Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 535: "The Holy Sword" Monine Scadi
"Saint" Franya, her voice is still like a wind chime, with a trace of coldness, ethereality and divinity.

This was the first time that Franya took the initiative to greet Luo Xiu.

It was also the first time that Luo Xiu came face to face with Her Highness the Saint at such a close distance.

It was different from the time when I saw her in Songyuan Cathedral, when the "Saint" Franya sat on the throne, giving me a high, noble and sacred feeling.

This time, when meeting the saint again, Luo Xiu felt that she was equally valued or treated equally.

"I am also looking forward to this meeting, Her Highness Franya."

A calm and gentle smile appeared on Luo Xiu's face. His left hand was lightly placed on his right chest. He bowed slightly and performed the sacrament to the "Saint" Franya in front of him. Then he took a step forward and gently extended his right hand to the Saint.

That is no longer just a "glory", but an imperial etiquette.

A moment of surprise appeared on Franya's face.

A pale golden light flowed through her clear amber eyes. She seemed to be thinking about something for a moment, and then she extended her right hand to the youngest "Archbishop" of the Holy See in front of her.

The two hands were gently held together.

……

Beside the "Saint" Franya.

"Eternal Knight" and "Sword of the Most Holy" Monine, she witnessed the scene where "Saint" Franya Mayerling and "Archbishop" Ross Carlos held hands.

The two youngest "Sixth-fold Destiny" saints in the "Holy Court" at the moment - the nineteen-year-old "Saint" Franya, and the "Archbishop" Luo Xiu, who was also promoted to the Sixth-fold Destiny at the age of nineteen, their handshakes always give Monine a trance-like feeling.

Even though she was already a top warrior in the Holy See, second only to Pope "Holy Crown" Lorende and "Captain of the Dragon Blood Knight" Demoster in terms of combat power, Monine herself was not promoted to the sixth level of the [Glory] destiny until she was thirty years old.

Even though Monigne still looks quite young today, her actual age is actually nearly sixty years old.

She was looking at the two people in front of her, Franya and Luo Xiu, the two girls and boys who could truly be called "geniuses", and she always felt a little emotional.

It was just that Luo Xiu seemed to have expressed to the Holy Court several times that he was not willing to accept too much training from the Holy Court, and too many resources were tilted. Monine always felt a little confused and regretful about this.

But it was not until she saw the youngest "Archbishop" Ross Carlos with her own eyes that she felt relieved.

Perhaps, as Luo Xiu had conveyed several times, he said that his destination was the battlefield of judgment and the preaching of holiness. His current level and achievements seemed to have proved this point.

It turned out that the sun was watching him and protecting him for a moment.

Monigne couldn't help but think so.

And looking in front of him, there were Franya and Luo Xiu holding hands.

Monine always felt that this scene might be proven to have very important historical significance at some time in the future.

"..."

"Mr. Luo Xiu."

While thinking about this, Monine looked at the "Archbishop" Luo Xiu in front of the Saint, and greeted him:

"We are here for the matter of the 'True Ancestor Demon' and the 'Original Demon'. However, it seems that you have solved these problems."

……

After Monine finished speaking.

Luo Xiu and Franya also loosened their clenched hands and took a step back, looking towards Monine, and performed the holy ceremony piously and respectfully to the "Sword of the Most Holy" of the Seventh Fate of [Glory].

In front of him was the "Eternal Knight" with golden hair like a waterfall, wearing holy armor as bright as the sun, with a bright but not dazzling glow emanating from the outline of the armor, and his hands lightly pressing on the hilt of the holy sword that was resting on the ground.

From the perspective of secular aesthetics, "The Holy Sword" Monine can definitely be said to have a perfect appearance, like the human manifestation of a holy angel.

However, the fierceness and divinity that emanated from her completely overshadowed this point, so that people would not subconsciously associate her with blasphemy.

In Luo Xiu's mind, he was also thinking of something else -

Even in the "God's Destiny" of his previous life, what he is facing now is the strongest of the "God Hunter" Knights Templar, who is also the leader of the "God Hunter", the "Sword of the Holy" Monine Scardia.

This was also the first time that Luo Xiu saw the real "Sevenfold Destiny" after he traveled to the "Apocalypse World" - a saint who had reached the "limit of human beings".

An extremely strong aura emanates from Monine, which even exceeds the concept of "spirituality" and reaches the concept of "divinity".

That is different from the concept of the "divine" attribute in the panel, but it is the concept of "God's spirituality" itself that really belongs to it.

It was also the first time that Luo Xiu felt such an aura from a saint who was still a "human".

When facing the "Sword of the Holy" Monine, Luo Xiu conducted a panel detection on her, and the result showed -

Apart from her level being visible as "lv.94", there are only two basic attributes that can be seen, namely "Agility" which is 5898, and "Perception" which is 2467.

This is almost approaching the highest attribute of the "Dragon of Justice" Quesanx, who has the status of a "Protoss"!

