‘A little stronger.’

Draw up your mana.

Release the Aether and unleash the flames!

Not enough.

A powerful strike alone wasn’t enough.

Karian is a Divine Beast.

Even if it’s a trial and he’s controlling his power, he’s still a Divine Beast who can fight even Constellations.

Whoosh.

No need to look back.

Now that it’s come to this, this is the end.

She made the flames even stronger.

Flames that could easily swallow a mountain whole if done right.

‘The condition for victory is a wound.’

No need to kill him.

Just need to inflict a wound.

That’s why she thought this was the end and drew up all the strength she had.

With this much, could she compare to Veronica?

‘Divine Flame.’

Attribute added.

She added the holy attribute to the Aether that was just flame.

Then, the flame that was a deep red color turned into a white, ultra-high-temperature flame.

“This is the end!!!”

Crackle.

She left a large gash on Karian’s chest.

With that, Ha-yeon was thrown backward and sprawled on the floor.

But Karian didn’t attack anymore.

Because the trial was complete.

-Amazing, Trial-taker. It’s been 500 years since the last person who became the master after enduring the trials of the three Divine Beasts died.

As he attached the scattered ice and the Divine Beast’s subordinates to his chest, the wound healed and returned to its original state.

Kaede also sheathed her sword and looked at Karian.

-She has depleted all her mana. She will wake up tomorrow, so don’t worry.

With those words, Karian plucked an ice feather from his wing.

-Give this to her when she wakes up.

“Yes….”

With those words, Karian disappeared.

Kaede is said to have taken Ha-yeon back to the World Tree alone.

She got lost on the way and messed around.

“Not another fainting spell…..”

Ha-yeon woke up not long after.

Doesn’t it seem like every time she does something big, she ends up fainting at the end?

Well, she woke up a little faster this time.

“You’re awake.”

A voice was heard from the side.

When she turned her head, she saw the World Tree, crossing her legs and looking at Ha-yeon with a somewhat sulky expression.

“Your mana has recovered to some extent, so heal your external wounds with the healing skill you have… Well, most of it has been healed, but just in case.”

As the World Tree said, she used Super Regeneration with the mana that had recovered a little less than half.

Then, her energy returned and the slight pain disappeared.

“You finished too quickly.”

“Pardon?”

“You cleared the trials too quickly.”

It was as she said.

Encountering the Divine Beast, receiving the trials, and clearing the trials.

All of that combined took only about 3 hours.

But why is that a problem?

“Don’t overdo it.”

If she had dragged it out into a long battle, she might not have fainted.

But Ha-yeon stubbornly bet everything on one chance and finished it quickly.

Come to think of it, most of her previous fights were like that.

Most of them ended a little too quickly.

Even this time, if she had dragged it out a little longer, she would have tried to use Dragonification with almost no mana left.

“Take care of yourself. If you get hurt…..”

If you die, the world of stars will really be turned upside down.

The World Tree swallowed the rest of her words, thought for a moment, and then snapped her fingers.

Then, an ice feather about the length of Ha-yeon’s arm appeared in the air.

“This is a gift from Karian. From what I can see, he wants you to make it into a sword and use it…. Do you have a high-ranking blacksmith among your acquaintances?”

“No….”

She could find one if she wanted to, but it would be a little difficult.

Ha Seon-woo is probably an adult by now and actively working… Would he have the skills to forge that?

“If you really don’t have anyone, I’ll make it for you here. Come find me when you have time.”

With those words, the World Tree put the ice feather back into the interdimensional space.

‘An unexpected gain.’

Ha-yeon has released three Aethers so far.

The first Aether she released was the Thunderclap Aether.

And then the Hongyeom Aether she released next.

Finally, the Snowfield Aether she released most recently.

The first two have the Thunderclap Sword and the Divine Flame Sword as auxiliary swords, but Snowfield doesn’t have one.

She doesn’t really need it, but there’s such a thing as matching, right?

And anyone can see that the sword made from that feather is an ice attribute.

“Well, that’s the end of this… Oh, by the way, I heard that the kid named Kaede has returned to her original world.”

“Oh, she’s finally back.”

It’s been a really long time since she’s returned.

The World Tree said to Ha-yeon, who was thinking that.

“You have completed all the trials of the World Tree.”

“I’ve completed them, but… I don’t feel like anything has changed.”

[You have cleared all the trials of the Divine Beasts!]

[You have increased the level of connection to a certain level. Your Hunter ranking has risen from 17 to 11.]

The System window that popped up after clearing Karian’s trial.

