Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 242 The Tide of Disaster (5k2)

"The Curse Veil was breached? And the Curse-Binder Haziz was killed?"

"Grand Inquisitor" Baines looked into the distance in surprise. A "Royal Guard Knight" behind him had just brought him good news.

At this time, the "War Knights" led by Baines had almost wiped out the "Orc Berserkers" of the Dark Vanguard Army. But they also paid a painful price for this, with nearly 40 "War Knights" and three "Royal Guard Knights" sacrificed in the battle.

Several leaders of the Berserker Legion are still making their final resistance, and "Throne Knight" Frosa is currently fighting fiercely with nine "Bloodthirs" of the triple destiny of "Red Lotus". After Baines kills the last enemy, he will immediately go to support Frosa and end the melee over there.

After that, he can lead the "Royal Knights" and "War Knights" to the inner battlefield together with Frosa. As long as the "Executioner" Afatak, the enemy leader, is killed, the victory can be completely established!

As Baines thought so, he took a last look at the place where the "Cursed Curse" was broken, then he rode his horse, dragged the red sword, and galloped towards Frosa.

……

Another battlefield.

Luo Xiu and the clergy of the church were clearing out the remaining "cursors". After the death of their "leader" Haziz, some of the cursers chose to flee, while some stayed behind, meaning "lost" martyrdom.

The remaining sorcerers were still fighting stubbornly. They dispersed their formations and shot out beams of light containing strong curses at the clergy, leaving new traces of erosion on this already devastated land.

But the cursed light they shot at the priests was soon swallowed up by the golden light. The holy magic light balls of "annihilation" had floated in from all directions, bloomed, and swallowed up their figures.

Although there were still casualties among the clergy, the losses suffered by the "Spellcaster Corps" were much greater. After Haziz's death, the spellcasters were just a bunch of scattered sand. Without the main spellcaster to control the spell formation, they could no longer cause any large-scale casualties to the clergy.

Among the curse masters who were fighting desperately, several "favored ones" with triple destiny blocked Luo Xiu's way and tried to stop him from going deeper into the camp.

In an instant, several streaks of golden lightning descended upon their heads, replacing Luo Xiu's pre-battle greeting.

The bodies of the two "Favored Ones" who were closer were blasted to ashes on the spot. The Favored Ones in the outer circle were intercepted by other clergymen before they could really block Luo Xiu.

"The Great Shepherd of Purification" Anthony swung his shining golden war hammer and smashed it down on the head of a follower; and the giant sword in the hand of "The Great Knight of Judgment" Pamier also burst out a rich and sacred glow, turning into a sword blade and slashing heavily at the follower in front of him!
——Boom! Boom! The dazzling golden light immediately engulfed this local battlefield, and a dense scarlet mist of light was faintly drawn out from it. The "Followers" who were originally trying to stop Luo Xiu turned into a fierce battle with the "deacons" of the church!
Listening to the continuous sounds coming to his ears, Luo Xiu did not delay any longer, but rode the "Golden Pegasus" Pegasus straight out of the battlefield and galloped towards the heart of the dark vanguard camp.

On the way, he swung the Moon-Cutting Scythe to knock down a dozen dark soldiers, and the tent of the dark vanguard "executioner" was now right in front of him.

——He will go straight to the tent of "The Executioner" Afatak!

At this time, of the enemy's four "Quadruple Fate" leaders or commanders, only two were left on the battlefield.

"The Bound" Haziz has been killed, and the real traitor "Guillotine" Bagli has also been "teleported" back to the Lost Royal Court according to Luo Xiu's instructions when no one was noticing, and withdrew from the battlefield.

The remaining two "quadruple destiny" extraordinary people - "Beast Tamer" Klauer has not appeared yet, and Afatak, the "executioner" of the "President's Leader", must be in the central army's tent or on the hillside viewing platform where he can overlook the entire battlefield.

At this time, if he launched a beheading attack on the "Executioner" Afatak, the worst case scenario would be facing two extraordinary people with "quadruple destinies" at the same time!
This is an opportunity that Luo Xiu cannot miss.

Luo Xiu's eyes were deep. He rode the "Golden Pegasus" very fast and quickly broke through the heavy blockades in the inner layer and was about to reach the largest tent.

At the same time, he expanded his "spiritual" perception and began to analyze the intersecting and complex spirituality that permeated the air, looking for the location where the "executioner" Afatak might be.

He didn't spend much time searching before a surge of spirituality on the hillside quickly caught Luo Xiu's attention.

It was a heavy and powerful surge of spirituality, emitting a strong spiritual pressure without restraint. From the perspective of "spirituality", it was like a huge rock standing firmly on a steep hillside.

"...That's the 'Executioner' Afatak?"

Luo Xiu murmured, and his mind was thinking of other things at the same time, "According to the information Bagli passed on to me, the 'executioner' Afatak should be a giant. And the spiritual surge he exudes is indeed in line with the temperament of a 'giant'..."

As soon as he thought of this, he immediately changed the direction of the "Golden Pegasus" and rushed towards the hillside that he could sense and exuded surging spirituality.

