The atmosphere in the hall was tense to the point where it could almost be cut.

Caius sat high in the main seat, staring coldly at the candidates in the distance.

The dark gray heavy armored priest beside him held his breath, as if the air in the entire hall was frozen.

In less than a minute, one of the villains was the first to submit to the Archpriest Caius an act of disrespect to the Lady of Destiny.

"Archpriest Caius, I'm done."

The submitter will present a stone statue of the goddess of fate that has been hammered to pieces, with a confident smile on their faces.

However.

Caius just glanced coldly.

He shook his head.

"Just sabotage, the level of insult is too low."

The villain's face changed suddenly, and he wanted to say something to justify himself.

But Caius made a gesture, and the dark gray heavy armored priest next to him immediately stepped forward, firmly grasped his arm, and dragged him to the deep passage of the hall.

The villain's face was filled with fear and disbelief, and he cried out, "I am loyal to the Church of the Resurrection!" I didn't betray! ”

No one answered, and his cries echoed through the empty hall until they were gone.

When the other candidates saw this scene, they all felt a chill.

"This kind of perfunctory work does not prove your loyalty to me very well, and if you are not loyal enough, there will be serious suspicion of the Goddess of Destiny Church, and we will be detained for observation."

Caius finished speaking, and once again held his chin in one hand and stopped speaking.

Some of the villains immediately began to nervously revise their work, fearing that they too would be deemed substandard.

At this time, some people in the audience also figured it out.

In fact, Caius doesn't care whether the candidate is really suspected of the Goddess of Destiny Church or not, and he will not easily let go of anyone who passes the written exam to the Batian branch.

Putting everyone present takes all, that's his true purpose.

I didn't think anyone would submit any more work right away.

It was less than ten seconds.

A tall woman in a silver skirt stood up and walked straight to Caius on the high platform.

A six-sided cube of stone was placed on the table.

“……”

This made Caius slightly stunned for a moment.

He didn't expect the most suspicious West Germany to be so straightforward.

She simply reduced the Statue of Destiny to the most ordinary stone.

A stone block, I don't know if she used unique magic or simple skill to make it.

"Be decisive and quick, count yourself in."

After thinking about it, Caius placed the stone block on the left side of the table.

Instead of discarding the candidate's work as before, but accepting it, it is proof of qualification.

Caius's suspicions that she might be an undercover agent for the Goddess of Fate Church have actually deepened.

But if she is really an undercover agent, he is more interested in recruiting her in to play with her, so that she can experience what it means to be difficult to fly and extremely desperate.

Many people in the audience looked up slightly to observe.

In fact, in their opinion, the work of this woman in silver dress armor is at the level where it is possible to pass or fail.

But perhaps it was actually because of her tough and decisive attitude that Caius made the decision to let her pass.

Immediately, Sid returned to his original seat, his expression as cold as ever, clasping his hands and closing his eyes, waiting for the final review to be announced in more than twenty minutes.

Minutes and seconds passed.

Next, gradually some villains completed the work and stepped forward to submit.

The famous Tongue of Fire Ledor, who was quite famous among the group, slowly stepped forward, his red hair fluttering in the wind, looking like a burning flame, and placed the stone statue of the goddess of fate that he had completed in front of Caius, and he burned it with the flames to burn it black, turning it into an ugly charred corpse that was about to lose its human form and had been ravaged.

Caius stared for a moment, nodded, and placed the piece on the table, motioning for him to step back.

Ledor, the Bishop's parody of the Exterminator, looked back with a confident smile, apparently feeling that his work was more than up to the mark.

However, the next few committers weren't so lucky.

Their works were considered unqualified by Caius, and they were thrown directly into the garbage heap, and they were also escorted down by the dark gray and heavily armored priests, which caused panic among many candidates in the audience every time.

Nearly every submitter would have cried out incessantly as they were caught by the Dark Grey Priest, "I am loyal to the Church of the Resurrection!" Why? ”

But Caius didn't seem to care about it, just staring at the next submitter faintly.

It wasn't until [Scrap] Graff stepped up solemnly that his massive frame seemed to make the entire platform seem small.

He laid down the dismembered statue of Fate, just as he normally did with humans, and Caius could even see the slightest trace of blood from it.

