Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 461 Transformation and Discovery (7k1, combined chapter ~ additional progress 600010000)

"Convert to the Holy Abyss and serve me as your master..."

At the moment before his consciousness truly dissipated and he truly sank, this was the last sound that Baccard heard in his ears.

In a trance, Baccard only felt that in his mind, "Holy Abyss", "Ashura" and all kinds of unheard-of strange words had emerged like a brand.

At the same time, extremely clear and strange whispers flooded into Baccard's mind.

He knew that something bad had happened, but he was no longer able to put up any resistance - his body was already in tatters, and his soul had become dim and weak from the previous crazy "overdraft" of spirituality. He could only wait in despair for the final scene to happen.

Baccard didn't know what happened to him.
He just felt that something strange seemed to be pouring into the deepest part of his soul.

He could not resist—but gradually, Barkkad stopped resisting.

Inexplicably, he felt comfortable, as if he was bathing in a very warm sea of ​​light. All the pain in his body was "purified", and his soul was "sublimated" to another perfect realm.

In the corner of his mind, a vague image of the "Seat of Destruction" began to emerge.

And this blurry image of the Pillar God then shattered and peeled off piece by piece like fragile glass, until it fell down with a sparkling light.

A dark "eye" opened in Baccard's mind. It seemed to be "looking" at Baccard, emitting an aura that made Baccard feel sacred, profound, great, and awe-inspiring.

From the depths of his mind, Baccard felt a sense of familiarity with this breath.
At the same time, an urge to "follow" and "kneel down" surged from the bottom of my heart.

These strange thoughts eventually and irreversibly solidified into something substantial, and like a brand of fire, they imprinted and engraved something alien and irreversible on Baccard's soul.

"..."

Baccard's feelings came to an abrupt end here.

After that, he really fell into a stupor.

Consciousness no longer belonged to him, but to the sea of ​​eternal perdition and chaos.

……

"——This is the kindness of 'Holy Abyss', this is the mercy of 'Shura'..."

"——You are the sin of straying, and I am the guiding light..."

"..."

Golden light patterns were already flowing in Luo Xiu's eyes. At the same time, a layer of golden light was spreading from his left hand. His right hand was lightly pressed on Baccard's forehead, and he was chanting the transformation of "Madness and Piety" softly:

"——Abandon destruction and follow me..."

"——Convert to the Holy Abyss and serve me as your master..."

"..."

As Luo Xiu chanted in a low voice, the eyes of the "alien demon" Bakad gradually became dim.

In Luo Xiu's panel detection of Baccard, Baccard's real-time health value was briefly frozen at the number "1543".

In Baccard's status bar, many negative states such as "deep coma", "deep loss", "deep immobilization" and "deep seal" appeared in real time.

Among the dozens of holy arts that Luo Xiu had released at him before, the "Holy Eyes of Soul-Captivating" and "Silence of God's Redemption" and other weakening holy arts had also taken effect.

Luo Xiu could feel that the consciousness of the "alien demon" Bakad had gradually become blurred and sunk.

Until one moment, Baccard finally fainted completely and lost all consciousness.

His eyes became dull and lifeless, and his spirituality gradually dissipated until it was cut off. Only from the dragon jaws that still emitted a strong fishy smell, there were faint low sounds of "hmm..." and "woo...".

The flames covering his entire body gradually died out, and his spiritual life was suddenly cut off, with blood gushing out from the numerous holes on his body like a fountain.

Luo Xiu continued to transform Bakad with "Mad Piety" while maintaining panel detection of him.

Even on Baccard's panel, his health points were dropping in real time, "-10", "-11". In less than a minute, his real-time health points had fallen below three digits.

The self-recovery ability of the fate of [Red Lotus] made the falling blood volume recover a little, but the recovery was very weak, which only prevented Baccard, who was already on the verge of death, from dying so quickly and easily.

……

And when about three minutes passed.

When Baccard's health finally dropped to "287", a dark golden light suddenly surged around him.

A dim color flashed in his lifeless eyes, and Luo Xiu slowly raised and retracted his right hand that was pressed on his forehead.

The transformation is complete.

