Trials a series of task or challenges which purpose is to test the capabilities of individuals and vary depending on which aspect is being tested.

Right now someone is attempting one of the sacred trials that were made by the gods in order to test their chosen champions and reward them based on their performance. Some fail while others succeed but there hasn't been one that completed the entire 5 trials perfectly well not yet that is.

TRIAL OF STRENGHT

-Eliminate all the enemy waves that come. A total of 10 waves will come and the enemies the longer you stay alive the greater the reward and if you finish all the challenge a reward from the gods themselves will be given.-

"so just kill anything that comes....simple yet effective....but....WHAT THE FUCK!?"

Edward yelled out as he looked at the weapon rack in front of him a large assortment of weapons both known and unknown to him was hanging on the wall all of them looked both powerful and deadly but every single one of the weapons were in a shitty state some had chipped blades others had rust on them some had their handles broken all of the weapons were useless and if one were to use them it would harm the user rather than help them.

"Someone really doesn't want me to pass the test....heh...guess I'll just have to use my own tools...still I wanted to use that huge blade! aahhhhhh!!!!"

He scratched his head as he pulled a long knife from his vest pocket and spun it around his hand and firmly grasped the knife and smiled as he stared at it.

"well better this than nothing...and I'm more used to it anyways..."

He said sadly as he spun the LHR combat knife and juggled it with his right hand.

He walked towards the bridge that connected the cave he was transported at to a coliseum in the middle of nowhere. The cave he was once at seemed to be far away now that he came closer to the domed arena.

As he stepped foot into the arena the bridge behind him quickly collapsed into the abyss and he stared at it for a while before continuing on.

"Well there goes plan F.....still have plan D but it's too much of a pain..." he muttered to himself as he neared the middle of the area. Plan F involved staying on the bridge and picking them off one by one and if they had flying monsters he would run back to the cave and use the weapons as projectiles but now it's ruined.”

The Coliseum was large which reminded him of the one back on earth he had a few visits to it some which involved battling there for his life when he was young.

A good times.....it brings a tear to my eye....specially remembering I always lost my eyes back there...still good times.

 The coliseum had bleachers from which spectators would watch and a large grand area which an emperor would normally seat at. But what caught his eye was smiling man wearing a toga and had laurel leaves on his head giving him the look of an emperor despite the fact his hair was more eye catching than his clothes.

"He really is bored but it's better to have an audience rather than none"

he said as he stretched a little and readied his blades as a chime was heard. He was finally going to fight monsters he was expecting to kill a few goblins like in any game he previously played but grimaced as  he saw what came out.

Are you serious?

Wave 1:

Trolls x10

The ground then shook as the gate opened and a group of trolls came running towards the sole person at the arena.

The trolls had sharp teeth and a big build and was 2x his size they had green skins like a goblin has but was slightly more human like disregarding the large teeth and ugly face they had. All of them were equipped with clubs made of wood and had loincloths covering their privates.

groaaaaa!

The Trolls roared as they charged towards Edward.

As they got near one of them swung it's clubs upward in an arc to gather strength to crush him but had poor aim and he only need to take one step to the right to dodge and with a quick movement he stuck the blade deep into the trolls head and turned it around churning the insides of the trolls skull and pulled it out and repeated the process at a different area on the face.

The scene caused the others to stop and stare at what was happening to their kind.

With a thud the troll fell to the ground life less as he pulled the dagger from his desecrated face which was ugly before now can't even be distinguished as it's whole head was filled with countless of knife wounds. The non moving trolls quickly came back to their senses as the assailant before them grinned at them which enraged the others and started to charge at him.

He eyed the enraged trolls running madly at him and quickly dashed towards the edge of the arena as he neared it he glanced at the endless abyss before him and had an evil grin plastered to his face.

He stood with his back at the edge and grinned at the incoming trolls in front of him

"I'll show you what happens when you make me mad!" he yelled out and made the trolls run faster as they neared him he jumped backwards and disappeared from their sight the troll in front tried to rear to a stop but as he did he got pushed by the other trolls and everyone of them fell to the ground but as they fell they saw the image of a white haired man gripping a knife stuck on the wall.

As he saw the trolls falling he smiled and pulled himself up and pulled the knife from the indention in the wall.

"Fucking trolls....I wanted to face goblins first! it should be like that in this world! Now I can't feel the whole fantasy thing! fucking trolls!"

he yelled out venting his anger at the gate that spawned the creatures. He didn't look like it but he played a lot of games back then using vr equipment which main purpose was to train him in many things being combat, survival and many more. He then heard clapping coming from the direction of his god.

"Good show! amazing as always" Merrick said grinning as he did a thumbs up.

Edward shook his head and ignored the comment as waited for the next wave

"This better be good cause if not I'll fucking end this area quickly and go to the next trial....but if this continues I'll go with plan D...." he mumbled as an alert came and with it his mood slightly improved.

wave 2:

Orcs x5

He then smiled as he was happy at the new wave enemies 5 fat dark green beings emerged from the open gate the had bulky arms and had a big belly and each of them wielded either an axe or a short sword. The most noticeable feature of them is that they had a face of a pig with fangs visible from afar.

