Starless lay on his bed at night, not sleeping because he had The Night spell. The spell everyone feared.
"Dang this." He muttered.
He had received Night spell when he turned 15. After that, his life was basically a death sentence.
The whole room shook with a massive bang. And he soon was sucked in massive darkness.
Silence.
Just then he finally saw some light.
"Light. Yeah right, like if I ever got light."
Starless appeared in a dark room which seems welcoming.
But then he comes back to his senses.
[Welcome player to your first trial.]
[First trial 10 doors 1 is good 9 are bad.]
[Good luck.]
Really? Luck? I have no luck.
Starless walked to one of the doors, took a deep breath and then opened the door.
[Congratulations.]
[You have guessed the right one.]
[Joining other players...]
Ping!
Starless was teleported to the other players who had the cursed mark.
Starless looked around and saw that some of them were little kids not below 7 though, He had never been here before but there was some rumors of it that almost everyone knew.
* * *
Before the Night spell everything was peaceful.
There was no need to fight, to survive, and to defend the world was peaceful. It was harmony and they lived in balance with nature.
No one would have predicted what would have happened next.
But when the Night spell came to earth and took people to the trials the world twisted, suddenly there was war, hatred, and everyone was scared of the people that had the cursed mark.
If you died in the trial a portal would appear and bring creatures from that realm.
* * *
"Hey, I'm Ichiro, nice to meet you."
Starless looked at the direction the voice came from.
The voice came from a boy probably the same age as Starless.
"Um...I'm Starless."
"Starless... That's a strange name."
"Is it? I was just born in a night with no stars."
[Starting first trial.]
[Trial of Echoing Souls]
[Good luck.]
[Teleporting...]
Starless sighed, then looked up at the message.
"Good luck, Starless."
"...Thanks"
'Let's get this over with.'
Hoo...
The cold breeze passed Starless' face.
Starless inhaled and exhaled. Then started walking.