On the podium, after Lawrence delivered his short speech of only five or six minutes, the federal deputy commander took out a gold badge from the box and pinned it on Lawrence's left chest. The first federal scientific association was embossed on the front of the badge.
The president's profile picture, and the name of the winner and the award date were manually typed out on the back.
"Congratulations, Mr. Lawrence August." After pinning 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 under the podium applauded.
Next, as usual, there was a small buffet party, where everyone enjoyed the delicacies cooked by a high-level chef specially brought from the Rose Palace not far away, while listening to the performance of a small band. During this period, all the guests
Get together in twos and threes and discuss some topics of interest.
As the president of Far Harbor University, Henry Johnson was very willing to provide some help to the students who graduated there. So he enthusiastically introduced each scholar and their achievements to Lawrence.
After completing a circle, the principal went to chat with his old friends. Lawrence was planning to go to the edge of the long tables to find some food, but at this time, Priest Carter stopped him. "Come here with me.
Lawrence."
After following Priest Carter to a small room next to the living room, Lawrence found that there were already several people waiting here in this small room, and sitting at the main seat was a middle-aged woman he did not recognize.
priest.
Although Lawrence did not recognize this priest, the yellow and green robes on her body showed that she came from the Agricultural Church, and the glittering holy emblem with diamonds on her chest indicated that this female priest should be a regional-level priest.
of the crosier officiant.
"Mr. August, I have something to ask you, and I hope you can answer it truthfully." The priestess asked when Lawrence sat down on the sofa. There were whispers around her before she opened her mouth.
The child disappeared.
"Excuse me, Your Excellency." Lawrence said after bending his upper body slightly forward and saluting. "If I can answer it, I will definitely answer it."
"Don't worry, we won't ask for any privacy. After all, we are looking for you for a good thing." The priestess smiled and said, and Lawrence felt a mother-like kindness from her smile. Then she waved her hand.
A tree stump as tall as a human was summoned from the ground. "Next, I hope you can do your best to use the most powerful magic you have on this tree stump."
"The most powerful magic?" Lawrence scratched his hair helplessly. "But the most powerful magic I have is not attack magic."
"It's okay, as long as it's magic." The priestess of the Agricultural Church said, "This is not the kind of target for testing magic. The effect of magic can only be determined by the degree of damage to the target."
[Resist Energy Damage] After confirming the use of the tree stump in front of him, Lawrence used one of the two secondary magics he mastered on the tree stump.
"Very good." After the magic was released, the middle-aged priestess nodded, and then she looked at a middle-aged man in a formal dress who had been standing behind the federal deputy commander. "What's next?
The matter will be told to you by Mr. Lopez, the legendary warrior and guardian of the Federation."
"Mr. August, in view of the important contributions you have made to the civilized world, we have decided to give you some rewards after discussion. I will announce these rewards to you next-" The priest of the Agricultural Church had just finished speaking.
Mr. Lopez stood up with a document and read
After hearing these words, Lawrence sat up straight with excitement. He knew what it meant to be an extraordinary person like a federal guardian who represented the country. Of course, this also showed the importance of being able to say it from the mouth of a federal guardian.
The rewards corresponding to your contribution will be very generous.
Sure enough, as he recited, Lawrence knew the specific rewards for what he had done before. The first reward was that he had now become a joint guest of the Church of the Suffering God and the Agricultural Church. And after he became a formal or above
If you are an extraordinary person, you can go to the diocesan church in either of these two churches to receive blessings from the gods."
Lawrence knew that VIP of each church was an honorary title given to non-believers who had contributed to the church. People with this honorary title could later enjoy most of the services provided by the church in accordance with the standards of devout believers in these churches.
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As for blessings from the gods, there are two types. One of them is for clergy and devout believers. They often grant some magical skills and improve their strength. But the kind of title that is equivalent to the nobility can be granted at any time.
Taken back by the gods.
The blessing from the gods that Lawrence has received now is another kind of blessing aimed at non-believers. In terms of effect, this kind of blessing is naturally not as good as the previous one, let alone the blessing of divine magic. But this kind of blessing is like a reward of money or items.
Not even the gods can take back these rewards.
Of course, this kind of blessing from gods can only be realized after you have become at least a formal transcendent, because only after reaching that level can a transcendent accept blessings from gods that are not his own beliefs, otherwise there will be serious conflicts of faith that will harm the soul.
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The second reward was given by the Church of Knowledge. Although everything Lawrence had done before did not directly benefit the Church of Knowledge, this objective dissemination of knowledge was secretly in line with the religious teachings of the Church of Knowledge.
The most important thing is that even if he is a non-staff member, Lawrence can be considered a member of the Church of Knowledge. Not to mention that his previous papers that were very useful to the Church of the Suffering God and the Church of Agriculture were all published through the Church of Knowledge. This also makes the Church of Knowledge
Got some favors from it.
Therefore, the rewards given by the Church of Knowledge are also very generous. They prepared a formal level magic item for Lawrence. They also opened all non-special extraordinary knowledge to him at the professional level and below.
"Next is the reward for you from the Federation. In recognition of your previous contributions to the agriculture and medicine of the Federation, we have decided to let you participate as a representative of the Federation in this black iron level competition in the competition between the countries of the New World." Finally.
The Guardian of the Federation said to Lawrence.
After hearing this, Lawrence felt a little confused, because he didn't know what the so-called competition of nations meant, but he noticed that Priest Carter kept giving him winks to indicate his acceptance.
"Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity." Lawrence bowed politely, and then took a letter and a silver plaque handed over by Mr. Lopez.
After walking out of the room, under Priest Carter's explanation, Lawrence finally figured out what this so-called competition between the nations of the New World was all about.
The New World Nations Competition is a large-scale event held every five years by the countries in the New World. The event will be held on a certain astral plane. This competition will determine the allocation of extraordinary resources in the New World among the countries in the next five years.
These new world planes that are selected as competition venues contain excellent opportunities. For extraordinary people, these opportunities will bring great benefits to the participants and allow them to walk more smoothly on the road to extraordinary.