The five then ran to him but instead of running mindlessly the 5 had a line and the middle seemed to be giving orders he then aimed to take care of the one in the middle first. He then dashed towards them and they quickly changed formation two came towards him while 2 others circled around him they were using tactics now. And would catch him off guard if he didn't pay attention. One of the two made a horizontal swing while the other tried to grab him as he was occupied by the first one the other two got closer to him from behind.

But he didn't falter and dashed forwards and dodged the swing from the first by side by sliding bellow and quickly jumped using the second one that tried to grab him as a stepping stone as he kicked the back of its head grounding the pig faced bastard. The other two got confused by what happened and clashed into the one that tried to cut him making them all stumble down to the ground.

He was now face to face with the orc leader and as he neared him the orc let out a roar then took two axes from his belt and charged towards Edward the orc was welcoming a one on one battle.

As he charged something was flying towards him and came closer and closer until it was embedded between its eyes. The orcs eyes rolled up as he fell forwards further embedding the knife and it's tip was exposed at the back of its head.

"Ahhh...and here I thought he was smart enough to dodge....tsk" he mumbled as he kicked the fat orc on the head and pulled his knife out it was dripping with greenish blood. He then took the two war axes the orc dropped and swung it around and smirked.

Now then he then faced the four orcs staring at the corpses of their leader he slowly made his way towards then giving them a warm smile but the orcs flinched as they saw it. A white haired reaper was coming to kill them as he killed their leader.

The fight ended up one sided as the orcs tried to fight at first but after the death of another one of their brothers they ran exposing their back to him which made out to be a good target he then started to throw the axes and out of 4 tries only missed one. He then slowly picked up the two axes from the backs of the orcs and finished them off with a slash to the neck.

Just as he was finishing up the next wave came.

Wave3:

Bandits x20

Several footsteps were heard and soon a large group of people wearing ruined leather tops that gave them that bandit look trousers that had some holes on them and hoods that failed to hide their face. Each of them had short swords and knifes on their sides and they were snickering as they approached the white haired killer.

"Hey where the hell do this guys keep popping out from? they can't be just lying inside this place right?" 

he nonchalantly asked the lone person that seated as the audience. The bandits were taken aback by his casual attitude and stopped in their tracks as they looked at the one in that sat at the throne.

"Oh that? well the monsters are simply taken from the world and some people aswell but not everyone can be taken for example they either have to be evil or deserve to die they get picked up by a portal and transported here so those guys are trash of society anyways enough chatter and fight!" 

Merrick answered right away as he then stood up and have a thumbs down signaling him to execute them.

With a bow Edward yelled "As you will it my emperor!" he said slightly chuckling as he played along the role play of a gladiator in the arena.

The chatted of the two irritated the bandits and dashed towards the lone man standing before them. They unsheathed their daggers and readied their blades and make the one before them cry out in pain. But the one crying was not their target but them.

Two bandits fell within 5 seconds as they got near the white haired man the others suddenly reared to a stop as they witnessed the scene the ones that fell had their necks quickly cut open and couldn't even utter a shriek of pain as their trachea was cut open.

But 5 bandits snapped out of the trance and swiftly but carefully circled their opponent none of their earlier calm can be seen but they had something else that made them act and it was fear. Fear of the white haired killer in front of them despite outnumbering him was looked at them with a blank expression that made their skin crawl and chilled their spines.

Coordinating with one another the five charged at the man standing before them as they yelled a battle cry and each of them shot their daggers forward. With their numbers he couldn't dodge all of the strikes and will positively be damaged by one of them, but that was what they thought as their daggers clashed with one another with a clink as their target was nowhere to be seen.

It was so sudden out of nowhere the man appeared before them standing on their hands. They tried to pull their daggers but a lot can happen within a few seconds and with that the bandits vision went dark as sharp pain ran across their faces.

AHHHH!!!! 

My eyes,my eyes!!!!!!!

I'm blind!!!! ahhh it hurts it hurts!!!!!

The bandits screamed in pain as they fell to the floor gripping their faces as blood flowed from their eye sockets and was pouring to the stone ground below them. The only one standing in the circle of the bleeding bandits stared maliciously at the others in front of them.

Cold sweat poured from the remaining 13 bandits and made them unconsciously step back at the sight.

They were about to move away from him the white reaper spoke.

"*sigh* I thought that bandits were supposed to be somewhat strong.....but this is just disappointing...guess I'll just eliminate you guys and hope the next can entertain me....cause you know..." 

As he stopped speaking and stared at the hoodlums before him. They could feel something touching their hearts and their brain screamed to run away from the monster in front of them as they could see their deaths at his hand each of them was paralyzed with fear at the sight of the white haired monster in front of them and didn't see a man but rather a beast...a beast that was going to kill them no matter what.

And with the next few words he spoke the slaughter began.

"I had my fill killing your kind everyday and it just gets boring...sometimes hit men get sent and some excitement come but still not that I can fight monster in real I have no more use for you.....so just die"

He slowly walked towards the men that seemed to have fainted while standing while some just stared at him waiting for their end.

As he readied his knife a sudden chime bright him to look at the gate.

Wave 4:

Shadow Hare x3

As he stared at the window and then shook his head.

Seriously? Oh I am so pissed right now first no goblins second all this generic mobs that can't even hit me now most irritating of all....RABBITS!?

