Chapter 205 "Hosting the Grand Ceremony" Assessment (5k5)
High Deacon? When he heard the name of this priesthood, Luo Xiu realized something.
The assessment regarding his preparation to go to Red Maple City and serve as the "host of the grand festival" is coming soon.
"It is indeed a 'senior deacon'..." Luo Xiu thought to himself. Leonard's previous guess was correct. Songyuan Diocese indeed sent such a high-ranking deacon.
"Deacon" is a priesthood that can only be assigned to dioceses and above.
They are elite clergymen directly led by the dioceses of the "Holy Court". Their ranks can be divided into six levels - "junior deacon", "middle deacon", "higher deacon", "director deacon", " Red Deacon" and the highest ranking "Black Deacon".
Among them, starting from "Higher Deacon", only the glorious career branch of "Priest" can be held, and only priests who have reached the "Fivefold Destiny" and entered the level of "Saint" can become "Higher". Deacon" qualifications.
Now Luo Xiu doesn't know who the "senior deacon" sent by the diocese is. However, based on his experience in related assessments in his previous life, Luo Xiu had already made some preparations.
After entering the church and arriving at the inner courtyard, Luo Xiu did not go directly to the Holy Inquisition or the Holy See of the Bishop. Instead, he first found a secluded place and crushed five "Scarlet Magic Crystals."
After confirming that his spirituality in the [Abyss] of the second life path would not be detected, Luo Xiu strengthened the protective barrier of the "Prisoner of the Thinker" that is permanently located in the depths of his soul to avoid being attacked by the other party. Detection of spiritual dimensions.
After that, Luo Xiu waited for the spiritual surface when the "Scarlet Magic Crystal" took effect to dissipate, and then cast a "consecration prayer" on himself, allowing the glorious spirituality to cover himself lightly, completely eliminating the excess aura. .
After completing all this, Luo Xiu walked slowly towards the direction of the Holy Inquisition.
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The inner courtyard of the church, the place where the Holy Inquisition takes place.
There was a special guest in Priest Leonard's room than usual.
It was a middle-aged man wearing a long blue-gray dress. There was a war hammer hanging in front of him, and his right hand was firmly pressed on the handle of the war hammer.
At this time, the man was sitting on a leather sofa in the room. He kept his eyes closed and said nothing, appearing restrained and calm.
Beside him, Priest Leonard looked a little embarrassed.
Although there were still a lot of unreviewed and unprocessed files on the desk, Leonard did not deal with the tasks at hand. Instead, he and this special guest in the room were quietly waiting for the arrival of the last person. .
After a while, the man on the sofa suddenly opened his eyes.
He raised his left hand and moved his fingers towards the round button with the "sun" pattern on his collar. His bright golden eyes then looked at Leonard and asked:
"That Luo Xiu Carlos, how long does it take for him to arrive?"
"..."
"It should be soon, Lord Hubert."
Leonard replied: "He is still the 'deacon' of the church. At this time every day, he comes to the church to report to me on a routine basis. He has never been late or absent."
"...Okay." "High Deacon" Hubert nodded, "I understand. I will wait patiently for a while, but I hope this time will not be too long."
"..."
——Squeak. While Hubert was speaking, the door to Leonard's room was slowly pushed open.
In fact, the door was not closed earlier, but opened a thin crack. This was a small detail that Leonard left specially for Luo Xiu so that he could make some preparations before entering.
When Luo Xiu came to the door of Leonard's room and saw an extra figure in it through the crack in the door, Luo Xiu knew that that person was the "senior deacon" sent from the diocese.
"High Deacon" Hubert, he is indeed a fifth-level destiny, and his occupation is "Deacon of the Purification of Sins".
That is the higher-ranking profession of the "Patriarch of Purification of Sins", the priest's profession in the fourth life path. In the priest's "punishment of sins" career branch, the priest's "purification of sins" career branch has many similarities with Luo Xiu's career path.