In Luo Xiu's panel detection of Baccard,
In the "Status" column of the "Alienated Demon" Barkar Frederick, a new entry has appeared:

——"Crazy Devout (stable, permanent)"!
"This can be considered a success..." Luo Xiu murmured.

The transformation of Baccarat with "Insane Piety" has been successful, as evidenced by the entry that appears on his panel.

Luo Xiu then took two steps back and began to pray for the healing technique.

At this time, the "alien demon" Bakad who was on the verge of death in front of him was still in a deep coma. After Luo Xiu finished praying, he released a healing light ball to him.

The pale golden ball of light touched the outline of Baccard's body and quickly turned into a pale golden and white mist of light, merging into his body.

Visibly, the wounds on Baccard's body began to heal, and according to Luo Xiu's panel detection of him, his health volume also began to slowly rise.

The numbers representing Baccard's health points went from "287" to "632", to "1434", and then to "2311", until he was out of the near-death state.

Luo Xiu looked at him and felt that the spirit of the "alien demon" Bakad was slowly returning to him from the dried-up source.

His eyelids trembled slightly, and soon he finally "woken up" from his coma, but his consciousness was still a little groggy.

Luo Xiu was still looking at him.

……

When Baccard finally opened his eyes with some difficulty,

In his blurred vision, he saw the golden figure standing in front of him——

As if he had seen some great and revered being, Baccard's whole body trembled violently, and the wounds that had just scabbed over broke open again due to the violent movement, gushing out bright red blood.

Baccard didn't know why he had such a big reaction.

His consciousness at this time was still fuzzy and confused. As soon as he came out of the "coma" state, his head began to throb with pain. He always felt that he had experienced something before, but his memory of that period was only fragmentary and vague.

"I'm……"

Baccard murmured, blood gushing out of the corners of his mouth due to the rolling of his throat, but he still made a hoarse, low sound:

"who I am……"

"..."

He asked this to himself and to the only figure in front of him.

Luo Xiu just stared at him quietly. After a while, he said to him in a cold voice without any emotion:

"You are a fanatic of Red Lotus, Baccard."

"Red Lotus's 'Alien Demon', Barcard Frederick, this is your full name."

"..."

"Barcard... Frederick..."

"I……"

Baccard's face was still confused, but his cloudy eyes became a little clearer after getting the "answer".

He then listened to the "bishop" in front of him, Luo Xiu, speaking in a cold, calm, yet irresistible voice:

"You were originally the Lord of Fafnir Castle, the executioner under the 'Dragon of Destruction' Fafnir Rochester, Barcade."

"But from now on, you are not."

"You will work for me, Barcade. You will be my shadow - an apostle of the Holy Abyss."

"..."

When Luo Xiu said this to Baccard, the fog of confusion and turbidity in Baccard's eyes gradually dissipated.

The clarity in his eyes returned, and with it, the blazing, passionate light—

"I am... Barcard Frederick..."

"I am the Holy Abyss...Apostle..."

“Holy Abyss…”

"I am... 'Apostle of the Holy Abyss'!"

He repeated what Luo Xiu said, and from the beginning he spoke intermittently to the end he was able to say it completely.

At the same time, the foreign things that flooded into his mind gradually rose and condensed into complete patterns.

It was an "eye" with golden liquid droplets flowing through it, and in the middle of the eye, where there was no eyeball, there was a floating dark purple, seven-pointed star-shaped light pattern.

Although he didn't understand and didn't know what it symbolized, Baccard at least knew that it was his only pursuit and his only service from now on.

As if he was extremely excited because he had regained a "new life" and found his "true self", Baccard looked fanatically at Luo Xiu. His whole body was shaking violently, and blood was gushing out of his body more and more exaggeratedly, almost covering his entire body.

But Baccard didn't care about these - although he was suffering from the tremendous pain caused by the cracking wounds all over his body, his instinct or some kind of will from the depths of his soul allowed him to ignore the horrific wounds on his body. His pupils, which were dotted with scarlet and dark gold, were emitting a strange light!

