Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 542: Restarting the Expedition

Chapter 542: Restarting the Expedition
After Monine finished speaking, Luo Xiu's gaze followed the direction of her finger and looked at the stone slab that Franya was holding.

"We have temporarily named it the Holy Crown Slab, which is inscribed by His Holiness the Pope. The dark erosion of this 'wound' has been marked by Her Highness Franya and I. We only need to wait for it to gradually dissipate. We will be able to quickly determine the condition of this 'wound' and take precautions against the possible tide of blasphemy."

Moni then said:
"What we can confirm at the moment is that, along the direction of the earth vein, about thirty miles away from the Val Fortress, there is another 'scar' that is about to emerge from the ground. It is connected to the 'scar' of the Val Fortress, and is currently in a state of imminent unbalance."

"Princess Franya and I will send people to investigate. If the situation is serious, we will go there in person. However, the scale of the 'scar' there is obviously smaller than that of the Val Fortress, so we generally won't encounter dangerous situations beyond our control."

"..."

Monigne said this.

[Holy Crown Slate]. While Luo Xiu was listening to Monine's narration, his eyes were also carefully examining the details of the slate that Franya was holding in her hand.

On the nearly pure white stone slab, there are network-like veins radiating from points and surfaces, which are emitting a light purple light. And the color of one place among them is dark purple. It is the "node" with the most intense dark erosion spirituality, which should be the "scar" of the Val Fortress.

There were several faint "threads" of spiritual connection between it and another lighter dark purple. That should be the other "scar" that Monine mentioned, thirty miles away from the Val Fortress.

"Congratulations, Her Highness Frenya, and Lord Monine."

Luo Xiu congratulated them:

"The Holy Crown Slab, this is an important discovery."

During the 2.0 version of "Scarlet Tide" in the previous life, these "scars" appeared, and the saints of the Holy See did use a similar method to complete the early assessment of the outbreak of the "scars".

It is obvious that the stone slab appeared much earlier than in the previous life.

"Ah."

Fulanya also nodded slightly and said:
"It's just as Mr. Monigne said."

"Luo Xiu. Mr. Monine and I will continue to wait for the 'Shining Knights' of Lord Davild."

"Information about the Devouring Dragon Fafnir and his possible movements are of the highest priority in our judgment. But if the two Shining Knights don't find anything, we will first go to the 'scar' outside the fortress to do some investigation, and then continue to track down clues about the 'Evil Eye Devouring King' Tatangros."

"I understand." Luo Xiu smiled and nodded in response.

In this way, Luo Xiu's mind was clear about the possible itinerary arrangements for Franya and Monine.

In his expectation, it would be best if these two [Glorious] saints could accompany him for a while longer. After all, in the upcoming final battle against the "Duke of Darkness", having powerful forces around him is never too much.

……

Afterwards, Luo Xiu chatted with Franya and Monine about other things and then said goodbye to them.

At the last moment, Monigne, the "Sword of the Most Holy", paid special attention to Pamier. Luo Xiu noticed again that Monigne did nod slightly.

For Monigne, it is quite normal to pay more attention to the younger generation of "Scadiy". And Monigne seems to be quite satisfied with the current Pamier. After all, she is only 22 years old and has reached the bottleneck of the "triple destiny".

This is considered a 'genius' among the younger generation of clergy.

Pamier is indeed gifted, and that has nothing to do with how many resources the Scadia family can allocate to her. Because Pamier was born into a branch of the Scadia family that declined very early, even without the protection of her family, she will go further than other clergymen of the same age.

She must have the potential to ascend to sainthood, to become the new [Glorious] Saint of the Skardia family, to become a 'Shining Knight', a 'Sun Knight' or even an 'Eternal Knight'.

This was Luo Xiu's judgment, and Luo Xiu believed that Monine had the same judgment.

But in the situation just now, Monigne would not ask more about Pamier due to his public status. Luo Xiu took Pamier, Connor, and said goodbye to Franya and Monigne, and then took them to the church station.

……

It was noon.

Luo Xiu arranged a position for Pamière among the clergy of the expeditionary force, making her and Connor the same "Head of the Guardians", responsible for leading the "Guardians" players in the church. After that, he headed to the plains west of the Val Fortress.

