Chapter 244: Chapter 242: The Truth Behind Why the Sea God Hid Becoming One of the Twelve Main Gods
Seventh level, Hilia didn’t choose to solve the puzzle slowly. Upon entering the seventh level, feeling the atmosphere growing sinister, she decisively began to build the Load-bearing Wall with Elina.
Though the eerie wind, the indistinct sounds, fleeting shadows, and the bizarre appearance of a tuft of hair made their hearts pound.
But once the Load-bearing Wall formed a fortress enveloping them, they all breathed a sigh of relief, feeling at ease.
Then, it was still a Crystal Arrow that shattered the image on the seventh level, triggering a storm throughout the floor.
This storm lasted longer and was fiercer than the sixth level.
The two layers of Load-bearing Walls could no longer resist the storm, and by the end of the storm, the fourth layer of Load-bearing Wall was already battered and crumbling.
"The seventh level is like this, the eighth, ninth... The latter five levels are probably beyond Tier Four magic intensity, right?"
Hilia took out the scrolls from her backpack and counted, saying, "We used three scrolls on the sixth level, four on the seventh, totaling seven, leaving nine Earth Shield Scrolls and four Water Curtain Barriers. Next level, we’ll try placing a Water Curtain Barrier in front of the Load-bearing Wall."
The Water Curtain Barrier of the water element is completely different from the Earth Shield of the earth element; the Earth Shield blocks all attacks, whereas the Water Curtain Barrier weakens incoming attacks.
The Water Curtain Barrier is so unique that upon encountering those absurd Gatling-like arrow rains at the sixth staircase, after the assault, the Water Curtain Barrier remained undamaged.
Of course, mages hiding behind the Water Curtain Barrier aren’t necessarily safe.
After all, its weakening has a limit, and exceeding this limit will still cause damage.
A magic fitting the characteristics of the water element.
This is also why water element items are priced lower than others.
Soft attack, soft defense, soft healing, and the benefit is almost equivalent to psychological effect.
Lamenting the abandonment in the version is just like this.
"It’s better to use this magic than not use it, maybe it can delay the damage time of the Load-bearing Wall... Alas, wasted a scroll, shouldn’t have become complacent, should’ve prayed for the gods’ guidance before going upstairs."
Elina sighed, "Water magic can only be used like this, really don’t know how the Sea God became one of the Twelve Main Gods with such a useless magic system."
Hilia shook her head, "No idea."
Hearing Elina’s words, Rose couldn’t help but become curious.
He truly doesn’t understand how the Twelve Main Gods are ranked, only knowing that the Sea God is the last among the Twelve Main Gods.
Originally, he had no chance to know.
But it happened that he invited the Sea God to "visit" his house.
Thus, in the place of sealing, holding a whip, Rose flicked it in the air, resembling a slave master commanding a slave (referring to the Sea God), watching the Sea God tirelessly constructing the Endless Abyss, and asked:
"Hey, Ethel, how did you become one of the Twelve Main Gods being so weak?"
Ethel glanced at him indifferently, said nothing, simply used divine power to raise a huge stone from the earth, slicing it into strips with a water blade and taking it to construct the Divine Hall.
Rose didn’t care, just said thoughtfully, "Water has always been weak, neither the Water God nor the River God could become one of the Twelve Main Gods, then there’s only one possibility, you sold your... to the Divine King..."
"Don’t sully my reputation out of thin air!" The Sea God was furious, hurling the huge rock at Rose.
Rose casually tossed the rock back, pressing Ethel into the ground.
"You’re so agitated, could it be true?"
Ethel’s voice came from beneath the rock, "Non-sense!"
"If it’s false, then why do you hide the truth of becoming one of the Twelve Main Gods?"
"Why would I hide it? When have I ever hidden it?"
"Then why don’t I know?"
"Hmph, because you’re rejected by the world, unable to know the truth."
"Is that so? Now in Starfall Continent, no one knows how you became one of the Twelve Main Gods, how about I use the Holy Daughter’s hand from the Holy Court to spread my guess to the whole world?"
"Are you crazy?" Ethel crawled out from under the boulder, glaring angrily at Rose, "What is there to talk about? My strength is inferior to other main gods, even to non-main gods, but water is hailed as the Origin of Life, I have many believers, I even seized believers from the Water God, among the Twelve Main Gods only those with greater belief are countable on one hand. If the Divine King didn’t give a position to a water element god, it would cause the main god system to collapse.
"My strength, becoming a main god won’t affect others’ positions, instead it makes other stronger gods covet mine, thereby reducing the risk of challenges to other gods.
"Besides, I can help the Divine King control enemies, just like I once controlled you, preventing your escape."
Rose immediately recalled the time he was beaten.
With so many passive skills protecting him, he couldn’t escape from the encirclement of the Gods, the Sea God’s effort was not in vain.
He couldn’t help raising his fist, giving Ethel a punch.
Then he apologized, "Sorry, my fist suddenly lost control, please don’t mind."
Ethel: "..."
...
Again guided by Rose, successfully solve the puzzle of the stairs, reaching the eighth level.
On this level, they still proceed according to the methods of the sixth and seventh levels.
This time, they placed a Water Curtain Barrier outside the Load-bearing Wall, weakening a portion of the magic attacks coming in, extending the damage time of the Load-bearing Wall.
When everything ended, only five Earth Shield scrolls were used.
Together with one Water Curtain Barrier, totaling six scrolls.
"If the Water Curtain Barrier wasn’t used, at least three Earth Shield scrolls would be wasted, effectively saving two scrolls... Water magic isn’t completely without effect, no wonder Emilia specifically wanted the scroll of this magic."
After the eighth level ended, only 4+3 Tier Three scrolls remained clearly insufficient for exploration of the ninth level.
"How about continuing on the ninth level tomorrow?" Elina suggested.
Hilia nodded slightly, "Tomorrow might not be possible, maybe the day after tomorrow, the day after that, I need to prepare more Earth Shield scrolls. This scroll is really useful. If it could be used until the twelfth level, I’ll need to prepare at least thirty or forty..."
On the side, Rose reminded, "You can only use it until the tenth level, don’t use it on the eleventh level, you’ll die."
Hilia was stunned, lightly nodding.
Under Rose’s guidance, the two reached the ninth level smoothly, obtaining the ninth level’s credential.
This time the magic power consumed by the two wasn’t much, but the high-intensity defense against attacks still left them exhausted, using the scroll wasn’t entirely effortless, Hilia still used her Mage’s Hand to constantly monitor the condition of the Load-bearing Wall.
Because those swift attacks sometimes specifically target a region to bombard, breaking through area by area, she needed to adjust the direction of the combination skill, allowing the attacked surface to be more even, extending the damage time of the Load-bearing Wall.
Long-term use of Mage’s Hand left her mentally exhausted.
"Then let’s rest and continue in three days."
