Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 108 Alfonso Durant (5k5)

Reproducing the scene in which he had told the "myth story" to Anthony, Pamier and others before, Rossouw told it again to Priest Leonard.

The protagonists of the original story, "the original apostle of 'Sun Forger'" and "Golden Pegasus", were once again replaced by Luo Xiu.

"…That's it, Master Priest."

Luo Xiu spread his hands, "To be honest, I'm terrified about this..."

"Except for that battle, I have never shown anyone else anything about the 'Holy Flame Wolf'."

Leonard was silent.

Leonard lowered his eyes and fell into long thought.

While the high priest was thinking, he did not withdraw the spiritual pressure that was covering Luo Xiu, and was still monitoring and observing Luo Xiu's "spiritual fluctuations".

Luo Xiu calmly waited for Leonard to speak and for the final result.

To be honest, Luo Xiu was extremely nervous at this moment. If his "resistance" attribute was still only the original 10 points, his spiritual fluctuations would have been shaking like Parkinson's disease.

However, with a resistance of 52 points and the overlapping effects of the "Scarlet Magic Crystal", no matter how turbulent Luo Xiu's heart was, the spiritual fluctuations emanating from his body were still as calm as dead water.

……

Finally, after a long wait.

Priest Leonard slowly spoke:
"Luo Xiu Carlos, I already know everything about your 'Contracted Holy Beast'."

"You are indeed a 'special' priest, even more special than I imagined."

When Leonard finished his last sentence, he retracted the spiritual pressure that was emanating from him.

Luo Xiu suddenly felt that the pressure like a mountain on his body suddenly eased in an instant.

It seems like I’ve passed the test... Luo Xiu thought secretly in his heart.

He still maintained his gaze with Priest Leonard, and the golden light emanating from the priest's eyes was gradually dimming.

"... Luo Xiu. I want to see with my own eyes the 'Holy Flame Wolf' that you made a contract with."

Luo Xiu could hear that Leonard's tone at this moment was earnest, but it did not allow for refusal.

"Of course, Master Priest." Luo Xiu nodded, "This should also be the part I confess to you."

As he spoke, Luo Xiu began to chant to summon the "Holy Flame Wolf".

"——Bathing the wolf in glory, reborn in the burning holy flame..."

"..."

As Luo Xiu chanted, a dazzling golden glow emanated from in front of him, and the outline of the "Holy Flame Wolf" slowly emerged from it.

When the summoning chant of "Holy Flame Wolf" was completed, "Holy Flame Wolf" Fenrir finally revealed his complete figure.

Leonard stared at the appearance of Fenrir, the "Wolf of Holy Flame", with his golden hair, arrogant eyes, and blazing holy flames surrounding him, and the shock in his heart lasted for a long time.

"…This is truly a sacred beast that has never been seen before."

Leonard sighed, and he also began to chant:

"——I summoned the supporters with burning wings with the holy fire..."

"..."

Leonard raised his arm slightly, and at the same time, a golden flame burned in his palm.

A sacred aura began to surge throughout Leonard's body, and in front of him, just like when Luo Xiu summoned the "Holy Flame Wolf", a golden formation emitting dazzling light appeared.

Something was emerging from this golden formation, and Luo Xiu stared intently at the changes before his eyes.

As Leonard finished his chant, the complete outline of the "new" thing was completely revealed in front of Luo Xiu.

"This is my contracted sacred beast. Its name is 'Sunburning Fire'."

Priest Leonard said.

Luo Xiu followed Leonard's gaze and carefully observed the appearance of the "Sunfire".

It is a spirit made of pure "Holy Flame", but behind it grows a pair of pure white wings like angel wings; at the core of the "Sunburning Fire", there is a crystal core that is buried very deeply but emits an extremely bright golden luster.

Almost at the same time when the "Sunfire" appeared, Luo Xiu "detected" it.

The panel responded quickly.

It is a holy beast of the "dangerous" level, just like the "Holy Flame Wolf" Fenrir.

This shows that the holy beast contracted by Priest Leonard is not that strong...

As Luo Xiu was thinking, he heard Priest Leonard say, "Luo Xiu, you may not be clear about the concept of 'holy beast'..."

No, I actually know better than you... Luo Xiu complained in his heart.

"Those are usually the sacred beasts that we, the followers of Glory, are allowed to contract when we reach the fourth level of destiny. They are the symbol of our journey on the Glory path, our guides, and our only companions that we can completely rely on."

"And you, Luo Xiu Carlos. You made a contract with the holy beast during the 'Second Fate'... This has not happened in our 'Sina City Church' for a long time."

"So, I asked you to come to me this time. In addition to wanting to know the true situation between you and the 'Contracted Holy Beast', I also want to know some of your thoughts."

As Priest Leonard slowly spoke, the invisible spiritual pressure once again radiated from Leonard as the origin and enveloped Luo Xiu.

However, with the successful experience of "hiding" from Leonard's detection, Luo Xiu was not so nervous at this time.

He began to think about another question...

——Why did Priest Leonard say that “it’s been a long time since” he had a second destiny and contracted a sacred beast?

Has it really happened before?

