A Blazing Fire

As he let out a loud cry, blood began leaking from Damian's nose from the strain he was putting his mind and body through, but he was numb to it and managed to force his body onto the eighth step.

Placing his other foot onto the eighth step, the pressure was on an entirely different level and even with the makeshift crutches he had made, Damian was forced onto his knees.

Stabilising on the eighth step would be much more difficult than he could have ever anticipated, while news of Damian making it onto the eighth step had already begun to spread.

Seeing him make it onto the eighth step, it was only a matter of time before his friends followed after him and matched him, also struggling just as much as he was on that particular step.