Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 471 The Sun God is indeed terrible at naming things.

“I think I understand why I’m close to sudden death.” The Dark Angel Spirit smiled and suddenly said, “Fortunately, I am now coexisting with the Chaos Sea. Although I haven’t reached the point where the Chaos Sea is indestructible, at least I won’t die suddenly like an ordinary person.”

"Hiss, no wonder it's an obsession that fell from you!" Roland gasped, looking at Sasriel with a sigh.

“What kind of strange statement is that?” Sasriel shook his head, smiled at the Dark Angel Spirit, and said, “He was just joking. Although he is indeed very busy with work, he won’t stop you if you really want to rest. That kid is very protective of his own.”

"It seems you two have a really good relationship," the Dark Angel Demon said with a smile.

“Of course! Sasriel is an adjutant I managed to recruit with great difficulty!” Rolin nodded matter-of-factly, then, as if remembering something, looked at the Dark Angel and said, “By the way, why don’t you give yourself a new name? You can’t just keep calling yourself Sasriel, can you? That would be a duplicate name.”

“A new name…” The dark angel spirit looked confused. After thinking for a second, it tentatively asked, “Messiah?”

"Pfft!" Roland couldn't help but laugh. He looked at the Dark Angel Evil Spirit and said, "No... so all you guys really do is copy names from ancient texts!"

As we all know, Adam and Amun are names from mythology.

The Messiah also comes from mythology.

"Wait, how did you come up with your name, Sasriel?" Roland turned to look at Sasriel with curiosity.

"Perhaps the Sun God is performing exceptionally well?" Sasriel joked.

“I think so too.” Roland nodded thoughtfully, then looked at the Dark Angel Evil Spirit and said, “Although I really want to complain, since you’ve decided this way, I’ll call you Messiah from now on!”

After resolving the issue of the Dark Angel's name, Roland then said, "Now that the Dark Angel... Messiah issue is resolved, I'm going to hold a funeral for the God of War. Does anyone want to attend?"

Since we're already here, even though Rowling entrusted the funeral arrangements to Colin Iliad, he might as well get involved since Colin is here too.

After all, the God of War was the first Sequence 0 to be killed by Him, so it is still very memorable.

"Me! I'll participate!" Little Amon was the first to raise his hand; he was always the most enthusiastic about joining in the fun.

“I’ll join too!” Little K nodded as well. Although he wasn’t familiar with the God of War, that didn’t stop him from attending the God of War’s funeral.

Jack naturally stood by his two friends through thick and thin.

The three little ones responded very enthusiastically, and the others also clearly adhered to the principle of "since we're already here," deciding to attend the God of War's funeral.

Even the newly reborn Messiah decided to join in the fun.

Thus, in this ruined giant's royal court, the God of War was solemnly buried in front of a crowd, becoming another giant buried here after the Giant King.

After the God of War's funeral, everyone dispersed. The True Creator went back to continue growing mushrooms, as He had been helping with that recently. He also took the Blasphemous Tablet with him, which is closely related to the Chaos Sea. It will be kept in His possession for now.

Adam, among the others, seemed to dissolve into the air, never to reappear from a corner. Amon, after suddenly smothering Little Amon in a sack and swiftly beating him up, ran away. Sasriel took Messiah back to work in the Republic.

Rowling, along with Little K and the others, went to Backlund to find Bethel, who was grading exam papers at the Abraham family's residence.

At that moment, Bethel was grading papers at lightning speed. These papers were not all from the younger generation of the Abraham family; in fact, they also included papers from young people who had recently passed the examinations and joined the preparatory class for extraordinary individuals.

The Republic naturally needs its own team of extraordinary individuals. Although it is fun to fleece the Church, it ultimately belongs to the Church, and their loyalty needs to be questioned.

Therefore, the Republic has established a preparatory class specifically for cultivating extraordinary individuals. Outstanding young people from each school will be qualified to join the preparatory class after being questioned and assessed.

Joining the preparatory class doesn't guarantee becoming an extraordinary individual, but it at least provides access to relevant knowledge. If a preparatory class member performs exceptionally well and demonstrates strong desire, they can participate in the next stage of testing upon reaching adulthood. Passing this test allows them to join the Night's Watch of the Republic.

This legion is naturally modeled after the Church's extraordinary groups, such as the Night Watchers and the Punishers. Furthermore, because Rolin's magical rule-based abilities can temporarily grant others extraordinary abilities within the scope of the rules, legion members do not necessarily have to become extraordinary; they can also choose to simply borrow the abilities granted by the rules.

Although this way you can only reach Sequence 8 at most, it is enough in many cases. The church's grassroots extraordinary individuals are basically only at this level. Those who can reach Sequence 7 are already at the captain level and often serve as the person in charge of a certain area.

Those who are unwilling to join the Night's Watch or fail the test, as long as they are not too bad, will be recommended to work in departments related to the extraordinary, such as the Legion's logistics personnel, or certain departments that will indirectly come into contact with the extraordinary but will not directly face danger.

If someone doesn't want to participate in any of these, they are free to leave or stay, as long as they don't break the law, the preparatory class won't restrict them.

As for why young people are chosen—it's because older people are no longer suited to be extraordinary.

Of course, if there are truly older but exceptionally talented individuals, the preparatory program will also consider admitting them on a case-by-case basis. While the preparatory program primarily selects prospective members from schools frequented by younger students, it does not completely ignore vocational academies.

Bethel has recently been in charge of this aspect, after all, the door access is very convenient, allowing him to travel all over the country.

"...Why did you all suddenly come here?" Although Bethel didn't raise his head, he had clearly sensed someone's arrival and asked.

"I came to see you and also to see if there are any promising students in the preparatory class lately," Rowling said with a smile. He leaned over and glanced at the papers Bethel was grading, then suddenly raised an eyebrow.

Because Rowling saw a familiar name: Melissa Moretti.

Xiao Ke naturally noticed the name as well, and his gaze immediately became focused, showing great concern for his younger sister's situation.

"What's wrong?" Bethel looked at him with some confusion.

"Nothing, just saw someone I know." Luo Lin smiled and casually asked, "So, how are this girl's grades?"

“Very good. Melissa Moretti has an excellent talent for mechanics and a high moral character…” Bethel obviously knew who Rowling was talking about. He praised Melissa and finally said, “If nothing unexpected happens, she should join the Night’s Watch.”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ke pursed his lips. As a family member, he certainly didn't want Melissa to be in danger, but as her older brother, he respected Melissa's own wishes even more.

(End of this chapter)