Karl could feel the strange energy which consumed his entire soul, dissipating while revealing a mending soul of him. The small soul particles gathered up and began to build up at a rapid pace. He could feel the almost unbearable pain starting to vanish away making him feel comfortable.
The strange energy started to circulate around his soul. After a few minutes, his soul regained its previous status with much more quality than his previous soul. Suddenly, the circulating energy fog began to be absorbed into his soul making him feel more comfortable and peaceful.
Finally, that strange energy and his soul became one.
***
The old man who was at the shore of the lake, was observing every moment of Karl. It had been 7 days since he arrived and started meditating on the pedestal. In all those passed days, he never left the lake as he got to see Karl's unimaginable courage and patience. He was surprised that he could bear the pain of being electrocuted continuously by the lightning which crashed down from the heavens.
A glimpse of hope began to appear in his mind. He knew how hard it was to endure the feeling of his soul being scattered into pieces and rebuilding again. He had also tried his luck on that pedestal only to run away after lasting for a day there. He wished even his enemies would not feel that kind of pain.
After suffering from its backlash for almost 200 years, he decided to let go of his Divine attribute of Magic. It was very much painful for him to just give up like that, but he had no choice either.
Suddenly, a glimpse of movement of Karl caught his attention. He could sense his vital signs rising at a rapid pace, which was previously in a condition that even he couldn't almost sense.
Earlier, he saw all those expressions on Karl's face, which made him sure that he was suffering from ugly dreams and reality manipulations. That's why surviving from the Pedestal of Magic's tests was almost impossible even for the ones in the divine plane. Also, that's the reason he decided to give up on that.
' So, he is also giving up?' He asked himself.
No one knew how long the test of the pedestal of Magic could last. Because no one in history hasn't passed the test. There were thousands of beings who tried their luck on that pedestal only to be dead by the burning electricity from the heavens.
At the same time, Karl abruptly opened his eyes. His eyes glittered with blinding purple light. An oppressive aura burst out from him breaking the billions of years of calmness of the water in the lake. Waves started to originate around him. The wind flowed so fast that anyone could hear the hooting and whooshing of it.
The old man's mouth was opened in surprise.
' It's as the ancient books say. Purple energy, oppressive aura, turbulent water of the lake! He did it! Oh good lord, he did it!'
A golden shaft of light appeared by the right side of him and it disappeared revealing a purplish gold robust 3 metre long trident. Waves of divine power burst out from it.
Karl turned his purple eyes towards the face of the old man at the shore whose smile had been replaced by pure shock.
' So, he is surprised huh?'
" Ding..
Congratulations to the host for surviving the trials of the Pedestal of Magic.
Hidden objective completed.
Rewards:-
Divinity of Sex unlocked:- God King level
Divinity of Lust unlocked:- God King level
+5000 universal points."
" Ding..
The host has failed to complete today's challenges.
In penalty, no daily challenges will be granted for a week.
Penalty time left:- 6d 14h 56min"
" Ah shit, I forgot my daily challenges. Wait! How much time did I spend here? A day? It's a fucking day!"
He stood up quickly and appeared in front of the old man.
" Old man, how much time did I spend here?"
The still-shocked elderly continued to look at Karl with a gaping mouth. He couldn't digest the scene he just saw.
" You-you you passed the trials of the Pedestal of Magic?"
" Yeah. What's the problem?"
" What's the problem, you ask? How did you do that? Even I couldn't make it! What's your secret?"
" How did I do that? My secret? Huh?"
" Yeah."
" But I didn't do anything. I just tried hard because I felt something I needed to watch and experience was out there, almost at the distance of my hand. I just kept going! That's all I did there. That's no secret right? Courage gives strength to overcome challenges. You also know that right?"
" Huh?"
" Alright, it doesn't matter! Just tell me how much time I spent here."
" 7 days"
" Sev-seven days? Was it not a day?" Now it was the chance for Karl to be surprised.
" Yeah, one day on the physical plane where you are living now. In the spiritual plane, it's seven days."
" Spiritual plane?"
" Yes, only one's soul can enter the Azure Bay. Your physical body is still in that mortal world."
" So, this isn't real?"
" No, it's real and at the same time, it's not. Real because this place actually prevails from the beginning of the universe. Not real because no one can find or pinpoint where this place is located."
" Huh? Why is everything so complicated here? Mommy I miss you! Please take me home!"
The old man became so confused from this sudden action of Karl. A moment ago, he was fighting the world's worst pain that any living person could feel, yet he never cried like now! What the fuck?
" Papa take me home, I'm scared!" Karl continued while clenching the old man's hand.
" Old man, now it's time for you to send me home! I have left my innocent girls there alone. I'm sure they are worrying to death by now." Karl's voice became rough indicating he had become himself again.
' Huh? Is this boy bipolar or something? Oh, now I get it! Only people with mental diseases can pass those insanely difficult trials. Yeah, that should be. No one in their right mind can put up with those sufferings.'
The 7 billion old elderly's high IQ level was acting at that time.
Again a gentle smile appeared on his face.
" Hmm, you can leave here on your own. I can't send you away because I'm not the one who brought you here."
" Huh? You say you didn't bring me here?"
" Yes."
" Then tell me how can I leave here?"
" Imagine something that can please your mind very much. If that imagination can supply enough energy your soul can leave here. If it's not you will be stuck. So, better imagine something that can make you completely forget the whole world around you."
" Huh? Imagine something powerful enough to leave here?"
" Yes."
Karl tried imagining him running on a beach with shorts, driving a Ford Mustang on a race track, riding a Ducati Superleggera, skydiving, boat riding and all sorts of things but it didn't work. He even tried imagining him pooping after holding it for a long time but to his dismay even it didn't work.
All this time, the old man kept observing him while saying " That's not enough. That's not enough either. You have to try more than this!"
Finally, he got a fascinating idea and he was sure that was gonna work.
' How could I forget that! Fuck, I wasted time here.'
He imagined him in an orgy with all the women he had contacted. These women were Rowanna, Erena, Rene and the Loli princess Abigail. He imagined his balls, dick, nipples and mouth being ravaged by the aforementioned women respectively with no clothes barring them from contacting each other's skin. Oh, damn he forgot Marina. Fuck you, author. You did that again.
Disappointed Karl imagined Marina kissing his neck while groping his butt with both her hands. His fingers and tongue were in various types of holes making him feel as if he was in the heavens.
Meanwhile from the old man's POV.
He could see Karl with closed eyes and after some time he sensed his heartbeat speeding up and his breathing becoming unsteady.
" Huh? What's going on?"
An immense amount of divine spiritual energy began to surround him at a rapid pace. The surroundings became turbulent and the sky darkened with grey clouds. Wind began to flow at a speed of 100 miles per hour.
" What the fuck! So much spiritual energy? Hey, brat stop that you are destroying this island. STOP!" He roared.
But Karl was so much buried in his imagination that he couldn't feel anything happening around him!
The old man looked at Karl and observed the changes in his soul. He could see something strange was there in his crotch area. It didn't take much time to understand what he had been imagining, for the old man.
" What the fuck? How can a soul have this kind of thing?"
He could see golden divine energy swirling around Karl's rod. The rod was absorbing divine energy constantly at a rapid pace.
In the next moment, a blinding light erupted from his soul and when the light disappeared he was gone.
" Yeah, he absolutely has mental illnesses."