Volume 1 Chapter 456

Chapter 456: What Is This Courage Trial?

Beyond that opened wall, darkness awaited everyone.

And…

The realm of magic restriction.

This time, everyone flew for a long time.

And Lolth quickly sensed something was off.

That is, during the flight in this darkness…

Everyone seemed to be slowly drifting apart.

It was not the physical meaning of the edge—though physically, they were indeed getting farther away.

But it was not because the group was flying farther apart.

To trace it back, the reason was that their spatial coordinates were moving away from each other.

There is something constantly adjusting each of their positions from the magical realm.

Even in the Anti-Magic Domain, without using any outside magical power, Lolth could still keenly sense the changes in their positions.

Once Lolth realized this, she quickly understood how the positions were being adjusted.

While they were flying in the air, there were intermittent and subtle bursts of spatial magic that triggered from time to time.

Lolth had reason to suspect that the Space Magic Array was carved in the darkness below.

However, she did not think there was any conspiracy in this.

After all, the next trial…

Is the "Courage Trial."

The Courage Trial, that thing is just meant to scare people, right?

If everyone comes together, can they still be scared?

Moreover, it seems that others haven’t noticed this yet.

When they land, realizing they are alone will be very shocking.

However, Lolth feels it’s a pity that she might not get to experience this first shock.

After all, she has completely seen through the other person’s methods!

The next moment, she will mostly correct everyone’s positions, making them land in different places!

Everyone continues to fly, just as Lolth expected.

Suddenly, a glimmer of light appeared in front of everyone!

It seems they are about to fly out from the exit ahead.

But only Lolth knows.

Everyone sees different "exits."

They are already far enough apart!

"Bang!"

In the end, all five of them landed safely on the ground.

And then…

After the other four realized they were all alone in their rooms, Lolth was the only one missing.

The one who reacted the most was Julie.

This epic girl, Senior Qiong, who couldn’t find her way around, was very startled and even cried out!

"Senior—are you there?"

But this voice, in the dim light of the room filled with simple furniture that looked like a cheap hotel, could not carry outside.

Qiong also reacted a little to the loss of Julie.

The place she was in, calling it a room was more like calling it a prison.

The empty room only had a simple bed, and both the window and the small window in the door had iron bars.

Her reaction was a bit calmer than her junior’s, and she did not shout right away.

Instead, she began to observe her surroundings.

"Were we separated…?"

"Is it because of the Courage Trial?"

Qiong thought quietly as she slowly pulled out the dagger from her waist.

Anyway, in the half-plane of the ruins, it is still important to be careful.

Yi and Lalea, although they didn’t want to be separated like Lolth did,

Seemed much calmer.

The place where Lalea was, was a small wooden cabin.

The furnishings were quite old, and the walls and roof had some drafts and holes, with a musty smell filling the air.

The table’s wood was covered in scratches and dents, and the surface had darkened; on it stood an equally old oil lamp with a crystal cover that seemed to be surrounded by mist.

In the corner, the wooden door was about to collapse along with the door frame.

Lalea looked around at the scene and squinted her eyes.

She seemed to remember something, but for a moment she was not quite sure.

"How interesting…"

Yi was in a room that was much bigger than the ones belonging to Qiong, Julie, and Lalea.

But it was even more eerie and frightening.

The walls were covered with strange symbols painted in dried, dark blood, densely filling the entire room, as if containing some unusual magical energy, and it felt like something evil was peering in through the gaps in the symbols.

In the corner of the room, human bones, human skin, and eyeballs packed in jars were neatly piled, as if they were goods and materials.

In the center of the room stood an altar made of stones and skulls, with glowing powder drawn in patterns, displaying a statue that looked as if it had melted and then solidified in a strange shape.

On the other side of the altar, there was a table messy with many stacked books.

It was a scene that could make anyone scream, almost the most terrifying way to start for anyone.

But Yi also gently lowered her eyelids and shook her head.

"But this won’t scare me."

"I have seen things much worse than this."

As she sighed, Yi held her sword tightly and even sat on the altar, seeming completely free of fear.

The environment where Lolth found herself was the strangest.

The surroundings of the others, even if not scary, had a touch of eerie and strange.

But as soon as Lolth entered, she fell onto a soft, large bed.

The pink sheer curtains, thick velvet drapes, and the strong scent made Lolth feel a bit confused.

She gently patted the big bed, which made a "duang" sound.

"Oh no, a water bed…"

She looked at the deep red sheets and the lacy pillow under her head and quickly got up.

"Is this the ‘Courage Trial’?"

Lolth felt a bit confused.

This looked like a scene from a "willpower trial."

What is there to be scared of?

Could it be that her "magistrate" status gives her special treatment from the Artificial Soul of the Ailuo race?

No…

That Artificial Soul clearly seemed a little annoyed with her!

Instead, you should give yourself a big surprise.

Lolth’s question is also the question of others.

Because even though the scene they are in is a bit strange.

But when you calm down and think, there is nothing there…

What kind of "courage" does this show?

At that moment, the increasingly human-like magical voice finally spoke again.

"Welcome everyone to the ‘Courage Trial.’"

"This trial is also divided into two rounds…"

"First, you will face the scene that shows what you most do not want to happen!"

"So… good luck to everyone!"

As soon as the words were spoken, changes happened in each of their rooms.

Some strange "things," which were not there before, entered each person’s room through the windows or doors!