Age of Mysticism

  Chapter 427 First contact with the abyss

   A big day has passed for the Tedgar Hills.

  In the early morning of the second day, Luke received an important piece of information from the Black Potion Workshop.

  The abyss apostles are going to open a large abyss crack, allowing more abyss mages to receive the baptism of abyss energy. After the baptism, the three abyss apostles will select four abyss mages to fill the number of lost apostles.

  In order to purify the team and prevent traitors from mixing into the ranks of the apostles, a major purge is going on inside the Abyss Temple.

  There is news that: In this abyss baptism ceremony, all captured abyss mages will be sacrificed to the abyss.

   Therefore, the wizard desperately hopes that the Imperial Secret Service will rescue him as soon as possible.

  Luke received a wizard's hand-drawn map showing where he was being held.

  At the same time, the Adventurer's Association also sent someone to send a message, and Priest Egbert hoped for an answer.

  The wizard doesn't know the exact time of the baptism in the abyss, but seeing Egbert's eagerness, it shouldn't be too long.

   Luke decides to meet Egbert one more time.

  In a secret room of the Adventurers Association, Egbert was still dressed the same as last time. It's just that when he lifted the hood, there were only a few strands of hair left on his head, his skin was shriveled and wrinkled, and his spirit was in an abnormal state of excitement.

   "Have you considered it?" Egbert's voice was extremely hoarse, and his neck spasmed unconsciously.

"Think about it." Luke made a decision after careful consideration. He put the bag containing the egg of Nirvana on the table: "Power is something I can't refuse, and becoming stronger is my adventurous pursuit. The egg of Nirvana Here, 50 million Reichsmarks are paid up front, and the rest is paid by force."

   "Okay..." Egbert reached out to grab the bag containing the Nirvana Egg.

  Luke pulled the bag towards himself: "How can I trust you? Can you really lead me close to the abyss?"

   Egbert's neck twitched, and he replied: "I can arrange for you to join the Abyss Temple as a newly promoted backup abyss mage. Due to some reasons, there is a shortage of manpower in the Abyss Temple during this period.

   After entering the Abyss Temple, everything can be arranged by me. "

  Egbert went to grab the Nirvana Egg again, but Luke still didn't let go: "I don't live in the Temple of the Abyss, and I can't arrange work for me that I don't want to do."

   "Yes, most low-level abyss mages don't live in the temple. In fact, you don't need to worry that I will harm you. Those who are willing to accept the abyss are brothers to us, no matter what your purpose is.

  When the abyss falls, I will arrange a good position for you.

  I promise, when you look straight into the abyss, you will become its faithful believer. "

  Luke pushed the bag to Egbert: "Thank you priest for taking me to a world full of expectations. The egg of Nirvana is yours."

   Egbert pulled the bag, took out the Nirvana egg and checked it repeatedly. After confirming that it was true, he took out a mission completion sheet: "The 50 million Reichsmark is in the account of the Adventurer's Association, and I have already settled the association's cut.

  I’ll go back to the temple first, you can go there after an hour, just report my name at the gate. "

  Luke took the mission completion sheet: "Thank you, Priest Egbert."

   Egbert took the bag and left.

  Luke transferred 50 million Reichsmarks to his account at the task settlement desk of the Adventurers Association.

  B-level adventurer certificate is also promoted to A-level adventurer certificate.

   About an hour later, Luke swaggered outside the gate of the Abyss Temple.

  Two blood-sworn barbarian guards stopped him, and the eye of true sight on the door stared at him.

   A sharp voice came from the eyeballs: "Who are you? What are you doing in the Temple of the Abyss?"

  Luke replied: "My name is Luke! Priest Egbert asked me to come. He felt my yearning for the abyss, so he was going to introduce me to join the temple of the abyss and become an abyss mage serving the abyss."

  The Eye of True Sight continued to examine Luke.

  However, before it could speak, a blood-sworn barbarian immediately said excitedly: "Your name is Luke! Could it be that you are the human Hercules who rushed to the final match in the Hercules Arena yesterday?"

  When a person is famous, he has many fans.

   Luke replied: "It's me."

   The blood-sworn barbarian was even happier: "Unfortunately, I didn't go to the competition site yesterday. But I heard that in the competition, no barbarian is your opponent in terms of strength.

