[Guilty Trial #2: Deception]
"Hm."
Sam stood still as the chamber around him shifted, his expression as calm and unreadable as ever.
Darkness swallowed the walls.
The golden glow of the massive scale ahead dulled to a lifeless black.
The two towering doors on either side, which once held radiant carvings of an angel and a demon, now stood blank and silent.
Whether this trial was the standard version or a crueler one meant nothing to Sam.
He only needed to finish it.
That was all that mattered.
Ding!
[Description: Being honest is something that many people should aspire to be.]
[Do not lie, for if your deception is seen through, you will face a horror linked to it.]
The words burned in the air before fading, leaving a single line of glowing text above the dark scale and between the two empty doors.
It read:
[Are you strong enough to defeat what's ahead?]
"…."
Sam stared at the words in silence.
This wasn't a question about facts.
It wasn't asking for truth.
