Chapter 601 - 600 – Defending the divinities – Part 2.
"Hm… Yeah. We kind of need to decide that right now." – said Thanatos.
"…"
"If I may." – said Sengen.
"What exactly are your divinities and what they are called?"
"Combat type – God of beasts and ferality." – said Thanatos.
"Combat type also – God of pure destruction." - said Maparapara.
"Construction type from what I've seen so far? I really couldn't level it up." – said Phantasia.
"Goodness of oasis and beauty."
"…"
"Wait… Wait, a bloody fucking moment." – said Orion as she and Sengen were dumbfounded after hearing Phantasia's divinity.
"Your divinity… Is that of a goodness of oasis and beauty? Beauty?" – asked Orion.
"Yeb." – replied Phantasia.
"…"
"I'm sorry. But could you repeat that?" – asked Segen.
"I have a divinity of the goodness of oasis and beauty." – replied Phantasia.
"No. I'm not fucking with you."
"This my actual divinity that I have."
"Yes, I know how it sounds and I know how it doesn't fit my whole character."
"…"
"You are one of the most fucked up people in this entire game." – said Sengen.
"Some people even call you one of the most evil one too."
"You spreads plagues. Creates machines of war. Stiches together corpses of your victims while also using a friendly looking toys that are in reality a monsters from the nightmares."
"And the divinity you have obtained is… Goodness of oasis and beauty?"
"…"
*Sigh*
"Yes." – replied Phantasia.
"I'm not really fucking with you."
"But, if you two had forgotten, we are in the situation where we have no time to look for the suitable divinity and we have to get the first divinity we find."
"So we REALLY have no choice to be picky about what we find."
"Since if we don't pick them, there is a good chance that we wouldn't be able to get the next divinity."
"So, shut up. And focus on the current situation."
"We have secured two temples which still holds the divinity."
"The divinity of the goodness of the winter."
"And the divinity of the goodness of library and magecraft."
"Based on the two divinities we have, it is pretty much what they do."
"Ice based and the magic based."
"Which one you choose?"
"…"
"Well, there is really no point in deciding that." – said Orion
"I will take the winter, Sengen takes the other one."
"…But why?" – asked Sengen.
"Isn't your specialty using as many elements as possible?" – replied Orion.
"The winter does sounds good for you… However, the magecraft one seems to be more about magic as a whole, doesn't it?"
"…True… Honestly, I would like to have that one." – said Sengen.
"But are you sure about this?"
"I mean… I'm not really magic focused or anything." – said Orion.
"And strategically speaking, you would benefit from that divinity more than me in the first place."
"So yeah. Go take it."
"…"
"Thanks." – said Sengen.
"… With that decided, you two go back home and fetch another stealth aircraft, before coming to us. We will give you our coordination."
"And I want you to be ready MENTALLY, you hear me?"
"So be prepared."
<<WELP! WE FINALY HAVE A GOOD DEVELOPMENT!>>
<<AT LONG LAST, WE GOTTEN FUCKING LUCKY!>>
<<After the bullshit after bullshit situation, we finally have something GOOD coming out way.>>
<<Both of the fucking trials are not combat based and we can FUCKING DON'T DO A LONG LEVELING UP SESSION!>>
<<THANK FUCKING GOD!>>
<<…Well… I say that, but we are still fucked.>>
<<The only reasons why the priests told us about the trials was because of the current situation outside.>>
<<And the current situation is this.>>
<<WE WILL BE GETTING ATTACKED NON STOP!>>
<<There is also the freaking fact that these guys may not finish their trials on the first try.>>
<<And the longer it takes them, the more attacks will happened.>>
<<Still, we had no choice.>>
<<And so I've just waited.>>
<<…>>
<<Okay. This is weird now.>>
<<By now I should get attacked again.>>
<<And not by spirit, but by another faction.>>
<<So why… Nobody coming here?>>
<<I mean, at this rate Orion will get here with ease.>>
<<…>>
<<Motherfuckers.>>
<<Did that guy didn't gave all the factions the exact locations of the divinities?>>
<<At first it sounds stupid, since he wants to probably the factions butcher each other… But… Fuck. What he did is way more annoying.>>
<<He wants to make sure that the factions will have a "balanced distribution", meaning he wants the major factions to find and REALIZE themselves that the elder gods' divinities are out there.>>
<<Just having each major faction take one of the divinities will be enough to set them all on the full gear.>>
