Chapter 420 A Deal I Can't Refuse
"So I'm a little curious, did the trial master you believe in, or the being that can be called the God of Trial, leave or die in battle?"
Alka asked, sitting on the training ground.
They checked some records of various gods in the Glorious Library, and the first ones they checked were naturally the gods they met along the way.
This includes the God of Trials.
Although there are records, the problem is that in the later period, the writing of many books was no longer continued. After all, the whole world had become a mess by then.
Which scholar is willing to write these?
Even if there are, they are not as comprehensive as before. At that time, new gods rose every day and old gods fell every day.
The intensity of the war has deprived mortals of the right to record.
Even the Crystal Dragons have begun hunting for divine beings around the world, making them spit out the rules that belong to the world.
In the later period of the world, many records were no longer written. Instead, when the world was finally destroyed, the remaining people began to write down the records they knew.
There are many of them that naturally were not written down.
So Alka didn't know whether the God of Trials was defeated and died, or left with the other gods.
Mainly based on the fact that the instructor and the Trial Tower are still in operation, we can infer that no one is dead or not completely dead.
Of course, he was not sure. After all, Alka only had a rough idea of the situation between the gods.
"It seems that you have learned more and more about the situation during this period of time." The instructor couldn't help but say.
But he did not hide it and said directly: “It’s simple, he turned into the trial itself.
Do you know what happened in the last world?"
Alka nodded.
“Yes, the God of Trial permeates his eternal will. He gives his will to the trial itself, and then integrates it into the world.
He truly turned himself into a trial, which is why the Trial Temple still exists and the Trial Tower continues forever."
Is there such a road?
Is it worthwhile to impose one's will on the rules of the world? Or is there any point in doing so?
This is almost the same as death, and it seems that only voluntary sacrifice can achieve this effect.
"From your expression, I know that you definitely can't understand, right?" said the instructor.
Alka nodded. Of course he couldn't understand this situation.
“So we are human beings. Regardless of whether those high-born beings are worse than us, they are still born beings after all.
Their ideas are naturally different from ours. For my God, this is an extension of his will. He has even been looking forward to this moment for a long time. "
Obviously the instructors didn't understand either, but they respected the choice of their gods.
Only the will is left to give rules.
But this is the opportunity that the God of Trials has been dreaming of and waiting for for a long time.
Obviously, these natural gods and mortals like Alka have different understandings of individuals.
"Does such a god exist?" Alka couldn't help but ask curiously.
Obviously, such choices and changes must have occurred at the end of the war between gods, when the world was about to be shattered into pieces.
The instructor nodded: "Yes, it's very interesting to talk about it. Many of my good friends are in the same situation."
In short, there is a whole small circle of people who want to give their will to the existence of rules. And almost all the gods in this small circle have this idea.
The difference between them may just be that some succeed and some fail.
Can't understand.
"For example, the Master Alchemist, you can also call him the God of Equivalent Exchange. He also gave his will to the rules, and he was the pioneer of this path, the first to achieve it. He provided a completely feasible procedure for all the gods who came after him with such ideas."
"I see."
Alka had seen the records of this god, and he thought he had died in battle.
After all, hearing this name, it doesn't sound like this god is very powerful.
It should be in the middle and late period of the war. Although few records from the final period have been preserved, the records of this god were cut off during the period when some records were left and complete.
Many scholars believe the deity is dead.
Because the Master Alchemist does not have a church organization that believes in or believes in him.
Most of those who are willing to believe in him are alchemists and various similar beings. They are all relatively rational people and most of them are worth a lot of money.
It is a relatively loose belief.
Perhaps only when they are actually refining something and need to increase the success rate, or need more inspiration, will they make a prayer gesture and simply pray.
However, according to records, when major works are successful or experiments are carried out, this god must be worshipped.
These are the emotions that normal people should have.
Perhaps only at this time, this god has some believers.
Naturally, when this god left, and mortals could no longer hear his voice, they thought that he might have fallen in the war between gods.
At that time, the death of a god was no longer a big deal.
It seems obvious that he is not dead, but the first one to give his will to the rules.
“Will this behavior bring about any change?”
Alka couldn't help but ask curiously.
There has to be some change when you give your will to the rules, right? If the rules remain the same without any change, then there is no point at all.
"Of course, didn't you feel it?" the instructor asked Alka.
"What's the feeling?" Alka frowned and looked a little confused.
"What is a trial? What is a trial tower?
This tower-like building was able to remain intact when and after the world was shattered, and has continued to operate for so long. You don't think it's because of our construction technology, right?
This is just one of the 12 towers. How can it be so eternal? All this is because the original intention of the trial has a certain tendency. This is the change of the will to the rules themselves.
