Rocky pondered deeply over which trail to choose. While his rational mind urged him to select the easiest path to maximize his chances of survival, he knew deep down that the promotion tests in the Origin Realm would never get easier over time.
He had nearly died during his first tier promotion test, and each subsequent test was sure to become progressively harder. This meant that if his ultimate goal was to reach the Origin Castle, he needed to tackle the most challenging paths now to build a strong foundation for facing even tougher challenges in the future.
Although this reasoning seemed logical in his head, the reality of the situation was that he didn't feel confident about his ability to confront sentient tier-4 beasts at all as facing these beasts was not the smartest choice for several reasons—