Then, he struggled to turn to face Luo Xiu and knelt down in front of him.
Although the wounds on his body were broken again due to this violent movement, he remained indifferent. He just rolled his throat, which was still coughing up blood a second ago, and made a low, hoarse sound:

“…My Lord.”

"I will...always, forever follow you, honor you, and serve you, Lord!"

"..."

The "alienated demon" Bakad, after being "transformed", finally "accepted" his new identity and said this to Luo Xiu in a hoarse voice.

When he heard the title of "Lord" from Baccard's mouth, the coldness on Luo Xiu's face finally disappeared. A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and he nodded with satisfaction.

At this point, he had completely completed the transformation of the "alienated demon" Bakad.

"Very good, Barcade."

Luo Xiu then smiled and whispered to Baccard:
"Your past will not be a shackle for you."

"From now on, you will have a new life - your life and soul belong to me and to the Holy Abyss, Bakad."

"I will protect you and guide you. And you... Barcard, I will give you a new mission." "..."

"Please give your instructions, my lord." Baccard bowed his head.

……

While saying all this to Baccard, in Luo Xiu's mind, he had already connected with the vision of the "fog shadow" differentiated by the foggy night.

He was thinking of other things.

Connected to the vision of the "fog shadow" in the foggy night, Luo Xiu's "eyes" can already see outside the lightless cage and know what is happening on the battlefield outside.

Before trapping the "alien demon" Baccard in the lightless cage, Luo Xiu had considered in advance how to "send" Baccard safely after completing the transformation -

First of all, Baccard must be "alive", he cannot fake his death, because in the main quest [Grand and Sacred Expedition], the death status of the "alien demon" Baccard will also be updated synchronously, and players can also see these.

If Baccard wasn't really dead, there was no telling what the players would do - and this was not in Luo Xiu's interest.

Well, the safest way is to beat Baccard into near-death coma, and then remove the "Lightless Cage" so that Baccard can be safely "captured alive" - ​​and then find a way to get Baccard out of the dungeon in Fafnir City.

Prison break is simple, and Luo Xiu, who is a "bishop", can do it without making a sound. But now there is actually a safer and faster way -

"Listen carefully, Barcade."

In front of him was the "alien demon" Baccard, and under his fanatical and devout gaze, Luo Xiu said to him:

"When you wake up, go back to the Holy Abyss - don't let anyone recognize you. I will have other Holy Abyss apostles pick you up."

……

When I wake up...

At first, Baccard did not actually understand the meaning of what his new "master" said.

Until he saw that his "Lord" had clenched his right fist and was walking towards him step by step.

The next moment,
bang——

boom! ! ! ! !
Luo Xiu gathered all his spirituality and strength and threw a heavy punch, which hit Baccard's stomach hard!
"Puff——" Baccard spat out a mouthful of blood, and his whole body flew backwards like an empty shell, and the next moment he heavily crashed into the dark barrier of the lightless cage!
His consciousness dissipated again - after being punched by his new "master", he fell into coma again!

……

Until Luo Xiu walked in front of Baccard again, and gently rubbed the sore knuckles of his right hand with his left hand.

"Merciful Punch", he punched Baccard with a terrifying force!

This caused Baccard's health to drop by more than a thousand points instantly, and he went from being seriously injured to being on the verge of death again, and fell into a coma.

This was indeed Luo Xiu's purpose - to wake Baccard up just to confirm with his own eyes that there was no problem with the transformation of "Madness and Piety", and then, he could let him fall asleep again.

It would be more convenient to use Baccard after he falls into a deep sleep... Luo Xiu thought to himself. He looked at Baccard who had fallen from the barrier and embedded in the deep crack on the ground, and raised his right hand slightly.

A golden light was already flashing on the back of his hand, which was the light carrying "authority".

The "cage without light" that enveloped the area quickly turned into black mist and dissipated starting from the pitch-black "dome" above.

……

Until the veil of the "lightless cage" was finally lifted.

After being shrouded in darkness for a long time, Luo Xiu was finally able to see the battlefield outside the cage again with his own eyes——

The mottled colors finally returned to his field of vision, and not far in front of him, there were three "Throne Knights" who were stationed here under the orders of Lansas.

