While Rapt was still sleeping, the trio of nature gods had stopped their bickering and were talking about how to proceed in raising Rapt for the next year. "Have you decided which planet you planned to send him to?" asked Cherish. She was the oldest god based on time as a godly being.
"Yes, I was sending him to Ambu" Bados replied.
"At least he chose a fairly new planet", Teka said.
"Have you given him the procedure, Bados?" Cherish followed up with a question.
"Cher-Cher he's only about a week and a half old, I'm surprised he survived his mind being stuffed with an entire language without becoming comatose. Bados probably didn't even think about the ramifications of that."
"I saved him once from dying a young death. If he died from something like that then maybe his death was inevitable" said Bados.
"I personally don't think his body can take the strain that will happen during the immersion."
"Good thing Rapt isn't your blessed, he's mine and he's strong than you think. Though I do agree that he should get stronger before the process."
After speaking his mind Bados walked away ending the conversation. This pissed off Cherish who looked at Teka. Cherish said to Teka," Hey, Teka I think we could help speed things up without putting Rapt in danger."
"Hmmmm, how Cher-Cher?"
"We can use our oldest and strongest blessed to give him a crash course."
"That sound like it could work. Let's summon out blessed from Ambu that fit the needs of this situation."
With a plan decided on the two summoned their strongest and eldest blessed from Ambu. In an instant, a regal-looking fairy with silver hair, a sleek green dress and a tiny crown floating above her head and a strange humanoid tree with green skin, small branches on the elbow and knees, and a crown on his head just like the fairy.
""Greetings My Lord"" both of the blessed said to their corresponding gods before turning to the other god in front of them.
"Greetings Lord Cherish", said the tree, while the fairy said," Greetings Lord Teka".
To which both goddesses gave a nod to the two in front of them. Cherish and Teka took the time to explain the reason why they were called here.
"So, we are here to fuel Growth for a new Blessed until mana immersion is possible, Lord Teka," said the fairy
"Yes, Vanessa"
"My lord, why must I waste time this new blessed. That's too weak to handle immersion", said the tree.
"Trench, do I need to reeducate again. Even in your old age, you still act like a child", Teka said slowly released her godly aura on Trench forcing him to kneel in front of her.
"No, My Lord", as Trench shivered as he remembered the punishment that Teka put him through.
"After your done training Rapt, I'll decide on how long your punishment will last based on your performance."
Unbeknownst to Teka, as she released her aura on Trench.
"Teka reign in your aura. Rapt is extremely sensitive towards our aura. It's something I think comes from when he was revived." Bados said as he reappeared.
Pulling up a screen that showed rapt waking up startled by her aura. He was rushing through the forest blindly running away from the direction of the aura.
Teka finally reigned in her aura before turning to Bados and asking for the reason behind this sensitivity. He shrugged as he didn't necessarily know why Rapt could feel their godly auras. Even though he could tolerate when the held back their auras. When they didn't it would shock Rapt into a primal need to flee. Even if he wasn't the target of the aura. Rapt's sensitivity was slowly growing stronger as he spent time in this domain. This would unknowingly cause many problems in the future.
They eventually went back to talking about training Rapt again. Leaving Rapt to wondering just how strong the gods were. He couldn't fathom that level of power. Going back to his home, he thought that just maybe he could reach that level of power one day. This one thought started a process in rapt as he felt his first strong aspiration. He made it home still thinking about the power he felt exploding from one the gods. What he didn't know was that the aura he felt wasn't anywhere close to the peak.
Rapt went back to sleep to wake up hours later when felt Bados making his way towards him. He approached and told Rapt to follow him, leading him to a different part of the domain. This part had chairs surrounding a table at which the trio would holding meetings at.
"Rapt stand behind me like the two other blessed during this discussion until called on to come further. Do not speak unless spoken to, okay?" Bados said to Rapt.
"Yes."
"That's yes lord Bados, you insignificant weakling." Trench said, earning a look promising punishment from Teka.
"Like Trench said, quite rudely I might add, you should address me as Lord Bados. I am your God after all."
"Yes, Lord Bados" Rapt said.
"To get straight to the point, you're going to go through 4 trials. Each trial will have an observer that will determine whether or not you passed the trial. The first being a trial of strength, you will have to prove that you have the strength to carry my blessing. The second is the trial of battle, you must fight for everything you want and to be able to keep it. The third is the trial of character, do you know who you are. The fourth being the Trial of desire, what is it you truly desire and what are you willing to give for them. Any question, Rapt?" Cherish said.
"Yes, my Lord. When does it start?"
"Now" Teka said as teleported in next to Rapt. "I'm the observer for your first trial."
Bados said," These trials do not have a set time limit. It is up to you how long it Takes to complete.
After those words, Teka teleported again back to the edge of the forest with Rapt. "The trial of strength will put your Physical strength as well as your mental strength to the test. Your goal is to make it to my location in the forest and I will use my aura to guide you. Don't worry I'll start your off with 10% of my aura. The closer you get the higher I will increase my output. Any question?"
"How far of a distance will you be from here?"
"Sorry, little guy. Can't tell you as not knowing will ruin the trial. Anything else?"
"Will there still be scorpions and dragonflies?"
"Yes, but they will be bigger than the normal ones." With that said Teka disappeared as she teleported away from Rapt. He then felt her aura exploded. Though weaker than the previous aura, he still instinctively ran until he was slight 10 meters from the start point. Rapt didn't know what to do as he sat there being battered by her aura.
An hour passed with Rapt still stuck in that spot, pacing back and further. After 2 more hours Rapt started to feel hunger and thirst making him think about how far he was from the lake contained in the forest. In total he had found five different lakes with the closest being more than 30 meters away. 6 hours flew by with rapt not taking a single step forward since whenever he tried his instincts would stop him on the spot.
Those attempts fueled his disdain at his on weakness as he would die of starvation and dehydration, if this continued. After another 4 hours passed, Rapt final mustered the mental fortitude to take a single step forward as the hunger and thirst started to become overbearing. 'Progress. I can overcome this. 'Were his thoughts as he took his next step. Slowly, he made his way towards the lake noticing that the aura increased at the 20-meter range stopping in his tracks. It had taken him a full day and a half to transverse meters.
At the 20-meter mark Rapt decided to sleep as the time spent awake and the hunger was becoming unbearable. Waking up he felt better since the sleep help ease the hunger and thirst as well as the exhaustion. When he went to take the next step, he noticed that he felt less pressure as he had before going to sleep. it was the same