Chapter 230: Judgment War (10,000 words updated!)
January 1, 768 in the Apocalypse Calendar, is the first day of the new year.
Nolan Empire, Imperial Capital.
On this day when New Year celebrations were supposed to be held, the largest and most prosperous city in the empire seemed extremely lonely.
The doors of every house are locked, and the crowds of people who usually are like a sea are now huddled in their homes and avoid leaving.
In the townhouses on both sides of the road, children occasionally looked out from the windows on the second and third floors, looking at the troops passing neatly and hastily through the streets one after another.
Not long ago, under the influence of the "Black Knife Incident", "The Great Sacrifice of Rolling Stone City" and the "Night of Wailing", the imperial society was in shock. From officials and nobles to common people, everyone Danger, for fear of being involved in such a disaster in the next moment.
The war came so unexpectedly that everyone in the empire was a little confused. This has seriously affected the empire's economy and governance, and as this sense of uneasiness intensified, the Imperial Court had no choice but to make forced decisions.
The day before, the ruler of the Imperial Court, the "Supreme Emperor" Augustusville Nolan, issued two emergency decrees to the whole country: all major cities in the Nolan Empire would implement the highest level of martial law for three days, and The city's main streets will also remain fully cleared, with supplies and military traffic as top priority; the empire will subsidize the losses incurred by all citizens due to a three-day business shutdown, and will provide additional rewards to those who support war preparations.
Although the people who were forced to stay at home complained, but under the deterrence of the "highest level of martial law" and the teams of imperial guards patrolling the streets, no one dared to openly violate it.
In addition, the officials of the Imperial Court did give the people full compensation for their losses in accordance with the law, so no one took the risk anymore and chose to follow the will of the empire, and the society became somewhat more stable.
But this kind of stability is only temporary, and the Imperial Court knows this very well.
At the moment when the war broke out, they urgently needed a great victory to dispel social concerns and get the country's operations back on track.
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Nolan Imperial Court, in the Supreme Hall.
In this towering, splendid palace, in the residence of Emperor Augustwell Nolan, the "most powerful people" of all empires are gathering together like never before.
The leader of the "Holy Court", which controls the power of "faith" in the empire, the "Holy Crown" Pope Lorende Mayerlin, sits on the left side of the throne that belongs to [Glory].
Behind the Holy Crown Pope, "Holy Maiden" Franya, "Dragon Blood Knight Commander" Demoste and a group of "Sun Knights" who protect the saints stood by without saying a word.
The "Tower of Sages", which controls the power of "knowledge" in the empire, is headed by Thorin Horn, the "First Great Sage" and the ten sages and great sages of the "Tower of Sages". They were also nodding and sitting quietly on their respective seats, waiting for the "Supreme Emperor" Augustville Nolan to speak.
On the throne.
The "Supreme Emperor" Augustwell Nolan, wearing a red gold crown and solemn and gorgeous imperial robes, on his daunting and solemn face, his eyes with reddish pupils slowly looked from left to He glanced right at the people sitting down.
"Three days ago, the messenger from the border sent me a message."
The emperor slowly said: "The troops of the Dark Principality have entered the country and occupied seven large cities on the border and their thirteen acropolis."
Although he was talking about an urgent military situation, the emperor's voice seemed calm and calm.
"The rebels in the Kuma Territory have also united with the principality's army to completely bring all the major cities in the Kuma Territory under control."
"The situation at the border is already quite dangerous right now."
"The Kuma Territory has completely fallen, and the Songyuan Territory and the Norse Territory have each lost several fortress towns. And this is only the enemy's first round of attack. Their real troops are still on their way to the border."
"Just the day before, since the Dark Duke launched a surprise war against us, the Dark Duke officially declared war on us."
"——'War of Revenge', that is the name of the war declared by the Dark Duke. I can already foresee that the borders of the empire will shrink by hundreds of kilometers."
"And I summoned you here because I want to hear your opinions and voices."
"..."
After saying this, Emperor Augustwell stopped talking. His gaze, as deep as the fire in the cave, immediately fell equally on Thorin, the "Great Sage's Head", and Pope Lorende, the "Holy Crown". face.
