Guardian

The fifth spiral was easy.

You toss a coin, bet on how it goes. If you win, you get to the next spiral. If you lose, you lose the wager—at least one rank of your divine path per person.

The reason it's tough was naturally the set up being an outcome of luck. But that's only a superficial understanding.

Nothing here really worked on luck. It's all skill. And skill in the powers of order and chaos.

Varian bet his rank infused the coin with his order and chaos powers. He didn't even bother using the sliver powers here. And he wagered three ranks of his Adept Powers.

[Bet commencing]

An invisible and unstoppable force swept Varian. A portion of his strength vanished into thin air. The void was obvious, like someone had just ripped out his muscles minus the pain.

Maria wanted to be the one taking the risk and seeing him like this, guilt filled her face.