My Alter Ego Is Becoming a Giant

Trial of the Holy Sword (1)

“You can come this way.”

Heinrich followed the guiding Archbishop further into the depths of the Great Temple of Picaol.

Since the design was based on the seal where the holy sword was inserted, there was no choice but to become the deepest and most intimate place.

‘I think I went down quite a bit underground. How much crater was dug when fighting…’

It must have been a battle that risked the lives of the most powerful people at the time, so I could fully understand it.

“As you may have already known, the ordeal is different for each person who challenges it, so I can’t give you any specific advice.”

When he passed through several gates and arrived in front of the stone gate engraved with a shining prayer, the archbishop who was guiding him spoke softly.

Heinrich quietly agreed as he knew it.

He had already read all the relevant records during the training period.

“To that extent, the time to face trials is different. Some came in hours, some took a week or so.”

Of course, they all failed.

Shrugging his shoulders, he turned to Heinrich and pointed to the door.

“The ordeal begins from the moment you cross this door and step inside. You just have to make up your mind and tell me when you’re ready to take on a challenge.”

Do I need to come all the way here and wait any longer?

Heinrich took a deep breath and said confidently to him.

“I will go right in.”

“···All right. Then, I will open the door.”

The archbishop nodded quietly, approached the stone gate, put his hand on it, and quietly recited a prayer.

“What is hidden in that box is my flesh and blood. You do it…”

Then the prayer engraved on the door began to glow slowly in response to his words.

The archbishop’s divine power is constantly sucked through the sealed door.

After such a long time, big drops of sweat were continuously running down his face.

‘Every time the door is opened, an archbishop-level priest needs enough divine power to lie sick for several days…’

It was impossible to mobilize a large number of priests because of the quantity as well as the level.

Heinrichya resides in the Great Temple and is accustomed to encountering him from time to time, but in fact, the Archbishop was a very high-class manpower.

They were mainly in charge of temples located in large cities, and they were treated like marquis in terms of nobles.

‘I was so used to it that I wasn’t aware of it, but the saint was a tycoon that even the emperor of the Empire could not treat lightly.’

As I was hanging out with her at the Great Hall, the headquarters of the denomination, my sense of reality was a little off.

Hwa-a-ah-

As soon as he was lost in thought for a moment, the stone gate started to shake slowly with a strong light.

Crackle-

A heavily opened stone door.

But the inside was filled with light, so it was impossible to discern the inside.

“…Well then, good luck.”

Leaving behind the weary voice of the archbishop drenched in sweat, Heinrich stepped forward without hesitation.

And when he is fully in the light.

Suddenly— bang!

The stone door closes harshly.

The light around Heinrich suddenly disappeared, revealing an ordinary hallway.

“···Five?”

I could feel it instinctively.

That this space is a separate space cut off from the outside.

I looked back, but the same hallway as in front continued for a long time, but I couldn’t see the stone gate he had entered.

‘Are you going to choose whether to go forward or backward?’

Heinrich shrugged his shoulders and raised his divine power and “Blessing: Rigid Body” to the limit, concentrating on his eyes.

In addition, let’s use the “Auterica Holy Method” to amplify our eyesight…

“…and yet I can’t see the end.”

Looking back, it seemed like he had no choice but to go in the end.

He sighed and looked forward again.

For once, I was thinking of going through it head-on.

‘Of course, you can use a little convenience.’

He expanded his field of vision to the limit where he could focus on his divine power and concentrated his mind.

And right away.

Paat—

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Jumped over space using “Blessing: Leap”.

However, when they arrived, there was still only a long corridor stretching endlessly, and nothing had changed.

“Whoop!”

Aww!

He tried to smash the wall next to him with all his power, putting his divine power to the limit, but again, there was no incontinence.

at that time.

＜Reach the next gate within the time limit.＞

A will echoed in his mind.

‘Now is the start.’

However, even after waiting, no further information was given.

There is no way to know when the time limit is, or where the destination is.

‘Is it like an ordeal of patience?’

He had noticed from the beginning that the flow of time here was different from the outside.

If it were other people, it would have been impossible to figure it out right away, but he had several avatars outside.

‘About 10 to 1? The time difference with Earth is 100 to 1.’

In the meantime, I was able to accept it without any problems because my “Mind Hub” and my mental power had grown stronger, but if it was in the beginning of a different world, I would have suffered from motion sickness quite a bit.

‘It’s a burden not to know when and how far to get there. In the end, there is no choice but to overdo it.’

The trial of the Holy Sword was usually divided into several stages.

Perhaps this time, he was trying to check the persistence, mental strength, and physical strength of the challenger.

With the passing of time, there was no reason to delay any longer.

Heinrich relaxed himself on the spot and ran straight ahead.

And with the help of various skills, including the overwhelming physical and “super recovery” that he had been training for, he ran through the hallway at an incredible speed.

‘We don’t know what level of ordeal we want, so let’s go as far as we can.’

In this ordeal space, nutrition and sleep were not required, so there was no particular problem.

While running only the resources of his mental power, he devotes only enough to periodically use 「Blessing: Leap」.

‘I think it will take some time. I can’t help it.’

Heinrich ran silently through the silent hallway alone.

I just ran mechanically, ran, ran, and then used “Blessing: Leap” over and over again.

After three days passed, the fatigue that was slowly accumulating in the body began to exceed the level at which it was recovered by “super recovery”.

The energy needed was being supplied by the surrounding energy, but the recovery rate could not keep up with the load that was continuously accumulating.

1st week.

