Gaming Sword Magician

Chapter 92: The Summit of Heaven-reaching mountain (a)

Soon after, a boy with eyes closed could be seen sprinting through the trail in the middle of the forest. He was heading towards the summit of the Heaven-Reaching Mountain at a very high speed, much faster than 6-star Cheetahs and 5-star Young Saber-Toothed Tigers. His eyes remained closed, yet he didn't step out of the Mana Wall Formation as the Trail was straight without any left or right turns.

On the other hand, legend has it that the dumb snake was still waiting for its prey...

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"Glad he didn't make a foolish choice for those cheap treasures otherwise, I would have been disappointed!" Elder Zachary said with closed eyes while a smile hung on his elderly, wrinkled face.

[It's weird. His low-level Devansha eyes shouldn't be able to detect the location of the Venomous Dragon-Scaled Horned Python that has an innate ability and many tactics to blend in with the environment, yet he changed his decision at the last moment as if he could detect danger outside the Mana Wall Formation. Maybe... someone alerted him] Nina felt slightly suspicious at Whittaker's action. Also, she had detected the mana flickers in Whittaker's eyes, so she determined that the boy with Devansha bloodline has awakened Devansha eyes, but his crystal icy eyes lacked crystalline dots which represent medium level Devansha eyes, and Devansha eyes without crystalline dots could only be considered low-level Devansha eyes.

"Do you think that just anyone is able to cheat under our supervision?" Instantly, Elder Zachary refuted her suspicion. "Nina, his decision changed because of a change of heart. We, humans, are complex beings, and our decision can change on a whip because of a single moment or feeling." Elder Zachary conveyed some words of wisdom to Nina, who accepted it without a single word of refusal.

Right after, he focused his attention on the snowy-haired boy.

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Three days passed by. Whittaker had calculated that it will take three days to reach the summit of the heaven reaching mountain and his calculation was spot on. Although it was only possible as he was able to keep on going without resting. He didn't feel tired as the Energized effect of the 4-star meal he had eaten wasn't gonna end before one week. Along the way, he had gotten more closer with Wolfie. While his relationship with Lord Dark Spirit wasn't met with any improvement. 

Currently, he stood before the staircase of the majestical mountain. One more step and he will step on the staircase but Whittaker couldn't take that step; they were separated by the Mana Wall Formation. At that moment, the reality-management formation started making the automatic announcement,

[Conditions to pass the Advance level inheritance trial: Completed

Progress: 100/100%!

During the start of the trial, the inheritance trial "Challenger" defended perfectly against the sneak attack of the Venomous Dragon-Scaled Horned Python. The Challenger also didn't fight It in vain and chose to leave, outlining his excellent knowledge about high-level magical beasts and decision-making skills. The trial Challenger has successfully escaped from the deadly jaws of the 7-star magical beasts who can fight against the 10-star magical beast

B: The trial challenger has showcased the entry-level skills of a Magic Swordsman by using the peak extent of magical and physical capabilities to escape the 7-star magical beast whose power exceeds Challenger by 6-stars. Gained one more S-style point.

C: The trial challenger successfully suppressed his greed and evaded life-threatening disaster. In the face of hundreds of spirit flowers, the challenger didn't take Its bait. According to the formation analysis, the 7-star beast is still foolishly hissing in the treasure ground in an attempt to scare and locate the challenger. The Challenger gained one S-point for his amazing self-control. The Challenger completed Zachary's treasure ground trial in less than six days. Considering the fact that the trial challenger is only F-ranked, the amount of time taken to reach the summit of the heaven-reaching mountain is beyond impressive. Gained one S style point

As said before there will be no additional award earned for excellently completing this trial in a short amount of time but the inheritance trial challenger has shown excellent self-control and decision-making skill, which in turn has impressed Elder Zachary and Nina. They have decided to let you choose the type of Scared Order Card you want to choose!

Whittaker was certainly surprised. 'I still got rewarded for my performance, even though I shouldn't be. Hooray~' Realization dawned on his young and smooth face as he understood the impressiveness of his actions.

Why was he so impressive? Because a young boy around Whittaker's age will make dozens of mistakes when under pressure which can be easily caused by facing a life-threatening situation but Whittaker's reactions were smooth, almost spot-on. He had executed his abilities in the best way possible to escape the Horned Python whose Dragon-Scales can easily negate damage caused by low-ranked awakened.

Four beams of light shone down from the Heaven reaching mountain, right away, four cards, each with a different color, materialized in front of Whittaker.

"They look just like the playing card I have seen the gamblers using to play a game!" Whittaker said after taking a look at the four cards. Each card was a specially prepared card. They were made with the thin yet heavy hide of different types of and distinct high-ranked magical beast. Whittaker saw that each card was marked with distinguishing motifs in the front and detail about the usage of the card was written on the back. He could see both the back and the front of the card as the cards were spinning slowly. 

The four cards were,

A red card; King of hearts

A silver card; Queen of diamonds

A black card; Ace of spades

A pristine card; two-face of the same man.

Whittaker was attracted to the fourth card which showed two faces of the same man. One face showed a crying Emperor burning in flames while the other side showed a Joker laughing while daggers shot out from its eyes.