I Ascend to the Divine Throne through Arcane Means - Chapter 88

Chapter 88: Chapter 87: Mirror Image Trial

The servant who led Lis waited outside the vault, and as Lis emerged, the grand doors of the vault slowly closed behind him.

Seeing the gray box in Lis’s hand, the servant in charge of the vault naturally knew what it was.

“This card was delivered several years ago. The lords of the Royal Mage Corps had studied it and found no secrets within, but they were all certain that it harbored a mysterious power.”

“Lord Lis, are you sure you want to choose this one?”

The servant kindly reminded Lis, implying there was still a chance to change his mind.

“No need, this one will do.”

Lis naturally would not choose another, as obtaining a trial card here was already very fortunate.

If one did not know the method to activate the trial card, then indeed it would seem no different from any ordinary card.

But Lis happened to know the method to activate a trial card.

This was a secret discovered only in the later versions of a past life’s game.

In Lis’s eyes, its value was not much less than that of legendary magic items.

Looking at the servant beside him, Lis suddenly remembered something and asked:

“Earlier, I saw an empty weapon rack inside the vault. What was placed there before?”

The servant hesitated for a moment, thinking it was not particularly secret information, and then said:

“Previously, it held the longsword ‘Despot’s Fury,’ used by the founding monarch of the Feis Kingdom. It was later removed and stored elsewhere.”

Oh, if it was that legendary sword, Lis already had a vague guess about who held it now.

After following the servant through twists and turns to leave the underground, Lis learned that the king had already rested and was instructed to return on his own.

Lis did not delay and immediately left the Royal Palace, boarding the carriage waiting outside to rush home.

He was somewhat eager to find out what kind of trial was sealed within the trial card.

———–

Upon returning to his mansion, Lis did not bother changing his clothes and went straight into his underground laboratory.

Shutting the door, Lis took out the black card he had obtained from the Royal Palace Treasure Vault and began examining it closely.

Indeed, the trial card had existed for an unknown length of time. Some said it was a treasure crafted by the Magic Empire ages ago, while others speculated it was a crystallization of divine power.

But none of these speculations had ever been confirmed.

As the trial cards were extremely rare and evidently contained significant power, many collected and studied them, yet no one had yet uncovered their secrets.

Thus, over time, they were treated as a unique type of magic collectible.

However, Lis knew the effects of that mysterious power contained within; when triggered, it would pull the bearer into a special trial space, where different types of demons would appear. If the user successfully completed the trial, he would obtain correspondingly strong skills and specialties.

Each card’s trial content was not the same; Lis knew of people who had passed the Giant Dragon Challenge Trial and gained the ‘Dragon Body’ specialty, greatly enhancing their physical strength, while others faced a common Bear Demon Trial and received far lesser rewards.

After studying it for a while and discovering nothing new, Lis decided to directly use the card to start the trial.

Since there was no real danger in the trial space, and failure meant only diminished rewards, Lis had no hesitations.

Lis held the black card in his hands and with a forceful motion, tore it in two.

Yes, the method to activate a trial card was simply to tear it apart, which would directly activate the power within.

However, tearing a trial card apart required at least 50 points of Strength attribute, so for various reasons, the secret of the trial card was not discovered until much later.

As the card split in two, a burst of black light erupted from it; Lis allowed it to wrap around him without resistance, and in an instant, he vanished from the spot.

On the second floor of the mansion, Joyce meticulously arranged his attire when his motion suddenly froze.

He sensed that Lis’s presence had disappeared from the basement, and the mark on the Shadow Talisman he had made himself became somewhat blurred. It seemed Lis was now in another dimension.

After a careful perception, Joyce gave up the idea of using Shadow Jump to immediately reach Lis’s side.

There should be no danger, as the Shadow Talisman that Lis carried with him had not been triggered.

Little Lis really can create a fuss!

Shaking his head, Joyce then remembered something else.

Why hasn’t that old thing come back yet? Has he not received my message, or is it intentional?

Joyce had a bit of a headache; if that guy intentionally wanted to hide, he really had no way to deal with him.

———–

After the weightlessness feeling of teleportation had disappeared, Lis opened his eyes.

He felt increasingly familiar with the sensation of Space Transmission, wondering if this could aid in his mastery of the Space Element.

While thinking, Lis scrutinized the space he was in, which was surrounded by numerous crystal-clear mirror surfaces.

Lis’s reflection bounced back and forth in the mirrors, giving him the illusion of losing direction.

Looking down, the entire space’s floor was one huge mirror, and in the center of the space, a humanoid transparent crystal stood, seemingly waiting for someone’s arrival.

The system prompt also aptly chimed in Lis’s ear.

———–

[Ding~]

[You have used the “Trial Card – Mirror Image”]

[You have entered the Mirror Trial Space]

[Trial mission triggered!]

[Objective: Defeat Mirror Image-Lis]

[Reward: Depending on the completion of the task]

———–

Oh? It’s not a Magic Beast challenge trial but a special type of mirror trial.

In his past life, Lis had not heard of this type of trial card, so he couldn’t guess what the rewards might be.

Thinking too much is useless; better to try it out first!

Lis took out the Jade Wand from his storage ring and slowly walked towards the transparent crystal in the center of the space.

As Lis approached, the crystal suddenly shattered, revealing a mirror image figure before his eyes.

Gradually, its body seemed to take on color, and its facial contours became identical to Lis’s.

Eventually, an indistinguishable “Lis” appeared before the real Lis, the only difference possibly being a stiff expression and a rigid gaze, lacking a bit of vitality and agility.

Such a miraculous creation!

Lis marveled in his heart, but his actions were not slow; he instantly launched a “Blue Ball Skill” at the mirror image.

While applying various enhancement buffs to himself, Lis saw that the mirror image, which looked exactly like him, also used the same magic wand to cast the same “Blue Ball Skill.”

The two “Blue Ball Skills” collided mid-air, scattering pale blue flames everywhere, without determining a winner.

As expected!

When Lis saw the name of this trial space, he had already speculated.

This mirror image’s attributes, equipment, and skills were all exactly the same as Lis’s.

How to defeat “oneself”?

This was the purpose of this trial!