the path of 'glory' has no godhood."
There is some other information hidden in this, but it is enough to show that Bishop Alfonso Durant did not become a "demigod".
In Luo Xiu's memory, some of the laws about "balance" that he summarized in his previous life were -
The easiest thing to judge so far is that only when a large-scale bloody battle breaks out between beings who have at least reached the "Sixth Fate" or above, or even the "Demi-God" level, and completely threatens the foundation of the "Apocalypse World", will the Apostles of the "Balance" appear and intervene to eliminate the threat.
The more powerful the beings that threaten "Apocalypse", the stronger the Apostles of the Balance who respond to the threat will be, and the more they will appear.
There is another situation - something that should not have appeared in the "Apocalypse World". When the apostles of [Balance] discover it, they may eliminate it before it becomes a real threat. This does not need to be defined as how strong the "threat" is, it is enough to just mark it as a threat that needs to be "eliminated".
The latter corresponds to the major versions in the previous life, which are version 4.0 of "Resurrection of the Gods", version 5.0 of "The Coming of the Evil God", and version 6.0 of "Fallen World" - in the judgment of the will of the "Ring of Apocalypse", it is an internal "pathology" or a foreign substance that invades this world from the outside.
As Luo Xiu was thinking about all this, he was actually a little wary of the latter - he actually didn't quite know whether he, who had a player panel but was not actually a true "adventurer", could be considered an alien invading this world from the outside.
And he also set foot on [Glory] and [Abyss] at the same time... Although it is said that the "Heart of Revelation" has given these two contradictory destinies the possibility of integration, but with so many buffs added up, Luo Xiu is always a little worried.
But at least [Balance] hasn't come to cause trouble for me yet...
Then just assume that in the eyes of the "Ring of Apocalypse", you are still a weak, pitiful and helpless little kitten... It's useless to think more, on this point, you can only take one step at a time.
Luo Xiu thought about these things in a divergent way.
But what we should pay more attention to now is not whether [Balance] will pay attention to us, but the matter about "Alfonso Durant" - why there are so many corpses of [Balance] apostles in this "cave" left by the former Bishop of Divine Glory!
"..."
Suddenly, Luo Xiu realized another thing...
His previous judgment was that Bishop Alfonso Durant should not attract the attention and pursuit of so many Apostles of Balance.
But he quickly overturned this judgment - because he realized that he had overlooked Bishop Alfonso's background at the time.
The past when Bishop Alfonso was active - that was the period of the "Holy War"!
The holy war that broke out a hundred years ago could indeed have gathered dozens or even scores of "Sevenfold Path" saints. It was a war of faith and power between the "Holy See" and the Theocracy, which did meet the conditions of a "threat" that could shake the foundation.
The turning point of this war was when Bishop Alfonso Durant proposed to the Holy See that the extraordinary people with different destinies should be accepted to convert to [Glory], so as to rapidly expand the fighting power of the Holy See during the Holy War.
Then it is quite understandable that Alfonso Durant was hunted down by the apostles of [Balance]. Because Bishop Alfonso could be regarded as the key turning point for the "Holy See" to reverse the situation in the Holy War, it was quite normal for him to be killed by the "Ring of Apocalypse".
It was only in this cave that Bishop Alfonso Durant perfectly accomplished his counterattack against the Apostles of Balance.
"..."
Luo Xiu was thinking about this in his mind.
He had already filled in many details in his mind. At this moment, he looked at the bodies of the apostles of Balance piled up at the foot of the stone table in front of him, which indeed confirmed his conjecture on this part.
But there is still something that makes Luo Xiu feel confused.
For example, on both sides of the cave, on the stone walls that were polished to be as smooth as a mirror, Bishop Alfonso left a seal script, saying - [I have dedicated myself to the revelation of God].
This should be the literal meaning, that is, the individual "Alfonso Durant" has become the new apostle of "Balance".
It is still unknown whether this happened before or after the apostles of the Balance who appeared in the cave were killed. But one thing is known, that is, the fact that "Alfonso Durant" devoted himself to the Balance was not mentioned by the Holy See or the Empire.
They were most likely unaware of this matter - in other words, this should have happened after the Holy See handed Bishop Alfonso over to the Supreme.
Because from what he knew, when Bishop Alfonso was taken away by the Supreme, he was only the "Bishop of Divine Glory" with the fifth destiny - after that, Alfonso should have escaped from the control of the Supreme.
After that, Alfonso continued to advance to the sixth or even seventh level of destiny by following the power of [Authoritativeness] that he had already acquired, and imprisoned the "Spirit of Authoritativeness" Hastia with the power of [Glory]—
Hastia might have been Alfonso's guide to the power of authority, but Alfonso later betrayed him and, after his own strength surpassed Hastia, he dominated him instead.
That’s probably it… Luo Xiu thought.
This is an inference based on known information. Although there are still many doubts, the general outline of what happened to Bishop Alfonso should be pretty accurate.
Now, Luo Xiu was thinking about other things - why did "Alfonso Durant" finally devote himself to "Apocalypse"? What kind of experience did the "Aqua Durant" mentioned by the old man in Kasiwo Village have? And the "Spirit of Authority" Hastia...
