Chapter 1042: Bell Wants Both
"They're out! They're out!"
As soon as the first eliminated person appeared outside, Hestia began shouting excitedly.
When she saw that it was not Bell, her face lit up even more.
This drew the furious glare of the adventurer's patron goddess.
The third stage was not as fast as the first two. Time flowed normally there, so the gods had already been waiting for quite a while with all sorts of emotions.
Now, an eliminated person had finally arrived.
The gods immediately gathered around him.
The eliminated adventurer first touched his deathly pale thigh, then his stomach, and finally his head.
"D-Didn't I die?" That was the first thing he said.
He was a Level 4 adventurer, and a very young one at that. He was also somewhat famous among both adventurers and the gods.
"Of course you didn't die." Loki spoke up. "If my guess is right, none of you can truly die during the trial. Or rather, even if you die, you'll be revived. With the Father God's power, that's no more difficult than moving a finger."
Without anyone noticing, Loki had praised Shen Mo again.
And what she said was correct.
Shen Mo, who possessed all the laws of the entire world, had long since become the master of death.
Besides...
During the first stage, quite a few adventurers had been torn to pieces by Goblins.
"So... we don't die?" The adventurer was stunned for a moment before a look of regret appeared on his face. "If I'd known that, I would've gone all out!"
That was right. At the final moment, when he was about to face death, he had not broken through his limits like Ais had.
Instead, instinctive fear had taken over.
He had been afraid. He had retreated.