The three most powerful men of the empire remained surprisingly silent at this moment. After a long time, Pope Lorende's old voice broke the silence and said:
"The 'Holy Court' has already made all preparations for war."
"The cardinals are ready to activate the 'Divine Barrier' ritual, and the sacrifices to summon the 'Ten-Winged Archangel' are also ready... But these are the last resort."
"At present, all the border fortresses that have set up the 'Wartime Church' in advance have not been lost. This is our immediate answer."
"Very good." Emperor Augustwell nodded, and his eyes immediately turned to Thorin, the "First Great Sage", and asked in a steady voice:
"What about you, Chief Thorin?"
"In order to cope with the war, I should give you the most support from the 'Tower of the Sage'. I hope to get good results."
Hearing this, Thorin, the "Great Sage's Chief", still half-closed his eyes and responded in a calm voice:
"The 'Secret Rune Resonance Matrix' has been initially completed. Although it cannot yet reach the energy efficiency of the Golden Window of the Golden Kingdom, it should be sufficient for frontline communications on the battlefield."
"I'm going to name it 'Eye of the Empire'."
"The cores of the three 'floating cities' have also been loaded, but the stability still needs to be tested."
"However, if the war situation becomes extremely serious, they can immediately take off and enter the battlefield."
"Very good." Emperor Augustwell nodded again, satisfied with the answers from the two leaders of the "Holy Court" and "Tower of the Sage."
"Since the principality declares in the name of 'revenge', we will give them a fair trial."
"Then, since the Pope's Holy Court and Thorin's first Tower of Sage are ready."
Emperor Augustwell stood up slowly, and at the same time he drew his sword from the broad red scabbard on his waist. The blade pointed directly in the direction of the dark principality, and said slowly:
"Augusville Vail hereby swears - I will formally declare war on the country of sin in the name of 'Augusville II'. Their flesh and blood will temper the blades of my warriors, and the lands they have occupied for a long time will be included in my empire. land."
"This is a war to 'protect the country', and it is also a war to 'judge'. My [Supreme] Divine Seal Knights have marched to the border, and I look forward to them sending back news of victory."
"May the expedition be victorious."
"May the empire endure."
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On January 2, 768 in the Apocalypse Calendar, the Nolan Empire Emperor Augustwell officially declared war on the Dark Principality, and the name of the war was "Judgment".
At the same time that Emperor Augustwell formally declared war on the Dark Principality, the imperial troops also flowed from the territory to the border. The "Judgment War" officially broke out, and the empire truly entered a state of war.
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Imperial border, Songyuan Territory.
Outside the Red Maple City Fortress, thousands of black cavalry troops from the Dark Principality surged towards the city wall like a tide.
Rows of three-bow crossbows on the battlements fired in turn, and the enchanted arrows formed a fine gray curtain in mid-air like rain, covering the dark cavalry formation below the city.
The sound of hunting wind tearing through the air resounded, and the rapid arrow clusters instantly penetrated the heavy armor of dozens of black cavalry soldiers. The black cavalryman who was hit by the arrow turned over and fell from his horse, while the other cavalrymen trampled on the bodies of their companions and continued to charge towards the city wall.
At this time, the small plain in front of the city wall was full of corpses.
A melee broke out at dawn between the oncoming defenders and the first wave of the Black Principality's vanguard. Both sides suffered numerous casualties. Blood had accumulated in front of the city. When looking down from the city wall, it looked like broken blood vessels in the earth. .
Originally, relying on the fortifications in front of the city wall and the sophisticated equipment of the imperial soldiers, the defenders of Red Maple City should have an advantage when fighting the enemy's vanguard. However, just when the defenders were about to annihilate the enemy's vanguard, the enemy's black cavalry launched a surprise attack and completely scattered the defenders' formation out of the city.
Although there was heavy fire cover on the city wall, it was still unable to stop the Black Cavalry's scimitar and iron cavalry from rapidly harvesting the lives of scattered Imperial soldiers.
At the same time, the principality's siege weapons such as battering rams and cutter trucks are also advancing steadily. This forces the defenders of Red Maple City to go out of the city to fight. Otherwise, when the siege weapons arrive in front of the city wall, the strong city wall will be destroyed. Broken in an instant.
