Chapter 209 Settlement (5k5)
——Women only affect the speed of my hammer swing.
When Connor said these words, his whole temperament changed.
Luo Xiu seemed to see the figure of a certain swordsman master in him.
Why couldn't Connor be a rising hammer master... In a sense, sacrificing Connor for being single actually urged him to take the right path!
Thinking like this, Luo Xiu felt the last trace of guilt in his heart disappear.
After that, Luo Xiu said to Anthony, Pamier and Connor: "Actually, the diocese's initial choice to 'preside over the high priest' was Priest Leonard. It's just that the priest presides over the church in Sina City. The affairs of the 'Holy Judge' have been going on for a long time, and it is difficult for him to completely give up his position there and come to Red Maple City to take up a new holy position. "
"You also know, Captain Anthony, Pamier, and Connor."
"We, the original 'Holy Judges' of the Sina City Church, will all be transferred over, and new priests will be arranged in the diocese to fill the vacancies in the 'Holy Judge' of the Sina City Church. If Leonard If you leave again, there will be trouble in the 'Holy Judgment' affairs of the Sina City Church."
"At that time, I just came back from Songyuan City, and I happened to have some adventures in Songyuan City, which gave me an opportunity to be promoted. So, I took the place of Priest Leonard to accept the assessment above the diocese, and came to This is where the church's 'officiating ceremony' took place during the war."
"By the way, before leaving, the priest asked me to say hello to you on his behalf."
"..."
Luo Xiu then told his former comrades in detail the whole story of why he came to the Red Maple City Church, and also relayed Leonard's greetings.
Later, Luo Xiu recounted the process of his promotion to the "Fourth Destiny" to Anthony and the others just as he told Leonard.
After listening to Luo Xiu's story, the complicated expression on Anthony's face finally dissipated, and was replaced by an expression of strong shock.
"You said... you killed dozens of Black Fangs in Songyuan City, and even killed a 'Horsehead'... With such achievements, it's no wonder that you can find an opportunity to be promoted and become a fourth-level destiny..."
Anthony thought about the process of Luo Xiu's promotion to himself, and he thought that he could not do such a thing - Anthony had indeed fought against the "Black Fangs" under the executioner, and he knew that group of enemies. A good one.
Let Anthony deal with one or two Black Fangs at the same time. As an elite priest, he can do it. But if he wanted to fight dozens of enemies like Luo Xiu in a short period of time, let alone kill them, Anthony felt that he would only face death.
Looking at the thoughtful expressions on Anthony's face and the eager expressions on Pamier's face, Luo Xiu smiled helplessly and said: "I don't recommend that you try anything similar to me... After all, at that time I have the 'Throne Knight' as my bodyguard, but if that doesn't work, I can also ask those [Supreme] people to clean up the mess for me..."
"..."
"You are right... Luo Xiu."
Anthony smiled bitterly, dismissed the thought in his mind that "although it is extremely dangerous, I still want to try it", and said to Luo Xiu: "You are the 'Son of Glory'... Even if something happens to you, I think The sun will protect you in a moment..."
"..."
"But it's still worth trying."
Pamier suddenly said something from the side, which made Anthony suddenly shiver again.
After saying these things he planned to tell his former comrades in a pleasant manner, the smile on Luo Xiu's face immediately faded, and he turned to solemnly said in a serious tone: "However, although I have replaced Li Priest Onard is here to perform the priesthood, but I don’t intend to do it perfunctorily, but I want to really make some achievements, so as not to disgrace the reputation of those of us who came from the church in Sina City.”
"Red Maple City Wartime Church...Captain Anthony, Pamier, and Connor, we have been here once before. Among all the other clergymen transferred here, we are the most familiar with the situation here. Yes, this is our advantage.”
"The war is coming soon. This is a foreseeable fact... I need your help, just like when we fought side by side."
"..."
When Luo Xiu finished saying this, he immediately raised his head and looked at his former comrades with sincere eyes.
Sensing Luo Xiu's sincere eyes, Anthony sighed slowly and said: "I understand... I, Pamier and Connor, we are the clergymen of the Holy Inquisition. , will definitely support you, but the priests from other offices are not familiar with you, so you will still encounter some resistance."
