Chapter 291: Stranger
Egang Death Demon.
Race: Light and shadow creature.
Non-intelligent life, full of wild instincts.
It uses its four arms to attack. Its characteristic is that two of its arms can change freely. It is naturally capable of brutal melee attacks and is extremely lethal.
The lowest individual strength in the group was found to be at stage four, and the highest was at stage four perfection. No individual reaching stage five was found.
Lucilia wrote on her sketchpad about the dream creature she had encountered before.
This was a creature that Alka had discovered and observed for a long time, and she was taking it with her to record it.
The reason why Alka devoted so much effort to observing this creature in his dream was because this creature could make up for the shortcomings of the others.
That is, his melee skills are too poor and his melee means are too simple.
As the magic gathering stone above the observation room was turned off, Alka walked out covered in sweat.
Looking at Lucilia who was writing in the illustrated book next to him, he asked, "How long have we been on this island?"
"51 days and nights."
"Have you been here for so long?" Alka asked in surprise.
Hearing this, Lucilia put down her pen and tilted her head to look at him: "Then what do you think, what stage have you reached now?"
"16 spirals, two more than when we first arrived." Alka said.
"That's it, so what's so strange about it taking so long?" Lucelia complained and once again focused on the illustrated record in front of her.
"Yeah, I didn't expect that I've been on this island for so long?"
Alka said, there is no other way, this trial island is so good that people don’t want to leave at all.
After all, the Tower of Trials has weekly training with exclusive instructors, and one-on-one targeted services to improve strength. Such opportunities are rare.
The main reason is that they have not yet reached the qualifications to make the challenge.
In the words of his own coach, if you want to challenge, you have to be much stronger than your peers to be qualified.
In other words, they don't even have the ability to obtain golden treasures.
But this only applies to Alka and his friends.
"Okay, let's go down after we finish writing. We have important things to do today."
"I know, right away." After a while, Lucillia nodded with satisfaction.
"Now we just need Xia Dai to provide the pictures."
After putting away the illustrated book, the two of them jumped out of the observation room.
Came to the restaurant in the stern deck and had breakfast.
Everyone had already woken up.
Juanlu and Mathilda were eating breakfast at the table, but it was obvious that they were absent-minded.
"Don't be so nervous. Didn't your instructor say it? You have the ability now." Xia Daiti comforted.
Hearing this, Juanlu just took a deep breath and quickly finished the food in front of him.
Adjusting my mentality.
Mathilda was still a little sad.
"But my instructor also said that my fighting instincts are not strong."
The only two people on the boat without treasure are preparing to enter the challenge mode today.
Alka and his friends are not qualified to participate in the challenge mode because their strength is not up to standard.
In the words of their instructor, this was undoubtedly a waste of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
But there was no problem for the two of them, because they did not have any treasures. Without control over the treasures, the challenge mode for them was naturally only as difficult as that for people without treasures.
Under such circumstances, naturally each party's requirements are not high.
Moreover, for both of them, the most important thing is to quickly pass the challenge mode and obtain treasures.
They are already falling further and further behind the rest in strength.
After this period of time, both of them have reached the third stage in strength, but the problem is that they are completely stuck at the third stage. If they want to advance even one spiral upward, it will take a long time to accumulate.
It will take at least half a year, and that's with the help of the magic gathering stone.
But others, like Alka, are fast and have already reached 16 spirals.
The others have between 12 and 14 spirals.
The bonus that the magic gathering stone brings to them is even more exaggerated.
The growing gap will make it increasingly difficult for them to keep up with the progress, even though on the ship, neither of them is positioned as the main offensive combatant.
It's more like logistics, but when sailing in the vast ocean, basic strength must at least be maintained.
If you stretch it too far, it will only become a burden.
Not to mention they have more distant goals.
After dinner.
Everyone quickly arrived at the Trial Tower.
Standing under the Trial Tower.
Alka looks at both of them.
He stretched out his hands, a dream of a mixture of gold and silver energy, plus some materials and Alka's own blood.
Through the power of the Alka gods and the dream kings, a mark representing their power was created.
Alka's seal of the king is a sphere made of blue metal lines, held in a palm and surrounded by a light pink mist.
Look at this metal mark.
The two took it.
Alka had already given the two his King's Seal before, but this one looked more formal.
