Hellmode ~A Hardcore Gamer Becomes Peerless in Another World with Retro Game Settings~

Chapter 604: Giran's 2nd trial, negotiations

The first trial given to Shea was to strike a hit on Giran within his Sanctuary, so she would remain doing that while Allen and the rest worked on the second trial.

(It's time to complete trials by proxy.)

Everyone was confused, they had never heard of someone completing a God's trial for someone else.

'Do you truly expect me to allow such a joke?'

"Are there conditions to trials I was never told before then? I thought the conditions and rewards were all decided by a God and that was it…"

Allen had already seen many trials completed by his friends, and knew that they worked by having a God come up with conditions and a reward, which the God deemed fitting.

'There has never been a person ever who tried to argue with Gods with such contempt. I'm beginning to question whether the God of Time and Space put any thought on who he was letting through.'

Giran was wondering if the God of Time and Space Desperado, who was in charge of keeping the different realms separate, had made sure that he had let someone worthy through.

"I'm not privy to the God of Time and Space's decisions, all I know is that we're here, and I'll make sure to complete the request given to us by you."

(I probably should say that, even if we haven't discussed anything yet.)

Allen smiled and looked at Giran in silence, waiting for him to agree.

'But…'

"Then again, it was also partly me who ignored the favor of Lord Garm and made Luvanka turn into my summon, so it's also my responsibility, right?"

(Albahar and Giran are old, so they're trying to find replacements after all.)

They had wanted Luvanka to take their place eventually, but Allen had taken him away.

'Yes, that's true.'

"As Shea's friends, we'd like to help her with the trial. Realistically even if she came along with us, I'd still do all the talking though, but if we need to fight anything, I'll make sure Shea does it."

Allen understood that Giran was extremely loyal to Garm, and that Giran wanted to help with finding suitable replacements for the aging deities in the Paradise of Primordial Beasts.

That was why he got so angry with Luvanka for becoming Allen's summon, and why he gave Shea the task of making the Mythical Beast Rame into a Divine Beast.

Allen also stressed that whether Shea came or not, he would be the one talking, hoping he would approve of it that way.

'I guess I have no option then, if it'll make such little difference… You can do as you wish.'

"Thank you."

They were allowed to work on both trials at the same time.

"Sorry for that."

Shea approached Allen, still looking like a tiger walking on four legs.

"You're part of the party, so it's the normal thing to do. Also, you'll really need to practice hard here, since it feels like it'll take you a lifetime to catch up to him."

"That's true."

There was an enormous gap in power between Shea and Giran.

(She just gained Full Beast Mode anyway, so she should try to get her Skill Level up.)

"Let's change your equipment to prioritize Mana, so Full Beast Mode lasts even longer. Also, we could halve your cooldowns…"

Allen had already thought up a training regime for Shea.

[Plan to strengthen Shea (in a short time)]

-Train 15 hours every day

-All equipment will raise Mana

-2 bracelets so cooldowns are only a fourth

-Sophie will use Spirit God's Blessing 2~3 times every day

"So I'll also wear bracelets to halve my cooldowns?"

Sophie would need to do that to be able to use Spirit God's Blessing multiple times a day.

"Please do so."

Everyone was happy to do what they could to help.

(Figuring out the most efficient way to get stronger is always the most fun part.)

Sophie's Divine Technique [Spirit God's Blessing] would reset all cooldowns.

So she could wear 4 bracelets to lower cooldowns, letting her reset the cooldown of Shea's Full Beast Mode whenever it ran out.

Shea only had around 10000 Mana, but if she changed her equipment it could reach 50000, which technically was doubled when taking Spiritual Power into consideration.

With 100000, Full Beast Mode's duration would be multiplied by 10.

"Thanks, everyone."

"We might be in different places, but let's do our best to complete the trial."

Sophie also encouraged Shea, who began to cheer up after feeling lost when facing Giran.

"Also, I'll leave a Bron next to the Sanctuary, so you can keep training if Full Beast Mode runs out. Don't forget to work on all your Skills."

With Growth, its Special Skills and Awakened Skills, the Stone D summon had overwhelming Endurance, so it could be used as a practice dummy to farm Skill Experience.

Allen also left some Golden Eggs and Heaven's Blessings for Shea, as well as a [Nest] from the Bird A summon, so they could return there.

(That should be it. This entire trip was for Shea to train after all.)

