Decisive Entry

Sizzle…

The fire burning gloriously atop the wooden torch flickered along with the seeping wind, threatening to end its own life, fading away into nothingness…

Sizzle!

However, as if refusing to let go of its duty to illuminate the world, the weak flicker left for the wind to extinguish made a comeback, riding its nemesis to plant its fangs into the oil-soaked cloth that gave birth to it, exploding into a mass of scarlet flame!

"You were all gathered here based on your own decisions!"

A strong voice resounded in the lamp-lit cave, traveling through the underground caves. Standing atop the carved stone podium, the source of the voice overlooked the masses in front of him with contradictory gentle eyes.

Amid the long rows of shaken young men and women, a young man with disheveled pitch-black hair similarly stared at the low podium, his eyes possessing an extra hit of clarity…

'My decision?'