Chapter 789
Chapter 789:
Snake Fang replied swiftly, “No. Even if you become our master, those who use our powers will still need to pay the price, unless you’re willing to bear the cost on their behalf. That’s the only way. However, if you succeed in winning our approval, we might be able to reveal a way for them to avoid paying the price altogether.”
While Snake Fang’s answer didn’t significantly alter Ashton’s decision, it did bring some clarity. Nodding in satisfaction, Ashton gave a small smile. “As Quills said, the greater the risk, the better the reward. Besides, I’m intrigued by this trial you’ve prepared. So, I’ve made up my mind—I’ll take the Glorious Trial!”
Ashton had barely voiced his decision to accept the trial when everything around him transformed in an instant.
Leonardo and Hamlin, who had been bowing to him in gratitude, along with Gustave, who had been watching with amusement, all vanished without a trace.
In their place, Ashton found himself enveloped in a darkness so dense that he couldn’t see anything.
At the same time, Quills’ voice echoed once more in his mind. “This is the trial I have prepared for you. You must confront your innermost fear. Only by overcoming this fear can you win my approval.”
The trial itself didn’t seem particularly challenging to Ashton, but the strange environment surrounding him left him perplexed. Apart from the suffocating pitch-black void, there was nothing—no sound, no movement—only an eerie silence so profound that Ashton could hear his own breathing with unsettling clarity.
Yet, this haunting stillness didn’t faze Ashton in the slightest.
This led him to wonder: what was he truly afraid of?
“Isn’t this place completely empty? Has the trial not officially begun, or is there simply nothing in my heart to fear?”
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Ashton voiced the questions aloud, though they were directed as much at himself as at the spirits. Even he wasn’t sure what fear might reside within him.
Quills, however, gave no response, leaving Ashton alone in the oppressive silence of the void.
It didn’t take long for Ashton to realize that the darkness itself was the trial set before him by Quills.
This void seemed to symbolize a primal fear buried deep within his subconscious—a fear that Quills had uncovered and now demanded he confront.
Ashton began to reflect deeply, questioning what could possibly reside in his heart that was worth fearing.
He quickly reasoned that anything or anyone that had ever caused him trouble had already been dealt with.
Whether it was the infamous Bloody Wolf Walker, a figure of legend said to possess the Glorious Heritage and consistently ranked among the top three killers worldwide, or the so-called King of Mercenaries, Geoffrey Fernandez, both had once cornered Ashton. Yet, against all odds, he had overcome and eliminated them.
The threats that once loomed over him were no more. So why would fear still linger?
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