491. The Resurrected (4)
“You will enter the 41st floor of the Tower of Trials.”
「Difficulty – Difficult」
“The theme of the ordeal is ‘immortality and mortality.’”
“I hope that there will be a satisfactory result after the asceticism chosen by the challenger.”
When I got to the next floor, luckily, unlike the previous floor, higher level enemies and rewards appeared.
“The 41st floor trial begins.”
「Remaining time – 1 year」
“Conditions for passing the ordeal – Kill the three high-ranking gods who are performing a high-ranking ritual to obtain eternal life on the planet Tolten.”
「Trial failure condition – death of challenger or end of remaining time」
「Ordeal Breakthrough Reward – Dream Sword of Those Who Dreamed of Immortality (SSS-)」
“Trial failure penalty – death” was interesting.
Killing three high-ranking gods on a small planet who were performing a strange ritual to become something similar to an ancient god.
That was what the Tower of Trials had set for me as a condition for clearing the 41st floor trial, but it was still interesting in its own way, so it was fun to watch.
Well, in the end, everyone was killed without exception.
━I want to live! Me, me! I don’t want to die! I don’t want to die! Immortal! I want to become immortal!! I just wanted to live forever! Are you saying that’s wrong!!
━Nonsense, no way! I am, I am! This means that it is a higher deity that is closest to the ancient deity!! Boo, I’m on the verge of becoming immortal, but I’m going to die? like this? I hate it, I hate it, I hate it-!!
━Aaaaaaaaa… … !! Stop it, stop it, stop it!! I don’t want to die!! God of transcendence and death!! To me, to me! Please have mercy!! Ahhh!!
The idea of becoming immortal and gaining eternal life without becoming an ancient god should have been fun, but there’s no reason to keep watching.
‘Trying to become immortal through expedient means without reaching the state of ancient godhood… … .’
In order to become an ancient god, the three higher-ranking gods did something unreasonable, so I cleaned them out.
The idea was to forcibly obtain life force close to that of an immortal by linking the life force of the three planets without distinguishing between humans and beasts… … .
Why on earth would you risk someone else’s life as collateral to experiment on something like that?
They fought over the prize of dominating three planets and getting infinitely closer to immortality, so they got along and killed them all, then happily devoured the spirits of the three higher-ranking gods and turned them into power.
「Use all the commands you have to permanently increase your stats.」
“Strength has increased by 5.”
“Agility has increased by 5.”
“Stamina has increased by 5.”
“Magic power has increased by 8.”
“Durability has increased by 4.”
“Concept has increased by 2.”
‘Well, still, as much as this guy and that guy tried to become immortal, it’s not that bad.’
Now, as I cleared the trials, I was also becoming accustomed to finding out the identity of the unique keywords.
「… … .」
「Error correction.」
“The official name of the unique keyword ‘Juk■?’ will be revealed as ‘God of Death.’”
“That’s correct.”
Even if you dreamed of immortality and tried to obtain eternal life by force, in the end, what awaited you at the end was death.
‘Well, it wasn’t a difficult question to guess, so it would be natural to get the answer right.’
It was not difficult to realize that it was related to my own divine power of <death>.
In fact, if I had to choose the most outstanding qualification and talent to become a transcendent, it would be ‘death’ itself.
Thanks to this, after clearing the 41st floor trial of the Tower of Trials, I was able to find out about the unique keyword and succeed in taking a step forward.
‘… … As I climb the Tower of Trials, my senses become clearer as I discover my own unique keywords one by one.’
I felt a sense of reality as I became aware of the qualifications and talents I had to become a transcendent.
If you can take a few steps further and find out about your own potential, something will definitely change.
It was a fact I could be sure of as an ancient deity, and as a being who had once reached beyond the gate to become a transcendent by challenging ascension.
‘… … Probably, because they knew that the Tower of Trials would become stronger as I learned more about myself, they made it so that I couldn’t see the unique keywords.’
I could see why the Tower of Trials had made it impossible to see most of its unique keywords.
“Congratulations, you have surpassed the 41st floor of the Tower of Trials.”
“As a reward for breakthrough, the ‘Dream Sword of Those Who Dreamed of Immortality (SSS-)’ will be sent to your inventory.”
“You have received ‘5,000,000 points’ as a breakthrough reward.”
“You have obtained ‘550,000 SP’ as a breakthrough reward.”
“As an additional breakthrough reward, ‘Gem of Life (S+)’ will be sent to your inventory.”