Behind the military formations of both sides, the assembled trebuchets were throwing streams of fire at each other's military formations.
Violent explosions exploded again and again on the walls of Red Maple City and in the camp of the principality army, burning the surrounding ten meters into a sea of fire and harvesting all fragile lives within the range.
On the city wall of Red Maple City, Lord Nelson was looking at the battle situation from an observation tower engraved with hidden runes and protective runes.
Although we have the advantage in terrain and numbers, the sea of enemies is simply invincible, and a war of attrition is a dead end... Lord Nelson, who is supervising the battle, looks anxious. He sees the number of defenders increasing at a terrifying speed. Minus, his mind is also rapidly thinking of strategies to deal with the enemy.
The battlefield at this time is still a war between ordinary people. Except for the soldiers' weapons and equipment, which were modified by the [intellectual] extraordinary beings of Fangbeiyuan, there are no real extraordinary beings of the third level or above who have intervened on the battlefield.
If the newly recruited militia are included in the current Red Maple City, there are nearly 100,000 ordinary defenders. However, there are only about 300 extraordinary people who can participate in the war.
Among them, the real high-end combat power of the "three-fold destiny" is only about forty people, and the top combat power of the "four-fold destiny" is even more numerous.
From the perspective of war, ordinary soldiers are easy to recruit in a short period of time, but "extraordinary ones" are scarce and non-renewable combat forces and must not be used easily.
If extraordinary people are sacrificed on a large scale, it will definitely cause an irreversible blow to the defensive situation of Red Maple City.
From this point, the basic principle for dispatching "extraordinary beings" is to "behead", behead the enemy's extraordinary person, or behead the enemy commander, and destroy the enemy's attack from the source.
This is the iron law of war that Lord Nelson is familiar with. However, even if he wanted to send out extraordinary beings to rescue the siege, he didn't even see the shadow of the enemy's extraordinary beings.
Not only the extraordinary beings in Red Maple City are trying to keep their trump cards as much as possible, but the extraordinary beings from the Pioneer Army of the Dark Principality are also hiding, testing each other's strength.
The other party may have prepared a trap, just waiting for their own extraordinary person to jump into it. But now that the situation is urgent, it is no longer time to test... Lord Nelson thought to himself.
He then quickly walked down the observation tower, found the guard knights patrolling inside and said: "Please contact Lord Baines or Lord Frosa to convey to them the urgent military situation on the front line and hope that the guard knights will be dispatched from the side court... …”
"We meet by chance, Mr. Nelson."
When Lord Nelson was speaking to the guard knight, a young voice came from behind him and interrupted him.
Nelson turned around, and when he saw clearly who was coming, his eyes suddenly flashed with excitement, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.
"Why are you here? Master Luo Xiu of the Great Sacrifice!" Nelson shouted excitedly, "You came just in time, I beg for your help!"
The person who stopped Nelson was none other than Luo Xiu Carlos, the "Grand Priest Master" of the wartime church in Red Maple City. Behind him were the two chief adjutants of the Church’s Holy Inquisition, Anthony the Purifying Priest and Pamier the Sin-Convicting Cavalry. Their faces showed eagerness to try.
After learning that the vanguard of the Dark Principality had once again launched an attack on Red Maple City, Luo Xiu rushed from the church to the city wall to meet Lord Nelson.
"This is exactly why I came here." Luo Xiu responded with a smile.
He looked at the battlefield below the city and asked Lord Nelson: "What is the current situation of the battle?"
"We cannot stop the enemy's Black Cavalry."
A distressed expression appeared on Lord Nelson's face, "Their scimitars are sharp, their heavy armor is hard, and even the horses they ride are extremely fast. Our soldiers were scattered by them as soon as they left the city, and they had no time to get close to their siege weapons." "
"And the enemy's extraordinary ones haven't been dispatched yet, so I always have a bad feeling."
"I understand." Luo Xiu nodded.
He immediately stopped talking to Nelson and quickly climbed to the top of the city with Anthony and Pamier to personally observe the situation on the battlefield.
Through panel detection, Luo Xiu quickly understood that the black cavalry galloping on the battlefield were actually orc troops in heavy armor.
