Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 510 "Devourer Dragon" Fafnir Ramshanks (7nd update, today 3k~)

When the divine revelations about "Val Fortress" and "Fafnir" appeared on the panel.

Luo Xiu's pupils shrank slightly, and he confirmed again what he saw -

Two "True Ancestor" demons.

And an "Original" demon!

Fafnir transformed into the "Original" demon - in Luo Xiu's memories of his previous life, this did not happen to the "Dragon of Destruction" Fafnir.

If we follow the timeline of "God's Destiny" in the previous life, after Mir used the [Dragon Flame Demon Sword] and [Dragon Breath Scepter] to regain the sanity of the "Ancient Dragon" Quesanx, Fafnir fled back to his old nest, Fafnir City, and was eventually killed by several saints of the "Sixfold Destiny" of the Empire in Fafnir City.

The "Dragon of Destruction" Fafnir becoming the "Original Devil" as seen in the "Divine Revelation" did not happen.

Something has changed... Luo Xiu thought.

He may still have overlooked something, but gradually he has begun to get the clues.

Afterwards, he would go to ask the "Dragon of Justice" Quesanx some questions, but now, he had to respond to the expectations of the "Paladin of the Sky Ring" Davild, the "Holy Deacon" Hubert, and a group of clergy.

The ceremony of "Divine Revelation" has now been completed.

Luo Xiu then slowly lowered his right hand that was holding up the [Holy Grip], and the light emanating from his body gradually faded. He had returned to his normal state - back to the peaceful state that belonged to "Archbishop" Luo Xiu Carlos.

He then gently stroked his holy robe, took a step forward, and walked down from the altar.

Under the devout gaze of all the clergy around him, Luo Xiu came to the front of "Sky Ring Paladin" Davild and "Holy Deacon" Hubert and whispered to them:

"In a moment of the Day, He has revealed it to me."

"Val Fortress... there is indeed our most profound and secretive enemy - traces of the Abyss have appeared there."

When talking about [Abyss], Luo Xiu deliberately lowered his voice——

Because most of the clergy who are not high enough in rank still do not know the true existence of the [Abyss]. Even when in Latama City, players have learned about the "Holy Abyss" through panel detection and have promoted the concepts of the [Abyss] and "Demons", but that is still just a noun concept.

"You mean [Abyss]...?"

When Davild heard the word "abyss", his clear face only raised slightly, and he did not show much surprise, but Hubert's face suddenly showed a very shocked expression.

Hubert uttered this sentence almost without thinking, but when he uttered the first half syllable of "abyss", he realized that he couldn't make it stand out too much, so he deliberately lowered his voice.

"Yes."

Luo Xiu nodded, and he looked at David and Huberte in front of him, and continued in a serious and solemn tone, saying:
"And in that Val Fortress... according to what Great Sun Suyu has revealed to me, there are two 'True Ancestor' demons hiding there, and even one demon that may be the 'Original Ancestor'."

……

"..."

"You said 'Hajime—"

This time, it was the "Sky Ring Paladin" Davild's face that showed extreme shock!
Compared to Hubbard, as a "Sun Knight" with a sixth-fold destiny in the "Holy See" who has been active on the front line of the trial of heretics for many years, Davild has seen more traces of the "Abyss" than Hubbard, but he has never seen a living "Original Demon".

It is said that only the "Saint" Franya, who is responsible for investigating the [Abyss], and an Eternal Knight who accompanied her, have seen an "Original Demon" in a ruin in the Principality. Davild has only heard of this incident, and he has never seen it himself.

And when he heard the oracle from Archbishop Rossu that there were two "True Ancestors" and one "Original" demon lurking in the Val Fortress, Davide felt very complicated.

It was a mixture of excitement and fear - if the oracle of the "Divine Revelation" held by Luo Xiu was true, then they would definitely witness a brand new form of demons that the "Holy Court" had not yet mastered. This was a great achievement, but the premise was that they could survive the hands of the "Ancestor" demon.

The latter was what scared Davild. Because according to the report sent back to the Holy Court by the Saint, a demon from the "Original" had the same or even greater strength than a saint from the "Sevenfold Fate". And the demon from the "Original" that the Saint had found had been seriously injured for some reason. Otherwise, even if she had an "Eternal Knight" as her personal attendant, she would have been in an extremely dangerous situation.

This is the information that Davild has.

