"Go ahead and watch, you little brat, if you think you can stop her, then try it!"

The Liberation Saintess slammed the table loudly, her voice echoing.

"Now, initiate the vote!"

The Pope silently raised his hand, casting his vote.

[Votes Passed (Fixed Pass+50)]

D50+50=d50(23)+50=73

"The vote is passed, and the resolution is established.

"From now on, the Church will indefinitely suspend the Saintess selection, and activate the Heavenly Full Holy Grail, granting the Hero the qualification of Saintess Agent."

In a calm voice, the Pope announced the end of the meeting.

Awakening from his memories, recalling the Liberation Saintess who once worked with him, the Pope shook his head with a smile.

Really, whatever she says is ambiguous, isn't that just her...?

Watching the Hero's silhouette disappear down the corridor, the Pope turned around too, silently continuing his prayers to the Dusk Crystal.

→☆→☆→☆→✧←★←★←★←

Unaware that the Liberation Saintess he first met had placed significant expectations on him, the Hero, anticipating the transformation ceremony seven days later, encountered—

[Critical Success~]

1.4. Church's Strongest

2.5. Black Dream Key

3.6. Knowledge Hunter

7. Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

8. Mom save me

9. Silver-eyed Girl

10. Critical Success/Extreme Failure

D10=d10(3)=3

♛: Knowledge Hunter

On the last stretch returning to his room, the Hero looked ahead, his expression slightly surprised, slowly coming to a halt.

Moonlight spilled through the windows of the corridor, and under the frosted radiance of the Pure White Moon, a mass of darkness floated quietly in mid-air, with the soft sound of flipping pages carried by the wind.

It was the Great Hunter, whom he hadn't seen since they parted at the border.

"Hero, it's been a long time."

Under the sound of turning pages, the Knowledge Hunter's thought voice echoed in the Hero's mind.

The Hero didn't respond immediately, first glancing around to sense no one was nearby, then lowered his voice to speak.

"Why are you here? This is the Cathedral."

Although being a conceptual element of the Fantasy Species, the Knowledge Hunter possessed power surpassing conventional professions, and there were not many places that could shut it out, yet the Cathedral was precisely one of those few.

Because a certain degree of consensus was reached with the Knowledge Hunter at the border, after the Hero received the ancestral taboo knowledge from his grandfather, he did not immediately settle the score with the Knowledge Hunter, nor did he erase the mark within that knowledge.

Its ability to appear in the Cathedral was likely through the mark on himself.

"Never mind, come in first."

To avoid the possibility of the other being discovered and treated as a magic creature, the Hero didn't say much but opened the door first.

The Knowledge Hunter flowed in smoothly like black mist through the crack of the door.

The Hero swiftly closed the door and then watched the mass of darkness in silence without speaking.

The Knowledge Hunter, not one for pleasantries, lived up to the Hero's expectations; once the door was closed, it went straight to the point without any small talk.

"Hero, I smell the potential of vast knowledge in you, so I want to make a deal with you."

[The Need for Hunting Knowledge]

1.5. Black Dream Dusk

2.6. Moon Sea Legacy

3.7. Holy Grail

4.8. Dead Library

9. Star Beyond the Sky

10. Critical Success/Extreme Failure

D10=d10(2)=2

♛: Moon Sea Legacy

[The Reward for Hunting Knowledge]

1.5. Black Dream Dusk

2.6. Moon Sea Legacy

3.7. Holy Grail

4.8. Library Wreckage

9. Taboo Knowledge Fragment

10. Critical Success/Extreme Failure

D10=d10(8)=8

♛: Library Wreckage

"Hero, as far as I know, you've been battling nightmares in the deep sea lately."

The Hero nodded, not surprised that the Knowledge Hunter could discern this.

Even among the Fantasy Species, conceptual elements were profoundly unique and mysterious entities.

Their perspective and way of observing the world were entirely different from humankind or any other beings with flesh and blood.

Even though the Knowledge Hunter could be defeated, imprisoned, or even killed, its uniqueness, not in terms of destructive power, was something other entities could not mimic.

For a Hero who held multiple Fantasy Species even transcended level transformations, this insight was deeply understood.

"In fact, we have recently been collecting knowledge about the ancient times, specifically the Seven Seas Empire established by the Sea Moon Demon, attempting to compile a comprehensive historical account."

The Knowledge Hunter calmly flipped its pages, conveying its thoughts.

"That past is so distant, even for us. The vast majority of the knowledge has been lost, and most souls possessing those memories have been consumed by nightmares, preventing us from extracting the corresponding knowledge.

"Recently, I sensed that you possessed fragments of that knowledge, but they were exceedingly fragmented, and since you were already my subject of observation, I originally had no intention of disturbing you for it."

Fragments of knowledge... could it be referring to the remnants of the Sea Moon Demon given to him by the Book Spirit?

The Hero listened attentively, lost in thought.

"However, this morning, you destroyed numerous nightmares without absorbing their fragments, so when we arrived at the scene, we took the opportunity to extract a significant amount of knowledge, obtaining crucial information."

The Hero was taken aback, not expecting the Knowledge Hunter to follow like a hyena into the deep sea after he left.

Because there were simply too many nightmares knocked away, she didn't have time to remember each of their forms, among which there could have been entities with special identities in life.

"This is a necessary action to acquire knowledge... But despite knowing the key, we are unable to unlock the final barrier, and thus I thought of you."

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