"The God's Favored have descended, yet not a single person has become God's Favored? This..."
The people of the Light Church looked at one another, finding it hard to believe.
Normally, no one below the Saint Realm should have been able to resist the purification of the Lord of Light's Faith Power.
However, Linley possessed a soul-defense Sovereign Artifact. Even damaged, it was beyond the power of such meager Faith Power to purify. The Light Church had tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used to lure it; that power had instead become nourishment for the Coiling Dragon Ring.
Heidens looked at Linley, floating in midair, and his gaze flickered. With a sigh, he said, "He's only seventeen, yet he's already accomplished so much. With talent like this, he'll certainly reach the peak of the Saint Realm within a century. He might even become stronger than me."
"With his help, the Glory of the Lord of Light could surely shine across an even wider world."
He had witnessed Linley's madness. If Linley hadn't harbored an irreconcilable grudge against them, Heidens would rather have sacrificed Clyde, the king of the Fenlai Kingdom, than let anything happen to Linley.
Unfortunately, after Clyde explained why Linley had attacked him, Heidens knew there was no chance of recruiting Linley. That was why they had staged today's "God's Favored have descended" ceremony.
If it had succeeded, Linley would have become an absolute believer in the Lord of Light. His parents' deaths would have meant nothing to him.
From then on, everything he did would have been for the glory of the Lord.
But Heidens hadn't expected Linley to be so unusual. He was only a Level Seven Mage, yet even "God's Favored have descended" had failed to affect him.
With this method