He glared at Merrick as he was pissed off at the opponents the trial gave him but the god gave him a blank stare back and a shrug as if saying Not my fault you got those just enjoy it. But Merricks blank face changed as he stared at the area of the gate and his eyes showed slight surprise as he glanced at Edward and back to the gate.

"What? seriously you're surprised to see me fighting even rabbits, I know I said I'll kill anything in my way but come on! rabbits those bug eyed long eared and small creature that can't even protect themselves and I have to kill them which I can do it but still rabbits as some monster I'm facing give me a break! As if these things can even... huh?!" a sudden chill came from behind as he heard shouts and screams coming from the bandits.

Without a second more he jumped to to the right and quickly turned around to see what caused the screams and he couldn't believe his eyes.

The rabbits he thought to be fluffy, small and innocent were nowhere to be seen but a black haired creature about the size of a wolf was tearing to pieces. The hulking abominations couldn't even be near their domestic counterparts and the only thing that resembled at them was their ears but that aswell was covered with black fur.

The shadow hare's were about the size of an adult dog and had razor sharp teeth they used to rip the throats of their victims they had bulging muscles around their body that was covered by black fur but can be seen as some spots were hairless and some had marks signifying they were fought for their lives. Their paws had sharp claws that impaled 2 bandits to the floor as one finished them but the most eye catching thing about them was the dark hazy fog that floated around them covering their whole bodies that only dispersed as they feasted on their prey.

In just minutes the trio of monsters killed the bandits leaving some torn in half while others were mauled leaving them near deaths door. Two of them were still slaughtering the bandits but one stared directly at Edward it's dark red eyes that could be mistaken for a cat's eyed him and without warning it dashed towards him.

He quickly rolled to the right as the monster bunny infront of him quickly covered the distance within 10 seconds and leaped at him claws ready to slash him. He evaded the strike but not fully as his legs got slashed by razor sharp claws that tore his pants.

With a grunt he took the axe he claimed from the orc and quickly returned the favor by gifting the hare with an axe to the face but it quickly sensed the projectile avoided the attack by hopping over it. Edward swore as the rabbit jumped and was aiming to crush him with its weight.

He sidestepped narrow…He yelled out as the blade was inches from the rabbit and he was sure that it was going to die but his hopes were shattered as he saw no blood poured nor skin tearing from the blade not even a scream from the beast could be heard as he tried to stab it.

A dark hazy fog hovered above the rabbits head and kept the blade from piercing even the fur of the beast it circled around his hands and covered the blood rendering it useless as he tried to force it through the dark aura but failed. He saw the beast stare at him and it's eye was filled with rage at the site of a human almost harming him.

This time the beast was on the attack as it tried to bite his face he tried to pull the blade out but to no avail as it was stuck in place as the fog won’t let it go even his hands can't be pulled away from the grip. He fell to his back in an attempt to prevent his face from being mangled by the sharp blades that were its teeth. Missing its original target he aimed for another part that was close his arms he pulled the sword from the bandits body and sliced at the beast but the same fog that was holding him clashed with the blade and enveloped it he quickly released his grip before rendering his other arm useless he tried to find another weapon to harm the beast but he let out a blood curling scream.

"Gru!? ARHAHHHHHAHHH" 

Blood flowed to the floor as the monster started to bite deep at his left arm, several dagger like teeth tore through his sleeves and punctured his arms continuously as the monster rabbit chomped down deep at his skin and seemed to enjoy the scream that it's victim let out.

He used his free arm to punch the beast multiple times in the face but failed to cause any harm and made the hare bite harder letting him curse out in the air.

His situation was getting worse he felt the beast biting trough his arm harder and blood flowed from the countless holes in his arm and to top it off the scream he let out got the attention of the two other shadow hare and made it's way to them.

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As he saw it he started to kick the rabbit in the face trying to free his arm from it's mouth and the beast suddenly stopped and released his arm for a second but then bit the upper part of his arms making fall to the ground.

"Fuck fuck fuck! this shit can this shit get any worse!?"

he yelled out but then regretted it a second later.

Wave 5: 

Ogre x1

"Oh you really shouldn't have said that..."

Merrick said as he had a concerned look on his face but couldn't hide the mocking tone of his voice.

He was busy trying not to die when a hulking green foot came into the light from the shadows of the gate he was atleast half the size of the large gate messy black hair with a two medium sized horns poking from it. His entire body was toned and looked like a professional body builder and on his hand was a large metal axe that scrapped on the ground as he walked his face was more human than a troll or an orc but had beast eye's and large fangs that were visible from afar and it's only clothes were makeshift pants made from some sort of animal fur.

As he left the gate he let out a loud roar that echoed throughout the entire coliseum and caught the attention of the two rabbits in front of him and made them turn around and charged at the giant that entered the area.

One of the hares jumped up with his claws stretched out and aimed for the ogres neck just mere inches away from the ogre he quickly raised his axe and swatted the hare to the side slamming it to the wall next to the gate making the best squeal at the impact. The other one used the distraction and aimed to maim the ogre's legs and managed to make a slash that let out some blood but before it could add some more damage a swift backhand from the angry ogre but as approached the target barely missed the rabbit as it jumped back to safety. The other hare recovered from the attack as it barely as it looked unharmed but it was somewhat slower than before and went back to attacking the giant with his brother.

