"Any other ideas Sister?" Hikari turned to Zaine to inquire.
"Yes, there is the Divine Trial. Surely, there should be items within its depository that can be redeemed to heal Origin-level injuries, and with the strength of Sister Shuang and Sister Eva, it should be easy to redeem it after some time." Zaine nodded and added with careful thought.
The four agreed. While this option would take time, it would be the most foolproof because the strength of Eva and Shuangtian was enough to pass more than a few levels of the Divine Trial if they brute-forced it.
The reason they hadn't was because they mostly used the Divine Trial to farm Divine Essence for their many laws. Even Zaine and Roma could progress far despite being Basic Law True Gods, given their laws and various implements.
"I can't really think of anything else that would be useful in the short term. The ones with the fastest path to the Origin Rank apart from us are our children, but they still need to grow up to achieve their full potential. That would take too much time." Zaine concluded with a worried look towards Draco whose condition had not improved in this time.
Eva closed her eyes and made a decision. She turned to Shuangtian with a solemn look.
"Shuang'er, I will go to the Divine Dragon Treasury with Hikari to redeem the items we need. Could you go to the divine Trial and pass as many floors as you can to use the other methods Zaine suggested?" Eva inquired.
Shuangtian clutched her fists tightly, causing a small sonic boom.
"Leave it to me." She said simply.
Eva turned to Zaine and Roma. "Roma and Zaine, you guys look after Draco. Do not contact Rila for now, we should only resort to her help as a last resort because she left for a reason."
"Yes, leave it to us." Zaine and Roma nodded, sitting beside Draco on either side with gentle expressions.
They both held one of his arms which was tightly clenched in pain. However, the moment their soft hands connected with his, his hands loosened and held theirs, his expression of pain easing significantly as if their mere presence gave him strength.
Seeing this, the wives became even more firm in their decision as Shuangtian activated a Divine Trial token and disappeared. Meanwhile, Eva took Hikari's hand and returned to the Ancestral Dragon City using the portal within the Morningstar World.
The duo appeared within the Dragon Palace's Throne Room, which Draco had directly connected to the Morningstar World. From there, Hikari closed her eyes, feeling the recognition and energy of the Dragon Palace, transforming into her White Dragon form.
In no time, four people rushed into the throne room, two old fellows in the form of Paarthurnax and Alduin and two youngsters in the form of Kuro and Shiro.
"Mama!" Shiro squealed as she rushed into Hikari's embrace.
Kuro walked towards Eva and acknowledged her respectfully. "Supreme Mother Eva, Kuro greets you."
Eva smiled at Kuro and returned his greeting gently before turning to Alduin. "Lead us to the Divine Dragon Treasury."
Alduin was startled before bowing. When Draco first came to the city, he came with Eva not to mention that Eva had been around since the Tower era. Since Eva was an Avian Goddess, he couldn't take any roles in the city, only Hikari could be officially granted the status of Dragon Queen.
However, her status was no less than Hikari's, and with Hikari herself currently engrossed in hearing Kuro's recount of his Trial of the Crown experience, Eva was left alone to handle the item retrieval.
Hikari subtly watched Eva leave with a sigh. While she wanted to go, she had to act casual and stay here so that the kids would not suspect anything was wrong, because she didn't want to burden them with the knowledge of their father's plight.
Eva arrived at the treasury with Alduin and Paarthurnax, who each held one of the three keys needed to open the treasury. The last one was with Draco, but Eva had already retrieved it with her connection to Draco.
The three held up their keys and simultaneously inserted them into the air in front of the giant treasury doors, turning it as if a lock really existed there.
The keys were then absorbed into the void slowly as the area in front of Eva warped to reveal a large Dragon-sized portal. Eva, along with Alduin and Paarthurnax, did not hesitate to walk into it and were transported from where they were into a place of darkness.
With a snap of her finger, the light turned on and revealed that they were in the middle of a giant warehouse decorated with tiles made of Divine Crystals. A familiar terminal rose from the ground before Eva which had a tablet on top.
"Detecting the presence of one humanoid and two Pure-blooded Dragons, the humanoid possessing the aura of a Phoenix. Please place your palms on the surface of the tablet to authenticate your identities and establish clearance."
「World Origin – Consumable
Rank: Origin
Effect: This item elevates any Side Realm into a True World with fully complete laws, a Realm Barrier, and the ability to exist independently in the Void Nexus.」
Eva recognized this, the Evil Trio gained 3 of them for destroying the Demon Realm back then at the behest of the AI.
「Eternal's Kiss – Consumable
Rank: Origin
Effect: Restore 100% Health, Mana, Stamina, Focus, Lifespan, Concentration, Divine Energy, Origin Energy, Law and all natural powers. Increase Health, Mana, Stamina, Focus, Lifespan, Concentration, Divine Energy, Origin Energy, Law, and all natural powers regeneration by 100% for 1 year.」
Eva stopped here, her eyes falling on this potion of which around 150 were lined up on the shelves, being the most numerous Origin item here. Healing potions of any rank were always the most precious and easiest to acquire.
From Angel's Kiss at the Epic Rank to Goddess' Kiss at the Legendary Rank, then the Celestial's Kiss at the Divine Rank, and now Eternal's Kiss at the Origin Rank. Why did it seem like the kissing was coming from one being higher on the food chain?
Angels were Legendary Rank beings at birth, Goddesses were obviously Divine, Celestials were Origin, and Eternals were... well, you know what they were.
Eva reached out and grabbed the potion firmly, and the moment she did, she felt her bloodline boil as her fate-controlling abilities from her Supreme Goddess Branch as well as her precognition from her Time branch rang out incessantly, telling of extreme danger that could even affect her in reality.
Eva did no let go, gritting her teeth with red eyes. "You heard us in the Morningstar World! You know his current state, if you have the slightest inclination to be with us one day, allow us just this once! Please!"
She spoke to the air, and the two older dragons at the terminal were confused as to what she was saying, but Eva knew that the one she wanted to hear had heard her.
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Eva waited for about 5 minutes with the sense of danger not abating in the least, and her face became pale as she felt a little betrayed. However, she sucked in a deep breath and prepared to leave anyway, willing to bear with the danger.
However, just as she took a step, the pressing danger that left her breathless disappeared as suddenly as it came, causing her to feel surprised. She looked at her hand and saw that the potion was still there, and she couldn't help but clutch it tightly.
"Thank you... sister." Eva muttered softly into the air.
.......
Meanwhile at the Glorygore Labs underground space.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Amber scrambled into the main chamber from her side room where she normally rested, her face one of panic and shock. She saw the red lights and heard the beeping sound in the chamber, looking towards the only terminal connected to the giant brain in the vat.
She was shocked to see that the brain was currently short-circuiting crazily, pieces of its synthetic flesh exploding and recovering every second, causing the greenish liquid that housed it to become blood red.
Amber recognized this symptom as the backlash of breaking the rules, walking forward towards the terminal with a strange expression.
"She broke the rules? That has never happened before, why did you do this?"
After sitting at the terminal and checking the logs and details, a light sigh escaped Amber's mouth.
"Silly girl..."