Kingdom Building: Civilization Starts with Divinity-Chapter 94: Something is always wrong when the system is around

Chapter 94: Chapter 94: Something is always wrong when the system is around

|<Notice: Hero Caras, the Forsaken Knight of the Lost King, was defeated by a mercenary. As such, experience and kill credit is given to you, the Prospect.>|

|<Notice: You have completed your mission! Return to your throne to turn it in!>|

|<Notice: One of the rewards of the completed mission was an Instant Claim! Would you like to claim the reward: 3 Dungeon Reward Boxes!>|

|<You have killed a Hero Caras, the Forsaken Knight of the Lost King, and earned 396,000 EXP!>|

|<Notice: Congratulations! You have leveled up! You have skipped levels 34 through 46, leveling up to 47!>|

|<Notice: STR has increased from 181 to 228, INT from 203 to 247, and CON to 312. FAI has remained the same!>|

|<Supplication has reached level 2!>|

’Nooo! So close to level 50!’ Alchemy cried inwardly.

Not that gaining 12 levels disappointed her. On the contrary, she was nearly frothing at the mouth, but getting to those last three levels would be a nightmare unless she happened upon another level 60 dungeon.

Traveling deeper into the forest was also an option, but Alchemy wasn’t prepared for that yet. Neither physically nor mentally.

’Actually... Both of my Growth skills have leveled up. Isn’t that a little too fast?’

She didn’t pay much mind to Ruinous Bloom leveling up since she had it active non-stop during the night, but Alchemy couldn’t do the same for Supplication. She’s only used it a handful of times.

Due to their nature of gaining more abilities as they leveled up, Growth Skills were notoriously slow to level up.

|<Supplication’s experience gain is based on the buff percentage. In other words, it leveled up because you’re a reckless idiot.>|

’Oh suck my non-existent di-... No, you’re not worth it. Just be happy you managed to level so fast, Alchemy.’ She said to herself, sighing deeply.

"Is something wrong, Mother Goddess?"

"Something is always wrong when the system is around, Nera."

"The floating word window aside, what now? Was that it?" Gravana questioned.

"It... Is..." Alchemy delayed her words as she looked at the missions they had.

"Not. The final trial hasn’t been completed yet. Whatever that means. Any ideas, Nera?"

"It was called the trial of worth, right?"

Alchemy nodded at Nera’s question.

Her mind wandered until it caused her head to turn to the three thrones.

"Three trials completed, three thrones to sit upon. Considering how easy the previous trial was, I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the solution."

’Considering how easy the previous trial was-’ Alchemy quietly mocked Nera in her mind.

She was still bitter about not getting a reward.

"In hindsight, that’s so glaringly obvious, but It would’ve taken me at least half an hour to figure that out. Probably longer if we’re being realistic." Alchemy chuckled.

Without thinking much more about it, the group approached the thrones, Caras’s body nowhere to be found.

"Even the body vanished... Just what is this place?"

"Does that matter? Let’s just sit down and get this over with!" Gravana said, immediately sitting on the leftmost chair.

It was a little small for Gravana, his butt not so comfortably being placed where the armrests were.

|<Notice: Trial of the Mind; Completed!>|

"Y-yes! What if that was a trap? Oh, forget it."

"You’re absolutely correct, Mother Goddess! At least this wild cur knows his place, using his body to check for traps!"

Gravana and Alchemy both stared blankly as Nera as she took her place on the right throne.

|<Notice: Trial of Grace; Completed!>|

"And I thought I was toxic. Where do these insults even come from? Do you just have them prepared?"

Alchemy’s expression was complicated, some mix of confusion and admiration. As a gamer, she had gotten pretty good at name-calling, but even she couldn’t come up with so many oddly-specific insults.

"They come to me as needed," Nera answered matter-of-factly.

"I... Okay."

Taking her rightful spot on the center chair, Alchemy let out another sigh. She could only be grateful that Gravana didn’t take Nera’s words to heart.

|<Notice: Trial of Finesse; Completed!>|

As Alchemy sat down, the ground around them began to shake roughly, followed by the sound of a large amount of stone moving behind them.

|<Notice: All three trials’ completion has been confirmed. The trial of Worth has been completed!>|

Turning to see what the commotion was about, the three were greeted by the back wall opening up. Inside, mountains of gold coins and jewels were displayed. To top it off, a podium was in the center of the room.

Above that podium hovered a greatsword. One that looked almost identical to the sword Caras wielded.

With wide eyes, Alchemy jumped out of the throne to take a look.

"A real-life hidden treasury? That’s what I’m talking about!" She cheered, seeming not to care all that much about the riches inside.

It was only right that such a grandiose fantasy trope was gifted straight into the hands of an aspiring God, Queen. She hadn’t even begun commerce yet but was already filthy rich!

"Mother Goddess. Not to rain on your parade, but we don’t have the storage for... Even a quarter of this."

Already rushing into the treasury, Alchemy shrugged.

"Who cares? You already said that this pocket dimension wasn’t going to disappear. Since it’s in my territory, it’s mine now. I’ll send that Lost King or whatever my regards if I meet him when I create an afterlife." She smiled playfully, diving into the gold coinage.

As goofy as she looked, she did have a purpose. Alchemy combed through the various jewelry pieces to see if there were any worthwhile accessories—unfortunately, there was no such luck.

All of them were +1s to stats or niche effects, like heat and cold resistance. They were definitely worse than the necklace she had.

"A shame. I have fodder for lil Clausi, at least." She hummed, putting the thought to the back of her mind.

To level idols, one had to sacrifice a specific type of equipment. The stronger the equipment, the more exp.

Since Clausura Aeternum was an accessory, naturally, it needed other accessories to level up. However, Alchemy wasn’t sure if it’d reach level two with how weak these ones were.

That was unimportant, however. With all this gold, she could smelt it down and have an effectively infinite amount of Tier 2 metals. With that, she could create as many accessories as she wanted.