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In the dark night, at the edge of the Bastis Oasis, in the camp where the church delegation was stationed, Vanya stood in her spacious tent, looking at the translucent virtual image of the nun in front of her, listening to the other party's words, and couldn't help but open her mouth slightly.
"Change to another place... Well... I don't think it's a good idea. I've only been here for a short time and haven't saved many people. It wouldn't be a good idea to leave like this..."
Looking at Evie in front of her, Vanya responded after a little thought, and Evie continued to respond.
"Are you sure you can solve the problem here? The root of the problem in Buserit is the product of the cultists in the south. Even the heretics who have been operating here for many years can't do anything about it. Are you sure you can deal with it? In the current situation, you can't complete your promotion ceremony if you don't solve this plague. Are you sure you want to waste time here? If you change places earlier, you may be able to complete the promotion earlier."
With a slight smile, Evie said this to Vanya, and there seemed to be a hint of persuasion in her tone. After listening to Evie's words, Vanya paused slightly, then her expression became serious and she spoke.
"Sister Evi, what you said... does make some sense. If you want to be promoted smoothly, perhaps you shouldn't waste time here fighting this troublesome plague. It would be better to go to another place... But I wonder, did I come to Buserit for promotion or for relief?" Vanya said this with a hint of confusion. Hearing her words, Evi's eyebrows raised slightly, and then she spoke.
"That's a good question, but judging from your original mission, you came here to provide relief in order to complete your promotion and ritual."
"Yes... On the surface, the relief I brought to Buserit this time was for promotion, but what was my promotion for? Isn't it to gain greater power, take on greater responsibilities, and shoulder a wider range of relief? Relief is for promotion, and promotion is for relief. So in the final analysis, what I need is relief, and promotion is just a means. I can't easily give up the goal because of the means... This is putting the cart before the horse..."
Vanya said this, and Evie couldn't help but nodded with a smile, and a strange light appeared on her face.
"So I think, Sister Evi, I can't give up Buserite so quickly. I still want to give it some time to try something. I don't have to solve this plague, but at least I need to do my best..."
With a serious look, Vanya looked at Evie in front of her and said, listening to her words, Evie responded slowly.
"Try my best... Is that what you think? If that's what you think, then give it a try here. If you want to give up in the end, just tell me..." Evie said to Vanya, and then her figure suddenly twisted slightly and disappeared. Seeing Evie disappearing in front of her, Vanya couldn't help but remain silent for a long time, and finally thought in her heart.
"Mrs. Evi... is she also testing me? I wonder if my answer just now satisfied her?"
Not long after Vanya and Evie finished their conversation, outside Vanya's tent, in a corner of the camp, a pair of eyes were staring at the tent silently.
The owner of this pair of eyes is none other than the church's visiting nun in Buserit, a woman named Faith. At this moment, she is sitting on a grass field, staring quietly at the big tent in the distance, and no one knows what she is thinking in her heart.
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"This Sister Evi...what is she trying to test me with?"
Dorothy was sitting in another smaller tent in the mission camp. He had just collected intelligence from Alima, and then learned about the conversation between Vanya and Evie in the big tent. He could not help but fall into deep thought.
"My previous guess was correct. The Redemptionists must have sensed something... This conversation between Evie and Vanya was a great attempt to test her, but whether it was to test Vanya herself or the power behind her is unknown. It could be one of the two, or a combination of both..."
Dorothy pondered this, and then she began to think that since the other party had begun to test her in this way, should she take the initiative to contact the other party?
'If this is a temptation of this degree...then let's not take any additional actions for the time being. Judging from the look of the redemptionists, they don't seem to be in a hurry. If they are not in a hurry, then I am not in a hurry either. Let's put it aside for now and wait until there is a real need.
"My most urgent task now is to stay in that city..."
Dorothy thought so in her heart, then she stood up, gently lifted the curtain of her tent, and looked into the distance. Then what she saw was the shadow of the ancient city looming in the darkness.
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As the moon sets, the night fades away.
Soon, after a night passed, the Bastis Oasis welcomed the dawn of a new day. Above the desert horizon in the distance, the rising sun cast its morning light on the oasis and the ancient city. The mission camp beside the oasis lake woke up in this light, wisps of smoke rose from the tents, and various morning prayers were heard.
Opposite to the mission camp, the ancient city of Bastis also welcomed a new day. The tired guards on the city wall were still concentrating on monitoring the camp in the distance. In the urban area behind the city wall, countless Bastis residents still started the day's activities.
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