"Now that the war with the Fallen Ones is over, does your cult still need these three spears of Spear of Light? Or if I want them, what price would I have to pay?"
"You want it? I can give it to you," Anna said calmly.
Su Xi was shocked. "No price?"
"Need not."
Holy crap, is our friendship really that strong that it's worth you giving me three spears of Spear of Light for free?
Su Xi thought in surprise.
"Hehe, Anna very much, Anna." Theresa replied to Anna without hesitation.
Anna: "Actually, I'd like to know if Theresa and Sue are the same person."
"It could be the same person, or it could be a different person," Su Xi said.
Anna: "?"
Su Xi continued, "Theresa has my memories, but her thoughts and actions are not necessarily the same as mine."
"Since the memories are the same, then it must be the same person."
Anna didn't care about thoughts or actions, and went straight to her point.
"You could say that."
As they chatted, the three soon arrived at the cult and saw the much aged High Priest Gaburleth. He sat on a bench, his eyes cloudy as he gazed at the statue of the Goddess of Creation. The High Priest had previously been a sprightly, white-haired old man; now, he appeared frail and elderly...
The development of the Southern Volcano World over the past two years must have put a lot of pressure on the cult, otherwise an old man wouldn't have aged so much in just two years.
"You are... you are...?"
Anna brought Su Xi and Theresa to the old high priest. He was stunned for a long time before he remembered Su, the Elf Saintess, but then forgot what her name was.
He had never seen anything like it before—an Elf Saintess was perfectly adapted to the holy light—so the memory was very vivid.
"How come you've forgotten me so quickly, High Priest Gaburleth Rais?" Su Xi chuckled.
Anna grabbed Su Xi's hand and squeezed it, saying, "High Priest Leith injured his head in the battle with the Fallen Priests. He has forgotten many things, so it's normal that he doesn't remember you."
Su Xi's smile vanished instantly. "I'm sorry," she said, "I didn't know about this..."
Anna smiled and said, "It's nothing. High Priest Reis hasn't appeared in front of others for a long time since he was injured. It's normal that you don't know about this, but you still remember him. I think High Priest Reis would be very happy if he knew about this."
Although Anna seemed indifferent, Su Xi felt a pang of guilt.
To Anna, the members of the cult were no different from family, but it's unbelievable that Anna, as a friend, didn't know about what happened to her close relatives.
High Priest Reis was still pointing at Su Xi, saying, "You are... you are..."
His face was filled with confusion and pain.
Anna comforted High Priest Reis and told him about Su Xi, helping him remember Su Xi's name.
Su Xi quickly took advantage of this time to open her Mind Net and find out what had happened to the Divine Cult in the past two years.
You wouldn't believe it until you see it, and what you find is astonishing.
Of the twelve high priests of the cult, five are dead, four are seriously injured and have lost their ability to fight, leaving only three high priests who are relatively healthy and maintain the daily life of the cult.
Among those who sacrificed themselves for the Holy Grace Church was Archbishop Carlos Tai, who had appeared in the Shadow Empire and worked with Empress Bai Ya and Emperor Beiyanqing to resolve the demigod incident, and was the highest authority of the Holy Grace Divine Cult.
In his battle against the Evil God priest, he burned through his lifespan and died of exhaustion.
After the archbishop's death, it can be said that if it weren't for the help of the immortal and indestructible Descenders, the Holy Grace Divine Cult's great purge would have failed long ago.
But even if they succeed now, the cult won't be much better off.
To build a watchtower city on the Black Gray Land, a high priest needs to be stationed there. So the Holy Capital only has two high priests to maintain daily life. Especially after the death of the archbishop, the Holy Capital was once plunged into an atmosphere of grief, anger, pain and despair.
Chaos and impulsiveness brought the entire cult to the brink of destruction.
At this moment, Anna stepped forward, with a large group of players standing behind Anna to help Anna quell the chaos in the rear before returning to the front lines to fight the enemy.
Because there were too many posts on the Mind Net that recorded the events that had occurred in the past two years, Su Xi was unable to find any posts that organized and summarized the order of the events. However, Su Xi felt a heavy sense of mission from these fragmentary records.
The Holy Grace Divine Cult... is truly willing to give everything to expel the Fallen Ones.
Even Anna was able to step up and take on the whole burden at that time.
No wonder Anna seems so much more mature now.
After glancing at the records, Su Xi sighed heavily.
"You are, Su... Su, I remember you! Su... Su... You are the Holy Maiden of the Elf race, Su..." High Priest Gaburleth exclaimed in surprise.
Su Xi suppressed her sigh and said in a calm tone, "It's me, High Priest Reis. Long time no see."
"Hehe, I didn't expect to see you when you were awake. In fact, Anna used to cry because she was worried about you. It wasn't until those Descenders told her that you were not dead and that you were the one who sent them to support Anna that Anna cheered up."
Anna lightly slapped High Priest Reis's hand, puffing out her cheeks, and said, "We agreed not to talk about this again!"
Huh, something like that actually happened?
Su Xi was surprised that Anna would be so despondent because of her long absence, and she was also surprised that these players would help Anna in her name and cheer Anna up.
"Haha, alright, alright. I won't say anymore." High Priest Gaburleth laughed heartily.
In that instant, Su Xi seemed to see the energetic, white-haired old man from before return, but as Holy Tree, she clearly felt the life force of High Priest Reis dissipating.
The candle, about to burn out, is releasing its last bit of warmth...
"Anna, is the matter in the Southern Volcano World over?" High Priest Gaburleth stroked Anna's blonde hair with a kind and gentle expression, as if a grandfather were asking his granddaughter, "Have you finished your exams?"
"Yes, thanks to the adventurers' help, we were able to drive away those Fallen Ones. Now we plan to build a Watchtower City in the Black and Gray Lands so that the remnants of those Fallen Ones will never be able to set foot on the continent again!" Anna said happily.
Her happy expression made Su Xi feel as if she were saying, "Grandpa, look, I got a hundred points on my test!"
"That's good, Anna. That's good..."