BXBX NOVEL Chapter 135 The Trial Starts
"Let me explain it to you," Mag\'ladroth spoke, his body changing as his size reduced. Slowly, the large dragon was reduced to the size of a human.
His features were normal, with darker skin color and grey hair. His brownish-black eyes filled with wisdom while his countenance was calm as he looked at Ray with a slight smile sporting his face.
"You are better like this. That big form of yours scared the sh*t out of me," Ray sighed in relief as he stood up from the ground and dusted his clothes.
"Who are you exactly? I don\'t remember hearing of any void dragon named Mag\'ladroth," Ray asked as he suspiciously looked at the dragon.
"How dare you! You tiny human! Do you even know what you are saying, it is your misfortune that you haven\'t heard of my name? For I am feared in every plane there is. For I am known as the void itself and have such strength that even the primordial Gods fear me," Mag\'ladroth spoke in anger, its anger affecting the surroundings as clouds converged around him and blackness covered the whole plain.
"I am sorry. It is indeed my misfortune that I haven\'t heard of you. Please calm down," Ray spoke as he realized that the situation was getting out of control.
"Hmph... It\'s good that you accepted your mistake. After all, I am an existence that rivals the Gods. It is your honor to be scared of me," Mag\'ladroth haughtily said as its anger calmed down.
"Okay, so what is this all about and where am I?" Ray asked as he ignored Mag\'ladroth\'s prideful demeanor.
"We are inside a small piece of my consciousness," Mag\'ladroth replied and continued, "This is the place where your trial will be held,"
"How did I get in here?" Ray asked in surprise as he couldn\'t fathom the power an existence would require to pull someone\'s consciousness into their own.
"What do you mean how? I used the bloodline essence within you as a medium and pulled you here. After all, if I didn\'t do so, the bloodline would have probably exploded you,"
"How did you use my bloodline as a medium to pull me here? Could you please explain?" Ray asked as he scratched his head in confusion.
"You would have exploded due to the intensity of my bloodline since it puts a great load on your body while you might not have felt anything because of the increased strength and the
"It\'s easy, the bloodline you contain is actually a mix of seven different bloodlines and my part of the bloodline got awakened first. Therefore, when my consciousness awakened in your bloodline, I pulled you here to see if you are worthy of having my bloodline or not," Mag\'ladroth answered as he continued,
"Enough chit-chat, let\'s move on to the trial. I don\'t have much time nor do you since only your consciousness is here while your real body is still on Earth. Hopefully, your partners would defend you while you clear the trial,"
"Okay, tell me what to do," Ray asked with a grin on his face.
He clenched his fists in excitement as he waited eagerly for the trial to commence.
After all, for Ray; this trial was the fastest and most efficient way to get stronger and help his teammates in clearing the dungeon. Therefore, Ray didn\'t hesitate and accepted the dragon\'s challenge.
"Hmmm… I like your courage," Mag\'ladroth smiled as he waved his hands and changed the surroundings.
"Your trial will be held here," Mag\'ladroth spoke as the surroundings changed from a vast grassland to a volcanic site with a river of magma flowing down from an active volcano that continuously erupted at short intervals.
The dragon then waved his hands once more. This time, his hands caused strange monsters to emerge from the volcano. The monsters were made of magma as elemental particles revolved around their bodies.
"You have to reach the top of the volcano and defeat the creature over there," Mag\'ladroth spoke as he asked, "Any question?"
"Yeah, I need to ask a couple of things. First, is there a time limit? And second, do I have to defeat all those monsters as well?" Ray asked as he pointed at the magma monsters that glared at him in anger.
"Oh them… you don\'t have to worry about them. They wouldn\'t do anything," The dragon said with a smile and clapped his hand, "Okay, you have one hour to reach the top. I wish you luck," Saying that, the dragon disappeared from his spot.
"Like hell, I am trusting in him," Ray muttered as he made it his goal to exterminate every single monster while he ventured to the top.
Meanwhile,
On Earth,
Dungeon Instance, Eighth Floor,
Ray\'s teammates looked at his unmoving body in worry.
"Ray! Wake up," Aliya said as she waved her hand in front of him.
"Sirius, what should we do?" Elina asked in concern.
"We stay here and protect his body because from what I feel he is in the middle of something very important. Therefore, no one disturbs him," Sirius spoke as he used [Half Transformation] and took a fighting stance in a bid to protect Ray.
Others did the same as they followed Sirius\'s example and surrounded Ray\'s unmoving body as they tried to protect him from any harm.
Back At The Trial Grounds,
Ray rushed forward as he approached the first magma monster. Taking out his sword, he unsheathed it and slashed at the monster.
\'Swish\'
The sword cut through the monster like butter while Ray exclaimed in joy,
"Yeah… now that\'s what you get for being in my way,"
However, Ray\'s joy was short-lived as the slashed part of the monster regenerated and the monster retaliated by raising its fist and bringing it down on Ray.
Seeing the fist coming his way, Ray evaded the attack as he looked at the monster in shock.
"That dammed dragon. To think he gave these monsters such powerful regenerative properties," Ray cursed in anger as he attacked the monster once more.
While Ray kept cursing the dragon, the dragon in question watched the show happily as it leisurely sat on a pair of clouds with popcorn in its hands as it enjoyed the show.
"I like this kid," Mag\'ladroth muttered as he saw how Ray used his versatile combat style to counter the different types of attacks thrown at him by the magma monster.
While the dragon watched Ray\'s battle, a stray thought came to his mind as the dragon muttered,
"What about the others? They were against Lord\'s choice back then and now that this kid has appeared, they will surely give him a tough time. They might even try and harm him,"
"I think I will have to keep an eye on them. Hmm… I should leave behind a small part of my consciousness to guide this kid and protect him if they ever attack," the dragon decided as it continued watching Ray as he continued fighting against the magma monster.
"Huff… Huff… Huff... Just what is it made of?" Ray questioned as beads of sweat trickled down his forehead.
"The temperature has started to increase too. I should finish this as fast as possible," Ray thought as he blinked from his position.
Appearing fifteen meters back, Ray took a deep breath as he held his sword in a backhand grip and prepared for his next attack.
Infusing his mana into the sword, Ray used his infusion spell,
[Fusion Magic:- Spatial Sword Of Destruction]
Instead of fusing his fire magic and lightning magic together, Ray fused his space ability along with lightning magic. Ray was able to do this because even since he got pulled by the dragon, he had felt his space ability changing from an ability to an affinity.
Therefore, Ray tried to use it with the help of mana and it worked as the sword was infused with his space ability.
With the sword infused with such destructive magic, it took a strange appearance as a void enveloped the sword while blackish lightning arcs spread across the whole sword.
"Let\'s see how you recover from this," Ray grinned as he slashed his sword horizontally.
Slashing his sword, it released a horizontal arc that headed toward the magma monster.
As for the magma monster. It felt fear as it saw the strange blackish arc approach it. Therefore, it tried to dodge but alas, it couldn\'t as the arc had already reached it.
Ray looked as the arc cut the magma monster in half and traveled forward as it vanished only after it cut through a few more monsters.
Ray smiled bitterly as he looked at his sword which had large cracks spreading all over its surface.
"Guess it could only last a few more attacks," Ray thought as he sheathed his sword and walked forward to clear the magma monsters that blocked his way.
While Ray moved forward, the dragon looked at him in astonishment as it muttered,
"To think that he would fuse such destructive magics together and even infuse them at such a young age. I guess this kid could actually pull it off and fulfill the prophecy,"
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