Chapter 35: The Trial of the Goddess

The Tower of Babel originated during the reign of Empress Aria, when there was a catastrophe that could almost be regarded as extinction in the Frozen Snow Domain, and the Ice and Snow Clan was left with a population of tens of thousands due to the sudden drop in temperature in the Frozen Snow Region and the sudden and violent attack of the Monsters.

Just as the remaining more than 1,000 people were forced to a corner between the mountains by many demonic beasts, as if they were powerless to return to the sky, a towering tower that pierced the sky was like a giant's foot and stomped on the very center of the four mountains. The two closest peaks to the tower were torn apart by the impact of the tower's sudden landing.

As for those little penguin kings, white snowmen, snow wolves and other magical beasts, they have long been frightened by this earth-shattering impact and coercion, and it is precisely because of the arrival of this heavenly tower that the ice and snow clan who survived in the frozen snow region during the Alia period were saved.

The Ice and Snow Clan, who were far away from the tower, were less affected, but they could still know that the builders of this tower had gone beyond the limits of manpower, and that the kind of beings that had transcended the limits of humans could no longer be called humans, they were called gods by all beings!

There are only three beings that can be called gods in MapleStory from ancient times to the present, the goddess of time who is in charge of the temple of time - Lenna, the world tree that supports the foundation of the world and symbolizes peace - Alyssa, and the last one is said to be the goddess who created the entire adventure world - Irene.

According to the analysis of historical documents handed down by the Ice and Snow Clan, it is very likely that the god who shot down this sky-high tower from the endless sky is the goddess of time, Lenna.

Goddess Lenna has sent an oracle to the Ice Clan: those who can climb to the top of this towering tower will be able to save the entire race.

The remnants of the Ice and Snow Clan enthusiastically signed up with the Patriarch to participate in the Goddess's Trial, but considering that the entire population was small and there were mostly old people and children, the Patriarch of the Ice and Snow Clan selected twenty strong and powerful warriors from among the young men who had never been injured to climb the tower.

However, because the ladder had no handrails or guardrails, and the foothold was narrow, the twenty young men fell one by one in less than three days.

Just when the Ice and Snow Clan was in a desperate situation, an eighteen-year-old girl named Femia walked towards the ladder of the Heavenly Tower without saying a word.

By the time the people noticed that she was gone, she had already ascended the road to heaven

A day, two days, seven days passed, and everyone thought that Femiah was already dead.

Suddenly!! An ice-clear spiral staircase appeared in front of people! I saw a person slowly walking down the spiral staircase made of ice to the top of the tower, and when people saw his face clearly, they were surprised to find that she was Femia, who had climbed the ladder without saying a word seven days ago!

Femiaya led her people along the path of ice, and when they reached the top of the tower, they saw a city floating in the air

What happened next may be guessed by everyone, the White Feather Clan, who lived in the Fairy Clan of Sky City, helped the entire Ice and Snow Clan and taught the Ice and Snow Clan's cultivation methods of fighting spirit and magic.

The Ice and Snow Clan, who returned to the Frozen Snow Domain, gradually developed under the leadership of Femia, and soon after, the Ice and Snow Clan not only recovered their vitality, but also established a kingdom of ice and snow in this ice and snow abyss!

And because she passed the trial of the goddess and saved the entire race, Femia was revered as the goddess of ice and snow by the ice and snow clan after her death.

Even today, more than a thousand years later, maybe a family in the Ice and Snow Village can still see a statue of a goddess full of cracks.

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When the eldest brother of the guard finished telling the story of the legend of Babel with great enthusiasm, he found that the little ghost who was listening to his story with big eyes and curiosity actually fell asleep?

What the hell! Isn't it in vain that I have worked so hard for so long!?

Although Rouse was very disobedient to Nebula, and only listened to half of the story he told, when he saw Nebula lying on the cold floor of the Tower of Babel, he still kindly moved Nebula to his side and gently covered Nebula with the thin blanket that covered him.

In fact, this can't be blamed on Nebula, Nebula likes to listen to other people's stories the most, when he was five or six years old, Nebula had to listen to Gao Xiu's stories every day to be able to fall asleep, Aunt Dimy and Uncle Iris often told Nebula some strange things, for Nebula, this is almost the same as a story. But this Rolls told it too long, and he wanted to tell the whole story that others could tell in three or five sentences, and when he talked about it, he even had immersive strokes and all kinds of strange movements. If Rouse had been a teacher, perhaps after only ten minutes of speaking, nine out of ten students would have fallen asleep, and the rest would have been half-asleep like Nebula, who wanted to listen to the story and hated it for too long—that is, hazy

The next day, the illumination magic array of the Ice and Snow Village rose on time, and even though it was far away from the Ice and Snow Village, Nebula still felt a trace of warmth from the light!

Odd! How can you have a blanket on your body? Nebula stared at the blanket in his hand for a moment.

