Chapter 273 Preparation, Intelligence, New Skills
[Countdown to the start of internal testing: 3 days]
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January 22, 768 in the Tianqi calendar.
Fanor Continent, Nolan Empire's Songyuan Territory Border, Red Maple City.
Inside the Glorious Church.
early morning. Luo Xiu woke up from his new residence after reconstruction.
In accordance with the previous requirements for the reconstruction of the residence, although Luo Xiu's promotion to the "fifth level of destiny" and becoming a "saint" has not been disclosed to the clergy, the reconstruction project of the "high priest's residence" has been carried out in accordance with the "Bishop's Holy See" ” standards were rebuilt.
This is also some kind of forward-looking consideration - the older group of clergy in the church all know that their "officiating ceremony" has completed the four-fold life path, and their promotion is only a matter of the near future.
Three days ago, the new "Bishop's Holy See" was also rebuilt. Compared with the previous "High Priest's Residence", the interior of the "Bishop's Holy Seat" is much wider, with a larger courtyard, and the number of floors has been expanded from two to three floors.
The outer "Glory Golden Barrier" has also been repaired and resonates with the "Great Sun Golden Barrier" covering the church, and its defensive properties have also been significantly enhanced.
Luo Xiu was very satisfied with the results of the reconstruction. In addition to the "Bishop's Holy See", the reconstruction of other damaged buildings in the church has also been completed in recent days.
The residential area built for the clergy has doubled the area and number of houses compared to before. The current church is large enough to accommodate 500 clergy. Although the current number of clergy in the church is less than one-third of this number, Luo Xiu also left enough room for the future expansion of the church's size.
Even the capacity of five hundred people was still too small in Luo Xiu's eyes - three days before the "Adventors" were about to arrive, another project that Luo Xiu had already arranged was finally completed.
As early as three months ago, Luo Xiu asked Maiyev to purchase a hundred acres of land on the outskirts of Red Maple City.
After paying 1.2 times the amount of land to the local residents, the church built a series of small manor-style houses there, increasing the living capacity by nearly a thousand people.
Because the church paid enough and had relevant senior architects to provide design and supervision, the house was built quite quickly.
After it is completed, it will be regarded as a branch of the church established in the outer suburbs. Church clergy applied for the right to live in a suburban manor, but were rejected by Luo Xiu - because this "district" had another purpose in Luo Xiu's plan.
After the parish manor was built, Luo Xiu asked the clergy to seal it off. He planned to wait for the "Adventors" to arrive before opening it to them as the first "meeting gift" for players to join the church.
This is one of the benefits that the church will give players.
--"home"! Luo Xiu knows how tempting "buying a property" is to an orthodox RPG player.
And this was still in the early days, when the "adventurers" were newbies with nothing in their pockets. The cost of purchasing real estate is not large for Luo Xiu now. Being able to win over a large number of players in this way is considered a worthwhile deal for Luo Xiu.
Although players will consider replacing properties in better locations in the later stage when their wallets are full, that is also a later matter - at least in the early stages of various camps' efforts to attract "adventurers", Luo Xiu has already come to the forefront, so let's ignore it for the time being. Too many other things.
Luo Xiu felt excited when he thought about the players who would "arrive" soon, but also a little nervous at the same time.
He knew it was a group of chaotic neutral individuals because he had been one of them. In addition to the "benefits" prepared for the players, Luo Xiu is also "wary" of them.
In the past ten days, there has been no big movement from "Executioner" Koros and the others. The clergy of the church were divided into two groups. One group was responsible for vigorously developing the church's infrastructure, and the other group conducted rounds of patrols in Red Maple City, clearing out any remnants of the enemy found.
Although the "patrol" is explicitly for the purpose of judging heretics, secretly it is also a drill for patrolling "players".
Luo Xiu, who has memories of his previous life, clearly remembers that the first thing some conservative extremists among players did after they "arrived" was to kick down doors and rob them, and gathered players with the same "gaming habits" to try to massacre the city.
Although their atrocities were quickly suppressed by the city's guards and killed all of their weekly resurrections, the incident still caused great panic and caused the "Adventors" to be labeled "natural disasters" " label.
However, this kind of incident is an exception after all. Because it will harm the gaming experience and interests of more players, other players will red-name such extremist players in the world channel and order everyone to hunt them down.
The natives of "Apocalypse World" often give generous rewards to players who hunt down those "red names", which to a certain extent achieves a balance of interests between players.
