On reaching the bottom at his Two Thousandth dive.
A bright light shines, enveloping him and the whole river.
"DOOM..."
WIS lands in another layer.
He stands up and looks around, but all he could see was a stretch of circular white pillars in front of him.
The pillars formed a path with no ending.
WIS looks to his left and to his right.
There was nothing, only a lake of green magma spread around the pillars stretching beyond the horizon to the left and to the right.
Behind him were more pillars. Each pillar, Ten Thousand FRIS apart.
"DOOM"
A pillar was crushed into the magma lake by a mallet, 5 pillars behind him.
At once, WIS who had been studying multiple GOD REALMS and layers for billions of PIONS could tell where he was.
It was "MALLET OF TRUTH". A layer within HOUSE OF THE JUST, which brought questions to whoever JUSTICE throws in it.
A layer that stretches till eternity, with no end. Only one god could let you out and that was JUSTICE, if you are able to answer 20 questions truthfully.
WIS pissed at the fact that the white light which had enveloped him earlier, wasn't to take him directly to the layer JUSTICE is in but to a completely different layer away from JUSTICE, had just one thought. "Why did I come here again?"
"DOOM"
Another pillar behind him was gone.
Immediately he jumps to the pillar ahead of him.
"PING".
A question written in white texts appears.
It reads, "HOW MANY GOD REALMS HAVE YOU MAPPED OUT IN THE PAST 2 BILLION YEARS?".
Being in HOUSE OF THE JUST, meant it was impossible to lie as JUSTICE'S PASSIVE covers his whole REALM.
But, this layer was the only one of all the infinite layers within HOUSE OF THE JUST that he had purposely excluded from the effects of his PASSIVE.
Why? For obvious reasons of letting his victims, the other gods who may find themselves in this layer for one thing or the other, have the free will to answer truthfully and move to freedom or lie and head to their doom.
WIS who knew this very well, could tell this question was a test from JUSTICE to see if WIS excluding him from the meeting was because he planned on lying to the other gods.
Of course this meant other questions relating to the other GODS OF SOMETHING TO COME were sure to come.
He frowned and answered. "136,758,260,450,000,000,000 layers from Three Hundred Billion GOD REALMS"
"DING... DING".
The mallet behind him stopped at two pillars before where he once was.
Light shone on five pillars ahead of him.
Meaning he had answered truthfully.
In annoyance he quickly jumps over all four pillars ahead of him to land on the fifth and...
"DOOM... DOOM.... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM.. DOOM..."
All six pillars behind him where smashed. Meaning he was closer to his doom than he expected.
And he could tell why.
~{HELLO MY MORTAL FRIENDS.
I DECIDED TO TAG ALONG WITH WIS, SINCE GOM GOM IS STILL PREPARING THE GATES TO EVERY GOD REALM ON HIS DELIVERY ORB.
SHOULD I EXPLAIN THAT NOW OR NAHH?
ANYWAYS, WIS WAS DEFINITELY THE BEST PERSON TO TAG ALONG WITH.
DIDN'T EXPECT JUSTICE TO BE THIS HARSH ON HIS OLD PAL.
WHAT'S WORSE IS HE ACTUALLY GOT AN INVITATION INTO HOUSE OF THE JUST..
BUT GUESS JUSTICE DEEMED IT UNJUST TO NOT TEST WIS BEFORE HAVING HIM IN HIS PRESENCE.
SOUR LUCK I TELL YOU, VERY SOUR LUCK.
REEKS OF THE GOD OF BAD LUCK.
HOUSE OF THE JUST LIKE I SAID EARLIER IS A BEAUTIFUL AND ORDERLY REALM.
AND MY OH MY IS IT BEAUTIFULLY WICKED TO THOSE JUSTICE HAS ON HIS CHECK LIST.
THE LAYER WIS IS CURRENTLY IN IS CALLED MALLET OF TRUTH.
LET ME DO A QUICK EXPLANATION ON WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
WHEN TRANSPORTED INTO THE MALLET OF TRUTH LAYER.
