{Prove your worth}

With those words, the golden room shone.

Varian's nerves tensed up as channeled his powers and assumed an offensive posture.

'If this is the qualification to fight for the throne of devas, then that meant there was likely more than one who could defeat this monster in every generation.

Were the devas so strong or are we humans too weak?'

"You've made this far, congratulations." A voice sounded in Varian's mind and a white light lit up the room.

It was blindingly bright.

But Varian didn't close his eyes. He couldn't afford to.

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