Chapter 602 - 601 – Defending the divinities – Part 3.
"This was way fucking harder than I've thought." – said Orion.
"I mean, it wasn't just music… It was… A lot of stuff… That I needed to do, which would connect in specific fucking way or just… Make SOMETHING!"
"My trial wasn't good either." – said Sengen.
"I've… Fuck… Mysteries, lies in the lies, missing clues that turned out to be a real clues… What the fuck?"
"Well, I've told you fucking both that it won't be easy." – said Phantasia as he was using {Chat – Video Call} to communicate with two players.
"I've had the same challenge type of mental challenge myself like you two."
"And I've told you before that I've almost failed it and it was beyond stressful as well as mental draining."
"Yeah… I can perfectly see why." – said Sengen.
"After experiencing the trial myself… Just… *Sigh*…"
"…"
"Quick question." – said Orion.
"How difficult was combat type trials you and Thanatos did?"
"Well… We got fucked." – replied Maparapara.
"We did managed to do it on the first trial, but we still got fucked."
"And let me remind you, we are high level and we are strong as high ranking master rankers."
"And yet both of us barely made it."
"Honestly speaking, the whole idea of you two getting to the level 550 may not had cut it."
"Even if we did fed you with OP items, OP classes and what not, it would still take time to level up the classes and skills… So… Maybe level 750?"
"750?! Do you know how long it would take us to reach THAT kind of level!?" – asked Orion.
"Well… That is why you should be glad that the two trials we had found were the mental fucking types." – replied Phantasia.
"Still, can you take on the trial again?"
"No. I was banished for 24 hours. But only in game time. I will be able to take on the trial once again." – replied Sengen.
"Same here." – replied Orion.
"Well then, take rest." – said Phantasia.
"You are dealing with a mental challenge right now."
"Rest and think about what you did wrong."
"Think, but most importantly rest up."
"…Okay." – said Sengen.
"I think I will just log off for now."
"Yeb. I will do the same." – said Orion.
"See you soon!"
[Player Sengen has logged off.]
[Player Orion has logged off.]
"…"
"So?" – said Phantasia.
"She was frustrated… And somewhat nervous… Maybe panicking? I don't know about the last part." – said Maparapara.
"On my end, it seems Orion was annoyed like hell and filled with rage." – said Phantasia.
"…"
"Honest question. How many times do you think they will fail?" – asked Maparapra.
"I wouldn't be surprised if they would fail few times… Or even a lot." – replied exhausted Phantasia.
"The tests for the divinities are hard like hell, be it physical or a mental one."
"You two got lucky because you were powerful as hell, while I gotten lucky thanks to me already having somewhat obtained management abilities thanks to stuff, I'm doing."
"But them too? Do they have any experience in the two areas they are facing? Did they gotten lucky like us?"
"…Yeah… If you say it that way, I don't really think they were lucky." – replied the slime.
"But that means it may take them several trials to take on the trials."
"And that means we may end up being forced to guard this place for days if not weeks… Heck. Worst case scenario month or more."
"Welp, do we really have a choice?" – asked the mad man.
"If we want the plan to reach the completion, we need to have 5 divinity users in our team."
"But this isn't all… We still need to make some bigger adjustment to the plan beside moving forward with the base construction."
"There comes also the problem with remodeling the Abaddon city and making it into the religions city that worship all 5 of us."
"All of this was supposed to be done later, but because of that bastard Apple and now this new shadow mastermind, we are forced to move our plans forward."
"…"
"You still have no clue either who that shadow master mind could be?" – asked Maparapara.
"Nope. None of the subjects I have in mind fit the bill at all." – replied Phantasia.
"And whoever did that had made sure to hide their tracks well."
(They knew somebody would want to investigate the truth… Which only makes the current situation far more annoying.) – thought Phantasia.
<<The entire day in game day would go by, allowing both Sengen and Orion to retake the trial once again.>>
<<At first, I thought things would be peaceful again… But nope.>>
<<Spirit gates opened up.>>
<<I guess because I've killed those elven scouts, they are going with more forceful approach this time and are sending some proper elite soldiers… And from those gates came a duke rank spirit.>>
"So, you summoned here, to deal with the dragons?" – asked the massive turtle like beast that was made out of thunders.
