Struggle in the Steam Age

　　 On the podium, after Lawrence delivered his short speech of only five or six minutes. The deputy commander of the Federation took out a gold badge from the box and pinned Lawrence on his left chest. The front of the badge is embossed with the head of the first President of the Federal Science Association, while the back is manually knocked out with the name of the winner and the date of the award.

　　 "Congratulations, Mr. Lawrence August." After putting the badge on Lawrence, the federal deputy commander took a half step back and said, "Congratulations on becoming a member of the Federal Science Association."

　　 "Thank you, sir." Lawrence bowed to the deputy commander, then he turned to the auditorium and bowed to the audience. In an instant, all the people watching the ceremony applauded under the podium.

　　 As usual, there is a small buffet buffet, where everyone enjoys the delicious food prepared by a high-level chef who is specially found not far from the Rose Palace, while listening to a small band. During this period, all the guests gathered in twos and threes and discussed some topics of interest.

　　As the president of Far Harbor University, Henry Johnson is willing to provide some help to the students who graduated there. So he enthusiastically introduced every scholar and their achievements to Lawrence.

　　 After turning around, the principal went to chat with his old friends. Lawrence had planned to go to the side of the long tables to find some food, but this time Priest Carter stopped him. "Come with me, Lawrence."

After Priest Carter came to a small room on the edge of the living room, Lawrence found that there were already several people waiting here in this small room, and the seat was a middle-aged woman he did not know. priest.

Although Lawrence didn’t know the priest, she could tell from her yellow-green robe that she came from an agricultural church, and the golden holy emblem with diamonds on her chest indicated that the priestess should be a district-level priest. The scepter of the priest.

　　 "Mr. August, I have something to ask you, I hope you can answer it truthfully." The priestess asked when Lawrence sat down on the sofa. The whispers around her before she opened her mouth disappeared.

　　 "Excuse me, sir." Lawrence said after bending his upper body slightly. "If I can answer, I will answer."

　　 "Don't worry, I won't ask about privacy. After all, we are looking for you for a good thing." The priestess smiled and said, Lawrence felt a kind of motherly kindness from her smile. Then she waved her hand and summoned a tree stump as tall as a human from the ground. "Next, I hope you can do your best to cast the most powerful magic you have at this stump."

　　 "Is it the strongest magic?" Lawrence scratched his hair helplessly. "But the most powerful magic I have is not attack magic."

　　 "It's okay, as long as it is magic." The priestess of the agricultural church said, "This is not the kind of target to test magic, and it is not only through the destruction of the target that the magic effect can be measured."

　　 [Resist energy damage] After determining the usage of the tree stump in front of him, Lawrence used one of the two second-level magic that he mastered against the stump.

　　 "Very good." After the magical release, the middle-aged priestess nodded, and then she looked at a middle-aged man in a tuxedo who had been standing behind the federal deputy commander. "The next thing will be told by the guardian of the Federation, the legendary warrior Mr. Lopez."

"Mr. August, in view of your important contributions to the civilized world before, we decided to give you some rewards after discussion. I will announce these rewards to you next—" The priest of the Agricultural Church just fell. Mr. Lopez stood up with a document and read

　　 Lawrence sat upright after hearing this sentence. He knows what it means to be a Confederate Guardian, an extraordinary person who represents the country. Of course, this also shows that the important contribution that can be said from a Confederate Guardian and the corresponding reward will be very rich.

　　 As he chanted, Lawrence knew the specific rewards for what he had done before. The first reward is that he is now a common guest of the Church of the Crucifixion and the Church of Agriculture. And when he becomes a transcendent person of official level or above, he can go to either of these two churches called the diocese to receive the blessing of the gods. "

Lawrence knows that the distinguished guests of various churches are an honorary title for members of the non-domestic sect who have contributed to the church. Those who have this honorary title can later enjoy most of the services provided by the church in these churches according to the standards of devout believers. .

　　 As for the blessings of gods, there are two types, one of which is for clergy and devout believers. Will often grant some magic and improve the strength. But the kind of knighthood conferred by the nobility can be taken back by the gods at any time.

　　 The divine blessing that Lawrence is now receiving is another kind of blessing for non-believers. In effect, this kind of blessing is naturally not as good as the previous one, and there will be no magical gift. But such blessings are like rewards of money or objects, and even the gods cannot take back these rewards.

Of course, this kind of blessing of the gods must at least become a formal level transcendent to be honored, because only after reaching that level, the transcendent can accept the blessings of gods who do not believe in, otherwise there will be serious conflict of beliefs and hurt the soul. .

The second reward is given by the Church of Knowledge. Although all the things Lawrence did before did not directly benefit the Church of Knowledge, this kind of objectively spreading knowledge is secretly in line with the religious teachings of the Church of Knowledge~www .wuxiahere.com~The most important thing is that even if it is a non-staff, Lawrence is still a member of the Church of Knowledge. Not to mention that his previous papers that were very useful to the Church of the Crucifixion and the Church of Agriculture were published through the Church of Knowledge. This also allowed the knowledge church to gain some favors from it.

　　 Therefore, the rewards given by the Church of Knowledge are also very generous. They prepared an official level magic item for Lawrence. Also open to him all non-special extraordinary knowledge at the professional level and below.

　　 "Next is the federal reward for you. In order to commend your previous contribution to the federal agriculture and medicine, we decided to let you as the representative of the Federation participate in this black iron level competition in the New World Competition." Finally. The Federal Guardian said to Lawrence.

　　 After hearing these words, Lawrence felt a little confused, because he didn't know what the so-called Grand Tournament meant, but he noticed that Priest Carter had been giving him a wink to indicate his acceptance.

　　 "Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity." Lawrence bowed politely, and then took a letter and a silver sign from Mr. Lopez.

　　 Out of the room, under the explanation of Priest Carter, Lawrence finally figured out what the so-called Grand Competition of the New World was all about.

　　The Grand Competition of the New World Countries is a large-scale event held every five years for each country in the New World. The event will be held on a certain astral plane. And this competition will determine the allocation of extraordinary resources in the New World between countries in the next five years.

　　 There are great opportunities in these new world planes that have been selected as competition venues. For the extraordinary, these opportunities will give participants great benefits and be able to walk more smoothly on the extraordinary road.