Chapter 259 The Prologue of Shadow
Blood splattered everywhere.
Afatak was pierced by the thorns protruding from the bell curtain, and dense blood poured out from his body like a fountain.
But the awl did not penetrate his fatal vitals, allowing Afatak to escape the sea of death.
"Cough...cough..."
Afatak coughed twice. He felt his throat was sweet, and then he vomited sticky blood.
Severe pain came from all parts of his body, eating away at his spirit.
"'Executioner' Afatak."
"Or, 'Storm Warrior' Afatak."
Koros's sharp voice came from the side, and each word was clearly passed into Afatak's ears: "This is just a small 'punishment' - but it is by no means enough to offset what has happened to you. shame."
"As a warrior, as a warrior who also believes in the way of [Ku Tu], the 'God of War', Afatak."
"I can let you die later, or in other words, your death should be more valuable to me."
As he spoke, Koros raised his fingers again and flicked the snake-shaped awl blade.
The bell curtain that enveloped Afatak disappeared, and the thorns also disappeared, leaving only a few deep holes on Afatak's body that appeared out of thin air, and blood was still flowing out.
"...I will obey your instructions, Lord Korros."
Afatak endured the pain in his body, knelt down on one knee in the direction of Koros, and said:
"...I will exchange merit for crime...As you said - even if I must die, I will die with more value."
"Very good." Kross nodded.
The corners of his mouth turned up into a sinister, joyful smile, forming a strange expression with the howling mask he was wearing.
"So, tell me what happened before I came here."
"...Okay." Afatak responded in a low voice.
And the first thing he said to Kross was:
"-'Guillotine' Bagri, he rebelled."
…
"'Executioner' Afatak, he knows my identity."
Isol was left behind in the royal court. In the royal palace, Bagri reported to Luo Xiu.
"..."
"He knows your identity?" Luo Xiu frowned slightly, "He knows your identity as the apostle of the 'Holy Abyss'?"
After being silent for a while, Bagri nodded heavily.
"In the previous decisive battle, I abandoned Afatak's 'Berserker Legion', which should have made him suspicious."
"But Afatak did not take action at that time. It was not until two days later, when they really regained a foothold outside the city, that Afatak suddenly launched an attack on me."
"During the battle between me and him, he said this - 'The person wearing the cyan mask and wielding the broad sword is you, right? You claim to be the apostle serving the [Holy Abyss]'. I may have exposed something, so that He found the clue."
"..."
The most difficult situation has arisen... Luo Xiu has a headache.
He had not allowed "Death Priest" Asvis to participate in the decisive battle before because he was afraid that the people in the side court would find out some clues.
The same situation actually applies to Bagri, but the severity is relatively lower.
Because the Dark Army is a hostile party from the root - the losses exposed are not serious.
But if Asvis is exposed, the situation will completely evolve into hostility between "Holy Abyss" and "Bianting". This is not the scene Luo Xiu wants to see at the moment.
Rather than taking the risk, under the circumstances, the presence of the combat force of "Venom Swordsman" Bagri was more critical. Without him to block some of the blood corpse hyena tides, the battle would have become more difficult.
But now the risk has backfired - fortunately, Bagri finally escaped Afatak's surprise attack and came back with his life.
"Then what?" Luo Xiu asked calmly even though his heart was turbulent.
"Then...before Afatak told the 'Executioner' Koros about my identity, I found him first by virtue of my former role as the 'Hunter', and reported Afatak's story to Koros in an embellished manner. Tucker’s failure.”
"Koros is very angry about this - the failure in the decisive battle of Afatak is enough to kill him, and Koros, who does not get along with 'CEO' Fafnir, will not let go of this opportunity."
"I have tried my best to save the impact of the exposure, Lord. I also tried to let Kross arrive at Red Maple City later, but I failed."
"After that, I was sent by Koros to perform other tasks."
"But I escaped midway, activated the teleportation mark in a safe enough place, and temporarily hid in the royal court of the 'Holy Abyss'."
"..."
His last reaction was quite sensitive... Luo Xiu thought to himself.
