Chapter 269 Victory?
——"The Holy Deacon of Purification" Hubert!
Same as the last time they met at the Siena City Church, Hubert was wearing a blue-gray gown and a white gown with gold patterns.
He held a war hammer forged from fine steel in his hand, and the engraved patterns on the hammer's surface were shining with brilliant gold.
Luo Xiu's frown suddenly relaxed when he saw that it was "Senior Deacon" Hubert who suddenly appeared on the battlefield.
He estimated that Hubert would arrive in Red Maple City within a few days at the latest, but he didn't expect that his arrival would be so timely!
Looking at the other side of the battlefield, the expression on "Executioner" Kross's face suddenly became quite exciting.
Under the damaged colorful mask, Koros's pupils were trembling rapidly, and ferocious ravines gradually formed on his originally pale face, as he looked at Hubert's figure in disbelief.
"You...the 'Holy Deacon' of the Holy Court..."
Koros's sharp and cold voice said to Hubert sadly:
"Why can you... chase me here..."
"..."
……Chase? Hubert chases Coros? Luo Xiu captured the key words.
Before Koros arrived in Red Maple City, had he and Hubert already encountered and had a fight?
Luo Xiu was thinking about this in a divergent manner, and then he looked at Hubert.
Hubert did not respond to Koros's words, but slowly raised the war hammer emitting golden light in his hand, and the sacred and surging aura spread out from his body in circles one after another.
He had already prepared an attack posture - in that war hammer, the extremely strong "annihilation" power had been condensed and formed.
Just when Hubert's spirituality was locked on Koros, Koros also made a new move.
Kross did not wait for Hubert's response. His expression twitched slightly. His deep eyes glanced at Hubert, Luo Xiu and the people in the 'side court', and the outline of his body began to gradually fade. .
The dark fog gradually spread from the soles of Koros's feet, rising up, and finally completely enveloped him.
Seeing such a change in Koros, Hubert immediately swung his war hammer and rushed towards Koros.
Hubert, together with the war hammer he held, almost turned into a bright golden afterimage when he rushed towards Koros.
--boom! The end point where the afterimage stopped suddenly erupted with an extremely strong shock, and golden fragments of light splashed around one after another!
The air around the explosion was extremely unnaturally distorted.
The hammer that Hubert swung at Koros did dispel the black mist that filled Koros.
However, the figure of "Executioner" Koros has disappeared from the place - only the cracked ground was left at the end of Hubert's bombardment, but no figure of Koros was seen.
He fled, fleeing the battlefield before Hubert's hammer hit him.
His breath was completely gone, and even Hubert could not determine where he had fled to, and could not pursue him.
Although Koros escaped, he was not able to take away the other "Black Fangs" and "Horseheads" who sneaked into the side courtyard.
Without the "Black Fang" and "Housou" under the command of Koros, their fighting spirit suddenly dropped sharply. The knights in the side court immediately regained the upper hand in their respective battles and steadily suppressed the invading enemies.
Baines and Frosa have also joined the knights' battle group, blocking the last retreat for the enemies who invaded the side court.
Hubert and Luo Xiu also quickly targeted the invading "Horse Heads". With the intervention of several powerful combat forces, the "Black Teeth" and "Horse Heads" were quickly killed and injured. And no one escaped.
Luo Xiu killed two "monkey heads". Although Koros ran away, the reward for killing the monstrous heads can be regarded as a gain for the winner.
…
After all the enemies in the side court were wiped out, Frosa led the remaining knights to clean up the messy battlefield, while Baines came to Hubert and Luo Xiu and solemnly thanked them.
"Thank you for your assistance, Mr. Holy Deacon, and Mr. Luo Xiu." Baines nodded to the two clergymen in front of him.
The "Holy Deacon" of Songyuan Diocese finally arrived, which allowed Songyuan City's defensive power to finally regain some balance with the Dark Army... It was just that the "Executioner" Koros was let go, but in the end a huge one was left. The hidden dangers... Baines thought about this with half joy and half worry, but he still maintained a calm and solemn expression on his face.
