Chapter 269 Their trial
Chapter 269 Their trial
[Lucy's POV: ]
[You have obtained: 100,000 Oz.]
[You have obtained: (Sword of Judgement).]
[You have obtained: (Key of succession).]
[You have obtained: (Elixir of Fortune)*3.]
[You have obtained: (Silver treasure chest).]
[You have obtained: (Ring of power).]
"Damn! The ring of power~? It came out just like that~?"
El didn't even hesitate to just take away the Purple ring that had materialised before me along with the Silver-blue key, The silver treasure chest that we were already familiar with, and the attractive red sword that seemed to be made of some kind of red crystals.
There were three special looking vials of yellow liquid here as well but we knew this was a kind of potion that increased the Luck stat for a brief moment.
Something so rare that we weren't going to find this anytime soon in the future so she carefully stored the three away in her storage space.
"This is mine, right~?"
She wasn't interested in the sword of the key that would grant someone full access to the (Treasury) of Chiragya. She only wanted this one of a kind ring and, well, I had no use of something cursed like that thing.
"Give me a wish and it's yours."
"Half wish. You can earn the other half on your own, right?"
"That thing doesn't apply here. A full wish or I can just destroy the ring and have the core of it to myself. It will be useful when we upgrade our weapons later."
The wishes we dealt with were absolute powers so giving half of it wasn't something that we can just do on a whim. There were rules and regulations that she knew very well. She can't do the half wish thing here since the one in complete possession of the ring was me. It was my reward and if I want to, it would become mine forever.
"Tsk. You stingy bastard… alright. A wish. Fucking bastard."
I lost half a wish, but since I was lucky and got the item that usually only comes up after a few tries randomly, I got a complete wish in for it.
It was a profitable deal.
"Alright alright, fuck. Open the interface now. Show me what my Nessy is doing."
The sword was a great <A> rank artefact so I will obviously use this along with- oh, right.
"When will you give my sword back?"
"What sword?"
"The one you enchanted or something with Anna. You never gave it back to me."
"Hmm? I didn't? Damn. Sorry."
She took out my other holy sword from her storage space and handed it to me as I opened the footage of all our friends who were struggling down there in the forest or the lower floors of the shrine.
"Hehe, look at her~. She's playing with cute little rabbits~."
Yeah. Three metre tall 'cute; rabbit with a vampire's face that were as strong as <B> rank monsters.
"Hmmm."
There was still some time left so El will continue watching them, so until then…
"You did a good job on this, Anna."
[{ Thanks master~! }] Nôv(el)B\\jnn
They enchanted the holy sword with Origin runes, a difficult process that even El couldn't finish overnight since every single one of these runes take an incredible amount of Mana to engrave on a weak physical object like this holy sword.
'It must have been difficult and the two of them must have used some kind of unique technique to accomplish this task.'
I mean, this sword was good already but now, with the runes, it has become even more refined.
'I can use it in place of Dawn for full time now~.'
They increased the sharpness of the edge so this sword can cut through even the walls of a dungeon now. They increased the stat increase on this with the rune enchanting, so the overall effects of my physical skills will increase as well.
There are additional passive effects like (Mana sensitivity increases), (Elemental control increase), (Strength boost), and (Skill output increase). And in addition to all that, the (Lightspeed) skill was also added after enchanting. Which, truly, is unbelievable.
It's like they completed the sword somehow. "Lol, look at Cathy. She's still struggling with the first stage."
Cathy was given a special scenario as a test where she had to not defeat the unique beasts, but according to the wounds and illnesses they possess, she had to cure them.
Which certainly was no simple task.
'She was struggling with the creatures that weren't healing with the direct healing powers since she did not know how else to cure them just yet.'
She can use the healing magic, but it wasn't working the way it should. And that put her in a difficult position.
"She will figure it out though."
They had already taught them how advanced medical techniques or higher level healing techniques worked.
She was a genius so she just had to figure out how she would apply the techniques to her magic or magic to her technique and cure the creatures according to the core of the problem.
"Yup. She should figure it out by tomorrow."
She was smart, much like Rex. He was doing quite well despite this being his first time.
"He's as good as ever."
"Not as good as Ras though. Look, that bastard is about to finish the first test."
"I took a month for that, haaa. He has skills and since we helped him and Sam, they are better now."
Sam was a force of nature so her powers couldn't be ignored if it was a direct battle with powerful beasts. Even if some of them may be replicas created by the system.
They were still strong beings that could tear apart any strong adventurer party with their bare fangs and furry limbs.
"Hmmm… everything aside, why is Lily and Leon together?"
"Hmmm?"
Everyone should have received individual tasks in their own designated areas that were chosen randomly.
This whole island was pretty large so chances of someone running into someone else was pretty low. So the fact that Lily and Leon were together right now, only meant the two of them had been together since the start of this challenge.
"Hmmm… oh, yes. They started together, lol. Did the system interpret their love and affection for one another as a possibility of a 'duo' or something?"
El checked the logs and confirmed the two of them had been together since the start and she then looked at all the things that had happened to them until now. Their task was a little vague as well.
They had to finish a maze-like place, an area of the inner shrine that was pretty difficult even for me. It was not a place they can pass just by defeating the creatures that came on their paths.
They had to be careful of traps, solve puzzles and even fight the stronger beings that would otherwise be difficult for them.
It was no easy task for either of them, but they were doing it together, and they were still fine so, it meant they were supporting each other pretty well.
"Kekeke, if they do this right, they will receive their engagement rings. Hahaha, what if he proposes to her right now, hahaha."
The reward waiting at the end of their personal trial was a special pair of ratings that are quite famous products all over the Worldline.
They are special and it will be theirs if they do complete that dangerous challenge.
"Nice nice. Even Oak and Lux are doing great."
They had received a learning task where they had to learn a certain skill of the first conqueror to pass the trail.
'Lord Chiragya was not a pure swordsman even though he had great sword skills. His main weapon was a bow and magic shaped like arrows that he used to obliterate all his opponents.'
His aim wasn't that good but he did not need to aim at the target to actually hit it.
He was a lucky person so, if he just fired the arrows and wished for it, there was a great chance he would his the target…
He did not like the fact that he had to rely on a curse though. So he developed his own techniques that are now considered special skills.
'Lux is a very talented marksman so his positioning {Auto Aim} skill was going to be a great help to her.'
And, though he was no wizard that can control natural phenomena, he was a being that had seen more aspects of life than any special human emperors had in their lifetimes.
He was cursed, however, on his path, he learned how to control the power of this curse, and the very reality that this curse was part of.
'He was able to escape his prison like eternal life by creating this gorgeous place with all his essence.'
It was only possible because he understood his own characteristic, his cursed luck, in its essence.
And the trial Oak was facing was teaching her the same. To control her own characteristic, her witch powers.
They were doing well, and since they will need a while before they could finish their tests, we had a few moments all to ourselves.
"The sunset will start now."
This garden was special for us for many reasons. This scenery of setting sun on the clear horizon dividing the realm of clouds and water, arguably being the most important of them.