“She really believed me once I mentioned I’ll purchase her a mansion!”

“She really believed me that I’ll shield her smile even on the finish of her life!”

“If I run away now. Would not I be the identical as these Gods that Argos Von Kaiser had talked about in his dairy?”

“What is the level of residing a lifetime of cowardice if you cannot shield your family members!”

“I will do it. I will do no matter it takes!”

Venn shouted with all his would possibly!

***

Within the headquarters of the Blood Serpents, all of the black robes had been patiently sitting at their respective locations overlooking the progress of the trial.

Not like what Venn had seen in his trial, the chamber was in pristine situation. Nothing had been knocked over and there have been no indicators of a combat breaking out.

In spite of everything 4 candidates had drunk their share of the wine blended with the blood of Argos Von Kaiser, the founding father of the guild, they’d unknowingly stepped into an phantasm ready by the legendary emperor.

The aim of the trial was to sift out the weak minded that he detested essentially the most. Below intense ache and unknown worry, he wished the elites that had an unwavering thoughts to hold out his will.

This is able to clarify why Venn was unable to sign off from Heaven Descent, and why regardless of turning off the ache receptors, he was nonetheless experiencing a large amount of agony. All this time, he was merely in an phantasm.

Nevertheless, that was to not say that the trial was innocent because it was merely a mere phantasm. In actual fact, resulting from Argos’ unbelievable energy that would rival the Gods, all who had failed the trial had both gone insane or grew to become senseless ghouls.

The eight black robes that had been ready within the chamber had been the survivors of the trial. There have been others as effectively that both had been on a mission or simply could not be bothered to attend the annual assembly.

It had at all times been a practice to solely settle for three new members annually into the guild. The chief of the guild had initially deliberate to extend the dose of the phantasm progressively to get rid of one from the newcomers.

Nevertheless, the weird scenario was not what he anticipated to see.

All the opposite three initiates had ended up as failures and had been faraway from the scene. Solely Venn remained amongst the 4 candidates that participated within the trial.

Additionally, it had been method too lengthy for Venn to be within the phantasm. Usually, one would crack inside 5 minutes, however Venn had endured for the whole 2 hours with no signal of any outcome.

Because the group confirmed some indicators of being drained from the ready, all of them abruptly felt a wierd vibe from the encircling.

“The air is vibrating.” The person carrying the Orc masks was the primary to level out his statement.

As he did so, everybody turned in the direction of Venn’s path.

***

The agonising ache had been assaulting Venn’s physique for fairly a while. Throughout this era, Venn had been enduring with nothing else however his tooth clenched.

Ignoring all the things along with his eyes closed and his thoughts targeted on discovering his internal peace, he was prepared to tug out for nonetheless lengthy it took for the trial to finish.

There was no probability he would give up with no combat.

Fortunately, there was a silver lining to his struggling.

He discovered that the longer he suffered, the extra notification sounds the sport system sounded.

Watching his stats constantly improved, the struggling he was enduring appeared rather less intense as a result of unintended byproduct.

Not less than now, he was fortunately prepared to endure it. As a gamer, he wished that the ache would develop much more in order that the speed his stats would improve would get sooner.

He was getting the sensation that the ache was starting to scale back for him.

[Ding]

[Your pain endurance has improved.]

[Health increased by 5 points. (+5 Health)]

[Ding]

[Your mind has improved due to intense mediation.]

[Wisdom increased by 1 point. (+1 WIS)]

[Ding]

[Your stamina has improved.]

[Stamina increased by 1 point. (+1 STA)

***

After an indeterminable amount of time had passed, Venn abruptly heard a voice resounding in his mind, speaking directly to him in the darkness.

The voice was deep and low, but from the tone of the voice, Venn could tell that the voice belonged to a great figure as it carried an air of majesty.

“You have passed the trial. But not with flying colors.”

“You may not be the most talented, but your resolve is the greatest that I have seen.”

“I am Argos Von Kaiser. I accept you as my child.”

“I shall leave my inheritance to you, like I did with my other children. Use them well.”

[Ding]

[Synchronizing…]

***

Instantly after the top of the sentence, Venn’s senses returned to him.

His imaginative and prescient had come again to him, and he may hear the encircling sounds round him once more.

Opening his eyes after closing them for therefore lengthy, his eyes damage from the stinging vivid lights. However after some time of getting used to the sunshine, he discovered himself being surrounded by a sea of blacks from all sides.

After combating alone for therefore lengthy, he sighed a breath of reduction. As he did so, his consciousness pale and he fell asleep immediately along with his physique leaning ahead.

The very last thing he may bear in mind was that he fell into one thing tender. He was so drained that he could not be bothered anymore even when he felt that he was getting carried away someplace.

On the finish of the trial, solely ten holes remained on the bottom as proof of his initiation ritual.

These holes had been the size of all his fingers.

***