"Sir, this is not the best time to be here." a gentle female voice called out to me. "The gates are going to open any moment now. So i advice you to leave."
I looked at her for a moment and simply raised my hand showing her a translucent card around the size of an ear.
She looked at it for a moment and asked:
"What's your name?"
"Rain." i replied.
"Your age?" she asked.
"fifteen."
She wrote something, looked at me and asked:
"Are you sure that is isn't just a normal card?"
As an answer i let go of the card and it remained floating in the air
"Well, right this way." she said walking to a heavy steel door.
Infront of the stood a giant guard with a dark expression on his face, as soon as he noticed us he started opening the heavy door slowly but surely the door started to open until it was opened completely.
Behind the door was a hall full of people around my age each one of them with the same translucent card some wearing it as an accessory some some letting it float behind them.
I could tell that they were some people staring at me and whispering but i couldn't care less, because as soon as the guard closed the door behind me i felt unbearable pain and heard screaming, and the next moment i passed out.
***
Waking up i heard a familiar male voice whispering in my ear.
[Awakened! prepare yourself.]
[Your first trial is about to begin.]
Looking around i noticed that i was sitting on the ground of an endless void, with no sign of light. Infront of me was a floating red core.
Not wasting any time, i willed the translucent card, which was the same color of the core, to enlarge, it was filled with a lot of information, firstly i focused on the trial information.
-Place of trial: The forest of death.
-Attendance: 1296.
-Your target: The forest giant.
I pused for a bit and clicked on the target to get some information on it.
As some as i read it i couldn't help but take a step back from horror.
-The forest giant: Class(Titan), Rank(Awakened)
"H-how the fuck am i supposed to kill an awakened titan! I'm still just an awakened human, not even an awakened master could take one down."
After a few second i started to focus again, after all i still need to find out what i was capable of.
i searched for a bit and found the text about me.
-Name: (unearned.)
-Aspect: [Vessel of war.]
-Aspect ability: [Flame of war.]
Before i could read the description, familiar voice called again.
[You have been recognized as the final child of shadow.]
[You have gained a new aspect.]
'What?'
With that a new text appeared and the color of the card turned black.
I didn't know what had happened, but as i was reading the text i couldn't help but grin.
-Aspect: [Vessel of war.], [Child of shadow.]
-Aspect ability: [Flame of war.],[Shadow manifestation.],[The shadow helper.]