Everything zoomed out, growing ten times larger than before, but thankfully there was no strange pressure tearing me down. It was just the intimidating sight of these few nagas now swirling off of their peaks and extending their heads towards me, each and every single crimson eye digging into my flesh. Still, there was no pressure, but the intimidation factor might as well have served as one.
"If you manage to climb to the top of these stairs, you will pass the test. Do not mind the nagas, as they are only here to push away the weak and funnel the ambitious and courageous inwards… mostly. But I will say this now, you will struggle, and you will fail. It took me exactly seven tries over the course of one hundred thousand years to climb to the top… so do as you will, but remember not to give up otherwise, those nagas will devour you. Now, as long as you fail but keep the urge to continue on, then you will not get attacked by them."
