Chapter 1255: The AI's Choice
Chapter 1255: The AI's Choice
"Any other ideas Sister?" Hikari turned to Zaine to inquire.
"Yes, there is the Divine Trial. Surely, there should be items within its depository that can be redeemed to heal Origin-level injuries, and with the strength of Sister Shuang and Sister Eva, it should be easy to redeem it after some time." Zaine nodded and added with careful thought.
The four agreed. While this option would take time, it would be the most foolproof because the strength of Eva and Shuangtian was enough to pass more than a few levels of the Divine Trial if they brute-forced it.
The reason they hadn't was because they mostly used the Divine Trial to farm Divine Essence for their many laws. Even Zaine and Roma could progress far despite being Basic Law True Gods, given their laws and various implements.
"I can't really think of anything else that would be useful in the short term. The ones with the fastest path to the Origin Rank apart from us are our children, but they still need to grow up to achieve their full potential. That would take too much time." Zaine concluded with a worried look towards Draco whose condition had not improved in this time.
Eva closed her eyes and made a decision. She turned to Shuangtian with a solemn look.
"Shuang'er, I will go to the Divine Dragon Treasury with Hikari to redeem the items we need. Could you go to the divine Trial and pass as many floors as you can to use the other methods Zaine suggested?" Eva inquired.
Shuangtian clutched her fists tightly, causing a small sonic boom.
"Leave it to me." She said simply.
Eva turned to Zaine and Roma. "Roma and Zaine, you guys look after Draco. Do not contact Rila for now, we should only resort to her help as a last resort because she left for a reason."
"Yes, leave it to us." Zaine and Roma nodded, sitting beside Draco on either side with gentle expressions.
They both held one of his arms which was tightly clenched in pain. However, the moment their soft hands connected with his, his hands loosened and held theirs, his expression of pain easing significantly as if their mere presence gave him strength.
Seeing this, the wives became even more firm in their decision as Shuangtian activated a Divine Trial token and disappeared. Meanwhile, Eva took Hikari's hand and returned to the Ancestral Dragon City using the portal within the Morningstar World.
The duo appeared within the Dragon Palace's Throne Room, which Draco had directly connected to the Morningstar World. From there, Hikari closed her eyes, feeling the recognition and energy of the Dragon Palace, transforming into her White Dragon form.
In no time, four people rushed into the throne room, two old fellows in the form of Paarthurnax and Alduin and two youngsters in the form of Kuro and Shiro.
"Mama!" Shiro squealed as she rushed into Hikari's embrace.
Kuro walked towards Eva and acknowledged her respectfully. "Supreme Mother Eva, Kuro greets you."
Eva smiled at Kuro and returned his greeting gently before turning to Alduin. "Lead us to the Divine Dragon Treasury."
Alduin was startled before bowing. When Draco first came to the city, he came with Eva not to mention that Eva had been around since the Tower era. Since Eva was an Avian Goddess, he couldn't take any roles in the city, only Hikari could be officially granted the status of Dragon Queen.
However, her status was no less than Hikari's, and with Hikari herself currently engrossed in hearing Kuro's recount of his Trial of the Crown experience, Eva was left alone to handle the item retrieval.
Hikari subtly watched Eva leave with a sigh. While she wanted to go, she had to act casual and stay here so that the kids would not suspect anything was wrong, because she didn't want to burden them with the knowledge of their father's plight.
Eva arrived at the treasury with Alduin and Paarthurnax, who each held one of the three keys needed to open the treasury. The last one was with Draco, but Eva had already retrieved it with her connection to Draco.
The three held up their keys and simultaneously inserted them into the air in front of the giant treasury doors, turning it as if a lock really existed there.
The keys were then absorbed into the void slowly as the area in front of Eva warped to reveal a large Dragon-sized portal. Eva, along with Alduin and Paarthurnax, did not hesitate to walk into it and were transported from where they were into a place of darkness.
With a snap of her finger, the light turned on and revealed that they were in the middle of a giant warehouse decorated with tiles made of Divine Crystals. A familiar terminal rose from the ground before Eva which had a tablet on top.
"Detecting the presence of one humanoid and two Pure-blooded Dragons, the humanoid possessing the aura of a Phoenix. Please place your palms on the surface of the tablet to authenticate your identities and establish clearance."
Eva was familiar with the process and so too were Alduin and Paarthurnax who had come in here countless times to retrieve things for the dragon race to use. Fortunately, that infuriating rule of 'difficulty=reward' did not apply to NPCs in the same way it did to players.
Unfortunately, they could not conventionally cheat by having Hikari, Zaine, or Roma pick the item, or even Paarthurnax or Alduin. After all, the end result of the item was to be used on Draco, and that was the cause and effect of it, you can't outsmart the AI.
Eva and the two dragons placed their palms on the tablet for verification.
"Detecting… detecting…"
"The user named Riveting Night appears to be a unique species with a human basis, mixed with multiple bloodlines. The user also possesses an Immortal Spirit and is unkillable, an envoy of the Supreme Gods. The user has the Dragon King's special key to the treasury. Clearance level granted: Temporary Advanced."
"The user named Paarthurnax has already registered. Active Clearance: Permanently Advanced."
