Chapter 146: Trial - Survive

Outside the 'Twin fire' mountain,

'Finally...I am here,'

Looking at the old building in front of him, Henrick revealed an excited smile and at the same time, he felt a little emotional.

According to him, it was only because of this inheritance building, he got that system that helped him in sensing the fire elements around him.

Later, he was able to enter the outer sect becoming the disciple of the outer sect leader.

"I hope the trials are not very unreasonable,"

Henrick didn't waste any more time as he directly moved to the huge door of the inheritance building.

He didn't go to the working disciples' courtyard to visit Elder Eagor; instead, he directly came to the inheritance building to challenge a trial.

'Swoosh'

Just when he reached the huge door, the door automatically slid aside.

'Huh? So, it knows when a challenger enters the building,'

Henrick revealed a smile as he finally entered the inheritance building.

Just like before, the moment he entered the building, all the lights in the main hall were lit up.

"Detected a level 0 challenger inside the inheritance building."

"Do you want to clear a trail?"

Before he could check his surroundings, he heard a familiar tone that resounded in the main hall.

Henrick already knew that he was a level 0 challenger as he didn't complete a single trail yet after he was accepted as a challenger. So, he was not surprised much before nodding his head and said, "Yes"

"Setting the challenger's system as a medium to communicate with the inheritance building until the challenger leaves the building."

Soon, the voice said something which Henrick didn't understand; however, soon he got to know what the voice meant.

'Ding,

Master, from now on, what you hear from me is what the inheritance building wants to say to you.

With the system notification, Henrick nodded his head and waited for the trial to be assigned to him.

'Ding,

Selecting a random Level 0 trial for the challenger.

'Ding,

Trial 'Survive' has been selected.

'Ding,

Please go to room number 14 to complete the trial.

Soon, the inheritance building selected a trial for him and used his system to inform him about the trial.

"Room number 14? There it is,"

There were many rooms around him; however, there were big numbers on the door that helped him find the number 14 room in the shortest time possible.

'No more information about the trial?'

Henrick thought inside his head as he walked towards the door.

'Uff...I can do it,'

Seeing that there was no reply from his system, Henrick took a long breath and entered the room.

'Woah'

Henrick was shocked to see that he was in a completely different location.

It was a vast land that was covered by green grass up to where his eye could see. There were no trees or boulders.

'Since the trial name is 'Survive', there might be some kind of danger in this place. But where is the danger?'

Henrick didn't find any problem with the place he was currently standing.

Moreover, it was a very peaceful place.

'Is it 'Calm before a storm'?'

Nevertheless, Henrick stayed alert as he knew the enemy might come at any time and from any direction.

'Rumble'

Soon, he heard a rumbling sound from the ground below and it started shaking.

"Is it coming from the underground,"

Henrick hurriedly moved from his place as he finally knew the danger was from the ground below him.

'Crack'

Just as he jumped, a hole appeared in the place where he stood earlier.

'Huh? No beast?'

Henrick was surprised to see that no beast came from the hole.

'Let's see what is there in that hole,'

Henrick mustered his courage and glanced at the hole and was shocked to see that it was filled with poisonous insects.

"So, the trial is about…."

'Rumble'

Before he could finish his sentence, the rumbling sound once again heard from the ground below him.

Without wasting any time, he moved away from the place and a similar hole appeared on the place where he stood earlier that was filled with poisonous insects.

'That's it. I need to escape from the holes that were appeared on the ground,'

Finally, Henrick understood what was the trial about and nodded his head.

'Rumble'

'Swoosh'

'Rumble'

'Swoosh'

The process repeated and each time he heard a rumbling sound, Henrick would jump and escape from falling into the tunnel.

Time continued to pass and soon 5 hours passed by.

'Rumble'

'Swoosh'

Henrick continued to jump here and there to escape the tunnel that appeared wherever he stood.

By now, he was completely covered in sweat and felt tired.

'The speed at which these tunnels are forming is also increased,'

Moreover, he started to feel the difficulty of the trial as he was barely able to manage to jump off the tunnels.

'I wonder what would happen if I fell into the tunnel? Will I die or will I be transported out of the trail room?'

This was the question in his mind from the moment he saw the poisonous insects in the tunnel.

And the system was not responding to him anymore. So, he had no way of finding out what would happen.

'Since it is only a level 0 trial, I think it will not lead to my death,'

Henrick was sure that the inheritance building would not kill him with these level 0 trials. 

According to him, the system would at least warn him about death because of the trial.

Since it didn't he was not worried that he would die; however, he wanted to give his best in completing the trial.

A similar process continued for another hour where he felt completely tired and he could barely move from one place to another.

'Rumble'

'Aargh'

'Thud'

Soon, he could not jump from his position in time before he fell into the tunnel filled with poisonous insects.

He started screaming when he realised he lost balance and was falling into the tunnel.

'Huh?'

However, except for the pain from falling into the tunnel, there was no other pain and he hurriedly checked his sides.

'Phew...so this is only an illusion,'

Henrick heaved a sigh of relief when he saw there were no poisonous insects or whatsoever that he feared in the tunnel.

'Ding,

The challenger fell into the tunnel.

'Ding,

The trial ends here and the challenger will be teleported to the main hall.

Soon, he got a couple of system notifications which were of course the words of the inheritance building through his system.

If it was his system, it would say him, master. Since he was called a challenger, then it was the inheritance building or its trial master.

'Swoosh'

Soon, his body started disappearing from the tunnel and appeared in the main hall of the inheritance building.

'Ding,

The challenger survived in the trial for exactly 6 hours and 34 minutes and 12 seconds.

'Ding,

The challenger created a second-best record in the trial 'Survive'.

'Ding,

Congratulations to the challenger for entering the top three of the record holders.

Soon, Henrick's sight was filled with system notifications that gave him quite a shock.