When the plot-skips players into the game world

When the image froze, they were once again confronted with a colorful, hallucinatory vision, as though they had consumed poisoned mushrooms.

Afterward, Aiwass returned to his seat, where he was surrounded by brightness in a space of pure white nothingness.

And before him, there stood three heavy stone doors.

Engraved upon the three doors, from left to right, were symbols: a burning candle, a cross with equal-length arms, and a geometric sun composed of a circle, four large triangles, and four small triangles.

—[Gate of Candle Fire],[Gate of Life],[Gate of Hope].

These three stone doors symbolized the completion status of three class change tasks.

The candle was not filled in at all, the cross was about half filled in with a gentle blue-green color, and the geometric sun had already turned entirely gold and red.

Light shone through the cracks of the second and third doors, while the first remained tightly closed.

One could choose the class change after completing one-third of the trial tasks. If the conditions for class change were met, the door would glow.

"...I've completed two trial tasks," Aiwass murmured.

But what surprised Aiwass was that the third door, which led to the class of Illuminator, was selectable.

According to Aiwass's memory, this profession seemed to have appeared later on. Before that, only occupations related to the monk discipline, prevalent in the paths of devotion associated with Horus and Parthia, could pass through [Gate of Hope].

Now, it seems... the professions in the real world don't always appear with the version updates. Just like the Ascension Sorcerer and Worshipper of Mithra, one could change classes as long as the conditions were met.

"Strange..."

Aiwass remembered that, apart from the levels of Illumination Art and Blessing Skill required, changing to an Illuminator also required the three luminous marks of "Light of Hope," "Light of Enlightenment," and "Light of Glory." He initially didn't plan on changing to an Illuminator but intended to advance another level and make up for the class change later—even though the class of Priest could change classes at the third energy level, it could be cultivated up to the fourth energy level at most.

To obtain these three marks required a class change task, and Aiwass vaguely remembered it involved helping other elves with three long tasks in the Holy Nation. This class change task told three stories, two of which were about "helping the unfortunate find hope" and "helping the disheartened find glory," while the third he forgot.

First, one had to undertake another task which put the soul in a "Thirst for Light State." Then, after each task was completed, one could collect the corresponding "luminous mark." Only after gathering all three marks could one enter the advancement ceremony to receive the trial task.

...Aiwass had thought there was some problem with the process. Now it seemed he had indeed completed the prerequisite tasks.

Strange?

If it was about helping others, Aiwass was indeed doing so, and had been all along. Over the years, it was not strange that he had just happened to complete the three marks. But as for the "Thirst for Light State," Aiwass had no idea what that was.

Now, Aiwass was not only eligible to change to an "Illuminator," but he could also change to the advanced class "Moonlight Scholar," a third class change for Priests that appeared later on. That was an advanced profession that only a Son of the Moon could change to, requiring dedicated service to the Eternal Self. Aiwass wasn't particularly interested in it.

Thus, Aiwass chose the third door.

As soon as he made his decision, the other two doors crumbled to ashes like newspaper burned by fire.

The third door then moved directly in front of Aiwass's gaze.

As the door creaked open, a path of light originated from beneath it, stretching towards Aiwass's seat—the completeness of this path depended on the progress of the tasks.

Judging by the completeness of the path, it seemed Aiwass had perfectly completed the [Beacon of Hope].

So, Aiwass stepped onto the path of light.

The moment he left his seat, everything around him, including the chair he had just vacated, dissolved into nothingness. He was walking forward, and there was only one path here.

As Aiwass walked forward, screen after screen of light fell before his eyes.

These were the scoring details of Aiwass's advancement:

[Necessary tasks completed (Points: 600)]

[The Heart is the Sanctuary: Instead of hiding within Moriarty Manor, headed straight to the Hall of Silver and Tin (Points: 100)]

[Trial of Candle Fire's Will: The total life force used for healing others exceeded the sum of one's own life force (Not completed)]

[Nature I Do Not Forget: Effectively healed others, ensuring their survival (Not completed)]

[Heart of Continuance: Safely evacuating as many family and friends from Avalon as possible (Points: 300)]

[Trial of the Life Watcher: Produced as many effective healings as possible (Points: 300)]

[Saving Detective Sherlock: Ensuring the survival of Sherlock Hermes (Not completed)]

[Love's Revenge Oath: Killing Charles Drost (Points: 500)]

[The Day of Ruin Approaches: Staying on Glass Island without evacuating, surviving to the end (Points:500)]

[Trial of Beacon of Hope: Saving those certain to die (Points: 1000)]

[Only I Can Do This: Stopping the conspiracy of Star Antimony (Points: 1000)]

[The Shadow of Avalon: Completing 'Ouroboros,' ensuring a survival rate of over 70% for civilians on Glass Island (Points: 1000)]

[Total Points 5300, Rank 1]

...Ah?

Seeing the astonishing points total, Aiwass was momentarily stunned, hardly able to believe it.