Luo Xiu suddenly felt a strong interest in his heart, but he still forced himself to suppress his excitement and waited for Priest Leonard to say the next words.

"——Rosius Carlos, I have a question for you."

"Can you promise that you will always be a loyal subject of Glory?"

"Yes, I promise."

"Can you promise that you will never go down a spiritual wrong path?"

"Yes, I promise."

"Can you promise that you will always abide by the teachings of the Holy See and uphold the authority of the Holy See?"

"Yes, I promise."

"..."

The spiritual pressure emanating from Leonard disappeared once again after Luo Xiu answered these three questions.

"Very good, very good..." Leonard finally smiled and said, "I knew I was right about you. Now, I can tell you what the 'holy beast' you contracted represents."

"The second destiny allows you to make a contract with the sacred beast. This is the unique and only symbol of the 'Son of Glory'."

"And you, Ross Carlos..."

"——You are the first 'Son of Glory' of our Sina City Church in the past hundred years!"

Leonard's tone was a little excited, and he said in a trembling voice: "You don't know how much potential you have..."

"You will definitely take over Fabion's position in the future and become the new bishop of the Sina City Church!"

"And in the more distant future, you may go to the Holy See to serve as a cardinal or archbishop!"

"You might even become the next Glorious Pope!"

"And you, you..."

"With a 'Son of Glory' like you, our Sina City Church may be able to reverse the decline of nearly a hundred years..."

"..."

This was the first time Leonard had revealed these things to Luo Xiu after confirming his "real thoughts". The face of this originally extremely majestic "Priest" was now full of enthusiasm and hope, and the look he gave Luo Xiu was as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.

"…Priest."

Luo Xiu did not have too many emotional ups and downs because of Leonard's words. He asked softly:
"——What do you mean by the decline of the past hundred years?"

Among all the words Leonard said before, this was the only sentence that made Luo Xiu feel concerned.

Even though Luo Xiu was a great player of Glory in his previous life and was familiar with the situation of the Church in Sina City, he had no idea about the "decline" that Leonard mentioned.

This should be the most confidential secret in the Sina City Church. Even I, who was already a fourth-level [Glorious] in my previous life in Sina City, was not qualified to know this secret.

Leonard was stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face seemed to linger for a moment.

"Uh... that..."

Leonard suddenly stammered.

This gave Luo Xiu an inexplicable ominous feeling.

This old guy... Could it be that he was so emotional that he suddenly revealed something he shouldn't have said?
Given Leonard's current state of mind, this possibility was suddenly stretched to infinity!
Luo Xiu became inexplicably frightened.

——He's not going to kill people to silence them, is he? !
“…I shouldn’t have told you.”

Leonard suddenly sighed deeply and said, "It's about a former bishop of the 'Sina City Church'."

When he heard Leonard say the word "originally", Luo Xiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

This meant that he should be safe for the time being, and would not fall into an inexplicable danger just because he heard something he shouldn't have heard.

Leonard then slowly said, "Once upon a time, about a hundred years ago, our church in Sina City was the church with the largest number of clergy in the history of the Holy See and the strongest overall strength."

"It's not that our Sina City Church has a richer foundation than other churches. It's because we had a 'great bishop' at that time."

"Great Bishop?" Luo Xiu asked in a puzzled tone.

"Yes, great bishop... At that time, the bishop of the Sina City Church was not Fabian. The bishop's name was 'Alfonso Durant'."

——Alfonso Durant!
When he heard this name, Luo Xiu was shocked.

Although he was unfamiliar with the name.

However, the former bishop's last name is the same as his own, "Durant"!
"This Bishop Alfonso, what did he do?" Luo Xiu's heart was in turmoil, but he remained calm and asked.

"...From my personal perspective, I think he is a great man."

Leonard sighed and said, "At that time, I had just joined the 'Sina City Church' not long ago, and like you, I had just become a 'Holy Judge'."

"A hundred years ago, the Holy Court did not have the structure it has today. We did not have the imperial background we have now. Although the Glory at that time was considered a legitimate destiny in the Nolan Empire, it did not fully control the authority of faith in the Empire."

"There is such a thing..." Luo Xiu looked surprised.

"So, the pope of the Holy See made the following decision at that time - to launch a 'holy war' against the 'Lost' believers who were rampant in the empire at that time, and to seize the authority of faith from them. This was the only way to gain a foothold in the Nolan Empire and gradually spread the faith of 'Glory'."

——The Holy War, this is a "catastrophe" that has been repeatedly mentioned in the classics that record the [Glorious] history. Luo Xiu, who collected a lot of relevant information in his previous life, has a vague memory of this.

"At that time, I was still relatively young and participated in that 'holy war'... However, we underestimated the means of those [lost] enemies."

"We, the followers of Glory, were once massacred by the pagans of Lost. It's not just that we are not as strong as the enemy, but the bigger reason is that the believers of Lost at that time had the support of the entire Holy Tower Kingdom, while we did not."

"At that time, it was Bishop Alfonso who stepped forward and proposed a completely new concept to the Holy See."

