The Rise Of Calamity

When they finally started moving and had gotten out of the rewards room, the same voice from earlier rang in their minds, yet instead of feeling shivers down their spines, they felt a feeling of determination flare up deep within them.

[You have chosen the reward \'Inheritance stone\']

[You have reached the second trial]

[Welcome to the trial of mind, where the fortitude of your mind will be tested or refined to the highest degree]

"Well, that doesn\'t sound fun now does it" Ronny chuckled, and even though he was trying to lighten the mood, the other two were having none of it, or to be precise, they couldn\'t even hear him.

"Guys?" Ronny spoke with a voice filled with worry and anxiety, causing him o also walk forward before looking them in the eyes just to see they were cloudy.

"What is ha-happen-i-n-" He wouldn\'t finish his sentence before also being pulled into what seemed like a deep slumber, yet when he found himself awake once again, he was no longer in the trial room and instead, was in a grassy plane that seemed extremely familiar to him.

While he might have been slightly confused about what was going on, the moment he saw something coming from the corner of his eyes, he knew exactly what was happening.

"I win! I win" A boy shouted at the top of his lings while running past what looked like markings that were meant to represent the finishing line.

The boy who had crossed the finishing line had glossy blonde hair that seemed a little pale compared to the boy next to him, who seemed to be a little older if one were to look at both stature and size alone.

They were both panting on the floor after passing the finishing line, yet even though they were tired, huge grins could be seen plastered across their faces.

"You guys are cheaters!" A girl with long black hair finally passed the finishing line and also collapsed onto the floor with the other two boys, before almost 2 minutes later when they were about to recover, they saw that another black-haired boy with a bored expression on his face walked past the finishing line without an ounce of sweat on his body.

"Jacob~! Why did you not run with us?" The girl with black hair asked while pointing at Jacob accusingly.

"Boring" He sneered but immediately sat down with them too and crossed his legs.

\'That\'s us...\' Ronny thought as he reminisced on the days when nothing mattered, but after thinking for a while, his ear perked up and his eyes widened when he heard the next voice that spoke.

"Jacob... You have to learn how to have a little fun, you know" The blonde older boy chuckled.

\'This was before we awakened our affinities... But who is that guy?\' Jacob asked himself, narrowing his eyes at the sight of the older blonde boy that too suspiciously resembled the boy right next to him, the same boy hat happened to be Ronny before he had awakened the fire affinity.

suddenly, from what seemed to be out of nowhere, a strange yet deeply scarring premonition overcame Ronny before an explosion occurred that seemed to have even affected him.

He had thought that due to the 4 children not being able to see him that he would have simply been more like a wandering spirit wandering through a part of his memories rather than having his physical body there, but that theory was quickly proven wrong by the pain he felt alongside the shockwave that had flung him several meters off the ground and away from where he previously stood.

Ronny wasn\'t stupid. He had already realized that what he was seeing was part of his memories or simply a fabricated one to test him during the trial period, but even then he couldn\'t have predicted that things within it would be capable of hurting him.

\'If I die in here I will most likely become a vegetable outside. These attacks might not be attacking me physically, but they sure are attacking my consciousness.

By the time he had finally looked up, he could only watch as a portal made out of what seemed to be the flames of hell slowly created a circle coming out of thin air.

The mana and soul energy it radiated already told everyone around of the power that the creature which had cast the portal held, yet it seemed like the only person who could truly understand the power behind the portal was none other than Ronny himself.

\'Those runes...\' He thought to himself while his thoughts

They were like nothing he had ever seen before as if they were something beyond Solaris, yet at the same time, a few encryptions were things he could recognize.

Yet even then, without the correct amount of information, all his theories and thoughts from here on out we\'re just that... theories.

"I\'ve been looking for someone like you for a long time. If you do not resist I will not kill your \'friends\'" Ronny could tell that the word friends had been said in a tone that was filled with disdain, yet he still could not comprehend what was happening, or to be precise, did not want to comprehend what was happening.

\'Why would I forget something so important\' He thought to himself while gripping his chest while feeling as if his heart was being clenched and squeezed, enough to make a grown man fall onto his knees.

Yet even then, he chose to persist and look up anyway, watching his younger self look at the man that had appeared through the portal with anger rising in his eyes.

He wanted to shout to his younger self to stop and not do something extremely stupid, but for an odd reason he could not understand, he felt as if his throat couldn\'t let out a sound that wouldn\'t sound croaky when released.

"Don\'t touch my brothe-" Before the younger Ronny had known it, a foot had slammed into his side, letting the sound of his bones cracking and grinding onto each other resound in the area before being followed by a loud thud when he had finally been slammed into a hill almost 50 meters away.

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