Bab 3: Ice Blue Flame

Draven stood before a raging blue fire in which the height was infinite. The Inferno was colored dark blue, and it stood like a wall that separated the other side.

Draven could hear screaming souls as if they had been in torment for ages. Skulls occasionally manifested outside floated from the inside, and Draven could not help but shiver from fear.

[You are now in front of the mighty Ice Blue Flame. This Flame existed in the underworld for one purpose. It is to torture those Souls condemned to be perished by the Ice Blue Flame. However, only those Souls who were convicted to be perished, unlike those Souls who were given time to stay inside the Ice Blue Flame.

If they managed to survive on the allocated time. Then, they would be sent to another region where they would receive their salvation.]

Draven could not help but feels awe of its history. However, knowing that his soul would perish after he failed. His willpower has shaken once again.

"God Damn It! It's now or never!" Draven shouted with a heart filled with resolution.

[If the participant received the blessings of the Ice Blue Flame. The Flame promises to bless you with its power. Know that the Ice Blue Flame was one of the legendary Flames that exist on the higher plane. Receiving its blessings can possibly change the participant's destiny.

Its power was divided by day and night. The Flame in a day was filled with destructive hotness, while at the night, it was cold, and it could freeze the enemy from its flame.]

Draven was astonished, and the hopelessness overtook him after knowing the consequence was immediately overtaken by his greediness. One of the legendary blue flames in the higher plane? I remember reading a book regarding the plane, dimensions, and Realm.

Although, it was only a theory and yet to be proven. It is approved to be true by the Path! Whatever it was, at least this Ice Blue Flame appeared to be amazing!

He screamed in his thoughts, and the previous shiver from fear was replaced by excitement. Scorch in a day? Frosty at night? This power appeared to be staggering!

The Path of the Flame was commonly to be awakened by most people. However, Draven knew that some of them could be a healing type, offensive type, or defensive type. To simplify, the path was a jack of all trades. Not all of them had the same Path in general. Some would awaken the same Path, but not the same blessings.

Hence, this was the first time Draven heard a blessing, which was so overpowered. Furthermore, this was the Special Trial, and this should be the only time he could receive an overwhelming quality reward.

Therefore, Draven felt ecstatic, and the desire to receive its blessings grew more frantic.

"So that's why it was called Special Trial and the chances of completing it almost reached impossible. So it was for this reason that the awakeners encouraged us not to partake in this trial because of the survival rate."

All of a sudden, Draven's eyes widened, and continued, "Or maybe. They are afraid of the new awakeners that will surpass them from the blessings of completing the Special Trial." He nodded his head. "Feasible enough."

[Participants, please get ready… If you have already prepared yourself. Please step forward and stay inside in the Ice Blue Flame for over an hour.]

Draven was dumbfounded by the condition. He had to stay in the Ice Blue Flame for over an hour? Like hell, he would survive for the next five seconds.

Draven hesitated. However, after he realized that there was no turning back, he took a step forward and tried to test the surface, if it was something he could endure.

Slowly reached his pointed finger to the Ice Blue Flame, and it eventually contacted the Ice Blue Flame. Surprisingly, his finger did not burn or freeze. However, Draven screamed like he was in excruciating pain.

Huff! Huff!

Draven gasped for breath and grabbed tightly his finger with his heart beating like it was in adrenaline.

"So that's why! I can indeed survive this in the next hour! But I can't imagine the torment I will experience!" Draven's hair stood on ends. "I see! It's understandable for those awakeners who had to survive on the Special Trial to turn into a mental health patient."

Draven realized the severity of his circumstances.

'No matter what. I'm already here. There's no turning back now.'

Who knew how many times he had repeated the sentence in his head just so that it could strengthen his fragile willpower. Draven took a step forward, and his whole body now stood before the Ice Blue Flame at only a finger's distance.

He could not feel the heat nor the coldness that should have permeated from the Ice blue flame, but one thing was for sure. This flame in front of him would change his life. Either he perished or rise!

Draven took a step, and a wave of torment bit his body. He persisted and gritted his lips, but no blood came out, as he was in a soul form. A low growl of pain occasionally came out before it gradually became normal once he stepped inside the Ice blue flame.

"I can endure it! I can endure!"

He repeatedly shouted while a deep groan followed afterward. One could only imagine the deep suffering he experienced. He doesn't have someone worth this torment, yet Draven chooses to experience it.

"This is not for the sake of everyone!" Draven exclaimed. "But for myself!"

[1 hour, three minutes, and 43 seconds left before the trial will end.]

The Raging Ice Blue Fire continued to show its brilliance in the dark, grim underworld. The sounds of cries filled with pain and suffering were a common occurrence and could be heard in every place. Skulls and bones littered the place signifying the hellish place of this world.