You are all my wings!

The final selection process considers past achievements, which account for 30% of the final score.

Clearly, Saint Britta's discovery of the sacred fresco undoubtedly earns them the highest score for merit this time.

Therefore, it's a foregone conclusion that Karl and his group of four will secure the job change slots.

The two people conversing on the mountain were none other than Margaret, the first saint of the current Holy See, and Tumoria, the second saint.

Both of them are strong sixth-tier saintesses, and they are the successors of the previous generation. They have already trained several batches of trusted paladins, and their team has a strong tiered strength. The obvious failure in this selection is mainly because the new batch of prospective knights has not yet caught up with the training progress.

Therefore, although I care about this failure, it is not a serious blow.

They just banter with each other; it's just a daily habit.

As the first saint of the time, Margaret wore a hard crown with a white base and gold trim, which covered her thick golden hair and smooth forehead. Her face was veiled by a layer of flowing light gauze, with only her small, slightly pointed, fair chin visible.

Her colorful woven garments were also much more magnificent, with ninety-nine dazzling colors hidden within. When activated by magic, they would emit iridescent colors, possessing the powerful effects of bewitching and proclaiming miracles.

As you can see, she is half a head shorter than Britta, who is standing not far away. She has a long neck, narrow shoulders, and a slender waist, and appears rather delicate compared to her reputation.

Tumoria, standing to the side, was the same height as Britta, and was neither masked nor wearing any headdress.

She simply piled her smooth, light blue hair on top of her head, with only a few shimmering strands of hair flowing down to her long, slender neck.

As a saintess, her features were naturally exquisite, but her eyebrows and eyes had a distinctly androgynous style: thick, dark blue eyebrows like sword blades, bright, large eyes, a delicate nose, and off-white skin.

Flat chest, broad shoulders, large hips, pert buttocks, a long sword hanging at her waist, and long legs under her colorful woven clothes wearing a pair of silver leather combat boots for easy movement.

In fact, this second Holy Maiden is also the only warrior-type class among the nine Holy Maidens, the Holy Swordsman.

Her tough and androgynous appearance is consistent with her inner self, and her style is tenacious and ruthless. This is also the key to her being able to stand out from the previous generation of saintess and continue to serve as the second saintess of this generation (each generation of saintess inherits the position of the successor of the Church Queen, and other saintess in line will automatically lose their saintess qualifications. Only the best can continue to obtain the title of the next generation of saintess).

In terms of age, she is only 36, four years younger than the First Saintess.

Her appearance is like that of a 24-year-old woman; she is a great beauty who exudes masculinity yet retains feminine charm.

More than a decade ago, the second saintess that Kaiku could never forget was her.

After leaving First Saint Margaret, she walked to Britta's side and smiled:

“Congratulations, Britta. The quasi-palm knights you trained this time are very strong. I imagine they will soon be eligible for class advancement. I heard that the strategist you recruited this time has played a significant role. Where is he? I'd like to meet this guy who has been making quite a few rumors about the princess lately.”

"Victory is assured this time, so there's no need for him to participate."

Britta responded with a curt reply.

Although she had already secured her victory in the selection of paladins, she was not in a good mood.

She was still resentful about Leon's previous refusal to let her become his co-actor.

I will have many wives in the future, and you will be one of them.

How could he say something like that?

Knowing full well that she was a saint and had to maintain her purity and sanctity, he deliberately tempted her with such words.

On the contrary, the fact that she has many wives is no longer a concern for her, compared to the promise that "you will definitely be my wife".

What she cares more about is whether she can overcome that obstacle.

In these days, haven't I also tried to eliminate those unnecessary thoughts?

No, she had been doing that ever since she met Leon.

But even if the thought is extinguished, it doesn't disappear; instead, it settles into the subconscious.

Just like a child being stopped from playing by their family, this feeling will not disappear, but will grow stronger with time until it becomes uncontrollable.

"What's wrong? You're in such a bad mood even though you're about to win?"