“Please move to the waiting room.”
Definitely.
“Really… … .”
therefore… … .
“I’m curious.”
Continuing to move forward, one step at a time, without stopping.
“The god of transcendence and death grins and savors enlightenment.”
[─What on earth does it mean for me to realize all the qualifications and talents to become a transcendent? ]
That will be the most perfect guidepost for me to choose the path that will allow me to one day become a transcendent.
***
Clearing the ordeal itself wasn’t that difficult.
“The 42nd floor trial begins.”
「Remaining time – 80 days」
「Conditions for overcoming the ordeal – sprout hope in a world that is close to destruction and provide self-repair methods for survivors.」
「Trial failure condition – death of challenger or end of remaining time」
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「Reward for passing the trial – A seeker’s telescope looking up at the sky (SSS-)」
「Trial failure penalty – death」
It was better than I thought.
「… … .」
「Error correction.」
“The official name of the unique keyword ‘Cho■#’ will be revealed as ‘God of Transcendence’.”
‘… … Yes, there is a god of death, but there is no way there is no god of transcendence.’
Is it because I have learned my own tricks?
As I climbed the Tower of Trials, I gained momentum in laying the foundation to become a transcendent.
Indeed, should we say that it is a device for raising the talent and qualifications to become a transcendent to the limit?
Contrary to our concerns, the Tower of Trials guided us on the path we needed to take to become a transcendent.
‘A place of choice. And unique keywords. Both are devices to raise the qualifications and talents to become a transcendent to the limit… … . Is it natural?’
Perhaps the Tower of Trials also doesn’t want this side to get stronger, but it seems like it can’t give any more penalties than this.
‘The only penalty that the Tower of Trials can impose on a challenger is to adjust things like the difficulty of clearing the trials, and the upper and lower limits are also set.’
Well, considering the actions of the Tower of Trials so far, even if it were to grant low-level trials, there would be a limit.
Therefore, it was clear that the Tower of Trials could no longer restrain me from becoming stronger.
There was a high possibility that the only thing that could be done was to coordinate to avoid encountering powerful people such as ancient deities, and at most only encounter enemies on the edge of higher level deities.
However, even that doesn’t feel like a particularly big penalty anymore.
‘There is no problem at all in developing the foundation to become a transcendent even without fighting an ancient god.’
The 42nd floor trial issued by the Tower of Trials also did not appear to have achieved a hierarchy of divinity, but it was better than killing multiple high-ranking divinity.
It is something that must give hope for life and provide a way for self-sufficiency in a dying world.
That alone made it possible for this side to secure believers by attracting and guiding people from all over the dying planet.
━Savior… … !! The savior came down from heaven to save everyone! T, definitely!
━Ah, ah! Oh God! Please take pity on us and shine brightly on our future filled with darkness! So I beg you!
━Ha, hahaha! It’s a miracle! It’s a miracle! You can buy it! You can buy it! If we follow him, we’ll all survive, I’m sure!!
Originally, I wasn’t particularly interested in creating a religious group, but the story changed after I obtained the Heavenly Mythology <Idols of the Gods>.
‘It’s enormous.’
As the heavenly myth <Idols of the Gods> becomes active, a huge amount of faith is pouring out from all over the planet.
‘It’s ridiculous.’
Just by improving the natural environment on a planet that was on the verge of destruction and giving some teachings to his followers, everything worked out surprisingly well and he was able to get what he wanted after a few days.
“Congratulations, you have surpassed the 42nd floor of the Tower of Trials.”
“As a reward for breakthrough, ‘A Seeker’s Telescope Looking Up at the Sky (SSS-)’ will be sent to your inventory.”
“You have received ‘6,000,000 points’ as a breakthrough reward.”
“You have obtained ‘650,000 SP’ as a breakthrough reward.”
「As an additional breakthrough reward, the ‘Savior’s Light-Imbued Sword (S+)’ will be sent to your inventory.」
“Please move to the waiting room.”
‘With this, we’ve figured out most of the unique keywords that seem quite important…’ … .’
and… … .
‘Then the rest is easy.’
Just like that, I walked to the next floor with a smile on my face.
Perhaps what needs to be done next may just be a more monotonous repetitive task than now.
Not only have you figured out almost all of the unique keywords that seem important as a venue for selection, but you’ve also learned the trick of identifying unique keywords.
