In the fight of terrors, the curse of the fallen corpse and the terror of hunger both resembled true terrors. The effects that drove Rashin into madness were pretty strong, causing him to try and be one of their kin... A terror! Until now, Rashin stated himself as a terror to trick his corrupted mind into believing he was really one of them to be able to stand strong against those horrible terrors.
Now, everything changed. With the last death he accumulated by eating a chunk from his hand's flesh, Rashin officially became a terror, not any terror... flesh eater terror! Not only did he gain 3 hunger points but he also countered the ferocious strength of the terror of hunger.
He also attacked his brother without noticing who stayed aside in this epic... and that was Thirst himself.
Thirst also could be a terror but thanks to the points that didn't exceed below the limit of 10 points, he didn't show his real face. Whether Thirst joined Hunger or not, Rashin has the absolute counter for them at the moment. All he has to do is eat a chunk of his flesh, gain more hunger and thirst points to saturate their meter, and bingo... Rashin wins.
But before Rashin starts his new method of self-slaughter, he waited for the relics to shine with the reward... A huge one too...
Soon the relics' reward responded to his waiting with a huge reward indeed.
[Cloth Gauntlet obtained!]
Rashin stood in silence at the "Huge reward" he got, he thought it would be none other than the most important thing he was in need of right at the moment which is sp... but it wasn't. It was a garbage reward for him.
'Gauntlet, you say... shit! I thought it would be like a 100 SP or something better... not a shit gauntlet!' This was a big surprise the relics served to Rashin, what would he do with a gauntlet in his shattered corpse that's chaining him? All he needed the most was more and more SP.
This reward was not served at the right time or rather it should be replaced with sp instead.
' Useless....'
Ding!
'H-huh?! There is more?!!' to his relief, the relics hadn't finished yet, there were more relics to show another surprise...
[you have obtained your first item!]
[Inventory has been unsealed!]
[The reward has been served!]
Rashin forgot that the relics didn't show that the reward has been served after obtaining the cloth gauntlet, so he didn't know that there were more... still, what advantage would the damned gauntlet and his inventory being unsealed present to him?
Clank! Clank!
'Wait! I completely forgot about this...' After Rashin served the deliciousness of his own flesh for the first time, he thought that his counter failed, causing him to return to the initial point of the trial again.
The sounds of migrating birds and the clangor of steel tricked him into believing that he really failed, But if that's the case, then... how didn't he fail the trial? Rashin immediately stared at the SP relic to see and observe with his blurred eyes.
[Main Quest: reach 0 SP!]
[current SP: -999,970.54 SP]
'The SP... is still the same. It even got stronger! That only means that I didn't fail... like I thought.' Rashin was right, he didn't fail and return to the starting point, his current SP being his absolute evidence to those twisted questions.
If that's the case now, then why are those birds and the clangor of steel still in their place without any change?
'That's for another time, I guess.' Rashin was still focused on the disaster he was in... well, now it shouldn't be. He has the absolute counter to the terror of hunger and thirst after all. Before Rashin could initiate his new self-slaughter session, he first wanted to check the "huge reward" he got and also the inventory.
Looking around the main relics, Rashin couldn't spot the inventory relic so he understood that it was like his personal status...
[Inventory]
"Inventory..."
'w-what?!' the inventory surprisingly appeared before he could utter its name. Rashin immediately understood that it was willed in his subconscious rather than saying it out loud...
Weapons:[Cloth Gauntlet]
"Sighs!"
'Let's try this shit first...' willing in his subconscious to summon the cloth gauntlet, sparks of incandescent light covered both of his nimble hands. The gauntlet took the exact shape of both of his hands, colored brown fabric with lots of black dots that covered his fingers, and a big one resided on the back of his hands. The fingers were reinforced with intricate patterns that made the grip a bit stronger.
The cloth gauntlet was light as a feather and didn't have any formidable weight, still, Rashin felt it a bit heavy on his nimble hand.
Tilting his right hand to the other side, facing his palm, Rashin felt as if he didn't wear anything, his palm wasn't covered as the rest of his hand. Instead, soft fabric wraps were covering his palm but not entirely to ensure a better grip and keep it as light as possible.
'Well, that wasn't as bad as I thought... hope it has some abilities or stats at least...'
Ding!
The relics answered his inner curiosity in no time. New relics appeared in front of him... this time was in his palm! A whole panel that states the [Cloth Gauntlet] shone at the center of his palm...
[Cloth gauntlet]
State: Weapon
Level:1
Rarity: Minor
Tier: I
Main abilities: Lv.5, Lv.15, Lv.20!
Passive abilities: unseal Lv.20!!
'Lv.1... minor... tier 1... that's the worst of the worst, but it's good for the first weapon.' a minor weapon in the range of tier 1 obtained at Lv.1 with a minor rarity was indeed the worst item anyone can get, but at the very beginning of the trial, obtaining such a weapon is a massive achievement... while not even being able to stand on his feet!
Dismissing the relics, they disappeared from his sight which hovered slightly above his palm. Rashin rested his arm on the blanket that covered him with the gauntlet still on both of his hands.
Rashin willed to unequip it while staring at his right hand, the gauntlet shined with incandescent bright light and disappeared and teleported instantly to his personal inventory.
Glancing at his name's relics to see the terror of hunger, it was currently at 2 points with thirst being at 12... time has come to saturate his hunger and thirst relics. With a swift motion of his right hand, while slowly opening his mouth, Rashin readied himself to taste his flesh once more...
Crunch!
***
'w-where?!' Rashin's face tensed, his spine had a shiver running through it whole, his eyes were wide open and his mouth was spread like a tiny cave. He was dumbfounded... shocked!
'Where... where is my SP?!'