Preparations Before the Trial (Part Two)

"You've come."

Within the Sun Domain, Zali looked at the emerging figure and spoke calmly.

Fran did not desert her post, which made Zali look at Fran with a hint of respect, but only a hint.

For hundreds of years, he had been used to people coming here from time to time wanting to participate in the Trial of the Sun, while many wise people chose to give up.

Some people, upon hearing that the Proxy of God would obstruct them, chose to give up immediately and did not allow him to begin the Trial.

Many others, however, learned just how terrifying the power of the God's Proxy was after those seven days of waiting, or lost their courage during those seven days and did not come to the Sun Domain before the Trial began, and Zali never saw them again.

In the first few decades, even Zali himself was full of passion, believing that those Proxy of God were not invincible.

Back then, when he encountered timid people, he would berate them, but now, his heart is like a stagnant pool.

Two hundred years ago, he would have tried to dissuade people from giving up and not letting them lose their lives in vain. But after fifty years of continuing this practice, no matter what expressions these people made, they could hardly leave any mark on his heart.

He looked at Fran holding a strange weapon he had never seen before, and he could sense a change in Fran Fran, a change that was different from the Fran he had seen before.

"She may have made ample preparations during this time..." Zali thought to himself, looking at Fran.

"But..." Zali didn't even dare to think of what to say next. He lowered his head slightly and made no other move.

He knew that Fran was unlikely to pass this Trial, and even after sensing that Fran possessed roughly second-tier strength, he still believed so.

In the past, many second-tier Profession have tried to use their Order to deal with those Proxy.

After passing the Trial, they will use special means to abandon their original Profession, causing their Order to drop, and then acquire the Sunflame Knight Profession.

Although this method is expensive, it is also very effective. Many high-level Profession use this method to switch Profession when they are at a lower level, in order to take an easier path.

Their idea was good, but in practice, the weaker ones would be killed by a single Proxy, while the stronger ones would be killed by three Proxy working together.

So even if Fran is now a second-tier Profession, he doesn't think she has much hope of passing this Trial.

It should be noted that each time Trial was attempted, the minimum number of Proxy was nine.

Seeing that Zali Fran n't made any move since her arrival, Fran spoke first:

"Zali, what help can you offer me?"

According to Zali's previous statement, he is the Domain Lord, and should be able to provide her with great help in this Trial.

Zali then snapped out of his thoughts and slowly looked at Fran.

"Since the Gods have incorporated the Sun Trial into the Trial the Spirit Realm, I cannot directly provide overly powerful assistance."

This was also part of the Gods ' calculations. They knew that the lord of this realm, with the Gods ' obstruction, would definitely favor those who Trial. With Zali's best efforts, perhaps even if the other side fought with all their might, a Sunflame Knight might still emerge.

However, things are different after entering the Trial of the Spirit Realm. Zali must also abide by the rules of the Spirit Realm and cannot interfere too much with the progress of the Trial.

Before the Trial of entering the Spirit Realm, Zali might have been determined to risk everything to make someone Sunflame Knight.

However, after entering the Trial of the Spirit Realm, Zali couldn't do it even if he wanted to; he could only watch the Trial proceed, which was the purpose of the Gods.

Next, Zali recounted the details of the Sun Trial from the beginning.

"In the end, only one person will truly pass Trial of the Sun."

"At the start of the Trial, you will be sent to three locations to undergo three smaller Trial. The first location is a large door that can only be opened using Sunflame Arts. Once inside, you will leave your mark, and that will complete the smaller Trial."

"The second Trial is a test of hunting Spirit Realm creatures. You will pass if you hunt a certain number of the Spirit Realm creatures in that location."

"The third Trial is where we'll determine who will be the final Trial."

"That place is a ring. Once you stand on it, anyone can challenge you. As long as you stay on it for a day, you can pass the Trial."

"It's important to note that the order of these three Trial is not something you can decide arbitrarily. You can only complete the Trial Trial completing the first two."

"If you don't complete the first two Trial, even if you stay up there for a few days, you won't be able to complete the third Trial."

"Some Proxy will step onto the arena the moment the Trial begins..."