……

"Lord Luo Xiu, the High Priest of the Church, has already penetrated deep into the enemy's territory, Your Excellency the City Lord."

“He’s really opened up advantageous situations for us.”

On the high slope behind the Red Maple City army, on the observation deck of a watchtower, a fully armored knight spoke to Lord Nelson in a shrill and hoarse voice.

"Yeah, I saw it."

Lord Nelson nodded, with a deep dark light in his eyes. He looked at the distance where Luo Xiu was, then looked at the battlefield where the "Great Inquisitor" Baines was, and said slowly:
"Lord Luo Xiu, the 'high priest', wants to take this opportunity to behead the enemy's leader, the 'executioner' Afatak, in one fell swoop..."

"I think Lord Baines should have noticed this as well."

"The clergy of the church have basically completed the elimination of the 'Spellcaster Legion', and our border knights have also killed all the orc berserkers."

"After that, the extraordinary people from the church and the border will follow the path opened by Lord Luo Xiu and penetrate the enemy's hinterland. That will be their last line of defense."

"..."

"I hope so." The knight nodded. The armor on his neck made a sharp sound of iron rubbing against each other, and he spoke in an equally sharp and hoarse voice:

"Master Irfan and Master Eureka of Fangbei Court are ready."

"If the enemy sends out the 'Giant Army', the adults of Fangbeiyuan will go out."

"Well, that's good." Nelson nodded in response, but his already frowned brows did not relax, but instead furrowed tightly.

"I don't know why, but I always have a bad feeling..."

Lord Nelson whispered, "I always feel like something bad is going to happen."

"……never mind."

He stopped looking for the source of this ominous premonition and turned his attention back to the battlefield in front of him.

"I hope nothing goes wrong at this last moment..."

After a pause, City Lord Nelson said slowly:
"Victory is within reach."

……

——Bang! Anthony smashed down the hammer in his hand, and the "Favored One" in front of him was immediately covered in blood.

Seeing the follower with a hole in his head fall to the ground powerlessly, twitching for a while and then becoming motionless, Anthony immediately raised his hand to take back the war hammer and said slowly:

"This is the last one."

"..."

It took about twenty minutes for the priests to wipe out all the sorcerers of the Dark Vanguard Army and the sorcerers who remained on the battlefield to resist.

Pamiers and other clergymen with a double destiny gathered towards Anthony, who quickly counted the casualties.

One of the "deacons" did not arrive, as he had fallen in the sand on the battlefield not far away.

That was the clergyman of the "Preaching House", the "High Shepherd of Fire" Graydon, who died together with an enemy's "Follower" under the siege of two Followers.

In addition to Graydon, six other clergymen with "double destiny" died. The surviving clergymen carried their bodies out of the pile of corpses on the battlefield.

"Now, fellow saints of the Mission House, go and retrieve the bodies of the priests who died in battle. This is not their proper fate."

Anthony looked gloomy. He put his hands in front of him, forming a right triangle, and prayed softly.

“…May their souls go to the eternal heaven.”

Pamier and other clergymen also stood silently around the bodies of the dead clergymen and followed Anthony in saying a simple prayer.

Afterwards, the six clergymen of the "mission house" were responsible for transporting the bodies of their compatriots to the rear of the battlefield, while the other clergymen continued to advance deeper into the enemy camp.

Their "officer of the great sacrifice" has opened up a path for them.

Following the guidance of the remaining divine spirit, Anthony, Pamier and other clergymen entered the heart of the enemy camp with almost no obstacles. At this time, they were filled with grief and their anger towards the enemy had reached its peak.

In the hearts of all clergy, "hatred" burns in their chests like a flame.

The final battle lies ahead—so the clergy thought.

Their common and greatest desire now is——

Behead the "executioner" Afatak and then return in triumph.

Return to Red Maple City, return to the church.

They held a sacred and solemn memorial service for their deceased fellow clergymen.

……

As the priests continued to advance, on the battlefield behind them.

The soldiers of both sides in the main battlefield were still fighting, but the war in the extraordinary realm had basically been decided.

"Grand Inquisitor" Baines and "Throne Knight" Frosa have now wiped out all the orc berserkers of the "Berserker Legion" of the Black Vanguard.

Because their leader "Guillotine" Bagli did not appear from beginning to end, Baines and Froza felt a little lonely in the previous battle.

——Especially when they learned that the church's "High Priest" killed the enemy's "Cursed One" Haziz, who had the fourth destiny, they became more and more itchy.

The absence of "Guillotine" Bagli made it almost a one-sided massacre of the Berserkers by Baines, Frosa and the Knights they led. Their "Bloodthirsty" ultimately could not last long under the hands of Baines and Frosa, and completely drowned in the abyss of death.

"The external obstacles have been completely cleared." A low voice came from under Frosa's visor.

The "Great Inquisitor" Baines beside him nodded, rode his warhorse to Frosa's side, and said:
"Well, the situation on this battlefield is now clear. Then, we will join the clergy of the church and attack the enemy..."

Before Baines could finish his words, he suddenly heard a loud explosion.

--boom!!!!!

