The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing

[An Su Moningsta, Survival Time: 762 hours]

[Delicious Child S—The Mother Goddess thinks your flesh is very fresh and tasty, She looks forward to tasting your soul.]

"..."

Beneath the Mother Goddess.

An Su knew he must be quite tasty, which was also why he attempted to sacrifice himself.

Fortuitously, in the Church's world, the souls of saints were shielded by celestial forces and true gods.

They would not be sacrificed.

As a Child of the Curse, a rarity of the century innate with dark attributes, he was the ultimate delicacy, able to conquer the Mother Goddess's palate at the very core.

—Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many cultists lining up to kidnap him.

At the same time, An Su was also a Second Order Radiant Saint, bearing the mark of the Radiant Goddess.

Radiant Saints were Mother Goddess's favorites.

This taboo and stimulating combination was like the most luxurious steak served with the richest red wine, one bright and the other dark, rich without being greasy, full of mellow flavor.

An Su was the only Light and Dark Priest in the Entire Hell, a brand-new flavor the Mother Goddess had never tasted.

But what An Su hadn't expected was

the Mother Goddess to be so craving... that she would grade his body with an S.

Continuing to read,

[Great Trouble of the Heart for the Legion of Pain S—You established a personal guard, conducted inspections to scrutinize the composition of churchgoers within the entire Legion of Pain, established a strict 'collective unofficial history' system, persecuted and suppressed reactionary factions,

According to statistics, you sacrificed fifty-eight Second Order cultists and one hundred thirty-nine First Order cultists. Under your influence, the population of the Legion of Pain's school was wiped out, earning kill points: 90]

[Great Trouble of the Heart for the Church A—You collaborated from within and without, engaged in espionage on both sides, and under your influence, the entire army of saints was wiped out.]

[Achievement Unlocked: Land Without Gods S—From now on, there would be no more Church or esoteric religions in Seden Town, you successfully completed the 'de-deification' movement in Seden Town, and where the people of Seden would go from here would be determined by the will of the people.]

[Leader at the End of the Road SS—As the leader of the Legion of Pain, facing the death of loved ones and depletion of ammunition, you walked towards the end of your life, choosing to commit suicide in despair in the study. At the same time, you completed the sole task: assassinating the leader of the Legion of Pain, earning kill points 10.]

Seeing this, An Su's lips slowly relaxed.

Though only ten points, they were the most precious ten.

Insurmountable ten points.

Achieving ninety kill points wasn't difficult; over the past decade, many geniuses could slaughter followers of the Light and the esoteric religions.

But they would never score full marks.

The gap between ninety and one hundred points was night and day.

The blessing rewards received at the end would also differ as widely as heaven and earth.

And this was just the reward from the stars. An Su also had blessings for sacrificing heretics from the Holy Light,

which he would need to claim at the Radiant Holy See.

With just the sacrifice blessings from the Mother Goddess alone,

An Su's body had already reached the level of a Second Order warrior.

The same heads, when exchanged for blessings on the side of Holy Light,

could very likely catapult him straight to Third Order Magician!

[Your kill score is one hundred points, weighted score is one hundred points, overall assessment SSS.]

If you had only killed the leader of the Legion of Pain and done nothing else, the kill score would only be ten points, yet in the end you could still get above ninety—this is the value of the final mission.

However, there would be no SSS in the overall assessment.

"Boss An Su, how did you do?" Arthur cocked his head and asked again.

"I flunked it."

An Su showed an expression of pain and self-reproach. He lowered his gaze, his pupils trembling slightly,n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"I've just got three S's."

He should have sacrificed the stars as well.

Arthur was about to offer some comfort to An Su, but upon hearing the second part of his sentence, his face became even more pained than An Su's.

"..."

He could already imagine how, after leaving Celestial Space, An Su the elder would torment the other candidates.

And at this moment, they were still unaware,

that outside, a great uproar had arisen.

Dusk draped down, the brilliant colors drenching the sacred church, while the ethereal tolling of bells echoed through the night sky, instilling a sense of peace and tranquil beauty in all who heard them.

But inside the Astro Church, no one could feel at peace.

At the church entrance,

a throng of reporters had already packed the area,

their numbers far exceeding the total from the previous two examinations.

Priest Paxi paced back and forth around the Astral Terminal, Bishop Lannis reconfirmed the messages from the celestial domain,

and after numerous verifications, the celestial priests announced to the world,

that the second-order world of Seden had been thoroughly conquered, and its form permanently fixed.

A complete conquest signifies that this world fragment will forever belong to the Church, and the Cultists can no longer invade it.

To achieve this condition, it's not just about exterminating all the invading Cultists,

but also completing all the main missions.

The first two missions were not very difficult, but the last mission—to defeat the leader of the Legion of Pain—

no Second Order saint had managed to complete it in ten years.

Every complete conquest of a world is a matter of great glory.

No one could have imagined that a contender embarking on a conquest with the goal of the saints' examination would manage to permanently define Seden.

The saints of various Churches had already gone to notify the bishops of their respective Sects.

It was an event worthy of attention.

What people were most curious about was,

which Church's saint had achieved the conquest?

Soon, the priests of the seven faiths arrived with numerous dignitaries in tow, as the reporters at the door made way, looking upon these figures with eyes full of reverence;

the most noteworthy was the representative from the Radiant Holy See.

She was a young girl.

Silver-white eyelids veiled in a layer of white rime frost, with glittering golden eyes beneath the frost, the girl had an air of aloofness and delicacy about her, appearing to be no more than fifteen years old.

A fifteen-year-old girl naturally could not represent the Radiant Holy See,

—unless she was the Holy Maiden.

Luoja Fast.

If one disregarded her humble origins from a remote borderland, she would be the perfect Holy Maiden.

The surrounding priests also held Luoja with enough respect.

But at the same time, as the Holy Maiden, Luoja also had duties to fulfill.

Such as these face-saving appearances, consoling the saints and the like, were part of the Holy Maiden's responsibilities.

Clearly, Luoja didn't seem very interested in this.

It was already late in the evening, and she was feeling a bit weary,

During these days in the imperial capital, she was constantly attending various ceremonial events, dealing with all manner of important people, and receiving compliments from a wide array of individuals.

She had no time to herself.

Luoja did not feel happy.

Compared to this, she began to miss her remote and oft-looked-down-upon hometown; she liked the sweets from the city on the border, as well as the port's sea breeze that blew in.

Thinking of home, Luoja inexplicably thought of that annoying guy.

She wondered whether he had come to the imperial capital yet.

That idiot of Holy Light...

Could he pass the saints' examination?