Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 14 The Priest's Work

"Glorious people..."

Luo Xiu smiled, nodded to the believers and said, "May I bless you for a moment."

The pillar god of [Glory] - "Sun Forger" is His honorific name, which means "the one who forged the sun", but among the believers of [Glory], people are more accustomed to calling Him "Shu Yu", which is His divine name.

"Thank you for your blessing, Master Priest."

The believers standing in the front row put their hands in front of their chests to form an equilateral triangle, which is a gesture of worship. "You are so young, but your temperament is almost the same as Father Ivan."

"You flatter me, sir... Compared to Father Ivan, I still have a lot to learn."

Luo Xiu smiled and replied, "Then, let us perform today's praise and listen to the oracle from Xu Yu..."

……

When the hanging bell of praise rang for the last time, Luo Xiu closed the "Glorious Listening" in his hand.

"Master Priest, your condition today has exceeded all of our expectations..."

The believers praised: "We thought you would act more immature and awkward, after all, you are only eighteen years old...

However, I didn't expect you to be so steady and mature while hosting 'The Praise'!"

A lady in a plain long dress nodded to Luo Xiu and praised him generously: "There is no doubt that even if Father Ivan is not here, you are already able to take charge..."

"May your glory be with you forever, ma'am."

Luo Xiu waved his hand and responded to the lady's praise with a smile, "The glorious oracle warns us to always maintain a humble heart... I still have a long way to go."

Luo Xiu's appropriate expression made the believers present nod their heads one after another. Recalling the nearly perfect "praise" before, the believers left one by one with satisfaction.

……

After watching the believers leave, Luo Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He immediately switched back to his original state, and his friendly and solemn image disappeared in an instant.

In the previous life, when "Praise" was performed in the game, Luo Xiu could let his physical body hang automatically, while his spirit would watch short videos, new episodes and novels in the background...

But now, not only the body, but even the soul has to go to jail!

This is definitely not what Luo Xiu wants... This is hell!
……

Fortunately, the first day of the tribute was completed successfully. Luo Xiu shook his mind and relaxed a little.

...He began to miss the good times of chasing each other with the two blood followers.

Thrilling, exciting, and able to explode the enemy's coins! This is the attitude and pursuit that gamers should have!
Luo Xiu calculated the time. By now, the bodies of Morris and Ford should have been discovered and reported to the local sheriff.

According to the process, the witness will first go to the Chenxi Town Affairs Office to find the local sheriff to report the matter. The sheriff will then notify the guards, who will conduct an investigation first.

After confirming that the deaths of "Maurice" and "Fold" were extraordinary events, the commander of the guard will notify the nearest "Holy Court of Glory" branch in Songyuan Territory and let the Holy Judges of "Glory" solve the problem.

This process will not pass through the "Glorious Church" in Dawn Town, because in the eyes of the sheriff, this church is just an ordinary religious place, belonging to the lowest level institution of the "Holy Court", and has no ability to resolve extraordinary events.

...Most of the guards also believed that instead of trusting a priest who was no different from a charlatan, it would be better to seek help from the higher-level "holy judges" who truly possessed extraordinary qualifications.

But Luo Xiu knew that these "holy judges" would eventually ask him for help. This was an arrangement and regulation unique to the "Holy Court of Light"... outsiders were not aware of it.

And from the sheriff to the guards, from the guards to the Holy Inquisitor, from the Holy Inquisitor to himself...

Such a process that is like a Russian doll with layers upon layers of processes will inevitably lead to an infinite lag in efficiency.

But Luo Xiu was obviously not in a hurry. All he had to do was to quietly wait for the arrival of the "Holy Judges". But before that.

Luo Xiu felt the "attention" first!
This gaze did not come from the "Holy Judges" who had not yet arrived. This gaze made Luo Xiu feel extremely familiar, as if he had been watched with the same gaze before...

I don’t know where exactly the gaze is coming from, but it is definitely quite close to me!
Luo Xiu's spirit, which had just relaxed, tensed up again, but he still put on a relaxed attitude on the surface to prevent anything from being noticed.

Looking around, the believers had already left the church, not a single one was left.

The windows were slightly open, and there was no one within sight...

Who is watching then?

Is it possible that no one is watching... or...

When Luo Xiu thought of this, he subconsciously looked out the window.

Even in a severely cold environment, small and delicate birds still like to fly happily among the treetops, but it was obviously not them that gave Luo Xiu such a deep gaze.

As my eyes moved, the little birds flew back and forth.

Suddenly, Luo Xiu felt that his eyes and the eyes of the person looking at him met in an instant!

Luo Xiu, who is about to be promoted to the extraordinary level, is extremely sensitive to these perceptions.

Opposite his sight, there was a white cat lazily lying on the tree trunk...

Luo Xiu's memory suddenly jumped, and he recalled that this was not the first time he had seen the cat!

He had seen this cat before when he was attacked by Index Fugne in a greeting manner!

As if it had noticed Luo Xiu's attention, the white cat quickly jumped down from the treetop and disappeared.

Its reaction was too fast and Luo Xiu didn't have time to throw a detection at it.

"What the hell is that..." Luo Xiu murmured.

But the other party didn't seem to have any ill intentions, so Luo Xiu simply stopped thinking about it.

……

A day passed in a flash.

Just like the day before, after leading the believers to complete the praise, Luo Xiu began the Mask of Pain alone.

But this process of expressing emotions through wailing did not last long.

Luo Xiu felt that the light shining through the church door into the interior dimmed a little in an instant.

Looking up, I saw a heavily armored knight with a big sword and a young priest carrying a steel war hammer appearing at the door of the church.

The priest wore a half cloak, with the other half revealing delicate scale armor; the knight wore heavy armor that covered his entire body, and under his burgundy-style helmet, one could vaguely hear his breathing.

On their chests, they all wore emblems that symbolized their affiliation with the "Holy Judge."

"Are you the 'clergy' serving in this church...?"

A cold female voice came from the heavily armored knight's visor.

"Please come with us."

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