After all, neither Mathilda nor Juanlu were among those who could be exempted from formal qualifications.
Although Matlisa is a saint of the God of the Sea, the problem is that their race is burdened with sin. Unless the sin is cleansed, they will not be able to obtain the official gift of the God of the Sea.
Juanlu simply believes in the Virgin Mary and has nothing to do with saints.
"Let me go first." Juanlu said after taking the Seal of the King.
Alka nodded.
Watching Juanlu walk onto the transmission platform.
Everyone was standing nearby, waiting to watch.
The triangle was extremely excited, and its surface even emitted a faint blue light.
Everyone knew it after spending so much time together, and this meant that he was very emotional.
"So are you ready? Although you already know, I still have to tell you formally before that. Take on the challenge, which only happens once in a lifetime, and is more difficult. In the challenge mode, your performance will be evaluated.
When you perform beyond your ability and reach the level of advancement and transcendence, you will be favored and receive the rewards you deserve.”
Juanlu stood on the transmission platform, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and nodded.
"Then, Trialist—Huanlu, raise your right hand and place your mark on the red stone pillar. I hope you can make progress and surpass yourself."
When talking about this, the triangle became very excited.
This was the first time he officially presided over the challenge ceremony of the trial-takers since he was activated.
He had thought that he would never have such an opportunity again until he was broken and decayed.
He was so excited that he could hardly contain himself.
This seemed to bring him back to his former glory for a short time.
Following the prompt, Juanlu raised his right hand, held the mark given by Alka in the palm of his hand, and then placed it on the red stone pillar in his right hand.
The blue lines on the teleportation array flashed red, and as they flashed, Juanlu disappeared.
He officially began the challenge ceremony.
“I hope he gets the reward he desires.”
Simon said as he looked at Juanlu who had disappeared.
This time, everyone did not leave. They just sat around and waited quietly.
"Are you excited?" Jason asked, looking at the floating triangle.
"Of course, I have to thank you. This opportunity is rare."
Everyone just smiled.
While they were chatting, Alka looked at Julia and asked, "Did you clear the 4th level?"
Julia shook her head: "It almost worked last time, but it should work this time."
When their strength increased, especially for those members on the ship who were just at the third stage.
Originally, they only needed to enter the Trial Tower on the 4th floor to meet the instructor and receive guidance.
By the time their strength improved, the instructor was no longer on the 4th level, but on the 5th level.
Because their strength has exceeded 10 spirals, they must clear the 4th level again before they can see the instructor again and get guidance.
This is the incentive brought by the normal mode and the basic operating method of the Trial Tower, so they must clear it again.
At this time, the difficulty of the newly appeared layers will increase.
According to what Alka learned from asking his instructor, all the trial challenge targets were actually constructed by them personally.
The purpose is to allow the trial-takers who have undergone their training to display better strength.
In fact, it is also used to reject those trial-takers who have no intention of making progress.
Besides Julia, Simon is also in this state.
So now we can still see Simon building even more powerful new structures to deal with it.
Jason, Lucelia, Xiadeti, and Pororo have all successfully met their instructors again.
At this time, Lucilia, who was chatting with Xia Daiti, suddenly stood up.
Looking at Lucilia who suddenly became alert on his shoulder, Xia Deti was a little confused.
Just as I was about to ask, Lucilia said loudly: "There is a boat, a boat is approaching."
Hearing this, everyone stood up, but Lucelia continued, "There's more than one ship... There are three ships."
At this time, the triangle next to him suddenly said, "Can you see what the logo on their ship looks like?"
Lucilia nodded and closed her eyes to communicate with the puppet girl on the Voice of Dawn.
"A full moon wrapped around a snake."
"Oh, it's them. Don't be surprised. They are regular customers." Triangle said beside him.
Hearing this, everyone turned to look at him.
“This is normal. Didn’t I tell you before that this is the Trial Island? Although it has become a ruin, the Trial Tower is still intact.
This island is a signpost island in your terms, the kind that doesn't move, as you know.
So in all these years since I was activated, I have received many trial-takers, but most of them came once and never came again.
But there are exceptions, aren't there? There are always some people who have enough ability. They create forces and build families, and naturally they will bring their offspring to trial, guide and train.
There are quite a few families that have established this kind of connection with this island, probably more than a dozen, but some families haven’t been here for a long time.”
