Ascension To Divine Throne - Chapter 87

Chapter 87: Chapter 87: Mirror Trial
Chapter 87: Mirror Trial

The attendants who guided William waited outside the treasury. As William emerged, the massive doors of the treasury closed slowly behind him.

Seeing the gray box in William’s hand, the attendant responsible for managing the treasury naturally knew what it was.

“This card was sent several years ago. The nobles of the Royal Mage Corps have researched it but found no secrets. However, they are certain it contains mysterious power.”

“William, are you sure you want to choose this one?”

The attendant kindly reminded William, implying that he could still change his mind.

“No need, this one will do,” William replied.

William naturally wouldn’t choose another. Getting a trial card here was already very lucky.

Without knowing how to activate the trial card, it was indeed no different from a regular card.

However, William happened to know how to activate the trial card.

This was a secret discovered in the later stages of a game in his past life.

In William’s eyes, its value wasn’t much lower than that of legendary magical items.

Looking at the attendant beside him, William suddenly remembered something and asked, “I saw an empty weapon rack in the treasury just now. What was previously placed there?”

The attendant hesitated for a moment, considering it wasn’t particularly secret information, and replied, “It used to hold the sword ‘Wrath of the Dictator,’ used by the founding monarch of the Feis Kingdom. It was later taken away and stored elsewhere.”

Ah, if it was that legendary sword, William already had a vague idea of who might have it now.

After following the attendant through winding paths out of the underground, William confirmed that the king had retired and instructed him to return home on his own.

William didn’t waste any time and immediately left the palace, hopping onto the waiting carriage to head home.

He was already impatient to know what kind of trial was sealed within this trial card.

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Back in his mansion, William didn’t even bother changing his clothes; he went straight to his underground study.

After locking the door, William took out the black card he obtained from the palace treasury and carefully examined it.

In truth, no one knew how long the trial cards had existed. Some said they were treasures made by the magical empire in distant ages, while others speculated they were the crystallization of divine power.

However, regardless of the speculation, none had been definitively proven.

Due to their extreme rarity and the easily discernible hidden power within, many people collected and studied trial cards. Yet, the secrets within remained undiscovered.

Thus, over time, they became a type of special magical artifact.

However, William knew what effect that mysterious power had. Once activated, it would pull the holder into a special trial space, where various types of monsters would appear. If the user successfully passed the trial, they would receive corresponding rewards, mainly powerful skills and expertise.

However, the trial content of each card was different. Some people had passed dragon challenge trials, gaining the formidable ‘Dragon Body’ skill, while others had faced ordinary bear-like beast trials, resulting in far inferior rewards.

After some research, William found nothing new and decided to directly use the card to initiate the trial.

Anyway, there wouldn’t be any danger in the trial space, at most, the rewards might be reduced if he failed, which William wasn’t concerned about.

William held the black card in his hand and exerted force, tearing it apart.

Yes, the way to activate the trial card was to simply tear it apart, thus activating the power within.

However, tearing the card required at least 50 points of strength attribute, so for various reasons, the secret of the trial card wasn’t discovered until much later.

As the card split into two halves, a burst of black light erupted. William didn’t resist as it enveloped him, and in an instant, he disappeared from the spot.

On the second floor of the mansion, Joyce was meticulously tidying his attire when his movements suddenly froze.

He sensed William’s presence vanish from the basement, and the mark on the shadow talisman he crafted became somewhat blurry. It seemed William had entered another dimension.

Joyce carefully sensed it and abandoned the idea of directly using shadow jumping to reach William.

There shouldn’t be any danger; William’s shadow amulet, which he always carried with him, wasn’t triggered.

William sure knows how to stir up trouble!

Shaking his head, Joyce then remembered another matter.

Why hasn’t that old guy returned yet? Did he not receive my message, or is it intentional?

Joyce felt a headache coming on. If that guy deliberately wanted to hide, he really had no way to deal with it.

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After the sensation of weightlessness from teleportation disappeared, William opened his eyes.

He felt increasingly familiar with the sensation of spatial teleportation. Could this be helpful in mastering spatial elements?

Thinking this, William surveyed the space he found himself in. Surrounding him was a space composed of countless crystal-clear mirrors.

William’s figure reflected back and forth in the mirrors, giving him a sense of disorientation.

Looking down, the entire ground of the space was a massive mirror. In the center of the space stood a humanoid transparent crystal, seemingly awaiting someone’s arrival.

The system prompt sounded in William’s ears at just the right moment.

[Ding~]

[You’ve used the “Trial Card – Mirror”]

[You’ve entered the Mirror Trial Space]

[Trial mission triggered!]

[Objective: Defeat the mirror image – William]

[Reward: Depending on task completion]

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Oh? It’s not a challenge against some monster but a special mirror trial type.

In William’s past life, he hadn’t heard of this type of trial card, so he couldn’t guess what the reward might be.

Thinking too much won’t help; let’s give it a try first!

William retrieved the emerald wand from his storage ring and slowly approached the transparent crystal in the center of the space.

As William drew closer, the crystal suddenly shattered, and a mirror image appeared before him.

Gradually, its body seemed to gain color, and its facial features became identical to William’s.

In the end, an indistinguishable “William” stood before the real William. The only difference might be the stiffness of expression, the rigid gaze, lacking a bit of vitality and agility.

Truly a miraculous creation!

William sighed in his heart, but his actions were swift. In an instant, he cast a Blue Orb spell toward the mirror image.

While buffing himself with various enhancement buffs, William saw the mirror image, identical to himself, also using the same wand and casting the same Blue Orb spell.

The two Blue Orbs collided in midair, and azure flames scattered, with no clear winner.

As expected!

When William saw the name of this trial space, he had a guess.

The mirror image’s attributes, equipment, and skills were all identical to William’s.

How to defeat “himself”? That’s the purpose of this trial!