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Chapter 105 – The Darkhole Trial
🕑 Added 2024-09-25 22:05:00 +0000 UTCAG. This is tomorrow's chapter brought forward. Ch 104 and 105 should really be a single chapter but it was getting way to long for that so I split it.
Chapter 105 – The Darkhole Trial
Tom sighed. He knew why she asked and why she would think that way. “It’s not that simple Bri. It’s not that we don’t trust you. It’s just that the enemy can read your mind.”
“They can read my mind? Wait… No… But, but I know what you are for certain. I was told and if they pluck that knowledge from my brain. Oh no. I screwed up.” Her small hands clutched at her head. “Does that mean I’ve killed you?”
Tom froze at the question. It was a valid point, and he was aware that DEUS had already taken steps to actively protect him. “I don’t think so, but.” He looked up at the ceiling. The GODs themselves had gotten into trouble for crossing the rules. He didn’t see why a trial spirit would be exempt. “Trial, do you know that humans are currently in a competition?”
“But if they can read minds and now I know for certain. Then they’ll know about you.”
Tom ignored her momentarily while he waited for the trial to respond. Very loudly he thought about his title and how it could theoretically provide protection if Briana was eligible. He didn’t think it would help, but just in case he did it, anyway.
There was a pause and then invisible text that burned itself into his vision appeared.
If you win, your title will be upgraded so that her new knowledge can’t betray your status.
The words seemed to carry annoyance. All the previous communications had not upset the trial administrator, Tom realised, but this one, for some unknown reason had.
“Sorry, I had to find out.”
“Find out what?” Briana demanded.
She had not been looking up, so had not seen the words. And the magic text was just like a loot portal until you laid eyes on it. Before that, the words might as well not have existed, but once you saw them, there was no ignoring them.
“The trial answered my question, and it has confirmed that you being here means you can no longer expose my secret.”
“Good,” she whispered and her sobbing transformed thankfully into mere sniffles.
“I’m not trying to cause trouble. Having secrets out in the open is for the best isn’t it?”
“Yes, it is.”
Tom hadn’t been talking to her and the administrator he was sure understood. If its actions had revealed Tom’s existence to the assassins, inadvertently or not, he was sure that it would have suffered consequences.
“So me asking the question was okay?”
“If we survive.” He answered before he could bite his tongue. That would have been a really nice time for Social Silence to do something, he thought bitterly. But just like it had never reacted when he said stupid things in front of friends it was the same with family.
She burst into a fresh wave of sobs.
Tom winced. “I didn’t mean it like that.”
Briana was past listening. She curled up into a tighter ball and was inconsolable. Tom kept patting her on her back and said nothing, just giving her his silent companionship. “I know I wasn’t supposed to say yes. But… is said, it would tell me, and it swore on the GODs so it couldn’t lie. I had to know. I’m… I didn’t mean for this to happen.”
There was nothing Tom could say to help her. She had screwed up.
“I knew it was bad. But I had to know, even if it killed me. But I didn’t know it would kill you. I didn’t want that. I never wanted that.” She hit him in frustration. “You shouldn’t have come.”
A free cast of Touch Heal spread over both of them soothed her muscles and removed his bruises. “We’re not going to die. Plus, it’s my fault. It came for me.”
“Because you’re a reincarnator?”
Tom sighed. “Maybe, or possibly it was random. It could have just been bad luck, or a GOD might have found it funny.” He said the last bit so softly he doubted she heard.
“Are you sure we won’t die?”
“I promise you we’re going to beat it.” It didn’t matter whether it was true or not. If it was a lie, they would both be past caring.
“But Dimitri said it was impossible.”
“Dimitri was wrong.”
“He said everyone dies.”
“I made the trial confirm with a GOD’s oath that we could beat it.”
She looked up at him thoughtfully. “But no one comes back. Does it take us elsewhere?”
