In Camside City, amidst the bustling crowds at the spring market, people moved like weaving threads.

"Hephaestus Ceramics Company's fine porcelain, only the last batch left, don't miss out."

"Make a new outfit, Mercury United Trading Company's printed cotton fabric is cheap and looks good."

"Sekhmet Biomedical Company's face cream, buy a bottle and try it, beautiful lady..."

Under the ideals of the "Angel of Prosperity" and the "Master of Gold", commercial activities are the best way to accumulate wealth.

If we can somehow enhance the world's economic circulation, it would lead to further development and prosperity for all races, bringing everlasting happiness to human society.

Whether god or human, they must strive to break down all barriers hindering trade and societal development, or else risk being submerged by the rolling tide.

Such is the future trend envisioned by Him.

So even in Camside City, where mid to high-end goods are nearly monopolized by the duchy, city managers cannot deviate from the True God's path by imposing trade monopolies.

At this moment, one person in the market is being pursued by a few others.

They all wore the same gray robe with a unified emblem—a silver triangle surrounded by mist, representing the church force under the "Just Angel" Aihote, known as the "Fog of Order."

"Balke, stop right there! Explain to us why you didn't attend the grand mass today? What happened to your devotion? Your dedication?"

Tentacles occasionally wriggled under the pursuers' robes to push aside the crowd, but the passage in the market was too narrow and too crowded for speed.

The citizens living in this city had long experienced countless forms of taming, deeply realizing that aside from showing sincere respect, they should never meddle in the "Blasphemous Cultist's" affairs.

Neither the pursuers nor the ones being pursued were people they could provoke; not a single person stepped forward to help.

In this manner, the chase continued until they reached halfway down the street and suddenly turned a corner.

The pursuers stopped in their tracks, constantly scanning the considerable crowd on this street, yet the supposed prominent figure was nowhere to be seen.

"Where did he go? How did he disappear in the blink of an eye?"

Someone in the pursuing group complained angrily:

"That bastard, when this mission is over, I'm definitely going to make him kneel in front of the Holy Altar for three days and nights to repent."

"Indeed, if one's piety isn't absolute, then he's absolutely not pious. We don't have brothers like that."

But what they didn't know was that their companion Balke would never have any chance to return to be punished.

Meanwhile.

An old man, seemingly ordinary, with demeanor and attire indistinguishable from the local residents, moved past them and slowly vanished within the crowd.

Every time he reached a corner or was out of people's line of sight, this figure would instantly transform into a different appearance, with no one able to track his movements.

When he emerged from the other end of the market, he had already changed back to the original "Blasphemous Cultist" form.

Using the privileges attached to this identity, he hopped onto a merchant ship about to head south to the Vice-Kingdom of Hilus Laplata, sitting in the room eagerly prepared by the captain for him.

After confirming nobody was around, he finally seemed to change masks, transforming back into his real identity in the blink of an eye, revealed to be the "New Recruit" Fleck who had been following Aiven from the time of the Level 6 Battleship "Conch."

"Whew, the first mission was thrilling but ultimately ended safely."

Here, he finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Judging by his appearance, he had honorably become a "Faceless Man."

Back then, Fleck and the sailor Vid on the same ship had been promoted to Official Knight, and were entrusted with great hope by Aiven. After capturing a large number of Hilus Battleships during the "Battle of Dierben Castle," he had already been promoted to Major Captain.

It can be said his future was promising.

However, the adventurous Fleck was not satisfied with this, even pirates in the Golden Sea were domesticated, waiting on the ship for meritorious achievements until when?

Moreover, Baldwin, who had seized the chance to become the first Skin-Wearing Person, had advanced rapidly in strength, already reaching the Tier 2 Peak as a powerful Extraordinary, even leading important departments like the "Duchy Tax Bureau Collection Department."

It's said that the Grand Duke was prepared to assist them in completing deep bloodline transformations, becoming an Extraordinary Race akin to the "Werewolf"—the Shark-man.

Removing the Skin-Wearing People's inability to break through the skin source's limitations would allow Baldwin to rapidly ascend to Tier 3.

Thus.

Eager to establish merit for Aiven and the duchy, upon learning of the "Wind Sound Operation," Fleck volunteered to become a proud "Faceless Man."

This series of racial transformations did not hinder the progress of the highly adaptable Knight profession. Even if there were limitations to the racial bloodline itself, the Knight path did not have any.

Moreover, he could gain a series of magic-like abilities, making it a lucrative deal. If the mission were to be completed outstandingly, it was destined he would rise swiftly.

What had just been used was the core ability of the "Faceless Man" [Magic-like Technique: Change of Appearance].

Currently, the ability's limitation is the arbitrary change of fifty percent of the body, a person standing 1.8 meters tall can turn into a 1-meter-tall child but cannot turn into an infant in a swaddle;