But at the other side of the area another fight was happening but it wasn't  close to a fight.

It's been several minutes since the rabbit chomped down on his arm and it continued to bleed out as some skin and muscles were torn from his body he continued to kick the beast and landed a hit at it's eye making it open it's mouth and as the dark aura loosened the grip due to the pain and managed to free his arm before the beast could bite it once again. He quickly jumped to the side making some distance from the blood covered beast as he gripped his bloody mangled arm that now looked like a cheap horror prop from a movie.

But as he was getting a breather the rabbit once again pounced towards him but he dodge clumsily as he fell on his back making the beast leap above him and missed.

damn! need to cover the wound first but I need to handle this damn fucking rabbit!

He yelled in his head but as he tried to get up a sharp pain rose from his arm and spread to his body making him lose focus and it was all the time the rabbit needed to once again attack him he saw the beast coming towards him as he laid on the floor he made a decision and blocked the incoming teeth with his already mangled arm as he once again tried to stab the beast but aimed at it's eye this time hoping he got luck but failed as the aura once again held the knife in place.

The monster bit deeper and deeper and tore more skin from his arm as he cursed and pushed the beast away using his legs but was futile he was slowly loosing focus and only gazed at his sides as the beast munched on his arm.

And he saw his god looking at him not with pity nor with concern but with an indifferent look and only shook his head as he opened his mouth but Edward couldn't hear the words and only blankly stared at him as he felt his energy draining.

He stared as his mouth moved slowly and he saw his lips and traced the words seemingly clearly as he everything else went hazy.

Get...up....Is this really all you've got? Get your ass up and kill that fucking rabbit, are you just going to let old bugs snack on your arm? pathetic....

Those words were like a salt to his wounds, he knew it was true he was going to be killed by a giant bloody bunny and what’s worse he couldn’t even make it bleed. He kept staring at the god who kept repeating those words.

Get up...Get up.....

he tried to move his body but failed he felt his consciousness slipping away...and he saw a distant memory he had long forgotten

Son why are you crying?

*sniff* I got beaten up again....Ken picked on me and bullied me today *sniff* 

Did you get beat up? why didn't you fight back?

I did but they were too strong! I landed a hit but it wasn't strong enough! I'm weak! I couldn’t even protect myself

you aren't weak Edie...no one is..you just have to get stronger that way you can beat anyone that tries to hurt you

but they're too big I can'-

Don't tell yourself you can't! Listen here! if life's punches you down and drops you to the ground you just have to stand up and shove a knife at it's face! You aren't weak you are just not strong enough but if you want and try to better yourself you can become stronger than anyone else!

I can? *sniff* I can?

Yes and I'll help you after all I want you to beat the crap ouyt of whoever tries to hurt you so do you want to become stronger?

Ye-yes!

then get up! and try harder! get up even if you get knocked down stand up and strike harder and harder!

now Get up!

"Took you long enough....now let them feel the chaos you bring...." Merrick said as he grinned widely at the sight before him.

A white haired man with an arm bloodied from countless marks that had some skin ripped from it was holding the head of shadow hare that was mindlessly assaulting him and grinned as dark black lines was covering his knife that seemed to exude a dark aura somewhat similar to the one the shadow hare used to protect themselves but his aura was only moving around his blade and formed a thin line around it edges adding a dark purple glow to it.

Ability Unlocked:

Chaos Aura

He closed the window as he quickly used the knife and cut some leather from the surrounding bandits and made a makeshift bandage to stop his arm from somewhat bleeding as he finished he stared at the giant across him holding a shadow hare that had it's body cut in half while the wounded survivor of the trio.

The ogre popped the rabbit into his mouth and viciously bit on it the crunching of bones was audible even to him and then readied his axe and swung from above towards the wound beast making it leap back and run towards Edward.

But it was a mistake as he escaped a tiger a lion was waiting in front of him the rabbits dash was somewhat slow compared to earlier and he could see it clearly now it was going to collide towards him but with a step to the right he dodged and placed his knife to intercept the beast to the side without dodging a black haze formed at the side of the beast waiting for the impact of the blade to stop it was as they collided the knife sliced through the black hare and pierce the rabbits side using the momentum it had he simply moved his arm forward and sliced the sides of the wounded bunny open making it tumble behind him as several organs came out and blood rushed from it's body.

He then slowly walked towards the ogre that eyed him as it walked to wards him aswell at first they were walking but then both of then sped up and made a full dash towards eachother the ogre swung his axe as they got near eachother and with a crash destroyed the floor that he was just standing at he quickly countered with a few quick slices to his legs and jumped back before a fist sent him flying.

He looked at the wounds on it's legs but they slowly closed up and healed almost returning to the original state it was at. He clicked his tongue as he saw the regenerative capabilities of the monster in front of him as he quickly dodged another axe swing and quickly ducked to avoid the sweeping blow but the ogre quickly released his hands from it's weapon and grabbed the little human catching him in his left hand, Edward squirmed as the ogre lifted him up to his face and slowly tightened his grip on him making his bones creak he tried to stab the arm but only made the ogre squeeze harder.

