At the center of the Astral First Church's grand hall,
all the Acolyte Saints had already vanished.
Layer upon layer of barriers and sorcery wrapped into a massive astral body, countless stars revolving within it,
while immense magic flowed from the Alchemy Array into the astral body's core—this was the Astral Terminal connected to the Naraku World.
Besides the priests from the various holy sees who had come to observe the ceremony, three big figures at the bishop level had arrived to inspect the situation. Bishop Lanis of the Astral Holy See was one of them.
After hearing Bishop Lanis's reassuring words, Priest Percy finally relaxed.
He understood that he had simply been worrying too much.
This time, the examiner was an Absolutely Neutral Astral Envoy. No matter how strange those three children from the border were, they could not possibly make an Astral Envoy alter the rules, could they?
Thinking it over now, he had indeed been overly sensitive.
With that thought, his mood gradually eased.
"According to the schedule, all the Acolyte Saints have finished selecting their Holy Relics."
Bishop Lanis said, "The next step is personality component certification—based on their personality traits, it will determine the initial identities best suited to them."
"How will the certification be conducted this time?"
Priest Percy knew that the methods of personality component certification differed each time. There were all sorts of tricks, all decided by the Astral Envoy.
During personality component certification, Saints would temporarily forget everything, allowing their most genuine reactions to determine their traits.
The vast majority of identities obtained by Saints were soldiers, merchants, and the like. Outstanding Saints with leadership ability could also become governors, nobles, priests, and so on.
"This time, it's quite simple." Lanis said slowly. "Since the theme is 'collective witch hunting,' there