When they arrived at the base of the tower, the two took a moment to rest up while waiting for Ran to arrive with the Liquified essence.
Despite her wanting to test out her new abilities soon, Shiro had to save it for when she actually fought since she only had 95 seconds of her new form. Each second would need an hour to recharge.
Thinking about this, she sighed.
‘I wonder what it’ll be like to combine this with my other abilities.’ She mused to herself.
While on this train of thought, she was curious about what had happened to her Frozen Hell series since she wasn’t able to check her main status page in this realm.
Now that she had her true spirit nature, there was a chance that her frozen hell series had disappeared from her system. However, there was also the chance that it could have become something else entirely. She wasn’t sure.
Sighing softly, she wondered how hard the other trials were. She had been in this place for a while now and she was missing the real world quite a bit.
‘If I was on Earth right now, it would have been past my birthday if the passing of time was the same.’ Shiro sighed
“What are you wondering about your highness?” Lamira asked as Shiro shook her head.
“Nothing. Just wondering about how long it’ll take me to leave this place.”
“The way you came? How did your highness find the Forgotten Realms to begin with?” Lamira asked curiously since there weren’t any passageways to the Forgotten Realms that could be easily accessed.
“Oh nothing much. Nyx sent me here saying that I need to undergo a trial or something.” Shiro shrugged as Lamira widened her eyes with shock.
“Pardon? Who sent you here?”
“Nyx. You don’t know her? Strange. I could have sworn that she had a tower of something in this place.” Shiro furrowed her brows.
“No, I know who Nyx is. I was just surprised that your highness was sent here personally by one of the strongest gods.” Lamira shook her head.
“Well surprise seems to be a common theme with the people I know. I don’t get it though, I’m not exactly going out of my way to do something crazy ya know?” Shiro sighed.
“What do you mean?”
“Well I got a close friend of mine who seemed to have developed a love for flipping tables. She said the things I do are crazy but I’m not exactly going out of my way to do crazy stuff. They just seem to arrive at my doorstep.” Shiro Shrugged while resting her chin on her knees.
“Care to explain the things that you have done then your highness?” Lamira asked as she was quite curious about what Shiro had accomplished.
“Well… where to begin. Hmm… I killed an avatar of a god, killed the soul fragment of a god killer for good and I also killed a queen. What else… I also got a bunch of abilities too that are ‘broken’ in her opinion which I guess is true since it’s rather surprising when I can heal the entire world in one go if the conditions are right.” Shiro shrugged as Lamira paused in shock at her casual mention of feats
“So… you killed an avatar of a god?”
“Yup.”.
“And you killed a god killer?”
“Yup.”
“And you also killed a queen much like yourself?”
“Yup. She was surprisingly weak but that might just be because I’m good with fighting humans and she wasn’t prepared for me.” Shiro shrugged.
“Mn, and you said you can heal the entire world?”
“Well the people in the world but yes, yes I can if the conditions are right.” Shiro nodded.
“Is this everything that you’ve accomplished so far?”
“Not really since there are more but I’ve done quite a bit despite not even being a year old technically since the time flow in this world is different from the outside world.
Hearing that Shiro had essentially fought against a god despite not even being one year old, Lamira could see why her friend would feel crazy. The worst part was the culprit is saying this all as if it was just a casual walk down to the shops and nothing more.
Killing a piece of a god was not casual at all!
Was what Lamira wanted to shout out but she was in front of the Empress so she needed to be careful with her words.
“I see…” Was all that she could say.
“Compared to some of the things I did before, surely this isn’t too crazy right? Though I suppose the fact that I can kill a piece of a god at this stage is thanks to this little guy.” Shiro smiled as Error appeared on the back of her hand and rubbed against her cheek. Patting his head gently, Shiro played around with him.
“This helped you kill a piece of a god?” Lamira tilted her head at the small bundle of circuits.
“Yup. This little guy will enter their body and rip out their soul I suppose. He essentially breaks them down and consumes them before transferring some of their power to me.” Shiro explained.
“Though it seems like it doesn’t work like usual in this world. So far he’s only helped me kill them quicker but didn’t transfer power. Otherwise, I would have gotten more when he managed to consume a Shard of Ouranos.”
*COUGH!
Choking on her own saliva, Lamira was taken off guard when Shiro said that the small bundle of circuits had consumed the shard of a primordial deity but the fact that she had completed the tower meant that this was indeed one of the possibilities. Plus, she had no reason to lie so this was most likely what had happened.
However, after a short moment, Lamira realised something.
“Wait, if the bundle of red had consumed the shard of a god properly, then the god will need to replace the shard or else the final layer would have no protector.”
“Ah don’t worry about that. Since Nyx has sent me here, I’d say there’s a 90% chance that she’s watching right now. Not sure about her scope of control but she hasn’t done anything. As for the shard being consumed, I’m sure Nyx will probably tell Ouranos and he’ll replace the missing shard.” Shiro shrugged.
“How are you certain that she is watching?” Lamira asked.
“Well Nyx ain’t exactly busy. So she’ll probably pass time by watching this. Plus, she’s one of the ones responsible for this trial so it wouldn’t make sense if she didn’t watch.” Shiro stretched her body before standing up.
“Nyx! If you can, make the sky dark or something. Just show that you’re watching I guess.” Shiro shouted out as Lamira furrowed her brows.
However, before Lamira could even say anything, the sky suddenly darkened before returning to normal.
“See? She’s watching.” Shiro smiled.
“. . .” Staying silent, Lamira could see why her friend wanted to flip a table. One doesn’t just casually tell a god to darken the sky so that they know the god is watching.
However, that was exactly what Shiro had done.
Talking a bit longer about her achievements, the two waited for Ran to arrive.
Each achievement that Shiro told Lamira caused her to be shocked into silence but she calmed her mind and just thought of it as a child showing off to her. Only this time the child was her Empress and that she wasn’t lying about her achievements at all. Everything was true.
Thankfully, it didn’t take too long as Ran soon arrived with a bag strapped to her back.
“Granny! I brought the liquified essence. Would this be enough? I didn’t want to run since it might spill.” Ran asked as Lamira nodded her head, feeling slightly grateful that she didn’t need to listen to more of Shiro’s achievements.
If she did, she felt like she might lose her sanity since it didn’t sound possible but it was all true.
“This should be enough. Just guard this place if you can so that some curious spirits don’t find out what’s been happening.” Lamira instructed as Ran nodded her head.
Before she left, she set down the bag.
Opening the bag, Shiro could see a giant jar filled with Liquified Essence. Just being near it and breathing part of it in made her feel refreshed.
“So what do I do with this?” Shiro asked.
“Offer it to the tower so that it may spread it to the land around it. What you must do is water the base of the tower with this Liquified Essence.” Lamira smiled as Shiro nodded her head.
Offering Nutrients to the Great Land, Shiro watched as a golden seed suddenly appeared in her hands like what had happened with one of the previous attempts and understood that she had completed the first step.
