"Azriel! Tell me! How did you d-"
Tyria wanted to ask, but before she could complete her sentence, the ground they were standing on started trembling.
*Rumble* *Rumble* *Rumble*
"Huh? What is happening?" Azriel questioned with a frown as he glanced at Vasuki.
Vasuki, however, shook his head.
"I don't know, something like this has never happened before in the last 10000 years."
Azriel raised his eyebrow in amazement.
Then he focused a little and located the centre of this little earthquake.
"It's coming from there."
He muttered as he pointed in a direction.
"I can sense that as well." Vasuki snorted and Tyria just shook her head.
*Rumble* *Rumble* *Rumble*
The intensity of the earthquake increased even further, and soon, the ground that was above the epicentre of the earthquake cracked.
*Crack*
The crack continued to widen and Vasuki finally realized what was happening.
"This…" He muttered with a lost look on his face.
"Do you know what's happening?" Azriel questioned.
"Yes, I do…" Vasuki nodded, however, he did not answer.
He will know it soon enough.
Soon, A building started to appear out of the ground.
The building rose and rose and in the end, it became a 20-meter tall ancient mansion. There were two huge statues at the entrance, a walkway and finally, a huge door.
*Screech* *Screech* *Screech*
After the mansion stood tall, many bats flew towards it out of nowhere and they started flying around it. The scene looked quite horrifying and scary at the same time.
"Ahh, so it was all for my house…" Azriel muttered in realization.
(Picture of the Mansion in Para comments.)
"…"
However, he didn't receive any answers from the two of them. He frowned and then turned around only to see Tyria and Vasuki looking at his Mansion with a lost look on their faces.
"Huh? What the hell happened to you two?"
He questioned.
The two of them finally came out of reverie and then glanced at Azriel, however, they were still a little too shocked to say anything.
"Why are you two acting like that? What's wrong?" Azriel questioned.
"…"
However, they did not reply.
"Huh? Aren't you living here for thousands of years now? Haven't you seen a house popping out of the ground before? What the hell are you acting so surprised for? Isn't it a completely normal phenomenon?"
Azriel questioned again and this time, Tyria's face twitched.
"Normal? This seems normal to you!?"
"Huh? What?" Azriel was still confused.
Tyria then pointed at other houses that were made from wood and were barely 5 meters tall. (Picture in para comment)
"Those are where the other contestants lived, they could barely be called houses with that size, however, this."
Tyria then pointed at the 'House' Azriel had gotten and shouted,
"This is a fucking Mansion!
How in the hell does it look like a house where only one person lives!?
It is clearly built for an Army!
Also, what's with all these decorations!?
Why are there statues at the entrance!
And why the hell are those bats flying around!?
What the hell is this different in treatment!?"
Tyria continued to curse and continued to destroy the noble and elegant image the elves have created for themselves for so many years.
"Huh? Isn't that normal? Different in treatment should be obvious, didn't you see the SSS rank completion rating?" Azriel questioned back.
"…"
Tyria finally turned silent and soon, she nodded.
That sounds logical indeed.
The best they have seen was B rank, however, Azriel is SSS rank, and it is obvious that there would be differences in treatment.
Mhm, completely normal.
Tyria continued to nod her head in realization.
She really had diverse expressions, a few seconds ago, she was shouting like crazy, and now, she is just standing there with her hand on her chin while she continued to nod to herself elegantly.
A weird woman indeed.
"If my memory serves me right, the Trials for the Vampires is in the Forsaken Mountains, correct?" Suddenly, Vasuki questioned.
"Yeah." Azriel nodded.
"You are supposed to fight against a Star Beast there, right?"
"Indeed."
"How long did you fight against that Beast for?" Vasuki questioned.
"Hmm? An hour maybe? I didn't note the time." Azriel shrugged nonchalantly.
A frown appeared on Vasuki's face and he questioned,
"You only fought against the Beast for an Hour?"
"I mean, it could be 45 minutes or 1 hour 15 minutes, but it should be less or more than that. It is just a rough estimation after all."
Vasuki was even more confused now.