“He said: ‘Now is not the time to worry about whether our faith is pious or the Holy Light is pure. We should absorb more people who have strayed from other destinies and guide them onto the path of [Glory]…’”

"It was Alfonso who first proposed to guide the extraordinary people of other destinies and let them try to embark on [Glory] as their second destiny, so as to expand our combat power... He proposed this and indeed made the same attempt."

"He, Bishop Alfonso Durant, has embarked on the path of the Supreme Being, and in turn uses the authority of 'dominance' to harness the power of Holy Light..."

"He... failed?" Luo Xiu asked at the right time.

"No, he succeeded."

Leonard said, "He successfully 'dominated' the Holy Light, allowing it to exert its most fundamental power, close to 'destruction'. And under Alfonso's successful precedent, the 'Holy See' also opened up the extraordinary knowledge of [Glory] to many pagans who were not hostile to it at the time."

"So..." Luo Xiu suddenly realized, "The fighting power of the 'Holy Court' at that time soared, and it eventually won the 'Holy War' and seized the authority of the 'Faith' of the Nolan Empire from the hands of the 'Lost'?"

"Yes, yes..." Leonard nodded, "We did win, but it was a tragic victory."

"But, Luo Xiu, you know." Leonard suddenly changed the subject, "This requires a price to be paid."

"The Holy See won the Holy War in this way, but the price we paid was nearly endless internal conflicts and the crisis of division."

"At that time, among our followers of Glory, there was a division between the 'pure faction' and the 'worldly faction'. The 'pure faction' believed that we had won the war by means other than Glory, which was a blasphemy against Glory. The victory of the 'holy war' was therefore contrary to 'holiness'."

"The 'Worldly Faction' believes that the 'dual-destined' extraordinary people represented by Bishop Alfonso are precisely the hope for the future of the Holy See. They believe that this is the right path and an unstoppable trend and torrent."

"Both sides held their own opinions, but no one compromised or gave in. As a result, the extremists in the Purity Faction completely broke away from the Holy See. That is the now infamous Purity Order that you know of."

"It's just that, Luo Xiu... if that were all, this should have just been a disagreement within the Holy Court, but the Supreme One intervened in our dispute."

"The Supreme Being's spearhead is directed at Bishop Alfonso because he has usurped the authority of the Supreme Being. His practice of the Supreme Being as a second destiny is a violation of the Supreme Being's supreme authority."

"At that time, the people of the Supreme Court simultaneously proposed negotiations with the Holy See. The Holy See, which had basically controlled the entire Nolan Empire's "faith authority", would recognize the Holy See's position in the empire as long as Bishop Alfonso was handed over. They were willing to work with the Glory to jointly govern the entire empire from a secular and religious perspective."

"Luo Xiu, you know, this is a very tempting condition."

Leonard sighed at this time, and then continued: "This has nothing to do with morality or belief. It is simply an interaction of interests. If Alfonso is gone, the Empire will give true recognition, and those voices boasting about purity within the Holy Court will disappear."

"So, you should be able to guess what choice the Holy Court made in the end."

"After that, the name Alfonso Durant became a taboo."

Leonard sighed and said, "To be honest, from a moral perspective, I don't agree with the Holy See's approach. However, from the perspective of someone in a high position, this is a necessary sacrifice."

"After the 'Holy War' ended in this way a hundred years ago, we, who lost Bishop Alfonso, became the target of the 'Pure Factions' and the pagans who remained in the Empire."

"We are the ones being targeted, and Bishop Fabien, who succeeded Bishop Alfonso, does not have the same outstanding talents and abilities as Bishop Alfonso."

"Bishop Fabion... He has already burned his life to give the Sina City Church a chance to succeed, and he wants to improve as much as possible on the path of [Glory]... However, human talent is limited after all."

"Now, Bishop Fabion has reached the end of his rope."

Leonard looked a little indifferent, but a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, "And your appearance has given me hope."

"Because you and Bishop Alfonso Durant are really similar. You are both clergymen who serve as 'priests', and Bishop Alfonso, like you, was favored by the 'Sacred Beast' during the 'Double Fate' and made a soul contract with it."

"So, Luo Xiu..."

Leonard said in a low voice, and at the same time, he said at the end:
"I have high hopes for you. You are the only person in the past hundred years who has the potential to reach the other side of Bishop Alfonso's achievement. You may also be the only person who can lead the Sina City Church out of the quagmire..."

"——As long as you don't go down the wrong path."

"..."

Listening to Leonard's words, a pious and resolute expression appeared on Luo Xiu's face.

"Okay, I understand, Master Priest."

But, in Luo Xiu's heart.

He knew that it might be difficult for him to fulfill Leonard's wish.

Because, what the high priest didn't know was.

——My real surname is actually "Durant"!
Although I don't know what my relationship with "Bishop Alfonso" is.

But the only thing that can be confirmed is that, when no one was paying attention, he had already embarked on the path of "tarnishing the glory" just like the former bishop.

And I, the one who has embarked on the path of both [glory] and [abyss] at the same time.

Luo Xiu Durant deeply understood another thing, that he had never been a "Son of Glory".

——It should be "Forbidden Son".

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(End of this chapter)