After an almost comical ascension ceremony, Abel returned to his daily life.
However, the number of Professionals applying to Steward Meyer for dining reservations at Golden Castle had reached a new high. The farthest reservations had already been pushed back by half a year.
There were all kinds of favors and connections involved. Small forces used every connection they had to ask powerful experts to bring their geniuses to Golden Castle. On one hand, they wanted to use the opportunity to dine there to seek a chance at ascension. On the other, they wanted to witness the "Legendary Light."
On the Central Continent, there were far fewer medium and large forces than small ones. Small forces occupied little territory, so there were an enormous number of them.
None of this had anything to do with Abel, though. He only watched the "light stones" in the warehouse increase bit by bit. Steward Meyer and his three followers handled all the reception matters.
At that moment, he was above the "Starlight Defense Array," using a faith channel to select a suitable believer to assassinate a divine official of God's Country.
He had become thoroughly skilled at selecting believers. Before long, he found a knight with decent combat ability.
He extended his spiritual power through the faith channel and onto the knight. Although this method of perception was inferior to his complete perception when possessing his Contracted items, it allowed him to sense everything the believer sensed without affecting him.
He issued a Divine Decree to the believer, ordering him to leave his residence and ride a warhorse toward another city.
God's Country now controlled the teleportation arrays. Without going through a strict application process, ordinary people could not use them.
This also made it increasingly difficult for him to kill multiple Professionals