This is also why the Temple of Trial can continue to exist, and we instructors have basically become vassals of the Trial and can continue to exist.
Rules are fair and have no meaning without character. They are the natural laws of the world.
Fair and cruel, without humanity.
Any kind of suffering and ordeal can be called a trial, but is there any reward for such a trial? No.
Because the laws of nature cannot involve only trials; there will also be luck and price.
All trials are but pain, but with reward they are trials."
As he spoke, the instructor's originally calm face became a little fanatical, and he spoke to Alka as if he was preaching.
"So you know, the pain you've experienced will only be pain forever. The pain you've experienced will only make you more miserable.
Because that's the rule, it's naturally so equal and bloody.
But it is different if my God gives them will. All those who truly experience suffering and trials will definitely gain something.
Perhaps what he gained did not make his life much better than before, but it was good after all, at least it would not get worse.
Isn’t this true kindness?”
Alka sat there, thinking.
He suddenly thought of something.
That is the rumor that has been circulating on the sea.
All the drifting islands encountered during sailing are part of the gift of fate.
That's all suitable.
Even the crisis on the drifting island is difficult to deal with on its own.
But the reason why this rumor has been passed down must be that if they can survive the crisis on the drifting island and continue sailing on the sea, they will definitely gain something.
Those who died on the island would naturally be counted as having failed the trial.
Of course, there is more to it than that.
But after what the instructor said, Alka might have felt that there was a similar force operating within.
The instructor then continued, "The divine essence rewards of the Trial Tower are basically suitable for you. Why do you think that is?
You should already know that how could such a divine essence be suitable for you? You must have such doubts.
To achieve such an effect, we must have a huge treasury containing a large amount of divine essence, otherwise it would be difficult to ensure such a reward."
Alka nodded. This was indeed what puzzled him the most.
And according to their understanding, this god was not really powerful in the Golden Age, he was just one of the many gods.
It is not strong enough to deserve praise, nor does it have any outstanding achievements.
The only thing worthy of praise is that the Island of Trials is for mortals, for believers of the gods, and for the descendants of the powerful.
Conducted precise trials and training.
How could he ensure that those who passed the trial in just one trial tower would obtain the divine essence that would definitely suit them?
Although the divine essence has a little more adaptability than treasures.
But after all, there needs to be a degree of matching, not to mention the existence of multiple divinities.
“That’s because rules with will will mobilize other rules.
The operation of the world is not achieved by a single rule, but by the combination of countless rules. Every natural phenomenon is the interaction between rules and there is never a situation where a single rule can achieve it. "
The instructor said.
At this point, Alka could roughly understand what he wanted to express.
The world itself is made up of a large number of rules.
It's just an ordinary breeze blowing, perhaps it's not just a simple wind.
“So the reason why we can actually obtain abilities that match yours is because there is only so much divine essence overall.
There is no such thing as a huge treasure house. The stock of divine essence is limited. And most of it was collected by us at the end of the God War.
The reason why you can be matched is because the rules of the trial have will. After passing the trial, the connection between wills will match the essence of divinity with equivalent exchange. "
As he spoke, the instructor smiled and said, "It's what I just said, the Alchemist God of Equivalent Exchange, who gives the will of the rules.
He will help with the rules of the trial, and through the unique means that already existed, he will change the rules that originally did not match you into rules that match your divine essence.
After all, it’s an equal exchange, isn’t it?”
Hearing this, Alka couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"In other words, the will of this rule allows him to collect the incompatible divine essence back into the world, and then extract a matching divine essence from the world and return it?"
The instructor nodded.
"Yes, that's it."
Because equivalent exchange has become the world itself, it just made a small adjustment through its own will.
It's like a guard guarding the vault.
The vault has a variety of gold coins, but if someone doesn't like the appearance of the gold coin in his hand, he can ask the guard to exchange it for a gold coin of equal value, but with a shape that suits his taste.
"ah?"
This time Alka was really surprised and stood up from the ground.
It would be disastrous if this got out.
Through his understanding of the world, Alka knew clearly why many powerful and even famous beings had not yet ascended to the level of gods, and why there were only a handful of people who had ascended to the level of gods in tens of thousands of years.
It is because it is so difficult to possess the three suitable holy grails, two scepters, and the most difficult one, the crown.
He believed that there would definitely be people who would choose other treasures based on the scepter-level treasures or even the crown-level treasures.
Abandon the Holy Grail-level treasure that you once used.
A crown is certainly infinitely more difficult to find than three holy grails.
But if there is such a rule, or the ability to use this rule.
As long as you collect enough treasures, you don’t have to consider whether they are compatible with each other.
Then the difficulty of becoming a god will drop exponentially.
From extremely difficult to extremely easy, of course this is only for the strong.