The main force of the Songyuan Expeditionary Force has been assembled on the western plain.

Hundreds of thousands of troops were ready to go, and Lord Gawain, "Knight of Heaven's Word" Stuart, and "Secret Sage" Dukeler of "Tower of Sages" were standing in front of the fortress gate waiting.

Until they finally saw several figures - they were "Archbishop" Luo Xiu, "Sky Ring Paladin" Davild, "Saint" Frya, and "Sword of the Most Holy" Monine.

These [Glorious] saints stayed in the Val Fortress for some very important things that Lord Gawain and Stuart did not know yet. At this time, they left the fortress to see off the expeditionary army before it set off and continued on the expedition.

"May you have good fortune, Lord Gawain, and my Lords Stuart and Duke."

Luo Xiu looked at the young lord in front of him, as well as the "Knight of Heaven's Announcement" Stuart and the "Secret Sage" Dukeler who were traveling with him, bowed slightly to them, and extended his greetings and blessings:

"May you be forever bathed in the Holy Light. We will meet you after we have finished some things."

"Yes." Lord Gawain and Stuart nodded.

"Archbishop" Luo Xiu and "Sky Ring Paladin" Davild will not follow the expeditionary force for the time being. Lord Gawain and Stuart are indeed a little unsure about the strength of the current expeditionary force's top combat forces.

However, the "Sword of the Most Holy" Monine and the "Saint" Franya will not accompany them, which makes Lord Gawain and Stuart feel more convenient and free.

They were finally able to regain the feeling and meaning of "the highest" - in fact, it was a mixed blessing for Gawain and Stuart.

"I will wait for you, Lord Luo Xiu, and Lord Davild."

The "Secret Sage" Dukeler responded to Luo Xiu's greeting and said:

"The portal to the Dark Metropolis has been opened. If we encounter anything along the way, we will inform you in time through the 'Communication Puppet'."

According to the intelligence and maps obtained by the Songyuan expeditionary force from the Empire's Military and Political Court, the road from the Val Fortress to the Dark Metropolis has been cleared by other expeditionary forces, and there should not be any particularly difficult dangers encountered along the way.

And this temporary peace also foreshadows that the final battle will be a river of blood - facing the [Supreme] apex of the killing order, the "demigod" dark grand duke, and his dozens of "chief executioners" and "dark pillars" with six-fold and seven-fold destinies, it will surely be a final battle of chaos and darkness.

The Empire's Emperor Augustwell has also personally led the army to battle, and even the Empire's other two demigods - "Holy Crown Pope" Lorend and "First Great Sage" Thorin will also participate in this final battle.

Duke, Lord Gawain, and Stuart were indeed both excited and nervous.

"We will return in glory, bathed in the songs of all peoples."

Stuart nodded and spoke in a hoarse but high-pitched voice.

At Luo Xiu's side, the "Saint" Frenya also gave blessings to Lord Gawain and Stuart:
"The sun will protect you in a moment. Its light will guide your path forward."

"Thank you, Your Highness the Saint."

Lord Gawain responded to her, and then respectfully saluted the Saint with a [Glorious] salute.

Monine and Davild also gave them the blessing of [Glory]. Then, the four [Glory] saints watched Lord Gawain and Stuart mount their horses and gallop lightly on their armored war horses to the front of the army.

They gave passionate speeches to the entire expeditionary force, which boosted the morale of the entire army and became quite high.

Then, one army after another began to move forward slowly, like a dense, surging tide, winding towards the invisible distance.

...watched the backs of Stuart and Lord Gawain as they led their troops away.

Only when the figure finally disappeared from view did Luo Xiu, Davild, Franya and Monine turn around and return to the Val Fortress.

Davild still had some church affairs that needed to be dealt with urgently, so he said goodbye to Luo Xiu, Franya and Davild before leaving and heading straight to the church headquarters.

Only Luo Xiu, Franya and Monine were left.

As they walked together, Monine finally asked Luo Xiu:
"Sir Luo Xiu. I noticed before that you have a paladin from Skardia under your command."