This is about giving full play to the last remaining value. "Executioner" Kross will be suspicious of Afatak first. Even if Afatak later discloses Bagry's identity to Kross, this layer of suspicion will be deeply rooted. Koros’s heart is indelible.
But Bagry can no longer stay in the Dark Army and stay with Kross as an undercover agent... Luo Xiu felt a little pity, but he was not surprised.
"I already know."
Luo Xiu then nodded and said to Bagri:
"Those are unique circumstances. Therefore, I will forgive your offense, Bagry."
"But from now on, Bagri, you will stay in the royal court and don't go out for the time being. It just so happens that the royal court of the 'Holy Abyss' also needs someone to guard it."
"Whenever I need to use you, I will let the Faceless Man tell you."
"..."
"Your will be obeyed, Lord."
Bagri knelt down to Luo Xiu again, bowed as a servant, and spoke humbly.
Then, Bagri watched the "Lord" turn around and walk towards his golden throne.
And at his feet, a red circle of light and shadow appeared.
Luo Xiu's figure became more and more illusory in the eyes of Intis and Bagri, and finally disappeared.
He has been teleported back to the real world, back to his high priest residence within the Red Maple City Church.
…
Red Maple City Church, the residence of the great priest.
After activating the dragon claw seal and returning to the bedroom, Luo Xiu recalled "Shadow Raven" Wuye and removed the Yaojin barrier.
Koros has arrived, but Hubert, the "high deacon" of the diocese who will evaluate him, has not yet arrived. This is undoubtedly a very dangerous situation.
After returning from the Forsaken Royal Court, Luo Xiu decided to stay dormant for the time being, waiting for the enemy to take action.
This is also the safest decision in the absence of vision... Luo Xiu thought about it.
After that, he went to the mission house and began to prepare in advance to prevent the enemy.
…
Outside Hongfeng City, there is a dark military camp.
When he heard what Afatak said, a cruel expression flashed across Koros's face. "Do you know what you're talking about, Afatak?"
Koros said in a cold tone: "That is my 'monster', my subordinate."
"You should know, Afatak. If you bite in a hurry just to survive, I will definitely make you unable to survive or die."
"..."
"...Lord Koros, I didn't lie."
Afatak endured the severe pain in his body, and said with a humble posture but a firm tone: "The failure of the decisive battle was largely due to Bagri's rebellion!"
"The 'Berserker Legion' I entrusted him to lead was completely wiped out by the knights in the side court, but Bagri was nowhere to be seen from the beginning to the end!"
"But before, when my deputy commander, 'Beast Tamer' Krall, released the Calamity Beasts, an organization claiming to serve the 'Holy Abyss' suddenly appeared... One of the 'Apostles', even though he wore He wears a mask that blocks his breath, but from the moves he uses and the spirituality he emits, there are some shadows of 'Guillotine' Bagry!"
"..." Koros was silent.
After a long time, Koros looked at Afatak with deep eyes. From under his cold mask, it was impossible to see his expression at this time.
But Afatak felt the cold, twisted, and manic anger from the "executor" in front of him.
After a while, Koros suddenly said in a low voice: "'Fallen Prophet', tell me the movements of Bagri."
In front of him were the 'monster heads' of Afatak who surrounded him. One of them took half a step back, and then came to Koros.
It was a [Lost] believer wearing a pitch-black cloak, his face blurry as if obscured by mist.
He bowed slightly to Kolos and said:
"Follow your arrangements."
Then, the fallen prophet flicked his sleeves, and a slender black magic staff fell out of it, and it was held firmly in his hand.
Then, he waved his magic staff and danced some kind of weird dance at the same time, chanting in a kind of hymn tone:
"——Original Goddess! I beg you to show mercy!"
"——I long for the future, and I dedicate my soul to it!"
"——The disbeliever of [Ku Tu], the 'violent swordsman' Bagri Sadiman..."
"——Pray for truth and insight for me!"
"..."
The fallen prophet's singing speed became faster and faster, his spinning and jumping sacrificial dance steps became more and more weird, and white and black spiritual light patterns began to appear around him.
