Holy City, Pure White Square.

At this moment, the time was near noon, and the blazing sun poured its intense light over the square.

After the Pope announced the official start of the Saintess selection, the Heroic Soul Monument became enveloped by a barrier of rainbow light, concealing everything beneath it.

However, as the Saintess candidates successively made their vows and were transported away, the veiling aurora gradually faded, allowing people to see the scene beneath the monument.

Candidates who failed the trial would be teleported elsewhere, hence the area beneath the monument was empty.

Nevertheless, the citizens' enthusiasm did not wane due to the scorching sun and the vacant grounds; instead, it surged higher, maintaining a momentum that rivaled the blazing sun.

Some even set up camp in the corners of the square; these pilgrims from all over the Kingdom were clearly determined to stay on the square until the new Saintess's birth.

The priests maintaining order merely shook their heads slightly at the sight, without driving them away. The square was bustling and lively.

Amidst this clamor, it was almost impossible to hear any distant sound clearly.

Yet, unbelievably, the entire square suddenly fell silent.

Silence spread at an extraordinary speed, the vast grounds swiftly becoming serene, leaving only the sound of the wind and people's breaths.

Then, someone began to whisper in confusion:

"Did you hear that?"

"It seems like..."

"The earth is rumbling!"

"An earthquake? That can't be."

"No, this is——"

Monks of the Holy Snake Sect occupying a corner of the square had their pupils quiver; under the astonished gazes of others, they all prostrated on the ground, putting their ears against the plaza floor.

Upon confirming the sounds from beneath the earth, the leading monk suddenly leaped up, shouting desperately:

"It's the horn sound! The Holy Snake—the Holy God has descended!!!"

At the same time, the social scene in the exclusive reception hall inside the Cathedral for VIPs was disrupted.

The Seventh Prince's expression changed abruptly as he hastily left his seat, ignoring the inquiries from those around him, and swiftly walked to the balcony, overlooking the Pure White Square below.

'Horn sound——'

[Seventh Prince's deduction (experience +30, 50+ correct)]

D70+30=45 + 30 = 75

Siren, Saintess Candidate, Emerald Green, Transformation, Holy Snake, Horn——

In an instant, numerous pieces of information and thoughts flashed through his mind, vaguely forming a shocking deduction that momentarily blanked the mind of this wise prince.

"Your Highness, what's the matter, is the banquet's cuisine not to your taste?"

Suddenly, a woman's gentle voice came from behind, interrupting the conclusion that was about to surface in his mind.

[Hair color, eye color (hue, brightness)]

D24+D100=13+45=Dark green

D24+D100=7+82=Bright yellow-green

The Seventh Prince turned around, looking at the new, blue-haired and yellow-eyed nun from the Faith Church, suddenly perceiving something.

At some point, the Pope, the Cardinals, and other high-ranking Church officials had all disappeared from the venue, leaving behind only a few nuns with certain status but unrelated to the Church's core.

"You must have heard it too, the sound of the horn. The first trial had an issue—aren't you going to check what happened?"

The Seventh Prince spoke in a deep voice, trying to discern something from the nun's face in front of him.

"The horn sound… Ah, yes, I heard it, her cry from the soul."

Thinking of that memorable face, the innocent one smiled slightly, the pure yellow-green pupils filled with softness.

"What do you know?" The Seventh Prince was slightly startled, not mistaking the other's emotion.

"I know nothing, it's just that I was once helped by someone, so I vaguely understand."

The innocent one replied solemnly.

"——This must be the sound of progress she sounds to forge a future for others."

Beneath the ground, within the Holy Tomb.

As the horn sound subsided, behind the statue of the goddess incarnated by the Hero, a torrent of magic power transformed into starlight, surged forth.

The fully unfurled Star Wings touched the dome, forming a starry sky inside the tomb, connecting to the ground below, like a Milky Way on land.

The barrier of darkness was pierced by this light, illuminating the entire space with Star Light, allowing the Saintess candidates arriving from all directions to behold this dreamlike scene.

"Heroic Sister!!!???"

The noble lady who hesitated for so long before finally following the Hero into the Holy Tomb, instantly recognized the goddess statue that was an enlarged version of the Hero, and couldn't help but cry out in surprise.

How long had it been since they parted, front and back? What happened again???

Upon hearing her friend's exclamation, the Hero turned around, waving at her with an unchanged expression on her face.

"——I'll be right back."

In the next moment, the torrents of the Star Wings accelerated suddenly, sparks of stardust igniting in the stream of photons, illuminating the Milky Way beneath the Hero's feet.

No darkness could obscure such brightness; the starry sky of the dome also shone brilliantly, as if guiding the goddess statue gazing up, with one particularly bright and distant star among the shining stars.

As the Star Wings swept down, a dazzling white pillar of light shot up from the ground.

The goddess statue, with wings spread, vanished in an instant at a speed transcending the perception of everyone.

A rain of starlight fell, and the far distant star on the dome disappeared, replaced by a jet-black void edged with cracks, appearing out of nowhere in the starry void, slowly healing under the onlookers' incomprehensible gazes.

Following that, a gigantic roaring sound arrived belatedly, causing the entire Holy Tomb and even the city above the strata to tremble.

→☆→☆→☆→✧←★←★←★←

It seemed both endlessly long and as if time had yet to begin flowing.

The flutter of the Star Wings stirred a torrent of starlight, propelling the Hero inexorably upwards towards the heavy dome of the earth's crust in this brilliant stellar flame.

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