Ajax froze and reread the message in front of him. He read it twice, thrice, and realization slowly dawned on him.
'No,no,no.. it can't be I must be hallucinating.' Ajax inhaled and exhaled multiple times and checked the message again.
[Objective: Get pass the Abomination (???)
Reward: Gain an heritage.]
'Fuck' Ajax thought it was really over for him. This time he had no choice, either die trying or live the rest of his life in this dark and ruined dimension.
Then something snapped in him. Memories of his parents, the times when they were happy and life was simple. Until the abominations took everything from him. Deep inside Ajax the cage holding all his emotions finally opened, all of his despair,pain and rage overflowed. Ajax thought 'This time im not losing anyone anymore, and to do that I need power'.
Ajax devised a plan to lure the Black knight inside the ruined church where he carefully layed down a trap. He used the Broken pillars to his advantage. utilizing gravity to maybe trap the knight long enough for him to access the underground basement. Afterall the system didn't told him to kill it but simply pass it.
"Hey you bastard! over here!" Ajax yelled to the top of his lungs and made a sprint for the church. He knew that the knight was on to him because he felt shivers run down his spine. Ajax ran as fast as he can reaching the church he was breathless, but he knew the job wasn't done yet.
'Any second now...' Ajax even forgot to breathe because of the anticipation.
Then suddenly Ajax heard heavy footsteps approaching him, and surely enough it was the dark knight wielding its menacing great sword. The moment the Dark knight saw him it lunged at him with enough force to bring down a house. Ajax jumped and slid on the smooth surface of the church avoiding the attack of the Dark knight.
'Yes! he fell for my trap!' Ajax rejoiced
The knight landed on the floor with a massive impact shaking the pillar causing it to fall on the knights head.
Ajax achieved his goal of trapping the Knight.
"Hah! serves you right you hunk of metal!" Ajax ran at full speed towards the basement until the rubbles started shaking. This disturbance caught Ajax's attention and he thought 'well shit'. There standing the dark knight carrying the pillar with one hand. The dark knight yanked the pillar straight at Ajax. Panicked Ajax jumped out of the way barely evading the pillar. Soon the dark knight was already sprinting towards him and Ajax knew it was now or never.
Ajax stood up and ran towards the basement with all his might. He didnt care whether the knight was chasing him all that mattered was to get pass the door and its gameover. With one final push Ajax arrived at the basement and he tumbled down the stairs breaking a few of his ribs in the process. The pain was excruciating but he pushed himself up and slowly walked towards the entrance of the undergound base.
'Almost there.. Im almost there..' Ajax gritted his teeth and continued on. When suddenly something sharp went pass him and he saw something fell. It was his shoulder... Ajax screamed as he held his severed arm. He fell on the cold floor thinking it was over for him.
'FUCK! AGHHH IT HURTS' tears fell down his eye as the pain tortured him. But Ajax's will was tough, he threw the pain at the back of his mind and crawled towards the room. The dark knight didn't run anymore, it walked in a calm manner as if stalking a prey. Ajax pushed on, in the middle of the room there was an altar and Ajax felt that the altar was his final goal.
'Al..tar almost... the.. re..' with one last push he made it. Then a system message came up.
[Congratulations apprentice walker (Ajax Harbinger) has succeeded the trial. Commencing Heritage transfer]
[Will you accept 'YES' or 'NO']