Chapter 2 Fall or Rise
Graden walked out of the door, followed A to the right, saw number 6678 at the door, saw another room, same number attached, when A stopped in front of the white door, opened the door and walked into a room with only one table, there was a board in front
A went to hand in front of the board, A told Graden to sit in a chair, "The first round of the exam will be a knowledge test. „A handed Gwaren five sheets of paper. Graden looked at them, they were memory questions, the first sheet was common language, the second sheet was calculation, the third sheet was solving puzzles, the fourth sheet was using magic, the fifth sheet was the next round of the competition. Gwaren started doing the questions, the first four sheets were finished in 3 hours, looked at the fifth sheet, then looked up at A. "How much time do we have for this exam?"
"The first round of the exam is 5 hours. „Graden looked at his own paper, the topic of the fifth sheet was what weapon do you want, there was only one question. Graden looked away and thought, "A weapon, huh? A sword would be the best, can turn the song in many ways. A narrow spear is useless, a melee dagger is pure, a long-range bow, a damage axe, among all the weapons I've used, the sword is the best. »Graden opened his eyes to look at A. "What is the next round of the exam? Can I ask for something other than a weapon?"
"First question. The next round of the exam is a one-on-one duel. Second question, you can't ask for it."
Graden closed his eyes. «One-on-one duel. I completely forgot to ask. »Graden opened his eyes again. "Then what rights can I use? ""None. If you don't follow the rules, it will be considered a mistake. You will be eliminated. "Graden smiled at A. "Oh, it's a perfect rule. You are the rule. Whoever doesn't follow it will die. Well, there's nothing you can do. The only weapon to use in one-on-one is a sword. In short, I'll take a sword." Graden finished writing the answer and handed it to A.
A took it and checked it. After checking it for 30 minutes, he looked at the deer. "Congratulations, you got a full score. You'll have to wait until tomorrow. We will prepare for the next round of exams. Please follow me. "A walked out to open the door and went to the room. When Graden followed him and opened the door to his room, he went to sleep. He was happy that he got a full score. "How is it? I'm the best. Even though I can't see A's shocked face." Aden smiled happily that he got a full score and waited for tomorrow.
Graden woke up and looked at A who opened the door. "Follow me." Graden followed. This time, it was a yellow door. When he followed him in, he saw an empty, white, square room. He saw two people standing there. The first person was A. Graden was very shocked and couldn't hide his expression because he didn't think A would have twins. "There are two people. Are they twins? No, they must be clones. That's amazing. The magicians here seem to be quite scary. I think the boss here must be A." Graden saw a child standing in the middle. He wore a black blindfold and a white shirt like Graden. There was a number on the back. The number was 6679. He had long black hair that reached his shoulders. He was holding a cane with a scythe at the end.
Graden analyzed the child he had met for the first time in ten years here with interest. «This child, I can't guess at all. From his expression to his actions, I can't tell if he's good or not. Plus, he covered his eyes to pretend that he's definitely blind. He can't fool me. He's fooling me. It's making this side careless, isn't it?» Graden, who thought he saw through the plan of the blindfolded girl and thought that she was pretending to be blind to make himself careless in a one-on-one fight, smiled confidently.
At the same time, A walked to stand behind Graden. "The rules of this round of battle are: Defeat your opponent to advance to the next round. The loser will get one black star. The winner will get one red star. The black star means that if you have eleven, it means that you haven't passed the criteria required by the rules. As for one red star, you can ask for one thing if it's something that can be given, such as reducing the black star. The rules of this round of battle are: You can defeat your opponent or make your opponent incapable of fighting. Or you can kill the opponent. But you can ask to surrender if your opponent decides to give up. There's a time limit of one hour. If you want to give up, you can say SOS. That is a sign that you want to give up. But this time, you have to fight for five minutes before you can say it. It's going to start now. "Graden drew his sword and prepared to wait. "Now, the stage where I will shine will be born!! This Lord Eden's plan is clear." Eden smiled confidently and prepared to fight without being careless.
On the other hand, Mariana stood still with an attitude that did not know where the enemy was. But because Mariana did not want to show others that she was afraid, the image Mariana saw was pitch black with no light at all. There was only darkness that could be seen. A started the countdown. Because it was time to start the match. 3 2 1 "Let's start."