<<They will search around, brining nothing more than destruction… And when the factions in their search come across each other? They fucking murder each other while brining far more destruction.>>
<<God fucking dammit.>>
<<They are good.>>
<<…But wait.>>
<<Spirits there and heavens there. Both were alone when I and Maparapara were investigating possible locations for divinities.>>
<<Both in those times, the spirit and heaven factions were alone.>>
<<Did he didn't spread the information in the way where the major factions wouldn't get in each other way?>>
<<But then… What the fuck was that with ice dragons?>>
<<Was my first speculation wrong? Maybe he did informed several factions about location of one specific divinity?>>
<<But why dragons through?>>
<<I mean, they are pathetic bunch.>>
<<A prideful bastards non the less.>>
<<If they were to obtain the divinity, they would show it off like morons they are.>>
<<And that in turn, they would end up getting exterminated or conquered by one of the major factions.>>
<<…>>
<<Nope. It does NOT make sense at all here.>>
<<Why the fuck ice dragons knew?>>
<<…>>
<<I can investigate the whole situation later, for now, the current situation.>>
<<Orion and Sengen had both arrived successfully arrived at their destination.>>
"…Okay. I know you set up a base and everything… But wasn't this place known as the beautiful garden of ice or something?" – said Orion.
"Why in the bloody hell there is a whole ass military camp set up on the top?"
"I've told you before, the enemies will attack this place over and over." – replied Phantasia.
"I don't care if that place was beautiful or not before, since it is already a war zone."
"Not only that, you may not complete the trial on the first try."
"It may take you 2, 3, 4 or even more."
"So I must be ready to buy you enough time." – said Phantasia as he lead Orion towards the center of the mountain.
As soon as Phantasia arrived at the spot, he once again stared digging into the mountain, heading deeper and deeper, before then once again arriving at the room before the temple.
At the same time, Sengen also arrived at her destination where Maparapara was waiting for her.
"Okay, from this point on you are alone. I don't have any ability to support you since myself I'm a divinity user." – said Phantasia.
"Good luck." – said Phantasia to Orion as she as well as Sengen at the same time had both entered the temple dungeons.
"You came." – said the two guardians of the temples as they revealed themselves in front of the two challengers.
[Songstress Of Winter] – [Servant Of The Kmin – Goodness Of The Winter]
[Book Maker] – [Servant of the W'oik – Goodness Of Library And Magecraft]
"Are you ready to take on this divine challenge?" – asked the two priests.
"Yes!" – replied the two players.
"…"
(The Goodness Of The Winter trial is fallowing.) – thought Phantasia.
(A ball.)
(The four gods of seasons song their songs and let the balls commence.)
(This ball was meant to signal the beginning of the new season.)
(Simple put, you need to arrange the ball and compose a song which would express the very nature of the winter.)
(A mental challenge.)
(The same goes apparently with the Goodness Of Library And Magecraft trial.)
(According to the Book Maker, the challenge is apparently about solving the secrets and riddles, to discover a truth.)
(They have pretty much two trials that will be mentally exhausting… And I can tell from experience, since I've had the same kind of trial, that they won't be a joke.) – thought Phantasia as he climbed up to the surface while two homunculus soldiers replaced Phantasia in the underground chamber.
(Anyway, waiting time.)
<<Apparently it may take these two few days to finish their attempt at the trials, this is what they told me after they spent entire day in the trial room… Figures. They are really dealing with the same bullshit as me.>>
<<And that means we would need to wait even more time.>>
<<And we would have problem.>>
<<Elven scouts near me and the players wondering what Maparapara was doing… We have already annoyance.>>
<<We destroyed them both, but obviously that would only cause more chaos.>>
<<Probably we will have soon more ways coming our way… And maybe other factions will finally make their moves? I don't know… All we have to do is waiting.>>
<<…And by the looks of things we will have to wait bit more.>>
<<Sengen and Orion left the temple… However, they didn't acquired the divinities.>>
<<They have both failed their first attempt.>>
