9 Temple of Courage..
The sinister aura was so thick that Rito felt like suffocating..
He was having a hard time breathing..
When he was about to lose consciousness..
The red aura suddenly enveloped him and gave him a little bit of space to breathe..
Rito inhaled a mouthful of air and sighed in relief..
He looked at the red aura around his body and thought.
"Looks like this red aura has its own consciousness, It always save me when I feel like I can't do anything anymore".
He was wondering what origin this red aura had..
He knew this red aura came from the old man he met on earth, When he stared at the strange red light..
Rito remembered the heat on his eyes that time.. He was still a bit skeptical about it.
But this red aura save him on many occasions now, so he was a bit grateful to it..
Because if not for this, he would have died many times already..
"If I got a chance, I will find out who you really are old man. I will ask you why did you bring me here".
Rito guessed that the mysterious old man he met that day was from this world..
and finding him is one of his goal because he is the only one that can answer his questions and has the solution how can he go back to his own world..
Thinking about it he clenched his fist..
He then looked at the temple and his expression turned cold.
"You try to harmed me twice now, If it's only once I can still accept it because I destroyed your barrier, but the second one, hmph.. If I dont fight back you will think of me as easy to bully..".
Ever since he learned how to activate his red aura..
He gained confidence to be more daring..
He started to walk towards the entrance of the temple..
While he was walking, Rito looks at the statue on each side with a smug on his face..
Because he noticed when he walked past the first two statues..
He felt the pressure was forcing him down to kneel, He felt heavy..
He realized that the pressure when he walked past each statues was multiplied by ten times.
So every statues he walked past, The pressure will multiply ten times..
Even though he knew this, He still walked like he didn't care..
With the red aura enveloping him, He won't have a hard time on something like this.
But when he passed through the third statue ...
He felt a sudden crisis..
The pressure multiplied by one hundred times..
He stopped walking..
The pressure shocked him and he didn't get to prepare on time..
He thought it will just multiply ten times..
He was enduring 10,000 times pressure after he walked past the third statue..
He quickly activated the red aura on his body..
The red aura burst out on his body..
It didn't envelop around his body but about three meters around him..
He was now serious..
His eyes turned red and its body emits a bloodlust..
It was faint but it was enough to notice if you look at him..
The red aura started to fight back the pressure..
Rito steady himself and started walking towards the entrance..
When he was about to walked past the fourth and final line of the statues..
He roared..
He released all the aura on his body and it started to spread around.
Earlier, It was three meters, but now the red aura on him spreads three hundred meters around him..
At the same time, The pressure multiplied by one hundred more times..
It was now 1,000,000 times pressure..
He almost fell to the ground face first.
But he gritted his teeth..
He can't lose confidence now or He will die..
He roared one last time..
He pushed his body beyond what he was capable of..
The red aura goes wild and started wreaking havoc.
The bloodlust spreads in the air.
Rito's long black hair turned red, He look like a god of slaughter.
He started losing consciousness..
He felt like someone was trying to take over his body..
But he gritted his teeth, Thinking it was because of the pressure..
He took a step forward and cracks appeared in the floor.
Every step, he felt like the world dropped on him..
He gasped for air every time he move forward..
When he was about ten steps away from the entrance..
He gave a final roar but that roar was different.
It was like a roar of a beast..
Every step he took, The earth trembled like it's The end of the world..
The temple was shaking..
Space cracks appeared in the air..
There are small stones falling on the ceilings..
The temple looks like it was about to collapse due to the pressure..
Rito was on his last three steps..
He gritted his teeth and shouted at the temple..
"Three more steps, Show me what you've got!".
He took the first step..
*BOOM!*
A strong explosion was heard throughout the temple.
The tiles that he stepped on.. turned to dust..
He took the second step..
*BOOM!*
A huge stone block fell from the ceiling..
One of the columns that had ancient writings on it, made a cracking sound...
He took third and final step..
*BOOOM!*
The explosion was louder than the first two..
It felt like the world exploded..
One of the minotaur statue collapsed...
When he step inside the temple..
The pressure disappeared.. But he didn't noticed it because he already fainted.
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Rito slowly opened his eyes..
He can't remember anything and was still in a dazed..
After a few seconds... he opened his eyes wide..
He felt pain all over his body..
He endured it and looked at his surrounding..
He didn't know how he got here..
He tried to recall what happened..
The last moment he remembered was stepping inside the Temple..
But when he woke up, He was in a room..
The room is big but It doesn't have any furniture on it..
It has only one big bed and a table...
He was confused who put him here...
He was thinking when a Piglet suddenly entered the room..
He was shocked but still kept his calm..
He tried to observe the situation while looking at the piglet..
The Piglet was about 12 inches..
With an earring on its left ear
The Piglet walked towards the table and jumped on top of it..
It turned around and looked at Rito..
They stared at each other for a while..
Rito on the other hand, Saw the Piglet was staring at him..
He was calm on the outside..
But he was on high alert inside..
He don't know where he was, Every moment can result to his death if he was not prepared..
He was thinking of what to do when he heard the Piglet talked.
"Not bad kid, I will forgive you for destroying my barrier and palace".
The voice of the Piglet sounded like a little boy..
When Rito heard what he said, He was shocked.
He tried to calm down but his mouth is wide open..
He was surprised that a Piglet can talk..
He was still not familiar to this world..
He just only got here, So hearing a Piglet talked gave a shocked on him..
Seeing that the young man was not talking the Piglet continued..
"Don't worry I won't kill you, I already had my fun earlier".
Hearing the Piglet, Rito sighed in relief but still kept his guard..
He asked the Piglet..
"What happened to me?".
The piglet said. "You passed out after going through the "Test of Courage".
"Test of Courage?" Rito frowned.
He was confused, he thought to himself. "When did I test myself?".
He was doubting what the Piglet said because he don't know anything about this world..
He can't make sense out of everything the Piglet was saying..
Seeing the young man frowning, The Piglet immediately understands,
He said..
"Looks like you know nothing kid, You really are very lucky
if you came here all the way to the entrance in the Battlefield without knowing a thing".
The Piglet added..
"Alright, Since I am in a good mood, I will answer some of your doubts."
When Rito heard what the Piglet said, He looked at It with sparkling eyes..
He thought of questions he needed an answer..
Many questions pop up on his mind...
He shakes his head and tried to calmed down first..
After a few breathes..
He started to relax his mind and looked at the Piglet again..
He opened his mouth and said.
"Let's introduce ourselves first.. I'm Rito".
When Piglet heard what he said, It just smiled.
Seeing the Piglet didn't respond, He asked.
"Who are you?".
The Piglet replied..
"I am the owner of this palace, and the supervisor of the "Test of Courage".
"you can call me Saint Amo".
Hearing him answered his question.
He immediately understand that there was a rule he set..
He can only answer some of his questions.
"Looks like there will be a limit on what can I know.." Rito thought to himself..
He then asked. "Where am I?."
Saint Amo replied.."You are on one of the test site.. This is the Temple of Courage, You people called it a forbidden zone."
"Forbidden Zone?"
Rito felt confused..
He didn't know what he was talking about so he asked..
"Test site? Forbidden zone? Can you tell me anything about it?".
Saint Amo looked at him for a long time before saying..
"I can only tell you a little since you only passed one test."
He continued."There are 5 forbidden zones in this world and this is one of them.. When you passed all the test, You will get a qualification to enter a certain place".