……

When Luo Xiu finished describing what he saw from the "Divine Light Oracle" to the "Sky Ring Holy Knight" Davild and the "Holy Deacon" Hubert, he was also observing the reactions of the two saints in front of him.

In his narration, he actually concealed some things - for example, he concealed the fact that the "Original Demon" was transformed from the "Dragon of Destruction" Fafnir. Hiding this information was for other purposes, and it did not affect Davild and Hubert's corresponding judgment on the impending crisis in Val Fortress.

"..."

"I understand, Luo Xiu."

Davild nodded and said.

Even though his heart was in turmoil after hearing what Luo Xiu said, he quickly calmed down this turbulent state of mind that was not conducive to rational thinking, and his clear face regained its calm and composure.

"Then I'll take charge, Luo Xiu."

Davild then whispered to Rossouw and Huberte:

"I will go to the Supreme and negotiate with Lord Gawain and Sir Stuart. My Knights Templar and I will go to Val Fortress to investigate first. If there are any valuable discoveries, I will send someone back to inform you as soon as possible."

"Okay." Luo Xiu also nodded solemnly and gave Davild a solemn response:
"May the light guide you for a moment - the light will illuminate your path, Lord Davild."

……

Afterwards, the "Sky Ring Paladin" Davild led his Knights Templar, temporarily separated from the expeditionary force, and headed towards the Val Fortress first.

The "Holy Deacon" Hubert also has his mission - after learning this information from the "Divine Revelation" ceremony conducted by Luo Xiu, Hubert temporarily left the expeditionary force. He will go to Songyuan City and return to the Grand Church to report to Archbishop Sid about the information about the "Abyss" and "Demons" in the Val Fortress.

This is a two-pronged preparation - Luo Xiu does not expect to completely purify and eliminate the disaster that has already been brewing in the Val Fortress with the existing combat power of the expeditionary force alone.

It only takes Hubert about a day and a half to return to Songyuan City and inform Archbishop Sid of the possible crisis in the Val Fortress. Archbishop Sid will then report it to the "Holy See", and the Holy See will send additional saints to reinforce this side. The whole process will not take more than four days.

In this regard, the "Holy See" is undoubtedly efficient - and the "Original Demon" is also enough to attract the highest level of attention from the Holy See.

Luo Xiu remained in the expeditionary force and continued to move towards the Val Fortress with the clergy of the church.

As the "Archbishop", Luo Xiu must stay here in the current situation.

His identity has become a symbol of glory in the expeditionary army. As long as he is there, no matter what kind of difficulties the expeditionary army will face, the morale of the army can at least maintain a certain degree of stability and avoid irreparable chaos.

……

And after the "Sky Ring Paladin" Davild and the "Holy Deacon" Hubert left temporarily.

Luo Xiu then summoned and rode on the "Golden Pegasus" Pegasus again, and rode it back into the sky.

Returning to the sky, Luo Xiu looked down at the mighty expeditionary force, watching it still spreading like a long dragon towards the direction of the Val Fortress.

Except for a very small number of high-ranking people, no one knew what had just happened, and what they would face when they arrived at the foot of Val Fortress in two days.

"..."

While looking down, Luo Xiu slowly raised his arms.

A deep red light appeared on the back of his right hand, and the engraved patterns of the sword and dragon claw gradually appeared. He had established a brief spiritual connection with the "Dragon of Justice" Quesanx.

Soon, in Luo Xiu's mind, the deep voice of Quesanx emerged——[You called me... for what, Luo Xiu? ]

"I want to ask you more about Fafnir, the Dragon of Destruction, and Quesanx, the Dragon of Justice."

Also in his mind, Luo Xiu said to "Quesanx".

He had never asked Quesanx much before, because Luo Xiu was not very curious about Fafnir, the Dragon of Destruction - most of the abilities displayed by Fafnir that he had seen were basically within the scope of the abilities displayed by Fafnir in his previous life.

But now it was obviously an abnormal situation. Luo Xiu suddenly wanted to know more about how Fafnir of Red Lotus controlled the ancient dragon of Authority, and analyze how he was contaminated by the Abyss.

【…】

【What do you want to know...? 】

"Because of the characteristics of the Red Lotus... if the extraordinary people of this destiny want to sublimate or advance to the next destiny, they must "fuse" with monsters, gods, or other spiritual beings."