Luo Xiu then looked at the bodies of the [Balance] apostles in front of him.
There were obvious wounds on their chests. The chests of the corpses were completely shriveled, and the "heart" was completely drained out.
This is truly "heartfelt." Perhaps that is what Bishop Alfonso did. If he dedicated himself to the "revelation" just to do something like this, to achieve some purpose, then...
Is it for "ascension"? Devoting oneself to "balance" is indeed the most convenient and fastest way to become a "demigod", but it requires a huge price to pay.
Or for something else...
"..."
"..."
Suddenly, an answer emerged in Luo Xiu's heart...
“——【Heart of Revelation】!”
If Alfonso Durant killed these apostles of [Balance], it was for the [Heart of Apocalypse]!
Then, it would all make sense why he killed those apostles of Balance and devoted himself to Apocalypse.
He wants to break through the bottleneck of becoming a "demigod"!
Because Alfonso Durant is the same as himself, both are extraordinary people who have embarked on multiple destinies, and the "Balance" ability of "Apocalypse" can indeed reconcile the contradictions between destinies!
In this way, people who are on the path of destiny in the "Apocalypse World" can indeed see more opportunities to become "demigods" -
Luo Xiu knew that there were only a limited number of positions for those who could break through the "Seventh Level of Destiny" and become a demigod.
In the seal script left by Bishop Alfonso, the path of glory no longer has divinity, which expresses this.
After the "Evil God's Descend" in the previous version 5.0, this was not a big secret to the players. But for the players who could only be promoted to the "Sixth Fate" at that time, it was more like a background setting.
If the conjecture is true, what Alfonso wants to do is equivalent to achieving the ascension of [Balance] with a different spirituality - possessing the "Heart of Revelation" may be able to break free from the control of the "Ring of Revelation", achieve self-maintenance of self-divinity, achieve [Balance] outside of [Balance], and thus ascend to a new throne outside of the nine paths of destiny!
Alfonso Durant, that's why he wants to steal the heart of Apocalypse!
If this is the case, then the number of Balance Apostles killed by Alfonso is definitely not just the ones that Luo Xiu saw before his eyes.
To truly achieve such a feat of stealing the heart of "God", the number of [Balance] apostles that need to be killed will be a hundred times, a thousand times, or even ten thousand times what Luo Xiu saw!
But Alfonso must have failed in the end -
The "Ring of Apocalypse" will never tolerate the apostles of "Balance" destroying "Balance" from within. If Bishop Alfonso really thinks so, it is tantamount to being under the attention of "Apocalypse" and enabling himself to transgress "Apocalypse"!
If this is true, then Alfonso's ending...or current situation, will definitely not be good.
But he finally succeeded.
Because the [Heart of Revelation] - that inheritance has been passed down to oneself.
In other words, it was Alfonso who finally integrated the stolen "Heart of Apocalypse" into Durant's blood.
And the "Heart of Apocalypse" was finally passed on to himself, who also has the "Durant" blood flowing in his veins!
He himself is the successor of this "usurpation" of Apocalypse, and the reason why the [Heart of Apocalypse] awakened in an individual named "Rosius Durant" after hundreds of years is that it is Alfonso Durant's last gift to his own bloodline.
This is a heritage that comes from blood - he truly obtained the [Heart of Revelation] and used it to merge two completely opposite destinies. With the help of the [Heart of Revelation], he indeed did this, and did what that "Alfonso Durant" had never done!
Luo Xiu thought to himself.
He subconsciously raised his right hand and pressed his palm lightly on the left side of his chest - he could feel his own heavy heartbeat.
When Luo Xiu thought about all this clearly, he felt as if a fog that had been shrouding his head for a long time suddenly dissipated.
He suddenly understood too much...but because of this, he felt that he had to bear more things all of a sudden.
He already had a vague premonition that he would sooner or later be regarded as a threat by the apostles of Balance, and be hunted down by them just like Bishop Alfonso had been.
Because of his "Heart of Revelation" and his "Durant" bloodline, it was only a matter of time before he was targeted by the "Balance". He had always been alert to this, and now, everything he discovered and figured out in this cave once again sounded the alarm for himself.
Moreover, he had another premonition - at some point in the future, he might encounter "Alfonso Durant" of [Balance].
That would be... a scene of enemies rather than friends.
"..."
Luo Xiu was thinking about this.
But these are just guesses. It's just that for now, they are the guesses that are closest to the "truth" -
That could take a long time to verify.
But now, Luo Xiu could clearly feel that his heartbeat had become heavier, and every beat was like a thunderous drumbeat.
It’s too early to think about this now—
In other words, even if he knew this, there wasn't much he could do now.
Now I am only at the "sixth level of destiny", which is still a long way from the level of a true "demigod" and the "eighth level of destiny".
Only by continuing to advance can we see through the fog and know more——
And now, there was only one last thing he had to do in this cave.
Luo Xiu's gaze then turned to the thirty-six-sided, cracked dark red crystal placed on the stone table.
That is the "cage" that seals... the "Spirit of Authority" Hastia.
Luo Xiu stepped forward quietly and raised his arms.
His right hand had gently stretched out towards the surface of the "cage".
……
(End of this chapter)
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