Chapter 186 (1/2)

Several ave up on conquering the Trial of Zakkart and entered the eon that had appeared before them

Despite that, Heinz and his coed to clear thirty floors yet The trials ieon were, in a way, lowing knight stood before theed his master who had been killed in a rebellion

“You will never give up, you say? Then becoing his ic sword at Heinz

The blade of his sword produced a sharp shockwave that assaulted Heinz and his coroaned Delizah, the Dwarf shi+eldbearer, as she stepped forward and deflected the enormous shockwave

“Aurora Rapid Reaction!”

“Super Rapid Reaction!”

Behind Delizah, Heinz activated a Holy Light Armor Technique martial skill while the female martial artist Jennifer activated an Armor Technique one With their reaction speeds improved, they leapt forward at Joshua, whose sword had finished its swing

Both of thee adventurer wouldn’t be able to keep up with their movements, but a black shadow appeared behind Jennifer

“That was close!” said the scout Edgar, deflecting the scimitar thrust by the shadoith his heavy knife

The shadoas Luke, a heroic spirit of Niltark, the God of judg this quite easy, for a scout to be focused on defense,” said Luke, taking its distance frouy only ever ar cursed

“You’re our successors who slew a Pure-breed Va that even we could not accomplish We came to test your character and found that you only amount to this much It’s only natural for a dozen or two sarcastic comments to come out, isn’t it?”

In his previous life, Luke had ale of Receiving a Divine Message from Niltark, he had broken out froe a thousand evils For such a heroic spirit, he was unexpectedly talkative

However, the words of a heroic spirit could be communicated in an instant, so conversations took aliven the in on Joshua – or at least, they should have been

“Inexperienced! Inexperienced! You are overwhel in front of Jennifer, stopping her

“Gah! This guy… He’s so fast but heavy at the sa Unar Technique which mainly relied on her fists, was parried by thehim to put in a counter-attack

“At this rate, not only will you be unable to defeat the De, but you will become corpses in an instant! You inexperienced fools!” the man shouted

This man was Gorsh He was a heroic spirit of the heroic God Bellwood, having given his life to protect Bellwood during the war against the De Guduranis

Meanwhile, Heinz was unable to even reach Joshua as well

“To think that you’re not even budging What a solid defense,” hebeen stopped by an Elf woman

“To possess Radiant God Swordsht Armor Technique, only to amount to merely this much… Your abilities truly fail to live up to your Skill naht will be but the faint flicker of a firefly It will be snuffed out in an instant,” said the Elf “You should know that as you are now, you will not conquer the Trial of the Champion, even if you spend a thousand years here”

The Elf was Firlietta She was a heroic spirit of Nineroad; she had served at her side during the battle between Alda and Vida that had taken place a hundred thousand years ago

And there was a fe Joshua’s back… She was Porla, a heroic spirit of Forgan, the God of dancing flames

“Let us put this to an end It seems that your priestess is almost out of Mana, and you will be unable to escape this spell,” she declaredthrough the air in a complicated pattern, and rapidly flooded in towards Heinz and his companions

The moment Heinz felt his consciousness slip away, a hard impact on his back woke hied to clear thirty floors again…” he e was stuck to his forehead, but other than that, nothing suggested that he had been in a fierce battle just ahis burns, and even the daone His body was tired, but even when he checked his Status, his Vitality had not decreased If it weren’t for the fact that his Mana was still drained, the whole thing ht have been a dream

Heinz turned around to see that his companions were nearby Of course, they were unharmed, just like him

Diana’s Mana was completely empty, but even Delizah’s shi+eld, which had been deeply da, was back to nor heroic spirits… I mis-allocatedyou should be concerned about The one who needs to apologize is ives the instructions,” said Heinz

“Nah, neither of you should worry about it,” said Edgar, giving the two of theainst heroic spirits… And the first battle was only one heroic spirit, the second o, and then the third one suddenly had five nobody could have expected that And our party forether It’s just a matter of whether we can win”

Heroic spirits… these were souls who had been turned into heroic spirits by the Gods after perforenerally similar in nature to familiar spirits, but they had a different role If familiar spirits were civil officials who served the Gods, then heroic spirits were the military officers

They had the sa the people, but heroic spirits also had the tasks of protecting the Divine Real upon the world in order to vanquish evil

As hters, it wasn’t uncommon for them to be more able in combat than Gods ere not skilled in battle

Thus, in many cases, the Heroic Spirit Descent Skill was considered a superior version of the Familiar Spirit Descent Skill, as it summoned a heroic spirit onto the user’s body

If their strength was converted to a Rank it was said that they would be at least Rank 12, but having actually fought them, Heinz and his companions couldn’t help but think that this was an underestimated value

Almost all of the heroic spirits had awakened superior Skills, and they used the the battle against the single heroic spirit, Heinz and his co on their nu the battle against two heroic spirits But against five, they had been overwhelin with… heroic spirits don’t… Isn’t it said that they don’t descend upon the world even if a nation or two is destroyed? What are they doing in a Dungeon?” coround and still trying to catch her breath

Indeed, heroic spirits descending upon the world and wielding their powers had only occurred a handful of times in the entire history of Lambda They had not descended upon the world even when huainst each other, whenin the shadows

It was said that heroic spirits depleteddirectly upon the world, causing them to fall into slumber for ten thousand years afterwards, but that wasn’t the only reason

