The first-tier mutant Misha scorpion and sandworm posed no difficulty for Hilia.
Soon, she collected enough and returned to the village with the mutant Misha scorpion tails and the crystal cores from the sandworm heads, handing them over to the two guards at the village leader's doorstep.
Hilia was about to say something when she suddenly felt a sense of foreboding, looking up toward the Ascension God Stairs in the sky.
At the moment of handing over the items, she felt the Ascension God Stairs become slightly more solid.
A suspicion arose in her mind.
"Could it be that this ascension trial is about completing one 'task' after another?"
Thinking about this, Hilia shook her head again.
No, that's not right. At this rate, the demons outside will soon become difficult to kill, and by then... the ascension trial will likely fail, right?
Rose continued to watch, occasionally saying something but never interfering with Hilia's choices or guesses.