Tom was surprised by that insight. It was easy to forget how clever she was. “No, it’ll return us to the orphanage.”
“But everyone dies. He said that.”
“We won’t. I can beat it. Remember, I’m a reincarnator.”
“What does it feel like to die?”
Tom almost choked at that question. What did it feel like to die? It was such a pertinent question, and he wasn’t about to tell her the truth. “You are caught up in a loving embrace.”
“That sounds nice.”
“But you never get to see your friends anymore.”
“Oh, that’s not good. I don’t think I want to die.”
“Nor do I Bri. Nor do I. Now don’t get upset. I’m going to ask the administrator a question. Trial, what do we have to do to win?”
Once more words formed to answer. Briana was curled up, and they were positioned over her back so she couldn’t see them.
There are decisions you need to make first. This time alone with Briana was a gift I was able to give you, but it’s all I can do.
Tom had never been more conscious of a title before, and he tried desperately not to think about it. Something told him that an all powerful trial administrator would not look kindly on the thought that it was being manipulated by a title. Usually, trying to hide his thoughts would have been pointless in this situation, but the title had a hidden tag, so it was possible that would blind it. “Thank you.” He whispered to the administrator and meant it a hundred percent. Having spent the last few minutes with her he felt a lot better.
I have limited autonomy, and it’s nice to use it when I can.
“Are you talking to the administrator?” Briana asked, sitting up and looking around.
“Yes, and it has some decisions for us to make.”
Right in their eyeline where they had no choice but to see words appeared. Briana shifted warily away from them but she didn’t jump, flee or startle. She was composed, and Tom guessed it was because it wasn’t new. It was likely the same method had been used by the administrator on the way in.
Would you accept Kang joining you?
“Yes.” She said immediately apparently having no issue reading the words, but that wasn’t surprising. The magic would make it work like that.
Nothing happened.
Both parties must agree.
Briana looked at him expectantly, but he wasn’t about to say yes. He was sure Kang had done what he had asked, but there were too many avenues for manipulation or incompetence. For example, his entire conversation with the other reincarnator might have been some high tiered illusion. It had not been carried out under a GOD’s oath. “Will he improve the chances of both myself and Briana leaving here alive?”
Marginally.
“Of course he will,” Briana exclaimed at the same time, sounding affronted. “He’s a reincarnator too. Didn’t you know?”
“I knew,” Tom answered distractedly. “But things aren’t that simple.”
Absently, he patted her on the head.
She flinched away and glowered at him. “I’m not a pet.”
“Let Kang in.” He decided after a moment more thought to see if there were any other loop holes he should be conscious of. A marginal improvement was not great, but it was better than nothing.
There was a sparkle of energy to announce the coming addition to their group. Tom knew for a fact it was not necessary but it was the trial doing it for their benefit. Then steam and bright lights so they couldn’t quite see, and a moment later, when it cleared, Kang stood there. Taller and bulkier than either of them, but still a six-year-old and the three of them had to take on a trial that powerhouses had died in.
He assessed their positioning in a glance. The comfortable way they were sitting and probably the wet patch on his uniform from Briana’s tears. “How long have you been here?”
“About ten minutes. Briana was upset, and she knows we’re reincarnators and the trial has assured us that she’ll be added to our titles when we leave here.”
Kang nodded grimly. “That is at least one bit of good news. Did you ask about our chances?”
“A significant chance of winning.”
The larger boy grimaced slightly to show he understood exactly how large a range that represented, and then he caught sight of Briana, and his face softened. “Hear that, Bri. We have a significant chance.”
“Tom said we were going to win because he is a reincarnator. And now we have two.”
“Tom’s right.” Kang agreed without hesitation and then caught his eyes. “Have you established the nature of the trial?”
He shook his head. “No, the administrator said we had to wait until you got here.”
No. I said you had decisions plural to make. You must also decide if you want the girl you know as Eloise to join you?