That was the sound of the explosion coming from the west side of the battlefield, which was the area controlled by the Dark Vanguard.

Baines' pupils shrank and he subconsciously looked in the direction where the explosion came from.

In Baines' memory, there was only a dense coniferous forest there, but that was not the chosen battlefield - the ground there was muddy and slippery, and the view was blocked by overlapping obstacles. It was not suitable for large-scale legion battles at all, and this was the same for both sides in the decisive battle.

More importantly, that place was not the only route for the two armies to engage in battle, and the terrain and the size of the forest were not suitable for laying a large number of ambushes - it was not a prime location that military strategists must fight for.

But now, a huge explosion was heard from the coniferous forest!

In Baines's field of vision, he first saw several plumes of thick black smoke rising from the coniferous forest.

Afterwards, a huge flame that was big enough to set the whole prairie on fire shot up into the sky, and dense sparks splashed and scattered outward like a volcanic eruption.

The rising fire dyed the already dark sky a striking red, and above the battlefield and in the pools of blood, it reflected a sea of ​​flames, reminiscent of real purgatory.

——It was an extraordinary forest fire!
Baines looked at everything in front of him in confusion, and for a moment he couldn't figure out what the enemy wanted to do.

But before he could figure out the answer in his mind, his senses had already sensed something was wrong.

He first smelled the pungent smell of a large amount of gunpowder exploding, followed by the burnt smell of incompletely burning trees.

Mixed between these two smells is the smell of blood, a very strong smell of blood!

This is not normal, absolutely not normal... Baines thought to himself.

He looked around subconsciously, only to find that Frosa and the knights they brought from the "Border Court" were all standing there in a daze, staring in amazement at the forest in the distance that was on fire.

Not only them, but also the soldiers from Red Maple City and the Dark Vanguard Army on the outer battlefield seemed to have forgotten the ongoing battle and looked towards the strange, molten hell-like scene in the distance.

After that, everyone heard even stranger and more frequent noises.

It was as if countless wild beasts were fleeing from the sea of ​​fire. They gathered into a tide of beasts and rushed towards the battlefield in an unstoppable manner!

No, that wasn't "escape"... Baines quickly rejected such an idea.

That was "foraging"! The spiritual perception he exuded had already sensed the hungry, manic, and bloodthirsty aura from the creatures that emerged from the forest.

A rare sense of panic emerged in his heart. This development was beyond his expectations, and he couldn't help but be several times more cautious than usual.

After thinking for a moment, he changed his primary goal and rode his horse towards the forest.

"Throne Knight" Frosa and other knights from the border followed the direction of Baines.

It was not until the two rows of knights followed Baines to the edge of the battlefield that they finally saw the true scene in the sea of ​​fire.

Right in their field of vision, the only "commander" and "tamer" Clauel, who belonged to the fourth level of the Dark Vanguard Army [Red Lotus] and had never appeared from beginning to end, appeared in front of them.

It was a dwarf in spotted animal skins, riding a four-legged monster covered in blood and with red eyes.

It was a three-headed "hyena", but its body had no fur. Its bloody flesh was exposed, with large burn marks on it.

The six eyes on its three heads were all scarlet in color, its sharp canine teeth were covered with disgusting yellow scales, saliva was constantly dripping from under its jaws, and its body exuded an extremely hungry, manic and bloodthirsty smell.

It was undoubtedly a "monster", but its aura was much darker and deeper than that of an ordinary monster!
And just behind the "tamer" Klauer, above the horizon in the sight of Baines and the knights.

More and more scarlet "stars" rose up, from dozens to hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands!
They were all "hyenas" without fur on their bodies, with flesh and blood exposed! They just stared at the "food" waiting to be hunted from afar with greedy and bloodthirsty eyes, as if they could no longer suppress their natural impulses.

"...Go, children. Poor children who are already starving."

The beast trainer, Klauer, suddenly spoke. His voice seemed to contain some strange power. He then said calmly:
"To tear their skins, to devour their flesh, and to lick their blood."

"This is... the feast that your loving Father, the Lord of Rebirth, has prepared for you!"

——Ah, ho, ho, ho! The moment Klauer’s voice fell, a series of joyful roars suddenly broke out in the tide of “hyenas”.

Then the first pair of scarlet eyes crossed the horizon, followed by the second, the tenth, the hundredth, the thousandth.

They came like a tide, and as their bloody claws trampled the ground, Baines vaguely felt that the earth was shaking with anxiety and fear.

That is undoubtedly a disaster - a real disaster! They will devour all fire in their path without regard for friend or foe, and rush to the city behind the battlefield with insatiable hunger!

"They...really released something really incredible..."

Baines looked deeply at the scarlet tide on the opposite side, and the sword in his hand burst out with an unprecedented red luster.

"Get ready for battle... Frosa."

"That doesn't look like a 'friendly' enemy... but we have no choice."

Baines sighed and gave orders to Frosa beside him and the knights behind him:

"——Go through the beast tide and kill the 'beast tamer' first!"

"That's our next goal - our first and only goal."

"Remember, behind us is the territory of the Empire."

“——We have no way out.”

……

(End of this chapter)