POV: Laura:

I just finished al fighting off the remains of the shadow monsters along side me was an army of adventures and soldiers sent by a human kingdom that was in the area, down in the south of where the famous Golden gate has descended, I heard about it's opening so I guess it's about time I headed there...

As I was making my way back towards the camp to pack my things and go, all of the adventures I passed and even some of the soldiers saluted me, and gave a respectful bow...

"Miss Laura"

I only replied by a simple nod, this all started when God Ysion has blessed me, I could feel my power increasing through all those battles between the shadow monsters, at first it was hard, I could barely fend for myself against stronger enemies, but as long as I survived, as long as I lived I could always grow stronger...

I kept roaming from one battlefield to another, fighting one bloody battle after another, slowly people started to recognize me whenever I passed...

The shadow slayer they started calling me, all because I never stopped, when people retreated from on battlefield I went on to the next one...

I thirsted for more power, more so I wouldn't feel as hopeless as when the party I was responsible for got annihilated in front of me, I didn't have no noble goal no, just my selfish desires to not feel as scared...

Slowly people started to respect me, but more so to fear me, I was once again left all alone.

They might wear those fake smiles to my face but I knew how they talked behind my back, humans are fragile once the bigger threat is eliminated they move on to each other but no matter with absolute strength they have no choice but to submit, in face of absolute strength no amount of schemes will do, I then hastened my steps and entered my private tent...

"My God if you are listening please take care of me" I whispered, I could feel my eyes moistening I'm scared, All this killing and schemings it's scaring me, I never really wanted this. I could feel my tears dropping towards the ground, I slowly took off the armor I was wearing and headed towards the bed, I then slowly felt my conscious fading to darkness.

"Huh? Where is this?" All I can see around me is endless whiteness, it's like the Great summoning although the weird part is there is only me, no...

I could see another silhouette of a person in the distance, well there's no choice but ask them I guess, It seemed that they also noticed me because as soon as I started walking towards them they also did the same.

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It was a women a very beautiful woman, but she didn't seem like no Goddess, no more like a mortal maybe a noble? As I was observing her appearance she spoke.

"Ummm excuse me, who are you? And where are we?"

"My name Is Laura, and this I'm afraid even I don't know."

"I see the last thing I remember is..."

I could then see her face go a mirage of emotions from shock to despair to sadness, she then fell on her butt and started to sob.

"H-hey! Are you okay? What's wrong?" I had no idea how to react what happened?

"A-are we dead?" She said.

"What?! No! Of course not! Why would you say that!?" She was silently sobbing, and had a hard time to respond.

"T-the last thing I remember is my guards sacrificing their lives for my sake *hic* I-I how?! How?! That was no! A-and Dion, Lilly... no *hic*"

"Hey listen up, I don't know what's wrong but i'll never know if you don't talk and explain, why would you say we are dead? The last thing I remember was falling asleep in my bed there is no way I could have died, so tell me where were you before you came here?!" She took a moment to calm down but her tears still threatened to fall she then said.

"The Golden Gate." I could feel my eyes widening in shock.

"W-what happened?" I asked a question I wasn't even sure I wanted to know the answer to.

She took a deep breath and with red eyes started talking.

"My Name is Ariel...I'm a princess of a human kingdom, but that is not important, last week I took a group of my elite royal guards and entered the Gates....we were there when God Ysion made his appearance and opened the Gate, he said it will be hard he said that a lot might not make it, but we still underestimated the Gate..." I could feel my throat drying while I was listening to her, just what kind of place is this gate?

"Excuse my rudeness your highness? But as a princess what are were you doing in the gate?" She then looked at me and replied.

"I may not look like It but i'm strong or so I would like to believe.....I could easily fight off 3 of the kingdoms best royal guards and still have the advantage and that's not it I was still growing in strength, but I got arrogant just cause I was blessed by God Ysion doesn't mean nothing if I can't survive his trials..."

"Wait blessed? You mean you too?"

"What do you mean, are you by any chance also?"

"Yes I was also blessed by God Ysion..."

"Then why are we both here?"

"Where are you? Currently I mean?"

"Uhh? I'm in the 3rd layer of the golden gate, I'm stuck inside a room here...I have no idea where is it but It's dark..."

"By stuck you mean?"

"We were ambushed by an army of B rank and a few A rank beasts...it would have been fine but they just kept coming and coming, none ending, I had to see my Friends get slaughtered in front of my eyes just so they could buy me time to escape, a-and I like a coward ran *hic*, and last thing I remember is me praying for God Ysion to help me then I was here..."

"Okay, I'm not really sure why we were summoned here but I think it might be God Ysion's doing, we both were blessed by him, I was already heading towards the gate, so hang in there I will rescue you from there!" As soon as I said that I could feel the space shrinking and me being pulled away from there.

"WAIT FOR ME!"

"YES!"

I then opened my eyes still in my bed, it was already morning by now, and I could feel a strange connection coming from the south that should be where the Golden Gate is if so....Ariel.