[Bonus chapter for 150 golden tickets]
Hearing these words, Ryu who had been feeling anger toward the disrespect shown toward Shrine Mountain was suddenly hit with a wave of nostalgia.
The Armament Trial was quite famous, even Ryu himself had taken it. That said, he was only five years old at the time and obviously couldn't place very well. Though, for his age group, he probably did well. Back then, his father hadn't allowed him to see his results, and by the time Ryu was old enough to make decisions for himself, the martial path had left him with a False Spiritual Foundation so he no longer had the heart to care about how well or poorly he had done.
The Trial itself was very simple. There were nine stone monuments, each of which had a single stroke of a weapon etched into its center. Each of the nine stone monuments represented one of the nine core weapons.