"You came just in time, Lord Hubert." Luo Xiu also echoed from the side, "We tried our best to resist the 'executor'. If you had come later, I can't imagine what would have happened."
If Hubert came later, I would have to take off my vest... Luo Xiu cursed in his heart at the same time.
"With just a little effort, I also noticed some unusual movements here." Hubert shook his head and said, "It's a pity that the 'executor' escaped."
"Lord Hubert, the 'executor' Kross said just now that you seemed to have encountered him on the way to Red Maple City?" Luo Xiu asked Hubert.
"Yeah." Hubert nodded and said, "That's the case."
"But Koros was not my target at that time. I just discovered the whereabouts of the elder of the 'Hidden Omniscient One', Babron Dias, on my way to Red Maple City."
"I chased him all the way, and he led me to the location of 'Executioner' Kross, that's all."
That's all... So you, the old man, are also hunting down Koros? Luo Xiu secretly clicked his tongue.
It seems that Hubert has actually been in Red Maple City for a while. But he did not choose to come to the church immediately. Instead, he found a place to stay and hide temporarily.
On the one hand, Hubert was also wary of the possible actions of "Executioner" Kross; on the other hand, this was not part of his "assessment"... Luo Xiu was thinking about this.
And Hubert said to himself just now - "You have done a good job", which shows that he should recognize his achievements in Red Maple City...
Hubert did not continue talking about what happened after that. He turned to look at Luo Xiu and said:
"You know why I am here, Luo Xiu. I am very happy to see you grow up again."
"This shows that my decision to let you pass the 'Grand Ceremony Presiding' test was correct. The achievements you made in Red Maple City have been passed back to the main church, and even the Archbishop is satisfied with you."
"But now..."
After a pause, Hubert continued: "Now is not the time for small talk."
"There are still enemies that have not been dealt with. Just outside Red Maple City - 'Hidden Elder' Babelun is attacking the city wall. The two generals of 'Fangbeiyuan' cannot resist him for too long."
"The 'Bound Court' will go to support them." Baynes said from the side. "Koros's raid plan failed. If we appeared in front of Babelan, he would know that Koros's operation failed and he would feel guilty. retreat."
"Well, I'll trouble you." Hubert nodded, "I will go there later."
Afterwards, Baines took Frosa and a few more lightly injured guard knights, and rushed towards the city wall.
In the messy side courtyard, soon only Hubert, Luo Xiu, and a group of injured knights were left cleaning the battlefield.
Hubert and Luo Xiu immediately left the side court and headed towards the church first. The crisis in the city was temporarily relieved, and Hubert and Luo Xiu could go to the church to summon other clergymen.
"I felt a heterogeneous spiritual surge. When riots broke out in many places in the city, its surge was particularly strong. It was the breath of another 'holy'."
Halfway through, Hubert said to Luo Xiu: "But I didn't find out who he was. I only vaguely noticed that the source of the aura was on Gusta Street."
"Do you have any information about this?"
The ‘saint’ of Gusta Street? That must be "Bishop of the Undead" Pasaro... Luo Xiu thought these things with certainty. At the same time, he realized that "High Deacon" Hubert had indeed arrived in Red Maple City a long time ago and had already done a lot of investigation work. .
"That should be the 'Dead Bishop' Pasaro." Luo Xiu then said to Hubert, "Before you arrived, I captured an enemy leader. His name is Lias, and he is [ Lost his destiny, and contacted Coros and Passaro.”
"At that time, I transferred the 'Hunter' Lias to the side court, and his interrogation was also conducted by the 'Grand Inquisitor'. I participated in the entire process of the interrogation."
"Lias confessed about the 'Dead Bishop' Passaro. His hiding place is on Gusta Street. I have asked the Holy Inquisition to investigate him."
"That's it." Hubert nodded.
"A [lost] bishop is hiding in Red Maple City... I don't know why."
"When I was only in Songyuan City and the main church, I couldn't imagine that this city would face so many dangers."
…
While exchanging information, Luo Xiu and Hubert had returned to the church.
At this time, the church was still shrouded in the "Great Sun Golden Barrier". Outside the barrier lay several corpses of "Black Fang" and "Hunted Head". They tried to break the barrier and break in. Inside the church, he was first killed by the church's clergy.
