Alchemy Sixth Church, third floor.
Besides the bishops and priests of the Alchemy Holy See, there were several examiners from the Order Holy See, two priests from the Radiant Holy See, and even a bishop from the Eighth Radiant Holy See.
They sat around a redwood round table in utter silence.
Priest Percy of the Order Holy See stared constipatedly at the naked man scurrying about on the platform—Arthur was searching everywhere for the clothes he had torn off.
After thinking for a long time, Priest Percy finally let out a relieved sigh.
His heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was finally dead.
He had told his junior sister long ago that the three from the border were all troublemakers and that she needed to be on guard, but he had not expected her to still fall victim to this bastard.
"He isn't from our Holy See," a priest from the Radiant Holy See broke the silence. "We don't have this acolyte saint."
There was no use denying it. He was obviously one of yours.
Who else could he be, us?
The clergy from the other two Holy Sees remained silent.
"This child may be a little reckless," Priest Percy kindly tried to smooth things over, "but he does have his strengths. For example, his physical fitness is excellent."
The clergy remained silent.
Indeed, Arthur Sunny's physical fitness was excellent.
This did not refer to things like his muscle mass, but rather the talent of his body.
Ashley had never learned martial arts and possessed no talent for sacred knights, yet after merely obtaining an Arthur Sunny skin trial card, she had managed to imitate him convincingly after only a few exchanges—Arthur's bodily talent was undoubtedly at the genius level.
He truly was a talent.
"After he becomes a Radiant Saint," the bishop of the Eighth Holy See said slowly, "send him to the Sacred Knight Academy of the Radiant Holy See."
The two priests exchanged glances, then both nodded.
The Radiant Holy See did have sacred knights. For example, Agnes, the captain of the witch-hunting squad, was a sacred knight, and she had established a dedicated Sacred Knight Academy.
However, sacred knights and saints belonged to two different systems.
The sacred knight examination was held in the first half of next year.
Why was a sports student taking a liberal arts exam?
Did all the border cities produce this sort of talent?
That was the question in every clergyman's mind.
"Ahem." Priest Percy coughed to ease the awkwardness. "The next border candidate is up. Should we revise it?"
"This was also a request Priestess Ashley just made," Priest Percy added.
"Mm." The priest of the Alchemy Holy See understood Percy's implication. "That is necessary."
"Let's revise the 'Exam Rules.'"
"Agreed."
"This is the new request proposed by Priestess Ashley." Priest Percy displayed it.
This was undoubtedly a rare occurrence.
The Saint Trial rules of the Six Gods Holy See had never been temporarily changed because of any candidate.
The ancestral laws were not to be altered; that was precisely the principle.
But today, they had to be revised.
What if that Liszt was also some muscle-crazed lunatic who followed Arthur's lead and went on a naked rampage, with two real people brawling in the nude? That would be unbearable to watch.
Please prepare, next candidate: Candidate No. 60, Liszt Muen.
Liszt calmly exhaled.
Today, he wore a pale purple tailcoat, gold-rimmed glasses, a top hat, a white shirt with a bow tie, and white gloves. He looked noble and elegant, like an aristocrat about to attend a banquet.
Upon hearing his name, he slowly rose from his seat.
He first elegantly bowed to the surrounding candidates, every movement filled with aristocratic poise.
Worthy of second place in the Seaside Morning Post's #Saints Most Wanted as Partners Ranking#, Liszt was graceful and refined, the very image of a cool, handsome gentleman.
Seeing Liszt's elegance and composure, the surrounding candidates relaxed as well. Surely he would not strip in public, right?
But then they remembered that he was from the border too, and Arthur had looked like a Normal Person before the exam as well.
Their confidence was not particularly high.
They had a feeling this guy would repeat the same trick!
At that moment, all the acolyte saints felt their vision blur, and the calm voice of the Scales of Order echoed in everyone's ears once more.
Attention, all candidates.
The Exam Instructions have been revised.
Original Exam Instructions: Under the restrictions of the Alchemy Array, you have exactly four Memory Slots. You may freely choose the following Magic Books for temporary equipment and allocate ten Magic Points for use.
Revised to:
You must equip four Magic Books and allocate ten Magic Points for use.
The candidates nodded one after another. So far, everything was normal.
Nudity is prohibited in the examination room. You must remain properly dressed and presentable. You must carry a staff, and the staff must be made of wood.
Naked running is prohibited in the examination room. Striking people with a staff is prohibited.
So far, that was still normal and reasonable?
The use of force is prohibited. Attacking an examiner's private parts is even more prohibited.
"..."
You must ensure that your physical condition is normal during the examination. You may not enter with any Curse Buffs, nor may you consume magical items in advance that would cause abnormalities in your body.
Ansu's brows rose slightly when he heard this.
He had not expected Ashley to know how to predict this now.
As long as someone entered covered in instant-death buffs or a pile of weakness curses, or drank poison, neither side would even be able to move and could only wait to perish together—yet as long as the examiner was defeated, the candidate could still be judged victorious.
She had improved.
Ansu narrowed his eyes slightly and watched Priestess Ashley in the center of the hall.
This was a contest of wits, Priestess Ashley.
Fighting the system, fighting the official patches, fighting versions updated in real-time, finding the loopholes to clear the stage amid all those perfect rules—this was the true cultivation of a Heretical Player.
"Can you hold on?"
He spoke to Liszt.
"Brother Ansu, rest assured."
Liszt calmly and elegantly pushed up his glasses, his tone solemn and sacred. "Calm down and restraint are the foremost virtues of nobility."
"This humble person will make her understand what noble spirit truly means by never giving up."
"This humble person shall go first."
He confidently and elegantly stepped down from the platform, walking slowly toward the examination room.
Pretentious Ashley had gradually recovered from her phantom pain.
Ashley was very confident.
The authorization document she had personally revised this time definitely contained no flaws. From every angle, it had cut off the cheating routes of these border bumpkins.
Moreover, when signing the authorization this time, she would not be as careless as she had been last time.
Ashley would inspect Liszt's four spells in advance and devise a plan beforehand.
Hmm.
Was he a Water Element Holy Light Mage with water as his secondary specialization?
They were all water-element spells.
It did not matter. Ashley was very confident, since she was an All-Attribute Sorcerer.
Beginner spell: Flowing water.
Mana cost: 1.
Assist Blessing type.
It could double the flow of water.
This was a support spell, generally used together with Water Spear to create a thicker, larger water spear—but there was no Water Spear among his remaining Magic Slots?
There was also Water Element Gathering and Water Surface Fluctuation.
Ashley could not understand this set of Magic Combination designed by Ansu at all!
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