Yasenia noticed the reaction of her girls, surprising her slightly. Their reaction of anger at what the Sun God was doing to those little ones was somewhat unexpected to her. Still, she kept it in mind. ''Hmm~ I wonder if I can do something about it.''


    While Yasenia pondered, the Sun God turned around and looked at the girls with a serious expression. "Now. No one else other than Andrea can enter the room. As I said at first, thisst trial will be started, carried out, andpleted by her and her alone. She can''t and won''t receive any help from anyone."


    Yasenia looked at him and smiled faintly. "That''s interesting. We can''t even spectate?"


    The Sun God looked at Yasenia and shook his head, his eyes looking at the dragoness closely. "Your mere presence will already interfere with the trial. Your bloodline is too strong, and I feel that you are not the only one with a strong bloodline."


    Yasenia hummed and crossed her arms, asking with a suspicious gaze. "What about you?"


    The Sun God raised his right eyebrow andmented, his tone quite puzzled. "Do you think that I would influence the trial? Well, you don''t have to worry about that. I will remain here as I have for all the other ones. This time, though, all of you but Andrea will stay here with me."


    The dragoness nodded and looked at Andrea. She walked over and tip-toed to kiss her tall and heroic woman''s lips. "Well. Go ahead and make that dragon realize that you manage~ other much stronger dragons on the daily."


    Andrea chuckled and patted Yasenia''s head. "Don''t worry about it. I''ll make sure to do as you say."


    The dragoness squinted and smiled, her tail wagging as Andrea''s big hand caressed her head. The rest of the girls gave her a few words of encouragement… or well, something simr.Evelyn smirked as she lightlymented. "Ah… If you fail, I can already imagine the gorgeous scene of you running around as our dragoness tries to bite you all over~."


    Andrea''s eyebrow twitched.


    Kali chuckled. "Right. She might even punish you with one of the too-pleasant methods as well. Andrea might remember it as the month of her life."


    Andrea''s eyebrow twitched twice this time.


    Tatyana sighed, her hand gently ced on her cheek. "Little Treasure said she would cry if Andrea lost… I wonder if I should punish Andrea as well. After all, the people that have made her cry in the past are all in my little fun ce in my pce."


    Andrea''s whole face spasmed this time around. When she turned around to leave, the determination ring behind her eyes was like a burning inferno. ''If I fail… I am dead! No, worse!''


    She heard Yasenia''s cheering voice behind her. "Good luck!"


    Ebirah also giggled and imitated Yasenia''s gestures. "Good luck~."


    So, Andrea entered the room feeling that this challenge was the one with the most risk she had taken in her entire life.


    Once the doors closed, Yasenia turned toward the Sun God and approached him. The Sun God looked at the dragoness and asked, curious. "Do you want something?"


    The dragoness hummed andmented. "Those little fes in that other room… Have theymitted a sin? Is that why they are being punished?"


    "Hm?" The Sun God''s Soul Strand asked, confused. "Do you mean the [Golden Sun Mice]?"


    "Right."


    Hearing her affirmation, the Sun Godmented, confused. "Not that I know of, at least. Perhaps my main self considered something like that when he threw them here."


    Yasenia hummed, rubbing her chin. "I see. I should ask your main self then." Then, she turned, her tail trailing behind her as she spun around.


    "Wait."


    Before she evenpleted half the turn, the Sun God called her. Yasenia''s lips faintly arched, but she quickly concealed her expression. When she turned around, she had a clueless expression. "What''s wrong?"


    The Sun God paused for a second, realizing that he had sounded too urgent. He rxed and asked, his face having a trace of curiosity. "You know my real self?"


    Yasenia tilted her head, looking pensive. "Well… I do know a Sun God. I don''t know if that''s you, exactly. There are resemnces, but…" Yasenia''s eyes moved toward his waist and muttered. "You have some differences."


    The Sun God''s Soul Strand''s eyes trembled for a faint second when Yasenia redirected her gaze toward his waist, and the dragoness didn''t miss that instant of strong emotions. While it was indiscernible, the dragoness had it clear that the missing dragon tail was an important piece of information if she wanted to lure this Soul Strand. ''It seems that this soul strand was created before the Sun God became a pure dragon, or at least, he gained dragon blood.''


    Yasenia guessed that the Sun and Moon Goddesses were not originally dragons. They were probably humans who had mutated and evolved to such extremes that they fully converted to beasts, simr to Cecile or Kali.


    The Sun God asked, his tone keeping the almighty and interested tone. It was as if he were a senior asking a junior about the weather. "Oh? There are many Sun Gods. However, few can match my power. What are the differences between him and I?"


