Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 493 The final victory, the kill settlement!

Hoffman is dead.

Ever since the "Dragon of Destruction" Fafnir escaped from this battlefield, Hoffman has been the only "Sixfold Fate" leader of the Dark Army here - he is dead!

His death was a signal that spread rapidly across the entire battlefield like a virus.

On the battlefields of the Dragon Skeleton Plain, "Thunder General" Albert Perez, "Winter General" Lansas Thorne, "Holy Deacon of Purification" Hubert, and "Lionheart General" Pampas Dorland had all seen Hoffman's fall from afar.

……

Albert opened his mouth subconsciously, his pupils trembling slightly, and his reason made him try hard to calm himself down, but he was unable to do so in a short time.

Two minutes ago,
The three executioners who were fighting with Albert withdrew from the battle almost at the same time.

That was almost the same time when the "Dragon of Destruction" Fafnir withdrew from the battlefield. Albert wanted to chase one of them, but the "Nightmare Witch" Samantha released a thick gray fog at the same time, blinding Albert's vision.

When the gray fog cleared, Albert could no longer see any of the three executioners - they had disappeared into the chaos of the army and strangely "disappeared from the face of the earth".

No one in the expeditionary force knew where they fled to.

Albert was thus "free", and he was able to witness the entire battle between Rossum, Fafnir, and Hoffman.

He didn't expect that the "Bishop" Luo Xiu would bring him such a shocking surprise as soon as he came back, and Albert had also clearly felt that the spiritual surge emanating from the returning Luo Xiu was fundamentally different from when he had just left Fafnir City. Luo Xiu had successfully been promoted to the "Sixth Destiny"!
This feeling made Albert feel quite complicated, and this complexity was uncontrollably reflected on his face.

"How on earth did he do that..."

Albert murmured softly.

……

On the other side is "Winter General" Lansas——

Before, he was engaged in a fierce battle with the "Silver-blooded Dragonborn" Quilhe. Unlike Albert, Lansas gradually gained the upper hand in the fierce battle.

When the "Dragon of Destruction" Fafnir escaped, the "Silver-Blooded Dragonborn" Quel'her was distracted - he was then pierced through the chest by the ice spikes condensed by Lansas, and was frozen into a huge ice sculpture by the power of the "Pale Crown"!

Now, at Lansas' feet was the body of "Silver-Blooded Dragonborn" Quilhe, which had been shattered into pieces by the shattered ice sculpture.

Lanzas killed him.

The Winter Knights under Lansas also wiped out most of the Dragon Legion led by Quilhe, achieving a complete victory on the local battlefield.

But Lansas of "Winter" could not feel the joy of victory at all in his heart.

His usually gentle face was now unusually cold. His eyes, which were always slightly closed, were now open, and his icy blue pupils looked towards the still surging red fog in the distance, towards the direction of the "bishop" Luo Xiu.

"He is indeed very dangerous..."

……

"Holy Deacon" Hubert, he and "Lionheart General" Pampas, had rushed out of the city of Fafnir one after another and went to the edge of the battlefield to block Fafnir's reinforcements.

Those who came to support Fafnir were also Fafnir's executioners and the dark legions they led.

There are two legions in total - the Dragonborn Legion led by "Silver-blooded Dragonborn" Quirad, which is also one of the most powerful Dragonborn Legions under Fafnir; the other is the "Steel Lord" Sodrik with the fifth destiny of [Kutu], who leads the Iron Legion composed entirely of [Kutu]'s extraordinary people.

But as luck would have it - just as they arrived at the battlefield, that was when the "Dragon of Destruction" Fafnir decided to retreat.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the "Silver-Blooded Dragonborn" Quillard led the Dragonborn Army to retreat on the spot.

But the "Steel Lord" Thordrik was eager to fight, and he led the equally eager steel warriors to rush into the core of the battlefield.

The target that Hubert and Pampas had previously blocked was the "Steel Lord" Sodrik and his Steel Corps who had intruded into the core battlefield.

The result was obvious - only one out of ten Iron Legion warriors who were trapped in the center of the battlefield managed to break out alive. And the "Steel Lord" Thordrick had his head smashed by Hubbard's Sin Purifying Hammer, and then was chopped from the shoulder blade to the waist by the "Lionheart" Pampas with a double-edged giant axe.

The executioner of [Ku Tu], the "Steel Lord" Sodrik died on the spot.

The Lionheart General Pampas, who had finally killed him, slammed his giant axe heavily on the ground, and stroked his brown beard with his other hand. He looked sharply and fiercely at one side of the battlefield, and at the same time, asked the Holy Deacon Hubert beside him:
"The 'bishop' Ross Carlos that you often talk about, is he him?"

"It's him." Huberte nodded.

Hubert's tone was filled with pride. After all, in many senses, Luo Xiu could be considered to have been promoted by him.

