Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 495 "Heavenly Knight" Stuart (5k)

Lord Gawain arrives.

It was on this morning after the triumphant victory in the defense of Fafnir City that the lord finally led the main force of Songyuan County and arrived at Fafnir City.

"I have received your reply, Sir Albert."

Luo Xiu looked at Albert and responded to him in an official and formal manner, saying:
"Hubert and I will head to the East Gate immediately."

"Okay." Albert nodded.

He didn't say anything more, but turned his horse around with the "Winter" general Lansas and galloped towards the east gate of Fafnir City.

The other "Lionheart" general, the "Pampas Dorland", was looking at Luo Xiu with a scrutinizing gaze. There was a bright yellow light flashing in his eyes, like a lion ready to hunt.

While Pampas was looking at Luo Xiu, Luo Xiu was also looking at him.

Although it was their first real meeting, Luo Xiu had already learned some details about this "Lionhearted" general through some prior investigations.

He is the defender of the Pampas Fortress, and ranks fourth on the "Round Table" of the Supreme in Songyuan Territory, after Lansas of "Winter".

Like Lansas of "Winter", Pampas of "Lionheart General" has not only the [Supreme] destiny, he also has a second destiny of [Bitter Tea], and his rank is the fourth level.

In fact, ever since he knew that this "Lionhearted" general had arrived in Fafnir City, Luo Xiu had been deliberately guarding against him.

Because one of the "Order Killers" who had been seen in the magic crystal ball at the bottom of the blood cave of the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" was a knight of the divine seal of the "Lionheart Knights".

The reason why Pampas is the general of "Lionheart" is that in addition to his branch profession of the Divine Seal Knight, he was also a member of the "Lionheart Knights".

Luo Xiu was not interested in the transfer of the Supreme, but the arrival of Pampas was still sensitive to him. In addition, he had already sensed the vague hostility from the "Lion Heart" Pampas, so he could basically confirm some things.

Although the armor and weapons of the "Lionheart General" Pampas in front of him are different from those of the "Order Killer" seen in the magic crystal ball, it cannot be ruled out that Pampas was entrusted to test himself.

While thinking about this, Luo Xiu also saw that the general of the "Lionheart" opposite him, Pampas, raised his chin and spoke to him:
"This should be the first time we meet, the 'bishop' of the church."

"Indeed." Luo Xiu responded with a smile.

"..."

The atmosphere suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

"Lionheart General" Pampas, after saying that "greeting", he stopped talking and just stared at Luo Xiu with his bright yellow pupils, with the corners of his mouth sliding down slightly.

Obviously, Pampas' attitude towards Luo Xiu was not friendly, and could even be described as indifferent.

He naturally had that kind of [supreme], superior attitude, which reminded Luo Xiu of the first time he met General Albert of "Thunder", when Albert also had the same distant and indifferent attitude.

At the same time, Luo Xiu felt a tingling sensation all over his body, as if an electric current had run through him. He knew that it was Pampas the Lionheart who had done something.

Pampas is [examining] - with his [supreme] spirituality, he wants to spy on himself, penetrate himself, and thus see through himself.

Although Luo Xiu was spied on and examined like this almost every time he dealt with the Supremes, the spying from Pampas seemed particularly strong.

The rich spirituality was not concealed at all, to the extent that even the "Holy Deacon" Hubert next to him was a little surprised - but Pampas was obviously wrong.

His "Perception" attribute was even lower than Luo Xiu's "Resistance" attribute, so he could not see through anything in his first round of spying on Luo Xiu.

In Pampas's perception, he felt that he was just spying on an impenetrable high wall.

"…snort."

Under Luo Xiu's smiling gaze, Pampas snorted.

His bright yellow pupils then dimmed back to a deep dark yellow, and then he turned and left.

Luo Xiu watched his departing back. In fact, Luo Xiu had anticipated Pampas's "spying".

