Shogi noticed that every ability he had used had been stopped and also noticed the black flames were blinking and never left his body. Shogi wandered if the black flames sealed away abilities. Upon realizing this he yelled "get back Jahlal the black flames seal abilities ". Jahlal understood Shogi's intention and darted back towards the others but the beast who was furious at this time sent Ice shards at Jahlal to stop his movements. Jahlal, still injured, could not afford to turn around due to his injuries. He figured he only had one more good attack in him. The damage from the ice shards looked like they were spreading to his internal organs. It looked like this was going to be the end. Jahlal said "Ice Lance" if this was going to be the end Jahlal was going down fighting but as he turned to face his killer he saw hope. Shogi created a mana blast fire that intercepted the Ice shards. Jahlal threw the ice lance with all his might and it crashed on the chest of the Chaos beast.
Shogi was running out of tricks. Shogi loaded up a mana blast with dark energy and slammed it into the Ice javelin causing it to pierce the beast as he could see the beast slowing down. The beast reacted to this attack by swiping at Shogi and shooting attacks but Shogi was weaving around the attacks until an ice shard caught his leg slowing him down the pain was unbearable. Shogi could feel the ice shard spreading on the inside of his leg. Shogi knew a direct attack landing on him was inevitable so he loaded up some mana into the shape of a drill and attacked the chest causing it to explode bleeding as the beast swatted Shogi to the wall his ears began to ring and his vision was blurred. The beast roared with the black head turning into a white dragon like head. Jahlal had prepared the attack again, this time even more powerful but with the white head back the barrier was intact again. Jahlal launched the ax smoldering in every element. The ax made a collision with the barrier and Shogi with his last bit of strength committed to a mana blast wind but the stronger he made the wind the more it turned into a spark until he was holding lightning when he finally threw it at the beast it resembled a lightning bolt engulfing the ax and barrier until a shatter could be heard as the beast was fried being zapped endlessly by the bolt until the ax exploded on the body ripping the beast apart. The familiar sound of chains dropping could be heard. Shogi could not focus as every thing seemed to skip while the person in the cage was running over speaking to him but the words were too muffled to understand. Shogi just wanted to close his eyes and the best rest he had ever experienced felt like it was promised to him. A warm light was enveloping him as he could hear a booming voice saying "you don't wanna take that nap you might not wake up from it" when Shogi looked up it was a strong beastman that looked like a tiger. He said "I am Corban. You and Jahlal were in pretty nasty shape. The next fight will be even more vicious." Shogi was too tired to speak as Corban laid him down saying " A small nap should be ok now." Corban threw Shogi a healing potion. When everyone rested Jahlal came over to talk to Shogi and said "you fought bravely next to us back there even more valiantly then me. I appreciate you and you're an invaluable friend to me now. Combat shows character better than any other challenge life can throw at you.
Jahlal said "This next part will surely be our doom. If you would rather leave I understand. But this is personal. I need to stop this from ever happening again." As if the dungeon was listening to their conversation a rumbling could be heard as an exit became apparent. Shogi really wanted to leave but it didn't feel right leaving them behind. Shogi said " I only just met you all but I want you all to go home safe. I will see this through to the end. I couldn't have made it this far without you guys. Let's move forward together". Jahlal smiled and said "we can do this". The group completed their preparations and moved forward. Upon Entering the room a humanoid Chaos beast could be seen floating with twisted horns on his head with bat wings clean and sharp looking dark as night. The Chaos beast began to speak "Come your fates were sealed long before the adventure to my dungeon. I am the master here and can slay all of you with the flick of my wrist. My master has forbidden me to allow anyone to live but I do envy the knowledge of the outside world. How are things?" After saying this he waved his hands and a green light wave left Erika as he consumed it. Everyone assumed a ready position. With the first one attacking being Jahlal throwing his ice spear as he said "what did you do to her fiend". The demon beast waved his hand and said " Reverse impact" causing the spear to shatter into smaller fragments that froze in the air and went straight back into Jahlal causing him to bleed. The Chaos beast looked at Shogi and said, "Will you leave now? I'm sure you know there is no chance of beating me. You guys are simply too weak. Shogi answered by activating his Holy Armor but was frozen by fear when he heard the next words the Chaos beast said "Cancel" Shogi could not activate his magic Corban took advantage of the beast being distracted as slashed the beast with all of his might ripping it into pieces. Shogi felt relieved until everyone's vision shattered and realized the Chaos beast was standing there with his hands through Corban's gut as he said " Did you guys like your dream illusion magic is Chaos. I showed you the moments you so desperately desired before I discard you all as trash. " Shogi was infuriated at his own powerlessness and angry at himself for being afraid. The Chaos beast looked at Shogi again saying "The exit is right there will you leave or stay." He cast Corban's limp body to the side and said "I see" Shogi ran towards the being ready to fight and even felt a boost to his stats as he punched at the being who casually tossed Shogi to the wall. The Chaos beast sunk into the shadows appearing before Lyla cleaving her in half with a shadow scythe. Shogi was scared he had never faced such dominance before the Chaos beast stood before Shogi again face to face as the Chaos beast said "All your friends are dead will you continue this pointless fight."
