Chapter 2

The Nightmare Spell. That is what humans of this world call it . The unknown phenomenon that carries both opportunity and corruption . I have transmigrated into this world just today and didnt have a proper understanding of this unknown mystery.

This world resembles the Earth from the future, but without much technological advancement due to certain catastrophes from the past . Instead , in this world people have gained acces to many unique supernatural powers based on their 'aspects' .

The only way to become a 'superhuman' is through Nightmare Spell that infects mostly teenagers around 15-17 years old . I was orriginally 15 years old before coming to this world . The White Room has been temporarily shut down for a year and i was making my plans to attend Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High School with the help of my butler . Who knew that i would mysteriously transmigrated even before attending the school and experiencing my most desired freedom .

What is most surprising is that i have been transmigrated into this new world with my original body . My physical form was at its peak and there wasn't any sense of discomfort . The first thing i thought of was that i was finally free. Free from restrains of my father and White Room .

However , before i had time to adapt to sudden changes in my life the Nightmare Spell has infected me . Before having been forced to succumb to the spell i did everything i could to gather enough information about this world and Nightmare Spell.

As a result , i forced police officers to initiate code black by coming to them almost before entering my first Nightmare . Anyways , i had set myself a goal to survive . To survive in order to enjoy my freedom . With this thoghts i slowly closed my eyes and entered my first Nightmare .

Everything became black and then soothing voice echoed in this darkness .

[Aspirant! Welcome to the Nightmare Spell. Prepare for your First Trial...]

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Ayanokouji dreamt of a unknown place filled with destruction and hundreds of corpses . As he observed his surrondings he came to a conclusions that this place used to be a battlefield . A moment later , he noticed that the corpses were gone and instead many warriors in red and blue attires stood against each other .

Suddenly time froze .

[Aspirant! Welcome to the Nightmare Spell. Prepare for your First Trial...]

'Is this my first trial ? To win in a battle?'

As he thought so he observed his body and concentrated on the runes that described his Aspect .

Name: Kiyotaka.

True Name: ---

Rank: Aspirant.

Soul Core: Dormant.

Memories: ---

Echoes: ---

Attributes: [The Seeker of Freedom], [Mark of Divinity], [Child of War] .

Aspect: [Limitless Warrior].

Aspect Description: [A warrior who is no diffirent from the others except for his unlimited potential. Potentioal is a good thing , but it's comepletely useless without necessary polishing]

Seeing his own stats a sudden flicker appeared in his eyes as he thought of possibility to grow beyond his human limits . The sudden desire to become the strongest filled his seemingly empty heart .

'Is this how it feels like to experience emotion of desire? I am not sure . Guess i would have to observe myself more often'

While he was lost in his thoughts the Awakened commander of his side , clad in a shinig bloody red armor hust like himself shouted .

"The enemy greatly outnubmers as and we have no place to retreat! But when did we , The descendants of God of War ever feared such thing! Today , we stand proud and face our enemy with only one thought in our minds , hearts and souls! KILL THEM ALL AND WIN THIS FIGHT ! I , Cordux and you shall be their DEATH!

"YEEEAAAAAAHHHH"

Ayanokouji calmy observed how his commander encoureged them to fight . Looking around he couldn't help but compare this warriors to a Spartans . Admist the croud of warriors he could even see young childs and even women holding their swords with passion and a little madness in their eyes .

'Looks like this sitiuation is the last moments of descendants of God of War. In order to complete my first trial i must find a way to win this battle'

Thinking so , he took the katana next to him and silently recalled all the movements and teachigs from the White Room . Taking a deep breath he erased all the unnecessary thoughts and patiently waited for the commanders signal .

"Charge! Show them what War Clan is capable of!"

After a moment , all the forces moved towards each other . The Awakend commander immediately used his charm type memory to strengthen his allies and lunged towards enemy combatants . Ayanokouji felt himself becoming slightly stronger and started to strateguze in his mind.

'The enemy side has 3 Awakened and 80 normal combatants , while my side has only 1 Awakened and 40 normal warriors including small childrens and women. To overcome this first hurdle it's neccesary to somehow deal with at least 1 Awakened enemy'

As he came to conclusion he started making his way towards his enemy. The 3 enemy Awakened didn't even bother with smal fry and attacked Cordux . While 2 of them engaged him in a fierce swordfight , the last one helped them with ranged attacks with a bow . Despite seemingly hopeless situation , Cordux managed to switly evade all the incoming attacks and fight back . However , the attacks of the Archer prevented him from dealing damage to other Awakened.

Looking at this sight Kiyotaka set his gaze on the Archer and accelaretad towards him . With the boost from the Cordux , Ayanokouji's speed became faster than the fastest man on Earth even with his sword and armor . The other normal enemies were perplexed by the sudden speed that was almost on par with Awakened and couldn't intercept him .

The Archer seeing the human charging at him scoffed and released arrows with lightning . Just as he was about to shift his attention back to Cordux he saw the sight that surprised him greatly . Narrowly dodging the arrows Kiyotaka shortened the distance between them even further . With no choice left , the archer unsummoned his bow and took the sword . This little action cost him a few seconds , but this was enough for Ayanokouji to began his relentless assault .

Feeling sense of crisis Awakened poured his essence into his strikes with the intention of overpowering his opponent . In the next moment , Ayanokouji switly evaded his strikes and deflected some of them .

Kiyotaka's hands were slowly getting numb from receiving many inhuman clashes . However , he patiently waited for an opening and he saw it . Having analysed all the movements , attack patterns , thinking process of his enemy Kiyotaka executed a beutifull sequence of strikes . In some of his strikes he was left totally open , but he didn't care . Why? Because he knew that his opponent wouldn't be able counter-atrack .

With increasing pressure the Archer understood that he would not be able to win in close combat and was contemplating wheather to retreat or not . This moment of hesitation provided to be crucial as Ayanokouji performed his fastest horizontal strike . The Katana that moved like a spear made a hole through Archers throat . In the next moment , the Archer dropped dead while his eyes filled with fear looked at the Kiyotaka's eyes filled with darkness.