Lichtenstein Castle, the cathedral in the foundation level.

Silence enveloped the great cathedral, which was over ten meters high. Retro-style dome-painted glass reflected mottled and mysterious light.

The priest, wearing a white robe and a silver crown, stood solemnly and sacredly in front of the altar, his eyes closed with a serious expression.

The afternoon sunlight passing through the clouds cast upon everyone in the cathedral, plating everything here with a golden light.

The priest was surrounded by a solemn silence, with only the gentle breeze bringing the soft chime of the cathedral bells.

At this time, the cathedral had been cleaned, and the remains of the original castle owner, High Priest Caligula, had been buried outside the castle, with the priest offering prayers for him.

The priest slowly raised his hand.

"Merciful Goddess, please cleanse the sorrow, pain, and confusion of the deceased, grant them peace, release their shackles, and send them into the tranquil and bright Heavenly Kingdom, to enjoy happiness in the afterlife."

His voice was deep and resonant, echoing within the four walls of the church, like a warm force.

His words were full of respect and mourning for the dead, and also filled with comfort and blessings for the living.

After the priest's prayer, the worldly clamor and disturbances had subsided.

After a long while.

"Is this the power of Divine Arts?"

The young master of the Canberra Kingdom's merchant guild couldn't help but raise his head, seeing faint light feathers scattered over the tomb of High Priest Caligula outside the window, and exclaimed.

Using this kind of prayer technique to liberate the souls of those who died unjustly can prevent the powerful dead from becoming vengeful spirits, and also prevent evil necromancers from enslaving the souls of the dead or probing their memories.

Because the investigation progressed quickly and the detective not only changed the mechanism of the Shadow World but also disappeared from the map, everyone found that there was no clear goal this afternoon.

The pressure has fallen on the betrayers.

Originally, the betrayers had a full five days to find the witch and the werewolf, but now it has been greatly shortened to two days.

At the suggestion of the priest, everyone first buried the remains of High Priest Caligula.

Although this is not the real world, as the Shadow World is a projection of history, it shows that there was indeed a high priest who sacrificed for human freedom in history, and he should be buried.

At the same time, it is also necessary to prevent any of the betrayers who possess intelligence-type necromancy from obtaining key information about before the start of the Shadow World from the remains of High Priest Caligula.

So now in the cathedral hall, everyone gathered together again, scattered as they were in the early morning.

But all fell into silence.

No one knew what else they could do next besides waiting for the betrayers' turn.

It's just that the atmosphere is not as depressing as it was in the morning.

There are still a few hours before dark.

At that time, the two Blood Lords of the betrayers will awaken, and the betrayers will also be able to use the Blood Clan authority, bringing great threats to all challengers.

"Do you think there's a high probability that the two betrayers are two Resurgence Cultists?"

Lanci, standing in a corner, suddenly asked.

Immediately attracting everyone's attention.

Looking at his focused look, it seemed that he had wanted to hear other people's opinions for a long time.

"There is a very high probability. You can directly assume that those who have the motive to cause natural disasters are Resurgence Cultists, and they are quite terrible ones."

The merchant guild young master confidently replied first,

"According to the statistics of the South Continent Shadow World Association, in all Shadow Worlds where challenger-vs-challenger scenarios occur, 98.2% of challengers on the side that desires to cause real-world natural disasters are Resurgence Cultists."

His words surprised everyone in the cathedral a little.

This heir of the large merchant guild actually knows something.

"I see."

Lanci nodded slowly, turned his head and glanced at Hyperion, and briefly met her eyes.

They even knew that the Resurgence Church was deliberately targeting them.

As expected, when they were matched, many Resurgence Cultists were also participating in the Shadow World at the same time.

Coupled with Hyperion's initial double foreshadowing of the [Actress] identity, it can almost raise the 98.2% probability mentioned by the merchant guild young master based on statistics to 99.9%.

"Priest, do you think the Goddess of Destiny exists?"

Lanci then turned to the three clergy members from the Northern Continent and raised his doubts.

