"Waste Goddess."

"Say that one more time!"

"Vestis, Waste Goddess!"

"You really aren't afraid I'll kill you, huh!"

"If you don't like it, then go ahead and do something! We agreed to collaborate, but now I regret it a lot!"

"I, Goddess of Death and Magic, am ranked in the top ten in battle prowess among the gods of the Star Continent!"

"Look at the mess you've made first. You've already taken the core of the Cosmic Serpent, how could you leave it so it could finally ambush Louis?"

Alice's angry scolding made Vestis feel a bit guilty.

She instinctively felt she should be more authoritative in front of her followers.

But now she could sense that Alice wasn't listening at all.

An unreasonable little woman.

Vestis grumbled but still held her patience and said, "I can't help him, but he should be fine. I can't enter his Ocean of Souls, is it because there's something else hidden inside it?"

"What's hidden?"

"It feels somewhat like Glory. That scoundrel looks filled with a sense of honor, but has always been someone who uses any dirty trick to eliminate enemies."

"Really the God of Glory and Justice?" Alice's eyes shone.

"There aren't many gods who can stop me," Vestis reluctantly added.

"That's alright then, His Majesty is more reliable than you." Alice sat down contentedly.

Vestis: ???

Filthy beast, look at what you're saying!

Revolting!

How could there be a divine selection like you!

No divine favorer could be more audacious than you!

But Vestis was puzzled.

Because she increasingly felt that the terrifying deterrence radiating from deep inside Louis's soul was somewhat beyond her expectations.

Though she had heard that this generation's Pope of Glory was one of the great sins itself, she never imagined Glory could be so compatible with Louis.

Divine selectors and divine selectors are not the same. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Divine favorers can receive gifts from gods, but due to their firm beliefs, they may not necessarily walk the same path as the gods.

To put it differently, divine favorers and gods are "companions" in terms of ideology; they don't need a hierarchical relationship.

Hence, divine favorers have a significant impact on the church but may not be very strong.

Because if they're not your followers and don't take the path of a priest, it's actually difficult for them to bear the divine power and display terrifying strength.

Whether or not to accept godly descent is up to the divine favorer.

This leads to a somewhat awkward problem.

That Louis, obviously a divine favorer of the Wealth Goddess, couldn't intervene much when the battle erupted.

But divine selectors are different.

Divine selectors have a direct subordinate relationship with the gods, the initiative is on the side of the god.

Yet, there is also a difference between divine selectors.

Simply understanding divine selectors as "containers" allows one to see that no matter how much power is bestowed, the container's capacity is limited.

Otherwise, why would she need to collaborate with that troublesome girl Alice?

Those who have historically accepted the gods' transformation of their bodies are naturally larger containers.

Alice was a rare gem Vestis hadn't seen in a thousand years.

Truly, not every divine selector can unleash a force capable of heavily damaging the Cosmic Serpent.

If it were that simple, gods wouldn't descend upon divine selectors only to be besieged to death by demigods over the years.

But... Louis, this human, is peculiar.

Even among the gods in the Star Continent, Glory is exceptionally domineering and formidable.

—And divine selectors are also exceptionally few.

To put it frankly, the number of divine selectors in the Church of Glory and Justice may be low, but their quality is remarkably high.

Many gods do not understand why this is the case.

A plausible explanation is that Glory does not favor ordinary divine selectors.

But Vestis believes Glory's elite approach might relate to another matter.

That is the [Hero].

The birth of heroes in the Star Continent is largely tied to Glory.

Glory's weapons, Glory's armor, the blessings of Glory's authority... and a small portion of the world's blessings.

Those outside the Divine Realm think a hero's birth mainly relies on the world itself.

However, within the Divine Realm, there are many secrets claiming a hero's birth stems more from Glory's will.

In other words, a [Hero] is essentially half a divine selector of Glory.

It is precisely due to the existence of [Heroes] that they occupy a significant portion of Glory's divine selector quota.

This likely explains the scarcity of divine selectors under Glory's banner.

It is not that he wants to pursue an elite strategy, but rather his divine selector quota does not allow him to pursue a quantitative strategy.

But... this Prince Ense is too peculiar.

Glory's divine selection can't be hidden from the Divine Realm, let alone the church.

Once born, it will undoubtedly be known across the continent.

She is certain that this kid is not Glory's divine selector.

—At least not before today.

Without conforming with the god and mutually contracting to become a divine selector, he theoretically wouldn't even qualify to be a container.

But the fact is that Glory easily expelled her from Louis's Ocean of Souls.

Even the Wealth Goddess sensed something amiss and tried to enter, but was similarly expelled.

This indicates that Louis can contain far more of Glory's power than they understand.

But the thing is, he's not even a divine selector!

To draw a comparison, even Alice had to first become a divine selector to acquire the "container" trait to collect divine power.

But Louis doesn't need the container trait at all to massively absorb Glory's power.