Unlike last time, Soren's focus was not on the trial takers this time.
He only paid a little attention to One-Eyed, then shifted his attention elsewhere. This time, Soren increased the difficulty of the trial, raising the scale to a small-scale conflict of the Blood War of the Abyss. He continuously and drastically increased the number of the Demon Legion, and also added some elite troops to the Devil Legion.
He had to admit that cutting-edge concepts were sometimes a bit lonely.
Even though Soren had set up some hidden plots and quests in the Banner Trial, none of the trial takers who had entered so far had thought of these.
They mostly experienced the trial merely as warriors.
Because Soren had increased the scale of combat, the probability of cannon fodder dying had increased several times compared to last time. Although the trial combat had just begun, people were already dying just five minutes in.
Soren focused primarily on those who died.
The first to die was the Guard Captain from Port Nyanzaru. As a mercenary on the side of the devils, he had the great misfortune of encountering a Six-Armed Marilith. Although this Guard Captain possessed high-tier strength, in front of the powerful Six-Armed Marilith, he barely managed to hold on for about three minutes before being killed. With his death, wisps of soul power were stripped away and extracted, while the power of slaughter converged onto Soren. This dead trial taker quickly woke up and was sent back to the real world. When he opened his eyes, the crystal lid of the stone coffin had already been opened, and standing before him was a Steel Golem.
"Trial taker."
"You have ended the trial."
The Steel Golem said in a muffled voice, "Now, please leave here with me."