Only one day has gone by, but the sword rain doesn't seem to stop even though I am in so much pain. My tears have dried after crying so much. Even though this pain is making me cry, I can’t even do that anymore. Pain is the only thing I can feel.
There are dozens of wounds on my arms, legs, back and chest. Even though I have so many wounds, they are all missing my vital points so that my body still works normally, but it hurts like hell.
I have screamed so much that I can’t even feel my throat anymore. I have given up on trying to do anything for now. I tried to run as far as I could to see if any living person was there on this level but I did not see a single one.
I have given up on everything. I don’t think there’s any way to overcome this trial apart from just suffering. I just laid flat on my back and watched the swords as they pierced me every minute. Since I was laid on my back, the swords that aimed for my back pierced my chest. The pain was just the same no matter at which part of my body was pierced.
My blood was all over the ground and over the blood I was lying, asking for my death, to which no one answered. I had so many wounds that it was almost impossible to recognise my arms or legs. They were just chunks of meat lying on the ground.
I am not even able to feel the pain anymore. But suddenly a very bizarre phenomenon took me over. My body recovered to its normal state. I thought maybe just maybe the trial was over, and I would be able to leave this place, but that was too naive of me. This is much crueller than I thought.
The swords started piercing me again and the pain which I had forgotten came back to me. Now I understand this. The trial is to feel pain until I can no longer feel it and the moment cannot feel the pain anymore, my body resets to the original state so that I can feel the pain again. This is the true nature of this level.
While I was thinking about all this, another sword pierced through me, adding to my agony. I have to stay here like this for a year, just the thought of it makes me feel terrified.
“AAaaahhhhhhhhhhhh, just kill me already please. I know, Satan, you are listening right now. Do me a favor and just forget our deal. Please get me out of here. GET ME OUT OF HERE………..”
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I know he won’t help me… He must be enjoying this right now, isn’t he? God doesn’t care either, there is no hope for me. Ah! Just why did I think of going along with this trial?
No matter how much pain I feel, how much I scream, how much I regret, nothing happened. Slowly and painfully the time passed by…
As the time went by my existence itself started to shatter. I tried to remember about myself as much as I could but I think some of the memories got lost after all.
After a year, the countdown started but I wasn’t really happy about it. It’s because I know that next level will be as painful as this one if not more.
***
While Yeon was suffering in hell, around 3 months have gone by on Earth. Everything is now centered around awakeners. People are trying to join the guilds to have a more successful life, but not everyone is powerful enough to get into the big guilds. In Zekron there were only 2 major guilds, but there were other minor guilds as well. These minor guilds also have power and influence over the country.
However, ACZ tries to keep power balanced even if they don’t have any S ranks within ACZ. Guilds don’t try to question the decisions of ACZ, mostly because they are reasonable, but the major reason behind it is that Deathbringer has a close relationship with ACZ. Deathbringer hasn’t joined any organisation yet, but he keeps continuous contact with ACZ since they take care of the Zekron’s Security.
In the last three months, a lot of gates have been cleared in Zekron and other countries as well. Awakener’s form a raid team and clear the gates. Later, the mining teams (formed of weak awakeners) go inside to gather resources. Awakeners who take part in raids are also capable of doing these mining tasks easily, but this chance is given to weak awakeners to keep them employment opportunities as well.
Non-awakeners are still working as they were before the apocalypse. In some countries, their life is miserable, but in Zekron they are living peacefully.
So far, a lot of B, C, D, E and F ranked gates were cleared, but none of the countries has attempted an A or S rank raid. There are 2 A ranked gates in Zekron and 50 across the world. There is one S ranked gate in Itheona.
Some countries were preparing to raid an A ranked gate. Zekron was one of them.
*At the headquarters of ACZ.*
“You will also be taking part in the A rank raid with Rockstar Guild, right? Do you think all of you can successfully raid an A rank gate?” Rondo asked Vade Kliema.
“Well, that can only be confirmed by going inside the gate. Joren might be a bit clumsy, but he has the skills. He will also have the elite team of his guild with A rank awakeners and, of course, I will also be there, so I don’t think we will have any problems. Or at least I hope so,” Vade replied.