"You are the first to kill me, but will you be the first to defeat me?" Aethelmir spoke, his bloodlust and aura reaching a new high as the hulking giant slowly approached Alex.
Alex had considered everything from the past to the present, and the only thing he found common in the previous trials was the importance of the past.
In the first trial, Alex needed to understand the past to move forward, and in the second trial, the answer was the same, just presented in a different, more straightforward way.
While the third trial of the shifting maze was distinct in that its solution revolved around time rather than the past itself, the past still played a crucial role. This was evident in the dragon marks that acted as his guide, arranged from youngest to oldest.
