Treasure hunter, sailing on the blue sea

"So I'm a little curious. Did the trialer you believed in, or the existence that can be called the god of trials, left or died in the battle?"

Alka asked while sitting on the training ground.

They checked some records of various gods in the Brilliant Great Library, and the first thing they checked was naturally the known gods they met along the way.

Among them is the God of Trials.

Although there are records, the problem is that in the later period, many book writings were no longer continued. After all, the whole world had been turned into a pot of porridge at that time.

How can any scholar have the heart to write this?

Even if there is, it is not as comprehensive as it was before. At that time, new gods were rising every day and old gods were falling every day.

The intensity of the war has caused mortals to lose their right to record.

Even the Crystal Dragons have begun to hunt for divine beings all over the world, asking them to spit out the rules of the world.

In the later period of the entire world, many records were no longer written. Instead, the world finally collapsed, and those who survived began to continue to write down the records they knew.

There are many of them, and naturally they have not been written down.

So Alka didn't know whether the God of Trials was defeated and died, or whether he left with the gods.

Mainly because the instructor and the trial tower are still operating, we can know that there should be no death or not complete death.

Of course, he was not sure. After all, Alka could only have a rough understanding of the situation between the gods.

"It seems that during this period, you have learned more and more about the situation." The instructor couldn't help but said.

However, he didn’t hide it and said directly: “It’s very simple, he transformed into the trial itself.

Do you know what will happen in the final world? "

Alka nodded.

"Yes, the God of Trials has penetrated his eternal will. He gave his will to the trial itself and then integrated it into the world.

He truly turned himself into a trial, which is why the Temple of Trials still exists and the Tower of Trials continues forever. "

Is there such a way?

Is it worth giving your will to the rules of the world? Or what’s the point of doing this?

This is almost no different from death. It seems that voluntary sacrifice may be required to achieve such an effect.

"I know from your expression, you definitely can't understand, right?" the instructor said.

Alka nodded, of course he couldn't understand this situation.

"So we are human beings. No matter whether those superior natural beings are worse than us humans, they are still natural beings after all.

Their thoughts are naturally different from ours. For my god, this is an extension of his will. He had even been looking forward to this time for a long time. "

Obviously the instructors didn't understand either, but they respected their god's choice.

Only the will is left to give the rules.

But it was the opportunity that the God of Trials had been dreaming of for a long time.

Obviously these natural gods and mortals like Alka have different understandings of individuals.

"Does such a god still exist?" Alka couldn't help but asked curiously.

Obviously, such choices and changes must have occurred at the end of the God War, when the world was about to collapse into pieces.

The instructor nodded: "Yes, it's interesting to say that many of my close friends are in this situation."

To put it simply, there is a whole small circle of beings who wish to impose their own will on rules. And almost all the gods in this small circle have this idea.

The difference between them may just be that some succeeded and others failed.

Can't understand.

"For example, the master of alchemy, you can also call him the god of equivalent exchange. He also gave his own will to the rules, and he was the founder and first achiever of this path. For all subsequent people like this The Gods of Ideas have provided a program that works perfectly.”

"So this is ah."

Alka had seen this god's record, and Alka thought he died in battle.

After all, hearing this name, this god does not seem to be powerful.

It should have been in the middle and late period of the war. Although the records from the end of the war are rarely continued, the record of this god was cut off during the period when the records were still and complete.

Many scholars believe the god is dead.

Because the alchemist master does not believe in or believe in the existence of his church organization.

Most of the people who are willing to believe in him are alchemists and various similar beings. They are relatively sane people and most of them are worth a lot of money.

It is a relatively loose belief.

Maybe only when they are actually refining something, need to improve the success rate, or need more inspiration, they will make a simple prayer.

However, according to records, when a major work or experiment is successful, this god must be worshipped.

These are the emotions that normal people should have.

Maybe it's only at times like this that this god has some believers.

Naturally, when this god left and mortals could no longer hear his voice, they thought he might have fallen in the battle between gods.

At that time, the death of a god was no longer a serious matter.

It seems that it is obviously not death, but the first one who gave his will to the rules.

"Will such behavior make any difference?"

Alka couldn't help but asked curiously.

There has to be some change in giving one's own will to the rules, right? If the rules are still rules without any changes, then they are completely meaningless.

"Of course, don't you feel it?" the instructor asked, looking at Alka.

"What does it feel like?" Alka frowned in confusion.

"What is a trial? What is the Tower of Trials?

This tower-like building was able to remain intact when and after the world was broken, and it has been operating for so long. You don’t think it’s because of our construction technology, right?

This is just one of the 12 towers. How could it have such an eternal existence? All this is because the original intention of the trial has created a certain tendency. This is the change of the will to the rules themselves.

