"Not really…" The mysterious voice spoke again: "Perhaps… it's because you have passed your inner test before you entered this world."
"What do you an?" Hikaru was confused, he frowned and asked.
"I an… the chains that bind you inside were opened before you ca to this place."
When Hikaru heard that, he rembered being in the trial space, yes, that's when he t Rahul.
Hikaru nodded: "Probably so.
"So… who are you? The owner of this place?"
"No, you don't need to concern yourself with who I am, but I can tell you that I am not the master of this place."
"To be precise, I am just a type of Rune created by the owner of this place."
Hikaru frowned upon hearing that, was a Rune that was created by soone else capable of communicating like a real person?
[Sotis when Runes are created, the rune creator inserts part of his soul into the Rune. As such, that Rune will have a bit of the Rune creator's mindset.]
Hikaru nodded, pretending to understand.
"So… Can we go out? This inner challenge does not suit at all."
"Of course…"
"Wait! This place is…"
Before Hikaru could finish his sentence, he found himself appearing sowhere else. This place was a huge room, the ceiling of the room was over a hundred ters high, it was also supported by stone pillars with a diater of more than 1 ter.
He frowned and looked around, although he didn't see Seraphen, he didn't care about it too much.
At this ti, a special magic character appeared in each stone pillar and gave off a dazzling aura.
The mysterious voice from earlier spoke again: "This is a test of strength. Each stone pillar in this place represents an occupation type such as: Hunter, Magician, Swordsman..etc."
"There are 20 monsters here representing 20 occupations, if you…"
Before the voice could finish speaking, Hikaru took out the Void Hole. The Void Hole in his hand rotated around its own center, and the space around it twisted like a cloth.
Hikaru threw the Void Hole away, then whispered, "Super Nova..."
The Void Hole flew to the center of the room, then exploded. A trendous amount of energy erupted, it was like a ball that quickly grew and spread around.
It carried trendous power, and wherever it went it crushed everything to ashes.
The voice also felt extrely frightened by its power: "What the hell?!"
Of course, Hikaru wouldn't answer him. The trendous energy from Super Nova was like a small explosive star, the energy emanating from that explosion was terrifying.
The energy quickly enveloped this entire room, no, it even continued to spread around.
The whole cave trembled, and the stone pillars that had not yet turned into monsters were turned into ashes by Super Nova.
…
At this mont, Seraphen was imrsed in an inner challenge.
She was currently in her 10 year old body, and she was huddled in a small corner.
In this dark and musty room, there were many other girls just like her, about 10 years old.
"This is…" Seraphen muttered, she would never forget the scene before her eyes.
But now, it seed that the scene from the past once again appeared, making her a little scared.
She backed away, trying to hide herself among the other little girls.
Suddenly, her back touched sothing, and Seraphen turned to see what it was when a hand grabbed her collar and raised it.
"Ah! Little girl… where are you going?"
Seraphen saw the man in front of her and she was afraid. That man was a mixed-blood, his face which was filled with greed was just a few centiters away from Seraphen's face.
"Ah… girl, you sll so good." The man took a few breaths then spoke.
"Let go! Dirty bastard!" Seraphen tried to struggle but she forgot that now she was just a child with no ability to resist.
"Dirty?" The man heard Seraphen's words and frowned in anger, he threw Seraphen on the ground.
"Ah!" Seraphen cried out in pain. But she didn't think much, she turned and ran away imdiately.
However, she was just a child.
The man swung his leg and kicked Seraphen on the back, she painfully spat out a mouthful of blood, and her body flew more than five ters away.
Seraphen lay on the ground, and blood flowed out from her nose and mouth without stopping. She felt like she couldn't breathe right now, it was as if blood had blocked her windpipe.
No, to be more precise, the man's kick just now broke Seraphen's lung.
"Bastard! How dare you call dirty blood?! Do you think purebloods like you are clean?"
"You think you're so noble?"
"You're just a whore!"
"I will break your arms and legs, then rape you to death!"
Although the other man talked a lot, Seraphen couldn't hear it right now.
Everything in front of her slowly blurred, she felt like she couldn't breathe. Seraphen now looked like a drowning person, who was trying to swim to the surface but couldn't move.
