Giving an Explanation

Several hundred miles east of White Dragon Port, there is a small island floating in the sea, and in the center of the island is a Divine Temple.

If people from White Dragon Port pass by here, they can see the Divine Statue above the Divine Temple; it is the Divine Statue of the Goddess of Ocean Currents.

The Divine Statue occupies half of the entire Divine Temple area, and anyone who sets foot on the island or sees the island from the outside can see Divine Statue at a glance.

Directly below the Divine Statue, there is a quiet little room filled with soft fur carpets, and two lamps emitting blue light at opposite ends of the walls.

On the wall facing the entrance, there is a small Divine Statue of the Goddess of Ocean Currents, which is different from the large Divine Statue outside.

Inside the mouth of this small Divine Statue is a deep blue Gem, which clearly reflects the scene of the entire room.

After Heather performed her routine prayer in the room, a faint light emanated from the Gem in the Divine Statue's mouth, casting Heather's image onto the Gem.

After a long while, Heather bowed deeply, then left the room and closed the door.

"Why is it taking so long today?"

Valerie, who was waiting for Heather outside the door, asked:

As usual, Heather would come here to pray every day, but each time she would only pray for a minute or two, just to make a show of it, and then leave.

Today, Heather has been inside for almost ten minutes.

"It's not easy for the consciousness of God to reach this Divine Statue today, so I specifically asked the Deity about the Proxy of that Deity we encountered last time."

"Oh?! What did the Lord of Ocean Currents say?" Valerie smiled and looked at Heather.

Heather said, quite displeased:

"He told me not to pay too much attention, because the Deity behind that Proxy hasn't yet established a firm foothold in the Spirit Realm. The other party might disappear from the Spirit Realm at any moment, and we would lose all our memories of that Deity."

Valerie smiled and then said:

"Isn't this a good thing? This way you might not even need to look for that Proxy, and maybe the other party won't be Proxy anymore."

"What's so good about it?! I still need to get revenge on that person. What if I lose my memory...?"

Seeing Heather, Valerie was somewhat excited and quickly said:

"Alright, Your Highness, if you need, I can help you mobilize resources within the church to try and find them."

"Hmph!" Heather snorted before saying:

"No need. I've already prayed to the Deity, and the information I received is that the church shouldn't be able to find that Proxy."

"Why is that?" Valerie asked, puzzled.

Although the Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents is not a top-tier force on the mainland, its followers are almost everywhere, making it very strong in recruiting Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents.

In this respect, few forces can rival their strength.

"According to the Deity, that Proxy is the same Proxy attacked the Deity Emerald Market. Their primary purpose in doing such a massive thing was to hide."

"The opposing Deity paid a huge price to create a new realm within the Spirit Realm. They then completely sealed off this realm, and even the Deity are unable to do anything about it for the time being."

"That Proxy must be hiding in that realm; no matter what methods the church uses, it cannot find that realm."

"Oh, I see!" Valerie scratched her head, abandoning the idea.

"Oh, right..." Heather seemed to remember something. Heather took out a piece of gold paper and said:

"The reason why the consciousness of the Deity came into this Divine Statue this time seems to be to tell me something."

Upon hearing this, Valerie seemed startled, then said speechlessly:

"Your Highness, you should have told me about something this important immediately..."

Heather smiled sheepishly, didn't answer the question, and continued speaking to herself:

"It's Deity want me to participate in a Trial, Trial from the Spirit Realm. Of course, they don't need to tell you about this kind of Trial right away, since even if I fail, it won't have any consequences..."

Heather glanced at Valerie's expression and, seeing that the other woman's face was still tense and her brows were still furrowed, apologized:

"I'm sorry, I promise I'll tell you as soon as I receive any instructions from the Deity in the future."

Upon hearing this, Valerie's expression softened slightly, Valerie slowly said:

"Your Highness, just remember this for later... Now let's talk about this matter arranged by the Deity."

Valerie leaned closer to Heather and saw the details of the Trial.

"It truly is Trial from the Spirit Realm. Your Highness, you needn't take too much risk. However, Your Highness has overlooked the will of the Deity."

"The Deity are not asking you to test whether you can pass this Trial, but rather to prevent everyone from Trial Trial."

"Huh?! Me?" Heather exclaimed in surprise.

Only then did Heather see the specific tasks the Deity above wanted her to do.

"Yes, Your Highness, you must kill everyone once you go in, and prevent anyone from passing this Trial."

