After walking for several minutes, Xie Feng arrived in front of the Village Guardian.

"Village Guardian, it has been a while since we last met", said Xie Feng with a slight smile on his face.

The Guardian looked at him for a moment, apparently trying to remember him from among the many players. Soon, the old man smiled amicably and replied: "It's you, hero from another world. Among all of you, who call yourselves 'players', you were the one who left the biggest impression on me. Defeating level 5 monsters based on speed is even harder than defeating level 7 monsters, but still, you defeated them while you were level 1. I see you are level 10. Then I guess you are here to take the job change trial."

"That's right, I plan to take the challenge and then head to the Adastreia continent." Xie Feng responded with a smile.

"It's okay, a talented young man like you shouldn't stay in this place too long. The Adastreia continent will become your stage, I am sure you will experience great challenges and adventures."

The Village Guardian nodded and continued:

"As you probably already know, the job change trial is divided into 4 modes: normal, hard, nightmare, and despair. So tell me, which mode will you choose?"

When he heard the Guardian's question, the corner of his mouth rose slightly and he said slowly:

"Mode Despair."

"The Guardian nodded with a smile and said: Very good, Mode Des-...." Suddenly, the smile on the Guardian's face froze and his eyes opened wide.

After a few seconds of maintaining the same expression, the Guardian looked at Xie Feng and asked with a slightly broken tone of voice: "I'm sorry, could you repeat that? I think the years have spoiled my sense of hearing."

Xie Feng blinked a little surprised by the NPC's reaction, but he still responded again: "My choice is the Despair Mode."

It took several deep breaths for the Village Guardian to calm down. After confirming that he had not heard wrong before, the Guardian said quietly: "Young man, I politely advise you to reconsider your response..."

Xie Feng frowned slightly at the attitude of the Guardian. He already had some idea what kind of monster he would face in the Despair level test, however, the Guardian's attitude made him feel that something was wrong.

Still, Xie Feng shook his head and thanked the Village Guardian for his kind advice: "Thank you for the advice. However, no matter what, my opinion did not change."

Xie Feng smiled and continued: "If I gave up even without trying at least once, how could I become a person worthy of the word hero? My choice remains the same."

The face of the Guardian changed several times when he heard Xie Feng's words. After a moment, the man shook his head but then nodded and sighed: "Okay, I will respect your choice. Also, I don't know whether to call you brave or stubborn...but I think if you can overcome the first 5 obstacles, you will understand...you will understand the reason for my attitude."

Suddenly, the Guardian smiled: "Very good, I will open the teleport portal to the Despair Mode test. Hurry up and call your teammates so they can all arrive together."

So far, no team has taken the nightmare mode trial, let alone the despair mode. The teams that are currently doing the job change trial chose normal mode or hard mode, with no exceptions. At least, in the Beginner's Village Number 666.

The Guard believes that an exceptional person or team may have a slight hope of overcoming the nightmare mode because he knows what is at the end of each test.

However, precisely because he knows what to expect at the end of each test is that the Guardian is confident that no human being can overcome the despair mode.

Even so, the Guardian stopped trying to persuade Xie Feng. This is because he could see that the eyes of the young man in front of him, though kind and polite, shone with incomparable pride and arrogance. Therefore, the Guardian will let this defeat strengthen him mentally so that he can grow even more in the future.

Not knowing the thoughts of the Guardian, Xie Feng dropped yet another bombshell:

"I don't have any companions. I am fighting alone."

The Guardian almost fainted when he heard Xie Feng say such a thing. A team of 10 people is the maximum allowed to perform the test, but even 10 people together have no hope of overcoming the despair mode. However, this person wants to try it alone!?

Not intending to think more for fear of not being able to contain the impulse to break the rules of the system and hit the player in front of him, the Guardian nodded without saying anything and started to cast a spell.

10 seconds later, a portal 2 meters high and 5 meters wide opened next to Xie Feng.

Xie Feng nodded in appreciation and jumped inside of the portal without any hesitation.

As he watched Xie Feng disappear inside the portal, the Guardian sighed and looked up to the sky with a look full of life's vicissitudes as he muttered to himself:

"How many years have passed? Unless someone ends the life of that monster we have no choice but to stay in this place... I wonder if the problems on the continent of Adastreia have been solved", thinking here, the Guardian looked in the direction of the Potion Shop and sighed again.

"Goddess of Creation...Where are you right now?"

(((A/N: Do not confuse the Goddess of Creation with the Goddess of Destiny. The Goddess of Creation is the guardian of the Adastreia Continent.)))

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[Ding!... You're in the job change trial field. All communication with the outside world has been temporarily cut off.]

[If you disconnect, you will be considered to have failed the test and will receive the corresponding penalty.]

[Ding!... You have entered the Shrine of the Fallen Angel. Proceed with caution.]

Xie Feng listened to the system announcements and looked around calmly.

The map he was currently standing on had torches that lit up with dark blue fire, the floor was silver and the walls and ceiling were terribly high.

There were several columns several meters wide joining the floor and the ceiling. In front of Xie Feng, there was only one path and a gigantic black door.

The reason why he was looking at everything without worrying is that in the official forum of Samsara Online there is a photo with a slight description of the start part for each trial mode.

The information given by the forum about the despair mode was practically null, except for a few words:

'The trial officially starts after opening the first door.'

It is also for that reason that Xie Feng had not yet equipped his level 10 equipment, until now.

He took out the earrings, boots, armor, bronze sword, silver shoulder pads from his inventory, and traded them for the old equipment.

After that, Xie Feng looked at his new status window:

[Player: Shiva]

[Level: 10]

[Battle zone: China]

[Vocation: None]

[VIT: 17]

[STR: 28]

[AGI: 9]

[INT: 25]

[Luck: 10]

[Charm: 20]

[Fame: 20]

[Money: 5 silver coins / 86 copper coins]

[Hunger: 70/200] ( When exceeding the limit, the player automatically loses 1% HP per second )

[HP: 530]

[MP: 1320]

[Physical attack power: 80]

[Magic attack power: 200]

[Physical Defense: 75]

[Accuracy: 9]

[Evasion: 9]

[Attack speed: 100] (initial value)

[Movement speed: 107]

[Magic casting: 1 basic spell per second]

[Fire Resistance: 4%]

[Water Resistance: 4%]

[Wind Resistance: 4%]

[Lightning Resistance: 4%]

[Earth Resistance: 4%]

[Light Resistance: 4%]

[Dark Resistance: 4%]

[Skills:]

[Inspect: Can get basic information about monsters that do not exceed the player's level in 10 levels. Cost: 1 MP.]

[Harvest: It is possible to obtain hidden objects from the corpse of some monsters. Cost: 1 MP.]

[Magic bullet: Shoot a single energy bullet. The damage caused is equivalent to 80% of the magic damage. Cost: 5 MP. Cooldown: 0.5 second.]

His defense, physical attack power, magic attack power, speed, HP, MP, resistance, agility, etc. Virtually his entire status window changed completely, increasing his strength to a new level.

Xie Feng held the bronze sword tightly in his left hand and advanced to the first door of the Shrine of the Fallen Angel.

The challenge finally started officially.

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((( A/N: Remember that the removed equipment stats must be removed and returned to the normal base stats, then add up the new items stats. If anyone has doubts, you can do the calculation by yourself. )))