Except for that, there was no sign that she had cleared the trials.

“Why isn’t there anything? Look at the back of your hand.”

With those words, the World Tree pointed to Ha-yeon’s hand.

With a question mark in her mind, she turned her hand over.

Then, what she saw was a green pattern.

Above was a giant bird, on the left was a turtle, and on the right was a nine-tailed fox looking at the circle in the center.

Just like the Divine Beasts.

The moment she saw it, Ha-yeon realized that it was a sign of the trials.

“Since the last master of the Divine Beasts died 500 years ago, I don’t remember very well, but… If you infuse that pattern with power, you will probably be able to summon the Divine Beasts.”

[The Constellation, ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash,’ advises that it’s not good to overuse your power from the beginning.]

[The Constellation, ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash,’ says that if you use it excessively, you will suffer from much more severe aftereffects than the mana depletion you had this time.]

Listening to the words of the Constellations, it seems that it takes an enormous amount of mana to summon the Divine Beasts.

Even if she just stays still without fighting, she can only summon two at most, so it’s better to summon only one if she wants to fight together directly.

Ha-yeon nodded at those words, got up from the wooden bed she was lying on, and grabbed the sword next to her.

Because there was no reason for her to stay here any longer.

“I’ll be going now.”

The World Tree saw Ha-yeon off without saying a word.

“…More than that, 11th place.”

She just passed it by earlier, but this is not something to just think about.

‘It’s right below the World Master.’

Within the top 10.

If you’re not a World Master, you can’t stop me.

That’s the extent of the Divine Beast’s power.

The power that allows you to confront even Constellations!

‘Besides, 10th place is vacant.’

To be honest, I still can’t believe it.

Me?

I, who was just a low-level member of the Korean Association a mere 3 years ago, am the strongest if you’re not a World Master?

No way.

That’s what I think.

Of course, I’ve felt my own power over the past 3 years, but this is on a different level.

[The Constellation, ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash,’ says that if you train your mana a little more and can summon more Divine Beasts, it won’t be difficult to be in the top 10.]

[The Constellation, ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash,’ advises that it doesn’t seem like it will be long before that happens.]

But on top of that, it won’t be long before I reach the position of World Master!

Does that make sense!

“Well… I’ll probably realize it soon.”

Ha-yeon, who laughed emptily, put her hands in her pockets and left the Elf Forest.

Not long after, she returned to Korea and went straight home, but she was called by Jin Ha-jeong not long after.

Of course, she didn’t dislike it.

Anyway, Ha-yeon, who visited the Association President’s office for the first time in a while, encountered Jin Ha-jeong, who was shining with the sunset light shining from the window behind her.

‘…..’

The sight was so mysterious that she turned her head away for no reason and sat down in a chair.

“Why did you call me?”

At Ha-yeon’s words, Ha-jeong smiled softly and floated a piece of paper with the wind and handed it to her.

“What’s this?”

“Read it, it’s from Grandpa.”

“Raven-nim?”

After meeting during the SS-class gate a long time ago, they had been interacting a little, even though he was scary.

That’s why it’s been quite comfortable lately.

When she tore open the letter stamped with the Reynolds family crest that she received from him, she saw the contents.

More than that, Raven-nim is quite old-fashioned….

Doesn’t everyone send them by phone these days?

“Let’s see….”

First of all, the content was really long.

Really long.

This was the first time she had seen someone write such a long essay.

A4 paper was filled with small letters.

Still, if she reduced it a lot and summarized only the main points.

1. Introduction… Well, it was just a greeting, just asking how she was doing, if the aftereffects of the last incident were okay, etc.

2. From here, it gets deeper.

The content was an invitation to the Reynolds family.

But it wasn’t ordinary.

“What’s it about?”

Jin Ha-jeong also didn’t know the content and asked with a curious look. Ha-yeon put down the letter and said.

“He’s inviting me…?”

“Inviting you? Where? To Reynolds-nim’s family? If that’s the case, there’s no need to worry, it’s quite good there….”

“It’s not that ordinary, it’s a ‘banquet invitation’!”

The two became quiet at those words.

That’s because a banquet invitation?

A banquet invitation that I expected to have nothing to do with my life.

A situation that would only come out in romance fantasy or fantasy set in the medieval era!

And that’s from the Reynolds family, the highest-ranking family and unconditionally at the top in terms of power.

‘I’ve heard that the Reynolds family focuses on the culture of the past….’

Still, isn’t this a bit too much?

Ha-yeon was sinking while thinking that.