Demon Lord's Reincarnation

Glancing at Eden, she looked distraught from hearing her siblings in great distress but she kept it in before turning, asking what to do in that situation. In any case, I just motioned for her to keep it down while we let everyone else freak out and lose their shit—wait until it dies down—before giving them stimuli to make their heads spiral down again.

It was just straight-up mental torture at this point and I could only feel sorry for the people who were afraid of very, very tight spaces.

Still, what they didn't know was that we strapped them with heart monitors among other monitoring devices not only on their bodies so we could properly judge if they could carry on with Phase 2 or not.

Each person has a different locking mechanism and if we go too far, we just might break them completely, unable to unlock their full potential. But yeah, it also takes a different kind of person to fall into the category of the people who have crossed the threshold and I'm gonna be honest and say that my method might not work on them.

Despite that, it'd be an invaluable learning AND harrowing experience so they'd still get a little something out of this whether they achieve what I wanted them to achieve or not.

I could also say that this was also some sort of mental torture for us as it is for them because we've been with them for a good while and we're just as friends as we were comrades. And not even replying to them when they were breaking down crying or screaming for dear life?

'It more than fucking sucks!'

However, the few minutes that would pass would feel like an eternity for them but it didn't take long before I picked up one of the shovels and started to pour dirt over their coffins. At the same time, June had already played a randomized loop copying almost the same sound and running it at different intervals.

Doing that would make them think that a group was burying them alive and even if someone wasn't hearing dirt or gravel fall on their new home, they'd think someone else was pouring dirt on their comrades.

It was safe to say that a few people had already tapped out—or at least we deemed them incapable of such a challenge—pulled their coffins out of the line up and had them delivered straight to the hospital.

It's just that I had the people with the trucks come in with a wood chipper and I decided to help them to, you know… chip wood.

Then again, I threw in large wood scraps over in that wood chipped and had the sound of flesh getting ripped apart played by June through the speakers—but instead of more people screaming for dear life, we were met with deathly silence.

But looking through their heart monitors, everyone's heart rate was fucking through the roof and I could only assume that they were all shocked to fuck at what they've seen or heard.

And yeah, it didn't take long before my expected shouting and crying for help came but there were a few that were starting to get suspicious.

"N-NO… NO SHOT THIS IS REAL!!!"

"I DON'T WANNA DIE, PLEASE HELP!"

"HEEEEEEEEELP! ANYONE!"

"H-HE— HE'S JUST PLAYING WITH US! I-I'M SURE OF IT!"

"EVERYONE THINK! THIS IS ALL A GAME!"

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW?!"

"PLEASE, LISTEN!"

"STOP SCREAMING YOU FUCKS AND FOCUS!"

"FOCUS?! THEY'RE THROWING US IN THE WOOD CHIPPER! CAN YOU FUCKING THINK?!"

"IT'S ALL A GAME!"

"HOW CAN YOU BE SURE?!"

"TRUST ME!"

"THE FUCK WOULD I TRUST YOU, HUH?!"

"G-GUYS— I-I CAN'T HEAR JAMES AND RUBEN!"

"FUCK! RUBEEEEN!"

"E-EDEEEN! PLEASE! A-ANSWER US— CINDY?! W-WHERE ARE YOU?! TALK TO ME!"

"FUUUUUUUCK!"

"GUYS! EVERYONE CALM THE FUCK DOWN!"

"LEE! WHERE ARE YOU LEE! TALK TO ME!"

"WILLIAMS!!!"

"ASH! ASH! ANSWER ME, ASH!"

"I-I'M HERE! I-I'M HERE! W-WHERE'S MARTIN A-AND— S-SOME OF US ARE R-REALLY MISSING!"

"I-IT'S STILL A G-GAME TO F-FUCK WITH US! T-THEY COULD BE IN THE SAME ROOM!"

"SAME ROOM?! WE'RE IN A PIT, YOU FUCKING PRICK! IT'S BASICALLY AN OPEN GRAVE!"

"DUMBASS NO ONE BURIES PEOPLE ANYMORE! IT'S ALWAYS THE FIRE AND FLAMES!"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP DRAGONFORCE!"

"CINDDDYYYY!!!"

"R-ROLL CALL AGAIN! EVERYONE! WE NEED TO FUCKING DO THIS! FOLLOW AFTER ME! I'M JP!"

"S-SEB!"

"ALEXA!"

"MEGAN! IT'S YOUR TURN!"

"MEGAN!"

"FUCK! S-SHE'S NOT ANSWERING! MEGAAAN!"

"W-WE'LL DEAL WITH HER LATER, WHO'S FUCKING NEXT?!"

"J-JAMES!"

"W-WHICH ONE?!"

"NUMBER ONE, ASSHOLE!"

"I HAD TO ASK, FUCK FACE! WHO TOLD YOU TO CONFUSE EVERYONE?!"

"FUCK YOU! HEEEEEEY! ANYONE OUT THERE! I-I GIVE— NO, FUCK THAT TOO! WHOEVER'S DOING THIS, I'LL FUCKING BEAT YOU TO A PULP AND MIX YOUR REMAINS FOR PIG SLOP! YOU HEAR ME?!

