Chapter 63: Chapter 60 Meeting the Cardinal (Please Follow)
As a top 100 UP host with a multitude of followers, when the video went live, of course, many loyal fans discovered the treasure immediately.
They had no idea what they were about to face.
That was a knife, a cold and merciless knife!
Instantly, the comment sections and bullet screens of major platforms were conquered.
Viewers, stunned by the knife, began to vent their dissatisfaction in the comment sections like crazy.
"Planner, you have no heart!"
"Little Kitten\'s imitation of BABY is spicy!"
"First off, I didn\'t bother any of you!"
"Kael: My pain is greater than yours."
"Knife! Seriously freakin\' sharp!"
"Can someone fill me in on what game this is? I want to give it a try!"
"You still want to try? Internal test accounts have been gone for centuries, not even 30,000 Human Federation coins can buy you an unverified account."
"Pain, too much pain!"
"Breaking news, the MAD that Little Kitten initially made didn\'t have the final, more calming segment of the story; it was all knives! It was only after uploading it to the gaming forum that the artificial intelligence responsible for the Nether\'s Gate modified it, adding that last segment."
"???"
"Even AIs know not to overstimulate the audience, but Little Kitten doesn\'t understand. What does that tell you?"
"Little Kitten, you really deserve to die!"
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The human internet is such a noisy place, but it does not affect Kael\'s current agenda in the slightest.
These days, he hadn\'t paid much attention to forum messages, for he had more important matters to attend to.
He was about to face an essential choice on the path of becoming a professional.
Yesterday, under Mr. Luxius\' guidance, Kael arrived at the Earth Mother Church Headquarters in Lancaster Territory and met the legendary Cardinal Teto.
After being introduced by Luxius, he effortlessly obtained the permission for an auxiliary Priest\'s status from the Cardinal.
These past two days, he had been receiving baptism at the Royal Capital\'s Earth Mother God Cathedral until today when he officially acquired a new skill.
[Divine Arts I (Sha Tyar)]: You can use the first-level Divine Arts of the Goddess Sha Tyar.
A simple skill, yet it signified that Kael, after much preparation, had taken a critical step forward.
Because only by mastering Divine Arts could he meet the prerequisites to become a Scroll Scholar.
"Did you succeed?" Knowing that his student would take an important step today, Mr. Luxius, who had originally planned his day, specially interrupted his spell experiments to witness his student\'s "new birth."
Kael nodded.
Everything had gone incredibly smoothly.
In his memory, even players who could simplify the Priest\'s promotion ceremony into foolproof steps via the system panel, couldn\'t acquire the skill [Divine Arts I] this quickly.
He looked up at the other novice Priests around him; most of them were still holding the Holy Scripture of Sha Tyar, adorned in the Sacred Radiance, earnestly sensing the power from Sha Tyar.
The domain of professionals has always been like this; often, the most troublesome part is the initial stage of perceiving Extraordinary Power.
The guiding Priests in the Great Cathedral\'s backyard were heartbroken over this, for the emergence of new talents with potential is crucial to the future growth of any Transcendent force.
Hearing the words between Kael and Mr. Luxius, the novice Priestess who had tried to talk to Kael in the morning involuntarily asked, "Can you already feel the Priest\'s power?"
Kael looked at the young priest and nodded.
During the baptism at the church yesterday, he had seen several young people who also participated in the priest awakening ceremony, surrounding this apprentice priest, clearly also a "social butterfly."
He naturally noticed the female priest\'s desire to speak with him.
If it had been another time, with his usual social anxiety, he might have considered chatting with the apprentice priest to expand his connections, but now he had no such desire.
Of course, he had no intention of entertaining any additional thoughts either.
After all, his burden was quite heavy at the moment, not to mention ordinary girls coming over to chat, anyone who dared disrupt his progress in becoming stronger would be seen as his enemy.
"You are so amazing, not like me, too clumsy. I\'ve been guided by the mentor for so long without any progress," the girl said with some envy.
"It\'s okay, I believe that if you keep at it, you will soon feel the power of divine arts," he replied and then turned his gaze towards Luxius.
Realizing that Kael had no desire to continue the conversation, the atmosphere around the apprentice priest who had mustered her courage to speak up visibly deflated.
"Mr. Luxius, I am ready," Kael said to him.
Luxius smiled and said, "I\'ve asked Tetu to prepare the prayer room, let\'s go. I think you have been waiting a long time already; someone has been waiting for you there for quite a while."
Kael: ???
Mr. Luxius, please don\'t say such misleading things in the sacred Great Cathedral!
But moments later, he realized this was not like the "priest, church, prayer.jpg" scenarios often found in risqué apps.
The person waiting to see Kael today should be Cardinal Tetu, after all, this was his home ground.
True enough, upon entering the prayer room, he once again met the top-ranked figure who was about to become the bishop of the Earth Mother Goddess Church in his previous life.
Compared to the Tetu in Kael\'s memory, the current one appeared younger and more spirited.
Seeing Kael and Luxius approaching, Tetu put down the Holy Scripture in his hand and said, "Old friend, long time no see, although it\'s only been a day since we last met. And Mr. Kael, congratulations in advance."
Kael nodded to him respectfully.
"It\'s been twenty-one hours and thirty-four minutes, not quite a day."
"Yes, you\'re right," Tetu said.
Cardinal Tetu smiled faintly, turned to look at the statue of the Goddess Shangyiya in the prayer room, and murmured a prayer before turning back to say:
"Ease your mind, you\'ve been allowed to use the divine arts of Shangyiya, which must mean you have the Goddess\'s promise. The Goddess Shangyiya has always been like that, showing more attention and expectation toward those willing to protect the peace of the earth."
Keldor took a moment to observe Cardinal Tetu\'s attire.
He barely made the connection to the Tetu he remembered from his memories.
Priests of the Goddess Shangyiya often favored white or sun colors as their primary color scheme, and Tetu was no exception.
Clothed in a white robe with green patterns, Tetu held a staff in his hand that had been treated multiple times until it was smooth and natural—Kael thought that nobody would really consider this staff to appear both rudimentary and fragile.
Especially Kael, after all, this guy had seen Tetu wield that staff in his past life, using it to crack open the skull of the Balrog Flame Demon in two strikes.
Even if he wasn\'t as strong as he had been in later years, he was still an extraordinary combat force of the church.
"Compared to priests who advance through the normal channels, auxiliary priests do not need to study agriculture and the prayers to the Goddess, this is a blessing we bestow to those who protect the children of the earth," Cardinal Tetu said gently.
Kael chuckled, instantly grasping Cardinal Tetu\'s meaning.
No wonder everything seemed so effortless; it turned out this was compensation for the Lancaster Territory becoming Newbie Village for players.
"I\'ve heard from the regional bishop that you\'ve done a very good job in dealing with the children of Shangyiya. For a small church like ours, there\'s not much we can really help you with.
We can only offer a little compensation in these small ways. After all, even after the God Shangyiya has bestowed a divine decree, the Earth Mother Goddess Church would not let them be... the prerequisite is that they do not go against the decree of the Goddess."
Kael: You refer to a church worshiping a powerful deity with extensive followers, ranking top five in overall strength on the continent, as "small"?
Your journey continues on M V L
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