Poverty makes me capable of anything.

As the person in charge, she was flanked by two burly men and two robots, while Anran and Ella appeared much thinner in comparison.

"Then how can I join the Mechanical Church?"

"Oh, this is very simple."

The girl raised her hand and tapped the wristband. A semi-transparent window popped up in the air: "Fill out this form and then pay the assessment fee of 500 biru."

That's it?

"If you pass the test, you'll have to pay another 5000 biru," the girl added.

"..."

An Ran tentatively asked, "Does this mean you don't accept cash?"

You're right.

"..."

Steamed bread slices.

"You guys must have learned this from the Mechanics' Guild, since your pricing is exactly the same."

The girl gave a cold laugh: "They're the ones who copied us!"

"Okay, regardless of who learned from whom, can't the additional five thousand biscuits be reduced a bit?"

"No!" the girl said doubtfully. "You are a mechanic, after all. 5000 Biru is just a small amount."

Yeah, I'm a mechanic, and I can't even come up with 5,000 Biru right now.

Steamed bread slices.

"That's it."

Anran turned around and was about to leave with Ella.

"You don't really not even have 5,000 biru, do you?" the girl asked in surprise.

"No."

"I'll go earn some money first, and then go check out the Mechanic's Guild in a few days."

"..."

The girl paused for a moment: "Our Mechanic Church is much stronger than the Mechanic Guild. You will definitely regret it if you choose the Mechanic Guild."

"Wherever I am, as long as I can learn the knowledge of intermediate mechanics, that's fine. The mechanics guild's headquarters looks much more impressive than yours. Anyway, the prices are the same, so I'll go there instead."

"Vulgar! You're so vulgar!" the girl scoffed. "This is architectural style, you know! Architectural style! That dilapidated building of the Mechanic's Guild has no style at all, it's so tacky. Look at ours, it fully embodies the characteristics of the Soul of Ether, look at this robot!"

The girl pulled the two strangely shaped robots.

"Look at these lights!"

She then pointed to the strange candle.

"Look at this ground!"

"..."

"If the Soul of Ether knew that you were actually comparing its style to those faithless people in the Mechanic's Guild, it would be furious!" the girl shouted.

So what exactly is the Soul of Ether?

I choose to leave.

"Wait!" The girl stopped An Ran, who was about to leave.

Her expression changed slightly, and after hesitating for a moment, she finally said, "Although this is against the rules, since you are sincere in wanting to join the Mechanical Church, the Soul of Ether has already instructed me to waive the fee of five thousand birus."

Uh……

Although I don't understand what Ether Soul is, it seems they're planning a big discount.

Are you telling the truth?

"Sister?" A burly man seemed to want to say something, but was stopped by the girl.

She then turned to Anran and said, "This is the will of the Ether Soul, so it must be true."

"Oh, that's alright. The assessment fee is five hundred. What are the assessment contents? After joining the Mechanical Church, how can I access the knowledge of intermediate mechanics?" An Ran went straight to the point.

"The assessment is about creating a robot like this."

The girl pointed to the robot beside her: "Don't worry, we will provide the materials and blueprints. As long as you pass my evaluation, you will be one of us."

"As for the knowledge of intermediate mechanics, you can learn it when your contribution level is high enough."

That's alright.

An Ran didn't plan to stay in this strange mechanical church for long. Her idea was to earn contribution points and make money at the same time, and leave the organization as soon as she reached the intermediate level.

"Then let's start the assessment as soon as possible."

"Are you alone?" The girl looked at Ella.

"It's just me."

"Fill this out first, it'll be quick, then pay the assessment fee."

"Row."

The virtual window that popped up on the girl collected some basic personal information, which was not much different from what the Mechanic Guild had, except that the Mechanic Guild had stricter requirements, requiring verification of an identity card.

“My name is An Ran. You can call me Tan Lu,” the girl said. “Of course, if you pass the test, you will have to call me Priest.”

Soon, An Ran began to look at the blueprints that Tan Lu handed over.

This is a mass-produced robot called "Cleric 001," developed by the Mechanical Church. The entire blueprint consists of 67 pages, which is less complex than the blueprints used to create Ella, but the internal structure is more refined and the technology is more advanced.

Similarly, this drawing only shows the structure and does not include the robot's core components.

Although she finished looking at the blueprints quickly, An Ran continued to pretend to look at them.

After all, it's impossible for an ordinary NPC to see that quickly.

"Boom!"

At that moment, a dull, loud bang came from outside the house, and even the ground inside the house seemed to shake.

"what happened?"

An Ran frowned and stood up.

The explosion came from quite far away, but the sound of an explosion in the city always makes people feel that something bad is about to happen.

"Tan Shi, go outside and check the situation," Tan Lu said.

A burly man standing behind her responded with a "Yes," then got up and walked out.

There were only the three of them in the lobby on the first floor.

However, from the shadows cast by the flickering candlelight on the second floor, Anran knew that there were several people from the Mechanical Church in this house.

"Waaah—"

"Waaah—"

"Ding-dong ding-dong ding-dong..."

However, not long after the burly man named Tan Shi went out, all sorts of noisy sounds came from outside.

There were sirens and cars honking their horns as they drove by, and the originally quiet environment suddenly became as if a Buddhist ritual had been performed.

This……

An Ran had just reached the door when Tan Shi turned back.

"How did it go?" An Ran and Tan Lu asked together.

Ella also looked at Tan Shi with curiosity.

“It’s Harrison again,” Tan Shi said.

Tan Lu stared wide-eyed in surprise: "Why hasn't this madman left yet?"

"He's in the east of the city; the police station there has supposedly been blown up."

"..."

Holy crap, that's impressive.

An Ran's eyes widened as well.

Even the planet Ruilando isn't peaceful.

"In the east of the city, that's good." Tan Lu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Tan Shi's report. "Haha, it would be best if the Mechanic Guild was blown up too."

"..." Tan Shi remained silent.

As a good follower, the best course of action is to remain silent.

“What does Harrison do?” Anran asked.

Tan Lu replied, "He is a professional criminal."

"Professional criminal?"

"In the Azure Forest, his bounty is 9 million Piru, but four years have passed since he first appeared on the bounty list and no one has been able to catch him."

"This guy is a madman. He overheard a captain from a merchant guild in Sarina insulting him, and then he blew up the guild. He's probably here because the Sarina police issued a statement," Tan Shi added.

"I heard that Harrison's goal is to become the number one on the Empire's bounty list."

“Then he has a long way to go,” An Ran said casually.

9 billion pesos.

Anran, whose predecessor was a notorious pirate known throughout the entire Night of the Stars, naturally disdained this.

Harrison's view of worth as measured by money is utterly pathetic.

However, this character should be considered an extremely powerful world boss at this stage.

9 million betas is a terrifying figure even for Enron now.

"Tch, he can only be arrogant for a while in the Blue Forest. Once he leaves the Blue Forest, any royal knight from the Empire could easily crush him."