Caius was silent for a moment, "This work...... Very good. ”

And next.

Several of the villains he favored in the written test answer sheet submitted good answers, [Stinger] Walter carved the statue of the goddess of fate into a human form that had been turned into a miserable death due to the forbidden living transformation, and [Bloody Throat] Jia added rhythmic magic to the statue of the goddess of fate, turning her into an evil god who struggles and wails in hell.

Thors, the Eyeball Collector who submitted his work after them, slowly approached and handed the transformed Lady of Fate to Caius.

The eyes of the stone statue have been removed, and many small holes have been dug out of the body, filled with the eyes of a living beast that came out of nowhere, and I don't know what kind of magic has been added, and when Caius looks at the stone statue, all the eyes will turn in unison, and they will meet Caius's gaze.

Even Caius felt a little disgusted and put it on the table as a qualified piece.

As the candidates' work gradually submitted, some of the candidates who had not yet finished the work felt more nervous because of the "artwork" of these submitters.

The large bell gears above the door are constantly ringing, and each turn represents the passage of time remaining.

"There are still ten minutes to go."

Caius's voice sounded, cold and emotionless,

"If you can't finish it on time, you will be directly regarded as a member of the Goddess of Destiny Church."

His words blew like a cold wind, causing the temperature in the hall to drop.

This kind of punishment and intimidation has undoubtedly had a great deterrent effect on other candidates who have not yet submitted, making them even more immersed in work.

Some of the candidates looked back at the clock, their eyes beginning to show nervousness and unease, while others remained calm, as if they were very sure that their work would be approved by Caius.

Candidates who have passed the final review sit in place with no expression on their faces.

Just waiting for the end of the last time and the coming of the final assessment.

There are fewer and fewer candidates who are still working, and the crisp sound of the tools and stone statues in their hands is gradually unable to drown out the sound of the gears of the bell.

Caius sat on the main seat, leaning slightly and propping his chin up.

Although he did not set his sights on any of the candidates.

But among the remaining candidates, the only one who still paid attention to him was the young man named Rocky.

He felt that the person who could make such a written test would hardly have any suspicion of being a clergyman of the Goddess of Destiny.

However, the assessment of this re-examination is necessary, and it is necessary to identify the composition of each person.

No matter how good his written test results are, if his position and loyalty are not firm enough, then he must be destroyed and not used by anyone else.

Finally.

While Caius waited.

Ranchi finished his work, his eyes tinged with a hint of satisfaction and a hint of tiredness, and he stood up and walked over to Caius.

He placed the work in front of Caius.

It is a stone statue of the goddess of fate that has been reshaped.

Caius raised his head slightly, looked at Ranchi, and then turned to his work.

Immediately, his gaze seemed to be fixed on the statue of the goddess of fate, and he was silent for a long time.

At the same time, because of the unusual silence caused by Caius's delay in giving an evaluation, some candidates gradually looked in the direction of Ranchi's work.

The young people who submitted their works reacted very indifferently.

On the contrary, it was his work that puzzled Caius.

The statue of the goddess of fate carved by him has changed its posture slightly, and has been reshaped into a new movement, and it is extremely refined.

As if from the hand of a world-beating craftsman, the goddess's posture is vivid and warm, as if she will move in the next second.

And when other candidates saw this work, they couldn't help but be amazed at its artistry.

If they were all amateurs, this guy was definitely a professional among professionals, they had never even seen an engraver of this level, and there was even greed in the eyes of some people, trying to curb the urge to snatch this statue, it must be a priceless masterpiece no matter what!

However, they soon noticed the problem with the transformed statue.

His expression also became similar to that of Caius.

I saw that the statue of the goddess, which had always been full of divinity and quiet, had a slight arrogant smile on the corner of her mouth, and her posture changed to raising her hand and erecting her index finger and middle finger, forming a V-shaped gesture with her palm facing inward.

There is a kind of contempt for all the villains here.

It stands to reason that the goddess of fate is so dazzling and beautiful that she should be directly judged as unqualified.

But Caius noticed a duality in this guy -

He couldn't tell whether Rocky was praising the goddess or discrediting the goddess.

(End of chapter)