First Legendary Dragon: Starting With The Limitless System novel Chapter 382

Chapter 382: Beginning of the Trial

Orion took a deep breath, steadying himself. His heart pounded softly in his chest, each beat resonating with a sense of anticipation mixed with hesitation.

He glanced towards Tinkerer, meeting the wise yet unreadable expression on the man’s face.

"What if I choose a Mythical Element?" Orion asked quietly, his voice steady, yet carrying a subtle tremor of excitement and uncertainty.

Tinkerer’s smile deepened slowly, spreading into a gentle chuckle. The Librarian’s eyes sparkled, revealing a mixture of admiration and subtle amusement. "Ask yourself this, young Primus, are you truly powerful enough to withstand that knowledge? Or the test that inevitably follows such a choice?"

Orion’s brows knitted slightly, his thoughts whirling briefly in deep contemplation. He understood the gravity hidden within Tinkerer’s casual tone.

He was no fool; Mythical Elements represented forces that even the most powerful beings struggled to grasp, let alone master.

After a moment of careful consideration, Orion nodded solemnly, turning his gaze back toward the shelves.

He took slow steps forward, heart resolute despite the complexity of his decision.

Observing Orion carefully, Tinkerer’s eyes followed his movements, slightly relieved that Orion was perhaps reconsidering his impulsive thoughts of selecting a Mythical Element.

The Librarian calmly cleared his throat, preparing to guide Orion further.

"Well," Tinkerer began casually, a gentle tone of guidance entering his voice, "at your current level, apart from the Mythical Elements, the most difficult, and perhaps the worst choice, would undoubtedly be Dar—"

His words halted abruptly, eyes widening slightly as Orion’s fingers closed around the thick, dark tome etched with sinister yet strangely alluring runes: the Book of Darkness Element.

Orion turned his head slightly, making direct eye contact with Tinkerer, lips curling into a faintly helpless, mildly exasperated smile. "Couldn’t you have said this faster?"

Before Tinkerer could utter another word, a sudden force wrapped itself swiftly around Orion. Darkness surged outward from the tome, enveloping him completely in an instant.

The air around him warped, swirling into a dense, inky maelstrom. And in that very moment, Orion vanished from the room, swallowed whole by the darkness that had emerged from his chosen tome.

Tinkerer stared blankly at the empty space Orion had just occupied, slowly shaking his head with a gentle sigh of resignation.

A faint, rueful smile touched his lips, and he muttered softly to himself with a blend of amusement and mild exasperation, "Sigh... youth these days. Always so rash and eager, never willing to listen."

Turning slowly away from the bookshelf, he moved leisurely towards the room’s exit, shoulders relaxed despite the dramatic events moments ago.

He casually brushed some imaginary dust from his sleeves, his thoughts already shifting toward a more immediate concern.

"Oh well," he murmured lightly, seemingly unbothered. "Might as well have lunch first. He should be done by then, if he passes, that is."

With calm steps, he exited the modest library, leaving only silence and faint echoes of Orion’s presence behind.

***

Elsewhere, Orion’s vision adjusted rapidly as he found himself plunged into absolute darkness, a darkness more profound than anything he’d ever experienced.

It surrounded him completely, infinite and suffocating, stretching beyond his senses in every possible direction.

There was no solid ground beneath his feet, no sky overhead; instead, he seemed to float within an endless abyss, devoid of even the faintest trace of illumination.

Orion’s vision slowly began to adjust as the suffocating darkness around him thinned, gradually losing its oppressive weight.

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