CH360

There were three conditions to gaining access to a tower trial, with the person attempting it only needing one of them to enter. Either they needed an awakened skill that matched the theme of the particular tower, they needed to have completed the trial of a god before, or they needed to be in a party with someone who’d fulfilled either of those other two conditions.

Considering that, none of them had any problem as they entered, each following to step through the door, with Ben only hesitating as a notification rang out in his mind.

<ALLOW THE EARTH TOWER TO PLACE A COVENANT OF SECRECY ON YOU?>

Decline.

He hadn’t been expecting the notification, but he was grateful to get it as he continued in without further problems. He hated having magics placed on him that could not only control what he would say, but think as well, and the fact that it was presented as an option his sacrilege would block was another excellent benefit of the skill to discover out of the blue. Even if it wasn’t given so plainly, he was sure that he would have been able to ignore it if he wanted to, but to not have to deal with it in the first place was a blessing.

It wasn’t like he was going to spread the information on the tower far and wide just because he wasn’t going to be forced to keep it secret, he didn’t want the gods to have any more trouble with him than some already did, he just wanted it as an option if he ever needed it. It wasn’t even like he was close to anyone else with an earth affinity who might benefit from the knowledge. The only person who came to mind was Sachel, but he doubted she would be doing something like this, even with any heads-up she could get.

He stopped thinking about that though the moment he could see what he’d walked into. When the door opened, it had been like a blur effect had been placed over the entrance, keeping any who might have been watching from the outside from seeing what it contained, but now that he was properly inside it was clear enough, even if seeming to be strangely plain.

They were in what he would best describe as a hallway of gigantic proportions. The walls and floor were all solid grey stone, with no ceiling to speak of as the walls just kept stretching into the sky. It was roomy too, the distance from one wall to another being maybe fifty meters across, with the hall splitting in two much farther down.

A kilometer maybe? But what’s the challenge here? Is it getting to the other end? Is something going to try and stop us once we start to move? What could potentially happen with this setup in an earth magic trial?

Despite his previous efforts to leave a few of his minds resting at all times, at the moment all of them were in a blaze, trying to look at every single possibility that they could have to face as only one focused on those he was with, speaking up as he did.

“So from the looks of it we’re supposed to be going forwards, but since I absolutely hate playing by the rules, do one of you want to try opening a hole in the wall first to see if there’s anything on the other side?”

He suggested it in the hopes that it could be a potential avenue for escape if need be, Thera having more than enough power for something like that, but it was Jake who agreed, eagerly rushing to the wall as the rest followed to test out his magic, his mind filled with discovering some secret area to explore right at the start, with his mood only dropping as nothing happened.

“Huh, not only can I not get through with my non-affinitied stuff, I can’t with my earth magic either. Heck, I can do anything to the wall at all. Can’t even pull any stone from it.”

“Oh, that might be bad,” Amy muttered. “Thera, can you pull any from the floor?”

“Doesn’t look like it.”

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“So our two mages with earth magic have no earth to use, at least right now,” She muttered, feeling a small amount of worry as she did until Ben reached into his spatial bag, pulling out two large rocks.

“Well it’s not much but I have both of these,” He said happily, handing one to both Thera and Jake as Amy just looked on in confusion.

“Why did you pack rocks?”