章 27: Cheating the Trial

Samiel decided to search through some area of the 1st Layer of the Tomb, and now he was here before he came up with the solution to his predicament.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard or long he searched, he found nothing. Samiel knew that it was not within his power to enter and clear out the Trial because the will of the deceased Transcendental would see it through.

Thus he sat down on the ground and started contemplating his strategy for clearing the Trial. He knew that legacy left here contained some great secret, probably known only to those of Transcendent Level and their most powerful and loyal servants.

Thus Samiel could easily deduce that things here would be priceless. Though only probably in the later trials there would be priceless items, but even then, Samiel liked collecting treasures and other things that would make him rich.

He quickly organized what he knew as he created a mental list to better focus his thoughts.

1st was that this Tomb Belonged to a powerful Transcendent Level being, but not overly powerful, or he wouldn't be dead and buried in a shitty place like this. Or... he was buried here because it wouldn't attract attention from his enemies... even if that could be the case.

2nd was that, while the Domain from this being remained, it was not that strong, as Samiel could resist it due to his lineage, meaning the remnant power of the owner was significantly weakened. He predicted that if he was Legendary, he could forcefully break it after several years. While he could resist, that was mainly for racial benefit, not due to his strength.

3rd was that the Trial consisted of basically scanning through his entire existence by the remnant power of the Transcendent buried here to see if his aspirations and talents were enough to lead the human race from their pitiful state.

"And if one Transcendent can judge me, then another can create what should be judged."

He muttered as he found out the solution. He almost wanted to give himself an imaginary slap on the shoulder for well-done work.

Samiel formulated an easy but very effective plan. If the remnant will of the Transcendental would judge his entire existence, then he needed to create something which would fool even such a powerful Will. And in the end, his backer was not called Primordial Demiurge for nothing.

Samiel planned to summon Azathoth's projection to create an "illusion" of an ideal human successor, which would pass with flying colors the Trial and fool the Transcendnetal's Will and voa la, the entire process is done.

He quickly exited the Tomb, summoned all of his Undead, and ordered them to find some people, preferable humans or other similar species; most suitable were those who were innocent, as they were best to use as sacrificial material.

After three hours, the Undeads returned and brought with them 4 people, all of them were humans, three females and one male; all of them looked pretty young, probably barely reaching their teens, as they were shaking from fear, while the girls were crying.

If he were to guess, they were from some random weak world connected to the Tower and probably from a good background. There was inexperience and plenty of innocence in their eyes. Samiel predicted that they were some children of nobles or so, playing on adventurers. Normally, if a Necromancer or someone similar to him wanted to capture someone alive, then even death would be a blessing.

Samiel viciously grinned as he ordered the Undeads to bring all 4 of them into the middle of the magic ritual circle he drew in the ground; he then swung his hand and slit the throat of the youngest girl while her companions were either crying, screaming, cursing or begging him to stop, though he didn't understand their language.

"I make this sacrifice to you, my God."

He chanted as one of the Undeads slit throats of another of the girls. At the same time, other Undeads started torturing the other two, who were barely alive and were descending into the madness from seeing their comrades being brutally murdered in front of their eyes and tortured by Undeads.

"I summon the Will of the Blind Idiot God, the Primordial Demiurge, the Daemon Sultan to witness the madness and carnage I spread in his name."

Usually, all rituals that involved summoning Outer Gods required ritual sacrifices by torturing people to death and showing them into madness. Because Samiel wasn't officially an Apostle and couldn't communicate with his God through a telepathic channel, he needed to carry out the ritual.

[You have successfully summoned the will projection of the Outer God Azathoth from his Dream.]

[What do you wish, my Apostle.]

Asked Azathoth, as the life left the last sacrifices due to immense torture they experienced as all of the negative energy was absorbed by the Will Projection of the Azathoth. At the same time, Samiel immediately knelt on his right knee as his God appeared from his Dream.

"I need this..."

Samiel quickly explained the situation to his God, while Azathoth went silent for a moment.

[Don't let anyone know about the Tomb of The Last Human King, not until you have obtained everything.]

Said millions of voices at the same time as the Will Projection of Azathoth dispersed.

Not even seconds later, from a place where he sacrificed those four adventurers, their bloodied and tortured corpses started shaking as their bodies were dissolving and condensing into some weird gem-like shapen thing. After several more minutes, a necklace was created from their corpses, as Samiel knew that this was his ticket.

He took the necklace and wore it around his neck as he felt cold void energy enter his body and his own very soul and envelop him from toe to head. He remained still for several minutes as he adjusted to that feeling before he opened his eyes again.

After that was done, his mind drifted back to the words from his Patron God and a warning he told him about the legacy inside. Just the warning from Azathoth about this thing meant that the content and secrets between this Tomb would be precious for even Transcendental Level Beings.

Samiel knew that he was some kind of protection against the owner of the Tomb, or rather fabricated Samiel Zentaur, who was envisioned to have all traits the Trial required, and this illusion was impossible to see through.

Wrong, this was not an illusion.

This was part of the Azathoth's Dream envisioned in Samiel's existence. This should be enough to fool even the most powerful Transcendents, not to mention the remnant will of long killed one.

What Azthoth did was project part of his Dream into reality directly at Samiel and, at the same time, change the entirety of the Samiel Zentaur to an image or vision that the remnant will want to see. Because this was part of the Azathoth's Dream, something directly projected from the real world by the Primordial Demiurge, only mighty Transcendets would be able to see through the Dream.

Immediately after that, he summoned back his Undeads, entered the Tomb of The Last Human King once more, and initiated the Iron-Tier Trial.

Suddenly, as the Trial started, he heard a notification from the Akashic Records before he was overwhelmed by the pressure of the Transcendent Level, as it scrutinized everything about his entire being.

[Transcendent Level Being's Remnant Will scans you.]

[Your memory is looked through.]

[Your soul is being searched.]

[Transcendnet Level Being is delighted to see such an outstanding successor.]

[You have cleared the 1st Trial perfectly.]

[You obtained Steel Gate Token for the 2nd Trial.]

[You obtained Key to the Iron-Tier Treasury.]

'I would do a good scammer or maybe even a con artist.'

Samiel took two items he got as a reward from the Trail, as he knew that no matter how strong this person was during his peak, even then, he wouldn't be able to see anything that Azathoth personally created from his Dream.

He stored the Steel Gate Token in his Dimensional Ring while he kept the Mortal Treasury Key with him as he went to open up the sealed door at the end of the corridor.

The 1st Layer of the Tomb had practically one huge corridor with tree rooms. One of them was the Treasury Room which was currently locked, then there was a Trail room, and behind the Trial Room was the Staircase Room, where was the Steel Gate and staircase to the 2nd Layer.

When he opened the Mortal Treasury, he saw plenty of rusted weapons, some ores, and metals. He was now glad that Yvraine gave him one more of the Dimensional Rings so he could have space to store items, or else he wouldn't be able to carry out such an amount of equipment.

Suddenly, his Armor Rao's Vengence trembled in anticipation as it sensed some mana-rich metals, and it appeared to be hungry.