Chapter 116 - Logic (1/2)

XXXX Continent, Area 52 Inheritance.

10 minutes have already passed since the disembodied voice told Aurus about preparing for the second trial of the three trial inheritance, which focused on logic.

”The 10 minutes of preparation are now over. The Trial of Logic shall now start.” At the very instant the 10 minutes were up, the disembodied voice resounded throughout the large stone room, prompting Aurus to open his sense of vision that was closed all this time.

”Well then, I wonder if my hypothesis is correct this time,” Aurus muttered to himself. ”I don't know why but it seems that it is easier for me to think up of abstract ideas than before.”

At the start of the 10 minutes, Aurus started thinking up of ways to clear the second trial, his mind instantly bombarding him with tons and tons of information which he thought did not exist in his mind in the first place. The influx of information surprised Aurus quite a bit, but he was able to remain calm and use it to his advantage, creating multiple conclusions around halfway before deducing all of it into one conclusion.

Now this influx of information was brought about by the enhancement in his soul through the Soul Sigils, which was boosted once more by the [Essence Refinement] skill, which is now at the S-Transcendent grade. Of course, Aurus did not know this as he did not expect the skill to enhance the effects of the Soul Sigils. He instead took this influx of information as a sort of temporary gift from the inheritance as he cleared the trials.

If only he knew.

As he opened his sense of vision, the large stone room, whose walls were visible to Aurus all this time, started to dim and become pitch black, as if his sense of vision was being limited. This black fog also started to expand towards Aurus, limiting his vision even more.

Yet rather than panicking, Aurus maintained his calm as he commanded the system, ”System, change my mode of vision to that where the black fog does not hamper me in viewing the surroundings.”

Ding!

'Vision mode change in process...'

Whoosh!

In an instant, a huge part of his field of vision cleared up thanks to the [Soul Perception] skill he had, which was now at its A-grade version, giving him a larger field of vision rather than its C-grade version.

As the fog around him gradually cleared up to the skill's limit, Aurus became shocked as he noticed that the floor became partitioned, turning into multiple blocks of stone with some sort of viscous fluid flowing between the cracks.

This transformation started at the corners of the stone room before making its way towards the center, the final block being made underneath where Aurus was.

Once the transformation was finished, the disembodied voice from the inheritance resounded once more to tell Aurus about the mechanics of the second trial.

”The second trial is also known as the Trial of Logic. This trial shall test whether the inheritor can listen to the words of command and deduce the meaning behind those words, creating the decision that would be the difference between life or death.”

”The inheritor will have eight directions to move towards, only a quaint few will lead the inheritor towards the clearance of the trial.”

After hearing the mechanics of the second trial, Aurus could not help but light up as his aura tuened slightly cheerful. ”To think that my hypothesis this time was correct... somewhat.”

”My hypothesis was something along the lines of being a piece on a chessboard, where one decision of mine will be the difference between life or death.”

”I guess this is close?” Aurus could not help but chuckle as the disembodied voice resounded once more.

”Now let the Trial of Logic...”

”Begin.”

Whoosh!

In an instant, the eight blocks surrounding the block where he was standing in glowed a faint red as a voice resounded from the inheritance, exuding off a hint of vitality and wisdom as it said, ”The first move in this trial shall decide whether you can continue to traverse the trial, or leave without any reward.”

”Listen to my words, as I'll only say it once,” the voice stated, giving Aurus no time to voice out his opinion. Well... it's not like he could voice it anyway.

”You are the commander of a centurion, and your centurion is a troop hidden by your army from its intelligence to change the tides to your army's advantage.”

”You received a report from your army's intelligence that the enemy army will attack you from the front, but you had a hunch that it was a diversion tactic by the enemy army, leading you to fall back. If you followed the army's report and fell back, you might be attacked by the enemy army if the diversion tactic was true. But if you didn't follow the army's report and moved forward, you might be attacked as well if the diversion tactic was not true and the enemy army was truly moving from the front.”

”As the commander, what move shall you take?”

At the very instant the voice was finished explaning the situation to Aurus, he was instantly at a loss for words as he did not know whether to follow the situation's words or follow his own instinct.

”What do I do? What do I do? If I fail on the first move, my eligibility for the third trial will be gone!” Aurus could not help but panic as he knew that failing the inheritance would lose him the chance of obtaining the key of the inheritance.

Oh, and the Comprehension Leaf as well.

It took Aurus a solid minute to calm his mind down and think things through one more time.

”This is the Trial of Logic, in other words, abstract reasoning. Is it abstract reasoning? I don't know, but anyways, this is a test of the mind.”