Chapter 11: Trials

"Boom"!

Dodging the fist of the earth that fell from the sky, in the billowing smoke and dust, Noron blocked his hands in front of him, opened his eyes slightly, and tried to find the figure of the enemy. At this moment, two air-piercing sounds, "whoosh" and "whoosh", came from the front.

Not good! Noron let out a secret sigh and hurriedly made a tumbling motion forward, avoiding the two rock blades that flew in, but before he could stand up, a long sword was already hanging from the side of his neck.

"Oh, why did you lose again, this is the first time you've been defeated by your own mirror image!"

Blame me? This mirror image is too strong, isn't it?

Noron smiled bitterly at the mirror image in front of him that slowly removed the long sword and returned to its original position, and touched the neck that had just felt a chill.

At this time, three days had passed since Noron teleported to this overseas island, and in these three days, Noron had challenged twenty-three times in a row, but none of them had defeated the mirror image in front of him that was dressed the same as himself, but his face was somewhat blurry.

For the first time, Mirror chose a staff, and Noron chose a sword. But Noron had just started the roar of the earth, and before he could rush to the mirror, he was stuck on the ground by the rock blades flying from all angles, and the game was lost.

The second time, Noron chose a staff and Mirror chose a sword, but instead of opening the roar of the earth, Mirror Dodge the multiple rock blades shot by Noron by a fraction of a millimeter in his normal running speed, knocking him to the ground in three or two strokes.

The third time, Noron learned wisely, he was going to use his roar to distance himself from the opponent first, and then stack a certain number of rock blades in a volley to block the mirror image's dodge direction. But before Noron could run a few steps, a mirror image of the earth fist in the sky smashed down on him. The huge stone fist broke through the shield on Noron's body, which was less than a hundred health, and his eyes went black, and he lost another game.

Fourth...

The fifth...

In short, until the twenty-third challenge just now, Noron had not won this mirror image once, and the best record was only a minute and a half in his hand, and he was also pierced through the chest by two rock blades, and he almost finished the game.

However, at the end of each trial, a golden light would come from out of nowhere, instantly healing Noron's injuries and restoring his clothes. And in the sixth trial, when Noron was almost killed by those two rock blades, causing Ellie to go berserk and become a god, the same ethereal golden light flashed, not only the rock blade on Nolong's chest was gone, but even Ellie was forced to change back into Lori form.

Noron also found that he didn't have to pay money when he went through the next few trials, which didn't look like the trial ground in the game at all, plus this magical golden light could actually break through the seal of the three main gods in an instant and get Ellie, who was a high-ranking god, didn't have to think about it, and knew that only those two creation god bosses could do it.

In front of the final boss of the Rafia God System, Noron felt that he had better be honest about the trial, and Ellie also knew that she and Noron had met a guy with terrifying strength, and she couldn't even send a distress signal to the Titan God Department.

As the trial progressed, Noron gradually focused on the battle. Since this creator god, who doesn't know whether it is the goddess of chaos Deraya or the goddess of order, did not kill him and Ellie the moment they teleported to the island, this shows that he and Ellie are still safe for the time being, and they have the creation god as a sparring partner to teach combat, which is a good thing that no one else can find when they break their heads

Noron stayed on the island for three months.

For three months, Noron would fight the mirror image with different weapons every day, sometimes three or five times a day, sometimes more than ten or twenty times a day.

Noron is not a Saint Seiya, and is often defeated by the mirror image in the first month of the trial using the same method, but since there is no danger to his life, he faces the mirror image. Noron also revealed a ruthlessness: The right leg is broken, it's okay, I'll give you a punch; The left hand was cut off at the wrist, it doesn't matter, I'll shoot you a few rock blades.

He slowly grew up in pain, learned to anticipate and dodge from countless injuries, and gradually became able to ignore the non-fatal wounds on his body in battle.

The food stored in the temple has long been depleted, and Noron will go to the island every day to get some animals to roast and eat, or let Ellie catch a few days of sea fish to taste, and while cooking, he thinks about the shortcomings of today's battle with the mirror image.

Ellie, on the other hand, was bored and floated with pebbles. This is a game that Noron taught her, and it feels quite interesting that stones can fly so far on the water without attaching magic and fighting energy.

In the second month, Noron was already able to go back and forth with the mirror. Although he will still be defeated every time, it is basically the case where he is seriously injured and the mirror image is slightly injured - this is a good thing, indicating that the gap between him and the mirror image is narrowing, and the mirror image can no longer easily defeat him.

In the third month, Nolon's temperament began to change rapidly. In the daily blood and sweat, slowly observing and comparing the mirror image with himself, he gradually comprehended the essence of the mage's battle: wisdom.

If you can solve a problem with one rock blade, don't use two, a fist of the earth can smash your opponent into meat sauce, why do you want to deal with him slowly? Fists are sometimes better than spells in battle, and you might as well give your opponent a few wind blades to taste when you hit the flesh with your face.

A close-range burst of energy can be aimed at the opponent's eyes; The flash technique can be released into the sky and then slammed down; The Fist of the Earth can be sealed; The Blade of Rock can reduce its size to the size of a dagger, cutting the release time shorter; At least a tenth of the mana should be preserved after each battle, just in case; Even if you have a shield, don't fight the enemy.

In the end, a dying enemy is more terrifying than an unwounded one.

These combat experiences and skills were recorded by Noron in a small book, so that he could take them out from time to time in the future.

The sun rises and the moon sets, and it's a new day. Noron counted the days, and today was the thirteenth day of June in the 1684 year of the Faranis calendar.

It's been so long, it's time to go back and take a look. With a confident smile on his face, Noron touched Ellie's little head, who had not dared to enter the dojo since she was fixed in Lori form, and pushed open the door of the trial ground.

"Challenger, are you ready?"

The same slightly neutral female voice came, and instead of picking a weapon from the weapon rack on the side, Noron took a branch that had been folded on the outside and removed leaves, and nodded towards the mirror image opposite.

"I'm ready, please start the trial."

After three months of accumulation, Noron quickly predicted and dodged the rock blade shot by the opponent, jumped into the sky with the roar of the earth, and appeared behind the mirror image after dodging the fist of the earth with a flash.

Noron stretched out his right hand, and the branch in his hand, which had no fighting spirit or magical power, easily passed the danger judgment of the protection of the earth on the mirror image's body, and pointed it on the back of the mirror's heart.

Eventually, a tiny blade of rock shot into the back of the mirror's heart against the branch in Nolon's hand, and the mirror image of the clone that had tormented Noron for three months dissipated like shattered glass.

PS: The headache is good, and today I started to recover four thousand words a day.