Everyone watched Elysia excitedly petting Mimi with awkward expressions, then turned to look at Phainon as he walked toward the basin and vanished together with the oracle projection.
"Hope everything goes smoothly..."
Mydei watched his best buddy Phainon begin the trial, then sighed and voiced his wish.
"Lord Phainon has begun the trial. I hope the road ahead of him is smooth and that he can pass the Trial of Strife without incident."
Castorice, too, sincerely wished for Phainon to pass the trial.
"He has already stepped onto his own battlefield. It is a battle only he can win alone."
"What we can do now is wait..."
"Wait for him to pass the Trial of Strife and become a demigod who inherits divine authority... Only then can he continue onward with everyone. So, how long the trial takes depends on whether he can pass it."
Aglaea explained to everyone that Phainon's trial would take some time.
"So that white-haired kid won't be back for quite a while, right?"
Qianjie had been thinking that once Phainon passed the trial, he wanted to fight the demigod Phainon. What a shame...
"It does not matter. Time has no meaning to Qianjie, Elysia, or me."
Kevin glanced at Qianjie, then at Elysia, who was holding Mimi and petting her, and spoke calmly.
"Uh... I can tell that there is indeed something rather subtle about your auras."
Aglaea looked at the cold-faced Kevin, then at the somewhat impatient Qianjie, and smiled awkwardly.
"Lord Kevin and Lord Qianjie have also helped maintain Okhema's order during this time. Lord Kevin in particular has trained the soldiers so thoroughly that every one of them can be considered elite among elites. Even Zagres's followers have become far less rampant."
Castorice looked at Kevin and thanked him with a smile.