The "iron cavalry" they were riding was also a magical beast. It was a "dark horse with magic patterns", a carnivorous monster horse with a "dangerous" threat level. They are much more difficult to tame than ordinary war horses, and their speed is nearly twice as fast.
The enemy's extraordinary person did not show up, but he had already taken action... Luo Xiu thought to himself.
As a monster, the "Dark Horse with Magic Patterns" can only be completely tamed by the "Beast Tamer" profession of the [Red Lotus] destiny. And behind such a large number of black cavalry, there must be at least four "Beast Tamers" of the fourth destiny. "support.
Maybe that's the transcendent person from the "Temple of Beasts"? Luo Xiu was making guesses in his mind. He chanted a prayer in a low voice at the same time, and a deep crimson dragon thunder gradually condensed in his palm.
When the scarlet dragon thunder was completely condensed and formed, Luo Xiu immediately threw the dragon thunder in his hand into the void.
Suddenly, dark red thunderclouds floated in the sky over the battlefield. A low roar roared in the clouds, and terrifying power was rapidly developing.
The next moment, countless scarlet thunderbolts struck from the sky, accurately hitting the bodies of dozens of black cavalry soldiers!
——Boom! Boom boom boom boom! Clouds of scarlet mist suddenly bloomed on the battlefield, and the thunder and fire from the sky instantly pierced the cavalry and the magic horses. The men and horses immediately fell sideways into the ditch of the battlefield and were immersed in the blood.
Dozens of black cavalry troops were killed instantly, and the rest of the black cavalry troops quickly dispersed and retreated towards their own camp.
Luo Xiu continued to pray. The red thunder in his hand gradually disappeared, replaced by a pale glow that quickly condensed.
There was frantic power in the glow, and at the next moment it came out of his hand and flew towards the center of the battlefield.
When the light group of "Crazy Glow" touched the ground, the light group that condensed into substance quickly turned into smoke and dissipated. Silk-like white light flew and circled in the mid-air, and quickly covered the surroundings. The top of the Black Cavalry's head.
The black cavalry who originally retreated towards their own military formation immediately switched sides after being exposed to the "glow". They rode the magic horses under their crotches and slashed at other black cavalry with their scimitars.
Soon, dozens of black cavalry soldiers were chopped to the ground by their companions' scimitars. The enemies on the battlefield suddenly became confused, and it was no longer clear who was the enemy and who was the friendly force.
"This is the power of 'repentance'... It's really sacred..." City Lord Nelson, who was watching the battle on the sidelines, said in wonder.
This is the third time Luo Xiu has shown his "crazy glory" in public. His explanation to Lord Nelson was "the power that can make enemies repent from their hearts and submit to [Glory]". Although Lord Nelson always felt that something was wrong at first, under the pure white light effect and the sacred aura, Nelson now completely believed what Luo Xiu said.
After all, under the special effects of "Shadow of Holy Light" and Luo Xiu's own almost overflowing radiant spiritual blessing, even the priests Anthony and Pamier, who were the destiny of [Glory], could not see any clues. They also unanimously agreed with Luo Xiu's explanation, and no one had any doubts.
——That is the "sacred art" that is sacred, so sacred that it cannot be more sacred, Lord Nelson firmly believes in it. And every time he saw Luo Xiu using this "Repentance Glow", the enemies on the battlefield switched sides one after another, Nielsen couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.
He would call it "efficient."
After Luo Xiu released the "Crazy Glow", the situation on the battlefield suddenly reversed.
The number of people is steadily decreasing, and it has become the vanguard of the Dark Principality. The Red Maple City defenders who were scattered throughout the battlefield also took this opportunity to regroup and launch an attack on the enemy's siege weapons.
At the same time, Lord Nelson opened the city gate and sent out 5,000 elite soldiers to respond. The siege weapons of the weakly defended Principality's vanguard army were instantly dismantled, and they lost their last resort in breaking through the city wall.
Soon, all the soldiers who came out of the city to fight gathered their forces and launched a counterattack against the enemy.
The Black Cavalry Army, which was still fighting among themselves, was severely slowed down by friendly forces affected by the "Frenzy Glow". They were quickly overtaken and surrounded by the Red Maple City army, and then were submerged in the light of swords and turned into cold corpses.