Even though Luo Xiu has now successfully been promoted to the "Sixth Fate", the fact that he has long been optimistic about him and supports him will not change. Hubert thought about this, and then he listened to the "Lionheart" general Pampas next to him continue to ask:
"Huh, really impressive. So, he was the one who killed the 'Lord of Blood Sacrifice'?"

"It's him too." Hubert nodded solemnly and proudly again.

"..."

The Lionhearted Pampas did not ask any further questions.

He just looked at the red fog that was still rolling in the distance, his eyes narrowed, and no one knew what he was thinking.

……

After beheading the "Hidden Sage" Hoffman, in the surging red mist, Luo Xiu dismounted from the back of Pegasus and squatted in front of Hoffman's body.

The mithril ring on his right finger touched the dead Hoffman at the same time. Under the cover of the still surging crimson light mist, he quickly used the skill of "soul manipulator" to pull out Hoffman's soul from the corpse.

After being promoted to the "Sixth Fate", Luo Xiu no longer needed such cumbersome steps to extract the soul. In a scene of spiritual chaos like now, finding the right opportunity to recover the soul was just a matter of course.

At the moment of killing the "Hidden Sage" Hoffman, the soul of this "Sixfold Fate" saint was the first thing Luo Xiu wanted to retrieve. It would be used to make the "Lost" god of his contract, and upgrade the "False Guardian" Amber to a "Chaos Spirit".

Luo Xiu was planning these in his mind.

After the soul of the "Hidden Sage" Hoffman was recovered, the red mist gradually dissipated after about ten seconds.

At the same time, the "Golden Sword Saint" Klein rushed over to Luo Xiu. He first looked at the body of the "Hidden Sage" Hoffman, which had been almost burned to charcoal on the ground, and then looked at the "Bishop" Luo Xiu, whose holy robe was a little damaged. A complex expression seemed to appear on his face for a moment, and he said:
"You killed him... Lord Luo Xiu."

"This false sage of the 'Hidden Omniscient One', Hoffman. I have failed to kill him several times, but you have done it like this."

"..."

"It was you who seriously injured him, Lord Klein."

Luo Xiu looked towards Klein Fesela, a humble and calm smile appeared on his face, and he said:
"It was your sword that pierced him first, so I had a chance. Now that Hoffman the Hidden Sage is dead, you have fulfilled the contract."

“…I guess so.” Klein nodded.

He opened his mouth again, as if he wanted to say something, but quickly swallowed it back.

Luo Xiu could probably guess that the "Golden Sword Saint" in front of him, Lord Klein Fesera, probably wanted to ask him whether he had really succeeded in being promoted to the "Sixth Level Destiny".

But Klein didn't ask any more questions in the end - although he was curious, Klein still knew clearly that he and the expeditionary force were just "mercenaries".

He knew clearly what to ask and what not to ask. He had already seen some things and knew that knowing too much would not be good for him.

During this process, Luo Xiu just watched him with a smile.

Then, Luo Xiu saw Klein's left hand stretched out to the prosthetic hand of his right hand, pressed hard on the back of his hand several times, and heard the sound of the mechanism turning and opening, and took his sword from the prosthetic hand.

The blade of the long sword had been bent in many places - before, when he and Hoffman were engaged in a fierce battle, he used this sword to repeatedly pierce through the puppets that attacked him.

Then, Klein pulled out the old blade from the hilt, took out a new blade from the storage bracelet, inserted the new blade into the sword groove of the hilt, and then fixed the carved long sword back to the prosthetic hand in his right hand.

Luo Xiu watched as the "Golden Sword Saint" Klein quickly completed the process of changing swords. Klein then stood up and asked Luo Xiu:
"My original target, Hoffman, is dead. Now, what should I do?"

He asked Luo Xiu for instructions in this way - because the one who actually signed the "Golden Contract" with the Fesera family was Luo Xiu, not anyone else in the expeditionary force.

Luo Xiu gently raised the hand holding the scepter, and the scepter was pointing to the central battlefield -

"Go and assist the others, Lord Klein."

Luo Xiu said to Klein:

"It is inevitable that we will win this battle, but there are still enemies resisting stubbornly." "Go and eliminate them to reduce unnecessary casualties. This is also part of the agreement."

“…Okay.” Klein nodded.

He then raised his sword and rushed towards the battlefield where the fighting was still fierce.

Immediately afterwards, waves of brilliant golden sword light surged out, and the sword of the "Golden Sword Saint" Klein began to give equal death to the dark army that was still resisting.

After a brief observation, Luo Xiu also joined the battlefield.

There are no enemies posing a huge threat left on the entire battlefield of the Dragon Skeleton Plain.

The next step is to push forward the completion of the [Disaster of Quesanx] mission as much as possible until the battle is over, then you can return to the city in triumph and complete this "annihilation" difficulty mission.

