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A few moments later, Ashton was teleported out of the trial zone. Similar to the last time, everyone around him was looking at him as if they had either seen a ghost or a mythical warrior. However, the surprised participants weren\'t the only ones waiting for him.

"He\'s here! Paramedics, please attend to him ASAP!"

Ashton heard someone yell. A moment later, various types of equipment were strapped to him while a few others were checking his vitals. Judging from the way they were behaving, it didn\'t seem like they believed he would come out of the trial zone in one piece.

"What is going on here?"

Something like this didn\'t happen to him when he cleared Hydra\'s trial. Then why were they going overboard this time around? Did something happen in his absence?

"Don\'t worry. It\'s just a standard procedure." Otiga\'s voice popped out of nowhere, "You have been gone for a while after all. They need to check if you have contracted a disease or something."

Ashton turned around to see her standing there in a nightgown. Not only her, everyone except the participants, security and paramedics were wearing similar attire. Till now, he hadn\'t noticed it was already night, and all the light the paramedics were throwing his way did not help either.

\'It\'s night already? Damn, it took me a lot longer than I expected.\'

Since he had entered the portal during the day, it must have taken him an entire day to clear the trial. Hydra\'s trial only took him a few hours to complete, yet a trial which was supposedly easier than that took him longer to clear. It didn\'t make any sense at all.

"Clear. Nothing\'s wrong with him. Nor did we find any foreign virus or bacterium on him. Still, I\'ll advise you to quarantine yourself for a couple of days. Just to make sure you\'re good."

After half an hour of tests and other medical procedures, Ashton was given the green light to go. Ashton looked around, he was expecting to see Anna there as well, but she was nowhere to be found.

\'Maybe she was tired from her own trials. I should probably head out as well.\'

"Mr Fenrir, do you have some time?" Otiga politely stopped him before he could leave.

Although Ashton wanted to hurry back to the hotel, he decided to hear Otiga out. Since someone as important as her was there to attend to him as soon as he was out of the portal, he could spare some of his time to hear her out.

"Sure, what is it?"

"This might not be the right place to talk," She replied with a smile, "Would you mind accompanying me to my quarters?"

Ashton was a bit wary of them. Especially after the stunt Leon and his sister pulled on him. But he also wanted to have a somewhat good professional relationship with Otiga. She seemed a lot more influential than anyone else he had met. getting close to her would certainly help him. So he agreed to her request.

[Aren\'t you trusting her a bit too much?]

\'She is cool, I think. Also, it\'s not like I\'m heading in blindly. If she or anyone tries to pull something off, I\'ll make them regret it for the rest of their lives. That is, for a couple of seconds.\'

[You\'re getting way comfortable with the thought of killing someone...]

\'Learned it all from the Xyrans... and probably the Precursors as well.\'

[Touche.]

***

\'This bastard survived!?\'

Leon was ready to breathe fire the moment he saw Ashton... unharmed. Ursa\'s trial was considered to be one of the easier ones among the upper six trials. But it didn\'t mean everyone could conquer it. Even the monarch of the first seat decided not to try and clear the trial.

That alone spoke volumes about the trial.  Yet, Ashton walked out of the trial as if he was walking in a park?  The trial\'s difficulty wasn\'t a joke. Otiga had told him that much after her failed attempt to clear it, a long time ago.

That\'s why Leon was sure he wouldn\'t have to do anything in order to get rid of Ashton. The trial would do the dirty work for him. But he was wrong... even the trial wasn\'t able to stop the bastard.

To top it all off, what Otiga said to Ashton\'s harem of girls bothered him. On one hand, Leon was sure Ashton\'s inclusion in their ranks would be beneficial to them. Yet, on the other hand, he couldn\'t tolerate someone lower than him being immune to his ability.

He did not want someone like him to join their ranks as it would undermine his authority. The one thing he loved more than anything else.

\'I shouldn\'t worry... one of these trials should lead to his demise.\' Leon calmed himself, \'It\'s not like I can do something to him. Not with Lady Otiga keeping an eye on me.\'

***

It took around 10 minutes to reach Otiga\'s \'quarters\'. Normally Ashton would have called the place a mansion because that\'s exactly what it was. There were many guards and warriors patrolling around, most of them carried weapons but those with higher levels didn\'t. Their abilities were the only weapons they needed.  Ashton quickly checked their levels and most of them were C-grade.

The next thing he noticed was even though they had different attires, the colour of the attire was the same... black. Trees and few other decorations were the only exceptions to this \'all black theme\'.

Otiga did not speak a word till they entered the building. The guards insisted on using special cuffs to make sure Ashton could not access his inventory. But Otiga instructed them otherwise.

In her words, he was a guest there. Therefore, he was to be treated with respect and not hostility.

"Please don\'t mind the guards." Otiga casually replied.

"Don\'t worry, they were only fulfilling their duty." Ashton replied, "So what did you want to talk about?"

"I think you already know. I\'d like to know more about the trial. What was it about-"

"So that you can go and clear it yourself. I see." Ashton interrupted her.

"That\'s the gist of it."

Ashton went quiet for a second, before smiling awkwardly. Otiga was a bit confused after seeing Ashton\'s reaction. She knew someone like him wouldn\'t give her the information for free. He was too smart for that. That\'s why she had already prepared to give him quite a few things to bribe the info out of him.

"If you want money or anything for that matter. I\'m willing to help you out." Otiga stated the obvious but Ashton shook his head.

"Please don\'t misunderstand me." Ashton toned down his smile, "I can\'t give you any information regarding the trial, because the trial does not exist anymore. There\'s nothing more left to do there."

"Eh?"