“Pardon? You what now?” Madison paused in surprise.
“Yup, I’m a demi god now and you girls aren’t that far off either.” Shiro chuckled
“So after a trial, not only did you get a wheelchair you also became a demi god?” Madison repeated just to make sure she was correct.
“Yup. You got that 100% right.” Shiro grinned.
“What else did you do then. Lay it all on us.” Madison facepalmed.
“Well I also got the support of five primordial deities, got two of the best masterpieces created by Hephaestus himself.” Shiro said as suddenly she realised something.
“Holy sh*t where the hell is Helion???” Shiro asked as the party finally realised what had happened.
“I’m right here and it seems like my ability is already working.” Helion suddenly appeared as the party looked at him with shock.
“I’m here too. Me and Helion got rather similar abilities since we finished first.” Yin suddenly popped out of the rift as the party somehow forgot about their existences.
“What the hell happened?” Shiro asked.
“Well for me, after finishing Hephaestus’ Trial I got a skill called Forge of the Gods. During battle, I’m able to forge temporary armours for the entire party which lasts for a few hours. This doesn’t affect your real armour so it stacks up. But during this, forging it is going to take a bit of time so this passive I got makes it so that so long as I’m not attacking, I’m not sensed by anyone.” Helion grinned.
“For me, once I jump into the rift people forget me entirely. This doesn’t work when I’m outside through, so it’s handy for getting out of tight situations.” Yin said as she sat next to Shiro.
“Though I’m surprised that Shiro managed to ‘remember’ me despite the fact that the skill was active. Maybe it’s weaker on allies.” Helion shrugged.
“Well it should be since it would be bad if we can’t protect you just in case someone managed to discover you while forging.” Lyrica said as Helion nodded his head.
“How was your trial dear? I would pat or hug you but as you can see I’m sort of disabled right now.” Shiro chuckled.
“It was good. Hades was quite kind but he fought a lot with Demeter.” Yin shrugged.
“Figures. Considering their background it isn’t strange.” Shiro laughed.
Talking for a bit longer, the party agreed to have a week’s rest so that Shiro could recover. In addition to this, they needed some time to understand their power so that they know what they’re doing.
Sitting in the bed, Shiro glanced out of the window and mused to herself.
‘So far the party’s level is pretty high. Both Helion and Yin’s abilities are surprising but the fact that existence can be forgotten for a moment is very helpful. Maybe since I’m a demi god the effects are weaker for me since the other’s didn’t have the same effect.’
After finishing the trials, everyone was now level 200 and they’re waiting for a chance to class up to tier 5. Once they do, they would be standing near the peak in terms of the power in the world. Despite being together for less than a year, Shiro watched them improve at superhuman speeds and she felt both proud and happy.
“You seem to be in a good mood?” A voice rang out as Shiro chuckled and glanced back.
“Mn, just thinking about how much the party has improved. When did you arrive?” Shiro asked as she could see Nan Tian appearing in her room.
“Just now.” He smiled while pulling himself a chair to sit down on. Glancing at his title card, Shiro smirked.
“How does it feel to be tier 6?”
[Nan Tian – LVL 501 Incarnation of Light]
“It feels pretty good. I can travel across the world with ease thanks to my class.” Nan Tian laughed.
“Well light does travel pretty quickly.”
“What about you? Anything bountiful?”
“I became a demi god and discovered my true spirit nature. Apparently, that is what every spirit gets but I hadn’t got it yet. The trial helped me unlock it.” Shiro replied. She wanted to shrug but she wasn’t able to due to the damage on her body.
“How long will you be in the state?” Nan Tian asked as he was more worried about her safety than her rewards.
“Not sure, the system didn’t really tell me how long this was going to be.” Shiro replied as Nan Tian furrowed his brows.
“If I gave you some medicine to reduce this would it work?”
“I don’t think so. This was caused by my body trying to digest the primordial essence of two gods and my body couldn’t handle it that well. I’d give myself a month tops to recover.” Shiro replied after a moment.
“Hmm… well it shouldn’t be too bad. What are you planning after this?” Nan Tian asked curiously.
“Well I’m thinking of looking for the Spirit Capital. That and we also need to deal with Madison’s heritage but that’s more something we need to do during the age of demons and gods. I need to set up an anchor too.” Shiro sighed.
“Mn, you have it rough. Speaking of anchors, we’ve tracked quite a few other smaller anchors that have appeared. Do you want to do anything with them or leave them for now?” Nan Tian asked.
“We’ll leave them for now. While both me and you are powerful, the others are still tier 4 despite being level 200. We’ll need them to reach tier 5 or maybe higher if we want to properly fight for the anchors. Hmm… I need to find a place for the anchor. Maybe I should make a floating country. Now that I have my divinity, I think that’s within my scope of power.”
“Mn? What do you mean by floating country?” Nan Tian asked curiously.
“Well I can get my nanobots to fill the entire country and lift it into the sky. When that happens, I’ll be able to arm the country as well as move it around the world. The best would probably be a floating city so it’s easier to defend but for my subjects, when I get then, a city would be better overall.” Shiro replied.
“I… huh. Are you sure? Wouldn’t that make it easier for a large scale destruction spell to destroy it?” Nan Tian asked.
“Haha, you never experienced it yourself so it’s only natural that you underestimate it. Think about it like this. My nanobots are good at consuming/absorbing energy. If I have a whole city made from nanobots with barriers, do you think a spell can hit properly?” Shiro smiled.
“That is true.” Nan Tian nodded his head.
“There you go then. If you don’t believe me, we can go test it out after I recover from my injuries.”
“Sure. But so far I suppose it’s a period of peace before the new age arrives. You should probably do some dungeons to increase your level while you’re looking for the spirit capital.”
“That’s what I plan to do.”
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For the next few weeks, the party rested up nicely while experimenting with a few of their new skills. They decided to activate their new forms to test out its power since they weren’t going to be fighting any time soon and Shiro had to agree that they packed quite a punch. Despite being only tier 4, the party was comparable to a tier 5 group with their skills and fighting prowess.
As for Nan Tian, he didn’t do much since he said that if he did, it would cause quite a bit of damage and that wasn’t what he wanted to do.
Therefore, they decided to wait for a little longer before testing out his kit.
After a month and a half, Shiro was finally able to move around.
Circulating the mana around her body, she was happy to find out that she was fully healed.
Right now the party was making their way past Mount Olympus so that Shiro could show them what her floating city was like. After all, that was probably going to be their next base of operations after the new age started.
Looking into the distant mountains, Shiro could see the party watching patiently.
“Are you ready?” Shiro asked with a grin.
“Ready when you are.” Lyrica replied over the earpiece as Shiro nodded her head.
Slamming her hand down, a giant tier 6 magic circle started to spread out through the entire mountain range.
