Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man: no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm, I've been kicked around since I was born.
And now it's all right. It's OK. And you may look the other way.
We can try to understand that Dante's Oddysee is back ...
That was lame.
Anyways.
Chapter 10
I was in the mudokon village of Rotag, near the river of Rup. My new friend Orion was explaining what I would have to do in order to become a Big Kahonee Shaman, and be able to infiltrate the Factory.
I would have to go through tests that were more and more trying. From Rotag, I’d have to go into progressively rougher places, and risk more life.
My first stop would be Oblim, across the nearby river of Norchan. Everyone here was supposed to be depressed, but the danger hadn’t begun yet.
Next stop, Muto. The place was so deep in shadow one could hardly see in front of his face. Wind blew everywhere, and kept people stumbling everywhere. The temptation to turn back would be great here, but to proceed, I’d have to show my self-control.
Trid was the next place. The light began to return here, though this was a land tortured by constant rains. Shadows and sickening water are abundant here. There was a beast to conquer here, and he isn’t particularly gentle.
The fourth trial was in Theaw. Physical strength would be key here, as boulders filled the land, blocking all paths.
Styx: The land of vicious cannibalistic mudokons. There was a lot to worry about here.
The city of Dis was a practically impassible barrier. Few mudokons taking these trials passed through. It is a wide plain, surrounded by iron walls. Fire runs rampant, burning all that is sacred.
Notheg was a rarely seen place. A narrow path over a river of boiling blood was all it consisted of, but there was a hideous inhabitant that made it a point to stop all the intruders it could. Those that perished here were said to be buried by the beast in the Woods of Suicides. Passing through here would be terrifying, and the following trek through the scorching sands of Lufk would not be easy.
Bolgemal was a unique place, you could say. As opposed to puzzles to solve, one would have to survive torture. Physical pain, emotional wreck, and spiritual breakdown would have to undergo the ultimate test. Few make it that far—roughly one each hundred years. Even fewer survive the trials—only twice have these trials been completed.
The final challenge, in the deep caves of Sut, was beyond comparison. There was an insane cold that shook the mighty and frightened the bold. One’s courage and endurance was truly tested here. Never had a mudokon that entered here in one piece left the same way.
After Orion told me all of this, what do you think I said?
“♪Cool.♪”
Sounding good?
You bet it is!
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