Seeing the victory in the battle below the city, and the enemy's camp faintly showing signs of retreating, Luo Xiu walked down the city wall and said to Lord Nelson:
"The enemy is defeated, Lord Nelson. We have won another victory."
"Yes, yes." City Lord Nelson nodded with a smile on his face, "This all depends on your assistance. Without your strength, we will never be able to easily neutralize the enemy's offensive."
"No, there is no need to thank me." Luo Xiu shook his head.
"Your Excellency Nelson, what you should do now is to send additional troops to meet the pursuing soldiers. Don't forget, the enemy's extraordinary person has not appeared yet."
"After you have truly defeated the enemy in front of you, you also need to clean up the battlefield as soon as possible, recover useful materials from our army and the enemy's hands, and clean up the battlefield environment. This is the plan for a protracted war."
"Yes." Lord Nelson nodded and said respectfully, "I will follow your instructions." After receiving a positive answer, Luo Xiu said nothing and just nodded in response.
Afterwards, he took Anthony and Pamier back to the city from the city and returned to the church along the main road.
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This is the fourth day when the trumpets of the "War of Revenge" and the "War of Judgment" really sound.
In the past four days, since the vanguard army of the Dark Principality appeared at the edge of the field of vision, they have launched three attacks on Red Maple City.
And Luo Xiu has also "come without warning" and assisted Nelson City Lord to defend the city three times. As a subordinate of the [Supreme] person in the side court, Nelson could not directly ask the church's clergy for help, so Nelson was very grateful to Luo Xiu for taking the initiative to help him defend the city.
But what he didn't know was.
In the Red Maple City Church, Luo Xiu, who "hosted the grand ceremony", climbed to the top of the city one after another, and his original intention of using holy magic to annihilate the enemy was actually very simple——
——In order to complete the "main mission"!
The "Judgment War" started, and the corresponding 1.0 version of the main mission was officially unlocked. At this time, he was lying quietly in Luo Xiu's panel.
Red Maple City Church, Glory Church, the High Priest’s Residence.
In the living room of "Hosting the Grand Ceremony", Luo Xiu was lying on the bed, looking up at the contents of the panel in front of him.
[Main Mission: Judgment War (?? Difficulty)]
[Recommended level: lv.1~lv.100, first life path and above]
[Task Type: Main Mission]
[Task description: At the end of the Apocalypse Calendar 767, the cavalry of the "Dark Principality" broke through the border of the Nolan Empire, and the Dark Duke officially declared war on the Nolan Empire.
You came to the continent of Fanor in troubled times, and the Ring of Apocalypse gave you the power to choose your camp.
Join the "Nolan Empire" and cooperate with the Supreme to launch justice against the thieves of the "Dark Principality"? Or join the "Dark Principality" to overthrow the empire's dominance and achieve revenge?
Or become a witness of this war and join the "Holy Tower Theocracy", "El Dorado Federation" or "Kasyapa Pure Land"... Of course, you can also become a lone wanderer.
All roads are opening before your eyes, and you only have to step on one of them.
Now, make your choice and wait to witness the results of your choice. 】
[Main mission guide: Choose your camp (Completed. Current camp: Nolan Empire)]
[Automatically generate mission goals based on the current camp. The current camp is "Nolan Empire"]
[The first phase mission goal: Assist the "Nolan Empire" army to resist the invasion of the "Dark Principality"]
[The second phase mission goal: Assist the "Nolan Empire" army to capture the territory of the "Dark Principality"]
[The third phase mission goal: Assist the "Nolan Empire" army to destroy the "Dark Principality"]
[Remarks on the main mission: By killing enemy units and successfully assisting your team in completing specific goals, you will receive mission points (the final mission completion reward will be settled based on the completion of the stage mission objectives and the number of points earned)]
[Current mission points: 3873]
[List of completion rewards: basic experience +120000+, exclusive destiny random skills*1~3, exclusive destiny random skills*1~3, exclusive destiny random expertise*1~3, skill slots*3~10, skill slots* 3~10...Settlement depends on the completion of the mission goal...]
