Reading the first reward, Shiro couldn’t help but raise her eyebrows at the use of the Sigil. Similar to what Thiria had done when she first appeared, the activation of this Sigil will make her enemies freeze up with fear.
Meaning, should she be surrounded on all sides by people who are weaker than her, this skill is a guaranteed mass fear.
Plus, for enemies that are stronger than her, they will receive a 50% decrease to their strength which should even the playing field for her.
And just for that extra impact, her strength will also increase depending on how much darkness is around her.
‘If I was to use this against the Guardian, I should be able to kill him. Naturally, I’ll need to reach tier 5 first or else it’s nothing but a pipe dream.’ Shiro thought to herself.
Shaking her head, she checked the other rewards.
[Encroaching Darkness – Domain Type Skill]
When activated, darkness will surround the area for a period of time. Day will turn to night when you have this skill activated.
Cost: 20% of Mana for the first cast followed by 1% of mana per second of activation.
Cooldown: N/A
Reading this skill, she understood that this was supposed to help her make use of her Sigil more often as it literally guarantees darkness around her at any moment she wants.
‘That would be helpful.’ She nodded with a smile before looking at the Primordial Enchantment Rune.
[Primordial Enchantment Rune.]
A rune gifted by the Goddess of Night. You may use this on a skill to increase its effectiveness and grant it the Divinity attribute.
“Oh my…” Shiro muttered as she immediately had an idea for this item but she was going to save it for later.
After all, if it really granted the skill divinity, there’s a way she could put this to better use.
Glancing towards the final reward, she was curious as to what this sword skill was. After all, she wasn’t a swordsman so getting sword skills were rare. Hell, she was even surprised that she managed to acquire a sword domain along with the Refraction sword skill.
[Unseen Blade – Sword Skill]
When you strike with your sword, you may make a jump forward in space. The distance of the space is dependent on how much mana you use however, upon exit, your blade gains 200% increase to damage and ignores all armour.
You may cast this skill once per day.
Reading the description, Shiro couldn’t help but want to complain about the name.
‘What part of this is ‘unseen?’ Just because you jump forward in space, doesn’t mean it’s unseen.’ She thought with a twitching smile.
However, a skill was a skill and the fact that it gave her 200% increase to damage along with ignoring all armour was a godsend. The only unfortunate part of this was that she could only use it once per day but that was fine. It wasn’t like she was going to fight several powerful opponents in a single day now was she?
Dismissing her system screens, she looked towards the rest of the party.
Currently, they were still sleeping on the boat. From what she understood, they were undergoing a trial to resist temptation and if they failed, they may not return. While it worried Shiro, she believed that they could pass it without too many problems.
After waiting for a while, she heard two groans.
“Urg…. Huh? What happened?” Lyrica held her head in pain and looked around in confusion.
“Morning. You were undergoing a trial of sorts and you managed to pass. Well done.” Shiro smiled before looking towards the second person that had woken up.
“Where did my normal life go?” Madison furrowed her brows.
“. . .” Staying silent, Shiro tilted her head.
‘That’s her temptation???? A normal life?’ She thought to herself in confusion.
“Oh right, we’re in a raid aren’t we?” Madison sighed after seeing the rest of the party.
“Yup.” Shiro nodded.
“A shame then. Oh well, I’ll probably get a normal life later.” Madison shrugged.
However, Shiro could only look at her with pity.
‘There’s no going back now Madi. A normal life is nothing but a pipe dream.’
“So what did you go through Shiro?” Madison asked curiously.
“Me? I did a trial bestowed by a god.” Shiro replied nonchalantly as both girls looked at her with an are you serious face.
“Wait, how the hell did that even happen???” Lyrica asked as she didn’t even question the legitimacy. After all, considering who Shiro is, it isn’t too surprising for her to be doing a god trial. The only point of concern is how she came into contact with it.
“The avatar of Nyx visited me when the lot of you were doing your own trial. I got a few decent skills from her too.” Shiro replied as Madison took a deep breath.
“So you’re telling me, the Greek goddess of Night visited you to give you a trial? The one that is called a primordial god that emerged at the dawn of creation, daughter of chaos and the one who lives in the depths of Tartarus. Are you talking about that Nyx?” Madison asked.
“Yup.”
“. . . Seems about right. Did it change the raid or anything?” She asked as that was the main concern.
“I don’t think it did.” Shiro shook her head.
Talking with the two for a while, the rest of the party eventually woke up while feeling a little nauseous from the rocking of the boat.
After finding out that Shiro took a trial from a god, most of them took it pretty easily except for Helion who was still trying to wrap his head around how it was possible.
His main question was how the f*ck did she come into contact with a god during a raid but her response was only a shrug since she had no idea herself.
However, with everyone awake, the boat finally docked at a shore.
Without saying anything, the Guide and the boat disappeared into the mist as the party was left alone on the white beach.
Looking around them, they could see large rib cages surrounded by bone trees. In the distance, a grand castle of sorts could be seen.
“The Judge should be in that castle. Let’s get this over and done with, after that little trial, I think everyone’s pretty tired out.” Lyrica sighed as the party nodded their heads.
Summoning their weapons, they started to make their way towards the castle. On their way there, they were ambushed by undead monsters but they were dealt with easily.
With the party being a little fatigued, they didn’t want to waste much time on combat so they were very efficient in dealing with the monsters. Each one only took a few seconds to be killed as those that took longer were dealt with by Aarim.
Pushing open the doors of the castle, a blinding light filled their vision as the party’s annoyance only grew. The last thing they wanted after feeling tired was a face full of bright light.
When the light finally calmed down, they found themselves in the middle of a large dome like room with a giant sitting on a chair near the back.
Standing up, his large figure loomed over the party like a mountain.
“So that’s the Judge huh? I don’t see a court so I’m guessing that it’s like a domain that appears later.” Shiro said as she looked around the area.
Just as she finished this sentence, a giant hammer suddenly appeared above them as Madison quickly activated her avatar skill.
Raising up her shield, the illusionary figure of Madison managed to parry the hammer to the side.
*BANG!!!!
Crashing against the floor, the hammer caused the room to shake before fading to mist.
Without hesitation, the Judge waved his hand and summoned two hammers. One to the left and one to the right.
Seeing this, Madison narrowed her eyes and slammed her shield down. A giant tier 4 magic circle could be seen as a dark red barrier surrounding the party.
*DONG!!!
Slamming against the barrier, the hammers were pushed up towards the ceiling in order to reduce the force of the impact.
“What an unpleasant person.” Madison clicked her tongue.
“Since he’s not giving us a chance to get ready, should we respond in a similar manner?” Shiro asked with a smile.
“Of course. Aarim, lock him down.” Lyrica grinned as the party dashed towards the boss.
