A pond sprawled before him, from which a writhing blue shadowy mist emerged, sending a chill down his spine.
Translucent fungi glowed, bathing the surroundings in an ethereal blue light; which spread the warmth. In the centre of the pond, something luminous was hovering over the circular stone. Which was obscured by the spreading mist.
Liam moved cautiously towards the pond and stopped at the edge. He was shocked to see his reflection in the pond. He has dark hair and blue eyes, with a few strands of hair falling across his face, and pristine white skin.
He admired himself and thought,' I am handsome, hmm, I am really reincarnated into another world. Huh? I feel annoyed by how my past life ended.....'
His thoughts were abruptly cut by the voice, which was seeking his attention, with the loud hum, the stone path cut opened before him. Telling him to go for it. The inscription, written in a writing that Liam couldn't understand, lit up as he walked onto the path.
The smell of the pond disgusts him. He didn't let his guard down. As he placed the step to the central stone, he noticed that ancient inscriptions were also written all over it, lit up and an unknown voice echoed through the space.
[ You want to start the Trial. ]
[Yes/No]
He tensed up for the coming of a sudden voice. Liam's voice contorted into a colder tone, and he said, " Who are you? "
[ No permission. ]
Liam said, " Then, what is this trial?"
[ In this trial, your Endurance ability is going to be tested. You have to survive for 10 minutes. If you succeed you will be rewarded.]
Liam let his guard down and asked, "What if I fail? What will happen to me? "
[ You ... Will going to die.]
Liam thought with the expression less face ' Obviously they didn't give you a reward for free. Although, I am not scared. If I have to gain my powers back, I have to risk something. ' His thought cut off with the unknown voice.
[ If you want to start. ]
[Yes / No ]
He guarded up and crept his hand towards the hilt of the sword, said in a colder tone " Yes "
***
Then the darkness spread before his eyes, and suddenly he found himself on a dark flat surface and mist covered the whole space. The air is creepy and cold here. Suddenly, in the mist, two red glowing orbs like eyes lit up. When he locked his eyes on them, they sent a chill down his spine.
He murmur to himself, " fuck creepy creatures! "
His eyes sharpened. From the mist, the skeleton figure began to close the distance. He held a longsword in both of his skeletal hands. When the distance between them was more than 10 feet, he stopped there.
His body tensed up, and cold sweat formed on his forehead. He quickly unsheathed his longsword, he exhaled, steadied himself and took a stance.
For the moment they scrutinised each other to find any weakness in their own and then they leapt forward.
Their swords clashed and sparks spread in the air. The skeleton pushed forward, but a moment later, he gritted his teeth and also began to force harder. They pushed each other harder and cuts began to appear on his body. His hand began to feel pain in agony.
Skeleton slashes vertically, but he sidesteps it, and then he feints left to slash his right side, but he counterattacks. Then the slash struck his torso. Blood splashed in the air.
The skeleton showed the opening, and he slashed to his side, but his attack was counterattacked again. Then the sword appeared a few inches away from his neck, he ducked and slashed his chest, catching him off guard. Which caused the skeleton to stagger back and crumble. Then the voice echoed,
[ 5 minutes left for trial to finish.... ]
His chest rose and fell with his breath. Blood everywhere on his body, and with a hoarse voice, he said, " Surviving really is... the hard with... weak body like this. Now only 5 minutes are left. Let's survive this"
When he said that, two skeletons appeared behind him. With the smirk on his face, he leapt forward toward them.
Their clashes resounded in the air. Liam pushed his battered body to the limit. His body was cold and exhausted. He wanted nothing more than to rest, but then he gritted his teeth and sparks appeared in his eyes, and he began to slash each skeleton that caught his eye.
Some time passed the voice again echoed,
[ You have passed the trial, you have received a reward x1 egg??? ]
[The trial is finished, you are teleported back.]
Liam slumped on the ground, and inwardly cursed his weak body and then he lost his consciousness.
***
His eyes slowly began to open. He woke up with a groan on the central stone, and after calming down, he sat up there and began to remember what had happened. The memories hit him that he had passed the trial.
Liam said with the greedy look, " Let's see what my reward is. "
He stood up from there and then his eyes landed on the bluish obsidian egg, which writhed with shadows.
He said with frustration, " After so much pain you are giving me egg huh? Okay, but this one looks something else. "
When he touched it, it felt familiar. The egg began to suck his mana. He senses the life forming in it. He is happy when Liam touches it. For the moment warm smile crept on his cold face.
When he sucked all his mana, he feel dizzy and stored the egg in his storage ring. He doesn't know whose egg this is; he thought ' most likely bond egg, maybe. or not ' but pondering on it is time waste in a place like this.
Liam said, " Whatever, now what's my next step?"