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

Dusk gradually lost its color, and the faint moonlight crawled up the window lattice.

Having attended various rituals everywhere today... Luojia was already very tired.

Luojia yawned lightly, thinking that she shouldn't show too much fatigue, lest she lose the propriety of a Holy Maiden,

Feeling slightly guilty, she looked around; upon seeing that no one noticed her, she let down her guard and curled up in her chair like a kitten.

The progress that had been stalled for ten years in the Second Order world was completely conquered by the saints, and the world fragments became fixed.

The term 'Nether' originally meant the cycle of creatures constantly falling downward. The events occurring in the world fragments would endlessly repeat, but once fully conquered, they would no longer recur and thus were known as fixed.

The world fragments would then continue to develop normally.

Besides cultists who could no longer infiltrate, the Church could send priests and saints as missionaries, granting them full authority to establish church strongholds in the fixed world.

According to convention, the right to proselytize in the fixed world for the first year belonged to the first conqueror.

Various churches would send representatives to offer their condolences.

The outside of the Church was packed with various scholars and reporters, eagerly awaiting news from inside; this was the biggest news of all.

Many saints were discussing in low voices,

"Who do you think it will be?"

"I guess it's Miss Alice from the Xien Family, a renowned alchemic lineage."

"I think Miss Shana from the Druid Court also has a chance..."

"Don't you know? Lord Rosen from the Order Church also went!"

"That almost-Third Order Knight?"

"I've heard of him, this knight has already been through several world clearances... truly a perfect knight."

"Since it's him, it's not surprising at all."

"Definitely an elite from the Order Church!"

"What about that thing from the Radiant Holy See?"

"..."

Luojia frowned slightly as she listened to their conversation,

What did they mean by 'that thing' from the Radiant Holy See? When it came to their Church, why were they using such an inexplicable reference?

Before she had a chance to speak, she saw a commotion at the front, as the starlight rapidly flowed, and a celestial saint exclaimed, "Someone's coming out!"

Suddenly, the scene fell silent, and in everyone's anticipation, the starlight slowly coalesced into human forms, and three figures staggered out.

They were the very assassin squad first sacrificed by An Su.

Their gaze was somewhat empty, resembling the despair of the forsaken, with a pale complexion.

"It's the scouts from the Order Church..." Priest Paxi was the first to greet them, asking his own saints with concern, "How do you feel, what's the situation?"

"We don't remember." The leading saint was dazed for a moment before moving his lips and his shoulders trembled slightly as he spoke, "I... we don't know anything..."

It appeared they died in the world and thus lost all their memories.

And judging by their reaction...

They must have experienced something terrifying before their death,

Even with the loss of memory, the soul's innate reaction would retain symptoms of fear.

Was the Legion of Pain's commander that terrifying?

This situation was generally referred to as 'Nether World aftereffects,' typically taking several weeks to recover from.

It was a rather uncommon ailment.

Generally, saints with weaker wills would suffer from it.

Order Priest Paxi frowned, checking the scores of these three individuals—he couldn't see the specific achievements, but could inquire about the scores and their contributions to the main mission.

...Why were all the scores in single digits?

The contributions to the main mission were almost zero.

Not even a single cultist was vanquished?

"Priest Paxi, seems like your Church's saints lack mental fortitude," Priestess Ai Xueli from the Alchemical Church said with a light laugh. This magic prodigy seemed to gradually emerge from the shadow of the three border individuals, and today she also came as a representative of the Alchemical Church to welcome her sister.

"If it were Alice, she definitely wouldn't be like this." She revealed a proud smile at the corner of her mouth.

As nobles of high standing, the Xien Family always maintained perfect demeanor.

Priest Paxi couldn't shake the feeling that something was amiss. He had supervised two exams already, each filled with surprises. Could this final test... also bring him some big trouble?

It wouldn't,

He consoled himself, telling the saints with vacant eyes from the Order Church, "You go back and rest first..."

Before Paxi could finish, the stars gathered again slowly, and more saints followed out.

"It's Miss Alice from the Alchemical Church!"

Alice, biting her lips, moved step by step, and first saw the dense crowd around her. Her shoulders quivered, then turning her head, she caught sight of her sister, and the tears in her eyes could no longer be contained.

"Whimper..."

"I was wrong, sob, I'm sorry, sob sob."

The noble young lady clung tightly to Ai Xueli, sobbing incessantly, "…I want to go home. I want to go home."

Ai Xueli was bewildered.

When asked what happened to Alice, she said she couldn't remember and just kept crying;

Ai Xueli felt this scene was eerily familiar, as if she herself had sobbed like this before? In a flash, those shameful memories surged, striking Ai Xueli's mind fiercely.

"Young people these days are too mentally fragile!" a senior bishop from the Druid Court criticized, "How did your church train them? With this kind of mental fortitude, how will they go to battlefields and hunt witches in the future?"

But the next second, a group of Druid Saints also ran out in a pack.

Each one with a vacant look in their eyes.

"Whimper."

"Whimper whimper…"

"Mommy, mommy..."

The senior bishop's expression suddenly became subtle.

Are Fifth Tier warriors really that terrifying...?

After the Saints of the Druid Sect left, waves of believers escaped in groups,

Upon checking, their scores were in single digits, upon asking what happened, they said they couldn't remember, and by looking at their expressions, one could tell they were on the brink of suicide.

Was an Evil God hidden inside?

Wasn't it said that this world had been cleared?

Why does it feel like Seden has been completely overrun by Cultists?

Everyone has been wiped out!

So, did we actually win or lose?

Priest Paxi felt sweat drenching his back, with all the reporters outside now. If all the saints of the Church were to run out crying, some even shouting 'mommy mommy', and this was reported, where would the Church put its face?

The Holy Maiden of the Radiant Holy See was still watching...

Priest Paxi, trying to maintain his dignity, showed a slightly awkward smile to Luojia, "Your Grace Luojia, this is just an unexpected situation..."

Please, let a reliable one come through!

Perhaps in response to his hope,

The stars once again converged,

The man who stepped out from the stars had a calm and normal expression, with a smile on his lips,

His sharp features glimmered with faint starlight, and the girls who had come to watch couldn't help but cheer at the sight of him.

It was the eagerly awaited Order Knight, Rosen.

Rosen would never lose the dignity of an Order Knight, always wearing a perfect smile. While he had forgotten what had happened, Rosen was never one to show fear.

Meanwhile,

At the moment of his emergence,

The starlight reached its apex,

The night was bright as if it were day,

The magnificent and great attention was slowly converging here,

It seemed Rosen had vanquished the legion commander, accomplishing the task no one else could.

Upon seeing the dependable Rosen, Paxi breathed a sigh of relief, and he introduced him to the Little Holy Maiden, "This is the rising star of the Order Church, Order Knight Rosen Hogan..."

Luojia stared at the figure emerging from the starlight, her tired eyes suddenly widened, she tilted her head and a smile appeared on her face.

Is the Holy Maiden smiling at me...

Rosen intended to return a gentlemanly smile, but he felt several slender fingers touch his shoulder.

"Excuse me, let me through,"

A clear and polite voice from a youth came from behind,Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"You're blocking the spawn point."

Rosen turned his head and saw An Su's clean and innocent smile,

Strange yet familiar as if from deep within the soul—

Despite having forgotten, the fear engraved in his instincts,

For some reason,

Upon seeing this smile, he suddenly felt a dampness between his legs.

His heart nearly stopped.

Rosen looked down and realized—

It seemed like...

He had been scared into wetting himself.

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