That's why the diocese sent this "high deacon" Hubert to assess himself... Luo Xiu guessed this, and at the same time, with a moderate expression of surprise on his face, he turned in the direction of Leonard said:
"Master Priest, I'm here to give my daily report. I'm sorry, I didn't expect there to be new guests."
Then, he turned to the direction of "High Deacon" Hubert again, and greeted with a humble attitude and tone: "Hello, guest of the priest. I am Luo Xiu, the 'deacon' of the church, and I send my greetings to you. ”
"..."
When Luo Xiu observed Hubert, he saw that Hubert's originally reserved attitude seemed to have changed somewhat.
Hubert's eyes then moved away from Leonard and fell on Luo Xiu.
"Are you Luo Xiu, the 'Luo Xiu Carlos' who applied to go to Red Maple City to 'host the grand ceremony'?" Hubert asked.
"Yes, it's me." Luo Xiu nodded and asked in a tone of verification, "Who are you?"
"I am the Holy Deacon of Songyuan Diocese, 'High Deacon' Hubert."
When he learned that the person who came was the subject of the upcoming assessment, the current acolyte of the Sina City Church, "Rossiu Carlos", Hubert quickly got into work mode.
He then formally introduced his identity to Luo Xiu, and then continued to say to Luo Xiu:
"Luo Xiu Carlos, the diocese has received your application to go to Red Maple City and serve as the 'master of ceremonies' for the wartime church in Red Maple City. Now I will evaluate you to confirm whether you have enough Abilities and Qualifications.”
"..."
When Hubert finished saying this, a serious expression appeared on Luo Xiu's face, and he solemnly said to Hubert: "I understand, Lord Hubert. Please indicate the content of the assessment. , I will try my best to cooperate.”
"..."
"very good."
Hubert nodded, and his hand that was lightly holding the sun-patterned round button stretched out to the side, pointed to the sofa opposite, and said: "You can sit down first, Luo Xiu. At least now, we can communicate on an equal footing." something."
"Okay." Luo Xiu responded to Hubert softly, walked into the room, closed the door of the room, and came to sit in front of the sofa pointed by Hubert.
During this process, Luo Xiu always maintained a humble, gentle, and neither humble nor arrogant attitude when talking to Hubert. This made Hubert feel comfortable and also gave him an initial good impression of Luo Xiu.
When Luo Xiu sat down in front of the sofa, Hubert said: "Before, my student, another 'middle deacon', had already visited the Sina City Church once, and he was responsible for the assessment. Three Holy Judges. I also learned something about you from his report to me."
"Luo Xiu...in less than three months, he was promoted from the second level of destiny to the fourth level of destiny. Such a record has never been seen in the history of the Holy Court, and it will even be rare in the future. You are walking in [Glory] 】The talent of destiny is obvious to all. ”
"With such a talent, even the 'Holy Lady' of the Holy Court today may not be as good as you back then."
"Therefore, after several bishops in the diocese learned about your deeds, they had no objections to your promotion to the 'priest' of the Sina City Church. They even wanted to take you under their tutelage and do their best to train you. …”
"What a pity, haha. You are no longer on the third level of destiny. For those priests who are already on the 'fourth level of destiny', the bishops have not forcibly transferred your power."
When he said this, Hubert's voice paused, changed the subject, and said:
"But, Luo Xiu, I think you may not yet understand what the person who will be the 'master of ceremonies' of the 'Wartime Church' represents, and what he will bear."
"You should understand that the hostility of the Dark Principality towards us has been quite obvious. And the 'wartime church' established based on the premise of war, the priests who will be appointed here must be the elite among the elites of each church. , Only then can we have the acumen and ability to deal with various hostile actions of the enemy.”
"The 'Wartime Church''s 'Hosting Ceremony' originally had another name at the meeting of saints that discussed, formulated and promulgated this resolution."
"——'Acting Bishop'."
"..."
When he said this, Hubert's golden eyes suddenly flashed with a deep light. When he looked at Luo Xiu, his eyes were blessed with something that could penetrate "spirituality" and discern "true heart". Holy magic.
