Chapter 291 Conversation
The players of the "Church Patrol" have already been guided by the priests to the residence I prepared for them... Through the fog of "Shadow Raven" , Luo Xiu has seen this scene.
The 150 acres of land on the outskirts of Red Maple City that Mayiev took over at that time was about half of it used for construction, and more than 50 Nordic-style villas had been built - three or four There are an average of twenty rooms in a one-story villa, each room is about 20 square meters, which is equivalent to the size of a single apartment in the previous life - even if it is an entry benefit for the "church patrols".
Each "church patrol" can have an entire separate room, and its interior has also been finely decorated according to the specifications of quasi-clergymen. Compared with the side courtyard and the square monument courtyard, The treatment of peripheral civilian members is already much better.
In addition to building the villa, Luo Xiu also specially asked a gardener to create the landscape of the villa area - after the "church patrols" finished their duties, they could take a walk near their residence to enjoy the scenery.
Luo Xiu also hired many professional cleaners to clean the villa area and even each room at regular intervals to maintain a comfortable living environment for the "Church Patrol".
The church does not even charge rent from the players. Luo Xiu pays for all these arrangements out of his own pocket - he probably needs to pay maintenance fees of more than 300 gold coins per month for this.
But Luo Xiu’s current bishop’s income of 1,000 weekly stipends and 4,000 gold coins monthly stipends is enough to support him in making these investments. He still has enough to distribute bounties to players, but in this regard , he also roped in Nelson City Lord to share the pressure for him.
In general, these are necessary expenses in order to keep players under control as much as possible in the early stage.
Now that the players are still in the development stage, Luo Xiu feels like he is building a brand new leek field, just waiting for the opportunity to harvest in the future.
Through the perspective of "Mist Shadow", the players have divided the rooms under the guidance of the priest.
The vast majority of players were quite satisfied with the first accommodation they participated in the closed beta of "God's Destiny". After chatting with other Red Maple City players in the chat channel for a while, they went to bed The bed is offline.
It seems that in the real world, the corresponding time is now late at night... Except for a few night owl players who are still playing abstract games in the channel, the popularity of the chat has temporarily dropped.
Luo Xiu then closed the channel panel, stood up, left the bishop's seat, and walked toward the courtyard.
He couldn't go to bed early on this day - he had just smashed Koros's invasion conspiracy, and there were still many things waiting for him to do, and he also needed to make new arrangements for some things.
Under the moonlight, he went straight to the Holy Office and entered the room between the bishops. While dealing with the newly accumulated affairs, I waited for a while.
Just as Luo Xiu expected.
About twenty minutes later, there was a gentle knock on the door between the bishops.
Then, without waiting for Luo Xiu to respond, a figure pushed the door open and entered.
That was "Holy Deacon" Hubert.
"Good evening, Lord Hubert." Luo Xiu greeted him with a smile.
Hubert nodded slightly in response. He then came to the table opposite Luo Xiu, pulled out the chair and sat down.
“I talked to ‘Judge’ Baines and learned something about [Supreme]’s future arrangements.”
Hubert said straight to the point: “This victory It’s hard-won, but any slight mistake will lead to irreparable consequences.”
“The [Supreme] side also realizes this, and out of consideration of the situation, they will send a ‘. The Saint is here to stay. He is Lord Gawain Bakar's deputy and the Seal Knight of the Round Table of Songyuan Law Hall, Albert Perez."
"Albert. ·Perez?" Luo Xiu said with a surprised expression on his face, "I have heard of his name. 'Thunder General' Albert, he seems to be a difficult person to get along with."
"Well...but he is indeed very strong. Old Marquis Bakar also had his reasons for making such a decision."
Hubert nodded and crossed his fingers to form an arch on his chin. , his eyes became deep, "Originally, the Marquis seemed to want to send Lord Gawain himself, but the Lord still needs to deal with the rebels in the Kuma Territory. Therefore, Albert Perez is the most suitable person to be sent here now."
"Other 'saints' are not qualified." Hubert added.
Not qualified... Luo Xiu chewed and recalled Hubert's words, and could probably understand what he wanted to express.
——The reason why [Supreme] is [Supreme], the original core point is that it has absolute authority and control over the destiny members in other empires. But the current situation in Red Maple City has actually broken the original pattern of [Supreme] in the Nolan Empire.
When Luo Xiu was still a "fourth-level destiny", his combat power had already exceeded that of the strongest transcendent in Red Maple City at the time, "Grand Inquisitor" Baines, and even Luo Xiu now Having been promoted to the "fifth level of destiny", although this is a good thing for the empire, it is also a very dangerous signal.