ONE LANDS ON A PILLAR.
SINCE THE PILLARS ARE LITERALLY INFINITE, ANYWHERE IS THE STARTING POINT.
THEY ARE SIMPLE RULES TO HOW THIS LAYER WORKS.
UNLIKE LAW AND ORDER WHERE YOU CAN'T DISOBEY BECAUSE OF THE INFLUENCE OF JUSTICE'S PASSIVE... ACT OF A JUST.
HERE IN MALLET OF TRUTH, YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ACTUALLY UNRIGHTEOUS.
YOU CAN TELL A LIE.
BUT THAT'S AT YOUR OWN RISK.
THE RULES ARE SIMPLE.
THE MOMENT YOU LAND ON THE PILLAR IN FRONT OF YOUR ORIGINAL LANDING, THE TRUTH QUESTIONS BEGIN ROLLING IN.
BY THE WAY FLOATING, FLYING, TELEPORTING AND ANYTHING THE ONE WHO'S OMNIPOTENT DEEMS AS UNJUST THAT ISN'T YOUR FREE WILL TO LIE OR SPEAK THE TRUTH ISN'T ALLOWED, SO GOOD LUCK JUMPING LIKE A GOD. HAHA.
NOW ON THE ACTUAL STARTING POINT, WHEN A QUESTION APPEARS, ANSWERING IT TRUTHFULLY SHINES LIGHT ON FIVE PILLARS AHEAD OF YOU.
MEANING YOU CAN MOVE FIVE PILLARS FORWARD.
WHICH INTERPRETS TO, YOU NOW HAVE FIVE EXTRA LIVES.
THE MALLET STOPS WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND DOESN'T CONTINUE UNTIL YOU ANSWER THE NEXT QUESTION.
IF YOU ANSWER TRUTHFULLY TOO, IT WILL REMAIN WHEREVER IT STOPPED.
WHILE ANSWERING YOUR SECOND QUESTION TRUTHFULLY SHINES LIGHT ON TEN PILLARS.
MEANING YOU NOW HAVE FIFTEEN EXTRA LIVES.
AS LONG AS YOU KEEP ANSWERING THE REMAINING QUESTIONS TRUTHFULLY, YOU'LL GET AN ADDITIONAL FIVE PILLARS TO THE NUMBER YOU GOT PREVIOUSLY.
ALSO INCREASING YOUR LIVES.
NOW THERE'S A CATCH.
FOR EVERY GOD IR THING THROWN INTO THIS LAYER, THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ONE GETS IS DEPENDENT ON HOW JUST YOU ARE.
SO TRY TO BE PURE OR AT LEAST GOOD WHEN FALLING INTO THIS LAYER.
SINCE JUMPING IS THE ONLY WAY TO MOVE TO THE NEXT PILLAR.
JUMPING OVER A PILLAR IN OTHER TO MOVE AHEAD FASTER LIKE WIS IS CALLED CUTTING THE LINE.
WHICH IS UNJUST.
HENCE THE SITUATION WIS CURRENTLY IS IN, EVERY SINGLE PILLAR BEHIND YOU WILL BE SMASHED INTO THE GREEN MAGMA LAKE, FOR TRYING TO CHEAT.
AT THIS POINT, YOU HAVE ONE LIFE. AND THAT'S THE PILLAR YOU ARE ON, JUST LIKE WIS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, LYING AS AN ANSWER TO A QUESTION.
IF IT'S YOUR FIRST QUESTION.
THE MALLET WILL SKIP WHATEVER IS BEHIND YOU AND SMASH YOU INTO THE LAKE.
BUT AFTER THE FIRST QUESTION IT SMASHES THE SAME NUMBER OF PILLARS ADDED.
SO IF YOU WERE ON QUESTION NUMBER FOUR AFTER ANSWERING ONE TO THREE TRUTHFULLY, YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A TOTAL OF FIFTEEN PILLARS BEHIND YOU.
IF YOU LIE, FIVE PILLARS WILL BE SMASHED.
