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Walking in a freezing world
Behemoth beings who are tugging enormous chains that are connected to countless chains.
People who are being pulled and force to walk on a freezing world.
One can say that this is the end of the world.
Zephyr is one of them, dragged and forced to walk on a freezing world. His body is full of wounds, blood and frost.
Suffering, bloodied and fatigue.
"Ahhhh!!! I can't take this anymore, please let me go.. I am begging!!" Someone yelled, the desperation that you can feel if you are in that situation, but no one heard and answer his plea.
Countless plea and desperate attempt happened and everyone are tired of listening.
After a moment of silence, a massive pillar made out of black obsidian with a chilling aura emerge on top of the person begging, blood splattered everywhere, killing him.
Some screamed yet most of them are silent. They are facing the inevitable, showing more emotions just made their life more miserable
At first Zephyr tried helping someone, yet they face the same fate. They died while begging for their life.
This is the Trial, every beings are forced to undergo a trial, if they are worthy they live but if they succumb and fallen they are killed
Zephyr was still struggling to recall what happened .
Zephyr become an orphan at young age, who's family got mutilated and murdered in front when he was young.
His younger brother was taken by some beings. He was forced to live in the outskirts where he crawled and begged just to live at young age.
Zephyr don't know why his life was so miserable. He questioned the gods why him of all the people, yet it's just a wishful thinking.
The only hope he got is to find his younger brother. The raging, burning and ravaging desire to rip apart the one who killed his parents.
The silver lining that kept his sanity without succumbing to corruption.
Zephyr was maintaining silence because if he tried anything he is doomed to die, he is gritting his mind and body to the fullest just to remain alive.
They are walking 3 days straight now, this is one of the insidious trial it is called the Death Parade. The path to death and obscured uncertainty
Hundred of thousand beings are walking, thousands already died from exhaustion, severe wounds, mental breakdown, and the freezing cold, yet the parade still continues.
"HUNGGGGGG!!" One of the behemoth blows the massive horn he is holding. Indicating the end of the parade.
The behemoths tugging the massive chains connecting to countless chains stopped, standing still like an immovable fortress.
Massive pillar made of black obsidian emerge from the sky, obliterating everything within it's path, making a mesmerizing yet dreadful scene.
" THE TRIAL BEGINS!" these are the words carved into the pillar.
The massive chains being held the Behemoth's are dropped, countless chains rattled, the chains connecting to every beings are loosened and to the massive chains, freeing them from the obscured uncertainty of death, yet that was just a prologue of what real trial is.
' The real trial will begin...' Zephyr said internally, he is really at his limit yet that death parade was just the tip of what real trial is.
The death parade tested the tenacity, grit and the willpower of every beings.
Every trials are different but one thing is certain, at the very start of every trial, beings are tested at the very core of their willpower, the will to live, survive and most importantly the will to Ascent.
"SURVIVE" one word that is easy to understand is written in the Pillar.
"HUNGGGGGG!!!!" the Behemoth blow the horns, indicating the start of the trial.
The beings who survived the death parade was teleported to random places together with Zephyr, no warnings needed everyone knows that they must survive until the end
Every trials are mysteries that no one must look upon, being able to survive just shows how strong, intelligent, and lucky, one must be
"Thud" Zephyr was forced to kneel because of how badly his condition. The endless walk with dangers lurking everywhere and the freezing environment they're in was really so hard for a normal being like him.
"Huff.. huff.. huff... I just need to rest a little bit" Zephyr mumbled to himself while painting heavily
He knows that Survival from the environment and natural horrors are not just the obstacle, the real obstacle are the people itself. They are free to do anything just to survive, so killing anyone is very plausible, Zephyr thought.
He become orphan at a young age, he knows how the world actually works because he himself experienced it beforehand.
Living in a cruel world as a child was really hard. Food are scarce because most of the territory that belongs to humans are limited.
Trying to get food everyday was hard.
The council still provided them food, but it's not enough to live,just some sympastes to sate their hunger.
This is how the human territories work. Wispers and other fortunate individuals live a lavish life while individuals like Zephyr live a shitty life.
The Council still provided them food just to get a chance to get an Wisp bearer, this give them a chance to monopolize things up.