Chapter 736: Changing Slope, Conclusion. (1/2)

Raven was ressurected 24 hours after his death.

He appeared on his home with a despondent expression. When he dies, his consciousness never really dispersed, he was still able to perceive the world around, just without a body.

Raven saw how Bouldy rolled back down the slope. He was really shocked when it turned unstable all of a sudden. He spent his time being dead, thinking about what went wrong and he had a few guesses.

It's either he did something wrong or something occurred which was out of his initial expectations. Raven's banking on the second one since he recalled being stable throughout his push. He memorized the lane and executed the shifts properly to make the most out of his attempt.

In short, he can't pinpoint anything he did wrong, so it must likely be the second scenario.

As for what it is exactly, Raven honestly can't tell for now. He might have to sacrifice a few resurrection chances to confirm that.

Upon his resurrection, Raven sighed and went down to inspect Bouldy.

He rolled it around, inspecting its surface and saw that not even a scratch can be seen on it. He also inspected the slope and there's nothing out of the ordinary there. This really made Raven confused. There's obviously something that he's missing here.

He rested for a bit and went back to the routine. He planned to make himself stronger just a tad bit more before attempting again.

Then he made his next attempt after a year of his 2nd resurrection.

Raven did everything slowly and methodically this time. Making sure to pay really close attention to everything.

Once again, he reached halfway up the slope. Raven really focused upon reaching this part.

He continued rolling up Bouldy until he felt something amiss.

There was something that's preventing him from moving forward. Raven held Bouldy still and thought to himself: 'What is it? I don't remember anything like this. It is a bump?'

It was frustrating since Raven can't see it. Bouldy was too big and he doesn't have spiritual energies to inspect what's stopping them.

Without much options here, Raven decided to continue. He rolled Bouldy up and saw that it was shifting to a different angle. Raven's eyes gleamed and thought that it might actually be a bump. He continued rolling the boulder up and then felt that it sudden sank.

Raven looked at ground beneath him and whispered: ”Oh, it's more like a ramp actually. It can also function as a foothold but I don't think I trust it.”

Indeed. The thing that caused his first failure was a ramp that appeared out of nowhere. The reason why Bouldy went unstable is because he didn't know that the ramp appeared and he's kind of going fast, the sudden shift in weight surprised him and got him distracted, causing him to he squashed flat by Bouldy.

Rave  kept rolling up Bouldy, deep down he was thinking. 'So there's a catch huh? I see. Is should go slow and steady then.'

Although going slow and steady increased the burden for himself, it's better to approach this scenario in this way instead of reckless bulldozing through everything.

Raven continued on his way and to his surprise, he didn't find any more abrupt changes in the slope. Before he knew it, he's standing on the even ground and is now rolling up boulder to the crater at the peak.

The moment Bouldy was placed there, a loud sound rang to his ears and a ethereal number appeared on top of the disappearing Bouldy. It represented the number 1.

”Alright, 999 times left.” Raven pursed his lips as he nursed his aching body. Rolling up that boulder all the way here hurts.

He saw Bouldy disappearing and the felt the ground rumbling. He then took a peak from the top, he saw that Bouldy was being ressurected down there as well.

Right now, he didn't go down to start the next attempt right away. He planned to rest for the day and continue when he's fully recovered.

Raven also noticed something when he successfully finished an attempt. He saw the fruit tree at the top bearing a new batch of apples. If he remembered it correctly, it hasn't been a full week since he ate the last batch so this made him think that this is his reward for every successful attempt.

He plucked the apples to check if they were any different...they're not. Still, he ate them graciously since it will increase his strength.

After this, Raven rested for two days before beginning another attempt.