Tumoria exclaimed in surprise.

"nothing."

Britta didn't want to talk to Tumoria. This girl was very much like a saint outside the Vatican, but in front of acquaintances, she didn't care about the distance between words and actions, like a man in a woman's skin.

Chapter 299 I just think it's a bit of a shame that I can't see your beautiful legs when I walk next to you.

"I understand. You must be upset because of the wedding between your advisor and Princess Ophemaso."

Tumoria's eyes lit up.

Britta glanced at Tumoria, who always knows how to bring up the most awkward things.

I was genuinely upset about this, and she deliberately brought it up?

"Haha, silence means consent? Interesting. I was wondering why Ophimasso's promised aid didn't come. Looks like he's too caught up in love to bother us."

Tumoria shook her head.

In fact, at first, she and the First Saintess Margaret did not care much about this selection of paladins, or rather, they did not attach enough importance to it to come in person.

After all, she and Margaret were veterans. With the selection of paladins every three years, they had each trained several batches of paladins, and their forces were quite strong.

Logically, for this selection process, sending a few experienced paladins to provide guidance would have been sufficient.

Only Britta and the other saints ranked lower, due to their less seniority, would personally come to guide and encourage the prospective paladins.

The main reason why Tumoria and Margaret came in person was that Ophimosa had contacted them privately before, hoping to bring down Britta, the God's Agent with the highest chance of succession.

Despite being the first and second saintesses at the time, everyone inside and outside the Vatican, except for their own factions, thinks they have the highest chance of being just runners-up.

After all, Britta's backer is the main deity of the Papacy, which is a very powerful background.

Tumoria knew, of course, that if the God's Agent could not inherit the position of Acting Pope, it would have a significant impact on the power of the Papacy, and it would also be in line with Ophimasso's goal of weakening the Papacy.

But what can you do when she also wants to be the modern pope?

The succession within the Papacy is extremely strict. Only by confirming the true right of succession can one obtain the corresponding holy-type upgrade items and achieve the best advancement.

As the strongest force in humankind, the Holy See has gathered all the most talented individuals, and these nine saintesses are top-tier talents, fully capable of reaching the legendary or even epic level.

However, without obtaining holy-type upgrade items from within the Holy See, talent is useless.

Among the previous generations of saintesses, there were countless individuals with extraordinary talents, but many more ultimately faded into obscurity because they failed to inherit the position of successor pope.

In particular, one of the reward items selected by the paladins this time is a very suitable item for Britta to advance to the fifth rank.

Therefore, Tumoria and Ophimaso hit it off and decided to target Britta during the Paladin selection to delay her advancement to the fifth rank.

Unfortunately, the promised aid from Ophimasso was suddenly withdrawn, and the success of the sacred murals caused their delaying plan to fail completely.

"You're quite direct, actually revealing your conspiracy with Ophimaso to me."

Britta glanced at Tumoria.

"What's wrong with that? We're just competing fairly, and all the little tricks we used were permitted by the Great Saintess."

Seeing that Britta wasn't in a good mood, Tumoria decided not to talk to her anymore and turned to leave.

"By the way, speaking of which, I just received some intelligence from the ground. It's said that your strategist is likely being hunted down by the Silver Badge Magic Illusion Group."

"what?"

Brett's expression changed slightly. After verifying with her confidante, she decided not to wait and see if Karl and the others had obtained their job change qualifications. She then hurried towards the ground alone.

Although bringing people along would significantly enhance combat power, the opponent is the Silver Badge Group, so bringing her previous team would obviously be of no use.

It would be better for her to go there herself; at least the divine energy she possesses can greatly enhance the power of magic.

However, just as she took a few steps, she suddenly seemed to remember something and quickly turned around.

She was going to find the host of this selection to get the upgrade item in advance, a fragment of the Lucky God's Wine Cup.

Since the opponent is the Silver Badge Group, we cannot attack rashly. We must bring our strength to its maximum to avoid arriving in a hurry without having the strength to intervene!