This is why the temple of trials can always exist, and we instructors have basically become vassals of trials and can always exist.

Rules are fair and meaningless without character. They are the natural laws of the world.

Fair and cruel, merciless.

Any suffering or training can be called a trial, but is there any reward for such a trial? No.

Because there cannot be only trials involved in the laws of nature, there will also be luck and a price.

All hardships and trials are nothing but pain, but with rewards, they can be called trials. "

As he spoke, the instructor's originally calm face became a little fanatical, and he spoke to Alka as if he were preaching.

"So you know, the suffering and training you have experienced in the past will always be just sadness. The suffering and training you have experienced will actually make you more painful.

Because the rules are like this, and nature is so equal and bloody.

But it is different if our God gives them will. All those who truly experience suffering and training will surely gain something.

Maybe the gains he gained didn't make his life much better than before, but it was good after all, at least it wouldn't get worse.

Isn’t this true kindness? "

Alka sat there, thinking.

He suddenly thought of something.

That is the rumor that has been circulating in the sea.

All drifting islands encountered on the voyage will be part of the gift of fate.

That's all appropriate.

Even if the crisis on the drifting island is difficult to deal with on its own.

But the reason why such rumors can be passed down must be because after surviving the crisis on the drifting island and being able to continue sailing on the sea, there must be gains.

Anyone who dies on the island is naturally considered to have failed the trial.

Of course it's definitely more than that.

But after what the instructor said, Alka may feel that there is also such a power running in it.

Then the instructor continued: "The divine essence reward of the Tower of Trial can basically be adapted to you, why do you think it is?

You should already know, how can a divine essence like that adapt to all of you? You must have such doubts.

If we want to have such an effect, then we must have a huge treasure house containing a large amount of divine essence, otherwise it will be difficult to ensure such a reward. "

Alka nodded, indeed this was what confused him the most.

And according to their understanding, in the Golden Age, this god was not really powerful, but just one of many gods.

It's not powerful enough to deserve praise, and it doesn't have any outstanding achievements.

The only thing worthy of praise is that the Island of Trials is a mortal, a believer of the gods, and a descendant of the powerful.

Conducted precise trials and training.

How can he ensure that those who pass the trial in a tower of trials can obtain the divine essence that is definitely suitable for them?

Although the divine essence has a little more adaptability than the treasure.

But after all, it requires matching, let alone existence with multiple divinities.

“That’s because the rules of will will mobilize other rules.

The operation of the world cannot be achieved by a single rule, but by the entanglement and combination of countless rules to form the world. Every natural phenomenon is an interaction between rules and there is never a situation that can be achieved by just one rule. "

The instructor said.

At this point, Alka could roughly understand some of the meaning he wanted to express.

The world itself is composed of a large number of rules.

It's just an ordinary breeze blowing, maybe it's more than just a simple wind.

"So the reason why we can definitely obtain abilities that match yours is because there are only so many divine essences in general.

There is no huge treasure house at all, and the stock of divine essence is limited. And most of them were collected at the end of the God War.

The reason why we can definitely match you is because the rules of the trial have will. After passing the trial, the connection between will and will will match the divine essence with equivalent exchange. "

As he spoke, the instructor smiled: "It's what I just said, the alchemist master's god of equivalent exchange, the will that gives the rules.

He will help the rules of the trial, and use the unique means that existed before to change the rules that originally did not match you into the divine essence that matches you.

After all, it's an equal exchange, isn't it? "

Hearing this, Alka couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"In other words, the will of this rule allows him to return the unmatched divine essence to the world, and then draw a matching divine essence from the world and return it?"

The instructor nodded.

"Yes, that's it."

Because equivalent exchange has become the world itself, it just made a small trick through its own will.

It is equivalent to a watchman guarding a treasury.

The vault has a variety of gold coins, but if someone doesn't like the appearance of the gold coins in their hands. He can help to ask the guard to exchange him for a gold coin of equal value, but with a shape that slightly suits his own needs.

"ah?"

This time Alka was really surprised and stood up from the ground.

It would be okay if word got out about this.

Alka is clear through her knowledge of the world. Many powerful and even well-known beings, why have they not become gods for a long time? Why have they not even received a slap in the face of those who have become gods in tens of thousands of years?

It's because of how difficult it is to have the right three Holy Grails, two Scepters, and the most difficult one, the Crown.

He believed that someone would definitely choose other treasures based on scepter-level treasures or even crown-level treasures.

Throw away the Holy Grail-level treasures you once used.

A crown must be countless times more difficult to find than three holy grails.

But if there is this rule, or the ability to use this rule.

As long as a sufficient number of treasures are collected, there is no need to consider whether they are compatible with each other.

The difficulty of becoming a god will drop exponentially.

Going from extremely difficult to extremely easy, of course for the strong.

