"To be challenged, and reward the survivors." Responded the voice with a cold, and intimidating tone.
At the mention of a reward, the group stopped walking towards the exit gate, and turned to look back at the half immortal puppet.
"What is the reward?" Asked Cynna with curiosity, but without obtaining a response.
Differently from a normal puppet which required a constant input of consciousness to work properly, the unsuccessful ascension of a half immortal puppet would bind the intent left within the body by its owner, and turn it into an artificial form of consciousness that would never be able to evolve ever again.
This process was extremely difficult, and required an absurd amount of mental power and concentration, ultimately allowing for a limited amount of predetermined trains of thoughts to formulate in the mind of these puppets.