[Thunder Spirit – Rank: Duke]
[D'd'd'ru]
"Hmph! A filthy dragons won't stand against my mighty thunder!"
<<I've killed him.>>
<<The duke rank spirits are noticeable powerful, but still, I was more.>>
<<Still, they were still nothing to me.>>
<<I've slaughtered them all.>>
<<But the problem is what they did.>>
<<Spirit gates.>>
<<They are like demon gates or the angel gates.>>
<<Those gates allows you to summon powerful beings from the respective realms.>>
<<And they summoned a duke? I get it was just one and I could handle it very well on my own… But what if they summon several? Hell, what if they summon just a large number of spirits which is accompanied by the archduke or maybe even a prince/princess?>>
<<This place is a mountain, so it can be somewhat good at defending at the top… But this place doesn't really have any other advantages.>>
<<This place can freeze you to death, but these guys know that and they are coming here while being well equipped.>>
<<…Each time I defy them access, they will only grow more curios and greedy.>>
<<As for Maparapara, she also didn't had good time.>>
<<She had large number of the stealth users trying to get it, be it players or NPCs.>>
<<Maparapara's team had set up detection device in case of the stealth users trying to sneak past them… But again, the more you deny access, the more you protect it, the more curios and greedy the opponents will make.>>
<<Not only that, but Maparapara's location isn't good… It isn't really THAT well-hidden… Meaning she will end up getting way more.>>
<<So, Thanatos alongside some reinforcement came to her side in order to aid her.>>
<<…As for Orion and Sengen, this time it took them both noticeable longer for them to finish the their attempt.>>
<<I guess both of them are trying to be careful and make sure to not fuck up.>>
<<We had dealt with the wave that just came our way, so everything should be fine… Right?>>
<<…No.>>
<<Both Orion and Sengen had failed their second attempts.>>
"The trial… It was completely different." – said Sengen.
"Different mysteries and clues… Completely different trials…."
"…I… I really suck at this." – said Orion.
"I really suck at the whole trial… I just don't have excuse."
<<Welp, shit.>>
<<I knew that I've said that it may take them several trials, but I really wish they could done it on the first try or the second one at least.>>
<<…Still, I cannot hurry them.>>
<<This is a mental type challenge.>>
<<If they get too nervous or rush it, they will fail over and over again.>>
<<I've told them to take larger break if they want to, even days, as long as they are rested and prepared.>>
<<And it seems they took that advice to the heart, since they didn't logged in for some time…. Still, the enemy obviously didn't waited.>>
<<I've had encountered with the elven scouts again… However, this time they were players… Fuck. The spirits knows what they are doing, since players will respawn and tell them what had killed them.>>
<<As for the other team? They got attacked.>>
<<But this time not by the demons.>>
<<No.>>
<<A player guild.>>
<<According to the Thanatos they were called Minotaur Horn guild… A hell faction guild.>>
<<But were they working for the same demons that attacked them? We don't know.>>
<<There could be a chance that they were not related… And that maybe the information about the divinities was leaked… Meaning Maparapara's team may now be targeted by a lot of people.>>
<<…>>
<<Orion logged in this time alone.>>
<<And took on the trial once again.>>
<<Again, it took her long time… Before then she left the temple.>>
"…"
"I'm sorry…." – said Orion.
"I've… Failed again."
"…"
[Orion's third attempt]
[Result: Failure]
"…"
*Sigh*
"You don't need to freaking apologize." – said Phantasia.
"None of us either did anything like this before, with the ball."
"All of us would struggle too."
"And I'm going to say this again."
"Take as much time as you need."
"Don't be stressed out. Don't rush it."
"Prepare and be sane."
"Got it?"
"…Got it…" – replied Orion who clenched her fists in anger.
"…"
(Third trial as a failure… And considering how she reacted, I don't think she was close enough.) – thought Phantasia.
(It may really take her several trials to finish that trial.)
(But things are speeding up right now… And things are looking more dangerous with each passing moment.)
(So please, you two.)
(Complete those FUCKING trials!)
[Player Sengen has logged in.]