Alka only needs to reach a certain level of strength, such as the sixth stage or even the seventh stage.

According to the treasure information he has, he can even harvest the treasure directly and get it directly, without having to consider whether it is suitable for the gods.

After all, he now has information about two crown-level treasures.

But no matter how he thought about it, it was impossible for these two treasures to match his treasure.

One thing is what was left behind by the Death Dragon after its death, and is something at the core of Zehai's boundary between life and death.

Must be related to death.

The other thing is the island I knew before, which also has a rule similar to death.

More similar to rules like reincarnation.

No matter how you think about it, it is unlikely that these two pieces will match his treasure, or even the treasures of other people on the ship.

But as long as he knows equivalent exchange and how the rules of will work, he doesn't need to think about this at all.

He only needs to get an existence of equal value, and then exchange it for an existence of equal value that is more suitable for him, which is equivalent to bartering.

Exchange what you have for what you need.

"Looking at your expression, I know you must be thinking too much." The instructor smiled and poured cold water on him without hesitation.

“This is the link between rules with will and rules with will, both belonging to the world.

how? Do you also have rules of will? "

"As I said before, the Tower of Trial exists almost under the will of one's will and is part of the trial."

Hearing this, Alka calmed down and sat on the ground again. Yes, what does this have to do with him?

It's all just overthinking.

What a pity.

Alka still felt a little regretful and sat on the floor.

"It seems that the application of this rule is important to you?"

After looking at the instructor's eyes, Alka nodded indifferently.

"Yes, even if there is only one chance, it is very important to me."

Because Alka has actually gathered nearly all the conditions for becoming a god.

The three Holy Grail-level treasures are compatible with each other, and he already has them.

The third piece was originally the most difficult, because the gift from the Prismatic Dragon had already been obtained.

The two scepter-level items already have a matching one.

And as long as he ensures that he passes the Tower of Trial perfectly, he will be able to obtain another adapted scepter.

In this way, the two scepters and the three Holy Grails matched each other and he achieved it.

He has already collected 5 of the 6 treasures needed to ascend to the gods.

But what is achieved is achieved. But the most difficult thing he left was the last crown-level treasure that was the hardest to obtain.

The crown-level treasure itself is difficult to obtain, so I left it for the last one.

As he just said, most people must focus on crown-level treasures to collect other levels of treasures.

Fortunately for him, he collected all the treasures of other levels and finally collected such a crown-level treasure.

It is conceivable that the difficulty will increase.

Maybe the crown-level treasures he got were not suitable, and he might give up what he got now and start over.

He only knows two things in total now.

And you can tell just by feeling that there is a high probability that it will not fit.

You must know that such a crown must be matched with a total of 5 other treasures to achieve the conditions for becoming a god.

But what if there is a way to exchange one of them for one that suits him through the principle of equivalent exchange?

Then the difficulty of ascending to the gods plummeted.

He had almost grasped the key to becoming a god.

"Well, how about we make a deal?"

The instructor suddenly said.

Hearing this, Alka stood up and looked at him with slightly narrowed eyes.

The rewards of trading speak for themselves.

Moreover, the instructor told him so much information that could be called secret, and he must be waiting for him here, finally revealing his tail.

But Alka had to take the bait, because it really hit him where he needed it most.

"No problem, unless this transaction is more difficult than I imagined."

The difficulty is beyond imagination. Is it even more difficult than obtaining a crown-level treasure? Probably not comparable.

Alka thought so.

The instructor looked at him and said: "After all, I have been in the Trial Temple, so I don't know much about how the world works now.

We usually learn about the outside world through those who come for trials. I can tell by looking at you that such an equal exchange opportunity must be beyond your imagination.

Then let me talk about the rewards we can give first. As a servant of the God of Trials, he is a trial instructor appointed by him.

We are closer to our God than any believer. "

He put his hands behind his back and said, "So we know something, an artifact of equivalent exchange.

The former master of alchemy used this artifact to transform himself into the will of the rules of equivalent exchange. "

"That is a scale that can change the exchange of equal value to what you want. Just like what I just said, it can transform the divine essence that is not suitable for you into the same level and the same level of divine essence that is suitable for you. .

As for how many times this artifact can be used, we don't know. It may be possible that it can be used forever.

The only thing we can guarantee is that he will be able to use it at least once. "

"That's the reward we can give."

Alka nodded. The reward was just as he thought. As long as the task given was not too outrageous, he would follow it. This was really important to them.

"Tell me, what's the mission?"

“It’s very simple, find a way to gather the Tower of Trials in one place, and then spread the word to the whole world.

The towers of trials that were once built were scattered due to the shattering of the world, and there are 12 towers in total. You need to collect all 12 of them. No matter what ability you use, you have to keep these towers together.

Become a real island of trials. "