With Nn tearing off the core of thest obelisk, he could feel the dark aura surrounding the chains instantly dimming, their power fading into the walls.


    In the next instant, Nn''s dagger red with its light as he instantly surged forward, severing every one of the chains.


    Immediately, the dark chains mmed to the ground.


    Nn''s eyes slowly turned toward the tform, and suddenly, a deep interest piqued his curiosity.


    He had just saved the chained fairies, but Nn had zero idea what they looked like.


    In the next instant, he found himself jumping high into the air,nding on the edge of the tform.


    His jaw dropped when he looked at what was before him.


    Nn had heard of their kind in his past life.


    Before him were about a hundred or so tiny humanoid creatures with elven ears and pure white hair.


    They had no differences from normal humans, aside from their size, which wasn''t even as big as Nn''s pinky.


    They were currently locked in a deep sleep, surrounded by dark chains.


    They also seemed to be encased in some kind of deep ice, and they were so beautiful and cute that Nn''s eyes softened for a second.


    Gently, he tore off the remaining chains surrounding their ice-bound figures.


    Quickly, he watched as the ice encasing them began to melt away, causing blue water to cascade off the tform like a waterfall.


    Then, a voice said to him.


    [Congrattions onpleting the second phase of the test.]


    [You have earned a marks of 92!]


    [You will now be transported back...]


    The voice echoed as Nn slowly rose, light gently enveloping his body.


    He felt himself being dragged off.


    But in thest second, Nn watched as the hundreds of fairies suddenly snapped their eyes open at the same time.


    Instantly, they locked their gaze onto his disappearing figure, and then the tiny voices echoed throughout the room.


    "Mama!?"


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    In the next instant, Nn snapped open his eyes once more, his head ringing with thest word he had heard.


    ''Mama!?''


    ''Mama!?''


    ''Mama!?''


    "Don''t tell me they think I''m now their mama..." Nn thought with a grin, yet his smile faded when he looked up at the sky and noticed it was pitch dark, with the starlight now present everywhere.


    "I waste again..." Nn muttered to himself.


    Just like yesterday, everyone around him had already gone, and he was thest person remaining in the grand Neers Hall.


    Slowly turning his gaze, he found three pairs of eyes looking at him.


    They belonged to none other than the Ascendants.


    "I might get in trouble this time..." Nn mused to himself helplessly.


    He had beente thest time, and the Ascendants had not been too bothered.


    But now, he had also beente.


    Would they still allow that, or would they believe Nn was simply wasting their time?


    "Um, I''m..." Nn wanted to say, but the order came from above.


    "Your marks have been recorded. You can go now and prepare well for the next test..." the woman among them said to Nn, whose eyes gleamed with a thankful light.


    And he regained himself, nodding quickly before scurrying off the hall.


    "Another headache..." one of the Ascendants called out with a grin on his face.


    "The famous trash and ve of the academy, who can''t control his divine essence, suddenly passing with brilliant marks."


    "He will surely cause a headache among those prideful bastards..." the female said, giggling before they all silently flowed up into the sky and disappeared into the distance.


    On their disappearance, the tform they stood on quickly began sinking back into the ground.


    The area was once again covered by green floors, and the entire hall was reduced to silence once more.


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    [You got lucky again...] The system''s voice rang out as Nn copsed tiredly on his sofa.


    A pounding headache was quick to settle on his head, yet he forced it down as he moved to the kitchen and cooked up something for his hungry stomach.


    ''I havepleted the first two phases of the test. Tomorrow will be thest. Once I''m done with that, I''ll finally be free...'' Nn mused to himself as he cut up the steak, frying them up before piling them on the tray and heading to his sofa.


    Quickly, he devoured everything, then headed straight to bed.


    [You have a lot ofpleted quests that you have yet to allocate their rewards. You sure you want to ignore them...?]


    The system asked, referencing his quest log.


    Nn hadpleted the quest for the previous day, where he was able to defeat the Hydra and then the Titan Champion.


    He had also earned the quest forpleting the first phase of the test, and he had alsopleted the test for resisting the whispers of the Most Mysterious One, and another one for sessfully rescuing the chained fairies.


    So many quests had beenpleted by him, yet Nn had not checked back on them.


    It was understandable to the system since Nn didn''t really have that much time, but still, it reminded him.


    "Right now, I have enough strength to livefortably, so I don''t need to level up or use any level-up cards."


    "Besides, I don''t think I''m in the best mental state right now to allocate stat points."


    "So, it will be better to put it off for tomorrow."


    "Once I''m done with the third phase of the test, and finally free, then I can calmly put the needed points into their respective areas..."


    [That''s a good point. Goodnight then...] the system said as Nn nodded, willing off the golden notification panel.


    "Tomorrow is thest day..." Nn mused to himself as his eyes looked at the ceiling for a long time, before slowly they closed up, a peace descending to his body.


    It had been barely less than a quarter of an hour, that a gentle snore rang throughout the room as Nn was ced in the semi-conscious state of sleep.