Shogi punched the Chaos beast in the jaw as he felt the blood gushing out of his stomach he noticed he had been cleaved with the Scythe and was dying. Shogi was scared because he didn't want to die. This would make his mother and father very sad. He had more things he wanted to learn about the world. As his vision grew dark he saw his life flash before him like they were on several monitors. Memories he had with Maximus and Zen as they killed the Dullahon. Memories of his daily sparring sessions with Freya and how she worked so hard. Memories of how proud his father and mother were upon returning home from the academy. This was simply just to short a life. A memory slipped into Shogi's mind about being on a mission to see where the missing lights had gone.
Then everything got bright as he appeared in the same smokey dream like palace as before the trial started and this time Shogi was certain of one thing. He had died in this stupid little trial. Superbian appeared in a hazy cloudlike state, solidifying again as he said "You have accomplished a lot in your little trial." Shogi was angry " You killed me in your stupid little trial" Superbian laughed rumbling the place "Child I merely intensified your experience to net better results and might I say even I didn't think you would make it to the end. None the less you have passed your trial and I will calculate your results to allow a befitting reward. Test 1 was testing your ability to accept other races. Throughout the course of this trial you have encountered every race and have elected to save everyone of them even engaging in dialogue at times. If you would have left one your survival could not be guaranteed. Your rating for this was excellent.
Test 2 was testing your resolve to kill a person because your journey will be stained with the blood of the wicked if they attempt to cause you or others harm your ability to swiftly dispatch them will be the difference in your survival. You have shown mercy when no hostility was directed towards you and destroyed your threat without hesitation because it proved to be hostile to you and your companions. Your grade is excellent.
Test 3 was testing your Loyalty. Throughout the journey each fight was evaluated according to your efforts and contributions. The final test of courage came when you watched all of your friends die and you still chose to fight in honor of them. Your integrity is commendable and your score for this challenge is Divine. "
Shogi let a silent tear drop as he said "Were those real people" Superbian said " They were just as real as me and you. They were also undergoing a trial." Shogi said "What happens now that we're dead." Superbian said "You guys are not dead you all just experienced death in your case the shock should've been enough to generate at least a fragment of your memories with the divine." Shogi nodded his head in affirmation as he said "I remember what I'm looking for. I have to figure out why pieces of the Divine's light have gone missing." Superbian nodded When you reach the 3rd rank Superior evolution you should head to Ragnarok Empire there lies a clue. But for now I must give you your rewards. God eyes will allow you to see the stats of others along with their skills but if they have a blessing the feature will only allow you to look at stats. The next reward is Cancel the ability to completely stop someone's ability from activating. The last reward is a passive ability only given to high elves due to their compatibility with mana called Surge. This passive allows high elves to double their mana pool and increases the speed they recover mana, also strengthening magical attacks. This passive also reduces magic damage taken by 20%. Surge also doubles the amount of mana gained from anything."