"It's an ascetic after all, and I have to be motivated enough to keep going. ”

This is a goddess, she is undoubtedly one of the gods, and Magellan decided to choose this goddess as an opponent for the next game almost at first sight.

"Asceticism is not the only Brahmin practice, and if you deviate from the Dharma, even if you succeed in austerity, you will not be able to attain good results, just like the Asura kings. ”

"So are you interested in playing a game with me and teaching me the truth of Fa-rectification?"

The goddess laughed: "Few brahmins in asceticism are in the mood to play, and I am beginning to wonder what your austerity is. ”

"Win the game and arrive at the Emperor's city. ”

"Ah, so you're that mortal. ”

The goddess said, her face was not very surprised, in fact, when she saw Magellan for the first time, she knew that this mortal was probably the one who was going to play with the gods.

"To help you with your austerity, I agree to your request, but the content of the game is up to me. ”

Magellan smiled and sat down on a flat boulder on the side of the riverbank, nodding.

"Let's play dice. ”

"Good. ”

The goddess laughed, she seemed to like the game, and beckoned gracefully, and three dice landed in her hand.

"The rules are up to me," Magellan nodded in agreement, and the goddess placed the dice on the boulder and began to explain the rules, "I roll the dice, two times before and after, you can guess which one has the bigger point, and if you guess correctly, even if you win." ”

"What if, the two times before and after the same number?"

"Do it all over again. ”

Magellan nodded: "Fair enough, but before I start, I'm going to look at the dice." ”

The goddess laughed and threw three dice onto the boulder: "The creation of the gods is perfect. ”

Magellan picked up the three jewel-carved dice and exclaimed: "Perfect, worthy of a god." ”

"So can you get started?"

"Good. ”

The goddess brushed the three dice with the streamers on her body, and they magically disappeared, and then she threw them downward, and the sound of the boulder clashing sounded.

"It's the first time. ”

Magellan frowned as the goddess picked up the invisible dice again and threw them down again.

"This is the second time, tell me your answer. ”

The goddess looked at Magellan with a smile on her face that could not hide her excitement, and it was clear that the god liked the game.

But in front of her, Magellan had a bitter face.

"There's no way at all...... In the end, the previous points are bigger...... Or is it the back?"

Magellan spoke slowly, he looked down at the slate, and then looked up at the face of the goddess, as if he wanted to see something in her expression, but naturally he found nothing.

"I choose, front. ”

The goddess did not hide her surprised expression: "You guessed it!"

She looked like all gamblers, even the pain of losing something, except that she didn't really lose anything.

"I'm lucky that the asceticism can continue, and I think it's good news for the gods. ”

Magellan wasn't very excited, and there was some strange persuasiveness in his tone that convinced the goddess that he really didn't think it was a big deal.

That calmed the goddess down faster than before.

"Is this a coincidence?"

Magellan smiled: "One in two, one in two will happen like this, if it happens to be the first time, it is not surprising, is it?"

It took a moment for the goddess to understand what Magellan meant, but she wasn't relieved.

"Is it really just luck?"

"My asceticism has just begun, this is the second game, and the first time, it was painstakingly chosen by the gods, if it were to start from the beginning, they would not have been able to change the game, and I would not have been able to lose, and then we could have a second game, the creation of the gods is perfect, so everything is under control, and it will not take long for half of the possible success. ”

The goddess finally gave up on getting to the bottom of it, and she was persuaded more by Magellan's determination than by his reasoning.

Then, as a reward for the game, the goddess told Magellan how difficult the austerity he was about to accomplish.

"The abode of the Shakti, the capital of the gods, perched high on the summit of Mount Meru, and before you can get there, you must pass through the full Nine Heavens. ”

Magellan did not speak, he quietly listened to the goddess's explanation.

"With Mount Meru as the center, the territory of the gods that mortals cannot set foot in is divided into thirty-three days, and there are nine heavens on each of the four slopes of the mountain, and the highest layer is the thirty-third day, the residence of the Emperor of Heaven, Heaven and Earth City, which is not a place that can be reached by climbing the mountain, and only a few gods with the permission of the Emperor of Heaven can enter, and from here, you must go through the permission of at least seven guardian gods, and finally face the Emperor himself before you can ascend to the City of the Emperor of Heaven. ”

The goddess raised her head and looked at the towering snow-capped mountains in the infinite distance.

"Every heaven is another world, a realm that only the gods can touch, and the ascetic brahmins will choose to climb the real snow-capped mountain, because there is at least a chance of success in comparison. ”

"Thank you. ”

Magellan smiled and stood up.

"Now, then, have I been allowed to enter the Second Heaven?"

Beside the goddess, the surging divine power began to gather, and she stood in the air, streamers flying around her.

"Answer me first what you won the game you just played, and then I will decide whether or not to allow you to continue this austerity. ”

"Expression. ”

Magellan looked at the goddess with a smile, the poisonous gods were no different from the Venerable Masters he knew, most of them were lovely mortals, and their transcendent status brought countless shortcomings.

"Whether you're really obsessed with the game or not, at least this time, you really want to win, so when I say the two different possibilities, your expression is subtly different, and that's actually, very obvious. ”

"So you beat me just by that one?"

"From the very beginning when you choose such rules, I know what to do, a game with asymmetrical information is a game of pure observation, and of course, you are more enjoyable than most opponents. ”

The goddess laughed.

"If I don't allow you to continue, Lord Shiva will come and look at me with His Eyes of Destruction. ”

The goddess smiled and shook her head, then raised a hand.

"How can you be sure I ......?"

"Only the god in charge of guarding it would watch a mortal break into the god's territory and still play dice with him. ”