Cheating

After opening the door, Edward began to walk around and eventually discovered that he was inside a palace that could only be described as shocking, the palace was so large that even a hundred thousand people would not be able to make the palace full.

"I wonder who built that palace."

Edward was curious to find out who owned this palace.

But what made him more curious and intrigued was the legacy trial that had given no clue as to how he could get out of here, and that was making Edward confused since he wouldn't want to be stuck here in this trial.

The more Edward walked, the stranger he was getting it was as if thousands of people were watching him and it made Edward's back shiver, and he could not help but think that soon he would have to face these unknown beings who were watching him.

Edward knew that this sensation was probably from people watching him, he remembers very clearly that the protagonists of novels usually felt these sensations of being observed before a great battle occurred, and this made him frightened since he was not good at fighting even more with unknown beings.

However, Edward gritted his teeth and continued, with each step that Edward gave his body filled with sweat, soaking him completely, he did not know when he started but the more he walked the more pressure he felt and this was different from when he was lying in bed, it was much scarier.

It was then that Edward saw an altar about five hundred meters high, the altar was made of bright stones that composed an extremely beautiful phoenix, it was a colorful phoenix, the altar of the phoenix seemed to extend beyond the heavens, and issued a noble aura, majestic and dignified.

Before he could reach the altar something happened, a man appeared in front of him, Edward could not discern the appearance of the man in front of him, even if he was not hiding his face, but it was as if every time Edward looked at the man's face in front of him he soon forgot his appearance was a very strange feeling.

"To pass this trial, you will need to answer one question."

"Would you give up everything and everyone for power?"

It was a question that for many can be extremely difficult, after all, to give up everything, his family, his relatives, friends, everything, perhaps even to give up his humanity, so for some people to answer this question can be extremely difficult, but for Edward, who had lost everything from the beginning was relatively simple.

But of course, he still had to enter into great contemplation, after all, if he answered wrong he would probably fail the legacy test.

In the end, he had been unable to think of anything and could only give up while answering.

"Yes, I would give up everything."

After saying that, Edward felt slight dizziness and before he could tell, he was in a valley.

Edward did not know if he had failed the test, mainly because he had not received any messages from the system, and the man who was before him also did not give him any answer before he appeared in this valley.

"Maybe I failed, but why did I have to appear in this valley? I'm probably a long way from the Kingdom of Vermenia."

Giving up thinking about it, he began to walk aimlessly in this valley to see if he could find someone who could help him, but little did Edward know that he had not failed the test, on the contrary, he was now facing the second stage of the legacy test.

The more Edward walked, the more he cursed this valley, he was walking for over an hour but it seemed that he had not even left the place, in the end, he just gave up and decided to lie down on the grass of the valley, he thought he might have some idea while he rested.

Edward, when he closed his eyes, had a really strange dream where he saw a man who had obtained the power of a phoenix and thanks to this he was able to establish an empire, but before this man could be happy, he was ambushed by his former companions.

After this man's death his son had assumed the throne of the empire, but by the looks of it his son was but a puppet of the former companions of the first emperor, when the son of the first emperor became an adult he seemed to have noticed something and killed his father's former companions, but after this, he had been severely wounded, and his wounds were not healed by causing him to die in agony.

Many scenes were going through Edward's mind at that moment, it was as if he were a god, and you observe the lives of these people, but the difference was that he could not interfere with anything by just observing.

Edward saw from this betrayal between the nobility, even betrayal between the emperor and the empress, and it made his expression wrinkle, he knew that in nobility things like that were common, but he could not help but clench his fists since he would not know how to react if anyone ever betrayed him, and a dark thought eventually took over his mind.

The thought of planting seeds or even threatening nobility with his family so that they would never betray him did not come out of Edward's mind, but it was then that he realized that this was unreal, after all, they would never be loyal to his empire and it might even bring a calamity upon him, so Edward decided to think about these things, after all, he did not even know if he could establish an empire, so there was no need to think about it at this time.

As if he had gotten an approval, Edward had woken up from his sleep, but he was no longer in the valley but inside a forest, and in this forest, there was a staircase that went over the clouds, he could not even see his end, but this time Edward was not alone there were thousands if not millions of people along with Edward, and they were all watching each other.

Seeing these people Edward realized that he was not the only one who had been allowed to obtain a Legacy, but thousands if not millions of people had been given the opportunity. Not only that, but it seems that all the people who were here had chosen the Legacy of the Celestial Phoenix Empire.

This made him realize that he was not special because he was here, but just someone with a little bit of luck, and seeing the thousands of people present he knew that it would be extremely difficult to complete the test of the Legacy, his line of thought was interrupted when he heard that voice once again.

"This is the last stage of the legacy test, just climb the ladder and whoever reaches the top will receive the blessing of the legacy."

Hearing what the voice said many people didn't even wait when they started running towards the stairs, many people were run over on the way and were injured.

Edward decided not to start running immediately since it seemed very simple just climbing these stairs, he imagined that it would not be that simple, it was then that his line of reasoning seemed right, the people who were climbing the stairs, felt a pressure at least ten times greater on their bodies, making it extremely difficult to climb, not only that but some people had disappeared from the stairs, they had probably failed the legacy test.

Edward couldn't help but sigh in relief for not rushing out. He saw that there were people who were managing to climb even if slowly they could still climb a few steps, and it was then that he decided to start his climb to the top.

When he stepped on the first floor, Edward realized that the pressure was the same as the bed he was in when he was brought in for the legacy test, but as he was already used to it it was not a big problem for him, so he started climbing the ladder until quickly.

Other people who were watching Edward climb couldn't help but be amazed that it was extremely difficult to climb even one step up these stairs, but Edward had climbed quickly and was about fifty steps taller than all the participants in the test, some even thought he was cheating in some way, and started cursing Edward.

"You son of a bitch, stop cheating."

"There's a bastard cheating on the test."

When people heard that someone was cheating on the test, they couldn't help but look at the person who had already climbed at least a hundred steps, and they began to realize that there was a cheat among them, but before the curses could continue, a man appeared on the top, this man was flying, and this vision caused thousands of people to be frightened since in their worlds it was impossible for a human being to fly.

They even thought that this person was here to punish the cheater, but the happiness of these people did not last long, especially after hearing the words the man had said.