962 Within the Divine Angel Trial
“Your divine artifact, the battlesuit will be completed this afternoon, but I will send it tomorrow morning for trial. I also want to try training myself in that otherworldly tower.” Elysia put her hands together while telling the new members. She also wanted to experience the thrill of undergoing the divine angel trial.
“Thank you for your consideration.” Morfina clasped her hand and bowed slightly.
“We will be waiting for your arrival, master. We will explore the trial together!” Vanessa was excited.
“Well, you literally haven’t reached the divine yet, but fine. If it’s you, one month is enough for you to reach the thousandth floor. I set this for a duration of three days with a one-in-fifty time difference with the outside world. After one hundred and fifty days , you will all be kicked out of the divine angel trial.” Nell rubbed her head and allowed Elysia to have fun inside her training ground tower.
She had already prepared the trial, opened the portal, and then reminded all the participants. “It’s a tower, but it’s placed in a separate realm within a separate realm. The void and dimension magic is forbidden, okay?”
“Affirmative!” All participants answered in unison.
Afterward, they bid farewell to Elysia and the Goddesses before entering the portal. Elysia waved her hand until all the participants entered and the portal dimmed.
“Grrr…” Gio grumbled. He was clearly not at the divine level, but he couldn’t join the trial.
“Fufu, you are an immortal earth dragon. It is a divine angel trial, and a tower is not suitable for your training ground. We have another place for you and the Cherub to train.” Elysia was amused when she found a small, disgruntled earth dragon on the table.
“Rawr!” Gio was excited.
“Now it’s time for us to go. We’re going to be a little busy, but I think we can finish everything ahead of schedule.” Lifa put a box on the table near the portal, then she led everyone away to prepare for their visit to the moon.
Meanwhile, the girls have just received instructions and guidance from the tower spirit, the mini version of the Goddess of Blessings. The participants were sent to the first floor after ensuring everyone understood the rules.
“Lyla, it’s fine if you take off your veil. Just so you know, our master and the Goddesses can see your face even if you cover it with a veil like that.” Sylvia pointed at Lyla’s face.
“Yeah, Xentia chose you because you are one of the heaven chossen ones predicted by Fortuna, Luna, and Lynn. You are beautiful and unique, but why feel inferior and afraid?” Xentia scratched her head in confusion.
“I am ugly and my current strength is only average. I don’t feel confident.” Lyla felt a bit nervous.
“Who dares to say you are like that? Wait, could it be because of the preferences of a different race?” Luna put her hand to her chin, aware of a possibility.
“Hum, I don’t have big muscles and don’t have any dominant attack power. Other than my craftmanship and my transmute skill, I don’t have anything special. My face doesn’t exude masculinity either. Everyone who sees my face says I’m an ugly woman.” Lyla sighed sadly.
“I see… No muscle, no appeal and attraction? Well, dwarves are a race that respects the strong, and masculinity is a measure of beauty. No wonder men and women have big muscles and stout stature. If I didn’t know you were a dwarf, I would have thought you were a unique elf, Lyla.” Yuuki folded her arms and nodded in understanding.
“Wait, so all this time the dwarves thought we were ugly girls? Hmph, their preferences are twisted beyond redemption then! But, why do they worship the Goddess of Light? Goddess Lina doesn’t have the big muscles and manly stature like their ideals, right?” Vanessa was surprised at what she had just understood, but there was something odd that she had failed to understand.
“That’s because the Goddess of Light is too strong. She could overthrow the dwarf’s ultimate weapon with just one sweep of her hand. No matter form or appearance, as long as one is strong, the dwarves will pay their highest respects.” Lyla shook her head.
“Hum, they are them, we are us. Lyla, Xentia picked you up for being our chosen hero, representative of the dwarves. Don’t feel ashamed or inferior because you are beautiful and charming by our standards.
Your transmute skill refined your body, and because of that, you won’t have big muscles even if you train your physique hard. However, look, you at least look like a pro athlete in Xentia’s world. Hum-um, Xentia admits it.” Xentia nodded like a sage, enlightened by her own statement. She then poked Lyla’s decent muscles to testify her words.