"For a position like 'hosting the grand ceremony', Luo Xiu, you are still too young. You are even a few years younger than most of the priests... I think, Luo Xiu, you need to do something Come up with something to prove to them your ability and your qualifications to lead everyone in the Red Maple City Wartime Church."
"..."
"I understand, Captain." Luo Xiu nodded, acknowledging Anthony's words.
What he said was indeed true. Luo Xiu had actually felt the atmosphere of suspicion from the other clergymen from the very beginning.
And Luo Xiu is also waiting for the opportunity to establish his authority over all the priests in the future - it can be the invasion of foreign enemies, the violation of the ban by high-ranking priests, etc. The perfect solution to these incidents will help him in wartime. Establish prestige in the church.
Afterwards, Luo Xiu and Anthony talked about their previous experiences for a while, and the brief reunion greetings ended.
Luo Xiu stood up and was about to leave the main hall of the Holy Inquisition when Anthony stopped him at the last moment and said to him: "Actually, we are very lucky that it was you who came to Red Maple City to fight. The church serves as the 'officiator'. We all believe in your ability, Luo Xiu."
"There's just one thing I want to remind you..."
Anthony paused before continuing:
"You don't need to call me 'Captain' anymore, Luo Xiu, just call me Anthony. You are now the 'Master of Ceremony' of the church, equivalent to acting bishop. It is inappropriate to use the title of the 'Holy Judge' team..." …”
"..."
Luo Xiu was stunned for a moment, but soon understood, nodded to Anthony, and said:
"I understand, then just do what you said, Anthony."
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The small gathering was over, Anthony and Pamier returned to their duties, while "Guiding Pastor" Colen led Luo Xiu to his "Great Sacrifice" residence.
It was a newly built dome building deep in the inner courtyard of the church, with two floors. Its architectural style is similar to that of a Roman church, appearing balanced and solemn. However, the details have more designs symbolizing "brilliance" and the image of the sun shining in the sky, and the selection of materials and colors are also more conspicuous, which can better highlight the charm of living here. The high-ranking status of "hosting the grand ceremony".
The moment this "Great Sacrifice Residence" was built, the clergy of the church during the war called it the "small church" in the inner courtyard of the Red Maple City Church, and other inner courtyard buildings were also named after this "Great Sacrifice Residence". "The building is surrounded by the origin, forming a unique guard pattern.
"Guiding Priest" Colen, who led Luo Xiu to the residence of the Great Sacrifice, bowed slightly to Luo Xiu and said:
"This is your future residence, Master Luo Xiu of the Great Sacrifice. There is a barrier medium left for you in the parish. You only need to pour spirituality into it to activate it."
The "Media of Barriers" is a "switch" that can activate two protective barriers, both inside and outside. For example, when I was at the Sina City Church before, the "golden ball" suspended in the small tower in front of Bishop Fabian's "Bishop's Holy See" was a type of "Boundary Medium".
Luo Xiu then looked in the direction of Column's finger. Beside the entrance of his future residence, there was also a small tower, but it was smaller in shape than the tower of Fabian's Holy Seat.
In the tower, a golden ball the size of a palm is suspended. There are no traces of spiritual circulation on the surface of the ball, and it is still in an inactive state.
Luo Xiu then stepped forward, raised his arm, gently pressed his palm on the surface of the ball, and slowly poured the "brilliant" spirituality into it.
——Buzz! Suddenly, there was a loud buzzing from inside the sphere, and as the surrounding air quickly vibrated, the surface of the sphere also changed significantly.
It began to emit a soft golden glow outwards, and several spiritual threads diffused and dispersed from the sphere, lingering and circling around it, forming a hazy and illusory haze of light.
At the same time, Luo Xiu also felt a warmth from the back of his right hand. He raised his arm and found that the "Holy Seal" inscription on the back of his hand was also emitting a light golden light.
The spirituality contained in the "authority" he was given was now closely linked to the "Media of the Barrier", which allowed Luo Xiu to "open" or "close" the barrier at any time without having to come to the tower in person. In front of him, he touched the suspended golden ball.
Until this "Grand Ceremony Certification" is completed, Pastor Colum's guidance work is completed. He then bows deeply to Luo Xiu again and then leaves.
Luo Xiu then walked into the courtyard of the residence on his own and activated the inner barrier. The light golden curtain completely enveloped the residence, isolating the entire residence from the outside world.
