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

Astro Church's First Cathedral.

The sunset had already fallen,

and the afterglow of dusk had been worn away by the silhouettes of the mountains; the midnight bells had already rung thrice. By all accounts, the Astro Church should have been at rest by now, but tonight, the cathedral was still brightly lit.

Across the street on the Champs Elysees Avenue, many believers had finished their daily tasks and were walking in pairs and threes on the maple-covered avenue.

Some senior Nether saints were discussing today's harvest, mainly talking about their evaluations and which rank of church world they went to.

These were upperclassmen, preparing for this year's deacon examination.

Compared with the neophyte wannabe saints, they had already experienced many church worlds but had yet to qualify as deacons.

One of the mandatory conditions to become a deacon was to clear a frontier world.

The danger level of frontier worlds far exceeds that of church worlds.

They are beyond the control of the Church.

Which means that once saints die in the frontier worlds, their death is true, beyond resurrection.

New saints are ineligible to challenge frontier worlds.

Only with a year or more of world exploration experience are they eligible to be recommended for frontier world challenges.

But it is not so easy to obtain a recommendation,

since the coordinates of each frontier world are hard to find and exceedingly precious.

Whenever a frontier world appears, it sparks a scramble, and usually only the top-ranked saints qualify.

Otherwise, they would forever only be prospective deacons.

At that moment, someone suddenly noticed something unusual,

"Why is Astral Church flickering so abnormally?"

"I just heard, a new frontier world has emerged."

"...The Kingdom of Chaos, thirty thousand years ago? That ancient?"

"It seems to be a very important world."

"A Fourth Order frontier world... surely only a personage of priestly rank could conquer it."

Many saints had their attention drawn, as watching the spectacle is a human trait; numerous gazes were fixed on the Astro Church, and they were discussing among themselves – with the focal point being who the conqueror of this world would be.

Is it Xidan, the Holy Maiden of the Radiant Holy See?

Or is it Priestess Ai Xueli, the genius witch of the Alchemical Church?

Or perhaps the knights of the Order Church?

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Of course, none of their guesses were correct.

Although An Su had a reputation among the newer generation of saints, it stopped there.

The Little Holy Maiden of the Radiant Holy See, in external rumors, is just a mascot;

most of the Holy Maiden's powers are hollowed out by several former prospective Holy Maidens.

Priest Paxi, on duty, came to the Astro Church with a somber face, and many familiar prospective deacons tried to pump him for information—Priest Paxi denied all the names they had guessed.

"It couldn't possibly be a freshman, could it?" they joked.

Priest Paxi's expression grew even more somber, and he even had a hint of a cold sweat on his forehead.

Perhaps... it seems... it is.

This was an unauthorized Astral Terminal activation, and the Astro Church had already contacted all priests and deacons in Farol immediately; none of them had entered the frontier world.

That left only the freshmen.

And as for who it was specifically, Priest Paxi already had a clue.

It was that damn An Su, who had been quiet for a month, so he was saving up for something big, huh!

He'd eloped with the Holy Maiden to the frontier world!

Could a human even pull off such a maneuver?

Seeing Priest Paxi's grave expression, the surrounding saints started feeling that things were amiss.

Could it be?

Of course, some of the prospective deacons quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Freshmen daring to challenge a Fourth Order frontier world,

so overconfident.

They must be certain to die.

The first batch had failed, so perhaps the second batch of raid slots would come around to him.

He harbored hopes for the examination of the deacon office.

Even some started to feel a secret delight. Most of them belonged to the faction of the would-be Holy Maiden Xidan, and they had already learned that it was that vase-like Holy Maiden who had entered the world. Should she perish, the Holy Maiden's position would be vacated.

At this moment, countless gazes converged upon this place, some with ill intent, others filled with worry.

For it was the Kingdom of Chaos, after all!

How could simple border folks like them survive in the Kingdom of Chaos?

——

An Su looked at the application form in his hand; the exam for the position of Magician was on the third floor, a third-tier position.

On his way there, he encountered Luojia.

It was Luojia's first time in the Nether World, and she looked around curiously at everything.

"Have you seen Enya?" An Su asked.

"No, Miss Enya might be in another district of the building," answered Luojia. "Our current location is in the southern municipal district."

"What position are you planning to apply for?" An Su asked again.

"I haven't decided yet."

"I'm planning to interview for 'Healing Priest.' Want to come with me?"

"Healing Priest, ah." In Luojia's impression, Healing Priests used Healing Magic to assist others and were respected—it must be quite a good position. "Then I'll also try for the Healing Priest interview."

The recruitment conditions were [Having the ability to heal the heart].

As it happened, Luojia was very good at healing spells.

The city hall occupied a large area, with a complex network of corridors and hundreds of rooms. It took An Su quite some time to find 'Room 201,' where the Healing Priest interview was to take place.

The decorations outside the door were quite warm and sunny, with white paper pasted up and potted plants on both sides, giving a sense of the Holy Light, which was a completely different style from the Kingdom of Chaos.

This was what Luojia thought.

Just then,

The door suddenly opened, and a low-rank, thickset troll ran out. This huge creature had tears welling in its eyes while running and crying, "Run, get away... don't go through this door... don't... wu."

Crying, it collapsed and passed out on the ground, then was dragged away by someone.

"..."

Luojia was stunned.

"Looks pretty normal," An Su remarked calmly. Amid Luojia's dazed gaze, he slowly opened the door.

What a bizarre scene this was.

What caught his eye was a hall filled with various creatures, rows of work desks joined together, trolls, goblins, humans, demons... creatures of different races were packed together as if caged like pigeons,

Each of their eyes was lifeless and empty as if they were corpses devoid of vigor.

Malice that seemed capable of swallowing the world rushed at them.

"By East of Four Horses! When will the sewers be fixed!"

"I curse your ( ), why can't I ( ) on the main street, I'll put your ( ) ( ) into the Volcanic Demon's hot pot and scald your brain!"

"( ) ( ), your ( ) like that!"

Each civil servant held a magic communication device in their hands, with the messages coming through from the other end of those devices.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The cacophony from the telegrams echoed in the hall, carrying magic power that created a sea of vile noises, crashing directly into one's chest.

The civil servants' gazes were lifeless, but their mouths bore the smiles of the dead, like tamed dogs speaking gently and pleasingly as they responded:

"Please await notification for when the sewers will be fixed, respected citizens..."

"I will send my ( ) ( ) home to you..."

"Thank you for your blessings... my ( ) has been like that for a while."

Luojia stood there dumbfounded, tilting her head, questioning whether she had woken up.

[Welcome, both of you, to the interview for the third-tier position 'Healing Priest'].

[Professional Background: Due to the godlike, awe-inspiring corruption management of the high-ranking officials of the municipal government office, Farol, while achieving splendid chaotic accomplishments, had part, a few, just some tenacious citizens holding certain opinions about the government. To prevent the minor probability of citizens rioting and smashing into the municipal hall, and to alleviate the psychological stress of the citizens, handling their complaints, this position of 'Healing Priest' is specifically set up.]

[Position Introduction: As a Healing Priest, please patiently reply to all kinds of opinions raised by citizens and, without making any corrections, use your 'ability to heal hearts' to wipe out the bad reviews of the government.]

Just a third-tier position, yet capable of destroying one's soul...

Luojia's eyes widened.

In the Kingdom of Chaos, the 'Heal' in Healing Priest,

So it was this kind of healing!