The ogre then slowly pulled him close to his face as he opened it's mouth, he was going to be eaten alive and it wasn't going to be pleasant but despite that he had a grin plastered on his face as a dark light glowed from his eyes. The ogre felt something go down his throat and had coughing fit as he glared at the one in his hands that threw the object he then growled and tried to bite him in half but he saw a metal object in the mans hand and was pointing in his eye a second later a loud noise was heard.

Bang!

A single gunshot was fired and was embedded inside the ogres eye the pain from the wound made him loosen his grip and le Edward slip from his hands as he quickly dashed away from the screaming giant as he held his eye the ogre flailed and smashed the wall near the gate as he gripped his face then he glared at the one that cause the wound who was standing far from him.

"Let's see you regenerate from a million pieces...shall we?"

with a mischievous smile he waved at the ogre and made it roar as he was going to move towards the one mocking him a huge explosion happened.

From the place the ogre was standing on his feet remained as his remaining body parts were scattered from the explosion. The thing the ogre swallowed was none other than  grenade Edward had tucked inside his vest. He had a few more explosives he intended to use during the drug raid he performed but found them useless when he got caught so he had them on him for a while now and finally found it's use.

He then looked towards Merrick who was clapping his hands slowly with a grin

"Are you not entertained!?" he yelled out emphasizing his voice as he stretched his hands out the area copying a quote from a show he once watched.

"Now then get on with the other show, you can't make your emperor wait!" 

Merrick answered as he stared at the white haired victor.

"Hah nope!"

Edward suddenly said as he dashed towards the gate with a grenade in his hand. Merrick gave a quizzical look at him at his answer and then sighed as he realized what the gladiator was planning.

A couple of seconds later a chime appeared but he ignored it and the message that popped up as he pulled the pin and heated the grenade as he neared and as he was close he lobbed the green ball just above the giant gate and another explosion occurred the result of the explosion the gate came crashing down along with some rocks blocking the entrance with the gate, the monsters in front of him had no way to enter the arena anymore

He released a breath as he decided to look at the notification.

Wave 6 :

Treants x5

He shrugged his shoulders as then walked towards some corpses of bandits or what was left of them from that assault of the mad bunnies and dragged a couple of them back near the gate he repeated the process until a  pile of corpses was littered before the living trees tried tried to push the gate away in order to enter the desolate area before them they tried to reach out and grab the lone being that moved before them but as their barky fingertips got close they were surprised to see their hands gone and left a stump they tried to pull him close in order to kill him but as they were getting near they recoiled their leafy hands back out of fear as they saw a bright orange light appear from his hands.

"Ah damn it spark spark!....and there we go"

Edward muttered as he created a make shift torch from a finger of the tree before him and some rags from the bandits he then set fire to the numerous corpses below him that earned a fearful shriek from the living plants that was trapped inside the gate.

With a satisfied smile he walked away to the sides of the gate and made a small camp fire using rags and rocks that fell from the walls. He first removed the blood soaked bandage he made to cover his bloody arm and grit his teeth shut as he saw the damage he received. The rag was stuck in some parts of his wound and he had to pull harder which felt like having hot wax on your skin as slowly pull it out alone with your skin. As he finished he then pulled out his knife and stared at the corpse of the shadowhare with a small smile creeping up on his face.

"I still haven't had anything to eat and a whole day must have passed since that battle with the statue yesterday...oh I am going to enjoy this~" he mumbled to himself as he started to skin the beast carefully and as he finished he then mercilessly but beautifully hacked away the meat from the rabbit alone with the pile of sticks(hands) he got from the treants he started to make some skewered shadow hare. He then glanced where Merrick was and surprised to see he was gone he then shrugged and continued to prepare a feast for himself. As he finished he got about 3 dozen sticks of rabbit meat and placed it on top of the fire letting out a good aroma that filled the area around him as he cooked a new chime came and he stared at it.

Wave 7:

Dire wolves x 10

He then dismissed the window and continued to cook the meat carefully as to not burn it a couple of minutes passed as the first batch of meat was finished it gave a strong smell that both stimulated the appetite and made the person lose all control. But he was slightly reluctant to eat the meat other than the fact it came from a monstrosity that had giant claws and a dark menacing aura the meat looked like darker than any meat he saw but with a shrug he bit the meat hard and his eyes went wide as he ate.

"TASTY!!!!" A explosion of flavors came from the meat he ate he quickly wolfed down the first and took another one despite it was still hot and chomped it down aswell. The meat that looked volatile was surprisingly filled to the brim with amazing flavor. The texture you chew it was like anyother meat while the smell could make any person drool.

As he was merrily chomping down the meat he noticed a shadow loom behind him as Merrick approached the eating man.

He wiped his mouth with a rag and looked at Merrick as he gave a sigh.

"As your emperor I command you to hand over the meat!" The god said sounding like a tyrant as he eyed the meat.

But he was met with silence and a cold stare as Edward slowly ate another helping as he ignored the man before him.

Merrick tried to scare him but failed as a loud grumble came from him

 "Fine I'll answer three questions you ask"

"Make it 5 plus 2 favors"

"Four, no favors"

"Three questions,

One favor that's final"

The two tried to negotiate but Merrick wont relent and Edward won’t budge as he downed his 10th rabbit on a stick as he stared at the hungry god.