AFTER WHICH A NEW QUESTION WILL COME UP WITH YOU ON THE SAME SPOT.
LIE AGAIN AND ANOTHER FIVE WILL BE IN THE LAKE.
TELL A TRUTH AND IT'LL BE RECORDED AS YOUR FIRST TRUTH.
LYING CANCELS OUT EACH TRUTH YOU HAD ONCE TOLD.
MEANING YOU BEGIN ALL OVER.
HENCE LYING AT THIS POINT AGAIN EQUALS DOOM.
I HOPE THAT MADE IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND.
NOW THEN, SHALL WE HEAD BACK TO WIS WHO JUST PUT HIMSELF IN A TIGHT SPOT.
FOR THE GOD OF WISDOM AND SOMEONE WHO ALREADY KNEW EVERY SINGLE DETAIL ABOUT THIS LAYER, I MUST SAY...
THAT WAS EXTREMELY UNWISE}~
"PING".
His second question appears.
It reads, "WHY HAVE YOU BEEN PUT IN THIS WORLD?"
WIS looks behind him and above at the mallet which was now millions of FRIS above him ready to come down as fast as a bullet teleporting to It's mark.
"I was put into MALLET OF TRUTH, as a test to prepare me to speak the truth about the TOURNAMENT OF GODS".
"DING... DING"
And light shines on ten pillars ahead of him.
"Seriously JUSTICE, why do you have to do this?" WIS says to himself.
He jumps over all nine pillars ahead of him and lands on the tenth.
"DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM".
And the mallet was above him again, smashing all ten pillars behind him.
~{WOW WOW WOW WOW.
IS HE HIGH?
HOW CAN HE MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE.
WHAT IF HE HAS TO LIE ON THE NEXT QUESTION.
I KNOW HE'S TRYING TO SHORTEN HIS TIME IN HERE, BUT THAT'S WAY TO RISKY.
SPEAKING THE TRUTH IS A MUST FOR THE NEXT.
WELL THIS IS WISE BUT FOOLISH AT THE SAME TIME.
HE SURE IS SCARY BASTARD}~
"PING".
His third question appears.
"WHICH GODDESS WOULD YOU LOVE TO SPEND A PION WITH?"
"JUSTICE, are you for real". He says under his breath and laughs lightly. "THE GODDESS OF PURITY". He answers.
"DING... DING".
And 15 lights shone on the pillars ahead of him.
~{PLEASE TELL ME HE'S NOT JUMPING AGAIN.
I HONESTLY CAN'T TELL WHAT THIS FREAK IS THINKING}~
"DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM... DOOM".
And all fifteen pillars behind him were squashed into the lake.
~{HE ACTUALLY DID IT.
THIS... AGHHHHHH...
WHY AM I GETTING ANGRY.
THIS IS ACTUALLY FUN.
SEEING WIS DO SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES THE GOD OF COURAGE TO PULL OFF.
HIS WISDOM REALLY ISN'T FOR SHOW.
HE DEFINITELY PLANNED TO DO THIS THE MOMENT HE STEPPED INTO THIS LAYER.
GUESS, THAT MEANS HE WILL NOT BE LYING DOR THE NEXT...
OH YUP, TWO QUESTIONS.
GUESS JUSTICE DEEMS HIM RIGHTEOUS ENOUGH TO GET THE MINIMUM FIVE QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, SINCE WE KNOW HE'S GOING TO SAY THE TRUTH AND WILL MOST LIKELY PULL THAT OFF AGAIN, LET'S JUMP TO AFTER HE ANSWERS THE LAST QUESTION.
...
THERE.
OH... INTERESTING}~
Another bright light envelopes WIS and the pillar he stood on.
"DOOM"
He lands in another layer.
He looks around and he could tell where he was.
It was, WORLD OF BALANCE.
A layer within HOUSE OF THE JUST, filled with an infinite amount of scale blances of different sizes everywhere.
From above him to below him and all around him were golden scale balances.
"OI! DON'T YOU FREAK ME OUT LIKE THAT AGAIN..."