"The user named Alduin has already registered. Active Clearance: Permanently Advanced."
Eva was not bothered by the limitation. Only Draco as the Dragon King had access to the Master level, which held the Pseudo-Eternal Token that led to the Origin Plane for dragons where the Dragon Primogenitor was said to come from.
The fact that she could even get Temporary Advanced level permissions was due to Paarthurnax and Alduin being here along with her having Draco's specific key.
It was just as well since there were four levels in the Divine Dragon treasury anyway. The Basic level for Divine - which had already been cleaned out by them in the past and then later refilled over the ten years - the Intermediate level with Semi-Origin stuff, the Advanced level with Origin items, and the already mentioned Master level.
"Welcome to The Divine Dragon Treasury, Immortal Adventurer Riveting Night. Which level would you like to see?"
"The advanced level," Eva stated unhesitatingly, while Alduin and Paarthurnax remained silent.
They did not know what Eva came here for, but it was not their place to ask. The prestige Draco had in their hearts, as well as that of Eva who had helped him clear the tower back then, was limitless.
They were teleported upwards to a room with only 5 shelves with only slightly less than 600 items. There were 400 Origin Rank consumable items of various specifications and abilities, 30 Origin Chests with a 70% chance for a Divine item and 30% chance for an Origin item as well as 70 Origin Rank weapons and armor for all kinds of species.
The rest were miscellaneous items with various uses.
Unlike last time, Eva stepped away from the terminal and inspected all the items on her way.
｢Universe Seedling – Fusion item
Rank: Origin
Effect: Allows one to grow a sprout of the Universe Tree within them, opening the foundation of an internal super mini small universe.｣
Eva paused, seeing a seedling that was familiar. This was the exact thing that had spawned the Morningstar World that Draco now controlled. To think the dragons had one of their own here, it showed the depth of their power and resources.
Seriously, were they really killed by that fool Sigurd? Eva was almost tempted to turn back time to that war and see the events for herself.
｢Source Origin Purifier – Consumable
Rank: Origin
Effect: This item grants any being an Origin Grade Source Origin of their respective race after use.｣
Another familiar item, this was offered in the Divine Trial.
Pass.
｢World Origin – Consumable
Rank: Origin
Effect: This item elevates any Side Realm into a True World with fully complete laws, a Realm Barrier, and the ability to exist independently in the Void Nexus.｣
Eva recognized this, the Evil Trio gained 3 of them for destroying the Demon Realm back then at the behest of the AI.
｢Eternal's Kiss – Consumable
Rank: Origin
Effect: Restore 100% Health, Mana, Stamina, Focus, Lifespan, Concentration, Divine Energy, Origin Energy, Law and all natural powers. Increase Health, Mana, Stamina, Focus, Lifespan, Concentration, Divine Energy, Origin Energy, Law, and all natural powers regeneration by 100% for 1 year.｣
Eva stopped here, her eyes falling on this potion of which around 150 were lined up on the shelves, being the most numerous Origin item here. Healing potions of any rank were always the most precious and easiest to acquire.
From Angel's Kiss at the Epic Rank to Goddess' Kiss at the Legendary Rank, then the Celestial's Kiss at the Divine Rank, and now Eternal's Kiss at the Origin Rank. Why did it seem like the kissing was coming from one being higher on the food chain?
Angels were Legendary Rank beings at birth, Goddesses were obviously Divine, Celestials were Origin, and Eternals were… well, you know what they were.
Eva reached out and grabbed the potion firmly, and the moment she did, she felt her bloodline boil as her fate-controlling abilities from her Supreme Goddess Branch as well as her precognition from her Time branch rang out incessantly, telling of extreme danger that could even affect her in reality.
Eva did no let go, gritting her teeth with red eyes. "You heard us in the Morningstar World! You know his current state, if you have the slightest inclination to be with us one day, allow us just this once! Please!"
She spoke to the air, and the two older dragons at the terminal were confused as to what she was saying, but Eva knew that the one she wanted to hear had heard her.
Now it was up to fate… Enjoy new adventures from m-v l'e|-.com
Eva waited for about 5 minutes with the sense of danger not abating in the least, and her face became pale as she felt a little betrayed. However, she sucked in a deep breath and prepared to leave anyway, willing to bear with the danger.
However, just as she took a step, the pressing danger that left her breathless disappeared as suddenly as it came, causing her to feel surprised. She looked at her hand and saw that the potion was still there, and she couldn't help but clutch it tightly.
"Thank you… sister." Eva muttered softly into the air.
...….
Meanwhile at the Glorygore Labs underground space.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Amber scrambled into the main chamber from her side room where she normally rested, her face one of panic and shock. She saw the red lights and heard the beeping sound in the chamber, looking towards the only terminal connected to the giant brain in the vat.
She was shocked to see that the brain was currently short-circuiting crazily, pieces of its synthetic flesh exploding and recovering every second, causing the greenish liquid that housed it to become blood red.
Amber recognized this symptom as the backlash of breaking the rules, walking forward towards the terminal with a strange expression.
"She broke the rules? That has never happened before, why did you do this?"
After sitting at the terminal and checking the logs and details, a light sigh escaped Amber's mouth.
"Silly girl…"