"..."

While thinking about these in my mind.

Luo Xiu stared directly into Monine's fiery golden pupils, while silently raising his "resistance" attribute to three thousand.

"Greetings to you as well, Master Monigne."

On the way here, Prandell had introduced the Knights Templar of "God Hunter" to Luo Xiu.

Then, Luo Xiu said naturally and modestly:

"Perhaps the scenes that appeared in my 'Divine Revelation' did disturb my comrades. I'm sorry, but - the scenes I saw were real, including those 'scars' and the two 'True Ancestor Demons'."

"..."

When Luo Xiu responded to the "Sword of the Most Holy" Monine.

The "Sky Ring Paladin" Davild has also taken over Luo Xiu and greeted the "Saint" Frya.

Davild's greeting was formal and official.

And Luo Xiu's gaze had already passed in front of him and looked at the "Saint" Franya and behind Monine.

Behind them, eight Templar Knights with a Fate of the Fifth Level of Glory or above stood respectfully.

Including the newly returned 'Sun Knight' Prandell, there are a total of two 'Sun Knights' and six 'Radiant Knights'.

And there is another "High Deacon" standing solemnly among the "God Hunter" Templar Knights - that is the "Holy Deacon" Hubert!
Hubert seemed somewhat embarrassed, as if he felt some strong sense of oppression next to the Templar Knights of the "God Hunters".

Traveling with the "Saint" who had only lived in legend before, and Lord Monine, the "Sword of the Holy" who also lived in legend, did make Hubert feel a lot of pressure.

Previously, Hubert had basically only been active in the Songyuan Diocese. Among the "Fivefold Destiny" saints of [Glory], he was considered young and less experienced.

Before joining the expeditionary force, Hubert had never seen many saints with the "sixth destiny" except Archbishop Sid, let alone the "seventh destiny" -

And when he saw Luo Xiu, his eyes lit up as if he had seen a savior, but he still stood there like a sculpture, not daring to move even a little.

"..."

When he saw Hubert again, for some reason, Luo Xiu inexplicably wanted to laugh.

But he held back and indeed maintained his image in front of the "Saint" Franya and the "Sword of the Most Holy" Monine.

After Luo Xiu responded to Monine's greeting, he then saw that the face of the "Sword of the Holy" seemed to relax for a moment, as if some burden had been lifted.

"After those 'scars' emerged in the Val Fortress, the blasphemy and disasters within did not spread on a large scale. This is indeed rare in our journey to trace the traces of the Abyss."

Monigne said:
"You have made great contributions. Especially you, Mr. Ross Carlos. If our schedule was not so busy, we would have returned to the Holy Court with Her Highness the Saint and publicized your achievements to His Holiness the Pope."

"..." Monine said this, and her words really made Luo Xiu feel comfortable and useful.

It has to be said that Monine, the "Sword of the Supreme Being" of the Seventh Fate of [Glory], is one of the rare saints in the entire [Glory] Fate who has reached the extreme but still gives people a sense of intimacy rather than alienation.

As for other paladins of the "God-Hunting" Knights Templar, most of them give people the impression that "divinity" is greater than "humanity", which is just the opposite.

Although the terrifying sense of power and spiritual surge felt from Monine was the most real and not false at all.

But if it weren't for the memory of the "Eternal Knight" Monine Scadija in his previous life, it would be difficult for Luo Xiu to imagine that the man in front of him was the "Sword of the Holy" who had killed more than tens of thousands of blasphemous heretics.

"Well then, Mr. Luo Xiu."

Monine, the "Sword of the Most Holy" looked at Luo Xiu and said:
"Please lead the way."

"I want to go into the city immediately to collect information about the damage caused by the disaster to the fortress, as well as the current status of those 'scars'."

"Okay." Luo Xiu nodded slightly.

He then raised his left hand slightly and pointed it towards the Val Fortress.

After exchanging a simple greeting with "The Most Holy Sword" Monine, Davild also stepped back to make way for "Saint" Franya, "The Most Holy Sword" Monine, and the Templar Knights of "God Hunter".

Franya and Monine nodded, then walked forward.

All the Templar Knights of the "God Hunters" followed behind them, while Hubert the "Holy Deacon" deliberately stayed behind.

It was not until Franya and all the Templar Knights of the "God Hunter" had walked in front of Luo Xiu and Davild that Hubert silently came behind Luo Xiu.

"Welcome back, Hubert."

Luo Xiu greeted Hubert with a smile, then turned around and returned to the direction of Val Fortress with Davild.

Then, Luo Xiu seemed to hear it.

From behind him, a faint "whoosh" sound was heard.

That was the sound of Hubert letting out a long sigh of relief.

……

Val Fortress, core district.

At the edge of the restricted area covered with "scars", the high-ranking people of the [Supreme], Lord Gawain and "Knight of Heaven's Will" Stuart, stood here.