If the Gods sent heroic spirits to correct every evil in the world, the people would not develop And since there was so much evil in the world, every heroic spirit would end up in slumber if they were sent so frequently

If truly powerful evils were to ed Zantark, the Pure-breed Vae or the hidden evil Gods, the entire world would be put at risk

Indeed, Heinz and his co’s nose, corner the Pure-breed Ternecia… and deal the killing blow to her

It was said that the ‘Thunderclap’ Schneider had personally defeated evil Elder Dragons and Gods, and Randolf ‘the True’ had fought against the Dements and the disciples of the evil Gods when he was still active

That hy the heroic spirits rarely descended upon the world, but… heroic spirits were constantly appearing on the thirtieth floor of this Dungeon, and they did not offer any blessings for Heinz and his coht?” said Delizah, wiping her sith her sleeve “I don’t know the circumstances that the Gods and heroic spirits face, but this Dungeon seems to be special Even on the previous floors, there were ends, and they all vanished like fog without leaving a corpse e defeated theht be the same”

Up until the thirtieth floor, Heinz and his coe monsters such as Ghoul Wizards, Ghoul Amazonesses and Bone Forts, but they had vanished like illusions after being defeated, their corpses leaving no ic Stones behind

This had happened for the entirety of the ‘Trial Dungeon’

“Are you saying that they’re like illusions as well? I can’t really believe that, but…” Jennifer ed fist-bloith Gorsh, Jennifer was inclined to believe that he was real It wasn’t just his appearance; the way he breathed and the s human

The monsters that they had defeated up until that point had all had the same sense of presence that made it difficult to believe that they were illusions, but the heroic spirits had seemed even more real than that

“Yeah, Luke’s unpleasant comments, their coordination and ability in combat ar “So then, aren’t they in a state where they’ve descended upon bodies that are illusions? The superior Skill of Familiar Spirit Descent is Heroic Spirit Descent, which suht be possible”

“Heroic spirits descended upon bodies created as illusions… Is soar?” asked Heinz

“Who knows I just thought of this possibility and decided to say it out loud You should know more about this than me, since you can actually summon heroic spirits with your Skill Now then, let’s cut the chatter and head back to ‘town,’” said Edgar, standing up and walking towards the ‘town’

… Indeed, there was a ‘town’ in this ‘Trial Dungeon’ It was the first thing that had greeted Heinz and his coeon

It was a toith an old-looking architectural style, filled with hu There were inns, bars, blacksmiths that repaired equipment and second-hand stores, as well as a Church that Heinz and his companions had never seen before It was a Church that worshi+pped all of the great Gods equally Alda was one of them, of course, but there was also Vida and Zantark, as well as the Gods that had already perished, like the Colossus God Zerno

The one thing that was out of place in this ‘toas the single Job-changing room If it weren’t for that, Heinz and his coht that this was a town that existed somewhere today

From the corridor that was just outside this ‘town,’ Heinz and his companions would head for the floors that they had cleared so far Every time they were defeated by the enemies, they would be returned to the town unhareon from the town

“Still, you could have said this about the Trial of Zakkart, but the difficulty of this Dungeon is strange, in a weird way There’s no telling how eon,” said Edgar “But at this rate, we have no idea e’ll be able to get out of here”

The eneeon were more powerful than the enemies that appeared in the Trial of Zakkart, but Heinz and his companions would never be killed by them This was the perfect trial created by Alda to make the losing the held up on the thirtieth floor I don’t kno ine that it will stop after the thirty-first floor,” said Jennifer “It looks like it’ll be a while before we can see Selen again”

Heinz thought of the Dhaeon She was like a younger sister or a daughter to hile day where he did not think of her

But there was so that concerned hi’ that the heroic spirits eon appear before us so that we can defeat the ‘ to join,” he said

Vandalieu explained the events that had led up to Gufadgarn creating and inhabiting a vessel in the shape of a beautiful girl However, the irl had still not been entirely cleared up

That was because there was no guarantee that it was entirely a

The Moon Giant Deeana, the on God Tia for Zakkart’s complaints

“Well, he was a man It’s normal for him to be interested in the opposite sex,” said Deeana

“Back then, nobody, not even ,” said Tia around o him Not that I think he are of it”

“It was a co that he’d say things like that, since he hadn’t had any relationshi+ps with anyone Zakkart’s physical age was reversed to his teenage years, too,” added the Kijin ancestor

“Gufadgarn, what surprised us is that you yourself are residing in the vessel, not a spirit clone We knew that you were hermaphroditic or asexual, but… I think you were a little too decisive,” said Deeana

“I gave it soht, and this was the best way to adhere to Zakkart’s wishes With that being the case, there was no reason to hesitate,” said Gufadgarn

“Even if that’s true, I think that a God would norirl rather than become one hie of the Gods”

“… I did not think of that option,” said Gufadgarn, clearly taken aback despite her face still being hts… I can understand why the De special,” said Deeana, giving a bitter smile “I have heard that Zuruwarn advocated that we should at least do that much for the champions, as they were summoned into this world that they have no connection to Ricklent also said that the champions’ ould take root more firmly in this world if they had lovers and friends, and nobody objected to it”

It wasn’t just Gufadgarn as surprised by Deeana’s words