Can't I develop my own character?

After all, although there are not many extraordinary people, there are still quite a few of them in the entire empire.

They can't possibly take care of everything; that's unrealistic.

The Fire-Chasing Covenant even has to find ways to win over some neutral transcendents.

If 'Lin Qi' was not from the Gate of Janus, but a non-denominational transcendent, then he could consider developing him into an investigator.

But this possibility should be small. Forget it. It is too troublesome to win over such a person... Jonathan looked at the bodies of the dead cultists and then at Ryan. Compared with Lin Qi, he is more willing to develop a newcomer like Ryan who has potential and loyalty.

"Keep looking, don't miss any blind spots."

......

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the preliminary investigation of 228 Heading Street was completed, and Ryan returned to the police station with Jonathan.

Then he used the excuse of "going to the toilet" and opened the game while squatting on the toilet.

start up!

"Ok?"

As soon as he took over the control of Lin Qi, Ryan discovered that the former had a new title on his head - 'Priest of the Gate of Janus'.

"???"

A series of question marks appeared in Ryan's head.

"what's the situation?"

He opened the hang-up record and read on, his expression gradually becoming strange.

According to the AI ​​AFK display, this morning a Janus believer who was corrupted by evil power came to the church for help. His situation was very dangerous and the two priests were helpless... After all, he was just a charlatan who could recite a few verses from the scriptures. How could you expect him to really do his job as a priest?

Just when the cultist was in excruciating pain, Lin Qi cast a purification spell and brought him back to life.

In fact, the so-called evil power is not uncommon in this world. Even for extraordinary people, the Outer Gods are very mysterious. The official explanation given by the game is that these Outer Gods are all "conceptual" existences. For example, the Blood God believed in by the Blood Cult is a collection of "war" and "killing". Any blood brought by cruelty, anger, and disputes will make the Blood God feel happy.

The stronger the power born from these concepts, the stronger the power of the Outer Gods will be, so they will be keen to develop their own beliefs and stir up religious disputes on the continent.

However, due to the real existence of the power of outer gods, under certain special circumstances these powers will distort real creatures, which is the so-called erosion of evil forces.

Those who are eroded will turn into various "monsters" and lose their rationality.

Ryan remembered that there were tasks in the game to clean up these "monsters", such as octopuses, ratmen, two-headed and three-headed monsters, and some war maniacs who had gone berserk. There was nothing he could not see.

If the evil power is not deeply eroded, it can be removed by purification.

Then something interesting happened. Somehow, this matter was known to a high priest of the Gate of Janus in Berman City. After verification and testing, Lin Qi became a glorious Janus priest with her recommendation.

As soon as the other party left, Ryan came.

As for why it was so fast, he could only sigh at the efficiency of the Janus Gate. At the same time, it was probably because 'Lin Qi' had a clean background and a systematic fabricated personality, so there was no need to worry about this.

"So, people with extraordinary talents are still very popular in this world."

The high priest left, but not completely. Ryan knew that the other party was lurking in Berman City because he knew the guy's identity very well - Leah Mansdeka, a member of the protagonist group at the beginning of the game, a genuine third-level extraordinary person.

Leah is from Barron, the capital of the August Empire. The reason she is lurking here is to hunt down a core member of the Blood Archbishop.

Ryan hadn't expected the world to be so small, and that's how he encountered Lin Qi. With the AI ​​AFK, Lin Qi was just playing a game. Isn't that just completing quests to earn a title? Joining a faction to advance the plot, he's an old AI player.

"Now I have really become a priestess of Janus." Ryan touched his chin. That's good. It will be more convenient to work in the future with this identity.

Do you think 'May the goddess Janus forgive your sins' is just talk?

However, after joining the Gate of Janus, Lin Qi's job transfer path has basically been bound, and she definitely can no longer transfer to a Soul Eater.