After Luo Xiu spread his senses and realized that there were no living enemies around the Great Sun Golden Barrier, he let go of a corner of the barrier and entered the interior of the barrier with Hubert.
After that, Luo Xiu summoned the clergymen of the church's "triple destiny" such as Anthony, Mayev, and Pamier, and rushed to the location of the Red Maple City wall.
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Outside of Red Maple City.
"Hidden Elder" Babelun's bombardment was still continuing. On the way to the city wall, the sound of continuous bombardment gradually rose along with the black smoke, and the earth was accompanied by quite violent vibrations again and again.
But the momentum of Baburon's bombardment of the city wall gradually decreased. As Baines said, after Koros chose to retreat, Babrun really had the intention to cease his activities.
When Luo Xiu, Hubert, and the clergymen of the church came to the city wall, the dust-faced Lord Nelson hurriedly ran to greet them.
"How is the situation?" Luo Xiu asked City Lord Nelson.
"We held it! We held the city wall under the hands of that Babylon..."
Even though he was disgraced, Lord Nelson still couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes and said:
"Mr. Baines and Mr. Frosa arrived in time to support them. Before the two adults arrived, the two Masters of Fangbeiyuan used nearly twenty "Sky Lake Curtains" Blocked Babelun's attack!"
"Now, nearly ten minutes have passed since the last time Babylon bombarded the city wall! The enemies outside the city have made no new moves. We have reason to believe that it is a precursor to their imminent retreat."
At this time, Baynes and Frosa were already on guard outside the city. In front of them was a fortress-shaped golem, stationed firmly in front of the city gate.
And on the ground around the "fortress" where they were, there were deep pits that were still emitting black smoke.
Baynes and Frosa worked closely with the intellectuals of the "Fangbeiyuan" to intercept many of the fire streams that hit the city wall.
In the precious time bought by Baines and Frosa, the magicians of the Monument Academy risked being blown to pieces to hang down the city wall and use [intellectual] skills to complete the damaged wall. Temporary fix.
At this point, the entire city wall was temporarily out of danger of collapse, and it was difficult for "Hidden Elder" Babelun to break through the defense of Baines and Frosa in a short period of time.
Luo Xiu looked into the distance.
The thick fog that enveloped Babylon and his 'City-Destroying Cannon' was gradually dissipating.
Among them, Babylon's figure has also disappeared without a trace - he has indeed retreated and given up on continuing to bombard the city.
"...Phew." Only at this moment did Luo Xiu let out a long sigh of relief.
Koros and Babylon have both retreated. Regardless of Babron, Koros will definitely suffer heavy losses.
Almost half of his "monsters" died in this operation. After his retreat this time, he probably won't come back for a while.
As for the remaining enemy’s “holy saint”, “Bishop of the Dead” Pasaro, I don’t know what he is planning...
Luo Xiu was thinking in his mind. He saw Baines and Frosa returning to the city at the same time, while Alfan and Eureka also took back the golems in the fortress, so he walked towards them.
This is the gathering of victory... Luo Xiu thought to himself, shaking the dust off his body, and a smile appeared on his face.
This is another important victory for Red Maple City.
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Red Maple City, Gusta Street.
Deep in the street, under an old alley that has long been abandoned, the stronghold of the "Ancient Hermitage" is hidden here.
"Bishop of the Undead" Pasaro, he was sitting on a chair made of skeletons, looking at the crystal ball that exuded a dark aura in front of him, with a gloomy expression and indifference.
Several strands of jet-black strands gathered from all around and merged into the interior of the crystal ball. The "death" spirituality it carried was almost full.
However, just before it was about to be filled, the death spirituality coming from all around was "cut off". As the expression on Passaro's face gradually distorted, doubt, unwillingness, and fear began to shine in his eyes.
"I'm hungry..."
Suddenly, right in front of Passaro, behind the ominous dark crystal ball, there was a childish, shrill, hungry voice like a baby.
A pair of turbid, huge, bloodshot eyes about the size of a human head.
Under Passaro's trembling gaze, he slowly opened it.
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(End of chapter)