Chapter 51 - Illusion (2/2)

Pong.

With a sound that did not fit the current situation, the extremely long corridor returned to its hall shape in the first trial, making Aurus gasp in awe at the powers of the one who made the inheritance.

Of course, inheritances don't just pop up out of nowhere. These inheritances were made by beings that had accomplished a lot of things in life and wanted to pass it on to the next generation.

Not long after returning back to normal, the disembodied voice resounded throughout the hall once more, shocking Aurus at the speed of the next trial.

”The third trial, the Illusion trial, shall begin in the next 30 seconds.”

”This trial needs the inheritor to escape five illusion worlds, with each consecutive illusion world increasing in difficulty.”

”Suggesting the inheritor to think that everything in their surroundings is fake, no matter what.”

With the announcement and the warning given by the disembodied voice lasting 20 out of the 30 seconds of rest given to Aurus, Aurus was basically left with 10 seconds of reveling in shock.

”What...” Aurus was being slapped with shocking things one after the other, rendering him speechless most of the time. He couldn't even do what he want to do.

Accepting fate, Aurus just sighed and waited for the third trial to start. ”If I have enough time to rest before the last trial, then I'll surely evolve the skills I can evolve.”

”For now, I better focus on escaping the worlds.”

Whoosh!

As if the 10 seconds of rest Aurus had left was equivalent to 1 second in reality, Aurus disappeared within the green jade hall as if he wasn't there in the first place. Not long after, the disembodied voice resounded throughout the hall, announcing the start of the third trial.

”The third trial, Illusion, has now begun.”

”The first illusion world, Void, has been casted.”

...

In another green jade hall.

While Aurus was currently tackling his third trial, Herellia, on the other hand, was still on her second trial. As to what this trial was, it was akin to the first trial that Aurus cleared, the Endurance trial.

But since the difficulty of Herellia's trial was S grade, even though the difficulty of this trial was reduced thanks to Herellia getting a score grade of S on the first trial, it was still harder compared to Aurus' Endurance trial.

Now you may ask, why?

This is because...Herellia is inside another world.

Whoosh!

Within this world created by the inheritance, an extremely vast and empty plain served as the stage of Herellia's second trial. On the plains was Herellia that was quite injured when compared to the time she was last seen with Aurus.

Her body was filled with holes of various sizes here and there, the red engravings on her body were flickering every so often, rather than staying luminescent, and since she was a branch of the Blood Belhazard class, that meant that the water within her xylem was somewhat viscous and crimson red in color. Since she was riddled with holes, this viscous fluid poured out of the holes, making for an eerie-looking branch.

”Damn...I fell for their trap. To think that their bombardment of multiple splinters would actually work.” Nonetheless, Herellia was a branch at heart, how could she feel any pain? Trudging on through the plains, she muttered, ”This Endurance trial is definitely harder than the first one, even though the voice said its difficulty was lowered.”

As she was hovering through the plains, the disembodied voice from the hall still lingered in her mind, reminding her of the trial she was currently taking.

”The second trial, the Endurance trial, shall begin in a few minutes.”

”The trial shall put the inheritor inside a world created by the inheritance, wherein multiple enemies of various grades and abilities shall incessantly hunt down and leave you no time to relax.”

”The goal for completing this trial is to survive 5 days within this world. As for the ratio of time within the world and reality, 1 day within the conjured world is equal to 1 hour in reality. I wish the inheritor the best of luck.”

Sighing as she noticed a few dozen branches and sapling coming at her, she activated her red engravings as she muttered, ”It has only been 2 days since I've started this trial.”

”If only I had a healing skill with me, that would be nice.”

”For now, I have to rely on my innate recovery and endure as much as possible.”

”[Blood Art: Dilation]!”