'Do you need something?'

Giran asked Allen, seeing that he still seemed to have something to ask.

"Oh it's nothing. Our preparations are done, so we'll leave Shea with you. But I was wondering, you requested we turn the Mythical Bird Rame into a Divine Bird, does that mean something is stopping that from happening?"

'...That's also part of the trial.'

Giran would not give out any hints.

(Maybe he's doing that to increase the difficulty, or there's something stopping him from talking.)

"Thank you either way. We'll be going then."

Saying that, Allen climbed onto their Bird B summon together with Cecile and Sophie.

"Still, that's a really hard trial."

"But it kinda fits Shea's fighting style, she always uses a lot of Agility after all."

"That's true, I think it went well though. If Shea's Skills go up she might be able to strike a hit after all."

"Yes, Cecile. But don't forget the most important thing."

"Huh? What's that?"

"Shea's first trial lets her receive buffs from her allies."

"Ah! We can use Rosalina's Skills!!"

"That's it. We'll keep working on Giran's second trials, but once Rosalina's training is complete, we'll bring her here so Shea can try one more time, and this time for real."

Shea looked dejected, but she actually had not tried going against Giran at full power yet.

Rosalina was still being trained by the God of Music Sopra and the God of Dance Izuno.

She had been with them since before Allen went to the Spirit Paradise, so she might already be done with the trials of at least one of those Gods.

"Shouldn't you have told her then?"

"There's no need to hurt her pride like that. But in the end we'll go all out and beat up Giran."

"Allen, your manners… But at least I feel a bit more hopeful now. Also, you aren't making more Golden Eggs?"

"I already used all the Spirit Stones I got from Shea."

Allen had used the 30000 Spirit Stones Shea had gathered, and so he would go pick up the ones gathered by Abigayle now.

"Oh, why don't we go along too then?"

"Yes, we should."

(I'm running out of Spirit Stones too fast, maybe I can see if Abigayle has any ideas, or…)

Allen wanted to find a way to gather a large number of Spirit Stones, and that was something he wanted to take care of before visiting the Mythical Beast Rame, as that could take a while.

"Alright, then Tsubame, leave a nest next to the Mythical Bird Rame."

'Pii!!'

Allen sent a Bird A summon to leave a nest next to the Mythical Bird, while the three of them teleported to the Heavenly Country of Shandar.

They arrived at the mansion of the dragonkin patriarch Somei, in the city of Boaso.

The first time he visited that place the building looked like a snow fort with only some pieces of wood and stone, but now it was a proper building.

Allen had requested that as soon as he obtained the large stone island, as it was important for the future leader of the 9 dragonkin clans to live in a proper mansion.

Stone was scarce in the divine realm, so having a stone mansion made one look important.

(I just hope they've gathered a lot of Spirit Stones there.)

As soon as they arrived, a dragonkin saw them.

"Is that you, Allen!"

"Yes, it's been a while, Katakuchi. Sorry you're always having to keep an eye here."

"What are you saying, I became the head gatekeeper thanks to you."

Katakuchi felt grateful for Allen, as he gained a high position thanks to Allen.

He was the first person Allen had seen in the divine realm, being the gatekeeper.

Allen wanted a large amount of Spirit Stones for his Generation Skill, and ideally he would have brought Allen's Army to the divine realm, but there was no room for them.

So instead he went to the patriarch Somei and warden leader Abigayle, doing favors for them in exchange for Spirit Stones, and lately also Faith Points.

Since they never knew when Allen would come back there, Somei decided to place someone to watch the room where Allen teleported into, picking Katakuchi for that role, and making him head gatekeeper.

"Allen, these are the Spirit Stones Abigayle entrusted me with. There's quite a lot of them this time."

(Oh! Hell yeah!!)

Allen's face brightened up instantly.

"Thank you for everything."

Allen could not forget to properly thank them for helping.

Cecile watched that with a smile from his side.

"Lord Somei is leading over 7 clans now, so that increased the number of Spirit Stones we can gather."

"I see, that's really good to hear."

(Oh? This looks promising, there should be around ten million Spirit Stones here. Though maybe that's expecting too much, let's just expect a million.)

Allen did his best to appear calm as he reached out, even though he was really full of expectation.

"Here, there's 120000 Spirit Stones inside."

Contrary to Allen's expectations, the magic bag only contained 120000 Spirit Stones.

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