'This is the last one. Hurry up.' Almond waited.
The 3-day period was about to be finished in two hours, so this could be his last Obelisk.
The hall's pulse was slower here, more dangerous — the green crystalline walls hummed with a faint vibration like something vast was breathing just behind them.
Soon, one after another, four more participants stumbled through the entrance — a towering man clad in volcanic armor, a woman with living lightning dancing in her hair, a pale scholar carrying a book that floated by itself, and a quiet swordsman with a faint golden aura.
Five.
The runes overhead blazed to life, filling the hall with a deep amber glow.
[ Participants have gathered. Challenge begins. ]
The floor split apart.
[ Obelisk of Withering Suns — Initiating Trials. ]
The ground beneath them dissolved, throwing them into a vast, dead desert where three black suns burned high above, radiating blistering heat.
[ First Challenge: Heatborn Hunt ]
[ Rules ]
