4 Chapter 4

All the dragons spoke simultaneously and merely observed the greedy human before them, making a futile effort to free himself, as a five-colored aura began to leak from all the dragons and started to converge towards my body.

[You have been chosen for human sacrifice.]

[A mission has been generated: SS - The Power of Human Sacrifice]

[The five ancient dragons have been testing the humans of the Tatsushiro clan for centuries. However, none have succeeded in passing the dragons' judgment so far. Trapped and sealed within this cave, they are eager to obtain a new human sacrifice. Survive at any cost through the trial and earn their recognition with your own determination!]

[Reward: ????????]

[Failure: Permanent destruction of Chakra channels on the account.]

[The mission has been accepted. Impossible to refuse.]

@$¨T@¨&@&#*¨@*¨#

'Damn, shit, crap, hell. What luck I have!!!!!!!!'

I didn't have much time to curse what was happening to me right now because the five lights connected to my body and more messages appeared in my field of vision.

[[Fire-type chakra has connected to your body, losing 5 HP every 5 seconds.]

[Water-type chakra has connected to your body, losing 5 HP every 5 seconds.]

[Earth-type chakra has connected to your body, losing 5 HP every 5 seconds.]

[Lightning-type chakra has connected to your body, losing 5 HP every 5 seconds.]

[Wind-type chakra has connected to your body, losing 5 HP every 5 seconds.]

AGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

A pain spread throughout my body, my flesh felt like it was being boiled from the inside out. Letters and words written on the ground began to run loose across my body and concentrated in my belly, trying to contain and trap something inside.

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙!!

[Your chakra veins are being reconstructed - losing 5 HP every 5 seconds.]

Due to the pain I was feeling, I was forcibly released from paralysis and realized that I wouldn't last more than 15 seconds with the HP I had left in this situation. Clenching so hard that blood came out, I opened my inventory and threw various HP recovery items. I only had a few consumable healing items, each of them healing at least 20 HP, and I was losing 30 every 5 seconds.

[𝙃𝙋 𝟭𝟰𝟭/𝟮𝟱𝟬]

[𝙃𝙋:𝟭𝟯𝟭/𝟮𝟱𝟬]

[𝙃𝙋:𝟵𝟭/𝟮𝟱𝟬]

[𝙃𝙋𝟭𝟭𝟭/𝟮𝟱𝟬]

It felt like an eternity had passed in this sea of torment, and my consumable items were starting to run out, and despair was beginning to take hold of me. Because the mission penalty applied not to the character but to the account. In other words, it didn't matter if I deleted the character and decided to create another one. The penalty would still exist.

And as the developers said we would keep our beta characters, I wouldn't risk failing this mission and becoming the only player in this game without using chakra! That was ridiculous and unacceptable.

"Weird human. What is he putting in his mouth?

He's holding on longer than I thought."

Muttered the red dragon. He didn't really expect him to survive this ritual. It was just a whim to try his luck with an outsider. Even among the Tatsushiro clan, you could count on one hand how many of them actually managed to pass the test.

"Is he capable" thought the Earth Dragon.

[𝙃𝙋:𝟭𝟱𝟭/𝟮𝟱𝟬]

[𝙃𝙋:𝟭𝟮𝟭/𝟮𝟱𝟬]

"I have to admit, despite him being inadequate, at least he has resilience and spirit." admitted the Wind Dragon.

𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑛.

The fear of failing the mission was beginning to take over my mind, and I took out the last healing item I had. I acquired it by stealing from the ninja I killed in the forest...

[Soldier Pill - Epic]

[Capability of healing the user's life by 100% and maintaining a healing rate for 15 seconds healing 30 HP]

[𝙃𝙋:𝟲𝟭/𝟮𝟱𝟬]

Damn! Now is not the time to hesitate to use the item! It's now or never. Só i shoved the pill in my mouth.

[𝙃𝙋:𝟯𝟭/𝟮𝟱𝟬]

[𝙃𝙋:𝟮𝟱𝟬/𝟮𝟱𝟬]

[𝙃𝙋:𝟮𝟮𝟬/𝟮𝟱𝟬]

....

[𝙃𝙋:𝟭𝟯𝟬/𝟮𝟱𝟬]

Damn it!!!! END IT!!!!!!!!!!

[𝙃𝙋:𝟭𝟬𝟬/𝟮𝟱𝟬]

NO NO NO NO NO

[𝙃𝙋:𝟳𝟬/𝟮𝟱𝟬]

FUCKING HELL, END IT ALREADY!

[𝙃𝙋:𝟰𝟬/𝟮𝟱𝟬]

I'M NOT GOING TO DIE HERE!

[𝙃𝙋:𝟭𝟬/𝟮𝟱𝟬]

"Damn dragons! I'm not going to die here! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

....

...

..

The whole process lasted about 5 minutes. But it felt like it had been 5 hours, a complete hell.

[Your character veins are being chosen for human sacrifice.]

[A mission has been generated: SS - The Power of Human Sacrifice]

[The five ancient dragons have been testing the humans' life by using the Tatsushiro clan for centuries. However, none have succeeded in passing the dragons' judgment so far. Trapped and sealed within this cave, they are eager to obtain a new human sacrifice. Survive at any cost through the trial and earn their recognition with your own determination!]

[Reward: ????????] > [Dragons' Junction / light elemental affinity. 50000XP]

[Failure: Permanent destruction of character channels on the account.]

[The mission has been accepted. Impossible to refuse.]

"Did I make it?" Atsuya felt his body recover to maximum state with various sounds and windows appearing in front of him. But what caught his attention the most was one in particular.

[𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥]

[𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥]

[𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥]

[𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥]

....

[Congratulations, you have become the Junction of the five dragons.]

[The five dragons merge into his body and formed a single entity.]

[You have unlocked the light elemental affinity.]

Eh?.