Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 544 [Quesanx's Shelter] (Second Update)
Outside the Vaal Fortress, above the Great Rift Valley.

A hillside highland suitable for viewing, with several rings of deep red teleportation arrays appearing on the ground, and a figure emitting faint golden light gradually condenses at the center of the array.

Luo Xiu raised his right hand and gently took off the black-patterned puppet mask he was wearing.

In the early morning of this day, he received news from General "Lionheart" Pampas, an apostle of the Holy Abyss stationed in Fafnir City.

The enemy suspected to be "Fafnir" appeared outside the city, and two "Glorious Knights" who had just arrived here were killed and one injured. They were Elias and Pasi, two Glorious Knights under the command of "Sky Ring Holy Knight" Davild. Luo Xiu already knew this.

"……hiss."

After returning from the "Holy Abyss", Luo Xiu felt a headache. He raised his hand and rubbed his forehead.

Fafnir reappeared.

Luo Xiu could not have imagined that Fafnir would dare to appear again in the territory when the expeditionary army had not yet left the border of Fafnir Territory - why would he do that? Except for himself, all his subordinates should be gone, and the entire territory of Fafnir Territory should be extremely dangerous to him.

With the "Golden Sword Saint" Klein guarding Fafnir City, and the "Lionheart General" Pampas who has already met up in Fafnir City, and the second seat of the Round Table of Lord Matsubara, the Divine Knight Atton, and the seventh seat, Seawood, even if Fafnir has fallen and turned into the "Original Devil", he alone cannot retake Fafnir City.

His best way out was actually to take this opportunity to escape from Fafnir Territory.

Go find the "Dark Duke" to reunite, or leave the Dark Principality and lie dormant until the "Scarlet Tide" and "Abyss Upside Down" arrive.

Since Fafnir has fallen and turned into the original devil, the "Devourer Dragon" that coexists with him should have realized and told Fafnir that the "Abyss" will soon completely break the seal of the "Ring of Apocalypse".

He is still staying in Fafnir territory, there must be some reason...

Was it just for "hunting"? No, it shouldn't be just like that. There was something that he hadn't taken away in time, and Luo Xiu always felt that he seemed to have missed something.

But the clues we know now are still unable to clarify all this.

The only thing we know at the moment is that Fafnir has indeed reappeared, and... one of Davild's "Glorious Knights", Pacio Solari, has most likely died.

The sacrifice of a high-level fighter with the "Fifth Destiny" is an irreparable loss for a long time at any time.

If Davild knew about this, he would be very sad. Luo Xiu was also in a low mood, but no matter what, he still had to continue investigating the [Devil's Cocoon] at the bottom of Fafnir City.

Although Pampas, who was placed in Fafnir City, was the most convenient candidate for investigation, Luo Xiu did not inform Pampas in advance. Even though he was already an "Apostle of the Holy Abyss", Luo Xiu did not trust him.

His identity as the Supreme was still too sensitive, and letting Pampas conduct the investigation would also let Atton and Wood, who were also the Supremes, know their purpose.

Even though the "Shining Knight" Pacio may have died, the investigation of the "Abyss" can only be done by the saints of "Glory", and no one else is suitable.

After this battle, perhaps the "Saint" Franya and the "Sword of the Most Holy" Monine will lead the "God Hunter" Knights Templar to the city of Fafnir.

No matter what, they would want to deal with the "Devourer Dragon" Fafnir first and resolve this threat that makes them feel like a thorn in their side at all times.

"..."

Thinking about these.

"……call."

Luo Xiu let out a long sigh, pulling himself out of his heavy mood, and then walked down the hillside.

He learned the news at short notice and knew that Davild would soon learn the same.

After going down the mountain and returning to the Val Fortress, he planned to find Davild, Franya and Monine to discuss countermeasures against Fafnir.

But before that——

"……Roar."

After turning the corner, he saw the camp that had been built here and a giant dragon perched on the huge rock. The "Dragon of Justice" Quesanx glanced at Luo Xiu and let out a low growl.

[…You’re back, Luo Xiu.]

[You don't look well, what happened? ]

"..."

In Luo Xiu's ears, the low voice of Quesanx came into his ears.

During these two days, Quesanx abided by the agreement and taught Mil as much of the ancient dragon forging skills as he could.

In front of Luo Xiu was the forging camp that Mir and the "Gravel" dwarves had temporarily built above the Great Rift Valley.

A number of forging furnaces were built in front of their tents, with blazing fires burning inside, making the originally cold rift valley seem a little hot, as if they were in midsummer.

"There may be news about Fafnir." Luo Xiu responded to Quesanx.

"I'm still investigating. If there is any confirmed news, I will tell you as soon as possible."

"..."

"Roar."

【Um. 】

Quesanx was also very concerned about the news about Fafnir that Luo Xiu mentioned. But now He no longer asked any more questions. He had learned to be patient - "What about Mir? How is he?"

Luo Xiu changed the subject and continued asking Quesanx.

[As I said, he is a natural craftsman.]

The voice of Quesanx came——

[In two days, he has basically mastered the most basic ancient dragon forging skills.]

[I gave him three of my scales. Since yesterday, he has been trying to forge new ones, but has failed twice.]

