Chapter 225 - A Unique Trial (2/2)

Some time has passed since Argentum disappeared from the first room he was in, eventually appearing in another room a couple of minutes later. At the very instant he appeared in this new room, the first thing he realized was that the room was incredibly boring. It was akin to the large stone room Aurus was in while he was taking the impromptu test from the Supreme Ruler of the Void.

In fact, Argentum felt that this room was exactly the same as the room Aurus was in since this was in essence, a large stone room as well.

Rumble…

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Just as he realized that he was in a stone room, the floor started to rumble as ten pillars of varying heights appeared in the center of the room. These ten pillars were arranged in a circular formation, with one tall pillar in the center of the formation while nine pillars with varying heights surrounded this tall pillar.

Wondering as to what the purpose of these pillars was, a few seconds later, red flames soon manifested on top of the nine outer pillars. As for the single inner pillar, a large orange flame manifested on it, giving Argentum the feeling that he was looking at a variant of Stonehenge in one way or another.

”This is the first trial you shall undertake,” the disembodied voice he heard before resounded in this room after the flames on top of the pillars had manifested.

”The name of this trial is the Grand Flame Dispersal,” the disembodied voice continued talking. While Argentum was pondering as to what kind of mechanics a trial with such a name would have, the disembodied voice soon continued with its explanation.

”The goal of this trial is quite simple. Using any method available, the inheritor must…”

”Remove the flames that are on top of the pillars.”

”…eh?” Argentum could not help but think that he heard wrongly. Remove the flames that are on top of the pillars? Wasn't that just putting out the flames on top of the pillars? Surely, this trial isn't like that, right?

These kinds of thoughts flashed across Argentum's mind as he wondered whether he had heard wrongly. Fortunately, the disembodied voice repeated its explanation, allowing Argentum to know that he had actually heard correctly, making him utter, ”…eh?”

”There is no time limit to this trial, but the inheritor will get more rewards if all of the flames on the pillars are removed as fast as possible,” the disembodied voice added in its explanation.

”Let the first trial…”

”Begin!”

After the disembodied voice signaled the start of the first trial, Argentum pondered over how he was going to remove the flames on the pillars for a short bit, muttering, ”If I had skills that were of the Water element, this would be incredibly easy. Unfortunately, the Azure Shores is the second stop in my location.”

”Then again, wind could still remove fires through blowing,” Argentum continued to mutter before asking himself, ”Do I have a skill that's akin to blowing a gust of wind?”

He soon commanded the system to open up his skill list, prompting him to skim through it, only to find out that he had no such skill at all. Feeling slightly dejected, he pondered on what he could do to create a gust of wind. Thankfully, a spark of inspiration appeared in his mind, making Argentum feel like he had a shot if it actually did what he wanted to.

Alongside this thought, he could not help but ask himself, ”If this method works, then…”

”What's the point of living?”

”[Tempest Awakening]!”

Whoosh!

”[Lower Tempest Magic: Zephyr Burst]!”

Whoosh!

In an instant, Argentum activated two skills, both of which enhanced…his movement speed.

In short, Argentum was going to increase his movement speed to its limit, thinking that the gust of wind made as he ran would be able to put out the flames on top of these pillars.

Although he felt like it was a stupid idea, it still made some sense. He then psyched himself up, shouting, ”This will work! This will work!”

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Not long after that, Argentum then went ahead and ran around the pillars, gradually picking up speed as he could hear the sound of wind gradually getting louder and louder through his sense of hearing. Eventually, when he thought that the speed at which he was running was fast enough for a strong gust of wind, he then went ahead and jumped to the height of the flames, bringing the gust of wind to their level.

Swoosh!

In an instant, all of the flames on the nine outer pillars were put out by the gust of wind he had generated from his running. As for the large orange flame on top of the tall inner pillar, it swayed a bit thanks to the gust of the wind, but it was not enough for it to be put out.

Nonetheless, Argentum made a lot of progress with just one move, only needing him to put out one more flame before he would be finished with the trial. As he landed on the ground, he was left at a loss for words as an aura of intense disbelief radiated from him.

He could not help but look at the nine outer pillars surrounding the tall inner pillar with the only flame left after that. He then took a deep breath before muttering out in a tone of disbelief…

”That actually worked?”