“Why?” Tom demanded before he could help himself. Her presence didn’t make any sense. As far as he could remember, she hadn’t even been in the corridor with them and she definitely hadn’t been visible when they had been in the bubble of slowed time. “You already had me. Why is she involved.”
It was a condition placed on me to get help to amend your title.
Tom froze.
Kang looked as sick as he felt.
The righteous anger in him vanished at those words. “A condition?”
Yes.
If there was any doubt before, it was gone now and he wondered whether this would level his title up but considering he already had six ranks of it he doubted he would be that lucky. He looked straight at where the words were appearing. “Do you know why, or which GOD forced this.”
I don’t. The wording was that I had to entice her to join.
“And if I say no will you…”
No, I can’t do that.
The words flashed up before he could finish the sentence.
If you don’t accept her into your party, she will die.
There were no weasel words in that statement. No maybes, probably, or qualifications. It was presented as a straight up fact by someone who was incapable of deceiving him. If Eloise was to be forced to run this by herself, she would not make it.
Tom wanted to scream in frustration. But this might not be a ploy of an evil GOD to hurt him, though it sure felt like it. This could be a method to make Eloise stronger. Hopefully she had been sent in to piggy back off his and Kang’s strength and effectively gain a reward for free.
“We accept,” Kang said immediately.
“So do I,” Briana said quickly.
It was a struggle not to openly roll his eyes. He had expected better than that from the other man. “It doesn’t work like that Kang, the decision needs to be unanimous.”
“Tom,” the larger boy snapped warningly. “We’re not going to sacrifice her.”
In frustration, his eyes flickered to where Briana sat with her knees being drawn tighter to her chest. She did not like this conversation and a debate on the intricacies of greater good and probabilistic models would not help her already fragile mental state. “I’m not going to sacrifice her,” he declared. “But I need to know a bit more. Administrator, if she joins us, does it make us more likely to win?”
No.
Tom covered his eyes with both hands in despair. That was the answer he feared. His heart was thundering in anticipation of the decision he was likely going to have to make. “Can we beat you if we include her in the group?” Instinctively, he flinched away from where the response was going to come from. The text since it started had consistently appeared in the same spot like they were talking to a person. He did and didn’t want to see the answer with all of his heart.
Yes, you’ll still be able to beat me.He exhaled audibly. “Thank god. Is the chances of beating you still significant.”
Yes.
It became easier to breathe. “Are the chances of all of us beating you significant?”
No.
This time it was Kang who inhaled sharply in shock. Tom didn’t. He had been waiting for that shoe to drop. “How much do the chances of at least three of us surviving decrease by?”
There is a minor chance which means less than 4 percent. Due to rules I can’t specify a lower number than that.
Tom looked up at Kang. “We save her and we’re four percent more likely to die.” It wasn’t quite true because the chances were between zero and four.
The other boy didn’t answer and instead glanced at Briana. The implications were clear. They had to consider more than just survival.
“Will she be covered by our titles if we beat you?”
Yes.
Tom sighed. If the aim was to maximise humanity’s chances as a whole then taking her on wasn’t worth the cost. If Eloise died, especially if they abandoned her, he was not sure the younger girl would be able to forgive herself. Logically, Tom knew it was not the right choice, but after their actions had driven Briana to this situation, he couldn’t hurt her anymore and the costs of accepting Eloise while not great were not that dire. “Fine, she can join us.”
Eloise appeared.
She looked infuriatingly pleased with herself. “I’m here to save Briana.”
Tom felt like screaming at that motivation. Next to him Bri shuddered once more and shut her eyes.
“I’m sorry for doing this.” Briana whispered.
“No. It’ll be fun. We’ll triumph. We’ll be the first to be successful.” Elosie grinned around at all of them.
“Before we get ahead of ourselves,” Tom said, suppressing his anger. She was a child. Her thoughtlessness had to be forgiven. “Maybe we should discover what we have to do. Unless there are other decisions we have to make?”
