’The elasticity is definitely an issue,’ Jax thought as he spent so ti with his new threads.
What was he supposed to do with threads that could easily be flexed away and get out of. If nothing, he understood these threads could not be used to bind anything that didn’t have a skin that was hot or corrosive.
’Feels like a very tiny usecase.’
Jax shrugged in the end. "I’m sure the other ones will be good."
At this ti, Jax was also learning the Skill ’Navi Manipulation’ from Lucille, and was close to learning it fully, but there was still so ti before he actually learned it. It was difficult to produce Navi outside of one’s body where there was no matter for it to travel through.
He had no doubt he would learn it soon, but sadly, it would have to wait for after the trial. After all, the trial was now days away from starting.
[Ascendant Status:]
Na: Jax
Path: Mind
Navi Stage: 1-Star Erald
Highest Carriage: 9
Helper: T-1388C (Gemma)
Ti Remaining: 9 Days
[SPELLS]
[SKILLS]
[INVENTORY]
[MAP]
[TICKETS]
[REQUIRENTS]
[RESTRICTIONS]
The two Requirents for the Trial – First to gather a Party of 5 mbers, and Second to reach the 1st Erald Stage– had been fulfilled. So, it was ti to register.
With their individual improvents made and the party dynamics solidified, the ti ca to leave Fang Heights. The city had served them well, but the trial registration was happening in Graymine City, and they couldn’t afford to delay.
The journey to Graymine took them through varied terrain, forest paths giving way to rolling hills, over a large river and then past another city before they arrived at the Fang Heights.
All of them marveled at the new city they had arrived in. Perhaps because of its importance as a registration city, the amount of people gathered there had the city packed full.
"So many," he said, staring at the towering buildings and bustling streets.
They made their way through the crowded streets, following the steady stream of other adventuring parties all heading in the sa direction. The closer they got to the city center, the more diverse the crowds beca. Jax spotted sorcerers of every specialization and warriors with weapons of different types.
"There," Lucille pointed ahead. "The Registration Center."
The na was quite literal as it was the center of the city. At the city’s heart lay a large glowing crystal orb the size of a room. There were groups of people lined up to move up to the orb.
They joined the queue of parties waiting to register. The process was surprisingly simple. Each party approached the orb together, placed their hands on its surface, and waited for it to accept or reject them.
After a while, it was their turn.
It was their turn.
The five of them approached the crystal orb together. Up close, Jax could see that its surface wasn’t smooth, and was covered in intricate patterns that seed to shift and change as he looked at them.
They all placed their palms against the side of the orb, feeling its cool surface. The mont all five hands touched the crystal, it began to glow brighter. The patterns on its surface rearranged themselves, flowing like liquid light across the crystal’s form.
Suddenly, nurous information appeared before their vision. The information contained the list of all 5 of them with their nas and Navi stage. They were all fitting the criteria.
The information then asked them to choose a leader.
"It should be ," Lucille said without waiting for the others to consult her.
Jax and Ning nodded without much thought. Lucille had been acting as the leader since there wasn’t soone else that could take her place. Roman was the only other person that had joined, and he definitely didn’t fit the criteria.
A leader needed to be calm and collected, and have enough understanding of the battle’s situation to give commands. The other four were far too imrsed in the battle to see the whole picture.
The orb’s information reflected what they wanted and showed that Lucille would be the leader. When they all accepted, they received one last notification.
"A na?" Jax asked. "I wasn’t aware that was a requirent."
"I don’t think it is," Lucille said. "I think I know why they want it. What should we na ourselves?"
Ning had no suggestion. "I’m told I’m very bad at naming things, so I’ll leave it to you all."
layne and Roman gave so suggestions, but it didn’t stick.
Jax tried to think, but he couldn’t co up with any either.
Gemma suddenly spoke in his ears. "You have a party of 3 Ascendants. Why not na it sothing in line with that?"
"But what?" Jax asked.
Gemma didn’t answer.
Jax thought along those line, and ca up with a na. "How about...Triscendants?"
"That’s not..." layne gave an awkward smile. The na simply wasn’t good at all. But both Ning and Lucille understood what he was going for.
"How about... the Transcendents?" Lucille asked in the end.
Imdiately, they all loved it.
"Transcendents it is," layne said.
They wrote the na onto the orb when it asked. Once the na was inserted, they got their final notifications.
They stepped away from the orb, each of them feeling a strange tingling sensation where they had touched the crystal.
"That’s it?" Roman asked, looking back at the orb with uncertainty.
"That’s it," Jax confird. "Now we wait."
Just 30 more hours. That was all they had before it was ti to enter the ’Monster Horde’ trial.
They found lodging in the city for the remaining ti, each of them felt the weight of what was coming. The trial would test everything they had learned, everything they had built together as a party.
But for now, they were registered. They were ready.
The next phase of their journey was about to begin.
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