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

The third attempt ended up similar as the last one. He succeeded, raising the counter to 2. However, he did notice that instead of a single ramp, there was two. This gave him an idea of how the rest of his attempts are going to be.

Raven's guesses turned out to be true. On the next attempts he had, he noticed that the ramps were increasing in the number. When the counter reached double digits, the ramps became short bumps and they appeared all over the slope, making it harder for him to roll-up Bouldy.

Still though, with his perseverance and carefulness, he managed to raise the counter to 100 and that's when a major change occurred. The bumps disappeared entirely, they were replaced by mud patches all over the slope.

This sucked. Mostly because the mud patches caused him to die a second time. Resetting the counter all the way back to 0. Back to the ramps he went.

If there's some salvation here, it came in the form of his resurrection rule.

It did say that he'll be ressurected in his prime condition, meaning his absolute best state. Raven's been eating a lot of apples and actually, when the counter reached the 100's a change occurred to the fruit tree.

The apples it produced became bigger and their quality increased. It still produced three apples every week though but compared to the previous ones, these are clear way better. They increased his strength greater, making it easier for him to roll up Bouldy.

When he died, thanks to the rules, he was ressurected to his prime state, meaning that he didn't lose any of the effects from the apples at all.

Sadly, the fruit tree degraded with the rest but that's fine, Raven can just work hard to make it all the up to 100's again.

And work hard, he exactly did. He basically made an attempt once a day and eventually raised the counter to hundreds.

This is where he stopped and decided to strengthen up first. He doubled-up on his training and ate the upgraded versions of apples.

He can already tell that the mud patches will soon cover the entire slope the higher he went so it would be for the best if he became stronger and train his balance more. He focused on his core so that he can always support Bouldy no matter how difficult the terrain gets.

And his training did pay off...

He reached the 200's and fruit tree upgraded again. The slope turned rocky this time, so the theme would uneven slope.

Once again, he trained. This time, he made some footwear that can allow him to anchor himself better to help.

At 300's, the slope became a mixture of bumps and mud patches.

At 400's, it became slippery and uneven.

And at 500's Bouldy gained double it's weight.

Every time he raised the counter by 100, Raven noticed that the fruit upgrades. At this point, the apples he was eating was so nutritious that he kept getting stronger. His strength went up by a lot that he's basically carrying out an attempt everyday, and since every successful attempt resets the time it needs for the fruit tree to bear fruit, he's having apples pretty much everyday.

At 600's the slope became filled with mud patches, bumps, and rocky areas. They appeared in different areas after each successful attempt. This scenario lasted until the counter 800.

At 801'st and onwards, Winter never left. It was cold and the slope became really, really slippery. The cold was fierce, Raven can't ignore it's effects on him.

Winter slowed everything down. That being said, Raven never wavered even though he noticed that it's getting colder with every successful attempt.

At 900's, Winter turned into a merciless hailstorm. The visibility went down and it was extremely cold. Raven nearly suffered from hypothermia if it weren't for his alertness.

Bouldy became more like a glacier that he had to roll up. Since the hailstorm is very strong, he also have to watch out for an avalanche.

It was only through his sheer will and determination that he managed to hold on. Also the apples, they were really of great help om strengthening him.

Eventually, Raven managed to raise the counter to a 1000 and an explosion occurred.

The hailstorm disappeared and spring came back in a blink of an eye. Raven heaved a sigh of relief and rested forma bit.

He then saw Bouldy transforming into a palm-sized ruby crystal. Raven inhaled sharply and kept it for now, he then concluded the 3rd Trial and returned to the trial space.