Maybe you’ll be lucky enough to find more than one unique keyword in one trial.
In short, it meant that from the next floor onwards, you would be able to get the correct answer without difficulty even without thinking deeply about the unique keywords.
It was obvious that boring things that didn’t require much thought would happen over and over again.
‘It must be boring.’
I didn’t want to think about it too deeply, because I was sure it would be labor that was far from enjoyable.
***
Time passed quickly.
「… … .」
“The official name of the unique keyword ‘Bok?■’ will be revealed as ‘Avenger.’”
「Unique keyword ‘■? The official name of ‘#’ who craves power is revealed as ‘one who craves power’… … .」
「The unique keyword ‘■ receiving God’s favor#’ is the official name of ‘body receiving divine favor’… … .」
It was possible to obtain enlightenment corresponding to the majority of a total of 17 unique keywords.
“Congratulations, you have surpassed the 43rd floor of the Tower of Trials.”
“As a reward for breakthrough, the ‘Hell Lion Emblem (S-)’ will be sent to your inventory.”
“You have received ‘5,000,000 points’ as a breakthrough reward.”
“You have obtained ‘400,000 SP’ as a breakthrough reward.”
“As an additional breakthrough reward, ‘Parchment of Hell (A-)’ will be sent to your inventory.”
“Please move to the waiting room.”
「… … .」
The 43rd floor of the Tower of Trials was about avenging a person who died in hell, and it was better than I thought.
It wasn’t so bad to visit and kill the lords of hell who prided themselves on being strong, one by one.
Because it was possible to steal all the items belonging to those who claimed to be the lords of hell, without leaving out a single item.
It took just two hours for this side to achieve the trial clear conditions and move on to the next floor.
“Congratulations, you have surpassed the 44th floor of the Tower of Trials… … .」
“As a reward for breakthrough, ‘World Ruler’s Pendant (SS-)’ will be sent to your inventory.”
“You have received ‘5,300,000 points’ as a breakthrough reward.”
“You have obtained ‘480,000 SP’ as a breakthrough reward.”
“As an additional breakthrough reward, ‘Native God’s Divine Fragment (S-)’ will be sent to your inventory.”
“Please move to the waiting room.”
「… … .」
The 44th floor of the Tower of Trials was to become the ruler of a planet by subduing the indigenous gods that existed in various parts of the world and establishing a master-servant relationship.
An hour later, he subdued numerous indigenous deities with overwhelming force, became the world ruler, acquired a concept deity representing the planet, and moved on to the next level.
“Congratulations, you have surpassed the 45th floor of the Tower of Trials… … .」
“As a reward for breakthrough, the ‘Blue Jewel of God’s Beloved (SS-)’ will be sent to your inventory.”
“You have received ‘5,500,000 points’ as a breakthrough reward.”
“You have obtained ‘500,000 SP’ as a breakthrough reward.”
“As an additional breakthrough reward, the ‘Insane Saint’s Twisted and Contaminated Pendant (S-)’ will be sent to your inventory.”
“Please move to the waiting room.”
「… … .」
The condition for clearing the 45th floor of the Tower of Trials was to be acknowledged by the nine gods on the continent as a priest of a planet, and it was easy.
To be favored by God.
Isn’t this a specialty of winning people’s hearts through persuasion and conversation?
In the end, after two days of personally visiting, persuading, and talking to the nine gods who were presumed to be official deities, I was able to clear the ordeal by making them my deity apostles.
Among the nine gods, none of them missed the golden opportunity to become our god’s apostles and accepted it.
Die or live.
If you had to choose between the two, wouldn’t everyone choose the latter?
That wasn’t that surprising, since formal godhood was no different.
“… … .”
and.
Chak-.
“I entered the waiting room on the 46th floor.”
‘At this point, I think you clearly understand why you need to learn each unique keyword one by one.’
Realized.
What is the purpose of realizing your own talent and qualifications to become a transcendent?
It was not like a classification label that the Tower of Trials had arbitrarily attached to train challengers into transcendents, but was literally a path to enlightenment that one had to go through at least once to become a transcendent.
‘Is it a structure in which the level of divinity and soul increases simply by recognizing and refining one’s qualifications and talents to become a transcendent?’
Transcendent.
In order to reach the virtual realm that exists beyond the ancient godhead, one must realize one’s own possibilities.
Thus, by selecting and refining the qualifications and talents to become a transcendental person, he engraved the door of ascension into his soul and used his body as the key to advance beyond.