This means that - [Supreme] will no longer be the "Supreme". Even the Red Maple City Church still has two "holy saints" at this time. If the church wants to, it can even achieve perfection. Exclude the [Supreme] and monopolize all high-level authority in Red Maple City.
This has nothing to do with personal will, but the sense of crisis that will arise spontaneously after the empire's will is devolved to the fortress towns. Therefore, Marquis Vizia Bakar would make such an arrangement, which in a sense was a "check and balance" on the church.
And such "checks and balances" are actually universal - for example, the strongest person in Sina City is actually the person in charge of the Sina City Law Department, a [Supreme] Sixth Level Destiny "King of the Domain" - that is the younger brother of Marquis Bakar, and his title in the empire is Viscount.
In a larger sense, the entire Songyuan Territory is an important territory in the empire, and Marquis Vizia Bakar himself is also the "strongest man" in the Songyuan Territory - he has reached the seventh level of destiny. The real "human limit", the ruling class in the empire is the "Red Crowned Princes" - their status in the empire is second only to the "Red Crowned Princes" with the title of "Duke", and the "Supreme Emperor" Ogu Emperor Sver Nolan himself.
And he is also the only person in the Songyuan Territory who has reached the pinnacle of the "Seventh Path of Destiny". This is the way of the [Supreme] - absolute supremacy, absolute authority. This is also the source of part of the power of the [Supreme].
"...I know." Luo Xiu nodded and said thoughtfully, "I will think about how to get along well with this 'Chief of the Round Table' Divine Seal Knight."< br>
“But this is a problem for later, Luo Xiu.” Hubert smiled, “In a while, I will return to the main church in Songyuan City to report to the Archbishop. You and that We should get along with Albert Perez for a long, long time.”
“In fact, if you promised me to go to Songyuan City and become a member of the bishops of the General Church, You don’t have to worry about so many worries.”
"..."
In response to Hubert's last insidious invitation, Luo Xiu just smiled bitterly and shook his head, without giving a positive response.
Before Hubert showed his disappointment, Luo Xiu first reached out to the bracelet on his left wrist and extracted several pieces of Death Spirit Crystal and a Deep Magic Crystal Ring.
“This is the material that was generated on the body of the ‘Death God’s Heir’ when I was guarding his corpse.”
Luo Xiu pointed at the Death Spirit Crystal and said, “According to the Commandment, I will recycle it and entrust it to you."
"And this ring. After the body of the 'Death God's successor' was completely destroyed, I routinely visited his birthplace. I inspected the stronghold where the 'Bishop of the Dead' Pasaro Adoya was hiding and found it."
"There seems to be some forbidden power sealed in this deep magic crystal ring. And knowledge. In the same way, I entrust it to you and ask you to seal it in the Holy Hall of the main church for me."
"..."
Huber. Te's attention was successfully diverted by Luo Xiu. He looked at the few things Luo Xiuxin had taken out and reached out to take them.
"I did receive it, Luo Xiu." Hubert said, "Very good, you fulfilled the commandments. And according to the commandments, the General Church will record your achievements."
After that, Hubert talked with Luo Xiu about other things. Including the choice of Luo Xiu's officially disclosed "bishop" schedule, the church's future plans, the follow-up strategic approach to "Executioner" Koros, etc. Within about two days, Luo Xiu will personally write a holy proclamation to officially announce his identity as bishop. At that time, the church will hold an ordination ceremony, and "Holy Deacon" Hubert will give Luo Xiu the scepter symbolizing the bishop on behalf of the archbishop.
Hubert also told Luo Xiu that if the Red Maple City Church wants to upgrade to a large church, the General Church will fully support them. As long as Luo Xiu becomes the bishop, he can Come up with results that match.
As for "Executioner" Koros and "Hidden Elder" Babron, Hubert relayed Baines's thoughts——
Baines is ready to wait for that person After the "Chief of the Round Table" Seal Knight and "Thunder General" Albert Perez officially arrives, he will then launch a formal attack on Koros and the remaining black army. This is the safest strategy.
Luo Xiu just casually agreed with this, but did not intend to do so - he had already arranged a large wave of attacks against Koros, and this happened to be from the standpoint of the "Holy Abyss" , so avoid official arrangements.
Learning that Baines was not in a hurry to send out troops, Luo Xiu was secretly happy, which meant that "Holy Abyss" had more time to prepare.
After talking about this, Hubert stood up and prepared to leave.
In Luo Xiu's expectation, he should have said something to the "Adventors", but he didn't, probably because he didn't pay enough attention to them.
