This adventurer is overly righteous.

[Strength slightly increased]

[Charm slightly increased]

Kroya glanced at the few lines of small text that appeared in the lower left corner of his vision, and couldn't help but feel speechless.

The reason is simple: the returns are too small.

Questioning a novice pastor face-to-face in a church would have gotten most people kicked out, and they might even have been beaten up. This is a legitimate religious institution, one that can burn heretics.

However, the benefits this brings to Croya are extremely small, about the same as when he helps the villagers carry cattle.

The criteria for awarding rewards using the "Golden Finger" are dynamic. In other words, for Kroya, intervening in this matter was about as difficult as doing chores for the villagers, according to the criteria for determining the "Golden Finger"...

It may sound unbelievable, but it's true; Croya was already famous among the churches in the surrounding area.

Because his adoptive father couldn't control his mouth and boasted everywhere, now almost every pastor knows that he picked up a genius, and that genius is Kroya.

After all, he opened his eyes in this world with the memories of his previous life and intelligence no different from that of an adult...

Therefore, Kroya's adoptive father always had high expectations for him, believing that Kroya had the potential to become a new generation of saints, and had always raised Kroya with extremely high standards, so strict that he was even allowed to complain about his family of origin on the internet in his previous life.

Therefore, Croa ran away.

His main reason for becoming an adventurer was that continuing as a priest would be too easy and he wouldn't be able to improve his stats. However, he also had to admit that he really wanted to travel around and temporarily escape his adoptive father's strict discipline.

"I'll go back after two years," Kroya wrote in a letter to his adoptive father.

If Carter and Miss Millie knew that Chroya was thinking this way, they would probably kidnap him and send him back to inherit the family business as a promising pastor. So Chroya wouldn't bring it up himself. Anyway, they didn't know what the value of his sixteen-year-old novice pastor status was. They only knew that "this seems pretty impressive," and that was all.

Kroya stopped thinking about these things. Now that he was a proper adventurer, he should enjoy his adventure.

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However, he still had to worship the gods. In his previous life, Kroya lived in the South China region where such customs were very prevalent, and he was used to praying to the gods whenever he had a problem. In his previous life, he did not even know whether the gods existed or not, but he was still able to maintain respect and sincerity. Now that he knew that the gods did exist, he was naturally even more devout.

He recited hymns, beginning with the goddess at the head of the list, holding scales and a sword. There are thirteen major gods in the world, but the status of the gods varies depending on the customs of different regions. In the western part of the Netherlands, where Croa lived, they regarded the goddess who symbolized justice and judgment as the most revered.

Kroya naturally started with her as well.

"Virgo, the goddess of justice, the last immortal of the Golden Age, holding scales and ears of wheat, pure and flawless, residing in the starry sky, the soul of Virgo."

"Holy goddess of justice, purity and light, descend and grant me justice, purity and light..."

The doctrine that restrains Kroya from premarital sex originated from this virgin goddess, though he himself was indifferent to it.

From then on, Kroya praised each of the thirteen gods, and soon only the last one remained, the one most neglected and even hated by people.

As a goddess symbolizing death and revenge, she is almost never worshipped, for fear of bringing bad luck. Even in various large-scale sacrificial ceremonies, she is often the most neglected.

Only dirty killers or people with grudges would secretly praise her, but no one would do that in a church.

But Croa didn't think so.

For him, worshipping this goddess was probably similar to worshipping Yama, the King of Hell, in his previous life. Besides, there was no harm in worshipping her more often, so why not?

Before the goddess before him, who held a bow, whose entire body was hidden beneath a black robe, whose eyes were like blood, and whose arms were entwined with snakes, Kroya recited a hymn of praise.

"Daughter of the Night, Queen of the Underworld, you walk in the darkness, your gaze like a torch, watching over all injustice and punishing all arrogance."

"The hunt for bloodshed never ceases; you make sinners tremble, expose evil deeds, just and merciless, ancient and majestic..."

"The holy goddess of vengeance, the ruler of the night..."

"Please hear my prayer: punish evil and promote good."

As Croa closed his eyes and chanted the hymn in rapt attention, a glimmer seemed to flash in the statue's blood-red eyes.

Your long-standing and unwavering faith pleases the divine.

Your righteous act of upholding religious rules pleases the gods.

[The effect of divine favor has been slightly improved.]

[Divine Favor Effect Increased]

[Divine Favor: Slightly enhanced magical resistance against evil, increased malice perception, faster mana regeneration, ability to conceal yourself in darkness, and the ability to ensure your arrows never harm the innocent.]

The effects of divine favor have increased by two at once!

Judging from the effects, it seems to originate from this goddess who symbolizes death and revenge.

Indeed, praying to the gods more often is never a bad thing.

After repeatedly expressing his respect and gratitude, Croya walked out of the White Rock Church, his mood no longer as depressed and annoyed as before. He then saw Candy and several other strangers setting up stalls at the church entrance, indicating that they were indeed about to begin providing relief to the poor. Croya nodded slightly.

Although Kroya didn't think he deserved the exaggerated titles his adoptive father used, such as "born saint" and "pure white man," helping others brought him joy and satisfaction.

That's all he can do, and that's all he can do. He doesn't want to waste his time. As for what secrets are hidden in this church, he doesn't care.

"The next thing to do is test my abilities."

Kroya hasn't practiced his charged slash and basic runes properly yet, but now he has two more special abilities. If he can't master them, these special abilities and skills will only cause him trouble.

So before setting off, Kroya went to a small wilderness outside White Rock Town and bought an iron sword along the way for ten silver coins, which was enough for him.

However, after trying out the sword forged by Lejin, Kroya could also sense that the sword he bought still had many minor flaws and was far from being as perfect as the human blacksmith had boasted. The dwarven craftsmanship was truly extraordinary, and he would still need to buy a dwarven sword to use in the future.

The wilderness surrounding Whitestone Town is not dangerous except for the presence of wild animals. The grass stretches into the distance and is then blocked by distant mountains and forests, among which are many huge, moss-covered rocks.

Apart from a few country roads specifically built to lead to various villages, the rest of the area is sparsely populated, making it a good place for Kroya to try out his various skills and abilities.