Chapter 1731 Second Trial: {Treasure Hunt}

Chapter 1731 Second Trial: {Treasure Hunt}

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[Welcome, Participants, to the Second Trial of the Venerable of Flames Inheritance: {Treasure Hunt}!]

[In this great landscape there are 4 different Labyrinths, you must explore them to find Treasures! There's a total of 100 different Treasures you can find. The more Treasures your Team obtains, the higher their Score will be.]

[But be careful, the Labyrinths are filled with treacherous Monsters and Bosses of all kinds, and their own inhabitants won't easily let you take away their Ancient Treasures.]

[Some Treasures might not be in plain sight or just hidden away underground, however. You have to think outside the box to find them all.]

[To be qualified for the Third and last Trial, you must gather a minimum of 20 Treasures before the time limit ends.]

[Be careful, however, not everyone will play fair, and it is possible to steal Treasures too.]

[Trial Duration: 12 Hours.]

[For now, please get ready, the Trial will begin in 1 Hour.]

Huh, we even get some preparation time. It seems this Trial will be quite chaotic compared to the previous one. Mostly because all Participants are unrestrained and can do whatever they want too.

But seeing how the Venerable stopped us, I suppose he doesn't want us to kill each other, right?

Hm, it's weird.

"So this is the Second Trial..." Drake rubbed his chin. "Hm, so this means 25 Treasures per Dungeon. But at the same time, like before, you can boycott someone else by stealing their treasures. The thing is... The trial never ends until the 24 hours pass. So it could be said Treasures will be constantly stolen from one to another."

"Wouldn't the best strategy be to just wait until someone gets all the Treasures and steal them from them?" asked Yuki.

"Yeah?" Miranda wondered.

"That's fine by me too," the other seemed pleased anyway.

A man like him acting this condescending towards this asshole...

I am quite sure now, there's something binding him.

Perhaps not to directly obey, but maybe connected with having to complete the trials.

"Looks like we can be fine, for now," I said. "Just as I thought, there's something binding Pandemonium to do the trial and win it. He must prioritize the Treasures rather than our own lives..."

"There's really something binding that monster? It must be of tremendous power!" said Miranda.

"It is most likely what's keeping him together too," said Andromeda. "From what I've analyzed of his composition so far, Pandemonium's body parts seem unstable, to completely unify, a complex Demonic and Divine Formation had to be made, which bound his body parts and everything else together into his current form."

"And perhaps he placed that oath, or whatever is binding him within the Formation, right?" I asked. "I suppose he'll only be truly free when that Oath disappears on its own, meaning that once he completes the inheritance..."

"Most likely, yes," Andromeda nodded. "Remember what some of the Flame Emperor's servants said, or their origins?"

"Barely, but why?" Benladann asked.

"Some of those people originated from large nations in the Continent of Muspelheim which had sealed pieces of Pandemonium. Apparently he's also worshipped in some areas, especially in those were demons managed to survive, thrive, and hybridize with other people..." Said Andromeda. "He destroyed those nations as he gathered the body parts, though. But he also absorbed their knowledge, how to conjure and use demonic energy."

"Maybe that's why he was so goddamn strong too!" I said. "And why he could absorb the power out of the bones of the Primordial Dragons as well..."

"Yes, perhaps," Andromeda nodded. "But it's just my theory about it, nothing truly confirmed. I am analyzing the pieces you ate, but it is incredibly hard. They're composed of immensely dense molecular structures mixed with his very soul... And there's something else."

"Something... else?" I asked.

"Yeah, I could feel it within the fingers you ate," she said. "The small trails of an immense quantity of Chaotic Energy... There's definitely something else inside of him, he's not alone."

"What?!"