"This is a bit difficult," Heather thought with distress.

Valerie suddenly smiled and then said:

"Your Highness need not worry, this task is quite easy to complete, because other Proxy of the Deity will also join this Trial..."

Before Valerie could finish speaking, Heather interrupted impatiently:

"Isn't that even more difficult? Before, I only had to encounter those Spirit Realm Traveler, but now I also have to fight those Proxy. Even if I face two of them, I'm guaranteed to lose..."

Valerie interrupted Heather and said:

"Your Highness need not worry about that. This kind of mission, which requires Proxy to participate in the First Order Trial, has occurred frequently throughout the Church's centuries-long history."

"Therefore, we have summarized some patterns in this task."

"Actually, those Proxy also received the same mission as Your Highness: to prevent everyone from passing that Trial."

"The reason why it has to be the Proxy is because Proxy possess power that is unmatched by other Profession even at the First Order."

"In the past, if a believer was powerful at the First Order, and the Proxy was not at the First Order, that believer would be allowed to advance."

"Those who are sent out by various Deity, even if they pass the Trial, will not have any effect on the Deity."

"Your Highness, your mission is actually simply to eliminate those who are not agents of the gods, and then you can return directly."

"And during this process, many other Proxy of the Deity will be working alongside you, which is why I said this task is simple."

After listening, Heather stroked her chin and said:

"So that's how it is. I thought I was going to fight other Deity ' Proxy... I'm not sure I could win if we really fought."

Heather wasn't being modest; she was stating the truth.

Even if Heather were to face a group of First Order Profession on her own, she might not be able to win.

Although Heather's stats as a god's agent are sufficient, she is still only a first-tier professional, at most comparable to a second-tier professional.

If her opponent were a well-organized and highly trained team of First Order Profession, she wouldn't even be entirely confident of defeating them.

However, it's different when there are many of our own god agents. With the same number of Tier 1 agents, Heather is even confident that she can take down the same number of Tier 2 professionals without taking any damage.

Because each of the Deity ' Proxy possesses unique divinely bestowed abilities, when they unite, they are even more powerful than a Second Order Profession User.

That's why she said this mission was simple; it was fine if the Proxy didn't unite, but once they did, no matter who came, it wouldn't work.

"Then I don't need to do anything to prepare, right?" Heather asked.

"Of course, with the Proxy of the Gods united, Your Highness, you naturally don't need to make any preparations."

Valerie said with a smile, even she thought so.

Fran rode her Black Horse back to the church. As soon as she dismounted, she saw a bustling scene inside.

The crowd crowded in front of the Divine Statue, but everyone tacitly avoided stepping more than three meters in front of Divine Statue, instead crowding at the back.

Fran looked at the scene, shook her head, and then jumped directly to the second floor of the house.

Upon hearing Fran's movement, Anna opened the door and exclaimed in surprise:

"Fran, you're finally back."

Fran could see that Anna's face was haggard. Although First Order Profession's physique wouldn't leave dark circles under her eyes, Fran could tell that Anna was in very poor spirits.

"What's wrong with you?" Fran asked curiously, somewhat puzzled as to why Anna was behaving this way.

"My God, Fran ..." Anna sighed first, then continued.

"The trial you asked me to organize took a lot of my energy. How could those people be so stupid? But thankfully, after they realized it was a mistake, they rarely made it again."

"But what exhausts me the most is that people keep coming here, and I not only have to be responsible for their accommodation, but also for arranging the guards..."

Fran raised an eyebrow; the arrival of people from other places in this village was within Fran's expectations.

The area around the church will be warmer, which is a great benefit to the people living in the Northern Territory, and they will naturally consider relocating.

"Is everything alright? I remember there should be three or four hundred people in these three villages..."

Fran knew how difficult things were for Anna, so she offered her some words of comfort.

To everyone's surprise, Anna looked at her in astonishment and said:

"Huh?! Three or four hundred people? But I already have over five hundred registered believers."

Fran blinked, sensing that things were progressing somewhat beyond her expectations.

She was quite certain that there were only three or four hundred people in those three villages. After all, the lord levied taxes by the headcount, and these extra people could not possibly have come from only those three villages.

"Have the people from Snow Bear Territory also heard the news and come here?"

Fran lowered her head. She hadn't expected the news to travel so quickly, reaching even the lands of Snow Bear Territory.

"We need to change the rules. With a larger population, we can't just leave this task to Anna."