The ten human figures stared down at the blonde-haired soldier. The many different auras radiating from the each of them gave soldiers insight on the type of humans they were.

  One of the ten humans was a young child who seemed to be around the age of Rhosa and Rhitta which was 15. They had short straight green hair and purple eyes and had the appearance of a girl. Another human also seemed to be around the same age but was a boy with short spiky blue hair and brown eyes.

  Amongst the others was a short old man who seemed to be hunched over appearing to hold a cane. He didn't have much hair aside from a patch white hair on each side of his head detailing his age. He also had brown eyes but they remained barely open. Another human was a middle-aged man with long flowing blonde hair that went a little past his shoulders and he also had brown eyes.

  There was also a brown-haired middle-aged muscular woman among the group of humans but her eyes were different from the rest. Normally, a human has a white sclera but this brown-haired woman had a pitch black sclera. It's unknown as to why her sclera was black which was abnormal but it seemed as if she was different from the others.

  There were two more humans floating close to each other. One was a young man and the other was a young woman. The young woman seemed to be affectionate towards the man and it seemed as if they were lovers of some sort. The man had long white hair and grey eyes whereas the woman had long black hair and black colored eyes. They both looked as if they were in their mid twenties.

  There was one human who was a heavy set person and looked much bigger than everyone else. He was much taller and much wider due to the amount of fat on his body. You weren't able to see his hair as it was covered with a bandana and he also had shades that hid the color of his eyes.

  One of the last two humans had a disguised appearance. They had a mask covering their face and a hooded cloak covering their body. It's unknown if it was a man or a woman under that cloak.

  The last of the humans was a woman with long wavy blonde hair and blue eyes. She seemed to have an air of nobility like a queen that surrounded her. She looked as if she was a high-ranking person. The blonde-haired soldier locked eyes with her and tears started to build in his eyes. Even though he felt a deep sadness, he also had a great amount of anger flowing through him.

  A bald man flew next to Aniya and simply floated next to her.

  "Looking at your expression, you've never seen a tribulation like this before, am I right?" Commented the bald man. Aniya shook her head and kept looking at the ten humans.

  "I've been through this situation once, and it happened when I also tried entering the third awakening. It's without a doubt, one of the hardest things I've ever had to do in my life. Those ten human figures up there are certainly humans unlike the knights that were appearing earlier. To be more specific those ten humans are humans who are no longer in this world. They are humans who have died when trying to reach into the third awakening. Being a soldier in the second awakening, you should know that humans have died during tribulation throughout all of history. When you die during tribulation, the heavens take your soul from this world. It's unknown what happens after that as nobody who's died from tribulation has ever come back. However as you see here, the heavens can use your soul during a tribulation. It's a very cruel thing because the heavens simply don't care about who you are, their only goal is to kill you. It can even use ancestors, family or friends who have died during tribulation as one of the summoned humans".

  The bald man said everything with a strong stare at the humans in the sky. Aniya's eyes widened. She could see the focus in his eyes and could tell that he hated the heavens. This was indeed very cruel, especially if you had to fight a person you were familiar with. It's hard for humans to hurt and kill someone that they had a connection with, that's simply human nature. Thats simply love.

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  She shifted her focus back to the ten humans.

  The first human to move was the man with long white hair and grey eyes. The white aura radiating off of him gave the feeling of coldness and emptiness. During his actual life, this was the type of person he was. He had to be cold in order to protect his lover, the woman with long black hair and black eyes. The emptiness signified the life style he had before he met his lover.

  He flew towards the blonde-haired soldier leaving a beaming trail of white light behind him. His speed caused loud booms to ring throughout the ears of everyone while sending ripples throughout the air. As he flew towards the soldier, he opened his mouth as if he was about to speak.

  His mouth moved in motion as if he was speaking but no sound came out when suddenly a white ball appeared and ghost-like figures came out of it. This seemed to be an ability that he had. The ghost-like figures charged towards the soldier as if they were trying to devour him.

