The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing
Chapter 53 "The Desire of the Star of Order" — An Su Moningsta

Lost.

In this contest of wisdom, Ai Xueli was utterly defeated.

Even her last shred of dignity had been completely stripped away.

She was an... an auntie who sexually harassed minors.

"I... I was wrong."

In the long silence,

Due to the shame of being scolded, Ai Xueli's cheeks flushed red, her shoulders trembling as she whimpered, "Please... please don't... please don't spread the word, I... I am that auntie."

"Did you just say that people from the borderlands are born to be misunderstood?" An Su said calmly.

She hung her head low, whimpering,

"I'm sorry... I was wrong, I... never again... I'll never look down on the borderland lords again... please, please forgive me, borderland lord..."

"Now, sign the authorization," An Su said softly, "although shortly after the test began, you will be eliminated by the Eye of Order for violating ethics."

An examiner's signature was needed for authorization, otherwise An Su would just have a perfect score.

"You..." Ai Xueli bit her lip, her eyes reddened as she looked at An Su with a look of desperation and anger, and deep resentment.

Born, born...

She was clearly a genius.

A magic genius—this was Ai Xueli's only pride.

Yet she was going to be eliminated for such a reason.

Eliminated for the reason of 'sexually harassing a minor'!

She couldn't accept it at all.

With a slightly trembling hand, she slowly signed the authorization.

The Bionic Alchemy Array slowly activated, and she gradually transformed into An Su's appearance, her hair slowly turning to grey, her pupils slowly taking on a deep blue hue, her clothes turning into a snow-white robe.

The Alchemic Magic Circle finally activated.

The impatient examinees made quite a noise.

They whispered amongst themselves.

"The test has finally started... What exactly happened?"

"An Su Moningsta, I remember this guy, did he do something strange to the examiner?"

"This guy can only play despicable tricks."

"Like what?"

"For example, after he finished the test first yesterday, he actually posted his correct answers all over the dormitory! They were everywhere! You could see them the moment you got up!"

"...So it was this guy who did it!"

"He'll show his true colors during the practical test..."

"Real combat is still about real strength after all."

Meanwhile, the priests on the third floor were also watching silently.

Priest Paxi didn't know that the test was destined to end from the beginning.

An Su watched another self, replaceing this feeling quite peculiar.

Things developed so smoothly... even he was quite surprised.

After about ten seconds, the Scales of Order would announce the end of the test.

And he himself would achieve the feat of the fastest clearance.

With that little time, An Su thought he could still bluff for a moment.

This was mainly to fool those priests up there, to show that although An Su's moral level wasn't high, he still had some skill in magic.

After that, when the reward was given to him, they wouldn't have much to complain about.

It was best to make the priests acknowledge him.

An Su weighed the magic wand in his hand, feeling Ai Xueli's resentful and aggrieved gaze, and found it quite interesting.

"Priestess Ai Xueli," An Su said earnestly, "the selection of these four initial stage magics is not as dirty and lowly as you think. Each has its unique uses."

Actually, there were many combinations of magics to choose from, but An Su intentionally chose in that direction.

Hearing An Su's words, Ai Xueli's cheeks flushed even redder; this guy was talking nonsense again.

In the game strategies from his previous life, the four most basic initial stage magics—[Arrow Shooting], [Interference Resonance], [Earth Tremor], [Sensory Blessing]—could be combined into a hidden intermediate stage magic.

"[Arrow Shooting]."

An Su deftly swung the magic wand; Arrow Shooting was an initial stage non-attributive magic that consumed one magic point and could create arrows out of the elements nearby,

For instance, An Su this time chose the water stains on the ground to form a bundle of water arrows.

This was standard procedure, as Ai Xueli thought to herself.

"[Earth Tremor]," An Su used this magic on the water arrows, integrating the continuously circling tremor waves into the water arrows.

Blending magics, huh... Ai Xueli was somewhat surprised.

This required a high demand on spiritual power, but An Su had received so many blessings from the Mother Goddess that his spiritual power far exceeded that of ordinary people.

"[Interference Resonance]," An Su then used Interference Resonance.

He moved quickly; these three magics were used in a matter of seconds, and if Ai Xueli's gaze hadn't been fast enough, she wouldn't have even been able to keep up with his pace.

Now, Ai Xueli was somewhat confused; she didn't cast any spells either... Who was An Su interfering with?