“Please excuse me.” Xentia held Lyla’s cheeks, then removed Lyla’s veil while the other party was stunned.
“Wha-” Lyla tried to take back her veil, but she retracted her hand. She felt ashamed, but she tried her best to endure the shame.
However, what everyone saw was a shy girl with an inferior complex, for a craftmaster with the stature of a normal young girl by human standards to be ostracized on the Dwarven Continent, how absurd.
“Hum, you are like a spring oasis in the middle of the desert. A rare and unique being. Let the standard dwarves stay with them as they only see mundane mirages. You will be with us from now on, so you need to feel more confident.” Lynn patted Lyla’s shoulder from the side.
“Yes, if you dare to say you are ugly, then that would be equivalent to insulting us by dwarf standards.” Morfina pumped her hand, affirming her words.
“Fufu, if you want, I will teach you to look even prettier and more attractive by our standards. Let those dwarves go with their preferences. You don’t need to be afraid or hesitate, hehe…” Luna held Lyla’s shoulder from behind. She could help this girl to regain some self-confidence.
“Hey, what’s with this chit-chat? Climb those stairs and go to the second floor there! This group has two Empresses and a few Saints. At least reach the hundredth floor before fifty days of tower time! Ely will come here soon!” The tower’s spirit emerged out of thin air and groaned in annoyance.
“Ah, the fairy is angry. We should be able to reach the one hundred and fifty or two hundredth floor before fifty days without being kicked out.” Evelyn clenched her fists, feeling sure and confident.
“Let’s go. This is my second time here. At least Eve and I know the schematic up to the hundredth floor.” Ella pulled Ariel’s hand and walked toward the ice-glass stairs.
“Hum, please demonstrate and show the way, senior sister.” Yaereene flew to follow the others.
“Your name is quite long and a bit hard to pronounce. Can I call you Yae?” Evelyn glanced at the pink fairy beside her.
“OK.” Yae didn’t mind that.
The girls underwent the divine angel trial to train their full capabilities. Elysia and the divine beings created several divine weapons, artifacts, formations, and several trapping mechanisms to ensure their safety on their next moon visit.
Without noticing, two days had passed. The supreme rulers in each region have started projects in each major city based on the blueprints given by the divine.
pAn,Da n<0,>v,e1 Hundreds of teleportation waypoints were built in just two days, and the city’s protection system was upgraded to anti-disaster-level.
Dylan and the devils had almost finished creating the ultimate cannons, while the spaceship project being worked on by the dwarves was still in the final construction stage. They worked hard to complete their respective projects before the promised time arrived.
Meanwhile, Alexander was already involved in a project to build an army of humanoid mecha based on the blueprints Elysia gave him. The first generation advanced golem, the cool demolition robot, as Elysia wanted, has also entered the manufacturing stage.
During that period of time, the accursed who broke free from the sealed areas that collapsed could still be handled by local forces. Thanks to the help of the anti-curse mechanism and the cooperation of all parties, the loss of life could be reduced significantly.
It was one day in the outside world before Elysia, and the girls were about to be ejected from the divine angel trial. Elysia reached the hundredth floor in just ten days of tower time, less than five hours of outside world time.
*Bam* *Thud*
A terrifying, huge creature fell from the ceiling, losing any ability to fight back. A young girl clad in a knight’s attire walked across the arena while holding her long black hair fluttering with the wind.
“They are already on the one hundred twenty-fourth floor and resting there before challenging the mini boss on the one hundred twenty-fifth floor? Alright then.” Elysia looked up, checking the girls’ coordinates via her spirit connection.
However, she couldn’t contact them by telepathy at the moment due to the tower’s obstruction.
She went to the next floor without looking back. The behemoth-like demon turned into particles of light and disappeared like a shattered illusion. She had just defeated the boss of the hundredth floor with a few tricks behind her sleeve without anyone’s help.
Yes, she reached the hundredth floor completely alone. No one went in with her. Elena, Rhea, Ai, and most of her divine artifacts weren’t there with her to undergo the divine angel trial.
Lifa suggested that it was a trial that Elysia had to go through alone. It was a new experience where Elysia had to solve everything alone and use her own decisions without anyone’s influence.