Afterwards, Luo Xiu walked straight into the "church" building where he lived and looked around carefully.
The first floor of the residence is mainly a place of faith and diplomacy, including the "prayer hall", "offering hall", "secret hall" and "holy scroll hall", etc. There are also rooms such as the "reception room" and the "meeting hall", but these rooms are usually closed and will only be opened when important guests arrive or some internal meetings will be held with the church's senior leaders. .
Luo Xiu then came to the second floor. The second floor was the place where the "hosting ceremony" really lived.
The high priest's residence is no more spacious than the bishop's seat. Half of the second floor is occupied by bedrooms, and the other half is dedicated to the study of sacred arts, meditation, and practice.
Luo Xiu, who was not sleepy yet, did not go to the bedroom first, but went directly to the Holy Cultivation Room and sat down in front of a back chair. Then, Luo Xiu let out a long sigh of relief, looked at the surrounding environment, and calmly said to the empty air with no one in front of him: "Show up, Intis."
"..."
In the empty air, a layer of dim cyan light suddenly flashed, and Intis' figure slowly emerged from it.
"...Lord." Intis nodded, saluted Luo Xiu slightly, and said, "I have already cleaned your new residence for you."
Intis, who has a very strong ability to "hide" and was granted spirituality by Luo Xiu with the "Family Crest", secretly hid in the carriage in the form of a civet cat when Luo Xiu was riding in the carriage before it drove out of Sina City. , and then came to Red Maple City.
Throughout the entire process, Maiyev did not notice anything unusual.
As Luo Xiu's "dependent", Indis, her current use of concealment abilities is also superb. She has been able to make it difficult for most extraordinary beings with triple destiny to detect her existence without actively using other skills or exuding spirituality.
When the clergy of the entire church went to "greet" their new high priest, Intis quietly left the carriage, entered the inner courtyard of the church, and sneaked into the high priest's residence in the inner courtyard.
"Intis..." Luo Xiu said to Intis in a serious tone, "You should be more careful. This is the forbidden land of [Glory], and you should know the consequences of being discovered."
"……never mind."
Luo Xiu shook his head, and then said to Intis, "Is there any progress in what I asked you to do?"
"..."
"I have found the architect you asked me to look for."
Indis said: "That is a scholar who believes in [Wisdom], but he did not join the Tower of Sages or hide the omniscient person. Instead, he embarked on the journey of [Wisdom] simply through the secret scrolls and knowledge inheritance left by his family. "Know the destiny."
"Now, the family behind him has declined, and he has no intention of joining any force. He has been running an ancient construction business alone in the city limits of Sina."
"..."
"Where is he now?" Luo Xiu asked.
"Werewolf Boozer has taken him away. He is now in the 'Forgotten Royal Court' and is under the care of Boozer's half-wolf tribe." Intis replied.
"Very good." Luo Xiu nodded, "Tell the architect to complete the construction of the 'Forgotten Royal Court' according to the drawings I gave him. In addition, you can pay him more and let him I don’t want to let go of an architect with a clean background who can stay in Wangting with peace of mind.”
"Of course, if he is not willing, use the soul collected by the 'Soul Manipulator' to brand him, and let Pior clear his memories of the 'Holy Abyss' and the 'Forgotten Royal Court'. I We don’t want the extraordinary people with [intellectual] destiny to discover our whereabouts too early.”
"..."
After saying that, Luo Xiu taught Indis the skill of "Soul Manipulation" through the "Family Crest".
A look of fanaticism quickly appeared on Intis's face after receiving the teaching. She then knelt down and saluted, and said humbly and respectfully to Luo Xiu:
"Your will be obeyed, Lord."
Intis then transformed into a civet cat, jumped out of the window, and left the church to carry out the task assigned to her by Luo Xiu.
…
After Intis left, Luo Xiu leaned on the desk and took out three "Sacred Scrolls" and a dozen "blank scrolls" from his bracelet.
These scrolls of holy magic brought out from the Sina City Church before leaving, the "fourth level of destiny" holy magic recorded in them require more experience and longer time than the holy magic of the third level and below. Study time.
After completing the promotion of "Demon Scholar" and having relatively sufficient experience points and skill slots, Luo Xiu was ready to learn these holy arts and create some new skills of his own.