After that, Hubert continued:
"'Acting Bishop' means that the person who becomes the 'presiding officer' will bear the same responsibility as a real church bishop. He will be given the primary glorious 'authority', but if his faith is not pious enough, , If you are not experienced enough and your ability is not strong enough, you will not be able to truly hold this priesthood.”
"At this point, 'talent' is the last thing. Therefore, our initial candidate is Leonard, followed by Markakis..."
"To be honest, you are too young, Luo Xiu."
Hubert maintained the same tone as before, but with an expression of regret on his face, he said, "I don't think you meet any of the three conditions I listed before." "In this regard, you How will you respond, and how will you prove your will to me?"
When he said this, Hubert's words stopped abruptly. His golden eyes looked at Luo Xiu calmly, waiting for his response.
Regarding the three questions raised by Hubert, Luo Xiu thought for a while and considered his words before answering Hubert:
"Lord Hubert, I think my piety should be obvious to all."
"Ever since I entered the church and became a 'Holy Judge', I have always been fulfilling my duties of 'judging' and 'preaching'. Up to now, I have judged more than three heretics, including three, four There are also many heretics who have changed their destiny.”
"I don't understand what the 'piety' you specifically mean actually means. To me, that is not more important than adhering to light, kindness and justice, and adhering to the sacred cause."
"..."
When he heard Luo Xiu say this, Hubert's expression was stunned for a moment, and then showed an expression of surprise and joy.
He heard a different answer, an answer different from those who claimed to be loyal to the glory and dedicated to the great sun.
There are clergymen or "priests" who would say that "piety" is not as important as hard work... This is really beyond Hubert's expectation.
And this was exactly the answer Hubert really wanted to hear.
Because asking whether one is "pious" or not is actually a false proposition.
The truly pious need not prove themselves, and this is the crux of Hubert's question.
Then he finally understood why, while waiting, Leonard Bambers, the priest of the Sina City Church and the 'Templar Knight', said that 'Rosio Carlos' was a special person. The reason for the priest.
It's really special... Hubert thought to himself, and he received the archbishop's assessment requirements in advance. Although "piety" is important, it is indeed the last thing, not as important as ability.
In fact, when Luo Xiu was talking about this, Hubert had already "examined" him carefully from the inside out. The rich [brilliant] spirituality in Luo Xiu's body made Hubert Secretly shocked, he did not feel that there was any otherworldly spiritual aura in Luo Xiu.
Just walking on the path of [Glory] is enough to show the piety of the young priest opposite, and there is no need to whitewash it with more words... Hubert thought to himself.
When Luo Xiu expressed this to Hubert, Hubert also agreed with him.
"Very good, Luo Xiu." Hubert nodded and said, "I recognize your piety."
"Thank you for your recognition." Luo Xiu also nodded, with a modest smile on his face, and continued to say to Hubert: "As for the second point you raised, you are worried that I lack the corresponding experience. It is not enough to deal with possible hostile actions of the enemy..."
"At least you can rest assured about this."
As Luo Xiu spoke, he stretched out his left hand, gently rubbed the bracelet on his wrist, and pulled out dozens of "tokens" from it, all of which were tokens from the "Black Fang" that had been judged.
During the three days of waiting, Luo Xiu collected more Black Fang tokens from his "Apostles of the Holy Abyss", which increased the number of tokens held.
"Before I was promoted to the fourth level of destiny, in the mission of 'Judgment of Heretics', I had executed at least thirty of these enemies who were subordinate to the executioners of the Dark Principality."
"Don't worry, among the many pagan camps, my understanding of those Black Fangs is second only to the 'Blood of Thorns'." Luo Xiu said with a smile.
"..."
When he saw Luo Xiu showing these tokens, the expression on Hubert's face froze once again.
They were more than thirty pieces of black tooth tokens. Although they were of different shapes, Hubert could easily tell through the remaining spirituality on them that they were all real ones.