【……】
Looking at the content on the panel in front of him, a sense of familiarity surged up, making Luo Xiu fall into deep thought.
Four days ago, with the start of the "Judgment War", Luo Xiu's corresponding "main mission" was also unlocked.
He climbed to the top of the city again and again to help kill the enemy, and his main purpose was to increase the points in the mission panel.
The hundreds of black cavalry soldiers killed previously increased Luo Xiu's mission points by more than 600 points. Recalling that in his previous life, he worked hard day and night in order to get as many points as possible, which actually made Luo Xiu feel a little bit of pain in his heart for no reason.
Nearly half a year has passed since Luo Xiu traveled to this "Apocalypse World". Now that the "Judgment War" has truly arrived, this means that Luo Xiu has finally entered a field he is familiar with.
The main plot is open, which means that the wheel of "Apocalypse World" has begun to truly spin. And there is only less than a month left before the real "player" arrives.
This is the best of times, this is the worst of times... Luo Xiu recalled this famous saying in his previous life, "A Tale of Two Cities", and suddenly felt the same, and gradually understood the meaning that Dickens wanted to express.
However, now, as the "master of ceremonies" of the church, he has no time to dwell in contemplation for too long. He has more pressing things to do.
Just half a month ago, "Violent Swordsman" Bagri reported some bad news to Luo Xiu through the spiritual transmission of "Mist Shadow".
"Executioner" Koros, he has moved his position from Songyuan City and is moving towards the border of Red Maple City.
And a considerable part of the army of the Dark Principality attacking the Songyuan Territory is moving towards Red Maple City. This is a strategic highland located at the junction of the three countries. It is a must-win location for both sides in the war.
Although the situation is tense, the empire's reinforcements are also on their way to help, so Red Maple City's own defensive strength is enough to sustain it for a while.
The only problem now is - "Executioner" Koros, he is approaching the location of Red Maple City! At a time when there is not even a single "Fifth Path" saint in the side courts, churches and obelisk courtyard of Red Maple City, "Executioner" Koros is the most dangerous enemy.
He also has several "fourth-level destiny" "heads" under him... It can be said that without the support of the empire, just one "executor" and his Black Fang subordinates can destroy Red Maple City. Total destruction.
Such a result is not what Luo Xiu wants to see. And he also knew that the saints of the empire's "fifth level of destiny" could not separate themselves at this juncture. The only hope was that Red Maple City's own "fourth level of destiny" extraordinary people could complete their promotion during the war. Enter the Holy Land.
But except for himself, Luo Xiu does not think that any of the other "fourth-level destiny" extraordinary people in Red Maple City has the potential to advance to the fifth-level destiny in a short time... And even Luo Xiu himself, It took him more than two months to accumulate more than 1.2 million experience points from killing enemies, draining the 'Spiritual Fountain', completing tasks, etc., and this was only enough for him to " The level of "Holy Judge" has just reached the full level.
But no matter what, he finally reached the threshold that can trigger the promotion task.
At this stage, Luo Xiu's experience point requirements for "leapfrog kill" rewards have been reduced a lot. So he simply invested all his experience points in upgrading, raising the level of "Holy Judge" from lv.30 to lv.40. After gaining 30 free attribute points, he first triggered it to see if he could be promoted to the "fifth level of destiny". "What is the promotion mission?
As Luo Xiu was lying on the bed, light and shadow floated in front of his eyes, and the new mission content appeared on the panel.
[The current destiny level limit has been reached...meeting the promotion conditions...]
[Promotion tasks are being generated...]
[Trigger Promotion Mission: Path of the Saint (Nightmare Difficulty)]
[Recommended level: lv.40+, fourth life path and above]
[Task Type: Promotion Task]
[Task description: You are the divine consecrator and the divine judge. Now, you have once again reached the critical point of spiritual sublimation. 】
[Complete a fifth-level ‘Altar Ceremony’, and receive enough divinity for a ‘moment’ from the ceremony; and obtain all ‘Brilliant Judgment’ attribute values increased, to prove that you are qualified to go further. 】
[Mission Objective 1: Complete a fifth-level ‘Altar Ceremony’, and obtain enough ‘moment’ of divinity from the ceremony (0/180)]
[Mission Goal 2: Obtain all ‘Brilliant Judgment’ attribute value increases (current attribute value increase: 462/500)]
[Mission goal three: The total attribute value exceeds 1200 points (1146/1200)]
[Rewards for completing all missions: meeting the ‘Obsidian Gate’, basic experience +120,000, skill slot +10, skill slot +10, free attribute points +50]
【……】
After reading the "Promotion Task" content on the panel, Luo Xiu frowned slightly.
