But within an hour, the trial was over.
Waiting for the young geniuses to return in the Divine Temple, Tosido could only use a phrase often said by the Fourth Tribunal Lord to explain, "Luck is also part of strength."
Alonni, Parson, and Vegas all with haste returned to the Divine Temple. They were all eager to see who could snatch the Traceless Mouse before them. Especially Vegas, he had been pretending to be weak for months, just for this moment to amaze everyone, who stole my chance!
They rushed into the Divine Temple, only to not see the Traceless Mouse, hence they stood rooted at the doorway, staring.
It didn’t take long for them to see someone, twirling the tail of the Traceless Mouse, casually returning - Sanni!? How could it be him?
The trio stared at each other in disbelief. Before they could speak out, Sanni had already begun his taunting, "I’ve said it before, it’s just a mere Traceless Mouse, there’s absolutely no need to take such big actions. You all even went so far as to use Divine Artifacts, and the result? I didn’t even need to lift a finger, and this creature bumped into me all on its own."
"So, garbage will always be garbage, no matter how hard you try, you’re simply garbage with a bit more recycling value; A genius will always be a genius, so don’t bother trying to catch up..."
Parson could no longer bear it, and jumped out wanting to hit him, but Sanni didn’t move an inch, he just lifted the Traceless Mouse in front of him, "Think carefully now, if you dare to touch me now, it would mean you don’t respect the Fourth Tribunal Lord’s test, and you want to snatch the Traceless Mouse!"
Parson suddenly stopped. Even his family could not bear the wrath of the Fourth Tribunal Lord.
Sanni laughed again with disdain, "Look, I told you garbage will always be garbage, you can’t even use your brain properly."
Parson almost could not resist again, until Sanni once again raised the Traceless Mouse in front of him. Roaring, Parson turned and ran wildly out.
All of this was witnessed by the priest and Tosido. The priest was quite relieved; in the next few months, he would not have to see this annoying fellow, he was going to inflict misery on the followers of the Fourth Tribunal Lord!
Tosido seemed to have thought of this too, and his expression was quite bitter.
Sanni thought that when Parson ran wildly out, it was out of shame and giving up. He didn’t expect that this kid would act without integrity and went home to get reinforcements. The Fourth Tribunal Lord’s assessment ended, but there were many complications. The high-levels of the Nanni Nation and King Port Red Race both questioned Sanni’s capabilities and character. They directly stated that sending such a person to the Fourth Tribunal Lord would be disrespectful to the lord.
The high-levels from King Port Red Race had a consultation and sent a special envoy to the Divine Temple to ask the priest.
There is actually nothing to criticize about Sanni’s capability, although he is poor, he is an absolute genius who broke through to the Power of Four Mountains in a few months. But his character... The priest always felt that their God was watching from above, he couldn’t lie.
Hence, the high-levels of the Red Barbarians from King Port finally decided to add another dangerous trial, which of course, was with the agreement of the Fourth Tribunal Lord.
The location for the trial is on an island 160 miles outside of King Port. This island is the renowned Extinction Domain of Nanni Nation. When Red Barbarians first arrived here, they knew nothing about the Eastern Continent, and they solemnly vowed to change this place with "the power of My God."
They struggled to build six Divine Temples in the Extinction Domain and attracted Divine Power, which led to a monstrous outburst. It took a great toll to suppress it.
Afterward, the evil energy and Divine Power mixed and collided, eventually turning this place into a dangerous yet odd place.
It retained most characteristics of the Extinction Domain, yet mixed with some foreign deity’s Faith Islands. Later when people explored this "Rustica Island", they accidentally discovered that it contained many powerful Divine Artifacts, hence, it became the largest source of Divine artifacts in the nearby Nanni Nation.
Now, to step on Rustica Island, you need the approval of the higher-ups from King Port. Although it’s extremely dangerous, there’s a chance to obtain Divine Artifacts. This trial, in reality, is a chance given by the Fourth Tribunal Lord.
The Fourth Tribunal Lord doesn’t care much about how good or bad the character of that boy called "Sanni" is, what he cared more about is that this kid is too poor.
Sanni did not know that the so-called "followers" in Boneset Country are actually private soldiers of the main general. The powerful in Boneset Country have a considerable number of followers in terms of quantity and strength.
All of these followers need the Fourth Tribunal Lord to fund. High-levels of Nanni Nation and King Port didn’t want Sanni to be chosen. If they wanted to replace him with another person, they would need the consent of the Fourth Tribunal Lord. The Fourth Tribunal Lord used this as a bargaining chip and traded it for a chance for this trial.
If Sanni died on Rustica Island, it naturally wouldn’t matter to the Fourth Tribunal Lord, he could just select another apprentice follower. If he succeeds again, he could change the financial situation of this apprentice follower, at least he would have a Divine Artifact.
No matter what, the Fourth Tribunal Lord would not lose.
The investigations on Sanni, the communication with the Fourth Tribunal Lord, and then the addition of another trial - all of these were, of course, planned behind the scenes by Parson’s Ambosia Family, it was obvious the great price they paid.
This trial was only for a few young geniuses who had already reached the level of the "Power of Four Mountains" - with great effort, Vegas finally advanced before the start of the trial, seizing this opportunity.