H-HEY! HEY! HEEEEEEY! W-WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME?! HEEEEEEY!"

"JAMES!!! W-WHERE ARE THEY TAKING YOU?!"

"OH GOD! OH GOD! OH GOD! IT'S THE WOOD— IT'S R-RUNNING AGAIN! HEEEEELP!"

"JAMES! SHOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING! I-IT'S VITAL INFORMATION!"

"MY LIFE'S VITAL TOO, YOU FUCKING BAROOON! T-THEY'RE C-CARRYING ME! SOMEBODY HELP!"

"WHERE?!"

"THE FUCK WOULD I KNOW, GENIUS?!" T-THEY'RE BRINGING ME UP— I-I'M BEING LIFTED—"

"FUCK! SO WE'RE REALLY IN A PIT?!"

"STILL COULD BE A TRICK, SAY MORE JAMES!"

"THE FUCK ARE YOU?!"

"TENNYSON! JUST SHOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING!"

"JAMES?! JAMES! JAAAAAMES!"

"HE'S NOT ANSWERING! FUCK! THEY'RE REALLY KILLING US! HEEEEELP! HELP! SKY, PLEASE!

C-COME HERE! W-WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT PLEASE! SAVE US!"

"STOP CRYING ISAAC, HE'S THE ONE THAT'S DOING THIS! IT'S ALL PLANNED FROM THE START!"

"WHAT IF WE GOT BREACHED WHEN WE'RE TRAINING?! YOU NEVER KNOW YOU DUMBASS!"

"LISTEN TO YOURSELF! YOU THINK WITH HIM AROUND THIS PLACE COULD FALL DOWN?! NOT A CHANCE! SO AGAIN, DUMBASS!"

"H-HE'S INVINCIBLE! ADD TO THAT EVERYONE IN HIS MAIN CREW! HE'S AN ASSHOLE BUT— HE'S A FUCKING ASSHOLE BUT THIS IS STILL TOO FUCKING MUCH! AHHHHHHHH!!!"

"GET US OUT YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE! WE ALREADY KNOW YOU'RE THERE!"Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"EDEEEEN! IF YOU CAN HEAR US, FUCK! J-JUST GET US OUT! WE GET IT! PLEASE!"

"I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD I'LL SMACK YOUR FUCKING FACE WHEN I GET OUT!"

"FUCK YOU, SKY! FUCK YOU!"

"FUCK YOU SKY!"

"YOU SUCK!"

"YOU FUCKING SUCK!"

'JP and Tennyson as always, huh? Some of them might not voice them out but they're always the 10th man, the person that should always disagree… at least Tennyson's more that guy… JP's just being logical…'

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In any case, it didn't take long before our smokes and mirrors stopped affecting them so we eventually put a stop to Phase 2 as we had them all sent to the hospital for a proper check like everyone else who quit before them.

Funnily enough, all of them were fucking staring daggers right at my face and it was almost the literal example of the term: if looks could kill. Despite that, the animosity they were all directing towards me while I was just looking at them with all smiles was a fraction of what Eden achieved the last time.

But yeah, Seb was the runner-up among all others followed by Marvin, JP, Brian, and Alexa.

Everyone else calmed the fuck down when they felt they were safe but it was still a question mark at this point because they just experienced a fraction of hell and started to compartmentalize.

The only way we'd know at this point was to enact Phase 3 though it would take a long fucking day and at this point, it was already a little past dinner.

And again, funnily enough, they were all huddled up in one spot, refusing to eat with me though they were all still okay with eating with everyone else who still took part in their trials and tribulations. It's just that they were still recovering from everything that they experience from Phase 1 and Phase 2 and they haven't had the chance to talk about it until after dinner.

"WHAT?! EDEN PASSED?!" Almost everyone else exclaimed.

I rolled my eyes, "Now you fucks want to talk? Forget it!" then I turned to Eden, "Hey!"

"Y-Yes?!"

"Not one more word to them, alright?! That's supposed to be a secret!"

Cindy lost her shit, "W-Wai— How?! How did you pass?! And you were just staring at us all this time?!"

Jeremy nodded, "Yeah! W-We were so worried about you!"

Eden scratched the side of her cheek, "I'm sorry, everything's still blurry after Phase 1 s-so… A-And I really shouldn't say more…"

"AGHHH DAMMIT, EDEN!"

"Sorry~"

"Hngh… FUCK! And we're gonna do the same shit tomorrow?!"

"Haah?!"

"Who told you that?!"

"I mean—"

I waved everyone off, "You'll just see tomorrow but you're not coming as a group. I'm happy that all of you here are gelling together because of one common enemy: me! Heh, but yeah, Phase 3's a one-on-one session and I'll just call each of you up my gym on the 3rd floor. You don't have to bring anything but yourself and I'd still require the ones who tapped out to come.

It didn't mean you're out of the game, it still goes on like that."