Faith

The Angel speaks before Yulia can, answering the questions asked, "If you want, there is nothing stopping you from simply attempting to **** me and pass through, however... In the event that you attack me or attempt to break the rules, I will of course be allowed to use my full powers in defending myself. After all the rules of the wrestling challenge, restricting the use of weapons and offensive magic, pertain to myself as well. If you want we could certainly have a test of who's magic and weapons are stronger as well, of course the punishment for failure will be more severe as well. Failing a challenge will only hurt your pride, failing an attempt to kill me, well that will need to be punished," the angel explains.

Yulia seems nervous, "I... Er didn't have any intention of cheating or trying to kill you," she says quickly, "I.. I'm sure the mean voice also didn't actually mean I should, he's just... curious and likes to approach all angles," she continues.

The angel nods, "As for my strength... I am more than happy to reveal it. I have no reason to hide the gifts given to me by The One True God," she says and then moves, grabbing one of the pews and lifting it easily before clutching it against her chest and hugging it against her, easily snapping the hard wooden pew in half. Yulia gulps fearfully.

"W.... Well I'll be back to wrestle you later, for now I have other things to do first..." Yulia states.

She leaves and returns to the fire room. The scorching heat makes the room feel oppressive. Yulia tears off a strip of cloth from her scapular and holds it forward as she approaches the fire. The cloth doesn't ignite as she gets closer which is a relief. She stops a bit away from the fire, breathing heavily, nervous about getting any closer. She whimpers and then retreats.

"It doesn't seem like my clothes will burn simply from approaching the fire, but I don't know about once I enter... There's so many unknowns..." she sighs and begins to strip out of her clothing. She strips down to her underwear and mask and then hesitates, before deciding to remove those as well, leaving her fully naked. She then grabs one of the water skins and douses her body in water, shivering slightly as the water splashes onto her naked skin.

She approaches the fire again, her face flushed with a mixture of fear and embarrassment. The water on her skin begins to quickly become steam as she approaches and soon she's standing directly in front of it. Her breathing is labored and steam rises off of her in large clouds. She closes her eyes and puts out her hands before stepping forward. As her hands touch the flames she lets out a scream of surprise and pain, but her step is already taking the rest of her forward.

An alert appears as the screen goes dark. "Lol... You told the chosen to walk into a fire... Ha dumbasses... Game O- Okay... Yeah Just Kidding..."

The alert vanishes and vision returns showing Yulia is now standing unharmed in the room. The fire is gone. Her hands have superficial burns, but the rest of her looks fine. In front of her is a golden gate that seems to be the path to the next floor. "It just... Vanished... The moment my body touched the flames they just disappeared... Like they were never there," she mutters a bit awkwardly. She blows on her hands which still sting slightly and goes to recollect her stuff.

"I guess we found the way to the next floor, but there's no keyhole or obvious lock... I think we will really need to face the god to get it to open..." she says as she redresses and uses repair on the torn scapular.

(Health: 190%

Mana: 95%

Equipment: Ceramic Beaked Mask, Monastic Scapular, standard bra, Standard Panties, 3 poison gas grenades, 3 healing kits, 2 syringes of poison, 2 syringes of adrenaline, 2 syringes of poison antidote, 1 sewing kit, 1 vial of unknown liquid, 9 days worth of rations, 1 two liter water jugs, 1 health potion, 1 mana potion, A boar mask, 2 vials of sticky white liquid, Ornate Rapier, 4 arrows, Quiver, God's Favour (Halo).

Spells known: Great Heal (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 25%)

Great Cure (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 15%)

Energize (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 25%)

Icicle (Lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 15%)

Unlock (Lvl 1, Unmastered, Cost: 15%)

Repair (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 5%-20% depending on factors).

Fetish: Bondage Rank: 1, Masochism Rank: 1,

Status Effect: Permanent increase to physical attribute. Combat level raised to medium

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