Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 13: The Bottom of the Blood Cave

"It's the mission of purifying the undead..." Luo Xiu pondered.

Indeed, as a "clergyman" of the Glorious Church, purifying monsters such as ghosts and undead is commonplace.

However, for Luo Xiu, who was still an apprentice priest, this was somewhat difficult.

In the game "God's Destiny", most "necromancer" monsters are collections of resentment, a kind of evil spirit that is difficult to kill by conventional means. It is quite tricky for many novice players!
However, this is not the most troublesome thing for Luo Xiu.

Luo Xiu frowned slightly. Whenever he was deep in thought, he would habitually tap the table with his fingers.

"Chenxi Town..." Luo Xiu murmured.

"Where can I find undead monsters?"

……

Suddenly, an evil idea emerged in Luo Xiu's mind.

Or maybe just...

Let "Morning Town" become "Dusk Town"...

As soon as this evil thought came to his mind, Luo Xiu felt his character wavering a little.

So he stretched out his palms and slapped his face hard!
——Snap! Snap!

There were two crisp sounds, followed by a feeling of pain, and Luo Xiu suddenly regained consciousness.

“That was a close call… That was a close call…” Luo Xiu felt a little scared.

Even though Luo Xiu believed that he was rational and had a correct outlook on life, there were still many evil thoughts lingering in the cracks of his soul deep in his heart.

Just like what caused my mind to waver just now, it was the evil thoughts that were "magnified" in a specific situation...

This is one of the dangers and costs that comes with embracing the power of the Abyss!

The abyss is omnipresent. Once there is a crack in reason or emotion, the abyss may invade at any time, devour the soul of those who embrace the power of the abyss, and make them part of the "abyss" matrix.

This is also one of the reasons why Luo Xiu did not choose "Abyss" as his first destiny, but must take "Glory" as the main path.

After a sigh, the long priest robe in the fireplace fire was burned to ashes.

After sweeping out the ashes mixed with charcoal ash and cleaning them up, Luo Xiu didn't go to bed until about three in the morning.

He had a hunch that the "holy judges" of the Songyuan Diocese where Chenxi Town was located would soon receive reports of "pagan corpses lying on the streets" and come to Chenxi Town to investigate the bodies of "Maurice" and "Ford".

This is also a troublesome matter that requires a response plan to be prepared in advance...

Luo Xiu was thinking vaguely as he gradually fell asleep.

……

July 767, 7 of the Tianqi calendar, before dawn.

Endless darkness still shrouds the sky.

The Nolan Empire borders on the dark principality known as the "hometown of criminals" and also the border area of ​​the "Principality of Thieves".

The underground of "Fafnir Castle", known as the "Desolate City".

In a huge, natural cave, many densely packed ditches were dug by humans.

These intricate channels are carrying scarlet blood, flowing towards the giant hole in the center, converging and filling it until it is full.

If the surface of the earth is lifted up, exposing only the surface of these ditches and holes, an extremely spectacular scene will be seen -

The rough pattern formed by these blood ditches and the huge hole in the center is exactly like a huge blood-red lotus blooming towards the sky!

In the center of this cave, on a small floating island in the middle of the blood lake, there is an altar with a "red lotus" base carved from crimson magic crystals.

Sitting on top of it is a dark red, turbid human figure.

He had no facial features, his face was a smooth red and gray, and his wrinkled, bitter skin showed that he was an old man.

The old man exuded a thick and ominous black aura. He was surrounded by people wearing black cloaks, all facing the old man and bowing.

After a long time, the old man let out a long, old sigh.

"The Lord is awake... The Lord is awake!" Someone among the group of cloaks shouted:

"Congratulations to the Lord for killing the traitor and taking back the two sacred objects..."

Before he finished speaking, the other cloaks only saw an extremely thick blood mist suddenly covering the cloak who had shouted.

Then, mist like burning began to rise from the body of the cloak!

Not long after, the cloak that had been shouting just now had turned into a pool of blood.

All the cloaks shuddered, but no one mourned the death of their companion.

They are already accustomed to such scenes.

But, for some reason, the Lord of Blood Sacrifice...

...Why is that honorable lord so angry?

The cloaks didn't realize that the cloak just said something wrong...

Could it be that... Could it be that the "two-faced doll" was not successfully retrieved? But this is not the case...

As the cloaks were guessing, at this moment, a crack appeared on the face of the Lord of Blood Sacrifice, and an extremely sharp, piercing, old and vague sound came out of it.

"…temporarily terminate the 'Dusk' ritual."

The voice of the Lord of Blood Sacrifice echoed in everyone's ears, "Convey my 'revelation' to all the thorns in 'Songyuan Territory'..."

"What?" The cloaks looked at each other. It was the first time they saw the Lord looking like he was facing a formidable enemy.

"...Let them raise as many 'blood slaves' as possible...I need new nutrients...

Then select ‘blood followers’ from these ‘blood slaves’… I need new combat power…”

Listening to the Blood Sacrifice Lord's "revelation" one after another, the cloaked men looked at each other in bewilderment.

They vaguely sensed the signs of a change in the situation.

What did the Lord see? And what did these fellow cloaks, Morris and Fold, experience...

The cloaks wanted to interpret more information from the Lord's words, but after the Lord of Blood Sacrifice finished speaking, the crack on his face gradually closed and he stopped talking.

The huge blood cave was once again filled with an eerie silence.

……

After waking up, Luo Xiu felt refreshed.

After resolving the first crisis point, Luo Xiu slept soundly.

At this time, he can return to normal life as "NPC" Luo Xiu.

In the short term, there is no need to worry about evil societies like "Blood of Thorns" threatening the safety of Dawn Town.

Thinking of this, Luo Xiu's mouth corners raised slightly.

After that, you have to return to the normal pace of life.

Getting familiar with and adapting to "Luo Xiu's" living habits as quickly as possible is also part of Luo Xiu's plan.

As the only "trainee priest" in the Glorious Church in Dawn Town at that time, he needed to complete the church's homework on time and in a certain amount every day, and guide those believers who "pray to God" to complete their praises to Him.

Although Luo Xiu, as a player in his previous life, had experienced all of this, it was still a different feeling for him to pay tribute as an NPC.

Luo Xiu stood up, took down his new priest robe from the coat rack, put on the priest's crown that belonged to "Luo Xiu", picked up "The Glorious Listening", and walked out of the church.

It is six o'clock in the morning, and the timekeeping method in the Apocalypse World is the same as in the previous life.

The outside of the church was already filled with ordinary believers ready to offer "praise".

Originally, guiding the believers to complete the "Praise" was the job of Luo Xiu's mentor, the high priest Ivan, but when this responsibility was passed on to Luo Xiu's shoulders, he still felt a sense of nervousness.

After a long sigh of relief, Luo Xiu appeared in front of the believers with a nearly perfect and friendly attitude.

(End of this chapter)