"So I'm a little curious, did the Trialist you believe in, or the being that can be called the God of Trials, leave or die in battle?"

Arka asked, sitting on the training ground.

They had checked some of the records of the various gods in the Great Library of Glory, and the first thing they checked was naturally the known gods they had met along the way.

Among them is the God of Trials.

Although there are records, the problem is that many books have not been written in the later period, after all, the whole world has become a pot of porridge by then.

How can any scholar have the heart to write this?

Even if there were, it was not as comprehensive as it used to be, and at that time, new gods rose every day, and old gods fell every day.

The intensity of the war has deprived mortals of their right to record.

Even the Crystal Dragons have already begun to hunt for divine beings all over the world, making them spit out the rules that belong to the world.

Many of the records of the later part of the world have not been written at the beginning, but in the end the world has been destroyed, and only those who have survived have begun to write down the records that they knew.

There are many of them, and naturally they have not been written.

Therefore, Arka did not know whether the god of trials was defeated and died, or whether he left with the gods.

Mainly based on the instructors and the fact that the Tower of Trials is still in operation, it can be known that there should be no death or no complete death.

Of course, he wasn't sure, after all, the situation between the gods, Arka could only be said to know roughly.

"It seems that you have learned more and more during this time." The instructor couldn't help but say.

However, he did not hide it, and said directly: "It's very simple, he turned into the trial itself."

Do you know what the last world is like? ”

Arka nodded.

"That's right, the god of trials runs through his eternal will, and he gives his will to the trial itself, and then merges into the world.

He truly turned himself into a trial, which is why the Temple of Trials still exists, and the Tower of Trials lasts forever. ”

Is there such a way?

Is it worth it to give your will to the rules of the world? Or what's the point?

This is almost indistinguishable from death, and it seems that it may have to be a voluntary sacrifice to achieve such an effect.

"I know by your expression, you can't understand it, can you?" The instructor said.

Arka nodded, of course he couldn't understand the situation.

"That's why we're human beings, and whether or not those beings who are high up in nature are worse beings than us, but they are born beings after all.

Naturally, they think differently than we do, and for our God, this is an extension of His will. Even he had been looking forward to it for a long time. ”

Apparently the instructors didn't understand it either, but they respected their gods' choices.

Only the will is left to give the rules.

But it was the opportunity that the god of trials had dreamed of waiting for for a long time.

Obviously, these natural gods and mortals like Arka have a different understanding of the individual.

"Is there still such a god?" Arka couldn't help but ask curiously.

Obviously, such choices and changes must have occurred at the end of the Divine War, when the world was about to be shattered.

The instructor nodded: "Yes, it's also very interesting to say, many of my god's friends are like this." ”

To put it simply, there is a whole small circle of beings who want to give their will to the rules. And almost all the gods in this small circle have this idea.

The difference between them may be that some have succeeded and some have failed.

Incomprehensible.

"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. A perfectly workable program was provided for all subsequent gods who thought so. ”

"I see."

Alka had seen the god's record, and Arka thought he had died in battle.

After all, listening to this title, this god doesn't look like a powerful force.

It was probably in the middle and late stages of the Great War, and although the records of the end of the war have rarely survived, the records of this god were broken at a time when the records were still complete and complete.

Many scholars believe that the deity is dead.

This is because the Master Alchemist does not have the existence of a church organization that believes in or believes in it.

Most of the people who were willing to believe in him were alchemists and various similar beings, all of them were more sane people, and most of them were worth a lot of money.

It is a loose belief.

It may only be when they are really refining something, they need to improve the success rate, or when they need more inspiration, they will make a prayer action and simply pray.

However, according to the record, when a major work is successful or experimental, it is definitely necessary to pay a good worship to this god.

These are all emotions that normal people should have.

It may be that only at this time can this god be regarded as having some believers.

Naturally, when the god left, mortals could no longer hear his voice, thinking that he might have fallen in the midst of the divine war.

At that time, the death of the gods was no longer a big deal.

It seems that it is not the death of the first to give his own will to the rules.

"Will this make a difference?"

Arka couldn't help but ask curiously.

Giving your will to the rules has to change, right? If the rules are still rules, and there are no changes, then there is no point at all.

"Of course you have, don't you feel it?" The instructor asked, looking at Arka .

"What does it feel?" Arka frowned, a little confused.

"What is a trial? What is the Tower of Trials?

You wouldn't think it was because of our construction technology that this tower-like structure was able to survive when the world was shattered, and after the world was shattered, and it has been running for so long.

This is only one of the 12 towers, how can there be such an eternal existence? All of this is due to a certain tendency in the original intention of the trial. This is the change of the will to the rules themselves.

This is also why the temple of trials can always exist, and we, the instructors, have basically become vassals of trials and can always exist.