But this is also a reminder of some kind, because Lord Gawain, whom he is about to meet again, and another "Knight of Heaven's Will" Stuart, may do the same thing to him.

Although he had the ability of the "Fallen Angel" Tatia, which could provide him with the necessary cover, facing a "Knight of Heaven's Announcement" who also had the sixth-fold destiny, this level of concealment might not be effective.

"..."

Thinking of this, Luo Xiu watched as Lionheart Pampas' figure disappeared at the end of the street, and then opened the panel.

In his "Attributes" column, he had accumulated more than 600 free attribute points.

His main "divinity" attribute is now high enough, higher than the average value of the "Sixth Destiny" with "divinity" as the main attribute, which can guarantee the strength at the combat level to a great extent.

But the security aspect is equally important - next, in order to more stably resist the spying from the "Sixth Fate" and even the "Seventh Fate", Luo Xiu gave all of the more than 600 accumulated free attribute points to "Resistance"!
Soon, the attribute value of "resistance" jumped from one thousand two hundred points to nearly two thousand points!
This is already Luo Xiu's second highest attribute value, and it exceeds half of his "divine" attribute.

In Luo Xiu's expectation, with the protection of the "Fallen Angel" Tatya, it was enough to resist the hostile detection of most of the "Sixth Fate" or even the "Seventh Fate".

Until these are completed.

He then turned his gaze towards the "Holy Deacon" Hubert beside him. A faint smile appeared on his face, and he said:
"Let's go, it's time to go to the east gate to meet the 'Lord'."

"...I feel," Hubert said with some concern, "that general 'Lionheart' seems a little unfriendly."

"Be careful, Luo Xiu. Although you are the Archbishop of the Sixth Fate, Pampas is the Supreme after all. At this time, it is best not to attract any unnecessary trouble."

"..."

"I will. Hubert."

Luo Xiu responded with a smile and nodded lightly.

……

Fafnir City.

The east city gate - there is actually no "city gate" here anymore. All that remains is the terrifying huge pit blasted out by the previous "ancient dragon" Quesanx.

Gray smoke was still rising from the terrifying pit. From time to time, there were bursts of small explosions. The burning embers were still not extinguished, and were flashing mottled scarlet in it.

"Bishop" Rossouw and "Holy Deacon" Hubert, following the previous notification and invitation of "Thunder General" Albert, have come to the location of the original east gate of Fafnir City, and have seen Albert, Lansas, and Generals Pampas who have been waiting there.

Behind them or to their sides were all the [Supreme] triple destiny and above royal guards, arbitrators, throne knights, and inquisitors.

There are also two deans of the "Fangbei Academy" who have brought their intellectual generalists here. They have already received notifications from Generals Albert and Lansas.

All the clergy of the church who have reached the "triple destiny" and above came here along with "Bishop" Rossio and "Holy Deacon" Hubert.

At this point, all the high-ranking members of the expeditionary force have gathered, and on the Dragon Skeleton Plain, not far from the city of Fafnir, a line of dust has begun to rise.

Luo Xiu was already looking into the distance——

At the end of his vision, he could vaguely see a figure riding a huge dragon vulture.

That was the "Knight of Heaven's Proclamation" Stuart - behind him were hundreds of "Knights of Divine Seal" and "Knights of the Throne" riding on dragon eagles.

——【Dragon Eagle Knights】!
The "Dragon Eagle Knights" are the same as the "Lionheart Knights" that Pampas once belonged to. They are a branch of the empire's most elite "God's Seal Knights".

Stuart, the "Knight of Heaven's Proclamation", was the leader of the [Dragon Eagle Knights]. He was the first to lead the Knights from the imperial capital to the border battlefield to join the main force of Songyuan led by Lord Gawain.
After that, Stuart, together with Lord Gawain, engaged in a long tug-of-war with Fafnir, the "Chief Executioner" of Fafnir.

This happened when Luo Xiu had just embarked on the Holy Expedition - in fact, the main battlefield of the Songyuan Territory-Fafnir Territory war zone was where the "Knight of Heaven's Word" Stuart and Lord Gawain were.