They welcomed the "Saint" of the Holy Court from the location of the former city gate of the Val Fortress, but at the same time they saw a "Sword of the Most Holy" with the seventh destiny of [Glory] - and finally realized the seriousness of the matter.

It was not some routine inspection or support. The fact that an "Eternal Knight" of the seventh level of "Glory" - or even the "Sword of the Most Holy" Monine - came here showed that a disaster had occurred in the Val Fortress before, which the "Holy Court" regarded as the highest emergency.

It is easy to think that it must be related to the two terrifying monsters that emerged from the Val Fortress before - two strange "gods" whose status should be "Chaos Spirits".

However, neither Gawain nor Stuart could have imagined that the "Holy See" would attach so much importance to this, and that an Eternal Knight of the "Sevenfold Destiny" would come here with Saint Franya.

According to the sacred agreement originally concluded between the Supreme Emperor of the Nolan Empire, Augustwell the Great, and the Holy See of [Glory],
Even though the Supreme is the actual ruler of the empire, the saints of the Supreme have no right to interfere with the Glory in the field of dealing with heresy and abnormal supernatural events. When necessary, they must still obey the dispatch of the higher saints of the Glory.

This is the situation now -

Lord Gawain and "Knight of Heaven's Word" Stuart, in terms of level and power, if only the "Saint" came, they actually did not need to obey any orders from "Glory".

But if it was "The Holy Sword" Monine who came in person, the nature of the matter would be different!

In the unusual situation regarding those "wounds", indeed, all the saints of the Songyuan Expeditionary Force must obey Monigne's orders.

And the "Sword of the Most Holy" Monigne only gave Lord Gawain and Stuart the only order - to guard the edge of the restricted area of ​​"Scar", not to let anyone get close to here, and not to make any attempts to spy inside!

"..."

"The Knight of Heaven's Will" Stuart always feels a little unhappy.

But in such a situation, one must obey the orders of "The Most Holy Sword" Monine, which is part of the decree of Emperor Augustwell [Supreme].

Stuart and Lord Gawain could only obey, leading all the other Supreme Saints to act as gatekeepers at the edge of the "Scar".

……

And within the "Scar" restricted area——

Luo Xiu, "Knight of Heaven's Word" Davild, "Saint" Frya, "Sword of the Most Holy" Monine, and a group of [Glory] saints were standing on the edge of the huge deep pit blasted out by the destructive roar of "Dragon of Justice" Quesanx.

"..."

Luo Xiu could clearly feel that there was some indescribable feeling coming from Franya and the "Sword of the Most Holy" Monine.

Especially Monine, her face sometimes showed an expression as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

They may not have seen the scene of the "scars" of the core being completely exposed after the surface was completely uncovered.

And those deep cracks that were still emitting a deep and dark spiritual aura had been tightly sealed by the more repressive golden barrier.

An ancient dragon - Franya had heard about it in advance. It was the ancient dragon that Luo Xiu had just subdued, and it was lurking under the golden barrier.

He was guarding a dragon corpse, and the dark corrosive spirit emanating from the dragon corpse was particularly intense. The countless abyssal beasts and demons that emerged from the deep cracks scattered around under the golden seal were unreservedly releasing their greed for the dragon corpse.

However, the more terrifying and high-level aura emanating from the "Dragon of Justice" Quesanx also made the countless newly emerged abyss beasts and demons in the seal feel fear and dread.

At least for now, no abyss beast or demon has dared to ignore the pressure from Quesanx and bite and eventually devour the power in the "dragon corpse".

But this is only temporary. The newly emerged abyss beasts and demons have not yet reached the point where quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

If the "wounds" here are left to fester for a few more days and gather into a torrent of disaster, they will be able to withstand the pressure from Quesanx and devour him and the dragon corpse.

Luo Xiu, Davild, Franya and Monine all knew this.

But because they have arrived here - therefore, this "scar" no longer has the chance to grow.

"So……"

Looking at the golden barrier in the huge pit in front of him, and the hungry abyss beasts and demons that had just emerged from under the barrier's seal, Luo Xiu said:
"I'm going to open the Yaojin barrier."

"..."

"……Um."

Franya nodded calmly.

Luo Xiu gently raised his right hand, and the tip of the [Holy Grip] staff in his hand burst out with bright and dazzling golden light.

hum-

Along with Luo Xiu's Sanskrit prayers, there was a bell-like ringing sound in the air.

The light of the shining golden barrier cast on the scar gradually dimmed, and the seal was slowly fading and dissipating.

This gave the abyss beasts and demons inside the abyss a momentary illusion of seeing the light of day again and being free.

"--roar!!!!!"

“Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!”

"——waaaagh!!!"

They roared, the smell of fresh blood and spirituality drove them crazy!
As if losing their minds, they began to roar and trample on each other along the edge of the giant pit, using the countless bloody corpses of their own kind as steps, and began to rush out violently like a surging tide towards the endless territory and food outside the scar!
……

(End of this chapter)