The rules are fair, there is no meaning without character, it is the natural law of the world.

Fair and cruel, without human feelings.

Any tribulation can be called a trial, but is there a reward for such a trial? No.

Because in the laws of nature, there can be only trials involved, there will be luck, and there will be a price.

All afflictions are nothing but pain, but with the reward, they can be called trials. ”

As he spoke, the instructor's originally calm face became a little fanatical, and he said to Arka as if he were preaching.

"So you know what, the suffering that has tempered these griefs is always just grief. The hardships you have experienced will make you suffer even more.

Because the rules are like that, nature is so equal and bloody.

But the will given by our God is different, and all those who have truly experienced the tribulation will surely reap the rewards.

Maybe the gains didn't make his life much better than before, but it was good after all, at least not worse.

Isn't that true kindness? ”

Arka sat still, thinking.

Something suddenly occurred to him.

That's the rumor that has been circulating on the sea.

All the drifting islands you encounter at sea will be part of the gift of fate.

That's all suitable.

Even the crisis on the drifting islands is difficult to deal with on its own.

But this kind of rumor can be passed down because it can continue to sail on the sea after surviving the crisis on the Drifting Island, and it must have a reward.

And those who die on the island are naturally counted as failed trials.

Of course, there must be more than that.

But after the instructor said this, Arka may have felt that there is such a force running in it.

Then the instructor continued: "The Divine Essence rewards of the Tower of Trials can basically be adapted to you, why do you think so?

You should already know how it is possible for a divine essence like that to suit you, you must have such doubts.

In order to have such an effect, then we must have a huge treasure trove of divine essences, otherwise it is difficult to ensure such a reward. ”

Arka nodded, and indeed this was what he was most puzzled about.

And as far as they knew, this god in the Golden Age was really not powerful, just one of the many gods.

Not so strong that it deserves to be celebrated, and there is no record that can be achieved.

The only thing that is commendable is that the Island of Trials is a mortal, a believer in the gods, and an heir to the powerful.

Trials and training were carried out with precision.

How could he ensure that those who were just a tower of trials would be able to obtain the essence of divinity that would be suitable for them?

Although the divine essence is more suitable than the treasure.

But after all, it needs to be matched, let alone the existence of multiple divinities.

"That's because the rules that have the will will move the other rules.

The operation of the world is not something that can be achieved by a single rule, but a world formed by the entanglement and combination of countless rules. Every natural phenomenon is an interaction between rules, and there is never a single rule that can be achieved. ”

The instructor said.

Speaking of which, Arka was able to roughly understand what he wanted to say.

The world itself is made up of a large number of combinations of rules.

It's just an ordinary breeze blowing, maybe it's not just a simple wind.

"So the reason why you can actually get the abilities that match you is because there are only a few Divine Essences in general.

There is no such thing as a vast treasury, and the stock of divine essence is limited. And most of them were collected at the end of the god wars.

The reason why it is necessary to match you is because the rules of the trial have a will, and after passing the trial, the connection between the will and the will will match the divine essence with the equivalent exchange. ”

As he spoke, the instructor smiled: "That's what I just said, the alchemy master is equivalent to the god of exchange, and the will to give rules."

He will help the rules of the trial by swapping the rules that did not match you with the essence of divinity that did not match you.

After all, it's equivalent exchange, isn't it? ”

Hearing this, Arka couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"In other words, the will of this rule allows him to collect the mismatched divine essence into the world, and then draw a matching divine essence from the world to return?"

The instructor nodded.

"Yes, that's it."

Because the equivalent exchange has become the world itself, it has only made a small gesture of its own will.

Equivalent to a caretaker guarding the vault.

There are all kinds of gold coins in the vault, but if someone doesn't like the shape of the gold coin in their hand. He could help the caretaker get him to exchange a gold coin of the same value, but the shape was slightly more than what he wanted.

"Huh?"

This time Arka was really surprised, and stood up directly from the ground.

If this gets out, it's okay.

Through the knowledge of the world, the Arka is clear. Many powerful and even well-known existences, why have they not been slow to ascend to the gods, and why have they not even been able to slap the gods for tens of thousands of years.

It's because of how difficult it is to have the right three chalices, two scepters, and the hardest crown.

He believed that someone would definitely choose other treasures based on scepter-level treasures or even crown-level treasures.

Discard the Holy Grail Treasure you once used.

One crown is definitely an infinite number more difficult to find than three chalices.

But if you have this rule, or the ability to use this rule.

As long as a sufficient number of treasures are collected, there is no need to consider whether they are compatible with each other or not.

The difficulty of becoming a god will drop exponentially.

It was incredibly easy to go from extreme difficulty, and of course this is for the strong.

Arkata only needs to reach a certain strength, such as the sixth stage, or even the seventh stage.