In his mind, while thinking, Luo Xiu slowly said to "Quesanx" -

"But, 'Justice Dragon' Quesanx. It is obvious that 'Destruction Dragon' Fafnir, he only controlled you, but did not merge with you."

"So, what was the one he first tried to 'fuse' with... or in other words, what was the other ancient dragon that allowed his ancient dragon bloodline to be purified to this point and that he first successfully 'fused' with?"

"..."

【…】

silence.

There was a long silence.

In Luo Xiu's mind, in the long and somewhat tormenting silence, he could faintly hear the wind-like breathing sound coming from Quesanx.

After a long time, the voice of "Quesanx" came again in Luo Xiu's mind.

[The first one to fuse with Fafnir was the 'tyrannical' ancient dragon. ]

[That was a dead ancient dragon. Fafnir's 'fusion' lasted for a long time - and at first, he only got the divine heart of the 'tyrannical' ancient dragon, and it took him more than ten years to completely absorb it.]

【But in fact...】

['Dragon of Destruction' Fafnir, he did not just fuse... or in other words, he did not just usurp the power of one ancient dragon. ]

[He has seized the power of 'tyranny', the power of 'domination', the power of 'protection'... From what I know, he has seized the spirituality and power of at least thirteen ancient dragons.]

[Finally, he merged the spirit and power of the ancient dragon that he had 'devoured', thus filling his own power to... or rather, shaping it to perfection. And from then on, he got the name 'Fafnir'.]

"You got...Fafnir's name?"

When "Quesanx" was narrating to the middle, Luo Xiu asked Him.

And he also received a positive answer from "Quesanx" -

【Yes. 】

【He was given the name "Fafnir".】

[And that should be the name of the "Devourer Dragon" Fafnir Ramshanks. ]

【…】

"..."

"……alright."

Luo Xiu nodded calmly, responded to "Quesanx" in his mind, and said:

"I already know."

"Thank you, Quesanx the Just Dragon. There is nothing more I want to know."

【…】

In Luo Xiu's mind, "Quesanx" let out a heavy breath. His deep voice was no longer heard, and then he severed the spiritual connection with Luo Xiu.

"'The Devouring Dragon', Fafnir Ramshanks..."

Luo Xiu murmured the name of this "ancient dragon".

He already knew vaguely that this might be the source of the change.

In the previous life, it was not the Devouring Dragon that infects the [Abyss], but also the dragon that is truly fused with Fafnir, and now it has infects the [Abyss].

And then, He merged with Fafnir - it was not impossible.

If this is true, it can actually prove another thing -

The time when the great seal imposed on the [Abyss] is actually loosened may be earlier, and much earlier.

And that must have been before Fafnir and the Devouring Dragon achieved fusion - otherwise, the Devouring Dragon Fafnir Ramshanks would not have been infected by the [Abyss], and the various disastrous scenes seen in the "Divine Revelation" would not have occurred.

As for the known source of the loosening of the seal of the Abyss - the loss of the Abyss Scripture at the bottom of the Seventh Abyss, the time when it actually disappeared from the bottom of the abyss must be much earlier than the time when he came to the "Apocalypse World".

Although I still don’t know what this means, at least I have figured out some things.

"..."

At this moment, Luo Xiu's mind was racing with thoughts, and he was thinking deeply about these things.

But as he continued to think, Luo Xiu felt a slight headache - it felt as if the more he thought about it, the more fog-like fragments appeared.

Luo Xiu also knew that this kind of myth was actually meaningless in the current situation, so he rubbed his temples, trying to clear these mixed thoughts from his mind. At the same time, he opened the panel and opened the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel].

In order to divert some attention - in the panel, Luo Xiu also saw that there seemed to be some more eye-catching news in the chat group of the "Mirror of Glow" guild.

That "President" Thomas - he seems to have successfully sneaked into the Val Fortress.

Although he didn't know how he sneaked in, Luo Xiu was indeed interested.

It was in the group chat that "Thomas the Tank Engine" said that he had successfully put on a set of dark guard clothing and infiltrated a dark army.

He seemed... to be preparing to follow the two "Black Fangs" to the garrison area for a round of rotation.

Thomas was planning to hack into one of the "Black Fangs", put on his outfit, and then sneak into the military restricted area of ​​the Val Fortress.

Wish him all the best.

……

(End of this chapter)