"Those applying for land allocation, come this way."
"Old sir, citizen registration is over here; that side is for business permits."
"Sister, this little girl just moved here with her family, and her mother is seriously ill. She needs to request help from a God's Grace who possesses the Divine Blessing of healing."
"Understood. Please also help their family with housing allocation."
The central area of Jerok is where various civil affairs are handled. This area surrounds the central Church, the interior of which is not accessible to ordinary believers.
Only God's Grace and the priests and sisters permitted to work inside can enter. Of course, even if an ordinary person accidentally enters, it's fine; at most, they will just be led out.
If one enters with malicious intent, the barrier generated by the 'Holy Artifact' placed in the Church hall will actively launch a mental attack, causing their emotions to become extremely depressed.
This was a usage discovered by Lord An, combining it with his Divine Blessing.
Lord An had already upgraded his Divine Blessing to Lv.3 in a short period, which is roughly equivalent to the strength of the Vassals who had just obtained Grace Lv.1.
The upgrade of a God's Grace's Divine Blessing is not only achieved through training; their own merits can also increase its level.
Lord An assisted the Divine Envoys in rapidly establishing the Religious State and quickly spreading the Divine Order. This merit was enough to receive feedback from the Gods.
The more contributions made to the Gods, the more feedback the Gods provide.
The Vassals are naturally the same, except that Vassals do not increase their strength but rather their potential.
If they were to increase their strength, it would happen extremely quickly with the Vassals' growth abilities.
Najenda looked in shock at the service area, which was filled with an incredibly long queue.
"They actually allocate land directly and provide free housing—"
All land in the Empire belongs to the nobles; commoners have no land. Even land cultivated by commoners themselves belongs to the nobles.
The Revolutionary Army is the same; the land occupied by the Revolutionary Army belongs to the Revolutionary Army. Commoners farming on the Revolutionary Army's land merely pay much lower taxes than to nobles.
"Of course. The Religious State will allocate enough land, and there will be no taxes for ten years. Moreover, any land cultivated by oneself will belong to oneself."
At this moment, a clear yet somewhat naive voice came, and a brown-haired young man walked over, dressed in a white priest's robe.
"God's Grace!" a nearby believer said with respect and admiration.
"You are?" Brand looked at the approaching God's Grace youth and suddenly felt a sense of closeness, as if the other person was his junior, yet he had definitely never met him before.
"Oh, my name is Tatsumi. I just arrived here yesterday." Tatsumi scratched his head: "Originally, my two other fellow villagers and I were going to try our luck in the Imperial Capital."
"Later, halfway there, I received the Divine Blessing from the Gods, and I heard that the Gods had established a Religious State here, so I came."
"You've just received the Divine Blessing! Bishop An!" Just as Tatsumi was about to say something, he felt the suppression from a higher-level Divine Blessing and quickly looked over.
He and his two fellow villagers had met Lord An when they arrived in Jerok yesterday and clearly understood what this suppression was.
"Sorry, sorry." Tatsumi scratched his head with an embarrassed smile.
"It's fine, kid. We just arrived too. Lead the way for us." Leone said, crossing her arms.
"Yes, yes, yes, this way, come this way. Lord An is usually in the main hall."
Tatsumi led the way, sweating profusely. He never expected to run into Bishop An as soon as he came out.
Night Raid entered the Church area with great curiosity.
The area where the Church is located is very magnificent and sacred. This was mainly due to the wealth plundered by Berlick in the past. Coincidentally, the Church also needed this sense of grandeur, so they slightly modified the interior to add a touch of holiness.
In the square in front of the Church stands a pure white statue of Xia Wei, dozens of meters high. The statue looks into the distance, slowly opening its hands, in a compassionate posture of embracing all beings.
"It really is the God—." Leone's mouth twitched as she looked at the statue. The God she had seen was never so compassionate, but she still clasped her hands together and bowed devoutly.
Najenda, Mine, and Akame, seeing this, also quickly clasped their hands and bowed.
"Tatsumi? Why are you still at the Church? You must be slacking off again!" A girl with long black hair walked over angrily, holding a magic staff.
"Sayo—. Didn't you go to the farmland outside the city to Promoting crops—why—." Tatsumi stammered nervously. He had treated Sayo as an older sister since childhood, and Sayo hated to see him idle and slacking off.
"Ilias has already joined the Arbitration Group to crusade against evil noble bullies, why haven't you gone yet? Do you deserve the grace of the Gods?" Sayo put her hands on her hips: "If my Divine Blessing wasn't 'Plant Growth,' I would have joined the Arbitration Group too."
"I was rejected by the Arbitration Group for being too weak," Tatsumi said, feeling wronged.
His Divine Blessing is "Resistance." Getting hit can increase his resistance to blows, and being burned can increase his fire resistance, but each increase is very small, and it didn't help much in combat at first.
"Hmph, the Divine Blessings of the Gods are all powerful. You must be slacking off yourself," Sayo said, expressing her disappointment that he wasn't living up to his potential.
"You two are arguing again, and you're arguing under the statue. That's too disrespectful to the Gods," a pink-haired girl wearing headphones walked over.
"Chelsea senior—" Sayo and Tatsumi instantly stiffened.
"Hurry up and get to work. Everyone is busy."
Chelsea took a lollipop from the pocket of her skirt, slowly unwrapped it, and put it in her mouth, sighing softly.
She received her Divine Blessing, "Telekinesis," on the night before the Religious State was established, the night the Divine Envoys descended.
However, she was not assigned to the Arbitration Group. Instead, due to her past experience as a clerk in a noble's household, she was assigned to the Church to handle the continuously piling up documents.
Now it was time for her shift change, so she came out to get some fresh air.
Her eyes were now full of light.
This place was simply heaven for her. As someone with 'Chameleon · Gaea Foundation,' she had personally witnessed too much darkness, including within the Revolutionary Army.
Here, there was truly no darkness or corruption. In fact, everyone holding important positions was almost fanatically upright, unable to tolerate any injustice or evil.
"You two go get busy. I'll take care of Night Raid here. After all, we used to be colleagues," Chelsea said with a hint of teasing.
"Colleagues? What do you mean?" Mine asked, confused.
"I used to be with the Revolutionary Army, but I left the night I received my Divine Blessing," Chelsea said, shrugging her shoulders.
"You've come at a good time. Not only is Bishop An here, but a Divine Envoy is also present. This isn't an opportunity every God's Grace gets, you know."
"Divine Envoy—" Night Raid's voices instantly quieted.
They had already learned that Divine Envoys descended from the heavens, and each possessed miraculous power.
"I heard there are four Divine Envoys, and one of them is a Saintess. I wonder which one it is?" Najenda asked softly.
"You'll know when you get there," Chelsea said deliberately.