The Queen's Resolve

The Civilization High Tower World.

Knowledge Divine Hall.

By then, the grand welcoming ceremony had ended, and the higher-ups had all dispersed.

Some attendants and followers were cleaning up the aftermath.

Though the work was complicated and hectic, everyone had a happy look on their face.

It was not until midnight that the followers finally finished cleaning the inside and outside of the hall.

Immediately afterward, under a bishop's direction, everyone began setting up the examination grounds.

There was no choice. They had to get started at once, or it would be too late.

Starting tomorrow, the entrance to the hall would be packed with people applying to join.

There was no doubt about it.

During the welcoming ceremony that day, the Thorn Queen had publicly announced that she would donate an enormous fortune to the hall.

It was a fortune capable of stirring the entire Contention Zone.

Even the usually solemn and grave Pope looked as though he had grown several decades younger.

Thinking back on it, today had truly been a special day.

That morning, a god had descended.

In full view of every living being in the Contention Zone, the god had sealed away a transgressor.

The afternoon celebrations began, and the Thorn Queen immediately made an unprecedentedly large donation. In fact, compared with the god's descent, this donation would have an even greater impact on the hall.

For at least thirty years, every cleric of Knowledge Divine Hall would have all their expenses covered.

Furthermore, every cleric of Knowledge Divine Hall would receive special sponsorship from the Thorn Kingdom: the honorary title of Honorary Esquire.

Across the two hundred million worlds of the Contention Zone, an Honorary Esquire of the Thorn Kingdom could withdraw ten thousand coins with serial number five hundred in any world.

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