According to the treasure information he had, he could even directly harvest the treasure and get it, without thinking about whether it was suitable for direct ascension.

After all, he now had the information on two crown-level treasures.

But no matter how you think about these two treasures, they can't be compatible with his treasures.

One is the thing left behind after the death of the death dragon, the core of Zehai's life-death junction.

It must be related to death.

The other is the island that I knew before, which is also the rule that death is akin to death.

It's more like rules like reincarnation.

No matter how you think about it, these two pieces are unlikely to match his treasures, or even the treasures of the other people on the ship.

But as long as he knew how the rules of equivalence exchange and the volitional would work, he didn't need to think about that at all.

He only needs to get the existence of the same value, and then exchange it for the existence of the same value that is more suitable for him, which is equivalent to bartering.

Exchange what you have for what you need.

"Judging by your expression, I know you must be overthinking." The instructor smiled and poured a basin of cold water without hesitation.

This is the link between the rules of the will and the rules of the will, both under the world.

How? Do you also have the rules of will? ”

"As I said before, the Tower of Trials is almost an existence that hangs under the will, and it is part of the trial."

Hearing this, Arka calmed down and sat back on the ground, yes, what does this have to do with him?

It's just too much to think about in the brain.

It's a pity.

Alka sat down on the floor with some pity.

"It seems that the application of this rule is important to you?"

Looking at the instructor's eyes, Arka nodded indifferently.

"Yes, even if it's a once-in-one chance, it's very important to me."

Because Arka has actually gathered nearly all the conditions for ascending to the gods.

The three Holy Grail level treasures matched each other, and he already had them.

The third piece that was originally the most difficult was already obtained because of the Prismatic Dragon's gift.

The two Wands already have one that fits.

And as long as he made sure that he had cleared the Tower of Trials perfectly, he would be able to obtain another suitable scepter.

In this way, two scepters, three chalices, matched each other and he achieved it.

Of the 6 treasures that the god needed, he had already collected 5 of them.

But if it's done, it's done. But the most difficult thing was left by him on the last and most difficult to obtain crown-level treasure.

The crown-level treasure itself is hard to obtain, so leave it for the last one.

As he just said, the vast majority of people must have taken crown-level treasures as the core to collect treasures of other levels.

It's good for him, but he has collected all the treasures of other levels, and finally collected such a crown-level treasure.

The difficulty increases, as you can imagine.

Maybe the crown-level treasures he obtained are not suitable, and he may give up what he has obtained now and start all over again.

He now knows a total of two.

And just by feeling it, you can know that there is a high probability of incompatibility.

You must know that such a crown must be matched with 5 other treasures in order to meet the conditions for ascending to the gods.

But what if there was a way to exchange one of them for his fit through the principle of equivalent exchange?

The difficulty of ascending the god plummeted.

He had almost already grasped the key to the gods.

"Well, how about we make a deal?"

The instructor said suddenly.

Hearing this, Arka squinted slightly and stood up to look at him.

The rewards for trading are already self-evident.

And the instructor told himself so much information that could already be called secret, he must have been waiting for himself here, and finally showed his tail.

But Alka had to take the bait because it really hit what he needed most.

"No problem, unless the deal is more difficult than I imagined."

The difficulty is beyond imagination, can it be more difficult than obtaining a crown-level treasure? I guess it can't be compared.

Arka thought.

The instructor looked at him and said, "After all, I've been in the Trial Temple, so I don't know much about how this world works now.

We generally learn about the outside world through those who come to the trial, and I know from the way you look that such an opportunity for an equivalent exchange must be beyond your imagination.

Then let me start with the reward we can give, as a divine attendant of the God of Trials, a trial instructor appointed by Him.

We are to be closer to our gods than any believer. ”

As he spoke, he put his hands behind his back and said, "So we know a thing, an artifact of equivalent exchange.

It was through this artifact that the former alchemist turned himself into the will of the rules of equivalent exchange. ”

"It's a scale that allows you to exchange the same value for what you want. Just like what I just said, you can transform a divine essence that is not suitable for you into a divine essence that is suitable for you at the same level and level.

We don't know how many times this artifact can be used, but it's possible that it can be used all the time.

The only guarantee we can guarantee is that he will be able to use it at least once. ”

"That's what we can give."

Arka nodded, the reward was the same as he thought, as long as the task given was not too outrageous, he would follow, which was too important for them.

"Tell me, what a task."

"It's very simple, find a way to gather the Tower of Trials in one place, and then spread the word and tell the world.

The Tower of Trials that was once built was scattered due to the shattering of the world, and there were 12 in total. You'll need to collect all 12 of them, and you'll have to get them together, no matter what abilities you're using.

Become a true island of trials. ”

(End of chapter)