A gave the signal to start. GradenStanding and waiting, ready for Mariana, who is blindfolded, to start fighting first. To see what kind of move the blindfolded boy would make and to be able to defend himself in time. «Come in!!?» The masked boy moved a little, but it wasn't in preparation for battle but rather he bowed to show respect to Graden, thinking of stalling for five minutes so that he could admit defeat. «We have to stall for time, or else I'll die for sure. I don't want to die when I can't see. The darkness I can see is already terrifying, to be injured so unexpectedly is even terrifying...» "Nice to meet you. My name is Mariana, a blind girl, number 6679. I will admit defeat. Please have mercy on me. I don't want to die yet, so please don't hurt me. If five minutes are up, I'll disappear from you." Mariana bowed to the ground and put her face towards the ground to bow down and beg for her life. There were tears in Mariana's heart that she had been holding back, so that the enemy wouldn't know that she was about to cry. Fighting while blind... No matter how good you are, there's no way you can do it. Mariana begged, willing to throw her pride to the ground to beg for a chance to live. It would be better to lose some of her pride. Dying without being able to regain her pride is even more shameful.
Graden looked at Mariana, wondering what kind of trick he would use. He was shaken from kneeling down to beg for Mariana's life. He immediately felt pity for her. «What should we do, Lord Graden? This child is actually kneeling down. This is called bullying the weak. What should Lord Graden do? .... Are you crazy, making me fight a blind child? .... Are these guys crazy? What are they thinking? It's like they're giving me a win. Whatever, maybe they're tricking me into letting my guard down. Even though she's blind, she's trying to live. If I were in the same situation, I would have chosen to do the same. Using only the surrounding magic touch to fight, that's a bit too much. I think I saw it in a book. I think it says, "Those who are born lacking something?" Graden lowered his sword, feeling sorry for Mariana who was kneeling down to beg for her life. Graden shouted. Mariana: "You owe me a favor. Don't forget to use it. Remember, the person you owe is this Lord Garden. I surrender," Garden said, surrendering. Amen. Garden didn't say anything. Garden smiled shyly. "Oh, I forgot we have to wait five minutes. Otherwise, this kid wouldn't be bowing like this. As soon as the fight started, I would have surrendered immediately. But because I couldn't do it, I did this," Garden looked at Mariana with pity. "This time, I, Garden, will give you the victory, so that is the Red Star's request. Choose it wisely. What do you want to do?" Garden stood with her arms crossed, looking at Mariana who was still bowing her head, begging for her life, without showing any signs of looking up. Garden noticed Mariana's trembling secretly. "Sigh, if I say anything, this kid will definitely cry. Shaking like this, but it's good. My dignity will be gone because I defeated the blind child.»
After five minutes, Graden announced his surrender with a firm voice. "Graden." A began to announce. "Winner number 6679, Mariana, will receive one red star. The loser, Graden, will receive one black star. „Mariana, who was four, started to breathe heavily with great joy. Tears began to flow from her blindfold, and now she could not hold them in. They were mixed with tears of fear and tears of relief. She started to cry out loudly. Huhuhuhu. "Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. I will never forget this kindness. „Mariana was deeply touched by Graden's kindness because she was truly blind and had no way of fighting an enemy that could not see. Mariana said with tears in her eyes. Huhuhuhu.
Graden smiled with pride in himself. "No need to repay the favor. But if you really want to repay it, get up and fight. It is to repay me. We have met each other here. Even though this is a little cruel, at least I have to try for tomorrow... „« Those words are heartbreaking, huh? Hehe. Even though I don't know how to become stronger, when I meet you, I'll definitely close my eyes in sadness. But at least I'll be able to extend my life by one point.....» Graden turned away, thinking he was being cool even though Mariana couldn't see it. "In this world, I am the best. I will create my own history and it will be recorded that this Graden is the strongest. Even though you can only extend your life by a little bit, remember that you are your own refuge. Stand up for yourself. Don't think or expect to ask for help from others. When you stand up...If you can climb up by yourself, you will be able to fall down by yourself without anyone else's help. "Graden followed A who started walking out of the door. Graden followed with a black star on his chest and walked back into his room. Graden threw himself down and screamed loudly. "Aaaaah, what for? That's a ticket to ask for anything. What's the use of giving that kid away? The words are so cool. If you use that character, you have to use it all the time. You can't change it. That kid can't see... No, that kid doesn't know it's us. Let's go to sleep first. The wound will heal with time. When you say something embarrassing, you feel embarrassed immediately. You keep bragging, Graden, you crazy!!..." Graden cursed himself while leaving beautiful words for Mariana. But in his heart, Graden really wanted Mariana to get up and fight again. Even though Mariana's path was pitch black, being blind definitely wouldn't do anything. After Graden walked out with confidence that what he had shown was so cool that people had to scream. Mariana who fell down with the strength she barely got back up. In front of the pitch-black cloth, tears were continuously flowing down. Each drop indicated true crying. The tears that fell could not be held back. With the excitement that Graden had given her a chance, Mariana tried to stand up with all her strength. Because E was waiting for Mariana to stand up so she could take Mariana to the white room. While waiting for Mariana to stand up by herself, there was no sign that she would get up to help support Mariana. Mariana stood up with the help of a cane to support herself. Her body, relieved from surviving, felt like she had survived what she had encountered for the first time.