There are no more required decisions.
“Good, please tell us what we’re facing?”
To beat the Explosive Growth trial, you will need to clear three floors of enemies of increasing threat.
· Floor 1. Will be populated with monsters that are 2 times the rank of your strongest member and rounded up.
· Floor 2. Will be populated with monsters that are 3 times the rank of your strongest member and rounded up.
· Floor 3. Will be populated with monsters that are 4 times the rank of your strongest member and rounded up.
The number of opponents will be scaled based on the number of members in the challenging group.
No external equipment may be used in the darkhole trial. For challengers below rank 20, only untiered weapons and armour are supplied. These will be customised to the user’s preferences.
You have three months to clear the floors at which point safe room access will be removed, and all opponents will have their rank doubled.
“That’s bad.” Kang said immediately.
Tom did the calculations. “Yes. But survivable.”
“We’re going to win,” Eloise interjected brightly.
“If we do, it’s only because our ranks are so low.” Kang muttered quietly. “Can you imagine anyone else challenging this.”
Tom snorted and glanced sideways at the other man. “That’s the reason no one beats it. Imagine it a rank five fighting a rank twenty. I guess at that level they’ve got a chance, but it’s worse than winning the lotto. But a rank twenty going up against a rank eighty, without artefacts I don’t think there is anything you could do to cross that gap. At higher levels, it’s hard enough to beat monsters the same rank as you let alone ones four times your own rank.”
“Impossible,” Kang agreed. “And no civilisation is sending their most talented junior into a trial that kills powerhouses.”
“Except when they know in advance.” Tom kicked the ground. “But that’s impossible because it specifically never targets children. Unless they’re lucky reincarnators like me.”
Eloise he noticed startled a little and she went to interject but couldn’t as Kang continued his analysis.
“The bad news is that I’m the strongest member. Me being here increases the rank of what we’re fighting,” Kang told them. “Which means the scaling is occurring off me and I’m halfway through the first rank.”
“So we’ll have to beat monster that are, what? rank 6?”
“Seven.” Kang whispered. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have come.”
Eloise had mimed ‘Tom’s a reincarnator? Really?’ to Briana who had responded with a single word. ‘Both.’
“Not true. Your presence is a positive.” He deliberately did not look at Eloise, as he mentally put her in a different basket, but his mind was racing and his eyes went back to that last line on the description. It said they had three months. “Administrator, do you supply food?”
Yes. The third door on the right is a dining room. There is prepared food along with raw ingredients. All stores are refreshed daily.
“And are the floor themes preset, or do they generate when we enter?”
It is the second. But once a theme has been selected it won’t change.
“We can leave the girls.” Kang said thoughtfully.
“I don’t want to be left.” Eloise protested. “I’m fast and strong. Tom’s a shitty reincarnator and I beat him easily on obstacle courses and in the dodge pits. I’m useful.”
The trial doesn’t allow that. Everyone must be on the floor.
“Is there a secure location we can place them in?”
It is designed explicitly to prevent that. If people are not participating monsters will spawn to engage them.
Tom grimaced at that. “Is not participating based on actions or proximity?”
Proximity, but the floors are not linear space. When you find an enemy, you will be attacked from behind at the same time.
“Those rules suck,” Kang protested.
Tom didn’t express the same sentiments. Of course, the place would be constructed to prevent free loaders from benefiting from the likely powerful final rewards. His attention instead went to the prior conversation, and he made a decision. Kang’s statement had not been a question, and the trial had volunteered a useful answer. If it hadn’t, if they had gone in blind and place the girls behind them in a cleared area, it would have almost certainly resulted in both of their deaths. Actions, as far as he was concerned were what defined a person. “Administrator, do you have a name?”
You can call me Adam.
