Life Essence

"So, let me conclude what you said till now , I have to fight with those guys avatars without any help or as you say sponsorship , right?" said Noah in irritated tone just like the situation he was in.

"hmm? who said you didn't have any sponsorship?" , "what? but didn't you said my deity died and if he is dead then who the hell will give me my powers?" wondered Noah

"well I did say he died but I didn't said anything about his life essence being lost " said Sophia , "life Essence?? , angel I told you to explain all basic information why are you giving such important information after so much time , did your brain died or may be roast.. "

("Got smacked on head")

"Life Essence as the name implied is the essence of life or living that every living organic being has just its quantity and quality may vary depending on different beings " , "So, is it some sort of currency as you said it was used as a exchange mechanism for sponsoring skills etc. between those guys and system" questioned Noah

"No, its not its just in layman terms most important thing for a living being other than their soul" ,"huh soul? we have a soul? that's interesting , anyway so what about it this life essence thing you say?"

"well when your deity died the system collected its whole life Essence and as its avatar now you by default gets to use it " stated Sophia , "what? full life Essence? you mean when others are only getting few percentage and that's also with strings attached , your are saying I am getting all of this without any thing in return , you take me for a fool or what ? , I know there is no free lunch in this world so spill out what you want in return" said Noah with serious look on his face.

"How would I know , I said I was on quest right, only the system may know about it and as it hasn't said anything till now maybe there isn't any strings attached" , "That's a big maybe , anyway I think its better to leave and focus on something else as I can't do anything about it even by brainstorming on it" accepted Noah with sigh.

("The level at which he adapts to his surrounding is indeed is terrifying" thought Sophia)

"Enough of that, as per system you need to pass 3 Trails to claim the life Essence of Kronos " said Sophia , "thought so, you wouldn't be handing me it like giving a ice cream , so what's this Trail thing you are talking about?"

"There are 3 Trails given by the system - "The Trail of Wits" , "The Trail of Courage " and "The Trail of Will" , you should consider yourself lucky as you already passed two test ,as for the..... " , "Wait!!, what when did that happen? , ("hmm , now that I think about it this bird was indeed taking the conversation at weird places and judging by their name I guess they are self explanatory " thought Noah)

"Oh! you wanna know that will take your second question as a price? " said the angel with a smug face , "Don't bother , rather what about the third one?" asked Noah

"Well , its the toughest of all out of all the people who passed the first and second none made it out alive , so good luck and who knows if I will get to eat a roasted mammal(human) today " said Sophia to piss off Noah

"sigh" , "I don't even have the energy to comment on such dark jokes seems like even angle's who are supposed be light benders do like dark" , "humph! you and your tongue damn mortal , just wait this Trail will discipline you pretty good" argued Sophia with smile on her face (" though her eyes weren't smiling")

"So what's this Trail is about?" asked Noah , "Oh! that I can't answer you need to find it yourself " , "myself ? hehe then how about I use my second question preee-tttty angle" asked Noah with a smug on his face .

The words that came out of angle's mouth froze Noah in terror

"I refuse" said the angle imitating the smug on Noah's face

"Wait , What you can't do that can you ? how ? that shouldn't be possible unless...."