As he spoke, magic power appeared in front of the triangle and began to construct various icons.
These icons represent the marks of power or family.
There is the full moon wrapped by a snake as Lucelia just mentioned.
There are also bony hands grasping the blade.
There are also plain marks or pierced skulls.
There are all kinds of animals, including eagles, lions, wolves and so on.
"I remember this family was called... Tarutara? I think that's what they were called. The last time they came was 20 or 30 years ago."
I just came here a few decades ago. Are you called a regular customer?
Hearing this, Alka nodded.
"In that case, a new generation has just grown up."
It takes about 20 to 30 years for a normal human family to have a new generation.
"So do you know about this family?" Jason asked from the side.
If someone else asked about the triangle, they might not be able to explain it, after all, it is a highly intelligent structure.
It’s hard to tell private information, but after all, Alka and the others are different.
All of these families can only be considered ordinary trial-takers, and they don’t even have the formal qualifications.
But Alka and the others are different, each of them is a regular trial-taker and can proceed to the challenge mode.
"I understand, right? If I start a family and have children in the Endless Sea in the future, I might have to let my descendants try the Tower of Trials." Jason nodded and said.
"I can really learn a lot from the instructor. He is a rare teacher." Xia Daiti still respects her instructor very much.
It is said that she already calls her instructor "teacher".
Listening to everyone's conversation, Triangle said silently: "Not everyone can get the guidance of the instructor."
Hearing this, everyone turned around and looked at him in surprise.
Is there anything different about this?
After all, when each of them reaches the same level, they will receive guidance from the instructor, and there are no exceptions.
Seeing that everyone has been here for so long, it seems that they still don’t know some of the most basic rules.
Come to think of it, they don't need to know this stuff at all.
With a faint blue light on his body, he explained, "You should know that if you don't have a formal mark, or if you are not someone with special rights like you, you will not be able to see the instructor.
Unless some of the trial takers have really good potential, they will be favored by the instructors and willing to come down to teach them. "
After hearing this explanation, everyone nodded in sudden understanding.
It turns out there is such a reason.
They actually didn't know it yet, after all, Alka had given them the mark of power of the dream kings long ago.
Or they are either saints of God.
"Has it been such a long time since any member of the Church of the Four Gods has undergone trials?" Pororo asked curiously.
Hearing this, Alka and others also felt a little strange and looked confused.
Looking at the strange expressions of the crowd.
Simon was standing nearby and was stunned. He couldn't help but say, "You... don't think it's easy to become a saint of God?"
Except for Lucelia and Jason, everyone here is not a saint of God.
The rest of them are.
Of course we have to exclude Julia, who has already turned away from the Seed of Life, but it is undeniable that she was also like that before.
"Isn't it?" Xia Daiti asked curiously.
"Of course not? This is a very difficult thing to do." Simon just remembered what kind of monsters his companions were.
I couldn't help but sigh.
He was later rescued from the time stagnation by Alka and others on the island, and then he obtained the treasure inexplicably.
Only after this will one gain the attention of God and become a saint.
Before this he was just an ordinary church member.
Not all of these people are born saints.
Thinking of this, I sighed inexplicably.
You're really making yourself bored.
"By the way, my previous question hasn't been answered yet." Jason said.
"I don't know... I'm just a construct. I've never been out before. Can you expect me to know anything about these human families?"
The triangle made a puzzled sound.
But he still said a few simple words: "At least they are quite polite on this island. They are quite respectful every time they come and help clean up those elemental creatures on the island."
"They have already landed on the island and headed straight for the port. They didn't find the hiding place of the Sound of Dawn," said Lucelia.
At this time, a sound was heard not far away.
There was a sound of chaotic footsteps.
The three ships docked and it was obvious that a large number of people got off.
After a while they saw from afar the people walking in from the ruins of the wall.
These people were wearing rather gorgeous, slim-fitting robes, painted in blue and silver and embroidered with various patterns.
But most people have snake patterns on their bodies.
And far fewer people came in than they thought.
At a glance, there were only about 6 people, and the rest stopped directly at the entrance of the ruins.
They were wearing relatively light soft armor and the weapons in their hands indicated that they were just guards.
Those people looked at Alka and others who were already around the Trial Tower and were somewhat surprised.
