Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 16 Guarding Ground

Passing the guards who were guarding like an arch, Luo Xiu, Connor and Pamier arrived in front of a locked abandoned warehouse.

A heavy iron chain was hanging, and the two iron doors were not neatly placed together. Mayor Rupert took the key from the guard next to the warehouse.

——Clang, clang, clang…

After some fiddling, Mayor Rupert opened the chain, and the guards on both sides pulled open the iron door.

A fishy smell came from deep inside the warehouse.

This is the smell of a rotting corpse... Luo Xiu frowned, but Connor and Pamier walked straight in as if they didn't smell anything.

The interior of the abandoned warehouse had been completely cleared out in advance, with nothing left.

According to Mayor Rupert, he was very smart to think in advance that if the two corpses really "resurrected", there would be nothing in the warehouse that could be used as weapons for them.

In the abandoned warehouse, there were only two corpses placed side by side in the middle. Luo Xiu could determine the identity of the corpses just by looking at the integrity of the heads.

Looking at Pamier and Connor again, Connor frowned, as if he found something wrong.

Then, Connor turned to Mayor Rupert and asked in a stern tone:

"...Mayor Rupert, do you think you can sit back and relax just by clearing out the warehouse?
You actually allowed people to put these two bodies of Red Lotus followers together. This is the biggest danger!"

"What?" Mayor Rupert's originally somewhat arrogant expression suddenly shrank, "I, I don't know..."

"I've stressed this kind of thing before, it's all very common details."

Pamier shook his head and said in a cold voice under his helmet, "'If you encounter this situation again, be sure to separate the bodies.' I remember I warned you to do so.

This is your fault, Mayor Rupert. I will report your failure to the Holy See."

“……” Mayor Rupert wanted to argue something more, but after thinking about it, he sighed and lowered his head.

Luo Xiu quietly watched the scene just happening before his eyes, feeling secretly happy.

This mayor... his every word and action was intended to please the honorable "Holy Judges". After all, he regarded the Holy Judges as his protectors, but it was obvious that he still made a serious mistake.

"The worst has not happened, my Lords..."

Luo Xiu tried to smooth things over, smiling and saying, "This is the best possible outcome. We should pay tribute to the glory and forget about these unpleasant things."

Connor and Pamier nodded, glanced at the pitiful Mayor Rupert, and said nothing more, instead focusing on observing the bodies of the two "blood disciples".

Seeing this, Mayor Rupert slowly breathed a sigh of relief and cast a grateful look at Luo Xiu.

This time, the mayor's eyes were no longer filled with suspicion and rejection, only friendliness and gratitude.

Luo Xiu nodded slightly and turned his gaze to the two people who were observing the corpse.

Pamier stood behind Connor, and Connor reached out and stroked Ford's body.

A light golden stream of light passed gently across the surface of the corpse like silk, and then disappeared.

"The corpse's own spirituality has completely dissipated... and I can't sense any spiritual remnants from the murderer..."

Connor said, "It can be burned immediately."

After saying that, Connor walked to the other side, stood in front of Morris's body, and "sensed" the body in the same way.

"...This corpse still has a trace of its own extraordinary spirituality." Connor said, "We need to wait until the spirituality completely dissipates before we can burn it."

"Then, what about the attacker...who is the murderer?" asked the mayor.

Connor shook his head and said, "I didn't sense any spiritual remnants from the murderer on these two bodies. Maybe they were not killed by the extraordinary."

"He wasn't killed by a supernatural being?"

The mayor was stunned. "Who killed them? Were these cultists killed by ordinary people?" "How should I know? I am only responsible for solving 'supernormal events'."

Connor spread his hands and said:

"If you think the murderer is an 'ordinary person', you can ask the Supreme People in the Law Office to solve the case...

However, my personal suggestion is that those who would kill the evil followers of [Red Lotus] would not threaten your wealth and status. "

"...Okay." The mayor compromised in a low voice.

"So, my Lords," Luo Xiu interrupted at the right time and asked, "You said to wait for the spirit of this corpse to completely dissipate. So before that, what should we do?"

"Just let these soldiers keep watch."

Connor looked at Luo Xiu, winked and said seriously:
“We come here every day to check the body for any spiritual remnants.

If something does happen, we will come and solve it as soon as possible."

"Okay." Luo Xiu nodded.

As the conversation was going on, Luo Xiu immediately understood the "look" Connor gave him.

As a priest of the second destiny of [Glory], Connor was fully capable of "dispelling" the spiritual residue on Morris' body on the spot, but he did not do so.

However, the "Paladin" Pamier does not possess any skills related to "dispelling", this is a purely combat profession.

In this case, among Luo Xiu's many assumptions, there is only one possibility that is closest to the truth -

——This Reverend Pastor wants to slack off while getting paid in a reasonable way!
Because when you come to Dawn Town to carry out a mission, you don't have to fight at the "supernormal" level...

Extraordinary people are also human beings, and they also have the need to travel with public funds and reimburse food and drink!

I understand. I understand...

Luo Xiu smiled knowingly, nodded to Connor and Pamier and said, "In that case, would you two stay at the mayor's residence, or go to the church..."

"Let's go to the mansion." Connor and Pamier said in unison.

……

It was already evening when we returned to the Glorious Church from the guard post.

After Luo Xiu used "Healing" and "Prayer" to drain out the last bit of his mana and gained proficiency and experience points as rewards, he lay down on the bed feeling a little tired.

However, at this moment, Luo Xiu's eyes were flashing with unprecedented excitement.

He always remembered what Pamier had said on the way to the guardhouse.

——If the corpses of extraordinary people are activated by some malicious beings, or if some kind of deformation occurs inside the corpses, these corpses will immediately "resurrect" and turn into horrible monsters!

This gave Luo Xiu an idea.

And after a whole day of observation, this plan is feasible!

What had been a headache for him before was the lack of undead monsters in Dawn Town...

"If we turn either of Morris's or Ford's bodies into undead, wouldn't that solve the problem?!"

Along the way, Luo Xiu had been suppressing his excitement until this moment.

Now he finally had time to make his first planned attempt!
As this thought came to Luo Xiu's mind, a wolf like fire slowly emerged from the shadows.

The next second, Fenrir jumped out of the window pane and disappeared from sight.

(End of this chapter)