[God, an omnipotent and omniscient being, the all-powerful deity]

Of course, I didn't believe it. A mini-screen appearing before my eyes with an ancient text similar to a modernised version, a frail boy who imitated the presence of God, it was all to surreal to even think about it.

The two moons red and blue rose slowly over the horizon, reaching the skies in seconds. The sun had gleamed crimson red filling the sky with what looked like blood. Time was clearly irrelevant here, there was no logic behind every sight I see. Rather, my reality was shattering before my eyes.

The ocean reflected the sky astonishingly, standing over the blood like water made me fill sick; it disgusted me. The swords pierced onto the ground made me think I was stepping onto a battlefield, what would be fighting?

[Challenger! Welcome to the lair between space and time. You're mission is to 'survive' in a world filled with ordeals, in doing so you will receive several hardships and knockdowns, but do not fret as you're abilities will grow the further you go along the path set!]

"A-a notice board...?"

My head was starting to radiate and excessive amount of heat, I was going to fall over any second at that moment.

In an instant, silver-rusted chains got a hold of my shoulders plunging me onto the shallow ocean. My hands were oozing with blood from the chains pricking through my skin, so was my neck.

"Don't bleed out kid, this is just the start."

God has said. It took the form of a shadow, a frail looking tall beast with no decisive features just standing a float midair.

I look up to take a sneak peek for a brief second, but the shadow had disappeared. The moons had started to synchronise with one another, the sun had started to glow everlastingly. The bright light stunned me entirely, engulfing me and the entire vicinity with flames of the sun. My body had given out and my view was nothing but a white field, empty with not a soul nearby. My hands and legs were numb, my eyes couldn't tell which way was up or down, my mind wasn't able to decipher if I was standing upright or floating into nothing.

Woosh!

"Go-...."

A voice? It was faint but I had definitely heard something.

"This one seems to have woken up, let's start the ride or we'll be late!"

A lanky bearded man with brownish hair and athick coated fur jacket, a scar on his left eye that looked fresh precisely from a sharp edged blade. He had broad shoulders that almost covered a vast space, and a large claymore hanging on his back. This man had reminded of a viking, an undeniably strong indiviual.

My body was covered with a cloth entrapping my body making me unable to move in the slightest; along with chains encloing my wrists and ankles. Only one thing had come into mind.

"I'm telling you guys these kid's will sell for a high price, it's the fall of the year anyways, people need a couple of these deadweight around to be useful."

"You'd better split the money once this is over Fujin, or else were going to have some problems"

The men were battering off each other, with every one of them covered in hooded clothes sealing off their identities.

They were human traffickers, knicking off kids in excahnge for a fair price. There were children that looked younger than me, bruised up wtih purple and reddish marks embedded all over their body; they've lost their will to live.

We seemed to be kept in a moving-loaded vehicle from the immediate bumps that have been occurring. My gace shifted on towards my left, there was a door; a dreadful looking one at that. It had been embedded with scatch marks and blood, but behind that door is what frightened me. The sounds of a screeching girl rang through my ears along with the voice of a grumpy man hollering in pleasure, it had grown louder and louder yet softer as time went on. I didn't want to think about it, but her voice stuck with me for as long I could remember.

The ride had stopped, reaching it's suden end:

"Alright! Bring them out!"

The grim door next me opened slowly, from what I could see; the girl had been thrown off into the wild outside. She was merely a toy to be used with.

We were all tossed out the caravan, rolling and tumbling onto the hard rock ground. The sky was white with an ambience of grey to it, the forest was covered with fresh snow that had just started to fall through.

"Split them into four groups of 3, mix them in as well."

The young kid's were paired up with me, but what had piquied my interest was the girl who had appeared me.

Black hair with strands of silver alongside one another, eyes that shimmered with a red tint, her pupil took the shape of a snake, every aspect of her didn't resemble a human to me.

She flanked her gaze right towards me as she lifted her head from the ground, I quickly shifted my gaze away from her.

And so she spoke silently:

"Don't lose your mind over here... it's going to be your best weapon."

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I lost myself within her eyes, despite being thrown and trashed around, her eyes led a fierce look for vengeance.

The men began to approach us aggressively with their blades and daggers on guard, bashing the little ones to move forward in a queue.

Fujin the tyrant- on my opposing side had approached me vigilantly, raised his giant claymore next to his hip and bluntly with the flat iron pulverised my head. The impact being so great, I had lost my conscious for a brief four seconds; my left eye seemed to have almost found it's way out of the socket with blood streaming down my face.

"You fool where do you thiink your reeking your eyes to?! Get moving!"

My body had refused to stand upright, no matter the sheer effort I had out, I lacked the will and strength. Perhaps I was dying; my first thought.