“Adam, thank you for the warning.” His mind was whirling as he did the mathematics. The fight right now was impossible, but having that three months to prepare was magic. It made it all doable. Against the right match up, he could defeat rank seven monsters, and they had time to engineer a favourable outcome. “We can definitely do this.” He told the others. “We’ll train for two months and then clear it. It’s an opportunity.”
“Rank seven. That’s a death sentence.” Kang whispered, but thankfully soft enough that the girls didn’t hear him.
Tom was tempted to respond, but the questions he had asked had proven Kang being here was an asset. “You’re forgetting one thing.”
“What?”
“We have three months to wield fate like a sledgehammer.”
Comments
ambullseye
Like the other posters i gotta agree. Reality check is a bit harsh. She (like Bri) is still a kid and in all challenges performed better (from her point of view) than the others by a very large margin. She also (unlike Bri) does not seem to be aware of the Reincarnation status of Kang and Tom. So for me i would be framing it as Eliose needs her "Shock and Awe" moment where she finds out how outclassed she is when compared to Kang and Tom BUT hopefully has a "I can be better" mentality so Kang / Tom boot camp has meaning full results. To be clear not disagreeing with what you were saying, just how (the words)
ambullseye
Assuming all 4 make it through. Allan has shown a willingness to kill off characters if the story develops that way. Still fingers crossed all 4 get through as you say
ambullseye
If they receive wood weapons / armor then Tom can use his wood shaping skills to tier them up without having to rely on the Heretic title. it will take mana away from any training but over 2 months i am sure they can fit it in. He was doing the upgrade in the champions trial already so this will let him build on that. he can even do the trick of adapting wood that he was being taught by one of the other champions. So another way for Tom to develop a skill that can then be used in the champions trial (to help other champions and for stuff in his own armory) once he is done with Dark Hole. crafter Tom is still available :)
ambullseye
There was also a chapter (i think at the end of the last book) where Dues was arguing with Fame about removing a skill from Tom's soul but Fame arguing that it was a "Blessing" not a curse and Dues had allowed Santores "Blessing" (Social Silence) to be put on Tom's soul so he cant be forced to remove his blessing due to competition rules (or something like that). Cant remember the chapter but i am pretty sure it was at the very end of FP.
Honorific
Sucks about the no chapters but get better your health is important
Shannon Sexton
Sounds more difficult until you remember that the enemy are monsters and not the best available for the level amongst trillions.
MagicWafflez
ehhh, I don’t think a reality check is really going to be needed. kang and tom are going to likely be training the two into a weapon mastery for protection, and she'll learn they're reincarnators fairly early... tbh, Eloise needed to be here because she'll eventually figure them out and they'll do the whole arc again trying to gaslight *her* into forgetting... this way, she's not a threat or she's dead and it's not on their conscience if it's the latter.
Arnon Parenti
Would Tom give up on super resistance training? I think never.
George
these are monsters not sapients but yeah 1 in 2 million species is crazy
Johan Persson
I think this trial will either leave her dead or so boosted that her self-confidence will match her skills.
Krzysztof Kiel
Aaand that's exactly why she needs reality check or she will Die overestimating herself
Arnon Parenti
Why though? As far as she knows she is the strongest and fastest kid in their group by far. Bri has water tricks and Kang has double jump but Tom is just a clumsy kid with a big spirit and righteous rage but not much weight behind them.
Arnon Parenti
My bet is on one of them dying and then Tom using their prizes on a resurrection to annoy MAKROS
Shannon Sexton
It will be useful if it can be used at all... even at 1/4 power to account for all of them
Shannon Sexton
Great thinking George. If Tom can share the details with Deus's Devine Trial challengers, then first place may become a possibility. Win or lose declining races next best hope will surely influence existentia
Shannon Sexton
Tom only has CR 4, but fate will determine the the match ups. I wouldn't be surprised if Kang being over rank 1 means that he is rounded up to R2 and they face R4,6 and 8.