Ryan discovered that there was a passive skill called 'Janus's Blessing' on Lin Qi's attribute bar, which increased the magic power and magic recovery speed by 5%.

This skill is upgradeable. He remembered that some big guys in the game forum had achieved a 50% increase in strength, but that required achieving a very high level of achievement and glory in the Gate of Janus.

As for now...she is just a little Camilla who hasn't changed her job yet.

Of course, it is different for ordinary believers.

"Priest Lin Qi, please listen to my sins!"

"Priest Lin Qi, I am guilty!"

'Priest Lin Qi...'

Inside the Janus Church, unlike the usual scenes where everyone was looking for the priest, almost everyone in the church gathered around Lin Qi, and Father Peter, who was supposed to listen to everyone's troubles and help them solve their problems, did the work of a nun and assisted Priest Lin Qi.

It was obvious that they knew Leah and knew how noble her status was.

Although 'Lin Qi' has not been transferred yet, he has become a priest of the Gate of Janus at a young age and has embarked on the road to light. Little Camilla of their level can only look up to him in the future.

Looking at those fanatical believers, Ryan's mouth twitched. Damn, the small trumpet is even more popular than the big one.

"Being popular is useless."

【Charm +1】

"Great, please be more popular!"

Chapter 16 Casradi: This priest is very special

The charm attribute in Empress Online does not directly affect the character's ability, but it has a very important function, which is to increase the success rate of the player's first-person shooting.

It’s a shooting game, so of course you have to improve your favorability.

To improve favorability, you need to complete tasks and follow the storyline.

However, many tasks cannot be triggered if the charm is not enough.

For example, if the character's charm point is 8, then his favorability with the heroine may only be holding hands.

If your charm points reach 10, you can kiss.

And so on.

Each character's favorability has a potential charm value requirement, but charm does not increase with level, but is improved through various tasks, props and plots.

For example, now, 'Lin Qi' has gained 1 point of charm due to his increased popularity.

Don't underestimate this point, sometimes it can change the direction of the plot.

Ryan was sure that if Lin Qi's initial charm was only 8, he would not have become a priest of Janus so easily.

"Having said that, this guy's initial charisma is indeed a bit absurdly high."

He remembered that in the game, it was difficult for the initial character creation charm value to exceed 8 points, and it was basically below 8 points. A charm of 10 points was quite high, and above 10 points were all monsters. 'Lin Qi's' 13 points, if not to say the most stunning, was at least a natural charm. In the game, he could directly pass most character favorability tasks.

"It's better than nothing, but I can't rely on favorability to pass the level like in games."

Ryan didn't care much about Charm. After all, its influence was rather 'intangible', not as tangible as Constitution and Magic Power. Could it be that Lin Qi was expected to rely on selling her looks to win over those game characters? Come on! The important characters in this game are all girls, so gender is unclear!

After setting Lin Qi to idle mode, Ryan walked out of the bathroom and headed towards Jonathan's office.

...

Here.

Gate of Janus Church.

Two figures appeared on the left side of the gate. One of them was wearing a wide-brimmed hat with the brim pulled down, making it difficult to see his face.

"Your Highness, is it necessary for us to come so early? There are many people in the church now, and it is too dangerous for us to go in." Echo said in a low voice.

"Don't worry, not many people here know me, so we just need to avoid attracting attention."

Casladi was not worried about ordinary people recognizing her. As the fifth princess of the empire, she rarely appeared in public. She had been studying at St. Marian's College in recent years, so even fewer people would recognize her.

Of course, it's not that no one has seen her face, it's just that knowing so little about her makes it easy to overlook her. It's like trying to find someone you've only met once. If it's been so long, even if you run into them again, you might pull out a photo and compare it, asking, "Is that you in this photo?"

Casradi adjusted the brim of his hat and peered into the church curiously, saying, "I haven't seen Uncle Bill in years. We haven't been in touch since Mother died. I'm unsure of his situation, so it's best to come early."

