Mystra, Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
"Well, after this period of teaching, you trainee priests have basically completed all the priest course training, no matter how slow your progress is."
At this moment, in a "prayer room" filled with goddess statues, dozens of trainee priests were sitting silently in the audience, listening to this graduation speech.
Today's graduation ceremony was specially arranged by the Goddess Church at night due to the special time schedule of this group of players.
The old priest on the stage is only at level 3. However, he has held the position of instructing novice priests for decades, and even many archbishops have been taught by him.
The old priest looked at the players in the audience, comforting and comforting everyone in the audience. During this period, he finally didn't cause any trouble. Except for the initial succubus invasion incident, the rest of the time was finally calm. Let him retire smoothly after finishing this last period of teaching.
But the old pastor couldn't help but sigh.
Due to their belief in the earth, the players' faith in Arthur's god was not so high.
Many players feel that they should not believe in gods with specific personalities, so they just start using "camp faith" priests. This is the case for most of the current trainee priests.
It's just that they lack the "gift" of the goddess, which means that it will be much more difficult for these trainee priests to obtain "divine magic" and become "quasi-priests" than other goddess priests.
Although the former has a hard time queuing up in the goddess's "divine grace sequence", there is always hope of getting in line and one day jumping in line.
But most of them, the camp priests, have to rely on their own strength to feel the "divine magic" and the "true meaning" of the camp.
How easy is it to realize enlightenment overnight
Basically, judging from his many years of experience, even if these players in front of them have special "divine grace", the next journey will still be very difficult.
Otherwise, after a few months, the number of priests in the player camp will not be only a few.
"Sister Yun'er, listen to what the old man said, we are going to let loose." At this time, the young pastor Tina sitting next to Zheng Xinyun sighed. She also looked very young, less than 15 years old.
"Other goddess priests can still rely on studying the temple of the goddess of magic and strengthening their faith to obtain the divine grace and magic, but what about us priests of faith?"
"There is no doctrine for us to read. When I look at the recorded success stories, most of them became camp pastors because they had firm beliefs. Most of them are those who suffered major setbacks and experienced great changes. But as a spoiled little girl, how could I have such feelings?"
At this time, the black-length straight female priest who was also sitting next to them said in a weak voice: "Actually, I think the goddess's teachings are quite good."
"Oh, Tongxue, are you going to betray our camp and join the faith of the goddess?" Tina, a young player, couldn't help but raise her voice.
The other player priests who were sitting quietly around them couldn't help but glance over, and even coughed a few words in a low voice.
Although the goddess graciously accepted and tutored their group of camp priests.
But Tina's statement was somewhat arrogant. Even the old priest on the stage glanced at their corner.
Although Ji Tongxue, who is 158cm tall and black, has a slightly cowardly personality, she still said firmly, "Nana, when the three of us get together here, I will swear to you that I will not betray you, even if I can never become a priest."
"What about you, Sister Yoona." The girl player Tina turned around and asked Zheng Xinyun beside her, "Then do you want to convert to the goddess of magic?"
Zheng Xinyun shook her head slightly, "I won't."
"After tomorrow, I will probably leave the church and join the union where my high school bestie Qiqi belongs. She said that I can also hang out with her as a trainee pastor. But I think after school starts, I may not have as much time to play games as I do now. Frequently.”
After saying that, Zheng Xinyun couldn't help but sigh.
She had no previous experience in brain games, so she was not fast enough to complete the entire pastoral teaching training, nor could she be considered outstanding.
But no matter how hard these courses tried to persuade her, and no matter how complicated the theological classics were, she persisted.
"Hey, Sister Yun'er, a well-educated rich lady like you shouldn't have come to play games in the first place." The girl Tina couldn't help but tease, although she was the youngest among the three, she was also The dirtiest one drives at an alarming speed.
She met Zheng Xinyun and Ji Tongxue through this game, and gradually became familiar with them.
In other words, if there wasn't this kind of mutual support, with Arthur's hardcore level, it would have been easy to persuade girls who don't really like playing games.
Ji Tongxue couldn't help but nodded at this time, but her eyes couldn't help but drift to the goddess statues in the corner, as if she saw the faint light above.
Although the church does not force trainee priests like them to convert to the goddess, it has made enough preparations in all aspects of details.
Zheng Xinyun also looked nostalgic at this moment.
