On a busy street, a car ran out of control. As the people were all freaking out and jumping out of the way, a single child stood there petrified. As the little girl watched the car speed closer by the second, she suddenly felt a shove. When she landed on the ground, she heard a collective gasp from the people around her. When she looked at where she had been standing, she saw the mangled body of a teenager.
The boy had blonde hair, a black T-shirt and black jeans. Besides the blood covering the ground, his hands and legs were bent at weird angles. As the boy was gasping for breath, the blue sedan had crashed into a nearby house. People all around immediately ran to the boy’s side. Some were freaking out, trying to call for an ambulance while some were trying to apply pressure to the wounds. The boy however just blankly looked up as he felt the blood well up into his throat. As he coughed out the blood, he felt his body run cold.
A young man in his twenties told the boy, “Just hang on, the ambulance is on it’s way. Don’t worry, you will live through this.” Even though the young man with blonde hair heard him say that, he instinctively knew that he was going to die. As he felt his vision blur, he suddenly felt his body grow light. As he closed his eyes, his ears began to hum and after a few moment passed, the pain all disappeared. His head became clear again.
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As he opened his eyes, he was greeted by a tense jungle. With a shocked face, he looked all around, taking his surroundings in cautiously. These unfamiliar surroundings put him on the edge as he thought to himself, “What is this place? I was hit by a speeding car and my body was all mangled up…. What happened? Is this a dream or is this the afterlife?”
Just as he was looking around, a voice echoed across the world, “Welcome candidates to the Trials of the Wardens. For the next ten years, do you best to accumulate points as only the top 1000 will be accepted as the new Wardens. Give your all and remember to abide by the rules.” Hearing this, the young man was stumped. “Trials of the Wardens? What the fuck is that? Isn’t this the afterlife?” As he looked around, he couldn’t make heads or tails of the situation.
With no idea what was going on, he decided to find someone that could tell him what the hell was going on. With no idea in which direction to go, he randomly picked one and started walking.
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In a large hall, there were several dozen middle aged men dressed in the same robes observing a gigantic sphere in the middle of the room. Suddenly, one of the men raised a brow as he said, “This fellow….”
Just as he murmured that, a white haired old man suddenly appeared in the room. As everyone’s gazes converged on the man, the man said with a deadpan expression, “There has been a mishap. A Mortal has somehow appeared in the Trials.”