"Hello Deceiver" She greeted the great god in front of her.

"My fuck." Was all he said, not even putting in effort to move.

A few pokes changed that though and he swatted her hand away. It was clear that he wasn't truly angry with her because she would've likely ceased to exist if he had added a bit of force to it.

Walking over she sat in front of him, this time he at least looked up, when he did he blushed and some of the dreariness receded. Seduction success. "What do you wish, mortal?" He asked formally in an archaic tone.

"We both know that you know how modern language is used." She pointed out.

"Do I look to thee like I give a fuck?" He spoke back.

"Why are you sulking like a child?" She asked, getting straight to the point. He did ask her after all.

"My path is gone. Ruined by a naive decision I made so long ago, with a former friend I made a mortal enemy of. That's why I'm sulking, child." He counteracted.

"Tell me more, maybe I can help." She smiled at him.

There was a bit of silence, then he shrugged and from her perceptive gave it a shot. He got very serious and started explaining.

"At the beginning of the first Universe, or rather the first unit, a unit is defined as the passing of a thousand generations, Lavia the Goddess of Truth ascended, her path was clear and easy. She literally just had to always tell the truth no matter the circumstance, okay maybe from an outside perspective it's easy. A few units in I ascended.

I was known as the kind of axes. The axe god known by some. I was also known as a legendary crafter, but somewhere I got stuck on my path. At some point I was explaining it to Lavia, and this is the moment of deep regret. I lied. Rather, I told the truth, but I lied to myself so deeply, and to everyone on such a fundamental level that I believed it to be the truth.

At that point I ascended and became the great Deceiver, the dumb fuck you see before you. Go ahead slap me."

Lunetta cheekily went over and gave him a nice whack on the cheek. Sometimes pain dulled the feelings of the heart.

"Thank you, now I'm stuck on this path I jumped to at a whim for power, with no way to advance because I don't know jack shit about lying. Even though I'm the best liar there is." He sighed quite deeply.

"Well since you're here, you definitely want something. The rewards for your trial for the first stage will be found when you leave here." Ending his rant, he returned to looking down again.

Lunetta's world changed to monochrome once more, this was a rather unfamiliar trigger. But she felt like she could make a difference. She put her hand on his shoulder and spoke in a calm voice, "Maybe you never lied?" That was all that was required for reality to warp around her and a crushing presence manifested. "Maybe the universe lied to you." The pressure became exponentially increased.

Then it was lifted, but the deceiver seemed to be sweating. "It seems like you went against them." He replied.

"Against what?"

"The rules, reality." He spoke. "It gets a bit shitty when you go between realms. If I even spoke of a single divine sovereign I'll likely be crushed as I am. Only ancients can bear the consequences, but even they don't fuck around too much. The rules aren't too restrictive so you just have to not be an ass towards them." He laughed a bit, but he seemed inspired.

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"Sometimes fresh blood is all it takes to give you a perspective on something you've been pondering on, for so long. So... So... Long."

...

She popped out of the air, the painful pressure from before was gone. The rules didn't really fuck around too much it seemed, at least with mortals unless you truly decided to screw around.

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"Fuck you" She spoke, the pressure returned. Funnily enough she felt like she had gotten used to it somewhat. "I will not die if I decline, I accept at my own will."

This simple act of defiance caused her bloodline to act up a little, her veins were very chilly and her vision split a little, but soon coalesced again.

Honestly it was very stifling to just get fucked by the universe at random times. Especially in such a short period. If she's getting fucked, she's doing it on her own terms.

Her quest was also completed, curious she looked down to see four tubs of colorant.

You have been awarded [Colorant][Rare]

Colorant[Rare]: Color your armor to reflect yourself. The crafter is not responsible for any adverse effects whatsoever.

She threw those into her satchel and picked up her other reward nearby. She threw it in her satchel as well. Before she put it on, she would clean herself first. Noting a little pool to the right of her, the room she was in was like a cave, but was rather small. The pool wasn't that big either, but was very clean and looked very comfortable. 'Self heating I think' She thought.

Throwing her rags off she gently climbed into the pool, moaning as the water heated up her tingly skin. First her legs, then her chest and finally her hair. This is how she spent the rest of the night, just gently bathing and getting all the gunk off of herself. And relaxing, hot water was quite nice.

...

After making sure she was squeaky clean, in all areas and orifices, she climbed out. A book stood next to the nice pool. Curious she picked it up and it showed all the runes, she was planning on learning the rune affinity at some time, and she could probably use it without the engraver profession, though it likely won't be as efficient.

Unless, she used a supporting affinity, which she had plenty of. With these thoughts circulating in her head she started dressing in her new armor, it even came with a set of underwear, boring yes, but quite comfortable. Though the name made her giggle a bit.

[Sturdy Cotton Panties][Rare] now she can begin collecting rare panties, though that would be hard, they are quite rare.

She noted something quite interesting. All her new armor had self repair as a kind of enchant, along with durability. Panties included off course. Standing up she walked around a bit, exploring the tiny room. There wasn't much to explore though. She went over to the pool's crystal clear water and looked into it, She was looking for the runes depicted in the book.

Upon finding one she moved her finger feeling it's shape, it was a strange drawing, there were some lines that were deeper and some that were more shallow. She slapped the rune. Nothing happened. She did it again, a few more times afterwards as well. The then slapped herself in the face. It was mostly frustration. There were so many layers in the rune that she struggled to comprehend it.

The books on the runes gave her some insights, but they were only single layered runes. She managed to fit some of them, but they were like a language. A bit of all the runes changed a bit, once enough runes were added they would all fundamentally blend in together and that would become a "single" layered rune, even though it consisted of many runes. This is dubbed as runic transformation.

Not known to her was that she had just started her path on runes, and it would be a long one to follow. Marking all the benefits she received, she went to the door to the next stage and sat on a rock.

And that's when sleep overtook her.

...

The next day she waltzed into the second stage. It was a fair bit bigger than the last one, and there were many more pornographic novels for her to snatch. Sadly though, these didn't interest her much. All of the content was written by an old granny. The content was questionable at best and she only read the introduction before smashing her moon affinity into the book.

The book shined a bit, visibly degrading in her hand until it was completely destroyed. Never will she read such works again. Trying to shift her thoughts away from the granny who had wanted to screw her son, they were of legal age yes, but the depiction just made her shudder. A closet stood next to the shelf though, and in it there were many different kinds of weapons.

Probably for when she would tackle this stage, whatever it is. For now though she found a nearby bed and rested a bit. Sleep had helped her mental exhaustion quite a lot, but the divine pressure she had experienced had affected her.

Messages:

*You have been granted Divine Resistance[Ancient Legendary] by Matriarchal Bloodline[DS]

*You have become proxy of patron Great Deceiver, Eohr Thazher.