His current experience value savings, after a large consumption in Songyuan City, have returned to a value of nearly 200,000, which is enough for him to learn these holy arts and successfully create several new skills on his own.
Luo Xiu then unfolded the first holy scroll, and new content immediately appeared on the panel.
[Skill Scroll - "Mercy Punch (Glory, lv.1)"]
[The experience value required for learning is 10300. Do you want to learn? 】
"--study."
[Current learning progress: 33%...]
[Current learning progress: 66%...]
[Current learning progress: 99%...]
【……】
[You have learned "Mercy Punch (Glory, lv.1)"]
The first holy skill learned was the earliest priest Leonard, who used it to "test" Luo Xiu's holy skill. Luo Xiu's purpose of learning it was simply to make it easier to catch people alive, and to cooperate with "Crazy Piety" to complete the transformation of the enemy.
After learning the "Mercy Punch", Luo Xiu immediately opened the second holy scroll and paid 14,000 experience points to learn the "Triple Holy Protection".
It is a skill that sets up a shield. When applied to oneself, it will receive triple shield protection. Each shield has a shield value of 30% of the health value, and when the shield is broken, the damage caused by the shield is completely reduced.
This is a very practical defensive skill, and it is also a life-saving skill that Luo Xiu must learn in his plan. It happened that the scroll of this holy skill was stored in the Holy Storage Hall of the Sina City Church, so Luo Xiu took it away.
After that, Luo Xiu paid 13,000 experience points and 15,000 experience points respectively to learn two holy arts, "Sword of Sacred Oblivion" and "Pure Glow".
The "Sword of Holy Annihilation" will conjure up a huge glowing sword and sweep across a large area in front of you, causing a huge amount of "holy light" attribute damage.
"Pure Glow" is a field skill that will generate a pure field. Individuals located in the "pure field" will be able to automatically purify moderate and below negative effects, and reduce the duration of deep negative effects by 50%, which is also practical. auxiliary skills.
At the same time, "Pure Glow" also has other uses for Luo Xiu - combined with the reversal effect of "Holy Abyss Descending", it can achieve 100% deepening of mild and moderate abnormal effects, and 50% deepening of deep abnormal effects. % debuff effect, which can greatly weaken the enemy.
When Luo Xiu completed the study of these four sacred arts, he immediately took out the "Sacred Scripture of the Abyss" from his bracelet and prepared to select some skills that could be learned during the third life path of [Abyss].
Nowadays, Luo Xiu's "divine" attribute has greatly exceeded the threshold of the triple destiny, which makes him completely immune to the mental pollution of the forbidden knowledge when he reads the corresponding pages of the "Abyss Sacred Code".
He quickly turned through the pages of the first two fate skills, and turned to pages six to eight, where he learned "Soul of Corruption".
[Soul of Evil Erosion (Abyss, lv.1): Use evil to eat away at evil, and feed souls with souls. 】
[When you challenge a hostile target that is 5 levels higher than you and successfully defeat the hostile target, you will receive an additional 30% base experience correction... At the same time, you will receive 2 points from "Hostile Target—Highest Attributes" "Attribute value correction (attribute correction upper limit 0/50). 】
That is the upper level of the abyss skill "Scorching Soul". In addition to the increase in experience rewards obtained from killing enemies, additional attribute corrections will be obtained, making Luo Xiu's strength even higher.
After that, Luo Xiu read pages 9 to 12 of the "Sacred Code of the Abyss" and learned "Soul Madness" - this is a higher-level derivative skill of "Soul Manipulator". You need to learn "Soul Manipulator" first to be able to do it. Learn "Soul Madness".
However, "Soul Madness" and "Soul Manipulator" exist independently of each other. The former is a skill that can more accurately cause the "eclipse" spirituality to erode the target soul, thereby achieving deeper soul manipulation or madness effects.
After learning these two [Abyss] skills, Luo Xiu temporarily put away the "Sacred Code of the Abyss" and turned his gaze to the blank scroll on the desk.
The techniques or skills that need to be learned have been learned, and the preparations that need to be made are also complete.
Afterwards, it is the time to "create your own skills" for the first time after being promoted to the "fourth level of destiny".
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(End of chapter)