As long as Alkata reaches a certain level of strength, such as the sixth stage or even the seventh stage.
According to the information about the treasure he had, he could even directly obtain the treasure without having to consider whether it was suitable for ascending to godhood.
After all, he now has information about two crown-level treasures.
But no matter how you think about it, these two treasures can never be compatible with his treasure.
One thing is something left behind by the Death Dragon, the core of the boundary between life and death in Zehai.
It must be related to death.
The other thing is the island that we knew before, which also has rules similar to death.
More similar to rules like reincarnation.
No matter how you think about it, it is unlikely that these two items will be compatible with his treasures, or even with the treasures of other people on the ship.
But as long as he knew the rule of equivalent exchange and how this willful rule worked, he didn't need to think about it at all.
He only needs to get an existence of equal value, and then exchange it for an existence of equal value that is more suitable for him, which is equivalent to barter.
Exchange what you have for what you need.
"Looking at your expression, I know you must be overthinking it." The instructor smiled and poured a basin of cold water on him without hesitation.
“This is a link between rules with will and rules with will, belonging to the same world.
What? You are also a rule with will?"
"I've said before that the Trial Tower is almost an existence that depends on one's will and is part of the trial."
Hearing this, Alka calmed down and sat down on the ground again. Yes, what does this have to do with him?
It's just complete overthinking.
What a pity.
Alka felt a little regretful and sat on the floor.
"It seems that the application of this rule is very important to you?"
After looking at the instructor's eyes, Alka nodded nonchalantly.
"Yes, even if there is only one chance, it is very important to me."
Because Alka has actually gathered almost all the conditions for becoming a god.
He already possessed three holy grail-level treasures that were compatible with each other.
The third item was originally the most difficult, but I have already obtained the gift from the Prismatic Dragon.
Two scepter-level items already have a matching one.
As long as he makes sure he passes the Tower of Trials perfectly, he will be able to obtain another matching scepter.
In this way, he achieved the goal of having two scepters and three holy grails matching each other.
He has already collected 5 of the 6 treasures needed to become a god.
But it was accomplished. But he left the most difficult part for the last and most difficult to obtain crown-level treasure.
The crown-level treasure is difficult to obtain in itself, and it is left for the last one.
Just as he just said, most people must collect treasures of other levels with crown-level treasures as the core.
He, on the other hand, collected all the treasures of other levels and finally collected such a crown-level treasure.
You can imagine how difficult it would be.
Maybe the crown-level treasures he obtained are not suitable, and he might give up what he has now and start over.
He now only knows two things in total.
And you can tell by feeling that it is most likely not compatible.
You have to know that such a crown must be compatible with 5 other treasures in order to meet the conditions for becoming a god.
But what if there is a way to exchange one of them for one that suits him through the principle of equivalent exchange?
Then the difficulty of becoming a god would drop sharply.
He even almost grasped the key to becoming a god.
"How about this, let's make a deal?"
The instructor suddenly said.
Hearing this, Alka stood up and looked at him with narrowed eyes.
The rewards of trading are self-evident.
Moreover, the instructor has told me so much information that can be called a secret. He must be waiting for me here and has finally revealed his secret.
But Alka had to take the bait because it really hit what he needed most.
"No problem, unless this deal is more difficult than I thought."
Difficulty beyond imagination. Is it more difficult than obtaining a crown-level treasure and having to adapt to it? Probably not.
Alka thought so.
The instructor looked at him and said, “After all, I have been in the Trial Temple, so I don’t really understand how the world works now.
We usually learn about the outside world through those who come for the trial. From the look on your face, I know that such an opportunity for equal exchange must be beyond your imagination.
Then let me first tell you about the rewards we can offer, as servants of the God of Trials and trial instructors appointed by him.
We are closer to our God than any other believer."
He said with his hands behind his back: “So we know something, a divine tool of equivalent exchange.
The former alchemy master used this artifact to transform himself into the will of the rule of equivalent exchange."
"That is a scale that can make an exchange of equal value become what you want. Just like what I just said, it can transform the divine essence that is not suitable for you into the divine essence of the same level and grade that is suitable for you.
As for how many times this artifact can be used, we don’t know, but it is possible that it can be used all the time.
All we can guarantee is that he will be able to use it at least once."
“That’s the compensation we can give.”
Alka nodded. The reward was just as he thought. As long as the task was not too outrageous, he would take it. This was too important for them.
"Tell me, what is the mission?"
“It’s simple. Find a way to gather all the Trial Towers in one place, and then advertise it to the whole world.
The trial towers that were once built were scattered because of the shattering of the world. There are a total of 12. You need to collect all 12 of them. No matter what ability you use, you must gather these towers together.
It has become a true trial island.”