The "promotion mission" he triggered, the difficulty of each mission target is still moderate for Luo Xiu now.
But the only bad thing is that he has not completed any of the three mission goals... But he is very close to completing several mission goals, Luo Xiu thought to himself.
His current combat power is enough to crush all the enemies of the "Fourth Path", but it can be seen from several goals of the "Promotion Mission" that there is still a big gap between him and the real "Saint". gap.
Moreover, Luo Xiu also does not have the corresponding key for the time being for the spiritual sea and the "Obsidian Gate" in the sea that he will go to during the "Fifth Life Path".
He then planned his subsequent schedule for a while, then he stood up from the bed, walked out of the bedroom, left the "high priest's residence", and went to his workstation in the "bishop's room" in the holy office. He sat down in front of a desk inside and began to write an application letter for the "Obsidian Key".
The nib of the lightweight pen slides quickly on the surface of the high-end letterhead, and the deep black ink pours out from the ink sac, flowing out lines of elegant words on the letterhead like a river embedded in the earth.
The application letter was quickly written. Luo Xiu grabbed the dark gold envelope, put the letter into it and sealed it with a fire seal. Then he took the application letter to the church's "missionary office".
In the mission house, the chief officer "Paladin" Maiev, who was personally appointed by Luo Xiu, hurriedly put down his work and came to receive him.
"What can I do for you?" Mayev asked respectfully.
Luo Xiu handed the letter to Mayev and told him: "Send this letter to the Sina City Church. I need Bishop Fabian to receive it personally."
"I understand." Mayev nodded.
"I'll arrange it as soon as possible."
"Remember, it is the highest level of confidentiality." Luo Xiu reminded, "It has my holy seal stamped on it. No one is allowed to open it midway except Bishop Fabian himself."
"I understand." Mayev nodded.
"I'll arrange it as soon as possible."
"By the way, Mayyev." After delivering the application letter, Luo Xiu said to Mayyev:
"Get ready, Maiyev. Prepare to summon all the church's clergymen with a 'threefold destiny' or above, as well as all the ordained priests with a 'twofold destiny'. I will preside over a new 'altar ceremony' in the near future."
After two and a half months of development, the current size of Hongmaple City Church has reached the upper reaches of the "medium-sized church" level.
The three major sanctuaries are now equipped with three "three-fold destiny" priests, one of whom serves as the chief officer, and the other two serve as adjutants. In addition, the total number of priests in the church has also expanded to one hundred and fifty, among which the number of extraordinary people with "second-level destiny" and above has also exceeded 100. In addition, the trainee priests with first-level destiny are also Luo Xiu's first choice. A good seedling who is expected to be promoted to extraordinary.
The current development trend of the church is one of prosperity. As for the fifth-level "Altar Ceremony" that Luo Xiu was about to perform, he roughly estimated that the level of the church's priests should be enough to meet the requirements of the ceremony.
"I understand." Maiyev nodded three times, and then reproduced the essence of human beings:
"I will arrange it as soon as possible."
"..."
…
After explaining the relevant matters at the church mission, Luo Xiu left the church and headed to the main street of Red Maple City, arriving at the entrance of the new "authentic dwarf blacksmith shop" forging manor.
In two and a half months, the dwarf Mir has taken root in Red Maple City.
He has completely renovated and transformed the estate according to his ideas. The current manor was built specifically for him to better carry out forging. He also recruited several online blacksmiths and rune masters as assistants. He also relied on his connections with the Luo Xiu Church to expand and accumulate Many high-quality customers.
Luo Xiu also gave him all the church's orders for customized equipment, which increased the income of Mir's blacksmith shop several times compared to what it was in Sina City. In addition, Luo Xiu did not need Mir to pay the rent of the manor, which made Mir's life easier than ever.