……

[Breita's side quest "The Selection of Paladins" completion +10%, current completion 100%, quest complete]

[Maximum Mana +5, Learned Basic Holy Prayer]

【主要属性：精神力21/生命力79/魔力量135/体力77/力量74/敏捷90】

boom!!!!!

On his way to another hidden spot, Leon suddenly noticed that the panel had been updated.

Then, a large amount of knowledge is poured into the brain.

He soon discovered that these were all experiences and images of Britta communicating with the goddess Astalia using holy incantations.

Not only does she have experience in using holy incantations, but she even knows the details of Britta's communication with the gods.

As you can see, the goddess Astalia, who is communicating with Britta under the Holy Prayer, is shrouded in infinite divine light. Her slightly revealed outline is magnificent, graceful, and sacred, with infinite mystery and maternal radiance, but unfortunately, her true face cannot be seen.

At first, the goddess Astalia in the memories was very glorious and holy, but in the later part of the scene, she showed a decline that was obviously corrupted by demons, and she looked very weak.

In the end, it had completely lost its luster, leaving only a faint, blurry outline.

This also gave Leon a slight jolt. Combined with what Britta had mentioned, he was once again convinced that the goddess Astalia had most likely fallen, and now only her authority remained, which Britta could control.

Incidentally, Britta's mastery of this holy incantation was also at a perfect level, and therefore Leon inherited perfect-level experience as well.

Holy prayer is a form of prayer that communicates with the divine and obtains their blessings.

Lyon thought to himself that he had no faith in any god and didn't know what the magic was for.

He also discovered that the basic magic he had learned from Therena and Britta was all at a perfect level, while only Iris was at 99%, which was quite interesting.

Iris was clearly the one with the longest lifespan.

Is it because Terena and Britta are both proficient in a few types of magic, while Iris learned a more comprehensive system of magic in the Holy Land?

This makes sense, since Britta's magic, though seemingly diverse, is actually derived from holy incantations.

Essentially, they all borrow power from the authority of the gods and then transform it into three means: attack, healing, and defense.

Holy Annihilation, Holy Furnace, and Holy Light Blaze are all essentially products that utilize the high-temperature properties of Holy Light.

Iris, on the other hand, has a more ancient heritage from the Holy Land of the Elves, and her magic is significantly more diverse. She can fly at the third rank and knows healing, purification, universal radiance, dazzling, radiation, light mirror maze, light cone, as well as the sure-hit Judgment Spear, and even knows electric magic (though she uses it less often).

Speaking of the skill of flight, Leon has only seen Moriarty and Iris fly so far; none of the other masters have any flight skills.

Kellon would definitely use it, but he's a low-key person and has never used it.

"Master, why did you stop?"

At that moment, Msifisu, who was walking beside Leon, suddenly called out to Leon.

"Oh, it's nothing. I just suddenly felt it was a bit of a shame that I couldn't see your beautiful legs while standing next to you, so I wanted to stand behind you."

Lyon gave a casual, perfunctory reply; of course, he couldn't say that he had just become engrossed in understanding the mysteries of the new magical system of Holy Prayer.

And on closer thought, having her stand in front is actually useful.

"Stand behind me?"

Mshifisu's vision went black. Wasn't this just trying to break me?

She immediately imagined herself lying face down in front of him, with her cheap master thrusting against her from behind, and her face turned red instantly.

"Please stand in front of me, thank you!"

Chapter 300 Terena: He is still my mother's husband!

"No, no, no, it's no fun standing in front of you."

Lyon shook his head and refused.

Just kidding, the reason I had Msifisu stand in front was so that she could use her agility to detect what was happening outside in advance.

But to Msifisu, this only confirmed Leon's intention to take the opportunity to humiliate him.

Damn it, they're already on their way out, and they're still thinking about this.

"Then the master needs to stay away from me."

"Yes, this is a better perspective."

Good vantage point?