After all, the current "Adventors" have not yet entered the transcendent world. For Hubert, a "Fifth Path" saint who has not actively contacted them, he will not deliberately pay attention to them. them.
Luo Xiu didn't take the initiative to mention this. He stood up from his seat and personally saw Hubert out.
......
Watching Hubert leave the Holy Office, Luo Xiu returned to the bishops' room.
He still needs to wait for another person.
Ten minutes later, the door between the bishops was knocked lightly again, "Beep, beep--", but this time the visitor did not push it open like Hubert did. Door.
“Come in.” Luo Xiu said, then picked up a file that had not yet been reviewed.
“Creak——” the door was pushed open.
It was Anthony who walked in, with a melancholy and puzzled expression on his face.
"Luo Xiu..." Anthony asked tentatively with a somewhat unhappy tone:
"You...have been promoted to the 'fifth level of destiny'?"
This is an inevitable phenomenon, and it is a scene that Luo Xiu has been prepared to face for a long time——
Before the Death God's heir appeared and "Executioner" Koros led his army to attack the city, in order to completely block the news , Luo Xiu did not let the third person besides himself and Hubert know about his promotion.
Including Anthony - on the previous battlefield, when Luo Xiu had a decisive battle with the natural disaster puppet summoned by "Hidden Elder" Babelun, Anthony only knew that Luo Xiu had been promoted again. , I was extremely shocked on the spot.
What followed the strong shock was a deep melancholy mood - no one in the entire church was aware of this before. After Luo Xiu was promoted again, he was once again in a high position in the entire church. There was a shock among the clergy!
This kind of vibration is very deep. It is not deliberately expressed in actions or words, but permeates the atmosphere of the entire church.
Even when Luo Xiu summoned the "deacons" and asked them to lead the priests to guide the players, the deacons did not ask any questions, but Luo Xiu could clearly feel that everyone There has been a more subtle change in his attitude.
That is an attitude of greater admiration and even more awe.
Even though Luo Xiu has not really announced that he is a "saint", such a change in attitude has already happened to almost all priests.
"Well, yes." Luo Xiu smiled, nodded slightly, and said, "You are very keen, Anthony."
He tried his best to use a relaxed tone and talk to Anthony spoke, but the melancholy on Anthony's face did not fade.
Sighing, Luo Xiu continued in a gentle tone:
"You know, Anthony. I may indeed have talent, and only Hubert and I know about my promotion."
“Today’s battle is the first time I have shown my power as a ‘saint’. Tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, I will officially disclose this matter, in the presence of ‘Holy Deacon’ Hubert Under the witness, he formally took over the scepter that symbolized the bishop."
"..."
"...Well, I understand." Anthony nodded absentmindedly.
He understands the truth, he just mentioned some of the most basic emotions of human beings -
That is "jealousy". When Luo Xiu was promoted to the "Fourth Level of Destiny" and truly surpassed Anthony, this emotion had already grown in his heart. And when he discovered that Luo Xiu had been promoted to the "Fifth Level of Destiny", this jealousy almost caused Anthony to collapse.
Recalling the past, when I first met Luo Xiu, he was still in the second level of destiny, but he was already in the third level. Until Luo Xiu was promoted to the third level of destiny, he was still the third level; when he was promoted to the fourth level of destiny, he was still the third level; now Luo Xiu is a saint of the "fifth level of destiny", and he is still the third level...
Luo Xiu has been getting stronger visibly with the naked eye, and there is no end, but Anthony has been standing still for a long time. Recalling his extraordinary career after being promoted to the "Triple Destiny", Anthony felt that he seemed to have lived a rather failed extraordinary life.
"I know...well, this is your strategic consideration, I know it." Anthony murmured:
"It's just...well, it's just a little unimaginable...you should understand...but that's fine, that's fine..."
After a pause, the melancholy on Anthony's face was deliberately hidden. , even though there is still a touch of sadness, he has almost returned to his usual state.
He did not come simply to confirm Luo Xiu's "promotion to sainthood", but there was something more important.
"Well, just listen to your old friend's nagging, Luo Xiu...congratulations on successfully crossing that hurdle."
"However, my visit this time is not just for To ask you this... After all, I already know the answer."
After sorting out his mood, Anthony calmed down and said in a calm tone:
"I did it for another thing. ——"
"Luo Xiu, I also felt a flash of inspiration and became aware of my 'door'."
"I want to apply for the 'Golden Key'. And under your witness, try to break through the 'fourfold destiny'"
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(End of this chapter)