Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 37 White Oak Staff (Please read on!)
A fragment of King Iseult's crown, with extremely gorgeous patterns engraved on the surface and several hollows for inlaying gemstones.

But now all these gems have been lost, and only this broken quarter of the crown itself remains...

It seems that Grieville has always treasured this crown.

Luo Xiu frowned, feeling that there were other secrets hidden here.

Because, if it was just an ordinary drop, the panel wouldn't even pop up a prompt...

This means that the "Fragment of King Isol's Crown" is very likely the key to unlocking a hidden mission.

"What will happen when all four fragments of the 'Crown of Isol' are collected...?"

Luo Xiu couldn't help but think of the "homeland" that Grieville had been murmuring about before.

That was a lost kingdom from the Age of Gods. There might be some connection between the "Crown" and the lost kingdom.

……

While thinking, Luo Xiu took the "Fragment of King Isol's Crown" back into his arms.

Obviously, existing knowledge and intelligence alone are not enough to discover anything...

But this can be a goal for future exploration.

While thinking about this in his mind, Luo Xiu took Index and Fenrir back along the original route.

They arrived at the portal they came from, and Luo Xiu reached out to touch it.

There was a flash of light and shadow, and several figures disappeared from the underground mausoleum.

……

When he returned to the familiar Dawn Town, Luo Xiu immediately checked the huge rock that sealed the entrance.

The boulder had completely collapsed, and the ancient inscriptions engraved on it had disappeared.

The ritual array, the surge of spirituality...these external manifestations of the "seal" have disappeared without even the slightest trace left.

This means that unless someone knows about this place in advance, it is impossible for anyone to enter the seal of the "Immortal Knight" Grivil.

After confirming that the seal had been completely destroyed, Luo Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It was not until this moment that the biggest hidden danger to the destruction of Chenxi Town was completely resolved.

……

at dusk.

Dawn Town, Glory Church.

After Priest Ivan led the believers to complete the worship in the morning, he closed the door of the church, took two bottles of wine, and went to the side hall of the church to drink alone.

When Luo Xiu returned to the church and came to the side hall, he saw Ivan who was already drunk.

Two candles were lit in the side hall. The wine cup on the rustic wooden table had been knocked over at some point, and the sweet wine in it had flowed all over the table and was dripping onto the ground.

Luo Xiu then went to Ivan's room, took out his usual bedding, then went to the side hall and covered Ivan with a quilt.

Then he picked up a dry rag and gently wiped the poured wine.

Maybe it was the footsteps or the wiping sound that was too loud, Ivan blew his nose and woke up.

He opened his eyes and saw a familiar but blurry figure bending over and wiping the table.

"Ah...it's you, Luo Xiu, you're back."

Ivan rubbed his eyes and burped for a long time. He felt a little more sober. He smiled and asked Luo Xiu:

"What are your plans for the future..." Ivan said in a relaxed tone, "I mean, when are you going to leave and report to the Sina City branch church?"

"Tomorrow," Luo Xiu replied briefly.

"Well, that will be quick..."

Ivan nodded and suddenly smiled bitterly, "You're leaving, I'll be bored alone..."

Boring... Luo Xiu recalled the scene of watching Ivan passing through the flowers, and just smiled and shook his head and said: "You can come to Sina City to find me."

"Haha, if there's a chance." Ivan nodded and thought, "Maybe after you leave, I'll take in another student..."

"That would be the best." Luo Xiu smiled and said, "If you drink less, maybe the Holy See will consider transferring you to the Sina City Church." "Impossible," Ivan shook his head, "I mean quit drinking..."

"Then you really are..." Luo Xiu smiled and said, "There's no hope."

"..."

The two chatted about this and that until late at night.

"I should pack my bags, Sensei."

Luo Xiu stood up, bowed slightly to Ivan and said, "It's time for you to rest."

"……it is good."

Luo Xiu helped Ivan stand up. Suddenly, Ivan seemed to remember something and said to Luo Xiu:
"Wait for me, I'll give you something."

"What?" Luo Xiu was puzzled, watching Ivan stagger back to his room, followed by the sound of rummaging.

After a while, Ivan walked out of the room with a short white staff in his hand.

"This is for you." Ivan handed the staff to Luo Xiu, who reached out to take it.

It was a staff made of white oak, with a very complex "engraving" done on the staff. The inscription symbolizing "glory" was gleaming with golden lines, faintly visible on the surface of the staff.

As Luo Xiu took over the staff, his panel refreshed the staff's information synchronously.

[Equipment Name: White Oak Staff (Blue Rare)]

[Equipment type: Staff/Extraordinary weapon]

[Equipment efficiency: Increases the effect of the spell by 10%]

[Equipment bonus: Wisdom attribute +4, Divine attribute +6]

[Equipment requirements: any second-level destiny, wisdom attribute 10+, divinity attribute 15+]

【Equipment Features List】

[Blessing of White Oak (Active Skill): Restores 100% of the HP of the designated target's spell attack, and grants a "slow recovery" effect, with a maximum continuous recovery of 200% of the HP of the spell attack...]

[White Oak Vitality (Passive Trigger): When equipped with this weapon, the healing effect increases by 20%. 】

【…】

White oak magic staff... Luo Xiu nodded, this is a good thing.

"Thank you, teacher." Luo Xiu expressed his sincere gratitude to Ivan, "I will use it well."

"By the way, I forgot to tell you something..." Ivan nodded, then remembered something and said to Luo Xiu.

"What?" Luo Xiu was stunned.

"In the morning, there was a believer named Alardin..." Ivan said slowly.

"He is a traveling merchant who leads a caravan called 'Golden Iris'. The next stop of his caravan is Sina City."

Ivan took a sip of wine and continued, "He told me that his caravan was often robbed by bandits, so he needed to hire extraordinary people as his guards."

"I have already made the contact for you. You can take his caravan as a guard in the identity of the 'consecrated priest' of the second destiny."

"This can save a lot of travel expenses, and I can also receive a considerable amount of hiring money..."

"..."

"...I understand." Luo Xiu nodded, "Thank you for your trouble, teacher."

……

The next morning.

More than ten carriages of the Golden Iris Caravan stopped at the door of the church early.

A bearded man wearing rough desert ethnic clothing and with strings of gold and silver ornaments hanging around his neck walked down from a beautifully decorated carriage in the middle.

He was the leader of the caravan.

——The leader of the "Golden Iris" caravan, Alardin.

(End of this chapter)