   His Excellency the Duke also allowed the final match to be held in his Duke's castle, and His Excellency will personally wear the golden belt for the champion.

  What a great honor! "

   Another blood-sworn barbarian said suspiciously: "But I heard that you cheated during the game and won the game by dishonorable means.

  No matter how powerful human beings are, they are definitely not stronger than barbarians. "

  Faced with doubts, Luke said simply: "Since you doubt it, let's try it out."

The first blood-sworn barbarian who took the initiative to speak to Luke said: "We have accepted the secret technique bestowed by the Abyss Temple, and our bodies have received the blessings of the Abyss. It belongs to the use of external forces to increase our strength. We are not allowed to participate in the Hercules competition. It's not fair to compare...with you.

   I trust the game referees, they are barbarians, if you cheat, they will not let you play to the end.

  My name is Scarci. "

   Bloodsworn Barbarian Scacchi held out his hand, and Luke reached out to shake him.

  Who would have thought that Scacci's words are not comparable, but the strength in his hands is not weak. The blood-sworn barbarian was really powerful, and Luke exerted all his strength to resist the force from his hand.

  At this time, the ignored Eye of True Sight said angrily: "Skachi, now is your duty time, don't do things outside of your duties.

  Luke is the backup abyss mage introduced by Priest Egbert to join the abyss temple. The temple needs to be replenished with fresh blood. "

  The barbarian Scacci let go of his hand, and said to Luke very kindly: "I am amazed by your strength! Go in, the abyss is watching you!"

   "The abyss watches you!"

  Luke walked into the Temple of the Abyss.

  The Eye of True Sight turned around and stared at his back.

   "The suspicious guy is as suspicious as the suspicious Egbert. I will keep an eye on you. As long as you show a little bit of cheating, I will report to Apostle Victor."

  The interior of the Abyss Temple is built like a tomb.

  The closed stone corridor is full of mysterious but incomprehensible murals on both sides.

   At intervals, there are sarcophagi standing on the walls. Inside is the "Death Touch" that Qingkong has encountered in the museum in the imperial capital.

  The abyss mages who passed by all lowered their heads, like walking dead.

   This is a bit different from the Abyss Mage in the game.

  Luke could feel that the abyssal energy filled the interior space of the entire temple, and it was affecting everyone here little by little.

  No matter what the abyssal apostles are doing, what they are doing is definitely out of control.

  A roar resembling a ghost came from the depths of the temple.

  Luke suddenly had a feeling of being in the Resident Evil game by himself.

  The most correct decision at this time is probably to turn around and walk out immediately. But if you leave, you don't know what the secret is inside.

  Luke walked forward.

  Clear Sky appeared in his consciousness.

   "The energy leakage of the abyss here is very serious. If you stay for too long, you will definitely be affected by the abyss."

  Luke said to Qingkong consciously: "I have received news that the abyss apostle is opening an abyss crack, using abyss energy to infect the abyss mage on a large scale, and then select the strongest one to supplement the number of abyss apostle."

  Qing Kong said: "The Book of Calamity is a door that opens the abyss. It can control the extent of the abyss energy spillover. But it opens a crack leading to the abyss... If the crack cannot be closed, the abyss energy will quickly pollute the entire holy mountain."

  Luke thought about it, and said worriedly: "I just made a large investment in the holy mountain. If the holy mountain is polluted, wouldn't all my money be wasted?"

  Qingkong laughed: "I just like your serious and humorous look. In order to keep your investment income, what are you going to do?"

  Luke replied: "Now the leakage of abyss energy is only limited to the interior of the abyss temple, and the impact on people is still chronic for the time being. For us, it is a good opportunity to study the abyss.

  Lend me the spiritual ball. "

   Clear Sky's spiritual ball appeared beside Luke.

  Luke quickly grabbed the spirit ball and stuffed it into the pocket of the adventurer's vest.

  Spiritual Orb is a spiritual supernatural creature, without entity, and it can't be seen from the outside. The energy of the abyss is collected by the spiritual ball, and then transferred into the spiritual library to execute the analysis program.

  Luke went deep into the interior of the temple, and after inquiring about the abyss mage he met, he found Priest Egbert.

  Egbert, who got the egg of Nirvana, couldn't wait to start his experiment.