Then he understood when he saw Rolls curled up against the wall!

Looking at Rouse, whose face was white from the cold, Nebula felt indescribably moved and guilty. In fact, he is not afraid of any cold at all, even if he lets himself strip naked and lie in the snow all day, he should be fine, but then Laus is different.

This coarse cloth blanket was obviously something he brought himself, but in order to keep himself from freezing, he was frozen and turned pale.

Nebula slowly draped the cloth blanket in his hand over Law, then whispered a thank you before turning around and walking towards the ladder.

But when Nebula was just about to step on the ladder, he found that it seemed that the ladder on this floor was more or less covered with snow, probably because of the fan-shaped stone windows everywhere on the Tower of Babel!

Nebula stepped on the snow-covered ladder and found that it was easier for him to climb up with snow, and the purpose of snowshoes was not to walk on the snow.

But Nebula didn't think that the reason why he felt the snow was stable was because his feet were too small! If an adult were to climb the ladders the width of an adult's palm in snowshoes, the second step would be too much pressure on the snow and the snow would slide down with your feet.

The nebula with relatively small shoes is different, and climbing this snow-filled ladder can be regarded as calm and firm, not to mention walking on the ground.

Nebula walked cautiously upwards step by step, and now he had walked half of the first layer, although it was only twenty meters high, only one-fortieth of the total height, but this was already life-threatening for Nebula.

If you are a level 30 elemental mage or a level 30 warrior, flying warrior or other professions, you don't have to worry too much about this.

Level 30 elemental mages have teleportation, warriors have flying leaves, and flying heroes have double jumps, even if they accidentally fall from a high altitude, with these skills, they can easily save themselves.

But now Nebula is only a tenth-level magic apprentice, not to mention teleportation, even the magic shield is still only a twisted and twisted nascent state, if the Nebula falls from this twenty-meter height, even if it has a magic shield, it is impossible to be harmless.

Finally! Nebula finally reached the top of the first layer, and when it reached the top of the first layer, the nebula breathed a sigh of relief. Because this is a small floating platform, with an area of one square meter.

There was a wooden ladder near the platform, and it seemed that you could go up to the second floor.

Nebula rested for a while and then immediately climbed upwards, and it didn't take long for Nebula to climb up the wooden ladder to the second floor.

In fact, it is said that the second floor of the Tower of Babel is actually a small floating platform, but it is slightly larger than the small platform at the top of the first floor.

If you really fall from the height of the second floor, the chance of being able to hit this platform is less than 1 in 10, and it is more likely to fall directly to the first floor.

Nebula took a deep breath and continued to climb to the third level

Eventually, when I climbed to the sixth floor, the snow on the ladder gradually decreased, but because of the decrease in snow, the ladder became more cold and slippery.

Several times Nebula almost slipped and lay between the two stairs with his hands and feet, which is also some of the tips that Nebula found to prevent falling!

At this time, it was already past noon, and Nebula was already hungry, but since the floating platform on the sixth floor was relatively close to a fan-shaped stone window, in order to prevent accidents, Nebula planned to eat on the platform at the bottom of the seventh layer when he climbed to the seventh floor.

Just as Nebula struggled to the middle of the sixth layer, a violent cold wind suddenly blew!

Nebula immediately leaned over the two stairs again, only this time Nebula was no longer so lucky to escape, but was blown back several steps by the violent hurricane, and now Nebula was at the very edge of the six-story staircase, behind which was a fan-shaped stone window, and if Nebula was blown backwards again, maybe it would be blown out of the Tower of Babel.

Nebula, of course, also understands his own situation, so when it is blown to the very edge of the ladder, Nebula clings to the ladder with his hands staggered, and his chin is firmly nailed to this ladder.

Even though his body was blown up by the wind, Nebula's head and arms were motionless and clasped the last staircase, like an octopus clinging to the staircase tightly, no matter whether it was rough or turbulent.

Finally, ten minutes later, the fierce wind finally stopped, and Nebula involuntarily sighed deeply.

If this hurricane blows a little longer, the Nebula, which is physically exhausted, is likely to fall out of the Tower of Babel and fall from a height of 2,400 meters, even if the Nebula has a magic shield, it will definitely die.

Nebula was about to continue climbing upwards after relieving his breath when he didn't know what Nebula had discovered, and Nebula's face quickly became unsightly.

It had been nearly a minute since the hurricane blew through, but Nebula still clung to the stairs as if there was still a strong wind.

In fact, it's not that Nebula doesn't want to move, it's that Nebula can't move now! Due to the violent hurricane just now, Nebula's hands had already been pulled in pain, and now he couldn't use any strength at all.

What to do? Can we only maintain this state and wait for others to rescue?

No! When pigs fly! Although it is said that the number of caravans passing through the Tower of Babel will increase after the magic golem disappears, how can he gamble his life on such a slim possibility?

If you want to survive, you have to rely on yourself!!