……

The entire defense of Fafnir City lasted for nearly three hours.

The fierce battle lasted almost from early morning till dawn, and the expeditionary force finally wiped out almost all the dark army that resisted stubbornly on the battlefield.

There were only a few living dark soldiers left on the battlefield.

Most of the Dark Army were killed, a small part were captured, and only a very small number of Black Fangs and Fang Heads took advantage of the chaos to escape the battlefield. Several leaders of the expeditionary force, including Luo Xiu, Albert, and Lansas, had also sent clergymen and royal guards to pursue them.

At this moment, "Bishop" Luo Xiu was riding on a golden Pegasus and staying in mid-air.

He was looking down at the battlefield below—

On the already cracked plain, rivers of blood flowed out from piles of broken flesh and blood.

The strong smell of blood lingered for a long time, and even the whistling wind seemed to be wailing.

This defensive war that started with the return of Fafnir, the "Dragon of Destruction", has finally come to an end.

And at the edge of the battlefield farther away - where the dust was faintly rolling, the army belonging to Lord Gawain, who had been chasing the "Dragon of Destruction" Fafnir, was finally approaching the battlefield.

If he had not restored the sanity of the "Ancient Dragon" Quesanx in advance, the battle would have continued. It would indeed require the arrival of reinforcements led by Lord Gawain to truly put an end to it.

"..."

Luo Xiu was thinking about this.

It is foreseeable that when he returns to the battlefield or to Fafnir City, there will be many things that he needs to deal with or "explain".

And now - now that the battle has just ended, several important settlements can be made.

Luo Xiu then opened the panel.

First, the reward for killing the "Hidden Elder" Dilzak is calculated.

[Kill "Hidden Elder" Dilzak (lv.56), gain 18678 basic experience points]

【…】

["Noble Divine Punishment" takes effect, gain 32 free attribute points]

[Rewards settlement, actual experience points gained: 37356! ]

【…】

[“Hidden Elder” Dilzak is a disaster-level boss]

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

【…】

[Kill rewards generated]

[Obtain the expertise "Mystic Scholar (Rare)", free attribute points*10]!
[Mystic Scholar (Rare): You have found the door to the mystery.]

[Your "Wisdom" attribute +12. When drawing runes, the basic success rate increases by 20% and the mana consumption decreases by 20%. ]

【…】

Next, it is time to calculate the reward for killing the "Hidden Sage" Hoffman.

[Kill "Hidden Sage" Hoffman (lv.69), gain 74686 basic experience points]

[Hidden Sage Hoffman (lv.69) is 9 levels behind you]

[Kill above your level! Gain 90% extra experience points...]

[“Burning Soul” takes effect…]

[“Evil Soul” takes effect…]

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

[The highest attribute of "Hidden Sage" Hoffman is "Wisdom"]

[You gain: "Wisdom" attribute +10]

["Noble Divine Punishment" takes effect, gain 64 free attribute points]

[Rewards settlement, actual experience points gained: 216589! ]

【…】

[“Hidden Sage” Hoffman is a annihilation-level boss]

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

【…】

[Kill rewards generated]

[Gain the expertise "Touching the Wall of Truth (Legend)", free attribute points*20]!
[Touching the Wall of Truth (Legend): You have touched the Wall of Truth and met the "Truth". He does not give you His wisdom, nor His answers, but only allows you to think about His thoughts - think about "what is the truth". ]

[Your "Wisdom" attribute increases by 86 points. Your "Spell Attack" gains an additional 5 times the "Wisdom" attribute calculation base, and your "Mana" gains an additional 10 times the "Wisdom" attribute calculation base.]

[When you use a skill, there is a small chance (6%~12%) to reduce skill cooldown by 100% and reduce mana consumption by 100% (except for authority skills). When you use the [Intelligence] destiny skill, this chance doubles (this effect can be turned off).]

【…】

"……good."

Luo Xiu looked at the two settlement specialties displayed on the panel, the "rare" quality specialty "Mystic Scholar" and the "legendary" quality specialty "Touching the Wall of Truth", and nodded with satisfaction.

These are all pretty standard [Intellectual] destiny specialties.

Although the improvement to oneself is not as huge as the destiny adaptation feat, it is not small either.

The small chance of refreshing the skill cooldown given by [Touching the Wall of Truth] can sometimes work wonders. Overall, it's pretty good.

Luo Xiu then confirmed the settlement result, then closed the mailbox panel and looked at the "task panel".

His eyes then fell on the task bar of [The Scourge of Quesanx] - this "annihilation" difficulty task is now in a state where it can be settled!
He then put his palms together and began the necessary and ritualistic "sacrifice" steps.

"--mission completed."

Afterwards, Luo Xiu gave instructions for panel settlement.

……

(End of this chapter)