GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Chapter 1836: The Trial Of Skill. Or Not.



The message made him smile. He sent his divine energy to the other clones until he reached 1 point. This put him within an inch of death and also made it so that he wouldn't be able to use divine spells, as he needs at least 10 units of divine energy to cast the weakest divine spells.

If he can't use divine spells, then his Authority will be mostly useless. He will only have the divinity in his divine body to rely on.

This is obviously a bad state for a god. A single hit that overwhelms his endurance will kill him, but he didn't grumble. He opened the door and went in with that scheming smile on his face.

On the other side was a bridge. It was above a dark, bottomless chasm. Unless he could fly, the only way to the other side of the room is the bridge.

But the bridge is currently occupied by the golems he just fought. There are 10 of them in different phases. Some of them are using hammers, while others are using swords and bows.

What was different about them from the previous golem is that all 10 of them had fallen from the domain tier to the true god tier. They now have a total of 10,000 divinity instead of 100,000.

Insight doesn't use divine energy, so he could use it. He used it immediately, and it showed him more differences between these golems and the one he just fought.

NAME: Guardian Hammar

RACE: Golem

TIER: 1

LEVEL: 100

HP: 1

STRENGTH: 9,000

ENDURANCE: 1

SPEED: 999

DIVINE ABILITY: SECOND PHASE. THIRD PHASE.

WEAPON: THREE PHASE SHIFT (Attack Power = Strength).

STATUS: Hostile.

They had lost their armor, and their weapons had lost their power. They also couldn't repair themselves. This is especially critical since they have just 1 hit point and 1 endurance.

Without repair, the last golem he had fought would have been easy to kill. But in this situation, even with repair, it is unlikely that these golems would be able to take a single hit from him.

Legion-4 said to his angel, "So one damage and they will die."

It nodded. "One damage to you will kill you too. You have to work your way across the bridge. You have to get past them either by crook or strength. You can kill them or push them off the bridge. They can do the same to you too. How far you go will depend on your skill. It will also determine how much of the trial you have completed."

Legion-4 smiled and said, "A test of skill, huh? The first one to make contact with the other wins. How interesting."

Then he clapped his hands and said, "Unfortunately, I don't like to play by the rules."

He said that as divine energy began to fill his body. Next, he pointed his finger at the golems from afar and cast Divine Strike.

His angel sighed and said, "I thought as much."

He is sure that he is a skilled fighter and that he would be able to perform well in this trial, but there was no reason to risk that when he has a better and faster alternative that will ensure his victory.

It isn't cheating though. He believes that it his skill that he has clones to rely on. If it was so easy, many people would have clones too.

A few seconds later, Legion-4 had crossed the bridge completely and made it to the door on the other side. He didn't go through it immediately. He did what he did last time. He let the other clones finish the third trial before moving on.

He opened the door and entered it. The world disappeared around him as he went through the door. The door behind him had disappeared as he found himself in a dark room. He couldn't go back even if he wanted to.

The room was devoid of light, but there was clearly more going on because he didn't need light to see, but he still couldn't see anything in the room. It was as if all there was to see was darkness itself, so he saw only darkness.

Fortunately, the room wasn't empty. At what looks like the center of the room was an object glowing with red. It was the only thing in the dark room, and it looked dangerous, so he used divine endurance to increase his survivability.

The angel said there are no more threats at this point, but it won't kill him to prepare. What might actually kill him is to be unprepared.

Then he got closer to the glowing object and found out that it was a gold flame. He used insight to identify it.

(Name: Golden Forge)

(Type: Mid-Domain)

(Domain: 0.001% Fire + 0.001% Earth + 0.001% Forge)n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

(Description: This is a domain fit for a god of the forge)

The information revealed a lot to Legion-4. He said, "I'm guessing this accounts for the existence of the golems in the trial."

The golden flame replied, "Yes, it does. I built them as soldiers in my angelic host. There used to millions of them and they were supposed to protect me forever both in life and death. But it seems they are not strong enough to protect me from you. This means that they are either lacking as guards or you are a strong god. Which do you think it is?"

Legion-4 didn't answer the question. Instead, he hefted his shield and readied golden light for battle while staring at the flame intently. He didn't take his eyes off of it for a moment, so he saw as the flame morphed and turned into the appearance of a cyclops. It was golden like

its flame.

The golden cyclops said to him, "Greetings, my successor; I am Kutneri, a Heavenly God." Legion-4 asked, "Are you the one the domain belonged to?"

It replied with a nod, "Yes, I am."