"Qiqi is also surprised that I can actually play this game. She tried to help me many times before, but I declined. But now, I am much more diligent online than her."
"Hey, maybe your boyfriend is in this game." Tina couldn't help teasing.
Zheng Xinyun shook his head, "No."
"But before I entered the game, I met a very mysterious person. It was because of him that I chose to enter this game."
Their low-pitched discussion also aroused curiosity in the back seat. A male pastor couldn't help but ask, "By the way, Yoona, didn't you go on a mission with the 'Zhongxia' pastor who served as our lecturer before?" ?”
"Are the other party and the first player, Master Zhongxia, the same person?"
"I'm not sure." Zheng Xinyun said. From the moment the "Holy Breath" news appeared on the forum, many curious people came to ask her this question.
In other words, they all could vaguely feel the "preference" that Pastor Zhongxia had for Yoona, but they just thought that the other party was an NPC at first, so that's it.
Now that he is actually a player, the problem is no small matter.
"Hmph, I guess it's probably him. Fortunately, I admired him before." Tina couldn't help but said angrily, "Emotions also have a purpose in getting closer to Yoona."
"Yooner will definitely not be snatched away by him. She is the brightest flag of our 'camp priest'." Tina snorted.
Ji Tongxue saw this and said quickly, "That's not the case. This still depends on Yoona herself—"
But before she finished speaking, she saw a strange white light coming out of Zheng Xinyun's body at this moment, illuminating her completely.
In the originally peaceful prayer room, a deep and profound singing with an ethereal meaning suddenly came.
"The language of heaven is a prayer, about the blessings of the gods." Ji Tongxue, who is considered a top student in primary school, immediately reacted.
At this time, the face of the elderly pastor who was in charge of presiding over the graduation party changed drastically on the spot, and his wrinkled cheeks almost flattened instantly.
His knees couldn't help but soften, and he just knelt on the ground, "A blessing from the goddess?"
"Which trainee priest is so favored by God that he would give such grace to become a priest in public even on the birthday of God?"
At this time, all the trainee priests in the class couldn't help but cast their eyes on Zheng Xinyun.
Priests who do not need to learn spell structure models, but only have a preliminary grasp of spells and postures, actually have a much higher training completion rate than mages, but the number of priests is not necessarily that many.
Because of "received by divine grace and given divine magic", most priests are stopped.
"How long has it been since you crossed the threshold?"
"I heard that the priest account is the highest-paying account now. Many studios are practicing it, but they just can't get the magic."
"You would think that no matter how strong the adventurer team and financial sponsor is, it is in short supply of priests. In an adventurer team, no matter how many priests there are, they will not be wasted. They can fight and heal. What else is there to say?"
"Then this female pastor will send it off."
"In reality, other people are just young ladies from rich families. They come to experience life. You think they are working hard like you to make money to support their families. You know that your beliefs are not up to standard, so you come to the camp to join in the fun."
Zheng Xinyun could no longer care about the discussions of the people around her. She saw a holy light slowly integrating into her body.
As for the old priest who was kneeling on the ground, he looked up at the heavenly Sanskrit in front of him with an expression of disbelief, and murmured to himself: "Something's wrong, it's the death realm aura of the goddess, but the fluctuation of the divine power is wrong. "
"No, this is not a goddess?"
"But if it wasn't the goddess's divine power, why would the goddess allow it to come to the Sacred Heart Cathedral? It's obvious that the demonic invasion has just passed, and sufficient divine power barriers have been built around it."
"Who is this god?"
Just when the elderly pastor was in shock, he suddenly noticed that a "light door" formed by condensing holy light suddenly opened in the prayer room high in the sky.
"Gate to another world!"
"Servant of the God of Blazing Sky?"
At this time, other player priests were also watching this scene blankly. These two terms were no stranger to them who had gone through this period of training.
But because of understanding, I know how scary it is!
Zheng Xinyun raised his head slightly and looked at the Chitian Divine Attendant who leaned out from above the heavenly world, his mouth slightly opened, "Who are you?"
"Artoria, I'm just here to take a look." Artoria, who had blond hair and a bunch of bristly hair on her head, said.
The angel's extremely holy breath made everyone feel the peace of mind, and they were all waiting with bated breath for the other party's next words.
After saying that, Arturia gently stretched out her fingertips and pointed them toward Zheng Xinyun's forehead.
"Congratulations, you are now an official priest."
(End of chapter)