  He wanted to develop a secret technique through the characteristics of the firebird's resurrection from death and nirvana, so that the caster could obtain this ability of the firebird.

  In order to study this secret technique, he has done a lot of preparation work. Various materials related to Firebird can form a small library.

  At this time, the egg of Nirvana was placed under a special microscope, and Egbert drew the lines on the egg of Nirvana on a piece of paper through subtle observation.

   That is a magical language. If it is cracked, you can know many secrets of the egg of Nirvana.

  Luke stood patiently behind Priest Egbert, watching the pattern he drew.

  Egbert is a very rigorous scholar. Before joining the Abyss Temple, he was a very respected master of mystic arts. It was precisely because of this stubbornness that he finally developed a psychological barrier and joined the Abyss Temple.

   After waiting for about two hours, Priest Egbert put down his pen.

  When he saw Luke, the smile on his face looked terrifying: "This is a perfect work of art, just the magic patterns on it contain a wealth of magical knowledge.

  The Eye of True Sight outside the gate of the temple didn't make things difficult for you, did it? "

   "No." Luke looked at this large laboratory, which can accommodate about a dozen people. Now there are only six abyss mages working for Egbert. He went on to say: "There is a very corrosive energy here, and I can feel it seeping into me."

   "This is the energy of the abyss!" Speaking of the abyss, Egbert became excited again: "You should feel lucky, if not for special reasons, the apostles would never release so much energy of the abyss for us to absorb.

  Don't repel it, let it enter your body. Your body will slowly turn into an abyss, preparing for the real descent of the abyss. "

  Luke felt that he had stayed here for too long, and he had to leave as soon as possible to assess the impact of the abyss energy and find a way to relieve it.

   "I will accept the gift from the abyss. What procedures do I need to go through to join the temple of the abyss? There are still many things waiting for me to deal with today."

Egbert remembered the purpose of calling Luke here. He asked his assistant to fetch a set of abyss mage robes, and when he handed it to Luke, he said: "I have already completed the procedures for joining the Abyss Temple. , Now you are a backup abyss mage. Don't care about this position, I am very valued by the apostles now, and I have great hopes of becoming a new apostle.

  I will stand as close to the abyss as possible. "

  Egbert was very high-spirited. In the process of his body becoming abyss, his appearance was infinitely approaching the apostle. He believed that as long as he was in close contact with the abyss, he would definitely be transformed into an abyss apostle.

  Even the Eye of True Sight didn't dare to sneer at him anymore.

  Luke took the robe of the abyss mage, and asked again: "Do I need to come to the temple every day?"

   Egbert said: "It's best to come every day. Now the energy of the abyss in the temple is increasing every moment, and I don't know when the abyss will come in the call of the apostle.

  You don’t know how many abyss mages are looking for a good position, your 50 million is definitely worth it. "

  Using power for personal gain and going through the back door, the Temple of the Abyss is also unavoidable for this kind of secular human interaction.

  For Egbert, he has passed the dangerous period of purging, and has become the backup of the apostles.

  Arranging for Luke to accept the transformation of the abyss is just a deal.

  After the transaction is completed, Luke will leave the Abyss Temple and has no interest in Egbert.

   As for what Luke will transform into, it has nothing to do with Apostle Egbert.

  Luke replied: "I will report to the temple every day. Thanks to the priest, I can feel that the abyss is giving me strength, but I really need to leave."

   "Go do your thing." Egbert was also anxious to continue his experiment: "The abyss is watching you!"

   "The abyss watches you!"

   Saying goodbye to Egbert, Luke left the temple without stopping.

  He returned to Fekchik's house as quickly as possible, locked himself in the room, and took off his shirt.

  In the mirror, tiny black lines emerged on the skin, like blood vessels.

  Luke immediately activates his dragon blood.

  The left eye's thunder-falling fire pupil is passively activated, and the right eye turns into a dragon's vertical pupil. Fireworks sprayed from the nostrils, and the dragon's blood prevented the abyssal energy from eroding the body.

  But it can only be prevented. It will take a lot of time to completely clear the abyss energy.

   This is just the overflow of energy from the abyss. If the cracks in the abyss are really opened, it will definitely be an uncontrollable disaster.

  (end of this chapter)