Slowing down for a while in the middle and recovering the body also reached the limit.

Gradually, I could feel my whole body creaking, but I didn’t care because this was normal during training.

2nd week.

It was also an ordeal, so simply moving was not the end.

Whispers that stimulated his mind as he ran stimulated him.

The energy that stimulated abandonment, resignation, and loneliness continued to invade his head, but it was nothing but a meaningless disturbance to him, who had already fallen into ignorance.

3rd week.

I still couldn’t slow down because I didn’t know how much time was left and how far I had to go.

Periodically, he just took a brief break and ran again, ignoring the pain he felt in his body.

For him who has a “mind hub,” this was neither an ordeal nor anything.

It’s just a simple repetitive task.

Under these conditions… he could go on and on for days or months.

Time went on and on and on.

4 days outside, and about 40 days inside…

Heinrich was still running.

***

“Tomorrow.”

“Khhhh… that’s right. Tomorrow is the day when me and this continent will be destroyed together. Paha!”

In an underground hideout in the southern part of the continent, a tall man and a dwarf old man were talking.

“Once you start the ceremony, you will no longer be able to avoid the eyes of the Church. chance only once. We must finish everything before they get here.”

“Ah— I know, I know. do not worry. ‘Cause there’s no way you’ll ever fail How long have I been waiting for this day?”

The old man’s eyes were already full of madness.

The man looked at the old man silently, then turned his head slightly and put a scornful smirk on his lips.

The Archmage, who was once called the best machine on the continent, and was also successful in the Magic Tower Federation, was certain to become the next leader.

‘Well, this is a good thing. It’s probably irrelevant.’

He did not have any interest in what kind of unfair story he had, and how ruthless he was even trying to destroy the world.

It’s just that they give and receive help because they agree with each other’s will.

After all, there wasn’t even a single sane human among them.

‘If you have a normal mindset, there’s no way you can do something like this.’

He looked around the interior full of all kinds of bizarre magic and turned around.

Now, there was only one day left.

***

A change was sensed in Heinrich’s side, who was just running without his mind.

‘···That one?’

In the slowly returning spirit, on the other side of the endless hallway, the ‘end’ was seen blocking the way.

And as he ran, he finally came across an ordinary wooden door at the end of the hallway.

“Is this the destination? How long did it take?”

Since it had been a little over four days… it was like running for more than a month at this time.

‘I’m not in very good shape. He said he benefited from the characteristics of this space, but it was a bit overkill.’

In fact, the expression was also very pure.

Had it not been for the “Mind Hub” to filter out the pain, I would never have been able to express my feelings so peacefully.

The monster-like body that was strengthened with skills and divine power was damaged to the extent that it was in tatters, so I could see how much it had been overworked.

‘If this is enough, even with 「Initial Recovery」, I will need to rest for a few days to fully recover.’

Although it was impossible to continue the ordeal, he had a corner of faith in him who had come across various information beforehand.

The moment Heinrich proudly placed his hand on the door of the next gateway.

Hwa-a-ah-

The energy around him was sucked into his body.

With the power of energy injected from the outside, the body that had been abused for a month began to recover rapidly.

“Ummm…”

His muscles twitched incessantly, and heat radiated from his body.

The “super recovery”, which was unable to exert its strength due to an overload of the body, greedily absorbed the surrounding energy and reacted violently.

In addition to that, “Blessing: Rigid Body” was added, and his body was reconstructed to be stronger, tougher, and stronger than before.

“ha···.”

And when the whole process was over, his body was more advanced than before the ordeal.

＜End of the first trial. Go to the next level through the gateway.＞

The will came into his head again, but Heinrich was busy contemplating himself and checking his body.

‘···Is this okay?’

Come to think of it, this was the perfect place for training!

A miraculous space where you can focus on strengthening yourself without eating or sleeping.

He crossed his arms on the spot and fell into anguish.

‘Anyway, the flow of time is different here, is it necessary to move on to the next ordeal?’

As the ordeal was accomplished, the time limit disappeared, and even just one day of training here had the effect of being outside for more than ten days.

The Holy Sword isn’t going anywhere, so maybe it’s okay for a little while.

‘Let’s wait a little while, and then go out. Yes, just one more day.’

Heinrich, a cultivator, turned around and squatted with his back to the door.

Then he jumped and started running down the hallway quickly.

It had been about an hour since we moved.

“Uhhhh?”

While I was immersed in my training, I realized that there was a door at the end of the direction I had been facing a while ago.

Heinrich crossed the hallway and reached the door again, frowned and looked at the door.

It was undoubtedly the door facing from the opposite direction.

‘Why is this here? …well, I guess I do.’

It was a place made for trials in the first place, so even if the space was tangled up at will, it wasn’t that I couldn’t understand it.

He frowned slightly and turned back…

“··········!”

When I saw the brown door that suddenly appeared in front of me, I was startled and took a step back.

I hurriedly looked back, but suddenly the long hallway was nowhere to be found and the front and back were blocked by the same door.

‘Do you mean to stop wasting time and quickly move on to the next ordeal?’

Seeing it come this far, it seemed that there was no room for further training.

‘There is also a way to exercise with bare hands in place…’

I didn’t want to make it look even more hateful to the will that was in charge of the ordeal.

Above all, there were no heavy-duty exercise equipment that was perfect for him here.

Heinrich regained his appetite, opened the door in front of him and went inside.

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Just like when he first entered the ordeal, when the bright light that enveloped his whole body disappeared…

He stood alone in the middle of the great chapel.