After that, the Holy Court sent a "Knight of the Sun" and the Sage's Tower sent a sage to assist Stuart and Lord Gawain. Fafnir was finally defeated and fled on the battlefield of the decisive battle under the large-scale siege of the three "Sixfold Fate" saints and the powerful imperial army.

Later, Fafnir attempted to retake Fafnir City, and the Fafnir Defense Battle broke out in the early morning of the previous day.

"..."

Luo Xiu recalled these.

At this time, he and Hubert had walked along the edge of the giant pit and arrived outside the city of Fafnir, and came before Albert, Lansas and several other [Supreme] generals.

"Greetings, Master Albert, Master Lanzas, and Master Pampas."

Luo Xiu and Hubert extend their greetings to several [Supreme] generals.

Albert and Lansas nodded in response. Seeing the serious and tense expressions on their faces, Luo Xiu and Hubert came to the right side of the generals and stood there waiting for the arrival of the "Knight of Heaven's Proclamation" Stuart and Lord Gawain.

……

About ten minutes passed.

The smoke and dust rising in the distance had become thick and clear in Luo Xiu's eyes.

At the same time, he could clearly see the figures of Stuart, the "Knight of Heaven's Word", and Gawain Bakar, the "Knight Commander of the Throne".

The "Knight of Heaven's Proclamation" Stuart, who rode on a huge dragon vulture, was wearing a full-coverage silver-white armor inlaid with scarlet patterns.

At this moment, he was holding the reins of the dragon vulture in one hand and holding a slender red giant lance in the other hand. The dragon vulture under him spread its wings at the same time and soared towards the location of Albert, Lansas and other [Supreme] generals!
"--Roar!!!"

The dragon eagle let out a deafening roar at the same time. It was a magical beast at the "Destruction+" level, and it was the mount that symbolized Stuart's status as the leader of the "Dragon Eagle Knights".

When Stuart rode the giant dragon eagle and soared towards him, the row of dragon eagle riders behind him also rode their dragon eagles and soared into the sky at the same time.

"--roar!!!!!"

Their sharp and high-pitched roars overlapped in the sky, and soon, all the Dragon Vulture Knights "descended" in front of the expeditionary army defending the city!
This powerful [Dragon Eagle Knights] was the greatest reliance of "Knight of Heaven's Will" Stuart and Lord Gawain in their final victory over Fafnir's black dragons.

Their greatest strength lies in their ability to firmly occupy the "air supremacy" of the entire battlefield - looking at the entire Fanor continent, there are only a handful of fighters with the same control over the sky as the "Dragon Eagle Knights".

According to intelligence reports from the main battlefield, a total of seventy-two black dragons were shot down, killed, and controlled by the "Dragon Eagle Knights" on the battlefield of the decisive battle.

That's almost half of the number of "black dragons" controlled by Fafnir.

Earlier, during the battle to defend Fafnir City, the "Ancient Dragon" Queshanx lost control, causing half of the black dragons to escape Fafnir's control. In the end, the number of black dragons that fled the battlefield with Fafnir was almost reduced to one in ten. Now, there are only about thirty black dragons left in Fafnir's hands.

"..."

Luo Xiu was thinking about these things in his mind.

Throughout the whole process, he only focused on the "Knight of Heaven's Proclamation" Stuart, until Stuart, riding the giant dragon eagle, arrived in front of him.

Luo Xiu also performed a panel detection on Stuart.

"The Knight of Heaven's Word" Stuart is a lv.78, [Supreme] sixth-level saint.

His strength was already at the peak of the "Sixth Fate" level. He even had two highest attributes that were invisible to Luo Xiu at the moment, namely "strength" and "perception".

Stuart's third highest attribute is "Constitution", which is shown as high as 2434 points in the panel, and converted into health points exceeding .

"..."

More fleshy than me...