Such a jump-style question made the other challengers feel a little confused again.

"Although it is impossible to know how long ago the gods disappeared as if integrated into the rules of the world, and no one has ever seen a god with their own eyes... but They still exist in another way, it's just that they can no longer interfere in the world in the usual material sense. This is also the reason why we clergy can use Divine Arts. Our existence can prove Their existence."

The priest explained quite gently.

Often, no matter who it is, as long as they ask them about gods, they will answer patiently.

This is precisely their obligation and responsibility.

"I see."

Lanci nodded.

He had already learned about the Divine Arts and magic cards of the priest system in the Southern Vantina borderland, and they were very similar to the views of the priest from the Northern Continent.

After all, judging from Lanci's attributes, becoming a priest was originally the optimal choice.

Divine Arts are a kind of variation of magic. It needs to rely on and mobilize the divine power that the gods left in the world to form the world.

Even without using one's own magic power as a starting source, Divine Arts can achieve magical effects like miracles.

So the strength of most pure Divine Arts depends on one's mental attributes and the degree of faith.

But Lanci, as a materialist, does not believe in gods.

Even if he becomes a clergy member, his degree of faith will not be high, and the priest is not a suitable path for him.

So he decisively became another most healing profession, a White Mage.

"Although anyone can normally use our priest system's Divine Arts or magic cards regardless of which of the many benevolent gods they believe in, different gods will bring different additional effects. All of this is consistent with the ancient legends pieced together by the thirty-two primordial stone slabs. Perhaps in a distant god era that we cannot explore, there were gods active in the real world."

The enthusiastic executioner added,

"The reason why there are the most priests and believers of the Goddess of Destiny in the temples of the North and South Continents today is not because the additional effects of the Goddess of Destiny are the strongest, but simply because there are the most people who sincerely want to believe in this loving god."

"There are the most myths about her, such as 'The Goddess of Destiny loves all living beings equally,' 'She is the only god who can still interfere in the world,' and various other sayings are still circulating in the world."

"There has even always been a legend that the divinity of the Goddess of Destiny lies in the fact that as long as you pray to her, she will have the power to slightly interfere with your destiny, and the more devout and long-lasting you pray, the more your heart will be conveyed to her."

The three clergy members of the Church of the Goddess of Destiny introduced Lanci in turn.

In this world, swearing to a god is a very solemn matter, and people believe that the god will hear it.

You must never speak rashly when swearing to each god, whether these gods still exist and whether they can interfere in the world, it may cause karma.

The Resurgence Church has had several cases of high-level officials requesting redemption from the Goddess of Destiny and defecting, or it is not clear whether they were originally priests of the Goddess of Destiny, simply lurking inside. Each time, these children of the people who seemed to be favored by fate would cause unimaginable fatal blows to the Resurgence Church. It is hard to say whether the Goddess of Destiny is interfering with their fate.

This is also why the Church of the Goddess of Destiny and the Resurgence Church are mortal enemies.

"I understand, thank you three."

After listening, Lanci only thanked politely, and did not express his intention to join the religion to the three enthusiastic clergy members. He turned and looked at everyone in the cathedral again.

Everyone didn't know what he was thinking again.

Then, amidst everyone's gazes.

"Please repeat after me, praise the Goddess of Destiny, if I am an evil cultist, a vicious betrayer, please guide my destiny towards destroying the Resurgence Church!"

Lanci raised his right hand, clenched his fist, and announced in his clear voice.

"...?"

The challengers looked at Lanci suspiciously.

Soon someone began to understand what Lanci meant.

Although such a vow by Lanci may not really come true, after all, fate is such a mysterious thing.

However, the Resurgence Church has an unwritten rule—

If a person is clearly involved with the Goddess of Destiny, it is difficult to be promoted to a high level.

The Resurgence Church is most afraid of the invisible interference of the Goddess of Destiny.

Lanci is essentially cutting off the future of other Resurgence Cultists!

(End of this chapter)