The moment they landed, Ademos gave a few brief instructions and offered the candidates his blessings.
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure had already turned into a Phantom Shadow and vanished from the spot in an instant, returning to the Eastern Continent Joint Headquarters Base.
After Ademos disappeared, the trial-takers stood at the foot of the towering mountain range, exchanging glances in silence.
However, those who could stand here had all passed through layer after layer of selection and been chosen as elites for the Saintess Selection.
Moreover, long before setting out, everyone had already gained a fairly thorough understanding of the overall Saintess Selection trial process through various channels.
Thus, they quickly recovered from their brief daze and, almost in unison, turned their gazes toward a figure not far away.
The man stood at the entrance of a Mountain Cave, clad in a trench coat. His bearing was entirely different from everyone else's.
There was an inexplicably calm expression on his face. While the others scrutinized him, he was also sizing them up.
Noticing that the candidates had finally focused their attention on him, the trench-coated man in a magician's hat raised the corner of his lips in a composed smile.
"Greetings, candidates." He gave a slight, elegant yet casual bow. "Do you need me to explain the rules to you again?"
A brief silence spread through the crowd.
Just as the atmosphere grew slightly stiff, the candidate closest to him was the first to respond, sparing everyone further awkwardness. "Then we'll have to trouble you, Examiner."
The reason everyone had fallen silent earlier was that they recognized the man before them.
Silent Jack.
A bounty hunter who made a living hunting down Transcendent criminals guilty of countless evils, he was renowned throughout the Black Moon Empire.