"'Pamia Scardia', that should be her name. She and you both come from the Church of Sina City. You both served as the Holy Inquisitors of the Church and fought side by side for a period of time."

"I would like to ask you something about this 'Pamier Scardia'?"

"..."

When Monigne said this, Luo Xiu already knew that Monigne had already conducted a special investigation on Pamier's background and information in the morning.

"When she and I were both 'Holy Judges', Pamier was a very reliable teammate."

Luo Xiu smiled and answered Monine's question seriously:

"She is very serious and hardworking. When I was in the church in Sina City, I could always see her in the courtyard of the church's Holy Inquisition at dawn. She would practice swordsmanship and physical fitness, or study holy arts and pray until noon when the sun was high. Otherwise, it would be difficult for her to break through the fourth level of destiny at such a young age."

"As a comrade and former comrade-in-arms, I admire her very much. Her perseverance and determination are beyond the reach of ordinary people. Now I am also optimistic about her. As long as she sets the right goal, she will definitely go a long way."

"..."

This is how Luo Xiu evaluated Pamier.

There was no pretense in this, and it was indeed a fair assessment for Pamier. Monigne, who listened attentively, nodded solemnly from time to time.

"I don't know much about her background or past. But she seems to have a family connection with you."

After saying this, Luo Xiu looked at Monine with a smile and added the last sentence.

"..."

"The first time I saw her, I knew she was a Scardia from the paladin armor she wore and the paladin sword she carried. Afterwards, I retrieved some information about her and learned that she was from a branch of the Scardia family, the line of Parad Scardia."

Monigne nodded and said, recalling:

"Her father, an outstanding Templar Knight, 'Shining Knight' Palad Scardia, I still remember him. Palad was martyred in a Holy Inquisition, leaving behind his child. I didn't expect that the child has grown up so big, and is so strong and outstanding."

"Sir Luo Xiu, I want to ask for a favor."

"When the crisis of 'Devourer Dragon' Fafnir is resolved and the Saint and I return to the Holy Court, I hope you can hand over Pamier to me for training."

"This is my personal request, and also the request of the Scardia family. I hope to train her into an excellent Templar Knight, a 'Glorious Knight' who surpasses her father. I also hope to make up for the loss of this child's childhood in the name of the Scardia family."

"..."

"I have no objection, Master Monigne."

Luo Xiu nodded slightly, knowing that Monigne really valued Pamier's potential. Luo Xiu would not refuse to seek a better future for his former comrade, and if Pamier could gain a foothold in the core layer of the Templar Knights of the "Holy Court", it would also be good for him.

"However, this still requires seeking Pamier's own opinion."

Luo Xiu added with a smile.

"I will, Lord Luo Xiu."

Monine nodded slightly. She got a satisfactory answer and a faint smile appeared on her face.

in her thoughts.

She really wanted to train Pamier to become a new generation of 'Shining Knight', or even to surpass the 'Shining Knight'.

In this way, there will be more people from the Scardia family in the Knights Templar of the "Holy Court".

This is for the “Holy Court”;
It is also for the sake of "family".

……

Meanwhile, in Fafnir City.

In the Dragon Hai Mountain outside the city, a deep burning fire had already started burning between the broken rocks.

Scarlet pupils flickered in the deepest shadows. “Fafnir” raised his dragon claws, which emitted a deep black light. The claws were powerful enough to tear rocks apart like cutting bread, and blood was flowing on the blades that had not yet dried.

A corpse lay twisted in front of Him.

He was wearing the pure white armor of the Knights Templar, but it was completely torn apart from the waist. There was no trace of spiritual life left on the body that had become hideous and blurred.

That was a "Glorious Knight".

"The Shining Knight" Pacio, he stayed here forever.

All the blood in his body had been plundered and consumed, turning into nourishment for Fafnir to recover his strength.

"..."

But Fafnir was obviously not satisfied.

His scarlet eyes looked beyond the light, and a low, regretful murmur emanated from his dragon jaws—

"One ran away..."

"That Sword Master from the Golden Country... unexpectedly appeared and rescued another one."

"..."

"It's really troublesome."

He murmured, and then stood up from the shadows.

Only the corpse of the Shining Knight was left.