Judgment of more than thirty black teeth...Roseux Carlos, when he was still in the third life, he judged such an exaggerated number of black teeth? ! Hubert was thinking about this, and the strong sense of surprise and shock was intensifying in his mind.
You must know that those "Black Fangs" are elites specially trained by the executioners of the principality. Any one of them has a strength that is close to that of a "Holy Inquisitor".
And when Luo Xiu was only in the third level of life, he killed more than thirty black teeth... This is enough to prove that he is outstanding at this level, and it is also enough to prove that he has rich experience in dealing with that group of enemies.
However, Hubert suddenly noticed that Luo Xiu seemed to have mentioned another word before.
"Blood of Thorns", Luo Xiu mentioned "Blood of Thorns"... Hubert thought of the large-scale "Blood of Thorns" campaign carried out by the General Church within the diocese, and then he looked at the Leonard, who was "watching the show" on the side, seemed to want to get some confirmation from him.
"...Yes, Lord Hubert."
Priest Leonard, when he noticed Hubert's eyes turning to him, he nodded and said: "I can prove that what Luo Xiu said is true. And before that, Bishop Fabion The 'Blood of Thorns' stronghold distribution map submitted to the diocese was a trophy that Luo Xiu found from one of their large strongholds during the execution of the judgment against the heretics."
"..."
"So that's it, I understand." Hubert nodded, no longer doubting the matter.
From Luo Xiu's performance in ruling "Black Fang" to Leonard's confirmation for him from the side, during this process, the "net of perception" emitted by Hubert did not capture their spiritual existence. Chaos, this shows that what Luo Xiu said is indeed true.
"Very good, Luo Xiu." Hubert nodded and said, "I recognize your experience."
In the face of Luo Xiu's performance, not to mention the three priests of the Sina City Church, even if all the church priests in the entire diocese were added together, there would not be a few people whose achievements could compare with Luo Xiu's.
After passing the second test, Hubert asked Luo Xiu the last and most important question:
"So, Luo Xiu." Hubert asked:
"How do you prove that you are capable of hosting the Grand Ceremony?"
"..."
When Hubert asked this question, Luo Xiu had an indifferent smile on his face.
Without thinking much, Luo Xiu said to Hubert:
"It's simple, Lord Hubert."
"..."
When Luo Xiu said this, he raised his arms slightly and opened his palms upward.
The next moment, Hubert suddenly felt a violent and surging spiritual surge coming from Luo Xiu's body!
Beside Luo Xiu, the originally calm air suddenly began to swell, whistling and circling in the room, and the low sound of hunting could be heard.
At the same time, the surging spirituality coming from Luo Xiu's body had quickly completely enveloped Hubert's body, and was constantly squeezing his body inwards.
"You...this is...your spirituality..."
Hubert murmured, and the shocking emotion in his heart was completely aroused at this moment.
He finally understood what Luo Xiu said before about his confidence in completing those 'judgment' tasks.
Hubert, he really felt the spiritual surge emanating from Luo Xiu, which was extremely rich and surging, like a huge wave.
Even Hubert, who has reached the "fifth level of destiny" and has reached the realm of "saint", intuitively felt a strong oppression from the spiritual surge emanating from Luo Xiu, which was enough to The breath of deadly danger.
That spiritual foundation has surpassed most of the "fourth level destiny" extraordinary people, and even the original candidate for "hosting the high ceremony", Leonard, the "priest" of Sina City, is still behind.
"..."
Hubert fell silent, no longer saying any more words, and his expression gradually became serious.
And when he saw "Senior Deacon" Hubert and he had such a reaction, Luo Xiu restrained his spirit and calmed down the strong surge.
"..."
"I understand... Luo Xiu."
Finally, when Luo Xiu restrained his spirit and stared at him calmly with a restrained and humble expression, Hubert solemnly nodded and said:
"...I recognize your ability."
"You, the priest of the Sina City Church, Luo Xiu Carlos, you passed the examination."
"You are qualified to go to Red Maple City and serve as the 'host of the grand festival'."
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(End of chapter)