  Several ghost like figures charged towards the man and then combined together into one. The blonde-haired flew away as the clump of figures chased him. The ghosts were moving at a faster speed than the man and were closing in on him. Right as the ghosts were about to reach the man, he suddenly made a sharp turn and turned around while simultaneously swinging his black sword. This was an unexpected movement but it was useful and made use of kinetic energy when swinging the sword, effectively letting him split the clump ghosts in half.

  The white-haired man made a facial expression as he didn't expect the ghosts to be destroyed in one hit. However, it wasn't his strongest ability. He made multiple hand gestures which caused a gigantic white circle of light to appear behind him. This was the white-haired man's strongest ability. The white circle of light was as tall as a skyscraper and slowly, a huge hand passed through the circle and grabbed one side. Moments later a second hand passed through and grabbed the other side. It was as if something was trying to get through from the other side.

  A few seconds passed when a mouth passed through and slowly opened. In front of the opened mouth, there was a huge ball of white light forming. It slowly grew bigger and bigger as whatever entity that passed through the white light was gathering synergy. The soldier seen the mass of synergy gather and was able to feel the destructive power forming in the ball. He didn't want to use all of his abilities at the start but he needed to use another one in order to defend against this attack. The sword he had would simply get destroyed.

  The ball of white light gradually grew bigger until it bursted into a beaming ray of white light in the direction of the soldier. This was a destructive ray of synergy and it light up the sky. It was as if the heavens was intending on obliterating the blonde soldier.

  The soldier waited until the beam came closer and then shouted.

  "Kagami" shouted the blond-haired solider. His voice was deeper than what his appearance showed. A huge mirror formed in front of the man and clashed with the destructive ray of white light. Unexpectedly, the white ray of light looked as if it was getting absorbed into the mirror until it was no more. The blonde hair solider opened his mouth and shouted once more.

  "Reflect" was shouted once more and the light that was absorbed by the mirror suddenly flew out towards the white-haired man. The reflected white light was much faster and much stronger as it was not only the power that was used by the white-haired man, but also amplified by the power of the blonde soldier.

  The white ray of light flew back towards the white haired man and fully encompassed his entire body as it was many times bigger than him. Slowly the white ray of light disappeared and the white man that was encompassed by the ray was no longer there. It was as if his body was disintegrated by the white light.

  Suddenly that sparked his "lover", the black-haired woman. She opened her mouth and screamed while radiating a black aura. The soldier killed her lover so this reaction was expected from absolutely anyone who would have seen their lover die in front of their very eyes.

  She charged towards the soldier while holding her hand out and a big black ball of synergy appeared in front of her. It swelled up then exploded turning into a myriad of black spikes that was sent towards the soldier.

  The mirror disappeared and the solider deflected many of the black spikes with his sword. The myriad of spikes kept falling onto him as he constantly kept knocking them away. From the big ball of synergy, he was able to tell that the woman was weaker than the white-haired man from earlier and he only needed his sword to beat her. She flew towards him as he sent a shockwave of synergy towards her and the black spikes, rendering the spikes motionless. She steadily charged towards her as he put his sword on his side as if he was putting it inside of a sheath.

  She gradually flew closer and closer and when she was within range, he swung his sword as if he was pulling it out of his sheath. This was a battojutsu technique that many swordsmen knew. Her body flew past him as it separated into two pieces, one being her upper body and the other being her lower body.

  Her body slowly fell from the sky with and then disappeared in mid air.

  Within minutes he successfully killed two of the ten humans. These were humans with the power of the second awakening just like the blonde soldier. This was a perfect example of the difference in power, even between beings in the same awakening. He defeated them, especially the black-haired woman, as if they weren't close to his level. The rumbling echo of thunder overshadowed everything. This was the display of the blonde soldier's power and he was determined to enter the third awakening.

  "Eight left."

  Fueled by sadness and anger, he is determined to pass tribulation!! What is the identity of the blonde-haired woman who ignited these emotions!?