When the "Winter" knights saw the lightless cage being removed, they all saluted respectfully to the "Bishop" Luo Xiu, and then looked at the "alien demon" Baccard lying on the ground, not knowing whether he was dead or alive.

Luo Xiu could clearly feel that when those "Winter" knights saw Baccard, there was a clear fluctuation under their fully armed armor, and their emotions seemed to become quite excited.

The "Bishop" won!

In the eyes of those "Winter" Knights, that "Bishop" Ross Carlos truly defeated the executioner of "Red Lotus", and the battlefield outside the city came to an end!

Luo Xiu knew that the knights of "Winter" were thinking these things in their hearts.

The knights will then step forward to "check" Baccard's current condition.

This is all standard procedure. If it develops normally, the "alien demon" Baccard Frederick will be "frozen" by the three throne knights on the scene, cutting off his spirituality.
Then, Baccard will be handed over to Lansas and General Albert, who will use the "Supreme" "edict" to control Baccard and throw him into the dungeon of Fafnir City.

Thinking of this, Luo Xiu looked at the three knights approaching him and nodded slightly to them.

But he knew that what was going to happen next was not what would happen according to the "standard procedure". His real attention was therefore not on those "winter" knights -

The next moment, his own spiritual perception was able to fully capture that not far away from the battlefield where they were, there was a terrifying, surging spiritual surge, rapidly approaching this side!

He was originally looking at the three throne knights, so he turned his gaze towards the source of the terrifying spiritual surge.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
The earth was shaking like a drum, getting closer and closer - and in the direction of the huge, terrifying shaking sound, pieces of sand were swirling up, and Luo Xiu could already see the huge mountain-like outline of the approaching object!

——"Magic Puppet"!
And judging from the reaction, it should be a puppet at the "destruction" level!

Soon, the huge figure of the puppet that appeared in the raised sand explosion became clear in Luo Xiu's vision.

It was a "heavy-armored puppet" at least 20 meters tall, with scarlet and dark blue lines all over its body. In the core of the puppet's chest and abdomen, there was another tiny figure -

That's Hoffman, the "Hidden Sage"!

——Hoffmann Lotfi, a saint who has attained the sixfold destiny of [Wisdom] from the "Hidden Omniscient One"!

That was the enemy that Luo Xiu had been guarding against before the siege of Fafnir broke out!
Now he finally showed up again - perhaps he was attracted by the fierce battle that broke out between him, Lansas and Baccard on the Dragon Skeleton Plain.
However, Hoffman's appearance was indeed within his expectations.

Luo Xiu thought to himself - it would be better to say that the appearance of Hoffman was a crucial step in "sending away" Baccard!
It started from the time when the "alienated demon" Baccard, who had not yet been transformed, rushed towards Lansas, to when Luo Xiu sensed that the "hidden sage" Hoffman was nearby, to when Luo Xiu arrived at the center of the battlefield in time and deployed the "lightless cage" to isolate Lansas and imprison Baccard - all of this was closely linked and carried out one after another!
The final appearance of the "Hidden Sage" Hoffman completed the final cycle of Luo Xiu's plans!

Looking in the direction of the storm and dust, Luo Xiu's eyes became hot.

At the moment when the "Hidden Sage" Hoffman controlled the huge heavily-armored puppet to appear, the three throne knights next to him also turned their heads to look over there, and then quickly dodged in the opposite direction where "Hoffman" was controlling the puppet to rush towards!

"Tactically retreat" when seeing the "Hidden Sage" Hoffman or his creations - this was the order that Luo Xiu, Albert and Lansas had previously issued to all the soldiers of the expeditionary force.

And Luo Xiu - he was looking at "Hoffman" rushing towards him from afar, with a subtle curve at the corner of his mouth.

He also stepped back, while symbolically performing several sacred prayers.

When Luo Xiu retreated to a certain distance, "Hoffman" had already controlled the giant puppet and rushed to the position of "Baccard" like a ground-shaking force!

At the same time, one of the giant puppet's thick arms stretched out flexibly to the ground, and its five "fingers" had scooped up the sand at the landing point, and in the center of the sand was wrapped Baccard.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
After picking up Baccard, "Hoffman" continued to rush away from the battlefield. The "feet" of the giant puppet he controlled trampled the ground, causing a very violent tremor, which actually caused twisted and deep cracks to appear on a large area of ​​the ground.