"G-give me a second... please."

Under my hushed tones, he had glared at me furiously.

"Don't give me that crap!"

Fujin continued stomping me against the earth, with each kick adding an extra scar to my body. I let out agonising wails, screeching which what felt like my last breaths. Then I had suddenly thought of it, wasn't my purpose to survive?

A moment passing by that felt like eternity, Fujin had walked away in hopes that I had died. I gained the courage to rise my self up- I had clenched my jaw and teeth and roughly headed towards the man who had nearly taken my life away with ease.

"I-I'm up...!"

Fujin stood his ground, watching me as I look over him. He rose his right arm cautiously and placed his hand over my head, grabbing a hand full of my hair.

The bloodlust accumulated covered the entire area with a scorching blaze, and he mumbled as he positioned his face next my ear:

"You'll sell good."

You prick! I pondered on about.

"Everyone get on your knees and hoist both arms! I shouldn't be seeing anyone with their arms down!"

The victims were chained along with everyone together, making it impossible to escape. One by one, kids were being slaughtered depending on how useful they are. If they weren't up to standereds, an executioner's sword - Within seconds a head would be incapacitated.

The queue grew shorter and shorter, inevitably leaving the girl and me; along with a couple young kids left.

"Halt! These one's are good enough. Cut their chains and toss them in the pit!"

Fujin had alarmingly declared.

The executioner grabbed the red-eyed girl's chin assertively, clueless about her given name, ogling his eyes that reeked with the sin of lust.

"Share me the lineage of you're name!"

Her head seemed as if it would been plucked like a flower, but the flower found it's way through.

"My name is nothing to you scums!"

As one would imagine, am impotent person with no will to struggle, was a long way from being flawless in this situation.

Yet, she somehow broke through that ideology.

In the span of the moment, she flung his 'exaclibur' with the flick of her leg effortlessly. On doing so, she circled around the oncoming Fujin tackling along with the chain that was tied down to her, and with a quick step practically leaping towards him, she manages to land a ferocious stab to both his eyes with her finger nails.

"S-someone chase after her now!!"

The group of men dashed like beasts to chase the prey, only to know that she had been lost within the deep roots of the cold-forest. There was no sight of her left, only blood marks from her injuries leading a trail to her possible location.

They were all enfuriated, howling their anger at the remaning children left. For the leader to now be blind, this ended up being a major loss for the traffickers, as losing even one vassal could pose an issue. A great one at that.

Fujin aimlessly wandered the parameter, until he managed to find where I was. I had forgotten what a strong individual this man truly was, using the sense of his ears, he listened to the sound of my hovering breath.

He bolted right at me whilst grabbing my neck with the utmost power he had left in him, pressuring me with his entire weight pressed onto me. I coudn't stand a chance.

My breath was leaking out along with my saliva, the cold winds from the north froze the drops falling of my chin. My vision was no longer and so was my feeling to my surroundings. Struggling as much, my strength wasn't enough to budge his hands of my neck.

"P-p-please s-sto-!!"

I could barely murmur a word out of my mouth. I was at deaths door.

The blood from my head accumulated at a high pressure, along with my viens bursting out my neck. The numbing from my hands took control making my arms fall onto the ground.

"Fujin stop their the only remaining ones we have!"

"Shut up you roach! Screw all of them and that cursed bitch... I will scorch the earth and find her till death!"

The last few men of the group hurried away from Fujin, there was no saying they would last with him. For all that could happen, their deaths were certain to him.

Fujin had walked the opposite direction from my dead body. Perhaps he had given up, or wished to seek vengeance for himself.

But me, my life ended right there.

[Challenger unsuccessful. You are no longer a candidate and will be taken out the schema due to an unfortunate reason: Death]

However, I didn't want my life to end in such a miserable outcome. Rather, I for one, wished to seek revenge on the God that placed me here. My end wasn't near.

[Challenger Inari Jin: Ability "Carved from death" will be initiated]

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Name: Inari Jin

Fated class: Unknown

Dreamcore: Fragile

Energy: -

Wish: Carved from Death

Traits: [Chosen by 'The Everything'] [Undying]

World: Dror'gathen\ Night City

***

I had risen up from my misery, along with the blood that seeped out of me. My neck stitched it self back together, connecting the countless nerves back at each ends. I was conscious of my surroundings dings, the breath of the wild, the sounds of the infant birds chirping, the echoes of caves... and the blood-thrist of Fujin.

[Schema 1: Slay the Tyrant Fujin]

[Honour: Title to be received - Nightmare]

It was the quench of my own blood that made me shiver, the tyrant Fujin wasn't something I had in mind to go against.

But the agony felt was louder than anything I heard.