Chapter 119 - Intense Shock (2/2)
”Substituting the numbers with directions, the first pattern gives me the following order of northwest, northeast, right, left, right, left, down, down, up, and up.”
”Wait a minute...” After hearing himself talk about the directions, a memory so vague to him surfaced in his mind, a memory that contained a special code in multiple games in his previous life that it was considered an easter egg.
”Ain't this the...” Gradually clearing the memory that surfaced in his mind, Aurus gradually realized the pattern that was given to him by the inheritance.
”The Konami Code!”
The Konami Code was a famous easter egg in his previous life. It could even be considered as a legend due to how popular it was. It went along the lines of up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, then start.
Of course, Aurus noticed that the pattern on the artifact was the reversed version of the Konami code, with B and A being swapped for northeast and northwest respectively.
Without hesitation, he discarded the first pattern in his mind, following the second pattern that coincided with the memory that surfaced in his mind.
Whoosh!
Hovering off of the ground, Aurus moved two blocks forward, then the same amount in reverse. He then moved to the block to his left, and then to his right, twice. At this point, a great majority of the stone blocks had fallen into the viscous fluid and dissolved, leaving only a handful for Aurus to choose from.
Of course, Aurus did not have to think hard on what blocks he should choose, moving to the block in his front, leaning towards the right, before moving forwards one more time, leaning towards the left this time.
Grrrrrrrr...
All of a sudden, after finishing the 10 moves, as if Aurus achieved something special, all of the remaining blocks instantly sunk down and dissolved from the viscous fluid, leaving the sole block of stone where Aurus hovered off of.
Seeing that the block of stone he was hovering off of was not dissolved by the viscous fluid, Aurus could not help but let out a sigh of relief and say, ”Haah... it's finally over. The second trial is finally over.”
A few seconds later, the viscous fluid that threatened to dissolve the stone block that Aurus hovered off of gradually retreated, with the stone block Aurus was on gradually expanding in exchange. This continued on for a few minutes, with the big stone room returning back to normal. His vision also returned to normal, with the black fog that was supposed to cover his vision dissipating along with the viscous fluid.
With the big stone room returning back to normal, Aurus could now truly relax, landing on the ground, regaining his mental energy and his mental composure while waiting for the inheritance to tell him his reward.
Eventually, after ten minutes, a monotonous voice started to resound throughout the stone room, announcing Aurus' reward.
”Inheritor, you have successfully completed the second trial, the Trial of Logic.”
”Conparing you to the other inheritors that have taken the same trial in your past, you are the first one to have completed the trial in such a short amount of time, only taking a little bit over 2 hours.”
”For this, the reward that will be given you is highly boosted than normal. I hope you can put the reward to good use.”
Ding!
After the monotonous voice was finished speaking, a notification sound resounded throughout his mind, coming from the system alone. He had a feeling that the reward he obtained from the second trial was related to the system after hearing the notification sound, hence he checked the notification log.
At the very instant he was finished reading the notification, Aurus closed the notification screen and stayed silent for a few minutes. It was only after that did he start to make noise.
”What the fuck....”
”Unbelievable...”
”What the fuck...”
Now what did Aurus obtain, you may ask?
That would be 300 Genesis Points, enough for him to temper his soul and start investing into the Genesis Tree.
”What in the ever loving fuck.”