"You fought against that beast for just an Hour?"
"That is what I am saying, correct."
"How the hell did you even complete that Trial then? Did you cheat?" Vasuki questioned.
"Huh?"
"The Last Vampire I met fought against that Beast for 3 days and he only got E rank. You, on the other hand only fought for an hour and not only did you clear the Trial, you even got SSS Completion Rank…
This doesn't seem right…"
Vasuki muttered with the same, confused look on his face.
"Huh? He needed 3 days to defeat a beast that I defeated in an hour, doesn't that make me better than him?" Azriel questioned back.
He didn't like the fact that this Dragon doubted him.
His words, however, had a great effect on the two listeners.
"…What did you say…?" Vasuki questioned with a blank look on his face.
"I defeat that beast in an hour while that vampire you are talking about needed 3 days, doesn't that make me better than him?"
Azriel answered with a slight frown.
Somehow, he felt that he was missing something.
"…You… defeated that beast…?"
Vasuki questioned.
"Isn't that how you clear the Trial?"
"…"
Vasuki turned silent and gulped audibly.
"S-So you are telling me you defeated the Beast of the Forsaken Mountains, and that too within an hour?"
Vasuki stuttered as he questioned.
"Yes, I did." Azriel nodded in agreement and Vasuki's eyes widened in surprise and horror.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Hey! Why the hell are you acting like that!? Can you tell me what's wrong? Don't keep me in suspense."
After waiting for a short while and noticing that Vasuki was going to keep looking at him with that shocked expression on his face without telling him anything, Azriel decided to question.
"The Trial didn't require you to defeat the Beast… You just had to survive in front of it for as long as you can…"
Tyria was the one who answered. However, even she had a lost look on her face.
"T-That beast wasn't meant to be defeated… there is no way anyone can defeat that… you just needed to survive and the World's Core would determine if you pass or not…"
"But I clearly remember that the Mission was to Defeat the Beast." Azriel countered.
"T-That was just a sort of motivation… how the hell are you supposed to defeat a Beast who is 2 Cultivation stages stronger than you?" Tyria questioned back.
This time, Azriel was the one who was confused.
"2 Cultivation Stronger than me? Huh?"
Suddenly, Vasuki came out of his reverie and muttered,
"Why are you so confused, wait… did they decrease the difficulty of the Trial?"
He then turned towards Azriel and questioned,
"What was the cultivation of the Beast you were facing?"
"6-Star Beast, King Stage Cultivator."
"WHAT!?"
"WHAT!?"
"King Stage Cultivator," Azriel answered again.
"Aren't you just an Advance Stage Cultivator!?"
"Yeah?"
"How the hell did you defeat a 6-star beast!? And that too in an hour!? This is simply ridiculous!"
Vasuki felt that after all those years, he had finally lost his mind and is now hallucinating.
"It wasn't that hard, to be honest." Azriel however, just shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.
No, he was not dense, he knew what he did was completely out of the norm and isn't something just anyone can do.
Right now, he was just bragging in front of these two people.
"What? Don't tell me Advance Stage Dragons can't do something like this. They can do something this simple, right?" Azriel questioned with a look that said, 'It is so simple, they can do it as well, right? Right?'
"…" Vasuki turned silent.
He had no answers.
Advance Stage Dragons? Even Grand Master Stage Dragons won't be able to do something like this!
What sort of Monster did those Bloodsuckers gave birth to!?
Vasuki could feel his head aching.
"Y-You are not lying to us, are you…?" Suddenly, Tyria questioned with an unsure look.
"Huh? Why would I lie about something like that?" Azriel questioned back with a confused look on his face.
"W-We can ask the World Fairy when she comes here, y-you know. S-So you can tell us if you are lying." Tyria warned.
"Hmm? Ask all you want, I don't care.
I mean, it's not like I have something to hide."
Azriel just shrugged nonchalantly and then, he turned towards his 'House'.
"Alright, I am tired now so I am going inside my house.
You guys have a good day ahead."
Saying that, Azriel stretched his body and started walking towards his 'house'.
"W-Wait!"
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