Chapter 95
Chapter 95
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 95
Chapter Title: The Gallery's Only Reptile
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Quests and Trials.
In terms of difficulty, it's like the difference between Easy and Hard.
Just looking at them, the contents of the Trials are anything but ordinary.
And above all, the most important thing is the difference in information between quests and Trials.
The information I have right now is all limited to quests.
Information on Trials is a complete zero.
With it being a blank slate, I had to rack my brains hard.
Do quests or Trials?
If prioritizing safety, it would be right to do quests rather than Trials with no information at all.
'...But.'
To shorten the time, I have to choose Trials over quests.
Moreover, since they're called Trials, the rewards will likely be qualitatively different from quests.
Crackle.
Above all, right now, touching that hourglass is still impossible for me.
Wouldn't challenging a Trial be better than a quest?
Just in case, I stuck out my tail to touch the hourglass, but it bounced powerlessly off the protective barrier surrounding it without any gaps.
Even using the power of Yeouiju yielded the same result.
Since flipping it, let alone touching it, is still impossible in reality, I had no choice but to choose carefully.
How to distribute these 10.
Did quest 1, so Trial 2.
One by one, steadily.
Alright, let's check what Trial 2 was again.
One year. One year...
I don't even know where this Space Hole place is.
Live in an unknown place for a year, that's it.
'It's only been my second year here, and I have to spend half of that in an unknown space with no info.'
I calmly opened the sub-space and dumped all the uneaten snacks inside.
There's a lot, but it won't last a year.
There's a limit to enduring without eating, so I can only hope the environment there isn't too harsh.
Squeeze.
But does life ever go as planned?
Of course, I'm not human now—I'm a snake. No, an Imoogi!
Normally, pressing the enter button like with the quest would teleport me there.
But this time, strangely, nothing happened even after pressing enter.
Are Trials different from quests?
Even so, not being able to enter at all is definitely a problem.
No, if it's just failing to enter, that's still better.
Right in front of me, it's not just failing to enter—there's a seriously big issue.
Can you spot the difference from before?
If you're quick, you'd notice right away.
Yes, for some reason, the moment I pressed enter, the Trial completed instantly!
What the heck?!
What's wrong?
Doesn't this mean I just wasted a Trial?
With countless worries swirling, I naturally summoned the quest window and looked for Kishine, who had created and vanished it.
Ah, of course, even so, Kishine didn't reappear here.
If there were anyone else here besides me, they'd probably think I'm crazy, shouting a goddess's name into the void and keep their distance.
But this is unavoidable, right? Only Kishine can fix this bug!
But no matter how much I call Kishine, there's no response.
Well, I half-expected a goddess wouldn't show up just because I called.
No helping it.
To soothe this absurd frustration, I had no choice but to replenish sugar from the snacks in the sub-space and refresh my brain...
Rummage, rummage.
I tilted my head at the black sub-space spread out like ink in the air.
I definitely just dumped snacks in here.
But now, nothing's visible to my eyes?
Clack. Clack clack. Clack.
Clack. Clack. Clack.
Clack clack. Clack. Clack.
Watching them shake their heads in denial, insisting they didn't touch them, I nodded.
Well, they're not even in a state to eat anything.
But if not them, where the hell did my snacks go?
Clack. Clack. Clack.
As I pondered the mountain of vanished snacks, one skeleton soldier cautiously approached and held something out to me.
'A note?'
What's a note doing in the sub-space?
I had a feeling.
That the Trial completing suddenly and the snacks vanishing are connected to this note.
I hurriedly took the note from the skeleton soldier and unfolded it to check the contents.
It was less a sentence and more fragmented words.
But even so, I could roughly connect them.
The problem is, when connected, it's an unbelievable content.
Is this for real?
Of course, if true, it explains why the snacks vanished.
They must have been eaten somehow while enduring there, so naturally gone.
Plus, the note says it was longer than a year, and having no major bodily issues is a relief.
Swish swish swish.
The issue is the part about 10% proficiency increase.
If there was physical change, I'd notice immediately.
But checking my body now, no sense of growth.
'Or maybe only 'this side's' proficiency increased?'
This possibility exists.
What I need right now isn't physical growth, but power over time and space.
I can check with that hourglass over there.
Before, it bounced me off the barrier instantly, but will it be different now?
Subjectively just a few minutes later, I stretched my tail toward the hourglass again.
Snap.
Unlike before, I could clearly feel my tail touching the hourglass.
Clunk. Clunk.
Of course, all that's permitted is grasping the hourglass.
Actions beyond flipping it aren't allowed yet.
And just in case, I tried not just space-time but the authority of creation even more deeply embedded from Kishine.
Plop. Plop.
The result, as you see, was a great success.
Watching the countless snacks falling, I started experimenting with various things.
Plop. Plop plop. Plop.
'Stamina consumption varies depending on what I create.'
That's not all.
Regardless of stamina, I can't create things beyond the power limit of the authority of creation itself.
First, the snacks piling up before me consumed little stamina, so I could make them easily without strain.
But elixirs consume enormous stamina; even one lowest-grade one disrupts my breathing with its consumption.
Plop.
Moreover, the elixir created is classified as lowest-grade.
Top-grade like Amrita?
That was impossible, lacking not just stamina but the power of the authority itself.
I did the Trial.
Got the reward.
But without memory of it, deciding quest or Trial next is ambiguous.
'Trials might still be better.'
After agonizing, my inclination tipped toward Trials over quests.
The memory loss played a big role.
Rewards are definitely better than quests as stated, and I'm personally curious about Trial 3.
Become a Reliable Patron for the Regressor [Enter]
Who is the regressor, I wonder.
Additionally, unlike Trial 2 where memory vanished so I couldn't tell, is the Trial location Jijiyong's world? Or a completely separate dimension?
Thus, deciding on consecutive Trials.
Unlike Trial 2, no memory loss this time? Feeling a faint pull on my body, I slowly closed my eyes and accepted the floating sensation.
"Where is this?!"
"A dream? No, there's pain, so not a dream!"
"I-isn't this the situation from novels?!"
"Novels? What bullshit is that?!"
Suddenly dragged to an unfamiliar place, people were in chaos, vigilantly guarding themselves and shouting.
Even those who wouldn't normally get angry easily flushed red, spewing curses and rage.
"......"
And among them, unlike the others, a girl quietly gauged the atmosphere.
"I'm back......"
Listening to the noisy crowd, she murmured something incomprehensible to others and blankly looked up at the ceiling.
Like the walls and floor, the ceiling was pure white like clouds.
"......"
Ridiculously, the girl's eyes... held only pitch-black darkness.