Watching his favorite anime, Azkar felt satisfied and began his preparation for his second trial. Knowing what he was going to experience, he said to his system,
"Simulation World."
[Please choose the kind of simulation you desire, Master.]
"Use a black space with minimum light and a terrible environment with breathable air. Remove the concept of food. Remove the concept of sound from the environment, so even if I try to talk, my voice is the only thing I can hear – no extra sounds. Make this place eternally silent. As always, set the maximum days for the trial to 100 years. Do not stop the trial no matter what happens. Remove all my abilities; make me a normal person in the trial," he instructed his system.
[Command Accepted]
[Creation of second trial in process]
[Trial of Eternal Silence successfully created]
[Trial initiation in progress]
[Trial initiated]
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[Simulation World]
[Trial of Eternal Silence]
When he woke up, he found himself inside a black space, realizing that it resembled the [black space] he had known well; that's why he used it as inspiration for this trial. The difference was that he could now feel his body and see the environment with dim light. The surroundings were desolate, filled with the feeling of loneliness.
He tried to talk, but his voice couldn't even pass one meter. He was already aware of this, but now, with a normal body and without any of his abilities, he had to work hard to get used to this loneliness if he wanted to achieve his goal.
He noticed that the air in the environment was hard to breathe, causing him problems. He couldn't feel the usual satisfaction he felt when breathing normally; instead, he felt empty. The place lacked vitality, with many cracks in the ground being the only visible features in the dim light, no matter where he looked.
Sitting on the ground, he tried his best to endure this type of loneliness. He knew that if he couldn't endure even this level of isolation, he couldn't achieve his dream. Acknowledging that he would be alone for most of his journey, he resolved to give his best to overcome this trial.
[Nine days have passed.]
Azkar began to behave like a mad person. He managed to control his emotions until the 8th day of the trial, having recently completed his first trial. However, now he was losing his mind. Since this place didn't have the concept of food, he didn't feel hungry. Most of the time, he only felt the loneliness of this place. He started to injure himself slowly, trying to remind himself that he had to pass this trial; otherwise, he would never be able to leave.
He thought about singing so he could feel alive. He knew no one would hear it, but he could hear his voice, so he started singing.
[Five years passed.]
He continued singing until now—singing, going to bed, waking up, and singing again throughout the whole day. However, this routine didn't last very long because of the abuse, and his voice was completely gone.
Now, he could hear his blood flow completely, and this was terrifying. He even began to hear his muscles' movements because this place had eternal silence. He went crazy after hearing his heart beating, blood flow, and even muscle movement. He started biting his hands, slowly disfiguring his body. He knew this was not a good solution, but he had to do something to feel less lonely.
[Five months later]
He began to remove his nails from his fingers, with bite marks covering his entire body. He even started to fear sleeping because he thought he would never wake up again if he slept. He completely avoided sleeping, and his mental state began to deteriorate terribly.
[Another Ten year passed ]
Azkar was on the verge of completely going down the insane route. His clothes were tattered, and his body struggled to support him. A few months ago, he completely severed one of his legs so he could feel the pain and his existence, desperate to feel alive. No matter what he did, he reached a point where he completely severed one of his legs.
Until now, not even a quarter of the time had passed, but he was on the verge of madness. Even so, he had had enough of this trial; he wanted to escape this place no matter what. However, all his hope shattered when he realized he had already put every restriction on the system for this trial.
[Another Ten year passed]
At this point, Azkar was on the verge of losing his sanity completely. His body had already stopped functioning properly, but he was still alive because he couldn't die in this place. Yet, he felt like dying. He knew that if he died, he would just come back to life again, but he would still feel the pain of dying. On the verge of death, he thought about something.
"Why am I so afraid of dying?" he asked this question to himself.
In his dying state, he began to understand why he was afraid of dying so much. No matter what he experienced, he survived in another way. However, he also understood that he wouldn't always be lucky to survive or get a chance to survive. If he wanted to achieve something, he had to do it with his strength alone.
He understood something more serious in this life-or-death situation.
"Life and death are part of the same coin because no matter how powerful someone has become, they have to embrace death. No matter how much time they try to flee from the fact, one day they have to die anyway. It's a profound understanding of life and death that can only be achieved in this state."
With this profound understanding of his situation, he began to control his emotions and calm himself. He decided to use this place for his own good. He also grasped the fact:
"He has to rely on himself for everything from now on."
He began to use this time to understand the path he was going to follow to achieve his dream. He tried to remember as much as he could from his memories because he didn't have any powers right now, though he still remembered everything, albeit slightly blurry.
He started to comprehend the paths people followed—some created their path, while others used existing paths to achieve their dreams.
[Soon Twenty years passed]
Now that Azkar completely controlled his emotions, he decided to use his time analyzing others' paths to gain inspiration.
[At the End of the Trial]
Azkar understood the path he wanted to follow and completely created his path using both his life experiences and knowledge. This was still a prototype, but he planned to refine it after finishing his trial. It didn't take long to finish the trial, and he saw the prompt from his system.
[You have passed the Trial of Eternal Silence.]
[Congratulations, Master. You can now leave the simulation world.]
Without hesitation, he left the place immediately after seeing the notification. He returned to his soul space, which was still in the form of a beautiful beach. Sitting in a chair, he snapped his fingers, and a cold drink appeared. He began sunbathing on the beach to lighten his mood. He also began his analysis of the new power system he had created for himself.
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[Author Note: In the next chapter, I'll explain the power system Azkar is going to create. If you have any ideas or want me to add something to my power system, feel free to comment. I'll wait for your suggestions. Today, I'm not feeling well, and I can hardly complete this chapter, so I'll upload three chapters tomorrow.]