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Luo Xiu, who knew that the player was a "double-edged sword", recalled all these things while already putting on the high priest's robe and walking out of the "Bishop's Holy Seat".
When he came to the inner courtyard, several clergymen who passed by stopped in front of Luo Xiu and saluted him respectfully.
Luo Xiu nodded in response, and the priests returned to their posts, while Luo Xiu went to the Holy Office to prepare for today's work.
And when he walked into the Holy Office and into the "bishop's room", he saw another familiar figure waiting for him in the bishop's room.
"You are here, Luo Xiu." "Holy Deacon" Hubert nodded to Luo Xiu and greeted him, "I have been waiting for you for a while."
Hubert came to church? As the "guiding priest", Colen didn't tell me, indicating that he came here on his own... Luo Xiu's mind changed slightly, a smile appeared on his face, and he responded: "Hello, Mr. Hubert. I'm getting ready." Taking care of today’s holy business.”
Although Luo Xiu and Hubert are both at the fifth level of the "Holy Court", Hubert is a senior after all, so Luo Xiu still calls him "Sir".
This can be regarded as some kind of human connection. Hubert would come here almost every three days. Most of the time he would ask the "Executioner" and the "Hidden Elder" what new developments there were, and also see if Luo Xiu had adapted to the power of the "Fifth Fate". .
The moment Luo Xiu walked into the room, Hubert felt that the spiritual surge emanating from Luo Xiu was much more stable than the last time they met.
This shows that he is indeed gradually mastering new powers... Hubert nodded lightly.
After that, he said:
"I have just received an instruction from the archbishop, Luo Xiu. Based on your wishes, you will continue to stay in Red Maple City and join the war as a frontline 'bishop' until the end of the trial war."
"Also, regarding the plan you mentioned about sending a 'priest', the archbishop also approved it. Moreover, he decided to send three."
Hubert first told Luo Xiu the answer he got from the archbishop.
Then he changed his tone and continued to say to Luo Xiu:
"Then there's another thing. I've already investigated the hiding place of 'Bishop of the Undead' Passaro and what he is planning."
In the past few days, Hubert was mainly investigating matters related to the "Bishop of the Undead" Passaro. With the addition of Hubert, the church's investigation of Passaro will be much smoother.
But Luo Xiu clearly saw that Hubert's expression was not very good. "What happened?" Luo Xiu then asked Hubert, "What is Passaro planning?"
"..." Hubert was silent for a while before he said seriously:
"I must tell you, Luo Xiu. We successfully stopped Koros and Babelun before, and that was more critical than we expected."
"——'Bishop of the Undead' Pasaro, he was originally the third link in the invasion plan laid out by Korus and Babylon."
"Kolos and his 'Haws' and 'Black Fangs' carried out the killings in the city, while Babelun attracted attention outside the city. The souls of the dead killed by them were collected by Pasaro and put into the [Original] Mother] in the 'divine womb' of weak divinity!"
A look of fear appeared on Hubert's face, and he said: "Let the 'Death God's Heir' come to the world, that is their ultimate goal! And if Passaro really succeeds, Red Maple City will now be in ruins Dead city!"
...Heir of the Death God? When he heard this word, Luo Xiu's pupils shrank.
He does know what the "Death God Heir" is - a "God Heir" is a life that is born by receiving the true divinity of a god, and the "Death God Heir" is mixed in the process of the birth of the "God Heir" A large number of deaths accelerated the birth of "divine heirs", but also distorted their origins.
Born from death, they hate and hate everything they see. They possess the direct power of the gods and are extremely powerful. Their appearance often means the destruction of a city or even several cities.
In Luo Xiu's memory, there was indeed a dead heir of the [Lost] Pillar God - the [Original Mother] in the Songyuan Territory in his previous life. But that was not in Red Maple City, but in another city.
After the birth of the "Death God's Heir", news of destruction soon came to that city. After that, the Department of Justice, the Holy Court and the Tower of Sages simultaneously dispatched more than a dozen saints to suppress the incident, and the disaster was eliminated.
But now, the "Death God's Heir" has appeared in Red Maple City... Is this also a butterfly effect caused by himself? Luo Xiu couldn't help but think of these.
"But fortunately... the 'Death God's Heir' that Passaro tried to feed was not able to absorb enough death."
Seeing the astonished look on Luo Xiu's face, Hubert continued:
"Now, the 'Sir of Death' has awakened. He will no longer sleep, but will try to devour all the individuals around him who have gathered 'spirituality' to supplement his own power."