With a grunt Merrick finally gave in to his hunger and with a smile the white haired cook pointed at the food before him.

"Enjoy~" 

And with those words the God quickly snagged about half of the rabbit meat and only left a couple of pieces.

He saw a scene that would look impossible to those that haven't witnessed it a man eating 20 pieces of rabbit meat down in quick succession in just 10 seconds he finished it all and let a small sigh of satisfaction out.

Edward finished his 11th meat with hesitation as he witnessed the strange phenomenon that happened.

And quickly took a small container from his vest and chugged it down.

"Puhaaaaaaaaa! That hit the spot" 

He exclaimed as he then tossed the metallic container to Merrick who caught it quickly and eyed it for a while then took a small sip from it then a big gulp.

As the god enjoyed the sweet drink of wine he saw another notification appear.

Wave 8:

Naga x5

The noises from before became even louder as howls, snapping of branches and shouts came from inside the gate. It wouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the state of the monsters inside the gate.

With a burp and the passing of wine before him he returned his gaze towards the suited god.

"Okay first question, what the hell is with this rigged system?" 

"To put it simply the trials are held fairly for every individual but there are some exemptions, but this time someone interfered with the system making it somewhat impossible for a normal individual to finish it."

Edward asked and got an acceptable answer he didn't need to waste a question to whom might rigged the trial as it will come later into light.

"Second, what happens if I die?"

The second question got a curious brow up from the god and shrugged as he answered.

"Normal mortals will either go to a specific location based on their actions and the places are top secret and even us gods can't speak of it so just take a look at the book later on but for champions it's different rather than permanent death you go to a special plane where you either get the right to rise again or perma-death."

He nodded at the new insight but still shook his head Dying still won’t happen no matter what..... he thought to himself.

"Lastly, fully explain this to me and how to get it stronger"

As he asked as a black aura formed in his hand and slowly condensed into a black orb that hovered above his palm.

Merrick answered half heartedly at the first question but this time his eyes shone a little at the site of the aura in his palm.

"That my friend is pure chaos in it's original form" 

He said as he gave a smile.

"Originally no one should be able to possess even a small speck of it  let alone control it....but" h paused and eyed Edward.

"You are the one in a million that can feely manipulate it due to some of you circumstances. Many tried and somewhat been able to harness it but they should have know that chaos can't be tamed so easily and their minds got devoured by the energy."

He said as he shook his head as a smile was still on his face.

"You have about 90% affinity with it...which is inhumane I might say....letting you easily do stuff that should only be possible after how you say 100 years of training and research could be able to do. But still you have a long way to go...."

As he spoke a the air around them began to swirl and the ground shook as a massive amount of aura was swirling around the body of Merrick jet black aura pulsed around his feet at seemed to make his body disappear.

As he stared at the accumulation of chaotic aura in front of him he noticed his own small ball of aura was being pulled towards the mass in front of it.

He then tried to stop the ball from being absorbed into the giant cloud and was successful making the aura swirl around his own arm but as he did he thought of something he stretched out his palm towards Merrick and closed his eyes the god stared at him and smiled at what he saw.

"I won’t stop you from doing what you want but be sure to be prepared for some backlash because it isn't going to be easy."

He willed the small  aura within his hand to swirl faster and faster trying to imitate the way the giant mass is moving and made a small dark swirl appeared on his palm.

He then tried to pull some of the aura clouding Merrick towards him and was unsuccessful. The large swirl was too turbulent and he couldn't even get a small amount to come to him but he didn't stop as he let the aura flow towards The black mass infront of him and it was soon being sucked in as it connected he quickly pulled back the aura but this time maintaining a small link with the cloud and tried to suck in something.

It was beyond difficult as he felt his small aura getting ripped away from him but slowly and surely he got it. A dark pulsating glow appeared inside the connection and was slowly being pulled towards him, with a grin he then strengthen the pull while trying to stop his own aura from being sucked in but as the small aura got near his palm he quickly fell to his knees.

"Wha ah arghhh!??!!????" 

With a yell he gripped his right arm with his left as he felt a dangerous surge flow through it as dark lines started to glow from his right hand.

He gritted his teeth at the pain and tried to calm down but as he slowly got used to it but felt another spike of pain as he saw more and more larger amounts of dark energy flowed into his arm as he saw Merrick giving him a a wide smile.

"Now imagine this, there’s a small house filled with a big family and they are all cramped not one space can be seen and they continue grow and spread while space inside the house continued to shrink and shrink until nothing is left....but then"

He paused as he scratched his chin and looked at Edward as he stared right back at the god trying to stop the flow of energy from getting stronger.

"What do you think would happen if they found a new suitable home where there's so much space that it's only occupant was one person.....they'd quickly leave the cramped space and make way for their new home isn't that right?"

He asked not gaining an answer but a grunt and small screams.

The energy kept flowing and he felt his original aura being suppressed by the massive amount of Merrick’s own....

“Shit shit shit!!!! You fucking asshole!!! Stop the flow already!!!” 

He yelled out towards the god but only got a small response.

"You tried to take some of my aura....it's not my fault it likes you.....but.. if this continues you'll become an empty shell controlled by chaos.... well you can always use the favor you have to make me help you"

He said flatly as he gave a small chuckle.

He stayed quiet for about 10 minutes as he was still griping his right hand.

