Warhammer: I don’t want to be a can of worms! ! !

Chapter 141 133. Trial from Hades (Part 1)

In the dim and spacious hall, Hades stood on the podium on the second floor, and the cold and faint white light coated his helmet with a layer of reflection.

He lowered his eyes and looked at the dense crowd of people in the hall on the first floor.

In the shadow behind Hades, the original body folded his arms, and the poisonous gas in the incense burner slowly sank, quietly waiting for Hades to deliver his speech.

Originally, Mortarion only needed the first level of screening, but Hades chose to add another level of screening.

Mortarion held the report submitted by Hades and pondered.

"Can."

Finally, Mortarion put down the report and spoke slowly.

Based on Hades's proposal, a temporary building was erected for the selection.

This is a simple building, covering a huge area, spread out on the wasteland of Barbarus.

Inside, each room can accommodate 50 people and has simple sanitary facilities, but people living inside cannot get water supply from it.

There is a special water supply system that will flow a fixed amount of water every hour.

Each room is also equipped with a lighting system, but only provides minimal illumination.

Other than that, the room was empty, no furniture, nothing.

And such rooms are all over this temporary building.

Hades stared at these recruits expressionlessly. In the first round of trials, they had all proven themselves to be tough enough.

But it's not enough.

He needs someone who can stick to the last stand in extreme environments.

It's almost time.

Hades raised his hand holding the obituary, and then slammed it down.

"Buzz——"

The dull sound rippled through the hall, and the originally agitated crowd fell silent for an instant.

The boys stared at Hades high up in fear, nervousness, and curiosity.

The servo skeleton stretched out from above Hades' left shoulder, staring at everyone coldly.

"I am the person in charge of the second trial, Death Guard Hades."

Hades opened his mouth and briefly introduced himself,

"First of all, I sincerely congratulate you for passing the first trial. You have proven that you are tough enough."

"Of course, I think you have discovered that the qualification standards for the first trial are not what was announced before."

"And the passing criteria for the second trial will not be clearly stated."

Hades paused. He looked at the different expressions of the boys in the hall. Some were shocked, while others were not surprised.

"But I can give you some tips."

Hades was silent again briefly. After making sure that every child's attention was firmly on him, Hades spoke again,

"You are human."

These were Hades' first words.

"If you pass the trial, you will become the Death Guard, and you will fight together for humanity."

"You have to be tough enough."

"Both inside and out."

People raised their heads hard and pricked up their ears, trying to sift out useful information from Hades's words.

The crowd was like a school of hungry fish, with their mouths wide open, waiting for Hades to continue feeding them information.

But Hades stopped,

"Okay, now get ready to start your second trial."

An Tai walked silently with the crowd.

On his wrist is a bracelet flashing "0077". It is said that this bracelet can monitor their body data.

They were numbered and divided into different groups, and then led into the room by the tall death guards.

The room was quite dark, and An Tai couldn't help but open his eyes.

This is a fairly empty room with a cement floor and a simple toilet placed in a corner of the room.

There was something piled in the center of the room. With the dim light, An Tai recognized it as a pile of food.

A dozen knives were neatly placed on the ground, forming a circle around the pile of food. The tips of the knives flashed with cold light and pointed straight at the pile of food.

An Tai swallowed subconsciously.

"Tick tock, tick tock."

The small sound of water echoed in the room.

An Tai took a closer look and saw that in another corner, a slender pipe emerged from the wall, and water dripped from there drop by drop.

The Death Guard who led them into this room motioned them to stand close to the wall and wait until the indicator light came on before they could start taking action.

When the indicator light lights up once, the trial begins, and when the indicator light lights up a second time, the trial ends.

An Tai stared at the pile of food and the dozen knives, and an uneasy thought began to take shape in his mind.

Others also realized this, and as the Death Guard arranged for them to stand against the wall, the children began to push each other, trying to stand closer to the pile of food.

This caused some commotion, but the Death Guard did nothing to interfere.

An Tai swallowed, and under the influence of the crowd, he also tried to get closer to the food pile. Perhaps it was because the children knew that he was the only one to climb to the top of the mountain, so no one came to squeeze him. He successfully stood in a fairly central position.

Seeing the children in place, the death guard left directly.

"Stab-la-"

The iron gate was closed, isolating them from the outside world.

An Tai's eyes focused, and he saw—he saw—the thing that made his anxiety and despair soar to the top—

There is a small rectangular door on the iron door.

The size and height of the small door are just enough for a person to be sent out while lying down.

But those who can be sent out will most likely not be alive.

"Hey!"

A low-pitched cry came out in his ears, and Antaeus turned his head sharply and saw Io's face.

"The four of us have been assigned to a group."

Io winked at him.

"What about those two?"

An Tai looked around and found that they were not found in the middle of the crowd.

"I asked Lena to take Pasteur to grab the water source."

Io whispered to him in a low voice, making sure that no one else could hear them.

"Let's form a team of four. I seem to know what this is about."

An Tai turned his head in confusion and stared at the pile of food.

"Are we going to grab a knife later?"

Io nodded.

"I might be able to guess a little bit about what the person in charge wants us to do."

"But I need to count the pile of food to verify my suspicion."

"In short, you can't go wrong by grabbing a knife."

Io patted Antaeus on the shoulder.

"Help me control them."

"I?"

An Tai stared at Io in disbelief, but Io's light blue eyes were staring at him with vigour,

"We all know you made it to the top of the mountain, and that identity will serve you well."

"Take advantage of that as much as you can while people are still more intimidated by you or whatever."

Io whispered quickly, and Antaeus wanted to say something more, but he felt that the light was about to turn on.

In the end, he could only give Io a complicated look, and then prepared to sprint.

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