Zali paused for a moment, then, as if remembering something, said:

"Oh, right, there's one more thing. The final arena battle isn't a simple one-on-one fight; it's a joint attack by everyone who didn't step onto the stage against the defending champion."

This is why no one has been promoted to Sunflame Knight over the years. If the final arena battle were 1v1, then perhaps those Trial participants would still have a chance.

However, the rules of the arena battles here are that everyone has to fight against the defending champion, which leaves all the Trial participants powerless.

Zali didn't think of it at first because almost an hour after the Trial began, the non- Proxy Trial participants would be eliminated by the Proxy.

By now, Zali could count on both hands how many people had fought their way to the final arena.

That's why he didn't mention it immediately; he hadn't encountered such a situation often enough. It was only when he saw the second-tier fluctuations on Fran that he remembered it.

Zali continued:

"The help I can give you includes locating the other participants in the Trial, and who the Proxy are."

"Also, at the start of each Trial, I will show you the locations of the three smaller Trial. Other participants will need to find them themselves, which will buy you some time."

"I can decide the exact locations of those people when the Trial begins, but I can only decide their general locations at most; the specifics depend on what you want."

"Finally, during the Trial, I will increase the power of the Sunflame throughout the entire realm, making your Sunflame Arts even more powerful."

"That's all the help I can offer. Once the Trial begins, I can only watch you undergo Trial."

After Zali finished speaking, Fran stood there deep in thought.

Objectively speaking, Zali has already provided a great deal of help. If the opponents are all at his level, then this alone can greatly increase his chances of winning.

The problem is that her opponents are clearly not ordinary people; even she herself doesn't dare to say that she can take on all of the Proxy single-handedly.

But if it were a one-on-one fight, she would be almost 100% certain of winning.

Therefore, her optimal strategy during the Trial was to engage in 1v1 duels with the Proxy as much as possible.

Having figured all this out, Fran then asked a question.

"I have a question. In the end, are those Deity able to interfere with this Trial, such as communicating with the Proxy during the Trial?"

She needed to figure this out, because she remembered that during her Spirit Realm Trial when she was promoted to Formal Rank, she could communicate with the Lord of Radiance. Could these Proxy do the same?

If these Proxy can all contact their own Deity, then her actions will be much riskier. If not handled properly, her information might be forwarded to the other Proxy through their Deity when she kills the first Proxy.

"No, this is the rule of the Spirit Realm. The Deity decided this when they included this Trial in the Spirit Realm's Trial. This Trial does not allow Deity to interfere, not even by communicating with them."

"The only thing those Deity can do is choose to pull their Proxy out of this Trial when Proxy request that the Deity pull them out."

As Zali recounted this, he leaned slightly to the side, knowing why the Gods wouldn't even allow their own power to enter this Trial.

Because the Gods are also wary of each other, they fear that one of them might betray the group. It would be terrible if a Deity suddenly went mad and projected his power into a Trial participant, turning them into Sunflame Knight.

Although those Proxy are already inextricably linked to their Deity, it cannot be ruled out that some Deity might collude with Trial participant to make them Sunflame Knight.

Therefore, they decreed that only God's Proxy could pass the Trial of the Sun.

After listening, Fran smiled slightly, thought for a moment, and then said:

"I want everyone to be scattered, with each god's Proxy as far away as possible, and those Trial participants teleported from the Spirit Realm to be distributed around those Proxy. Is that acceptable?"

Zali lowered his head, thought for a moment, and then replied:

"It's not difficult."

This was indeed not difficult; it was much simpler than what those people had asked him to do before. Those people had all asked him to throw these Proxy and the Trial participants from the Spirit Realm into a crowded cave and let them kill each other.

Zali simply couldn't meet those requirements, because the Spirit Realm wouldn't allow him to do so.

Fran's request was much simpler; she simply rearranged everyone's positions so they wouldn't gather together.

He was just a little curious as to why Fran wanted him to separate all the Proxy. Wouldn't that make them catch Proxy quickly?

"My position should be next to one of the Proxy, ideally within ten meters of them."

Fran rubbed the baseball bat in her hand, then slowly said.

In the past, those Proxy were the hunters; now, she is the hunter.