Chapter 96 The Ultimate Trial

~Pov mc~ (First person)

" Survive the endless flow of time. You must follow two rules. The first one, is to not, try to kill yourself, not even once and the second one, is, you can't move more then 10 meters from your original position. With the rules done, I'll tell you how this work. Every second on the outside, is 100 000 years here. Your trial will be over, when Alice is done with hers. So the more time she takes, the longer you will suffer. Well with that done, good luck." He said to me, as everything turned dark and I appeared inside a small circle. With a diameter of 20 meters. Outside of the circle was dark, no stars, no nothing. The only thing, that accompanied me, was the circle, I was forced to stay inside.

Time passed, but I couldn't tell how much. For some time, I trained my swordsmanship. But quickly grew bored and started to exercise. But I grew bored of that too. So i started counting. But when I reached 100 000 000 000, I stopped. I started to do everything, I could think of. I trained my powers, but eventually. I gave up and simply laid down. That was the first time, I truly, entered my mind.

My mind was as clear, as a rainy day. I just want it to end. Why hasn't my pain ended. Why am I alive?

" I'll take anything, anything over this! Just make it end, please?" I screamed, but no one heard my plea and I continued with my endless silence. Slowly, but surely, I stopped moving. Simply sitting down, in the middle of the circle. Time passed, or maybe it didn't. Maybe I'm inside an illusion. Yes that's right, this is all a lie. I will wake up, in my bed and everything. Mom will make me pancakes and tell me what she did at work. " Yes, yes, thats it." This is all a joke, a cruel trick, played by the gods.

Please, wake up. Wasn't this an illusion, why does it feel so real. The tears I shed, they remind me of the truth. My new hobby, as of lately. Is to cut myself, at different places. Ahhh, how wonderful the pain is. I wonder what Alice is doing, or maybe she's a lie too. Yes that's right, wasn't my life a lie? That's it, this is reality and I finally woke up. But i thought it was a dream.

Hmm, why does my flesh taste bad? I mean, i remember the wonderful flesh, of new borns. It's nothing compared to my own. Why is my meat so disgusting. Eating myself is no fun. But I do it, because of boredom. Or maybe, I just like the pain, who knows.

Why is my bleeding stopping? It's so annoying, when it stops, I have to hurt myself again. Can't the pain, just go on endlessly.

The pain has grown null. I can't stimulate myself anymore. Why am I here again. I don't remember, maybe I should kill myself. But for some reason, I just can't bring myself to do it. Maybe, I'm a coward, maybe I care for something. I don't remember.

What's my name? What is a name? I truly don't remember, maybe it's important, or it's not. I don't care, whatever care means.

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(Third person)

There it sat, it never moved. Time passed slow and fast. But it didn't change. The time he suffered, it did not change. His sentence, was for eternity, or so it felt. He didn't know, he had no memory. They were simply, from a distant past, that he had long since forgotten.

"Heeheheheheheheh,hahahahahah." It laughed, to nothing. Probably just a instinct. It simply gave into it's urges.

"Swosh, swosh." It said, as it swung a big sword. Or it looked like a sword. Seems like it had forgotten.

No sound, nothing really. It had been still, not moving for so long. Like it had forgotten that it was alive. Until one day, it woke up again and continued with it's crazy behavior. Of wasting time, to make it go faster. Maybe it worked, maybe it didn't. No one would know, not even the creature, that did all those acts.

The creature stopped moving and got silent again. It started to have random sprouts of energy, before going silent for many eons, or more, until moving again. But not once, did it utter a word. Not once, no unintelligent grunts or anything similar. No sound was given from the creature.

Slowly but surely, the sprouts of energy grew fewer and longer in between. Until finally, it stopped moving. Laying, in a foster position on the ground, close to the edge of the circle.

Time passed and it never moved again, until one day, something changed. The circle disappeared and the creature, formerly known as Ragnar was dropped to the ground. The sensation woke the man up. He simply looked around him, before covering his eyes, as the dangerously bright sunlight hit his eyes. Causing a feeling of pain, that brought pleasure to the man.

" Pein, s s so so, lognnago." It said, trying to form a sentence, from it's empty memory.

" Wow, look at you. All grown up." A being said, it's figure, clouded by darkness.

" Shut up, you would be even worse, you pathetic vermin. Let's just get this over with." Another being said. It was made out entirely of golden light, one that made eyes hurt, from the intensity of it's light.

" You don't have to be so rude, you damn weakling."