"--ah!"
Suddenly, the fallen prophet yelled, and his whole body stiffened backwards and fell straight down.
He fell heavily to the ground, foam pouring out of the corners of his mouth, and blood overflowing from his eyes and nostrils.
His body began to twitch, and soon he lost all movement.
"..." Seeing this, Koros frowned even more tightly.
He probably knew that the "Fallen Prophet" suffered some kind of divination backlash.
But it did not come from himself, but from the object of his divination - 'Guillotine' Bagri. He blocked the divination in some way and launched a reverse attack on the soul of the fallen prophet!
This situation is exactly the same as when I asked the "Fallen Prophet" to divine the priest who might hold the broken pages of "Said's Codex" several times.
...Suddenly, Kross seemed to realize something.
——The "monster" who was sent to assassinate the priest that time was also Bagri!
He suddenly felt that there were many things that he could not understand before, and they gradually became traceable——
From Bagri telling him that the "broken pages" were in the hands of the Purity Order, to his many actions being repeatedly targeted by unknown organizations - is this the 'Holy Abyss'? That is the ‘Holy Abyss’!
In a trance, Kross felt that he was gradually understanding everything.
But now he knows that it is of no use - he and Babron, the Hidden Omniscient, have already fought countless battles with the Purity Order, and the relationship between the two parties is now on the same level... and the series of losses caused by this are difficult to recover. , and it wasn’t until the end that I suddenly realized that this was just a ridiculous farce...
"--boom!"
The more Korros thought about it, the angrier he became. He raised his fist and slammed it down in front of Afatak.
The condensed fist wind hit the ground heavily, causing a deep depression in the ground to reach the ankle. The strong vibrations were accompanied by a deafening sound, making Afatak's knees unsteady.
Beads of sweat broke out on Afatak's forehead. He could feel that the "executor" Koros in front of him was really murderous.
This made Afatak sweat profusely, but he didn't even dare to breathe. He could only wait tremblingly for Koros to give the next instructions.
After a long silence, Koros slowly said to Afatak:
"...I will capture Bagri and kill him with a thousand knives."
"But not now."
"...Now, Afatak. Tell me what the defense situation of Red Maple City is like."
"Okay, okay..." Afatak responded quickly:
"Their garrison situation is similar to what we have learned before. The key lies in the extraordinary beings in the 'Bianting', 'Church' and 'Fangbeiyuan'."
"The 'Judge' and the 'Knight of the Throne' in the side court are a certain threat, but their strength is not much different from mine; the two 'General Knowledge' in the 'Fangbei Courtyard' are weaker than me."
“The most noteworthy thing should be the church’s ‘officiating ceremony’.”
"The name of the person who 'presided over the grand ceremony' is Luo Xiu Carlos, the 'Judge of Holy Glory' of the fourth level of [Glory]. All our colleagues of the 'fourth level of destiny' died in his hands. "
"..."
"Roseux Carlos..."
Koros chewed the name repeatedly and nodded with a deep expression.
"I see."
Immediately afterwards, he said to Afatak:
"I will test him, Afatak, this is your chance to fight for your life."
"It's also your only chance."
…
late at night.
Red Maple City, Glorious Church.
When the dark sky covers the night sky and the whole city has fallen silent.
Luo Xiu was still staying in the residence of the Great Sacrifice and had no intention of sleeping.
This is the most dangerous moment - on the first night of the arrival of "Executioner" Kross, a strange atmosphere enveloped the dome of the entire church.
Suddenly, Luo Xiu's spirituality trembled to a certain extent.
And the illusory, crystal-like "ghost falcon" in front of him also emitted strange colors.
They gradually merged into a blurry image, revealing the "unknown intruder" within the detection range.
They were six figures wearing pitch-black cloaks, belonging to the fate paths of [Kutu], [Nothingness], [Loss], and [Intellect] respectively.
——"Hitsou"! And there are six "heads"!
"Executioner" Kross really took action... Luo Xiu thought to himself.
As for myself, I am the one who "hosts the high sacrifice" of the church.
This is Kroos's first goal.
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(End of chapter)