The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing

The Astro Church's first sanctuary shone brightly, despite the deep of night, as if it were still daytime.

Ever since the Third Order bio-engineered oni was killed by An Su and the Dark Elf, the believers hadn't stopped discussing it.

Half the believers felt that An Su's actions sullied the glory of the Holy Light, a disgrace.

Tainted with darkness.

The reputation of Dark Elves, thirty thousand years hence, was not good, to say the least; they were infamous.

They were a taboo race.

An example was the neighboring Cersei Kingdom, where Dark Elves had proliferated, beginning to crowd out and reject local elves, leading to a stranglehold where from parliament members to judges, all were uniformly Dark Elves.

Thirty thousand years later, today.

Farol had consecutively abolished the "Animal Protection Law" and after the "Encyclopedia of Tools" was promulgated, the "Human Supremacy Act" followed, one by one driving non-human races out of the empire, with the Dark Elves being the first to be expelled.

Anyone associated with the Dark Elves was considered fallen and drawn to the dark.

For a saint, any rumor of involvement with Dark Elves could impact their career, or worse, be branded as a heretic.

Priest Paxi wore an unpleasant expression. If possible, he still wanted to save An Su Moningsta, the child.

Even though this person was despicable and cunning, after all, he was still a child who had just joined the Church. With proper guidance, he could yet be led onto the path of order.

Now he started to regret asking the Celestial Bishop to retrieve the Rite of Life.

Once the scandal was exposed through the Rite of Life, An Su was immediately thrust into the limelight, becoming the target of public criticism.

His reputation seemed irredeemable.

Dark Elves were like a stain; once you were tainted, it never left your record.

However, it was hard for An Su to come back alive now. What the public thought no longer mattered... At this thought, Paxi felt a profound cruelty.

"Have you heard? This season's An Su appears to be the Child of the Curse…"

"No wonder... he would fall with the Dark Elves."

"Teaming up with a race notorious for betrayal like the Dark Elves, An Su will eventually suffer."

The senior believers talked amongst themselves, none too optimistic,

"Unless he kills the Dark Elf on the spot, how else could he turn things around?"

"Haha, you've got jokes... joke... huh?"

At that moment, the Rite of Life began to flicker again,

[Tier Four Dark Elf Dais is dead]

[Death Contribution: Fourth Order Vampire Count John (80%), An Su Moningsta (10%), Luoja Fast (10%)]

?

He actually got killed?

Believers speaking just a second ago now felt a searing pain on their cheeks, caught between embarrassment and disbelief, utterly flabbergasted.

No way?

You actually backstabbed him?

You were cooperating just moments ago!

That was a Tier Four Dark Elf!

In a Second Order world, it could be a clan leader. How could you kill it just like that?

Though your contribution was only 10%, it was still an impressive feat.

And how come you're teaming up with the Vampire Count again?

First, you cooperate with an oni to kill the goblin, then you partner with the Dark Elf to kill the oni, and next you join forces with the Vampire Count to kill the Dark Elf?

What kind of traitor are you...

And after so many betrayals, how come there are still countless formidable ones seeking to team up with you?

Is this youth's race that of a succubus?

Priest Paxi felt his earlier concerns for An Su had been wasted.

'Joining forces with an unfaithful race like An Su's, it's the Dark Elves who would eventually suffer.'

What made his mouth twitch even more was that the Little Holy Maiden Luoja also took part in An Su's backstabbing operation...

That Little Holy Maiden, Paxi had seen her a few times, elegant, well-mannered, and noble. Could such a promising young girl have been led astray by An Su?

Priest Paxi cocked his head, shaking off these unrealistic thoughts from his mind.

Even though he didn't know how An Su managed it, he did indeed achieve a decent result—for a Third Order saint, this performance was qualified.

The night grew deeper, and the Rite of Life quieted down. Priest Paxi thought that An Su probably couldn't cause more trouble now.

Most of the believers thought the same way.

Although the conquest of a fourth-order world by a saint was novel, they still had homework to do tomorrow, and continuing to linger here was a waste of time, so a few started to think about leaving.

Then, they were proven wrong.

Horribly wrong.

The Ritual of Life first fell briefly silent, maybe for a minute, perhaps two, then the starlight suddenly brightened, illuminating the hall as if it were broad daylight, before negligently dimming again.

A short circuit?

The believers began to feel doubtful.

The priests of the Astro Church were also puzzled, as there had never been such an occurrence with a relic of the holy order.

Little did they know, this was merely the calm before the storm.

After the burst of starlight, the Ritual of Life took a while before it revealed names,

[Deceased: Fourth Order Volcanic Demon]

[Death Contribution:...An Su (ten percent)]

[Deceased: Second Order Goblin]

[Death Contribution:...An Su (ten percent)]

[Deceased: First Order Chaos Follower.....]

Starlight continued to gather, forming one name after another.

The names appeared faster and faster, which also meant the deaths were accelerating. Everyone knew what this implied—a massacre was unfolding in the border world.

And in that massacre, there was always ten percent of An Su Moningsta!

The starlight-formed names kept flashing by, faster and faster, as the entire Ritual of Life seemed to flicker.

"How is this possible!?"

"Is there a problem with the Ritual of Life?"

Everyone was desperate to know how exactly An Su managed to do this!

As the starlight flickered, the believers' faces were cast in ever-changing light and shade. Roughly estimated, in just about two minutes, fifty to sixty people had been slain, and the pace of this massacre was still increasing.

It did not discriminate against any race.

The doctrine of annihilation that An Su followed was a rare branch of Holy Light, eliminating racial, gender, health, and regional conflicts with equality. It disregarded the wealth gap and lowliness of race, achieving an unprecedented grand harmony of life!

The names on the Ritual of Life were now leaving afterimages as they flashed.

Priest Paxi had already sent someone to notify the bishop of the Radiant Holy See.

He should have known sooner!

This brat An Su had been quiet for a month, definitely saving up for something big.

The Ritual of Life was almost smoking from the display!

It wasn't until the death messages of [Fourth Order Vampire Count John] and [Fourth Order Forest Elf Hannah] appeared that the starlight, which had been flickering for a full ten minutes, finally came to an end.

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Priest Paxi was completely dumbfounded.

All the believers present were dumbstruck.

They found the world absurd and bizarre.

[Deceased: Fourth Order Vampire]

[Death Contribution: Hannah (fifty percent), An Su (fifty percent)]

[Deceased: Fourth Order Forest Elf]

[Death Contribution: John (fifty percent), An Su (fifty percent)]

How on earth was this unbelievable result of slaying achieved...

And An Su's contribution actually reached fifty percent?

This meant that whether it was killing the fourth-order forest elf or the fourth-order vampire, An Su was the main combat force.

He was just a newcomer...

How did he do it!

The interest in this border conquest wasn't limited to the Astro Church, but also in the far-off land of the Esoteric Religion in The Avad Empire.

The members of the Mysticism of Chaos also turned their gaze toward this border world, as the church's insiders conveyed intelligence.

The Chaotic Saintess was naturally paying attention too.

"...Absurd," she commented.