The sunset was about to fade away and night was about to arrive.
The newly cut thorny vines were laid out in the grand hall of Thorn Temple. Archpriest Sirotu was lying on top of the vines with a peaceful face.
The other priests, led by Edersen, knelt down before the old man.
Their faces were filled with sorrow yet reverence.
If it wasn't for the old man's decisive decision to let them into the secret passage, the seeds of Thorn Temple would have been eliminated without a single survivor and the thorn fire would have been completely extinguished.
"Honorable archpriest, you have fulfilled your vows in your life!
May you rest in peace when you return to Lady Vanessa's embrace! "
Edersen, the elderly priest, was praying word by word.
It was simple, there weren't any long and complicated words or rituals.
For Thorn Temple, simplicity or plain living was their tradition. They preferred to spend more time pursuing the meaning of life and not focus on other things.
Even funerals were the same.
The thorny vines were ignited.
It wasn't common fire but the fire that was fired from the statue of Lady Thorn.
Under the blazing fire, Archpriest Sirotu's body swiftly vanished into a wisp of green smoke and floated towards the tall statue of Lady Thorn.
A faint radiance gathered around the statue and when the wisp of green smoke touched the radiance, it transformed into Sirotu's face.
Although it was illusory and didn't seem real, it was Archpriest Sirotu without a doubt.
Beside this high priest, the soul of Archbishop Barry, whose body had disappeared without a trace, also appeared.
The souls of the two friends smiled at each other, waved at the people in the hall, and disappeared.
However, the faint radiance didn't vanish.
Lady Thorn's voice sounded.
"Ryan will be my high priest."
Edersen will be my officiant. "
Her voice echoed in the grand hall and everyone heard it clearly, including Kieran who was standing in the corner.
Kieran wasn't good at handling rituals and gatherings with a lot of people.
He wasn't good at weddings and funerals either.
So from the start, Kieran stood in an inconspicuous corner and watched the respectable archpriest return to Lady Thorn's embrace.
Even with Kieran's Pro level [Mystical Knowledge], he couldn't tell how the whole thing happened, but he was sure it was Sirontu's soul.
As for where he went?
Lady Thorn's Divine Kingdom?
Or somewhere else?
Kieran couldn't be sure.
In fact, he hadn't even seen what a real Divine Kingdom looked like.
But in his heart, he still wished that the High Priest would get what he wanted.
Because he knew very well that if it wasn't for the other party's interference, his plan wouldn't have succeeded.
In a sense, the other party was also his collaborator.
However, compared to this collaborator, the other one was giving Kieran a headache.
Ever since he was thrown into the main branch of the River of Fate, Kieran didn't just choke on a few mouthfuls of water and almost drowned, he also noticed that the God had been watching him from time to time. At first, the God tried to hide his tracks but after Kieran faintly noticed him a few times, the God decided to come out in the open.
Every day, the God would spend most of his time watching Kieran.
As if he was watching a monkey in the zoo.
More like he was paying close attention to some experiment specimen.
Whether it was the former or the latter, both displeased Kieran.
But he couldn't resist.
He didn't forget Tiki's request.
"Do I exceed my mission now?"
Based on the frequency of Lady Thorn's observation, Kieran was sure she didn't have the energy to observe anything else.
Facing Lady Thorn's appointment, although Kieran criticized in his heart, he still stepped up and bowed with a Knight's salute. "Very well, my lady."
All the priests, deacons, Knight, and servants in the hall bowed respectfully when they saw Kieran walk out from the shadows.
Some of the younger ones even looked fanatical.
The Godslayer!
The title had shaken the whole of Naveya City. The collapse of Wealth Temple and the fall of Lady Wealth couldn't be hidden.
Similar to the withering of Sin Temple.
On the contrary, Thorn Temple was flourishing.
It wasn't just the increase in believers, even the ranking of Thorn Temple had returned to Thunder Temple, replacing the original Wealth Temple.
Therefore, no one objected to the appointment of Kieran, who had contributed the most to the team, being appointed.
However, the next scene still shocked everyone.
A figure walked out from the faint light.
"Lady Vanessa!"
The people in the hall knelt down right away, touching their foreheads to the ground and bowing deeply before straightening their backs.
Therefore, they didn't notice the moment their foreheads touched the ground, the lady in the light revealed her true face. She was frowning and looking at Kieran in confusion.
Kieran was also frowning and confused.
He didn't understand why the lady would do such a thing.
A God and a man stared at each other.
When the others in the hall looked up, everything had returned to normal.
"I bless you."
Amidst the faint voice, the figure shrouded in light raised her hand and lightly tapped on the center of Kieran's brows.
Then, the light faded away and the hall returned to normal.
The people looked at Kieran with envy.
After a series of events, everyone knew Lady Thorn would favor Kieran a lot but they didn't expect it to this extent.
When Kieran became the archpriest, he gave his blessings.
It was the first and only thing that had happened since the appearance of Thorn Temple.
"This is really surprising and enviable."
Edersen who had been promoted to archpriest walked up to Kieran, not concealing his envy at all.
From the pious elderly's point of view, receiving Lady Thorn's blessing was much better than becoming an archpriest or officiant.
"I didn't expect it either."
Kieran said with a half-truth, half-lies tone.
He had received Lady Thorn's blessing once before, there was no need for her to go through all this trouble, let alone revealing her true face to meet him.
If there wasn't any other reason, Kieran wouldn't believe anything Edersen said.
No matter how Kieran looked at it, Lady Thorn didn't seem like a person who would do something unnecessary.
"What could it be?"
Kieran wondered in his heart.
However, on the surface, he didn't show any reaction as he chatted with Edersen.
"Archpriest, we need to replenish the Knight group!
We also need more servants and deacons!
Lady Thorn just told me that the doctrines have changed a little as well. Lady Thorn allowed fate to be chosen in a more leisurely manner.
It's just that I don't know how to utilize it …
Wouldn't it be too vulgar to buy 'choice' with coins? "
Edersen said as he took out a coin with a troubled look on his face.
It seemed like for the elderly elderly, adding something new to the original doctrines was too much for him.
But not for Kieran.
He looked at the coin that was glowing under the candlelight.
Kieran instantly understood Lady Thorn's thoughts. The coin didn't just represent the value of money, it should also represent the choice of fate.
Then …
An idea that fit the choice at hand instantly appeared in Kieran's mind.
After signaling to Edersen, Kieran took the coin, placed it on his index finger and flicked it with his thumb.
Ding!
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