Don't confiscate my citizenship

Three days later.

The wind in late February blew rapidly between the towering buildings of the imperial capital Herom. In the winter morning air, the huge building of the Knights of Annihilation stood tall, looking solemn and majestic.

The towering spiers of this building reach into the sky, and ancient legends of battles with demons are engraved on the surface. The exterior walls made of stacked snow-white stones are covered with a thin layer of frost, making it even more mysterious.

Approaching the gate, two knights wearing dark gray heavy armor and holding spears stood here. The engraved metal pattern inlaid on the several-meter-high door leaf is the holy seal of the branch of Nirvana - a cold gray totem with an empty eyeball in the center. Although it has no pupils, it emits a faint light, as if it is the last glimmer of hope swallowed by it. The edges are wrapped with several twisted and intertwined chain vines, and these vines have sharp thorns surrounding the eyeballs. firmly fixed in it.

The Nirvana branch, which once existed as a taboo in the northern continent, now has an office in the imperial capital of Herom, and its name was finally designated as the Temple of the Nirvana Knights.

The priests working here are mainly responsible for the coordination and logistics of other provincial branches with the imperial capital Herom. They are also responsible for selecting new priests who want to join the Nirvana branch in the near future.

After the Church of Resurrection as a whole obtained the security clearance from the Protos Empire, the three major branches of the three bishops who wanted to compete for the position of speaker all expanded rapidly in the empire, and many people who were already in the gray area were even more interested. There is a direct channel to join the big ship of the Church of Resurrection.

Yesterday, a first trial for new priests was held here.

The complete assessment content is divided into preliminary examination, re-examination, and final assessment.

The content of the preliminary test that has been completed so far is the conceptual written test.

The Nirvana branch will notify those who passed yesterday's written test this morning.

And the re-examination and final assessment will be conducted simultaneously in the afternoon.

Although the arrangement seems compact, the high degree of execution required by the priests is also a basic criterion for their Nirvana branch.

When the door of the temple of the Knights of Annihilation slowly opened, a broad hall was revealed. A huge chandelier hung on the high dome, emitting white light. The surrounding walls were hung with the words "The Church of Resurrection in the Holy War in the Northern Continent". Oil paintings with the theme of deeds.

Arched doors on both sides lead to various rooms inside. Walking along the corridor to the deepest point is the meeting hall.

The main meeting hall is the most solemn place in the Knights of Annihilation. Its tall door is made of solid oak, and behind it is a wide round table-style hall. The high windows provide excellent lighting. The sunlight passes through the glass and shines on the tabletop and On the walls, brilliant colors are formed.

Even though it was still morning at this moment, several high priests of the Nirvana branch were already sitting around the table. Their faces were stern, and the purple brilliance of the Holy Seal pendant on their chests proved their status.

There are several piles of sorted papers and folders on the table, which record in detail the identity information and assessment results of the Protos Empire people who took the preliminary examination yesterday.

In the center of the hall, a middle-aged man wearing a dark gray cassock was looking through the pages carefully. He wore a ring made of bones on his hand and touched the pages from time to time.

He occasionally raised his head to ask for the opinions of the other two high priests beside him, while a young knight in dark gray armor recorded the conversations of several high priests with a pen. The other two high priests each held several documents in their hands. Discuss a particular candidate's performance from time to time.

The atmosphere in the room was solemn. Every priest knew that this assessment was part of the expansion of the Nirvana branch's power in the empire. Whether it could select talents who could adapt to the empire's new policies would determine whether the Nirvana branch could succeed in more than two years. Winning the bishops' election in the next month may have a huge impact.

Under the current situation and policies of the Protos Empire, they need manpower that is good at planning or strategy more than forces that are good at frontal combat.

The middle-aged man in charge of this work in the council chamber, Archpriest Caius, is the leader. He is the core of the decision-making, and everyone else is waiting for his final decision.

The objective questions and subjective questions of the written test not only test the candidate's wisdom, learning ability, and basic skills, but also analyze the candidate's nature, personality, and behavior style to a certain extent.

"I didn't expect him to pass the exam. It seems he has done his homework."

Archpriest Caius pulled out a test paper, compared it with a matching resume information, and commented.

Every candidate will have a dedicated intelligence specialist from the church investigate their resume.

In the document in the hand of Archpriest Caius, the name column reads [Iron Fist] Serio. The photo next to it is of a tall man with dark brown skin, a single horn on the top of his head, and a heavy helmet on his wrist. A half-demon with a black gold bracelet.

Intelligence wrote that he was once a famous gladiator who was banned for brutal killings on the field. It can be seen that he has an almost crazy love for fighting, but he also disdains to take action against the weak, such as children who will not hurt and women, who went to jail several times.

"He is a guy who is desperate in this country, but our Church of Resurrection does not reject half-demon tribe."

The high priest sitting next to Caius took the test paper with a score of 65, which was just 5 points higher than the passing line, and smiled slightly.

"If the Batian branch also recruits new people, he is more likely to go there."

Another high priest commented.

Generally speaking, the Batian branch would fight with them openly and covertly, especially since they were now in a clear competitive relationship of interests. But this time, surprisingly, the Batian branch did not start recruiting new priests in the imperial capital.

"Those idiots are probably afraid that our people will sneak in again. They are extra cautious this time."

"But be careful of people from the Batian branch coming to cause trouble."

Caius said calmly, screened out several unqualified test papers, and picked up another test paper with a score on the passing line.

Originally, the Nirvana branch and the Tyrant branch were both wanted targets by the empire, and there was nothing to be afraid of. They could kill each other directly.

Now both sides cannot directly use force in the empire. On the contrary, the Tyrant branch has repeatedly fallen into passivity and been assassinated by the priests of the Annihilation branch.

It's not that the priests of the Tyrant branch are not as smart as them, but their doctrine and character determine that they like conspiracy, while the Annihilation branch is good at conspiracy.

The overbearing Catholic is not a tolerant character.

It seems that he is not doing anything now, but whenever he finds an opportunity, he will settle accounts with Bishop Annihilation.

On top of another resume that Caius picked up was a young man named [Fire Tongue] Redor, with long red hair and wearing a black priest's robe.

The message stated that he was considered a dangerous fire mage who once burned down an entire village for no specific reason and had an irritable and impulsive personality.

"It can be seen that he is an imitator of the Destruction Bishop Ivanos. It seems that his hair was also dyed in order to look more like the Destruction Bishop."

Caius's voice was a little helpless.

Although this candidate seems to have some mental problems, his score is not bad, with a full 76 points.

It can be seen that his qualifications and chaos as a villain are extremely high.

"If this guy were in the Southern Continent, he would probably follow the Destruction Branch."

"Unfortunately, according to the character of Bishop of Destruction Ivanos, if someone imitates him, he will probably be reduced to ashes or be harassed in the most cruel way."

"But the heavyweight one is probably still behind. These two can only be said to have their own characteristics."

The other two high priests also laughed and talked.