——BOOM! BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!

Luo Xiu blasted the completed prayer in the direction of Hoffman's escape.

Those balls of light that contained the spiritual power of annihilation did indeed explode on the fuselage of the "giant puppet" controlled by Hoffman, blasting out several huge holes and leaving obvious signs of annihilation.

But that did not slow down Hoffman's escape.

At the position where Hoffman appeared before, the figure of the "Golden Sword Saint" Klein Fesela finally appeared.

He almost ran madly after Hoffman, holding the golden sword in both hands, and emitting a terrifying, fiery spiritual surge from his whole body, but he always seemed to be unable to catch up with the enemy in front of him, and was always a little bit short of Hoffman.

Luo Xiu watched this scene.

It was not until Hoffman "fished away" the "alien demon" Baccard - the outline of the giant hill-like puppet had quickly disappeared in the rising sandstorm, that Luo Xiu put down the scepter in his hand.

This is the "abnormality" that occurs outside of the "normal process".

But it was the "abnormality" that Luo Xiu was happy to see!
In this way, the "alienated demon" Bakad can be safely sent away from the battlefield. He will not be exposed after being transformed into the "Apostle of the Holy Abyss", and he does not need to do anything unnecessary.

As Luo Xiu was thinking about this, he looked at the direction where the "giant puppet" controlled by Hoffman finally disappeared. The "throne knights" who had avoided it only returned to Luo Xiu at this time. They had taken off their helmets and had very complicated expressions on their faces.

"..."

"I'm so sorry, Your Excellency."

The leading throne knight, his name was "Franz Levin", he apologized to Luo Xiu in a low voice.

In their view, no one could have expected that the "Hidden Sage" Hoffman would suddenly appear.

"I'm sorry... It was our negligence. The 'Alien Demon' Barkkad Frederick... We let such a threat go."

"I will explain what happened here to General Lansas and General Albert, and ask the two generals to judge our guilt. I apologize to you again, Bishop... It is our fault."

"..."

"It doesn't matter." Luo Xiu shook his head.

He watched as Baccard was "rescued", Hoffman "disappeared", and Klein finally "chase" in the direction. A gentle expression appeared on his face, and he spoke in a gentle voice:

"You are right. The 'Hidden Sage', Hoffman, is not the enemy you should face."

"I didn't kill Baccard in the cage. I wanted to capture him. But it's not a big problem. The executioner, Baccard, the 'alien demon' of Red Lotus, has fought to the point of death. At least for a while, he will not be a threat to us."

"..."

He said this to the Knights of the Throne of Winter in front of him.

Luo Xiu's attention was no longer focused on the conversation with the throne knights in front of him.

Baccard has left "safely", and Luo Xiu's spirituality has connected to the fog shadows arranged in various places in Fafnir City, and is paying real-time attention to the situation in the city.

While he was speaking, he had "seen" it - Generals Albert and Lansas had already met up and occupied the official residence of the governor of Fafnir City. The expeditionary soldiers in the city were sweeping away the remaining dark defenders. This massive siege could now be declared a victory.

As for the "Adventers" of the [Adventer Legion] - the players have scattered throughout the city of Fafnir, mercilessly slaughtering the dark defenders who are still resisting stubbornly.

They have never been so excited and happy - the dark army stationed in Fafnir City is still very strong overall. Players can gain much more experience points than usual by hunting them, and there is a chance to obtain "rare" or even "epic" quality expertise.

For the players, this is undoubtedly a grand carnival——

Through the vision of "Mist Shadow", Luo Xiu was "watching" all this.

Suddenly, his attention was attracted by the view seen by the "fog shadow" arranged in the southwest city area.

It was there, in the remote and dilapidated streets, that a familiar figure appeared.

That was "Holy Deacon" Hubert.

He was covered in blood, with a strange expression on his face, and was limping towards the gate of the southern city, away from Albert and Lansas, and away from the main force of the expeditionary force.

……

(End of this chapter)