He finally no longer has to live a life of eating dirt with his fingers... Mir is quite grateful for this. But the prerequisite for achieving this unprecedented huge profit is that Mill becomes busier than ever.
Now he gets up almost at dawn to forge and draw runes. He doesn't close the forge until late at night and early in the morning, and reluctantly goes back to his room to rest.
Seeing Mir's violent behavior in recent days, Luo Xiu was really afraid that Mir would make enough money and run away one day, but he was even more afraid that Mir would die suddenly in his manor.
Luo Xiu thought about this inwardly. He walked to the door of the courtyard and shook the bell hanging in front of the door.
The clear ringtone floated into the air with the shaking of the vertical bell. Mir, who was swinging a hammer fiercely in the manor's forge room, heard the bell and walked out in disgrace.
Seeing Mil's slovenly appearance, Luo Xiu waved to him with a suppressed smile.
"It's you, Luo Xiu."
Mir trotted all the way to the door of the manor, unlocked the door for Luo Xiu, and said angrily, "I have found what you asked me to find."
Previously, Luo Xiu had entrusted Mir to find a specific epic material for him to use for the summoning of the "Holy Beast".
"Have you found it? The horns of the 'Pure White Horse' or the 'Golden Pegasus'?" Luo Xiu said with some joy.
"Yes." Mir nodded, "It belongs to the 'Golden Pegasus'. Although its material is rarer than the 'Pure White Horse', I found its horn first."
"Thank you, Mir, my friend." Luo Xiu patted Mir on the shoulder and said, "According to the commission fee agreed before, I will pay you one hundred platinum coins. So, where is the thing?"
"In the warehouse, there is a dragonite bracelet in the center on the third floor of the high-end goods shelf. There is a rune lock on it, and the password is 'gravel-gold-gravel' in Dwarf language."
"Go by yourself. I don't think you will get lost. I still have thirteen orders on hand that I need to deliver urgently, so I won't accompany you."
"I understand." Luo Xiu nodded. He then stopped disturbing Mir's forging work, and Mir also trotted back to his forging room. Soon there was a thin sound of forging in his forging room.
After that, Luo Xiu went straight to the warehouse of the manor.
The door to the warehouse is being guarded by a blacksmith apprentice. And he also recognized Luo Xiu as a distinguished regular customer, so he enthusiastically opened the door to the warehouse for Luo Xiu without asking any questions.
Luo Xiu walked in and looked around at the forged products placed on the shelves.
Almost every time he comes to the manor, Mir will sell some new products. As Mir was promoted to the "Rune Demon Blacksmith" of the fourth level of destiny, the quality of his forged equipment also made a qualitative leap compared to before.
Now, in his blacksmith shop, the equipment of "rare" or lower quality forged by himself has almost disappeared, and some are finished products forged by other blacksmiths or apprentices. Nowadays, most of the equipment forged by Mir himself is of "master" quality, and even "epic" quality equipment is not uncommon.
After Luo Xiu mentally selected a few pieces of equipment that he planned to pack and take away later, he walked to the high-end shelves that Mir mentioned and found the "dragonite bracelet" that Mir mentioned.
He took off the bracelet from the shelf, found the ring surface with runes engraved on it, and poured peaceful spirituality into it. The rune lines on it rippled, slowly "floated away" upwards, and fell under Luo Xiu's body. The field of vision gradually enlarges.
That's the "rune lock" that Mir calls... Luo Xiu thought to himself. He was about to enter the password that Mir told him, but suddenly realized that he did not know Dwarf language.
He then took the wyrmstone bracelet directly out of the storage room, and ran to Mir's forging room, asking Mir to write the dwarven code while having bad breath, and unlocked the rune lock.
After that, Luo Xiu successfully pulled out an exquisite rectangular long jade box from the dragonite bracelet.
Opening the lid of the box, dazzling golden light emitted from the box. And through the light, Luo Xiu saw the real treasure hidden inside——
A sharp horn that is as transparent as chalcedony and exudes dazzling golden light.
——"Epic" quality material, the shining horn of "Golden Pegasus".
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(End of chapter)