    Yasenia chuckled. "Oh, well. There are many physical ones. However, basing my conjecture on just physical appearance is not reliable, right? I bet that cultivators of your mantle are easily able to change their forms as they please."


    The Sun God smiled. "That''s where you are wrong. The image of a God is important. Changing it means changing your identity. Gods are extremely powerful. However, we are also tied by many things that we can not control directly, appearance being one of them. A God that changes appearances bes many times weaker."


    Yasenia blinked twice, surprised for real this time around. "That''s… Interesting. What about Beast Gods? Are they unable to change between human and beast forms?"


    "Depends on how the God came to be." He answered, pondering. "Still, in most cases, that shouldn''t be the case. Only idental Gods and Goddesses would have a problem like that."


    "idental…" Yasenia felt like her heart was shaken. ''Can someone be a God by ident? What kind of Heavenly talent is that?''


    She refocused on what she was trying to do. "Then… This Sun God had a dragon tail. He also had simr but slightly more mature facial featurespared to you. Hence, I feel that you two are not the same one."


    The Sun God paused and ced a finger above his lips and chin. The dragoness was sure that he saw his lips uncontrobly arching in glee. The gaze of the Soul Strand then changed, bing profound as he looked toward Andrea''s room. Yasenia''s hair stood up as a chill ran up her spine. ''He is dangerous.''


    He spoke up, his tone without change, sounding even more gentle. "Yasenia, would you help me out?"


    Yasenia asked, trying to control her tone. "How could I help you?"


    The Sun God sighed and started. "Well… I''ve been tied here for so long… Would you hear me out? If Andrea really passes the trial, I might be able to help her go an extra step. Take it as my thanks for the knowledge you''ve imparted to me."


    Yasenia''s pupils shrank to lines for a moment, but she didn''t show any rejections. Instead, her lips arched as she answered with a wide smile. "Of course. Someone of your stature asking for help from little me is a pleasure I''ll never reject."


    The Sun God smiled. "That''s great. You are a good junior, Yasenia."


    He didn''t realize that Yasenia''s tail scales were slightly lifted, showing an extreme hostility that was perfectly hidden behind her gorgeous smile. "Thank you… Sun God."


    Meanwhile, inside the trial room, Andrea was paralyzed by the scenery in front of her. She had expected another room, but that was not what she was seeing. In front of her was a massive expanse of volcandscape, filled with rivers of searing magma and with active volcanoes exploding in the distance. The shockwaves from eruptions were what created and moved the terrifying wind currents whistling through. "... This ce is insane. It makes the Deadly Magma Caves feel as if they were a summer stroll."


    "Oh? Another challenger."


    A rumbling and low voice reached Andrea, and when she looked over, she saw one of the volcanoes in the distance rising. "... What?"


    Andrea thought that after being ustomed to seeing her dragoness''s gargantuan size and unfathomable presence, whatever dragon was in these caves would feel like a dragonling to her. However, she nowprehended once more her Teacher Irina''s words of never underestimating anything.


    The line of volcanoes in the distance moved, and at the end of the line, a massive head rose up, dropping withkes of magma that sshed down. The terrifyinglyrge volcanic dragon had a ck and glowing red body, his pair of green eyes overlooking the terrain like the God Of Volcanoes.


    "Not bad." Said the gargantuan dragon. "The grand majority of challengers would''ve fallen to the ground in fear already. You are the… tenth that didn''t copse in either shock or fear."


    Andrea blinked twice and cleared her throat, recovering her stance. "Lord Dragon, I''vee here to take your trial. You are a creature of unfathomable strength. Hence, I don''t believe that subjugating you is something that should or could be done by force."


    The Dragon''s glowing green eyes gained a touch of interest. "Oh? You are the second child that has said this to me. The others… Well, they tried to do it by force, and it didn''t really end well for them."


    The massive dragon was slender and wingless, with an elongated body and a fiery crest running across its entire back. The volcanoes around his body seemed attached to him. However, Andrea realized that was not the case shortly after.


    Once the massive creature stood up, it swung its massive and long tail, hitting the volcanos on his body as if they were some dust that had clung to him for staying stationary for too many years.


    Once he finished "shaking the dust off" in a feat of strength that made Andrea''s heart tremble, the dragon looked at Andrea closely andmented. "You want to know the trial, right? However, I will tell you this. I am a dragon, and dragons don''t submit to the weak. While it is the truth that you don''t need to subjugate me, you need to show me that you have enough potential for me to choose you."


    Andrea noticed that his body started shrinking, and eventually, he reached around one kilometer in length from whatever the gargantuan size it had been before. His aura, however, didn''t drop. Andrea felt as if his gaze alone would crush her entire body.@@novelbin@@


    Andrea''s face turned serious, and she said without breaking eye contact with the dragon. "I am ready."