"Ok. Get out of the barrels. Jason get into the pit on the left and Thomas the one on the right." came Kyle's shout, as the kids were removed from above them.
Jason and Thomas moved as fast as they could, which was admittedly very slow after that round of torture, towards the two pits.
Just from a glance it was obvious that Thomas's was more than three times the size of Jason's pit, both in width as well as depth.
After jumping in and lying down the black sand was pushed into the pit over their bodies. As the sand sank in, it rubbed into the open sores and wounds that the acid gave them.
"Hey, Jason look! The mixture of blood and acid is dissolving the "sand" into your body!" Jess screamed in excitement.
What the f*ck is going on? how could sand, especially such heavy sand dissolve into a humans body like sugar into water? This went against everything he understood and even Jess couldn't understand what was happening. The bigger question was "Why are we doing this? What is the sand supposed to do?"
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The longer Jason stayed down here the more he wanted to climb out. This sand itched like ants biting every cell of his body. Also with all the sand on top of him it was like 500 pounds on top of his body. Not enough to kill, since it was all spread out, but very uncormfortable and even painful.
After about an hour of this trial Jason felt the sand begin to shift before an old clawed hand reached down grabbing him before pulling him out of the pit.
Laying there gasping for air, Jason waited for the next trial the old fart had for him. Then Thomas was thrown at his feet, gasping for air just like himself.
After a few minutes Kyle said with a faint mocking tone, "I know you two thought this was just some trial. But the truth is this "sand" is actually ground titan bone. It's a great material for forging bodies. I got all this from the last war with the Titan Kingdom. The acid opened your body enough to absorb the essence from these bone powders. "
Thomas was shocked to hear this, as the last war with the Titan Kingdom was thirty thousand years ago and even a level ten Paladin can only live for eleven thousand years, excepting a few races. Every rank in knight giving two hundred years of life on average, while every rank in Paladin adding two thousand.
Jason's mind was on something else entirely. "Jess do you know the average size of a titan? Can you figure out how man would have to die to fill this arena with sand?"
"Jason, titans are usually about fourteen feet tall but can reach hights of eighteen feet which is the same size as Giant children. if we assume that all the Titans were eighteen feet tall, which is unlikely, and the arena is just as deep as the hole Thomas was in. That means it would take roughly three and a half million Titans to give this much bone powder.
That means this man is at least as lethal as a ballistic missile of earth possibly as powerful as a nuke. How can a human body cantain so much power? This doesnt make any sense. Jason mind was spinning out of control.
" Jason, he is no longer human and has ascended twice. you will reach and even surpass his power level someday. Calm down and focus on what he is saying." Jess warmly told him.
"Now all we need to do is let you fully heal before throwing you in the furnace so we can cleanse the impurities from you with fire. Thomas you should be ready in about 4 hours if you use you qi to heal. Jason as a mage you will probably need thirty-six hours to heal so I will see you on Thu... " before Kyle could finish his ways popped out. Jason was healing at almost six times a normal person, which meant he was healing at a speed almost as fast as a warrior using qi so even though he had mana. Even more shocking was that it was not caused by him expending energy, this meant he could heal at this speed continuously unlike a qi warrior. Qi warriors would need to rest every fifteen minutes, this meant as a mage Jason would be fully healed twenty minutes sooner that Thomas and it would be even quicker if it wasn't because he let himself be more highly damaged by the acid.
"Never mind then, we will put you in the fire first. This fire is special as you will soon find out, " Kyle said with a dark chuckle.
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The first thing Jason noticed was that while these flames burned him to agony they were way to cold. "Jess, how hot are these flames?
"These flames have a uniform temperature of 150°F which is hot enough to destroy skin. Apparently the black sand from earlier combined with the impurities is barely keeping you skin from burning off. But every cell in your body, even internal ones, are having first degree burns. After the fire stops it will take about twenty-nine hours for your body to fully recover." Jess quickly commented.
A few minutes later Jason began to notice something new, although it took him half an hour to pinpoint what it was. it was like an omnidirectional pressure squeezing ever cell that had been burned. It hurt so much he was having a hard time imagining a way to describe it in his own thoughts. Then the image of someone twisting a towel to ring out the water came to his mind. He was that towel and instead of water, fire and impurities were being squeezed from his body.
After about two hours the pressure had advanced to much. While Jason had forced himself to stay conscious, as he had been warned that if he passed out the flames would devour him, he was no longer coherent or cognizant of his surroundings.
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Jason's mind slowly began to clear. when he finally became fully cognizant again he realized that he was far more powerful than before. He felt like he could shatter a mountain with one punch. After thinking, he knew it was a false sense caused by the explosive growth in strength. Looking internally he saw his mana pool was only a quarter full. He couldn't remember using mana so he looked closer. He was amazed to find he had not lost any mana, but that instead his mana pool was four times as large as it was that morning.