" I'm a weakling? I'm the peak, nothing can beat me, in the lower dimension you inhabit. I'm done with you. Listen Ragnar, your brain dead for the moment. So we will merge, without your consent. Your soul will slightly heal, when we do so. So don't fuck anything up, when you return to the real world." The shining one said, as he and the dark man, started to get sucked into Ragnar. As for Ragnar, he was just spasming, either from pain, or the pleasure caused by it.

After minutes, the process finally ended and Ragnar tried to get up. But his arms failed him, resulting in him, falling on the ground again. Sighting to himself, he tried again, multiple times, failing each, as bad. Until, he just stood up, like something in him changed. Like he had grown tired of the scenario. His eyes were still closed, as he was to bored to open them.

But that changed, when he felt a rip in space and something appeared. But instead of opening his eyes, he morphed his body slightly, so he only had one eye. Then he opened it and stared at the creature in front of him.

" Well, well, you have changed, a lot. Seem like they went all out."

" They did? Maybe, I don't know." Ragnar answered, not interested in the conversation.

" Ah, I see, trial by time. That's cruel. Even the best, kill themselves in there. But you survived, meaning you can leave. We will meet for realm in the future." The sun vermin said, before hitting it's tentacles, kinda like it was snapping it's fingers. Then Ragnar disappeared, like the rest of the illusion.

~Reality, one year later~

Ragnar opened his eyes. But they lacked any sort of emotions. But that changed, as he noticed the cow, above him. " YOU?" He said, as everything started to shake. The approaching Alice fell down face first, from the pressure, Ragnar was emitting.

" You, you, you, you took my will to live, my memories and left me to die." He said, as the cow too fell, on it's knees, same as the giant. They covered in fear, as a creature of absolute rule, looked at them.

" I, Ragnar, have decided your punishment. Death!" He said, as the ice around them started to shake and the world was starting to fall apart. The ice was collapsing in on itself, burying the giant and the cow, in the ice. Ragnar raised his hand and simply brought it back down and the realm disappeared. Making Ragnar and Alice appear in an empty, black corridor. The corridor was alive and Ragnar took note of this, as he started to walk.

Alice followed right behind him and tried to grab his attention. But failed. So she gave up. But some time later, he grabbed her by the shoulder and brought her towards him. As he did so, a giant whale appeared and at some of the corridor.

As the whale kept swimming, the corridor started to repair itself, in front of their eyes. Alice finally remembered this place and grabbed Ragnar by his shoulders, like he did hers.

" Ragnar, I know where we are. But first, what happened to you?" This earned Ragnar's attention. So he looked at Alice, with slight interest and said.

" Time, time happened. Every second you spent in the snow, I spent 100 000 years extra in solitude. So yeah, life's kind of pointless. Give me some eons and I might recover. Or, I'll just kill myself, either one, really." He told her, as he started moving again and Alice followed him.

" What do you mean by that, what do you mean by every second I spent in the snow?" She yelled after the walking Ragnar, but he continued walking, but answered her question, nonetheless.

" For every second, you spent on your mission. I spent 100 000 years alone. That was my mission. Now, tell me, where are we?" He said, as he continued walking. The tentacles of the wall, made sure to avoid his every step. In fear of gaining his attention.

" This is where it all started. This is where my journey in chaos began. This is where it will end. I remember now. Some weird being, said something about a throne. The mansion, we need to get to the mansion. Let's go." Alice said, as she began running. But she stopped shortly after, as she noticed Ragnar still going the same speed.

" Come on, aren't you exited. We can finally leave this place. Then we can spend hundreds of hears, with each other in peace. Slowly recovering from the shock your in and I'm in. Please." Alice said, her voice cracking at the end of her sentence.

Her words stopped Ragnar for some seconds. Before he looked her in the eyes. His one eye. Golden and black, with a blue glow, stared into the girl. The very fact, that he opened his eye, made chaos nervous. But Alice just looked him in the eye. Getting lost in it's glow.

" Maybe, if the world allows it. Paarthadox said it the best himself. We irregulars, we will never be happy. To forever suffer, for the crimes we have committed." He said, almost like he was mocking himself, just as much as he was mocking Paarthadox.

" Why, what crime did we commit. Was it being born?"

" In our case, yes. You, me, were a mistake. No one wants us. Not my parents, not yours. We committed a crime worse then any. We lived, the very fact that we did, is against the will. Were supposed to be dead Alice. Our very existence is a crime. For we never walked the path of infinity, we follow the stream!"

(Author note: Hello, this chapter/what happens in this chapter. Will heavily change the main characters personality. If you couldn't tell ;). Anyways, I'll release a chapter, in one or two days. So until then, smash that power stone button and randomly type 150 words, that somehow becomes your opinion through fate. Pleas write a review, in other words ;). Anyways, have a great day, or nigh and I'll see you later. Author out :) )