Chapter 44: Ascending the Mountain
“Those who claim...ascend the mountain...” Right at the edge of the black fog, Roeboki could hear a very soft whisper. A wave of nostalgia hit him, it was the exact same message he heard all those years ago. “Those who claim to be ambitious, ascend the mountain, prove yourself as you claim to be.” That was the full sentence, but due to the distance, all he could hear was bits. This was the test the sword soul made. It was to test the person’s ambitions and willpower. The greater the ambitions, the greater the willpower needed to achieve those ambitions. Ambitions that required minimal willpower were useless in the eyes of the sword soul. Roeboki steeled his heart, then took a step into the black fog, vanishing from sight. Far away from this entry point, way above the clouds, “Oh!
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