Shannon Sexton
I think Tom can get away with it as it is humans special trait and he didn't give any specifics. My thoughts are that the gods can't interfere further, but that the Geas, blessings and anything already applied will hold. It will be interesting if Arnon is correct though... 4 fate experts!
Shannon Sexton
Yes, or the readers. I expect that they will be challenged but all survive. Won't be too surprised if Kang or Eloise are sacrificed as tribute. This trial is a great way to set up the core group of the next heroes of humanity. Corrine, Eden, Keiken and Dom may join too?
Shannon Sexton
Totally agree Arnon 👍 And Tom heard it so he knows too!
Shannon Sexton
Disagree about Tom being the primary tank. I think Kang is going to be pushed into it, and Tom off tank/healer. Mirror attacks may effectively make it no different, but Tom going off tank will give us a little more opportunity to see the bigger picture than FP and Allan's MO is to be adventurous. 😉 I wanna see Tom as a big hitter this time. He paid his due getting hit with black dodge already and Kang has damage mitigation with his earned falling skill.
Arnon Parenti
Eloise is this team's Clare. Tom is a great planner but a terrible decision maker. For example he wouldn't have been able to sacrifice Michael to defeat the Dragon and Giant, which is a decision Clare had to make.
Krzysztof Kiel
Eloise needs reality check or trial will give her one
Laura Pilkington
yeah, I went looking and found the title coverage, but she definitely doesn’t know yet. Didn’t she call Tom and Kang incompetent, basically? Totally fooled by their act and very full of herself. Not… great for her survival.
Zed
yup but they mention it and she doesnt react like she already knows which doesnt read well
Malcolm Haynes
Tom: Kang you idiot! How dare you make an impulsive choice to save a little girl! Now let me consider the choice rationally.
Sanket More
This trial sounds more difficult than the champion trial. I wonder who is going to die.
Arnon Parenti
Eloise is the wildcard of the group, we barely know anything about her, except her use of force manipulation, and 3 known artifacts, the ring, the necklace and the sticky web thing. So I'm thinking she will get the role of artificer in this group. Tom is their tank, again. Bri has her ranged aoe water magic but is a glass cannon. Kang can slug it with a hammer but is more on the sneaky dark magic side. Tom is a sponge tank, and can heal almost all damage done to him or others and stun or aggro in a limited range.
Nimps
Amazing thanks for posting that!
AL
I don't see them winning this trial without Tom leveraging the benefits of his new heretic title title somehow. And from a narrative perspective I think this trial is the perfect opportunity to make the transition and show case the potential. We will also learn more about the abilities of others and how they can synergize
Arnon Parenti
Four children enter the Explosive Growth Gauntlet. Four powerhouses hatch from the EGG.
George
I think he can still talk about straightforward uses, just not skill development type stuff that's innovative
Arnon Parenti
Which makes me wonder if Eloise's soul storage item is soul bound or not, it can't be too powerful or she wouldn't be able to use it in the orphanage, on the other hand her parents are rich craftsmen and can totally afford a minor artifact with a small storage space, or make one.
AL
Right, forgot about the soul storage
Arnon Parenti
Only if he can get them in a soul storage, which is debatable if it came with the title or not, can be interpreted either way.
Arnon Parenti
On the GODs emergency meeting chapter, after DEUS springs her trap she sais.. “It is not MAKROS and you know it. I agreed as a condition of reincarnating my selected few that you could hunt them without penalty. I accepted FAMES placing that blessing on Tom,” she twisted the word ‘blessing’ so that Tom heard the word ‘curse ‘at the same time. “I even allowed you to direct your species’ fate ritual to target berserking reincarnators.”
AL
If Tom gets a tier 0 weapon from the trial , which is considered as an item, should'nt it be upgraded automatically to tier 3 with his new heretic title?
