MONOCHROME: Choice Of Destiny

Chapter 47 The same determination

The training went well and after that we all decided to talk outside while enjoying the beautiful scenery in this place.

"It was a pretty good fight, I didn't expect you to be able to hurt Fenrir in the first fight."

Belvina praised me but I knew that it was just a compliment to make me happy because from anywhere such a wound would not have killed Fenrir.

"I don't deserve that compliment, it's still not enough."

"Don't go down like that, you're still very young so don't be too rushed to be strong."

"No, I have to be as strong as possible so I can protect everything."

"Don't make me laugh, son."

Fenrir laughed hearing my words like it was a joke.

"What's up with that?"

I was angry because my determination was considered such a joke.

"Being strong fast? protecting everything? very silly thought."

"What's wrong with that?! if it wasn't me who would protect them?!"

"Who are you referring to?"

"My family and friends of course."

"Why do you want to protect them so much?"

"It's because I'm their leader so I have to take responsibility by protecting them all."

Fenrir continued to shower me with all sorts of questions and I answered him with complete confidence to show my determination.

"Why do you have to do that?"

"I told you that because I'm a pe-"

"That's what makes it all the more ridiculous, you're a leader but why do you have to make sacrifices? it should be your subordinates who sacrifice for you."

"That's too selfish!"

"What's up with that? that's what a subordinate's job is, if you can't do this then you don't deserve to be a leader, and if you become a leader under these circumstances it will only destroy your own comrades."

"The lizard could still be alive if its tail was cut off because it would grow again but there's no way if it lost its head, son, you should know that."

I can't say a word to respond to Fenrir's statement.

"For now you need to focus on developing that broken mentality of yours, if you continue like this you'll die before you can protect anyone."

"I'll think about it."

I know that this is not the time to be selfish because after all Fenrir's experience was much more than mine.

"Umm I think we should get some rest first."

"Good idea, I'm also very tired."

We were escorted to another tree with a door to sleep in.

"I'll sleep first."

Zep went straight to the room and I was alone here because Carl and the others lived somewhere else.

I went out and sat by the lake looking at the night sky above me.

"Sacrificing a colleague to live yahh sounds very selfish to me."

"I agree with you."

There was a woman behind me but there was nothing but a small fire floating through the air.

The fire slowly turned into a bird and transformed again into a female figure with smoldering red hair.

"Miss Fenix, what's the need?"

"Just call Fenix."

Fenix sat next to me and watched the star strewn across the sky.

"I want to apologize about Fenrir he is like that but he has no bad intentions."

"I know that and I also believe that he's not wrong."

"Thank you, Fenrir was just like you back then he was a just leader and protected his people."

"He told you about his past but it was a little bit in the fox, Fenrir did not adapt in the Druk yul region but Druk yul who attacked his territory which made the place chaotic, a rain of lightning occurred where and the forest burned to ashes in an instant."

"Fenrir intended to fight Druk yul alone despite knowing that it was impossible but because he was careless he was attacked by his own subordinates and taken away while his subordinates sacrificed their lives to hold Druk yul."

"It was a futile sacrifice I could tell you because eventually the thunderstorm also reached Fenrir and killed everyone who escorted him, but miraculously Fenrir was able to survive that moment."

"He certainly wanted to go straight against Druk yul but in honor of his subordinates he himself decided to go and look for more strength, just then I found him lying on the ground and decided to take care of him, he said, I was the one who helped him master the lightning."

"That's a very dark story, so what was Fenrir doing back then?"

"Just like you he wants revenge but Fenrir is a calm person or maybe he realizes that he is not strong enough to defeat him, if he fought while sacrificing his life he might be able to injure Druk yul but that was it. Gods are not something that can be resisted alone so I advise you not to engage with gods until you are strong enough to fight them."

"Why is that?"

"That's because what you read in books is very different from the reality, what you see so far is nothing so don't think being able to defeat one lowly angel has made you very strong because however the angels when descending into this world by force will reduce the strength they're at 90%."

"Wait on! so that war happened 10,000 years ago.."

"Fufu's right, they're in perfect condition."

How could that be, all this time I've been having trouble fighting one angel and that's only 10% of their original strength?

"So how did you survive the attack of millions of angels?"

"Fufu is a secret, but you'll know about it sooner or later so for now focus on being strong and don't change your current thinking. See you soon."

Felix once again turned into fire then disappeared.

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In the morning we gathered at the wooden house earlier because of a request from Belvina.

I saw Felix sitting quietly like nothing had ever happened.

"It's been decided that the three of you will take the labyrinth test."

"What kind of test?"

"I can't talk about that because it's forbidden so you'll find out for yourself later but I'm sure you'll be stronger."

"Being strong... What should we do?"

"Follow me, we'll take you to the gate."

Without saying a word they all including Carl and Zep stood up and started walking towards the gigantic lake in the middle of the forest.

I followed them to the edge of the lake, after which a rock began to emerge from the water forming a path to the center of the lake and we went there.

At the center there was a distortion of space that when we entered we all appeared in a very foreign place.

It was a place filled with vines where it covered the entire wall.

In front was a giant gate that looked very mysterious because I could feel strange magic from within.

"This is the entrance to one of the labyrinths of gods or that's the name used by people out there."

Belvina explained as she continued walking closer to the door.

"I've seen one of them in the Empire, it's a place filled with monsters."

"It's kind of but it's a little different and a lot riskier than you know."

"What does that mean?"

"That's a secret, let's go in."

Belvina did not respond to me and approached Carl instead.

"Dear you come with them, sorry that I've only been able to let you in now because this place is so dangerous so take care of yourself."

"Let's just be calm I can be with brother."

"Good, as long as you apply all that I have taught you you, you can pass it."

We walked through the giant door.

"See you in 10 years!"

"What?!"

I was surprised to hear that voice but when I turned around the door was gone and replaced with something else.

"Where is this?"

"I don't know either, but it's definitely strange and strange."

"Could this be the location of the test Belvina said just now?"

Carl and I kept talking while Zep kept quiet since then, I also did not understand why it could be like that when before he was very noisy.

"Hey Carl, what are you about this exam?"

"Yes, I learned about this during my stay in Erden, although it is less clear because what I was taught was this labyrinth about learning from the past."