Mazel had surprisingly passed his first trial, he was so happy that he had forgotten that there was a next level.
He unlike Ahmed hadn't taken the conqueror route, he had used the explorer route having traveled to each and every point of his trial space while avoiding the beasts.
He made it to the centre of the trial where a passage to his next trial was, he without thinking twice jumped in.
He arrived at a white space which had another portal in front of him, just as he begun to wander what it was however.
[You have passed your previous trial, you have been advised to rest and recuperate before advancing to your next trial.
For the next twenty four hours, food, drinks and accomodations shall be provided for the Ascender Mazel Azazel.]
Mazel found himself shedding tears of joy as a grandiose hotel appeared before him, he quickly ran into it not wanting the hotel to vanish.
Once inside a hovering blue screen appeared before him asking for his customization of his 24 hour home.
He picked the softest of beds, which would swallow him into their fold, a room heavily enforced with silencing arrays, the best possible meal he could think of, and a fatigue easing bath.
He ate, drank, bathed and slept like his life depended on it, he had been oblivious to how tired he truly was and underestimated the amount of time he would sleep.
Hours later, Mazel woke up to a pleasing sight, the gentle glow of dusk caressed his skin along with a small breeze that calmed his heart, the gentle chirping of birds seemed to be in harmony with nature...
'Birds? Nature? Aren't I in a hotel?' Mazel's thought process stalled as he finally looked around, he was surrounded by trees of all sizes, within a five meter radius of him was a small clearing where there were no trees just short blades of grass, above him was no canopy but a small hole through which light descended.
He was on top of a soft bed with a fluffy mattress, thick yet comfortable sheets of blankets that tempted him to dive into them once more.
He panicked and looked around but couldn't see a single beast in sight, he sighed in relief as he got off the bed.
'Its too good to leave behind.' He lamented as he stared at his spatial ring, it wasn't big enough to house the bed, after all his wardrobe of clothes and armoury of weapons wouldn't allow it.
Yes, Mazel Azazel was waking with an Armoury of One star and Two star weapons, armors and shields, there was also a single Three star weapon amongst them.
'Should I abandon my clothes? Then what will I wear? Then should I abandon my weapons? No I need them to survive... It seems I'm not fated to take this bed.' He sighed as he finally decided to leave the bed behind, he slowly left the clearing wanting to assess the surroundings, the him of yesterday wasn't the him of today.
'This trial would known the name, Mazel Azazel.' He resolved as his amethyst eyes glowed dimly.
He walked into the forest with caution and confidence, hailing from a prestigious clan had more than just resource perks, he had learnt a lot from his father and teachers, that and his ancestors bloodline wasn't as thin as most would believe.
For a demon the dark was their domain, so as the sun set and night awoke, Mazel was finally entering the true domain of demons, in the dead of night very few could claim their senses were greater than his within the same rank.
"Dark Embrace." Be muttered in demon tongue, he had already devoured two dozens of ichor and his blood was getting purer and purer he could feel the darkness dancing over his skin and it's cloak of darkness covering him with warmth.
He seemingly merged with the darkness making his presence everywhere and nowhere, so long as darkness touched it he could 'see' it.
The twelve hours of night were the mist fruitful hours of all Mazel's days within the awakening space.
He had slaughtered beasts with ease and gathered too many herbs, fruits and beast cores for his own good.
With the darkness whispering to his hear how could he miss out on the various natural treasures around him.
He had only left a single beast alive not because it was strong, but because it had piqued his interest and was curious about exploring the entire trial space.
With an hour left to dawn, he made his way towards a certain tree and reached his hand into its hollow space, from it he pulled out a small kitten with obsidian black fur, Dark purple eyes with two tails.
It was barely the size of his arm but it's aura was something he felt a deep connection with.
He briefly remembered slaughter the cubs mother and willing the darkness to take out it's core, he brought the core out of spatial ring and gave it to the cub whose nose twitched as he stared at the core with drool.
He merrily chomped it down and swallowed before going to sleep, "I'll tame it when it wakes up, father did say that feeding a beast it's parents core increased it's potential." Mazel mused as he headed back to the clearing he had awakened at, the bed was still there without a spec of dust.
He smiled at it before walking past it and towards a river where he washed himself before going back to sleep on top of the bed.
He had earned his rest after all, the sun was rising, the Forest was eeriely quiet yet the boy had a relaxed smile as he dozed off.
If one were to see him they wouldn't imagine he was responsible for all the corpses spread throughout the forest, mangle corpses hang from the branches of trees thrown there to their deaths, some torn limb from limb while other crushed to death.
Within the veil of darkness, Mazel Azazel was truly unrivaled.