Shattered Veil: Rise Of The New Gods

( Welcome willing challenger to the trial of Heaven) he could hear the mockery behind it, the veins on his head throbbed, he really found that voice unpleasant.

( You are a child born in war, your entire family was slaughtered by demons so you hold deep resentment for them but you're an untalented loser so the most you could be is a foot soldier.

Objective 1- Survive for atleast 10 years

Objective 2- Protect the daughter of the moon ( NOTICE- This is compulsory)

Objective 3- Discover the secret of the demons and report it( optional)

Objective 4- Kill the Demon emperor and stop the war( optional)

NOTICE 1- Host will be temporarily granted a sky grade lunar attribute and earth grade wind attribute

NOTICE 2- rewards will be calculated based on performance.

Warning- Challenger CANNOT quit. Failure of objective 2 will result in challengers death

Good luck challenger.)

He frowned, this one sounded even more troublesome than the last. He continued on the march alongside the other soldiers. At night they camped and continued their march by morning.

After an entire week of travel they arrived at their destination. During that week he had noticed something, the soldiers would meditate to absorb essence from tiny bluish crystals.

Everytime they do so, some of the essence would leave their bodies but most stayed and accumulated slightly above their navel. Night of the day they arrived on the front lines.

He went to a secluded area, his instincts told him it was a bad idea to try what he wanted to try infront of others. He sat down and concentrated.

Although it was involuntary last, he still had experience absorbing essence from the air. He had a few of those crystals as well and decided to absorb from both at the same time.

He held a crystal in his hands and started absorbing the essence from it, it was easier than he expected. As soon as he willed it the essence moved from the crystal and flowed into his hand then flowed all the way to the place above his navel.

At the same time he tried to absorb essence from the air, this was harder but still possible, tiny streams of essence moved through the air and entered his body.

It was less than the essence from the crystal and much harder to control but it felt more pure. He felt something else, as he absorbed essence he felt as if wind was flowing inside his stomach and there was also a cold light.

This must be the attributes it was talking about. He spent most of the night absorbing essence which was strange, he would normally be sleeping in a situation like this.

Before the sun rose he sneaked back into the army camp and went to sleep. He was woken up by a cold bucket of water. He yawned and stretched his body.

Why'd you do that you piece of shit, he was angry, how dare this ugly bold bastard pour a cold bucket of water on him while he was sleeping.

The mans face turned red from anger, is that how you talk to your superior officer soldier? Soldiers, throw this wench into the dungeon for 10 days to reflect on his manners.

Morpheus felt his body being dragged by two men, he slumped, allowing himself to be dragged. If he was already being taken there, why would he waste his energy walking.

He fell asleep as soon as he was thrown to the ground. When he woke he found himself laying on a cold floor of a dark cell. He had vague memories of what happened.

He knew he insulted someone important but he was half asleep back then. Deciding not to think too much about it he stayed quietly in the dark cell.

It felt peaceful, the cold wet floor did not bother him much, he knew worst conditions to sleep in, he hated the cold ofcourse but this barely counted as cold, infact it could be considered a bit warm by his standards.

Time passed and when he fell asleep again, he heard a voice shouting at him in his sleep. Shut up, you're annoying, he whispered still half sleeping and the voice grew quiet then he went back to his peaceful sleep.

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Major Bravon, a grandmaster level expert had never felt so insulted before. Not only did a new recruit oversleep on his watch he also called him a piece of shit when he woke him up.

He threw the soldier in cell to teach him a lesson, normally the punishment for insulting a superior officer would be more severe but with the war going so badly for them they couldn't afford to severely punish soldiers for any minor offence.

As much as he hated to admit it but being insulted isn't worth losing manpower so the lockup should've be enough as a punishment.

So why, why did that same soldier tell him to shut he was annoying when he came to check up on him three days later. To think he had even thought about forgiving the young man earlier if he showed remorse.

Not to mention the guy was sleeping peacefully, how can anybody sleep in these cells? They are made from tundra steel and imbued with lunar energy.

They were cold enough to freeze a grown man in hours if he didn't use his essence to shield himself, that why only martial warriors and mages were locked inside them.

So why was he sleeping like this was a soft bed? Is he on punishment or a break? Bravon couldn't tell anymore but if this punishment does not work things will be bad.

This man is supposed be in the team that will intercept the demon army 15 days from now, if he doesn't learn discipline he will put everybody else in danger, Bravon couldn't afford that. With that in mind Bravon turned around and left.

He had to prepare for the demon invasion after all he will be the one leading the team this time and he couldn't afford any mistakes.