[But... failure is normal. There is no outstanding blacksmith who has not experienced thousands or even tens of thousands of failures. He is indeed very perseverant and patient.]

[He should be in his tent now, trying his third forging, and should be in the final stages now.]

【…】

"Okay." Luo Xiu nodded.

It seems that the progress on Mir's side is quite good, but what surprised Luo Xiu was that Quesanx actually peeled off his own scales and gave them to Mir for training.

For a large ancient dragon like Quesanx, even the smallest and most fragile new scales on his body are at least precious materials of "epic" quality.

It seemed that He and Mir really got along well, but He didn't say it explicitly.

Luo Xiu thought about this, and then walked towards the chimney-top tent where Mil was.

When he approached the tent, Luo Xiu could already hear the crisp "ding-ding" sounds and the "chi-chi" sounds from repeated quenching.

Through the slightly opened gap in the door curtain, Luo Xiu saw Mir.

His upper body was naked, his left hand holding a huge clamp, which held a group of palm-sized scales that were as red as fire and had been polished to their original shape; his right hand swung a black forging hammer, hammering the scales accurately and repeatedly, over and over again.

Almost the same sound was heard every time the forging was performed, indicating that the force was always consistent; and the gap between each hammer strike was always kept consistent. Mil had an indescribable precision in the forging that he was performing.

In Luo Xiu's eyes, it was as if Mir had merged with the object he was forging. It was a state of immersion - at this moment, Mir's mind was highly concentrated, and he seemed to be oblivious to everything outside.

After every hundred forgings, Mir would pick up the scale with a clamp and place it in the quenching pool. After repeating this seven times, he lifted the dragon scale from the quenching pool again, and its shape and color had completely changed -

The dragon scales that were like iron sheets at the beginning have now become beautiful streamlined shapes like water droplets. The fiery red heat gradually cooled down and emitted a clear amber-like light.

Then, Mir gently placed the "amber" in the clamp on a moist and soft pad, then took out the engraved rune dagger from the storage bracelet, took a deep breath, and leaned over to start drawing the runes -

This is the most important step.

This was also the key step in the ancient dragon forging technique that Mir learned from Quesanx. Under Luo Xiu's gaze, the thin and sharp rune blade was gently engraved into the scales. His fingers moved the dagger slowly and steadily, leaving dark red engraved patterns on the trajectory.

It is an ancient rune evolved from the ancient dragon script and based on the ancient dragon forging skills. It is a branch of the magic pattern engraving.

Luo Xiu had opened his "Spiritual Vision" and felt that the spiritual engraving that Mir was carrying out was very stable, but it was obviously quite exhausting for him.

Beads of sweat were dripping down Mir's forehead and back. The blue origin of Mir's spirituality was also gradually fading. When the color turned completely pale and gray, his spirituality would be completely exhausted, and this forging would be declared a failure.

However, this time, Mil's forging did not end in failure.

When Mir's spirituality in Luo Xiu's "spiritual vision" was consumed from azure to light blue and almost approaching pale white, he had completed the final cycle of engraving -

hum!
On the dark red dragon scales, four cross-circuit rune patterns have been formed, which immediately emit bursts of deep red and pink light. His forging this time was successful, and the final product has also appeared on Luo Xiu's detection panel!

[Equipment Name: Shelter of Quesanx (Pink Epic)]

[Equipment type: Pendant/Extraordinary jewelry/Ancient dragon jewelry]

[Equipment efficiency: mana recovery +20%, health recovery +20%]

[Equipment bonus: Constitution attribute +37, Resistance attribute +65, Luck attribute +43]

[Equipment requirements: any fourth level destiny, luck attribute 207+, perception attribute 172+]

【Equipment Features List】

[Aftermath of Quesanx (weapon characteristic/inherent): "Shelter of Quesanx" initially has 1 layer of "Ancient Dragon Aftermath". When the wearer enters combat, the "Ancient Dragon Aftermath" will increase over time.

One layer of "Ancient Dragon Aftermath" is gained every 10 seconds, and for each layer of "Ancient Dragon Aftermath" of "Shelter of Quesanx", the wearer's total damage caused is increased by 1~2%. The specific increase obtained at a single time depends on the "Luck" attribute, and can be increased by up to 5%.

Due to the total damage increase obtained from "Quesanx Aftermath", in this battle, when the number of stacked layers of "Ancient Dragon Aftermath" decreases, maintain the highest number of layers of increase obtained until the number of stacked layers of "Ancient Dragon Aftermath" reaches 0. 】

[Quesanx Shelter (Passive Effect/Inherent): When "Ancient Dragon Aftermath" is stacked 5 or more times, if the wearer suffers damage greater than 20% of his own health limit at one time, he will be immune to this damage and gain 1%~40% damage reduction within 80 second. The reduction depends on the "Luck" attribute value, and lose 5 layers of "Ancient Dragon Aftermath". ]

[True Dragon's Obscured Vessel (Holy Vessel Prototype): An ancient dragon accessory that has the initial form of a "True Dragon's Remaining Vessel". When used together with other weapons, equipment, or accessories that have the "True Dragon's Remaining Vessel" entry, it can be used as a component of a set and trigger the "True Dragon Resonance" effect of other "True Dragon's Remaining Vessels".]

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(End of this chapter)