Was he interfering with his own spellcasting?

An Su was indeed disrupting himself, or rather, the fusion of "Earthquake Tremor" and "Arrow Shot".

Applying disruption magic to the realm of magic fusion to create heterogeneous magic combinations... this was a line of thought he had never considered before.

Ai Xueli's pupils became even brighter.

But such an experiment should have been conducted hundreds of times in the alchemy workshop to replace magic texts that could be fused together, and the magic produced by heterogeneous combinations was highly uncertain, with the vast majority being less useful than before.

— An Su naturally didn't need to experiment, as in his previous life those gaming experts had already tried it out.

Moreover, the most important point was that disruption resonance was a kind of disruption magic, which required a high level of precision and strong perception abilities to control it.

Ai Xueli suddenly thought of something, "Sensory Blessing", all senses could be doubled.

Was the magic she had always thought to be crooked actually having legitimate uses?

With this thought, cold sweat trickled down Ai Xueli's cheeks.

Keep in mind that An Su was not yet fifteen years old.

He, who could think this far ahead, was his magical talent not far surpassing her own?

What mattered now was whether "Earthquake Tremor" could heterogeneously fuse with "Arrow Shot".

The answer was yes.

Priest Paxi made a questioning noise.

Several priests subconsciously leaned forward.

The arrows in An Su's hands had completely changed in appearance, as the mixed magic vortices swirled and weaved within the water arrow, elongating it until it resembled less an arrow and more a sinister spear.

"Arrow Shot. Tremor Hetero-fusion"

These four initial stage magics formed a magic of intermediate stage or higher.

An Su's casting speed was very quick; almost simultaneously casting the four magics, within a few seconds, the spear was formed in his hands, and the surrounding examinees couldn't even understand what had happened.

He threw the watery spear straight at Ai Xueli.

Ai Xueli also fused "Earthquake Tremor" and "Arrow Shot"

but she couldn't use disruption hetero-fusion like An Su; when the two magics collided, a tremendous torrent of magical power rushed back towards Ai Xueli's side, kicking up a huge cloud of dust.

The breathing of the surrounding examinees seemed to come to a halt.

When the dust settled, Ai Xueli's disheveled appearance was revealed.

You, you could have passed the test using sheer strength,

Why did you have to toy with me!

Do you think humiliating others is fun!

She was almost on the verge of tears.

Ai Xueli had been thoroughly convinced.

Whether it was intelligence, perseverance, courage,

or her most prized magical talent,

she had been utterly defeated by the boy not yet fifteen standing before her.

Having lost in both body and mind to An Su, she could no longer muster the will to resist.

She wasn't even able to make An Su fully enjoy himself.

The one thing Ai Xueli couldn't accept was that, with An Su's level, if it were a normal exam, he could have won within two minutes at most.

"You could have won directly, so why did you go around in circles?"

Toying and training people, was that this guy's hobby?

Was this his sexual desire!

Of course, it was to brush achievements... An Su calmly watched her, thinking to himself.

"Examiner Ai Xueli," under the clear sunshine, An Su's expression was solemn and sacred, "I used my wisdom to uphold the Church's order, that's all."

He used his wisdom to identify a potential sexual offender, preserving the Church's order!

Meanwhile, the verdict of the Scales of Order resonated throughout the entire hall.

None of the examinees even realized what had happened by the time the exam was concluded.

"Examination over."

"Examiner disqualified for rule violation."

What... the examiner got disqualified for rule violation?

All the examinees were bewildered.

They doubted they were hallucinating.

"Examiner's endurance time: 27s"

"Examinee An Su Moningsta, exam number 61, scored one hundred percent, for breaking the thirty-year record speed and for defending order and the law, the God of Order has granted a divine title."

"Divine Title: Star of Order"

That was the hidden reward of the Radiant Holy See's exam for joining the Church, the record-breaker could obtain a title granted by the God of Order—this was the hidden reward.

The previous record holder, sixty years ago, was Merlin Andre, lauded as the 'God of Law', who took only one minute to overpower a Priest.

And if An Su wanted to break this record, he had to use unorthodox means.

Today marked the first battle of the "Star of Order", and in the future, an even more resounding title would echo throughout the empire,

the first of the Borderland Triumvirs, "Star of Orderly Desire"—the born An Su Moningsta. Your journey continues with empire

His father, far away in the borderlands, would also feel proud and honored for him.