"Just say the magic words 'Oh Merrick please help me I'm so stupid to do this I need your amazing self to save me~'"

"F...k........ff...."

His words got cut by the strong vortex that flowed to his body.

"Hmmm?I couldn't hear you can you repeat that?"

All of a sudden a marks around Edwards arm started to pulse slightly with a violet hue and the stark black aura that was flowing through him slowed down and quickly flowed back towards the source as if trying to run away.

This caused the god to put a brow up at his next words.

"I said.....FUCK OFF!!!! I don't need your help!"

He then stretched out his left hand and black violet tendrils rushed out from his palms and connected to the vortex of energy in front of him. He then started to pull more chaotic aura from Merrick into him and the marks that formed on his right started to show on his left side as the wounds he received earlier started to burn and mend itself as the marks stretched out towards his body.

"We were having so much fun earlier so why leave? Come on we can get to know each other better~" 

With a maniacal glint in his eyes he stared at the aura surrounding Merrick as it started to slow down and the aura around him became bigger and bigger.

"Now then....if someone came inside your home and said that they'll be living here and their numbers started to increase and increase what would the land lord say to them hmmm?"

He asked as seemingly imitating the exact voice Merrick used earlier.

"i wonder? What would happen?"

The god asked smiling.

"Well it's pretty simple actually they'll get to live at the home at the expense of them following the rules of the landlord who for your information is me!"

He yelled out as he continued to suck the energy and felt his entire body be shrouded by the chaotic aura making the ground below him shake and the air around him noisy.

Merrick stared at him blankly but all of a sudden a small smile formed as he gave a laugh.

"Alright that's enough, anymore and you'll kill yourself"

And with a snap of his fingers both of their auras quickly dispersed then a loud thud came from Edwards direction.

He was sweating and gripping his arms as he rolled on the ground.

"Keep your cool, oh and did I say your affinity was 90% I made small mistake it was about 99%~"

Merrick said as he then moved back to the seats and resumed his place at the throne.

After 10 minutes of mind numbing pain he stood up and stared at his arms the marks that appeared before faded and was gone leaving a small tattoo on top of his right hand.

"You son of a.....that was your plan from the beginning....."

he said towards the bored looking god as he then saw the pop up before him.

Chaos aura has evolved due to the absorption of large amounts of pure chaotic aura to True Chaos Aura (God)

"Oh yeah it was but I planned it later on but you survived the transfer now you have chaotic energy plus my own and you amazing converted it so congrats"

Merrick gave a slow 2 claps to him.

He shook his head cursing silently as he then slowly but surely came back to his senses and paid attention towards his body and felt it.

The energy inside of him that he couldn't feel before now was clearly being monitored by him he saw the dark energy he sucked in being covered by his own aura and changing it.

"Now.....to finish the damn trial already I'm not in the mood to play around anymore"

He quickly made his way towards the gate and used the cracks present to climb upwards above the gate were the stands were.

As he walked he placed about 7 mines evenly covering the whole area making the most of the combined havoc they can make. He then remembered the notifications that arrived before and quickly viewed them.

Wave 9:

Griffin x1

Wave 10

Cyclops x1

A griffin....so that's where the sounds he heard came from along with the cyclops it seems thy were still fighting it had been about 30 mins after the griffin came so they were battling inside the gate.

The other monsters must have been killed by the two aswell he then shrugged as he jumped back down and peeked at the gate and saw a giant one eyed behemoth holding the griffin with his hands as he tried to rip out it's wings but the griffin opened it's mouth and shot a wave of lighting hitting the face of the cyclops making it tumble backwards.

He stared a few more minutes at the battle of two mythical beasts in front of him but he wasn't interested in the fight rather he was thinking of ways he had to kill them if he were to fight them.

"The cyclops looks slow and predictable.....do it would be easy if I can get a shot in it's eye....but the griffin is dangerous if it's at an open filled....eh I'll think of something when the time comes...now then time for some fireworks~"

He as a smile formed and then pulled out two grenades and heated them up as he stared at the two infront of him.

Maybe this was overkill he already had mines stacked above them to cave them in but he wanted to make sure they stayed dead and couldn't take any chances after almost dying from a giant rabbit.

He lobbed the two grenades perfectly as it got between the two beast. The two stopped fighting and stared at the small green object and looked at where it came from and saw a white haired man that seemed to exude a ominous aura behind him.

They were going to attack the man that appeared but they were stopped by a huge explosion.

BOOOOOOM! 

The grenades exploded inches away from the two followed up by an explosion above them that caved the whole area along with a few more explosions.

"Reminds me of the 4th of july....exactly like the fourth of july when I detonated a huge ship supplying weapons to the syndicate."

He said as he then got a notification that made him smile.

Trial of strength 

You have passed the trial of strength and survived all waves eliminating all those that opposed you. The god of war smile upon your victory.

And with that a portal appeared in front of him signaling he should leave but before that he wanted to loot something from the monsters.

As he was done he happily made his way through the portal.

"Let's finish this...."

Then he got teleported to the second trial.

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"Well that was disappointing...."

"Oh then we're in the same page"

Edward was conversing with Merrick as they appeared out of a portal and a large stone statue of a man seeming to be very old was in the middle of the area.