Seraphen lay on the ground, trying to breathe, but every ti she tried to breathe, her chest felt like it was about to burst.
She reached out her hand, and tried to crawl away.
"BAM!"
The man imdiately stepped on her hand, Seraphen's beautiful hand was broken. He felt that this wasn't enough, so he repeatedly stepped on her arm.
"Crack!"
The sound of broken bones resounded. However, even though Seraphen could feel the pain stimulating her brain, she couldn't move.
At this point, Seraphen seed to have given up on resisting and Tears flowed out of her eyes non-stop.
At this point, she didn't even look forward to the so-called miracle because Seraphen's mind was filled with despair.
Suddenly, an image appeared before her eyes. Although she couldn't see the surroundings clearly, she could see the person's back.
It was a young man with a bizarre outfit. That image reminded her imdiately of a young man she once t.
"Could it be… that is…"
Right after that, the surroundings suddenly shattered into pieces like broken glass.
Seraphen woke up, and she found herself still lying on the ground, around her was broken glass that was scattered everywhere.
Seraphen gasped, her whole body was covered in sweat, and her sweat even soaked her dress.
Seraphen touched the back of her shirt, which was also wet with sweat.
Everything was so real anyway, so real that it made Seraphen think she'd just gone back in ti.
She looked around, she only saw the long and murky tunnel, but she did not see Hikaru at all.
However, what confused Seraphen was that the glass in the middle of the tunnel was also broken.
"Did Hikaru smash it? Impossible! That glass is made from high level magic of a King class person, how can it be broken?"
Seraphen muttered, she tried to find Hikaru's figure but she didn't know where to go because everywhere was covered by darkness.
"Rumble! Rumble!"
Suddenly, the cave shook violently, and Seraphen was frightened. She fell to the ground, and clasped her hands. But, she discovered that she still couldn't use magic.
Seraphen held her head with both hands, and closed her eyes tightly. She was very scared inside but she didn't know where to run.
Fortunately, the quake lasted only about a minute and then stopped.
Seraphen was now covered in dust, but she didn't notice that much.
She tried to get the Misty Lamp from the space bag but she couldn't use magic so she couldn't get the item from the space bag.
Seraphen sighed, and sat on the ground, her back was against the cave wall, as she was unable to go anywhere. Fortunately, there was still so light emanating from the magic glass in this place, otherwise, even the place where she was sitting would be engulfed in darkness.
Suddenly, the image of Hikaru appeared in her mind again.
Seraphen found it extrely difficult to understand why the image of him appeared in her head.
Even… at the most dangerous mont, when she was most desperate, the one who appeared again was him?
"So… have I passed the inner test?"
…
In the old room, Hikaru was standing in the middle of an empty room, the stone pillars from earlier had disappeared as if they had never existed.
Hikaru looked around and muttered, "This room is really weird, even though the explosion was so powerful, it was still unaffected."
"Bizarre?!" The mysterious voice sounded again, but this ti, the voice was not calm but extrely angry: "Are you stupid? Do you know what you did just now almost destroyed the whole place?"
"Ah! I thought you wanted to destroy those 20 stone pillars, but you didn't tell how."
The mysterious voice: "…"
"You're not human!"
"Why do you say that?!" Hikaru said, startled.
The mysterious voice: "…"
"Haizzz. Okay, what do you want? What are you here for?"
"Ah! Does this place have other functions?" Hikaru asked, a bit surprised.
"Yes, this place is often used as a place for the followers of Sanctuary to challenge themselves and increase their strength."
"Introspective challenges help them overco their own phobias or fears, making them stronger inside."
"The 20 Pillars Challenge helps them recognize the weakness of their chosen profession, then perfect it in a better way."
"Of course… after that there will be more challenges."
Hikaru rubbed his chin, he frowned and said, "So… I've passed two trials, how many more are there?"
"Shut up! You don't need to pass any more tests! I will take you to your destination! Please! Stop ruining this place!"
Hearing that mysterious voice speak, Hikaru pouted: "You think I wanted to do that? you forced to do so. If you made it clear, I would have used a lower destructive skill."
"Okay! Okay! Okay! My fault! It's all my fault! I was wrong! Okay?!"
"Huh! Okay, I accept!"
The mysterious voice: "…"
Do you believe I will bite you to death?
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