The path to the last heaven appeared to Magellan, like an abrupt void with pure darkness inside.

"Goodbye. ”

The goddess watched Magellan's back disappear into the darkness, shook her head and sighed.

"Is there still time?"

Behind her, another god appeared.

"The princess is still by the river, and she doesn't seem to be in a hurry to find an opponent. ”

"You should have heard what he just said, right?"

The god smiled, "I'll keep my face hidden." ”

The goddess turned around and sighed, "Do you think I showed some expression just now?"

"To the gods, everything can be hidden. The god was still confident that he had the qualifications to be far above mortals, "whether it's the eyes, the breath, everything." ”

"What if it's the flow of divine power?"

"That can't be, a mortal ......"

"How could a mortal accomplish such an austerity. ”

The goddess waved her hand and sighed: "Originally, I thought that the princess was just a good bait, but now it seems that she may be another hope, I will go myself." ”

"I ......"

The goddess didn't give the god a chance to speak, and she volleyed away and disappeared into the air.

After a certain distance, the goddess fell to the ground, and she saw the countess, the princess as the gods called it.

She was sitting at the water's edge, distracted, as if she was thinking about something.

"Mortal?"

The Countess heard a distorted, muddy, inhuman voice, and she turned around and saw a cloud of mist.

The mist seemed to be dancing all the time, and the strange sound came from within.

"This is the territory of the gods, and you may have entered a place you shouldn't have set foot in. ”

"Thanks for the reminder," said the countess, smiling as she looked at the mist, "it's remarkable, you look very striking even as a god......

"Eye-catching?" the voice in the mist had no tone to speak of, "Few people would use such words to describe a god. ”

"You're unlike all the gods I've ever seen, can I know your name?"

"No," the voice in the fog remained unwavering, "I'm just here to finish the game with you." ”

"So," the countess said with obvious surprise on her face, "you are the guardian of the Second Heaven?"

"How do you know ......"

"I spent a lot of time studying with a Brahmin who was full of yearning for Mount Meru. ”

"Then let's get the game started. ”

The countess nodded, and the goddess in the mist finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"There are two dice here. ”

"A classic game of luck with a fair degree most of the time, and you seem to be pretty good at the game. ”

The voice in the mist did not respond, and it said the rules of the game to the countess as if it had no feelings: "Three dice, twice, guess which one is bigger, guess the right one wins." ”

"Fair," the countess smiled as she walked to a flat boulder not far away, "it's a little hard, let's get started." ”

The sound of the dice falling on the stone slab twice, and then the countess frowned.

"The second time it was a little bigger. ”

The fog calmed down, and not only did it not make any sound, but even the fluttering and dancing converged.

The countess smiled and held out her hand: "Can I look at the dice?"

"You guessed it wrong. ”

"No, I guessed right. ”

The silence lasted for a moment, and then three dice fell from the fog onto the stone slab.

"Why?"

The countess picked up the transparent dice and put them in the palm of her hand, and raised her hand in front of her eyes: "The creation of the gods is perfect, right, whether it is weight or shape, there is not a trace of error, only the gods can do it." ”

"What do you want to say?"

"Except for one drawback," the countess laughed as she threw the three dice onto the slate, without looking down, and gave a number, "eleven o'clock." ”

She guessed right.

"How is that possible?"

The voice in the mist finally fluctuated in tone, although very thin, but unmistakably surprised.

"Voice. As I said, one of the drawbacks of these dice is that they have a depression on them to indicate the number of points, which means that each side is different, and it is audible different. Of course, the difference is too insignificant, but one, the opposite of six, can still be distinguished. ”

"That is, I can divide six numbers into two parts, the smaller and the larger, and that is enough. And, because there are three dice at the same time, those three different sounds will appear clearer when compared to each other. ”

The fog finally lifted, revealing the goddess inside, who looked speechless with astonishment, and nodded at the countess, "You won, princess." ”

"Then I can enter the second heaven?"

"Yes. ”

The goddess looked at the countess and raised her right hand.

A round, pitch-black object spread out in the palm of the goddess's hand, and then turned into a standard circle, just the size of a person walking through.

"I have finally come to believe that it is really possible for you to complete the austerities. ”

"Please don't worry," the countess smiled as she put the three dice back into the Goddess's palm, "and I will finish the austerity and solve all the troubles." ”

The countess stood in front of the door and stopped, then turned around.

"You're beautiful. ”

Before the goddess could say anything, Helen disappeared into the darkness.

"Mortal ......"

......

Darkness was followed by endless darkness, and when Magellan finally began to wonder if he was in trouble, a god appeared.

"This is not a place for mortals to stay, come with me. ”

It was a god that Magellan had heard of, the powerful wind god Vayu.

"Has the Asura's attack reached this level?"

Magellan did not follow the fell, but stayed where he was, standing in the endless darkness and looking around.

"What are you looking at?"

Vayu laughed, there was only darkness here, he didn't believe Magellan could see anything.

"I was wondering, what game would you choose. ”

"I am not the guardian of the Third Heaven, in fact, you have not set foot in the Second Heaven, this is a place of outer paths, not a place where mortals can stay. ”

Magellan followed Vayu's pace, and before his eyes, the path of light appeared in the darkness, and then suddenly, the god of wind vanished, leaving only a portal of light at the end of the path.

Magellan walked through the light and then opened his eyes.

This is halfway up the snow-capped mountain, and outside the green courtyard is the cold wind and cold snow, and the snow does not melt for thousands of years, and it is cold and biting.

Magellan just listened to the wind coming from there, and he felt a chill in his heart.

But that feeling quickly faded away, and it was a place as warm as spring.