The Undying Magician - Book 5 - Chapter 16
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Nathan
Year 2851 | Month 5 | Day 4
The rest of the banquet pretty much goes the same. All of the people in there have largely forgotten me thanks to the reveal about the trials along with the president’s presence next to me. Making things a lot simpler for me.
And after the banquet ends, I return to my room to find the ruler of the Temple of Fire waiting for me. But he just hands off the credits, tells me to ask if I need their assistance, and leaves without another word.
Proving that the man is very much one of few words.
Which is kind of surprising considering his father.
The next day I find myself walking through their little parade all across the city into the tower. Starting from the far entrance to the city itself.
And the parade is filled with people cheering from the sides of the streets as we walk.
In addition to that, there are also cameras flying around and screens flying high above the cameras. With the screens showing us in the parade.
I’m sure those screens aren’t the only ones with this broadcast though. Most likely the broadcast is being sent all over the world.
But at the end of the day, I don’t really care about any of this.
So I just walk through it with my hands in my pockets.
Completely indifferent to the people watching. All the way until we arrive at the tower and the final part of the Opening Ceremonies is upon us.
Although that part pretty much comes down to a more in-depth explanation of the first two trials. Including a large screen showing the exact rules of the first two trials.
The first trial doesn’t exactly have many rules though.
All it says is that you have to survive the mana pressure of a dozen Class S Tower Masters without the aid of any mana-infused equipment. Which is equipment made from parts found in the mana infused lands.
And you have to do it for ten minutes straight.
Without help from anyone.
It’s a rather simple trial.
As for the second trial?
The only thing that wasn’t already explained by the First Tower Master was that the second trial begins three days after the first trial.
And we will be brought to the trial location two days after the first trial.
As for the first trial itself?
It begins tomorrow.
So after finishing up with the Opening Ceremonies at last, I head back to my suite and begin experimenting more with my spells while also training my mana arcs all day and night. All the way until the time of the trial comes.
The trial itself is held in a large arena where about four dozen Class S magicians along with me are all on the arena floor surrounded by bleachers.
Bleachers that are filled with millions of people.
There are numerous VIP booths scattered across the bleachers with a few of them even floating in the air. Meanwhile there are twelve magicians floating high in the air. All of Class S.
And without any hesitation or fanfare, they all instantly flood the arena with their mana pressure.
As the First Tower Master’s voice echoes throughout the stadium declaring, “The trial begins now.”
Almost immediately upon feeling the pressure on me, I feel every last one of my bones breaking. All because I wasn’t prepared for this abrupt start.
But my bones revert immediately to perfect health as I put up mana to protect my body in the form of a barrier.
Only for said mana barrier to immediately shatter the moment I set it up. Leaving my bones to shatter again.
Over and over again.
My bones just shatter again and again while my body tries to warp into unnatural shapes.
Thanks to my immortality though, all of the damage immediately begins to revert backwards. Turning me into a very unusual sight of warping and unwarping over and over again.
Endlessly.
All while my mind is flooded with pain.
But this actually isn’t as much pain as some of my own experiments have caused, and nowhere near as much as being completely vaporized and regrowing from scratch.
So I don’t make a single peep.
What’s weird though is that my gear doesn’t actually take any damage throughout all of this. It just follows along with my body which shouldn’t be possible.
Until I realize that the First Tower Master is somehow doing this. Probably because he doesn’t want anyone important here being exposed naked on tv and in front of millions of people.
Even if children aren’t allowed to watch this.
For obvious reasons.
No idea how he’s doing it though.
As for the other Class S magicians around me? All of them are holding up with their own protective measures.
None of them have even gotten hurt yet from the pressure as the audience stares in silence at me. Seemingly ignoring everyone else.
And I can tell a lot of them are horrified just by watching me like this.
But I don’t really care.
I just continue waiting through the pain without even flinching at it.
Gradually, over the course of the first trial, the Class S magicians begin to show more and more fatigue. With some of their barriers even showing some minor cracks.
All the way until the end of the ten minutes where a couple barriers actually shatter. Leaving the Class S magicians in question taking the last of the mana pressure directly onto their bodies like me.
Badly injuring them before the trial ends and the mana pressure lifts off of us.
“Every trial entrant has passed the trial,” the First Tower Master declares, his voice echoing all across the stadium without even a hint of interest in the two Class S magicians who were severely injured at the end. “The second trial will commence in three days. All trial takers will be brough to the mana infested lands in two days. So be prepared.”
I take a breath before letting it out again as I return to normal. Then I just stretch, yawn, and begin walking out of the stadium under the shocked looks of the audience who is only now witnessing my immortality for the first time themselves.
That went just about as expected.