Arnon Parenti
I really wish Eloise to have a fangirl crush on mythical Hero Of Humanity Tom, and have all the strangest stories from her mama about him. Could you really be stung a million times by the doom wasps and not be killed? Could you really crush monsters under your feet? My Mama sais she once watched Tom kill a giant leopard snake with his bare hands. Mama sais Tom saved their whole group by exposing an evil cult worshipping Heathen gods. Mama sais Tom tricked an alien to give him free potions just using his smile and a few hand gestures. Mama sais Tom tamed a huge Griffin and sent humans to safety on it's back. And the cringe in Tom knowing it's all true and trying to guess which of their team is Mama without asking directly.
Arnon Parenti
It's specifically stated that Eloise will be covered by the title.
Amazon Shopper
When?
Laura Pilkington
Also, Eloise is going to figure out the reincarnation thing. They can’t hold back, and she can’t be that dumb. So… is Adam going to cover her too? I suspect she won’t survive, though
Arnon Parenti
We got confirmation that the Berserking curse is FAME's.
jumbosauce
Solid ending quote there, nice one!
Pararably
Tom really hasn’t figured out that he is DEUS’s answer. He is both her prophet and champion. He wields her anger at the injustice of it all but hasn’t realized its power just yet.
Eddie McKie
Really enjoying the story. Thank you.
Laura Pilkington
kind of surprised Tom hasn’t thought that this is DEUS’s divine intervention wonder if he’s avoiding the thought so he doesn’t get complacent about it
Arnon Parenti
No GODs in this Trial, it was stated at one of the very first questions, they can't interfere, so maybe also no Rage and no Social Silence. Tom without the helping wheels, should be funny.
Arnon Parenti
The words are Title: Trial Speedster (IX) · Reward: Increases movement speed and perception of time by 180% when within a GODS trial. · Awarded for: Being the fastest to clear a dungeon that has been visited at least one million times for nine separate ranks. And April sais it effectively triples his time in the Trial. Don't know how it applies to the others though, it's possible that to them Tom will seem like a blur during the training sessions and actual fighting.
Nic Neal
No time passes so 3 months to train, beat a 1 in a million trial and get a boost in skills with a reward at the end while also removing an unbalanced question that would distort the story. It also expands toms future team by two with a doubling on ranking points for humanity. Very fortunate. Almost divine luck.
Nimps
Actually how did he say that last sentence? "Weild fate like a sledgehammer" shouldn't the Geas have stopped him?
Arnon Parenti
Maybe if it's beaten it can be turned to an eternal trial, that can really turn the tables for a diminishing race.
Arnon Parenti
Evee: Tom what did you DO, putting yourself at risk is bad enough, but you endangered children for some extra points? Maurice: How did you all get 20 million points? Dim: This is not acceptable, you put a target on all of your backs not? Assassins: if you don't eat your vegetables Tom will turn you into competition points.
Nimps
Yeah I was wondering this too. What did the title do again?
Arnon Parenti
Tier 0 items will be supplied, and Tom is gonna make everyone Fate Enchanted Tier 2 soul weapons because he was practicing just doing this for months. Poor Adam, even the GODs weren't ready for Tom, you are just a Trial administrator, go ahead double your rank 7 monsters, you already have cr6 children inside, it's too late now mr EGG
Arnon Parenti
Poor Trial, going against Tom in his best element, teaching fate without the silly Gaeas. By the time they leave there will be 5 human candidates going to the Divine God's Trial and it will be all Adam's and GOBUS's fault. I bet GOBUS finds it a lot less funny then.
George
very interesting, I guess this is the intended solution for declining races as part of why it exists?
George
I think it said earlier no time passes outside
George
does tom's speedster title apply?
Etia
birthdays are calculated excluding time dilation/trials, right?
Allan Greenwood
Pure time dilation. Its a hidden benefit that he'll probably never notice
CherMi
Thank you for the 2 chapters. Does this mean Tom will lose 3 months of the divine trial or will this trial provide time distortion? I may have missed if it was explained.
James Faulkner
Tftc!
James Faulkner
Oooo, double!
