Super-Order

[Must hurry back; the cathedral is no longer safe. Norin should have everything prepared at the secret inn, right?]

Just as Selina was suspecting that her mind-reading ability was malfunctioning, the Dragon Saintess’s voice abruptly reappeared in her mind.

The re-appearance of the voice dispelled Selina’s doubts.

She picked up her book, trying her best to disguise herself as a genuinely engrossed, unrelated individual. In reality, she secretly strengthened the connection of her spiritual thread.

As for the earlier incident, she just assumed that Aurelia’s inner and outer selves were equally taciturn.

The truth was, Aurelia had reached into her pocket earlier, and the circulating magic in her hand had temporarily cut off the Anti-Eavesdropper No. 2’s operation. She had deliberately leaked a thought.

After performing these actions, the magic used for severance dissipated, and the Anti-Eavesdropper No. 2 resumed operation.

[Did something really happen in the cathedral? Sure enough, while I was away,]

[The cathedral isn’t safe enough anymore?] Selina analyzed carefully, based on the thoughts she had just heard.

[The Dragon Saintess had Norin rent an inn outside. That girl is quite cautious, but what exactly has she prepared in the inn?]

The girl lowered her head, thinking deeply. On the other side, the Dragon Saintess was also dealing with the believers’ conversations, while scanning the surroundings with the corner of her eye for potential suspects.

Selina’s thoughts, transmitted through Anti-Eavesdropper No. 2, were heard by Aurelia word for word. Then, Aurelia’s face couldn’t help but show a strange expression. ‘Who exactly is eavesdropping on my thoughts? Why is this address so strange yet familiar?’

Just as Aurelia was about to cut off the Anti-Eavesdropper’s function again, to repeat her previous fishing operation, an anomaly suddenly appeared within her body, causing an unnatural flush on her face.

“Ugh…”

The Dragon Saintess grunted softly, her body swaying for a moment.

“Your Highness the Saintess!”

“Your Highness the Saintess, what’s wrong?”

Noticing the anomaly, the believers asked with concern.

“I apologize, everyone. These past few days, I’ve been feeling a little unwell.”

Aurelia forced a difficult smile onto her pale face.

“Is Your Highness the Saintess feeling unwell? Then please go back and rest quickly.”

“Yes, Your Highness the Saintess, your health is important.”

“Let’s quickly make way, so Her Highness the Saintess can go back and rest early.”

The believers were very understanding, showing concern and making way for her.

Amidst the concerned gazes of the believers, Aurelia’s figure walked into the depths of the cathedral, disappearing from view.

In the reading area, Selina closed the book in her hand, her gaze inadvertently sweeping over her surroundings. Then, as if sensing something, she walked out of the cathedral, mingled with the crowd, and disappeared.

Aurelia exited onto the street through the back door of the cathedral. At the same time, her clothes had been changed. A wide hood covered her face, making it difficult for the people on the street to discern her true identity.

Just like that, Aurelia blended into the crowd. And behind her, Selina’s figure closely followed. As the most professional thief in her previous life, when it came to tracking, she was a professional. In the crowd, Aurelia’s rather subtle figure was incredibly obvious in the girl’s eyes, as if she were marked.

Following the girl, after many twists and turns, the Dragon Saintess’s figure finally walked into a small inn hidden in an alley.

Selina looked at the inn, which didn’t even have a signboard, and without a second thought, she followed her inside.

Entering the inn, paying the fee, and getting a room, the girl, matching the room number in her hand, entered her room.

Although the inn looked old and worn from the outside, its interior decor was also equally old and worn. In short, it truly lived up to its name as an nameless inn in an alley.

But old and worn as it was, it had the advantage of being relatively clean.

Selina sat on the old wooden bed. The wooden bed, of unknown age, emitted a creaking sound.

After Aurelia entered the inn, she disappeared. Selina did not specifically look for her room number, but returned to her own room first to organize her thoughts and intelligence.

She had just arrived in the Imperial City, and everything was just beginning. She needed to clear her mind and logic first.

But the biggest problem now was what was wrong with the Dragon Saintess’s body? She was fine before returning, so why did she show obvious discomfort just now in the cathedral?

“If I’m not mistaken, she should be on the verge of advancing.”

At this moment, the omniscient and omnipotent Hestia appeared.

“Advancement state? That’s not right. With the Dragon Saintess’s talent, she shouldn’t only be advancing to High-tier now, should she? Wait, you mean…”

Selina’s mouth slightly parted in surprise.

“Precisely, she is advancing to Transcendent-tier. I can feel the dragon blood factors and magic power in her body undergoing a qualitative change in an uncontrolled state.”

Hestia affirmed this conjecture again.

If it truly was a Transcendent-tier advancement, then Selina not noticing it was understandable. After all, even at the peak of his strength in his previous life, Conde had always only been a High-tier peak warrior.

Although his profession was a thief, most of the abilities he used were Combat Aura, so he belonged to the warrior system.

Due to being heaven-deficient, he couldn’t create his own domain. Without a domain, which was the key to breaking through the tier barrier, his strength remained stuck at High-tier until his death.

Having never experienced the feeling of advancing to Transcendent-tier, it was naturally difficult for him to detect whether someone else was advancing to Transcendent-tier.

“No way, she’s so young, and she’s already advancing to Transcendent-tier?”

Selina frowned, her tone containing a hint of envy she didn’t even notice.

How difficult was Transcendent-tier advancement? How could she not know?

Back then, she dreamed of reaching that level. If her hardware strength couldn’t keep up, she would be stuck as a High-tier forever.

Although individual combat strength could not be completely defined by tier, just like he, with High-tier strength, often fought against Transcendent-tier enemies, certain abilities that could only be used upon reaching a fixed tier were still coveted.

Moreover, the Dragon Saintess should be following the path of a mage. So, reaching Transcendent-tier meant becoming a distinguished Transcendent Mage. In the future, when encountering enemies, she could boast lines like, “Raise a hand, Transcendent-tier, to show respect.”

Of course, Selina was an adult and would never envy such chuunibyou methods and rhetoric.

But the shock of Transcendent magic was still unforgettable.

Putting aside other things, the most vivid memory was from her childhood, the terrifying scene shown to her by that drunkard old man and Philene.

The old drunkard’s single saber strike splitting a mountain of ice—absolute oppression and violence.

And Philene, as an Elven mage, her use of Transcendent power was equally impactful.

Selina still clearly remembered that back then, her memories hadn’t recovered yet. Her young self pestered her mother to show off a trick, and Philene, doting on her, actually did…

At that time, in the entire massive royal training ground, there were only Selina and Philene. Philene completely abandoned the elegance and dignity of an empress.

With a clap of her hands, accompanied by deafening roars and the sound of the earth cracking, towering ancient trees rose from underground like earth dragons. Their gnarled and hardened giant trunks wantonly filled the entire training ground.

The professional training ground, as large as a basketball court, instantly transformed into a world of giant trees and ancient vines. And her young self, mouth agape, stared at the shocking scene, uttering the most astonishing exclamation ever.

“My goodness, a plant person…!”

‘What the hell is this, a real-life version of violent, wound-inflicting monsters?’