"You mean..." Luo Xiu showed a look of understanding on his face, "You mean, Passaro..."
"Well, it's what you think." Hubert nodded slightly and said, "The first target of the 'Death God's Heir' is Passaro. Although Passaro has already exerted an influence on the 'Death God's Heir' Although they have been sealed under many seals, they share a common destiny through some kind of secret contract, and will eventually exchange the death of one of them for the true rebirth of the other."
"I understand." Luo Xiu nodded, "So, how long will it take?"
He knew what the best thing to do was in this situation. The "Death God" and the "Death Bishop" will consume each other's strength. When one of them is killed by the other but before being devoured, that is when they are at their weakest.
Just wait. Luo Xiu knew this, and Hubert quickly answered him.
"Three days, four days at most," Huebert said.
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After Hubert left the Holy Office, Luo Xiu sat on a chair, looking thoughtful.
The countdown to the arrival of the "Adventors" was also three days, which made Luo Xiu already think about the role of the "Death God's Heir" on him.
That was the first battle in which he was about to establish his prestige in terms of combat power in front of the players.
While thinking about it, Luo Xiu opened his character panel.
Thinking about the upcoming battle, Luo Xiu checked his dashboard again.
The sum of his various attributes maintains an above-average level in the "five-fold destiny", and the "self-created skills" he carried out previously also added some new things to the skill bar——
[The Holy Cross of Glory (Glory, lv.5): All sins are annihilated by the radiance of the cross. 】
[Summons two crosses of light ten meters long and wide, and slowly advances towards the target direction. "Holy Cross of Brilliance" cannot be blocked and will annihilate all flying objects on its path. Each cross of ray of light causes "holy light" attribute damage of 1200% physical attack + 1200% spell attack to all targets on the path, and continues to cause "holy light" attribute dot of 100% spell attack per second to the target that has caused damage. Damage lasts 10 seconds. 】
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[Golden Starburst (Glory, lv.5): For those who have sinned, a starburst will be given to purify their sins. 】
[The advanced skills of "Golden Meteor" can be learned after mastering "Golden Meteor". After chanting for a long time, a large "golden starfall" rains down in the designated area. "Golden Starfall" bombarded a total of nine rounds, causing a total damage of 1800% physical attack + 1800% spell attack "Holy Light" attribute damage. The damage can be superimposed on multiple targets. When each round of starfall hits the target, a 5% defense reduction and penetration effect is superimposed, up to 5 layers. 】
【……】
[Holy Annihilation Sword Formation (Glory, lv.5): The sword that cuts off all evil forms a circular formation here! 】
[The advanced skills of "Sword of Holy Annihilation" can be learned after mastering "Sword of Holy Annihilation". After releasing the skill, six small "Sacred Swords of Annihilation" gather around the body to attack together in battle. Each "Holy Annihilation Sword" slash causes "Holy Light" attribute damage of 640% physical attack + 450% spell attack. After executing the slash, the "Holy Annihilation Sword" disappears. 】
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[Return of Divine Glory (Glory, lv.5): Divine radiance protects and returns evil thoughts. 】
[Standing skill, after completing the prayer, you will obtain the permanent "Divine Glory Return" state. After receiving the "Divine Glory Return" state and being attacked for the first time, it will enter the "Divine Glory Charge" state for 2 seconds. After the "Divine Charge" state ends, the damage received during the period is completely offset, and 50% of the basic damage received is converted into "holy light" attribute damage and returned to the opponent, and a shield of 50% of the basic damage is obtained. After executing "Return of Divine Glory" once, the "Return of Divine Glory" state will disappear, and the "Return of Divine Glory" skill will enter a 10-minute cooling time. 】
【……】
In the previous "Skill Creation", Luo Xiu had four more skills that were in line with the strength of the "Five Fate". He was now confident that he could at least be invincible in most battles of the same level.
After inspecting it, he closed the panel and started working on the day.
But just when he had just taken out a file and was about to spread it out, his spirit suddenly trembled.
That was his "dependent" - Intis conveyed the message to him.
After connecting to Intis's spiritual transmission, a vague voice came to Luo Xiu's ears, but it was enough to hear the words clearly:
"Following your instructions, I have participated in the antiquities auction at the Black Sword Mansion."
"——I have obtained the complete divine heart of the 'Spirit of Heavenly Fire', Lord."
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(End of chapter)