Whistling winds howled through the Dark Realm, seeping through the cracks in the door, bringing with them an icy chill. Both trialists shivered, feeling the cold rise from the soles of their feet.
The male trialist peered outside to check the situation, but what he saw made him gasp in shock and fear. His eyes widened in disbelief and terror as he stared outside.
"What did you see?" the female trialist asked, her voice tinged with panic, guessing at the possibility.
She too peered outside, and instantly, her beautiful, fair face turned pale with fear. Before them, in the darkness, stood three towering figures less than a hundred meters from their safe house. The figures, with their bare, bronzed upper bodies, even emitted a faint green glow in the dark, their faces wearing a hunter's smile upon spotting their prey.
"We've been discovered!" the realization hit them hard. "But we have the safe house! Can they break in?"