Edward has just finished the trials and completed all of them with no problems.

The second trial he took on was the trial of endurance which the aim was to test one's body by holding on a stick over a cliff and below was a large crevice with no end. The trial lasted for 24 hours and was hell for others but for him it was easy as he used his belt and tightly tied it around one of his arms and slept while hanging.

"That endurance test was like the time I had to let myself be captured but the difference was I was upside down the whole day"

"I think that would be a better challenge.....but did you have to sleep through it? You could have done something else"

"Like fall to my death?"

The third trial tested ones dexterity by placing the person in a training area where countless arrows were shot and the person had to maneuver towards the exit to the next challenge which increased the difficulty about 5 challenges were present. One had to doge roll and wait for the right time to move but he used the beams around him and jumped from one to another quickly finishing the challenge.

"I mean you wouldn't place beams above if you didn't want anyone to use it right?"

"Nope no one had that in mind when making the challenge but.....that idiot was one for designs so it's his fault"

The fourth was a test of knowledge and was somewhat hard for Edward he had to answer countless puzzles and riddles and walk through the door in order to pass. At first he tried to answer the riddles and proceeded with that plan but he came face to face with words he didn't understand he got mad and decided to destroy the walls connecting the rooms and move through them finishing the test.

"Not my fault they used some language I didn't know...."

"It was a forgotten language I know it because I was the reason it got forgotten in the first place you could have just asked me for the favor to be used but noooooo you had to destroy the area"

The last trial was shockingly stupid yet easy the trial of luck which was based on you know luck.

No one seemed to pass the test as you need to be extremely lucky to win. Merrick was sure he was going to fail but the notification said otherwise.

HOORAY YOU WON CONGRATULATIONS! THE GOD OF LUCK SMILES UPON YOU :D

"Huh even I could see that coming"

"But that was the most impossible trial I've ever seen, just how?"

"Well I have uncanny luck watch"

He said as he blindly threw the dagger up and placed his hand below it the dagger then landed on it's side and he was unharmed.

"Okay that is bullshit....and that's saying something coming from me"

"Haha well it's not ways like that"

He said as he spun the knife around his hands but it suddenly slipped and it bounced from the wall and went straight to his ass.

"Uh....you got ah..."

"I know....."

"You know you"

"I know..."

After the few exchanges Merrick let out a maniacal laugh at the sight of his champion having a knife stuck to his ass.

"Asshole" 

He mumbled as he then pulled the knife out and grimaced wondered how the hell it even got stuck at such a spot.

Merrick continued to roll on the floor and laugh for five minutes before he stopped and stood up dusting himself off.

The air then tensed around them as Merrick walked towards the statue and Edward trailed behind.

Seeing it closer the statue was bigger than what he thought towering about    100 ft up seeming to reach the ceiling of the cavern they were at. Looking at it somehow reminded him of the statue of liberty, old man version.

Merrick stopped just a few inches at a small pedestal. It had several images around it and had intricate lines going downwards in a spiral and on top of it had a small book on top it he opened the book to a specific page and recited the words professionally almost making his usual laid back attitude disappear.

"I come here to present the one I have chosen for the war. I deemed him worthy to bear the title of Champion of Chaos and guide him justly and fairly to do his duties and with this oath I pledge to not meddle with his affairs that would manipulate him towards my goals yada yada yda."

As Merrick was speaking the oath he saw him place his hands behind his back and cross it as he spoke. This earned a small chuckle from the champion he chose.

"......And now that I finished the boring stuff.... come forth and present yourself my champion!"

he yelled out as he stretched out his hands like an announcer from a quiz show.

Edward walked towards the pedestal and looked at Merrick

"As gay as it sounds Just place your hand here above mine...it's safe don't worry and no homo"

The last part made him think twice about doing what he was told but he hesitantly placed his hand on top of Merrick's own and the book glowed greenish as runes popped out but soon disappeared seconds passed and nothing did happen.

"I guess it's safe..."

as those words came out from his mouth a huge spike appeared from the ground pedestal and impaled both of their hands thoroughly.

Merrick stood there unscathed smiling at the reaction of his champion as he swore and gritted his teeth.

Red and black blood mixed together and flowed downwards towards the pedestal and flowing through the lines as it reached downwards and towards the statue.

Minutes passed then the spike came off and released the two and their wounds were magically healed.

"On a side note you better get tested I may or may not have a lot of encounters around the world and may have gotten a few not so good sicknesses....well not any worse than what you have am I right?"

Merrick jokingly said.

"Congratulations you now have aids" 

Edward said blankly towards Merrick making him suddenly shut his mouth and stare with wide eyes at Edward.

After a few moments of silence he bursted out laughing.

"Ha! you should have seen the look on your face, I'm clean hahahah"

The god grimaced at  him and then looked at the statue.

"Oh come on you were joking aswell right?"

but he was met with silence

"Right?"

He then felt slightly worried and noted himself to find a doctor to get examined just in case.

A few more minutes passed and the blood surrounded the statue making the runes below it glow with their blood mixed in and the ground shook violently Edward almost fell back at the sudden tremor but Merrick casually stood unaffected by the shaking.

He then saw the statue shaking slowly and thought it was just his eyes making him see things but as he looked above he saw a hand coming towards them.