“… … In a way, this may be said to be a path to engrave the gate of ascension into the soul without the mythical <possibility of transcendence>.”
I, who possess the mythic <possibility of transcendence>, do not need to realize my talents and qualifications to become a transcendent.
Is that why?
Perhaps, since we have already attempted to ascend to heaven and obtained the path to becoming a transcendent through the myth <Possibility of Transcendence>, just realizing the true name of the unique keyword may bring us very close to the essence.
Unlike game characters that level up and learn skills one after another to become stronger, it feels like leveling up and learning skills at will while already maximally strong.
It’s like developing a game character’s skill tree only after maxing out all the stats with Cheat Engine.
The order has changed.
‘But regardless, it wasn’t meaningless.’
step.
Even if there was a difference in the order, it was necessary to realize one’s qualifications and talents to become a transcendent and to approach the essence.
The door to ascension and the key to ascension that I obtained through the myth <Possibility of Transcendence> have now begun to be felt more clearly thanks to the series of processes.
‘Apart from the myth <Possibility of Transcendence>, the more I gain insight into the unique keywords as a field of choice, the more my understanding of what lies beyond the Gate of Ascension increases.’
It’s not even just that.
Unlike when the path to becoming a transcendent was forcibly obtained through the myth <Possibility of Transcendence>, the path to go beyond the Gate of Ascension becomes clearer.
It feels as if the dark path is illuminated with light so that we can safely reach the point of transcendence beyond the Gate of Ascension.
Perhaps, if the door to ascension were opened again, unlike last time, there was a high probability that one would be able to move forward to some extent without losing one’s way even in the beginning of ascension.
That’s what it means to realize the qualifications and talents to become a transcendent and prepare a path.
However, that’s why I was confident again.
“… … .”
In order for this person to become a transcendent, he or she has no choice but to abandon one’s own ego, no matter what.
‘No matter which path you take, what awaits you at the end is the onset of ascension and the abandonment of consciousness.’
I closed my eyes and looked at the newly engraved paths of light beyond the Gate of Ascension.
Even within the gate of ascension, talents and qualifications such as ‘natural talent’, ‘god of transcendence’, and ‘god of death’ became the path of light and a stepping stone to move forward.
However, even the path made of light, which is the qualifications and talent needed to become a transcendent person, is cut off and disappears at some point.
Very firmly, as if ‘the next path’ is not allowed under any circumstances.
It was bittersweet, but it was natural.
“That’s cool.”
Reality is cold.
No matter what qualifications and talents you have to become a transcendent, it is impossible to move forward without a huge vessel that can contain the universe itself.
In the end, the decision must be made at the end of the path to ascension created by miraculous talents and qualifications.
Will you move forward and give up yourself to become a transcendent, or will you give up being a transcendent and remain an ancient godhead?
No other options exist beyond the Gate of Ascension.
‘Even if we realize and add the talents and qualifications of the transcendent to the myth <Possibility of Transcendence>, the point at the end of the road is not drawn.’
however… … .
‘But that’s enough.’
Why?
Rather than despair and frustration, I felt a strange sense of anticipation mixed with excitement and anxiety.
It wasn’t a bad thing that beyond the Gate of Ascension, there was a way to stand, even if just for a moment.
That path of light could serve as a pedestal to support the new method of ascension that this side has devised.
‘It’s not meaningless.’
I have no intention of entrusting myself to a gamble that has no chance of winning.
And, in that case, the path of light, which consists of the qualifications and talents to become a transcendent person, will become a more important support than you think.
Realizing that, I smiled in anticipation and started getting ready to go to the next floor.
‘Maybe I can get what I want faster than I thought.’
and.
“I’m looking forward to it. I have to quickly finish the compensation check and go to the next floor… … .”
The moment when I was rushing to finish the compensation check with a satisfied smile on my face.
Dudduddu───!
‘uh?’
It was then.
「… … .」
“Conditions satisfied.”
“The Tower of Trials has confirmed that the total number of people who have broken through the 45th floor trials has exceeded 100.”
Suddenly, so many system messages appeared that they filled my field of vision, and something strange happened.
‘No way, this… … .’
Although I haven’t seen a phrase like this in the Tower of Trials recently, I know from experience what it means.
‘Is that it?’
It’s no different… … .
“A major expansion of the system begins.”
The Tower of Trials began to expand the system itself at a time that we had never imagined.