Luo Xiu silently compared his own attributes with those of "Stuart". Now Luo Xiu's health points have accumulated to 740,000, but there is still some gap with "Heaven's Knight" Stuart. He always feels a little dissatisfied in his heart.

Then, he saw “Thunder General” Albert, “Winter General” Lansas, and “Lionheart General” Pampas took off their helmets at the same time and saluted solemnly and respectfully to the “Knight of Heaven’s Announcement”—

"I pay you my highest respects. May the Most High bless you, Lord Stuart."

The three generals showed their respect to Stuart from the bottom of their hearts.

In fact, this "Knight of Heaven's Proclamation" Stuart has another connection with the "Round Table" of Songyuan Territory - before Albert, Stuart was the "chief" of the Round Table Hall of Songyuan Territory - the Law Department, and Albert was only the second seat.

After Stuart was promoted to the sixth level of the [Supreme] destiny, he was summoned by the Imperial Court to join the "Knights of the Divine Seal" as the leader of the Dragon Eagle Knights. Only then was Albert promoted to the chief of the Round Table.

It had not been long since Stuart had taken up his post at the Imperial Court—only about seven years.

In the clear memories of the thirteen Knights of the Divine Seal of the "Round Table" today, they still feel heartfelt respect for the "Chief" Stuart, because Stuart has served in the position of "Chief" for nearly fifty years, which was also the most glorious fifty years of the "Round Table Hall" in Songyuan Territory.

Seeing his former "subordinates", Albert, Lansas and Pampas, bowing respectfully to him, Stuart nodded slightly.

Then, he also held up the helmet with both hands and took it off, revealing the fierce face covered with scars under the helmet.

It was a somewhat horrifying face - the flesh on the left half of the cheek had been completely scraped off, revealing the jawbone, and the right eye was a hollow hole, as if the eyeball had been lost in some battle.

But it was this horrible face that made Albert, Lansas and Pampas stand in awe - they knew what Stuart had experienced.

A "smile" also appeared on Stuart's face - it was a creepy, even hideous smile.

"You did a great job, Albert, Lanzas, and Pampas."

Stuart, the Knight of Heaven, said in a calm and hoarse voice:

"I have heard about your achievements. You were able to defend Fafnir Castle from the hands of the 'Dragon of Destruction' Fafnir, and even defeated and expelled Fafnir from the battlefield. You can say that you built this achievement by working together with my Dragon Eagle Knights and Marquis Bakar's main force."

"I am truly proud of you. Later, I will report to the Marquis and give you rewards that match your achievements."

"Thank you, Lord Stuart."

Albert thanked Stuart respectfully and gratefully.

Then, the gaze of "Knight of Heaven's Warning" Stuart finally turned to Luo Xiu.

Just by bearing his gaze, Luo Xiu inexplicably felt a sense of pressure.

Even though he was at the same level as Stuart, the "Supreme" temperament that Stuart exuded intentionally or unintentionally, coupled with his face that could be described as "ferocious", still made Luo Xiu a little nervous, and his heartbeat quickened slightly.

Before Luo Xiu could greet Stuart, Stuart spoke first.

"Yes, 'Rosius Carlos' from the Red Maple City Church."

Stuart looked at Luo Xiu, a light flashed in his eyes, and a smile appeared on his face as he greeted:

"The 'Sun Knight' Dawild who was traveling with me, and Archbishop Sid Lawrence, have already mentioned you to me, Mr. Ross Carlos."

"I'm Stuart. The leader of the Dragon Eagle, Stuart. I'm very happy to see a new Archbishop rising up."

"You should be the second saint to be promoted to the sixth level of the destiny of [Glorious] in Songyuan Territory in the past twenty years, Mr. Luo Xiu Carlos. I hope you will be a good 'ally' for us."

As he spoke, the dragon vulture under Stuart's seat lowered its slender neck.

Stuart walked down the ground along its neck, came in front of Luo Xiu, and extended his right hand to Luo Xiu.

……

(End of this chapter)