"Your Highness is worried that Mayor Bill has defected..."

"Just be careful. Don't say anything without evidence."

"Feel sorry..."

"It's okay, Echo. Your suspicion is justified. My current situation is too dangerous." Kasradi asked doubtfully, "What happened in there?"

Eco looked into the church and discovered that a group of believers were gathered together inside.

"Looks like a nun."

"Go and ask around."

"Yes."

Eco walked inside and asked a believer standing outside.

"You're not from Central City, are you?" the cultist asked excitedly, "You don't know how powerful Priest Lin Qi is!"

"Priest Lin Qi?"

Echo was stunned. As far as she knew, the priest of the Gate of Janus in Berman City died in a cult activity, and because of this, the church sent people to investigate and track him down.

The Gate of Janus and the Hand of Darkness, the two major sects are fighting secretly, and many extraordinary people are aware of this.

Part of the reason why Casradi came here early was related to this.

But Eco had not heard that Janus had sent a new priest to take over.

"Your Highness, it's the new priest."

Ai Ke told everyone what he had learned.

"Priest? So young?"

Casladi tilted her head. She saw Lin Qi from afar and felt that he was very young. Generally speaking, if someone could become a priest at this age, they would have a bright future.

"Priest of Janus..."

Casradi pondered for a moment. She had recently been considering winning over the Janus Gate to build up strength for the upcoming fight for the throne.

It’s a pity that the Janus Gate has always kept its distance from the struggle for imperial power and never got overly involved. This is also the reason why various countries have maintained a relatively relaxed policy towards the expansion of the Janus Gate. Otherwise, if you meddle in this and that every day, everyone will be on guard against you.

Casradi originally planned to use the incident of the Hand of Darkness to establish a relationship with the Gate of Janus, but unfortunately he was a step too late and was intercepted by the mysterious man.

At this moment, Ai Ke suddenly lowered his voice and said hurriedly: "Your Highness, that guy looks like the one I met on Heding Street!"

"Who?"

"That priest!"

They look alike, so alike, the more they look, the more they look alike!

Echo stared at Lin Qi in the church. She didn't need to get close to confirm Lin Qi's appearance because she didn't see the latter that night. But from the feeling of looking at him from afar at this moment, Echo immediately thought of the scene last night.

Silver hair, girl, this height and body type.

Kasladi frowned. It did make sense that the priests of the Gate of Janus would fight with the cultists, but... would the priests kill people with guns?

...

Casladi didn't know whether the priest would kill someone with a gun, but she knew she needed to confirm it.

What if, what if this priest is the man from last night?

Somehow, the more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Janus was already dealing with the Hand of Darkness, so it seemed not impossible for the priestess to appear at the cult ceremony and kill everyone... Well, from Echo's description, the opponent's strength didn't seem to be enough to kill everyone.

There are doubts, so we need to prove them. There is still some time, so Casradi walked into the church and slowly approached the crowd.

She did not go to confront Lin Qi, but stood aside and listened to the priest solve the troubles of all living beings.

After listening for a while, I didn't think there was anything wrong. She was very beautiful, had a pleasant voice, and her interpretation of the scriptures was very accurate. She was also very patient... Wait, wait, wait, this is too perfect, right? Casradi was stunned. This guy should be the saint of Janus instead of a priest?

"Strange, why do I always feel that she is a little special."

The girl's gaze passed through the crowd and met Lin Qi's gaze, who nodded politely at her.

I have to say that 'Lin Qi' standing in the front of the crowd is really beautiful, with pure and clean eyes and unique temperament. After wearing the nun's clothes, she gives people an even more sacred feeling.

Casradi was in a trance, staring intently, and when he turned around, he found that 'Lin Qi' had actually walked in front of him.

"Ma'am, what's troubling you?"

written request for leave

I have a fever. My whole family has been sick recently. I really don’t have the mood to write anymore, so I’m taking a day off.