"That's all well and good, but all the more reason not to do it right away. "Jake flatly refused his cousin's proposal. "Many may just want to get through the First Ordeals as quickly as possible, but I intend to do them with flying colours. "
"Ditto." Will added resolutely. "These Ordeals are nothing urgent at the moment and what I need most right now is Aether to pump up my stats and start my business. "
Anya still tried for a few minutes after that to convince him, repeating several times that neither the power nor the stats of the Player were important for this Ordeal. Obviously, she could not describe the Ordeal in detail, the Oracle forbade it.
She couldn't even tell whether it was a survival test requiring fighting or a battle of wits focusing on brainpower.In the end, apart from the fact that the Ordeal was short, he didn't get any concrete information. Besides...
