The Gamer's War

His Trial, Part I

023 said that all of them in their team were called by the higher officials, and that I'll undergo a trial or examination. Thinking about it makes me feel nervous. What should I do at that kind of time? I breathed in deeply while looking outside the window of the room I'm staying in right now.

"Max, are you ready?" I heard 437's voice behind me.

"Yeah, I think." I answered.

"We should go now, 023 and the others are waiting at the lounge." She said. Then we got out of the room to meet up with the others.

When we got to the lounge, they were there along with faces I don't recognize. They must be the other members of their team I didn't met. "We're here guys!" 437 announced.

Before they could look at us, I could see 023 with a long face. Seems like something wrong happened. As he saw me, his face brightened up a little. "Hey! Let's get going." He said.

"Uhm, shouldn't you introduce us first to this friend of yours?" Said the guy who was standing next to him.

"Fine. Guys this is Max, you know how the story goes since 437 here alread told y'all about him. And Max, these are 756 (pointing at the guy next to him), 989 (pointed at the guy next to 113 that has an eyepatch), 432 (pointed at the guy with long hair), and 710 (pointed at the guy who's talking to 974)."

"O-Okay, nice to meet you all." I said.

"Now that we're done here, let's all go now." 023 said.

We all walked out of the place we were staying and got into another ship which will transport us to our destination. I don't know where it is exactly, but 437 told me that it's a place where all officials gather to decide upon punishments to the violators. It made me feel tensed and pressured.

I feel like I'm digging my grave as we get near there.

After an hour ride, we finally got there. The place was majestic. There were huge buildings that looks like it was made out of silver, and then there were also groups of Delsyians training outside. "Woah." I muttered.

"We're here." 023 said.

As the ship opened up, we all got out and there were other guards that came towards us. Seems like we'll be escorted. "019?" One of the guards asked.

"He... 019 is gone." 023 answered.

My mouth formed into an 'O' shape after hearing what 023 said. I was wondering where was the 019 he was talking about before. After that, we were told to follow them.

"...hey, so this 019. Are you really sure he's dead?" I asked 437 who was walking beside me.

She looks unsure of answering, but still did anyway. "It's an order that once the squad retreats, members that couldn't make it are considered dead. 023's lucky that he got help from you." That's an awful thing. It's like members of the team are disposable. I guess that's how things work for them.

"Oh, okay."

We finally arrived where the trial will begin. My heart pounded like crazy. I hope we get through this safely with no one dying-- specially me, I just got my third chance to live again.

The door opened and right before us were three people that look like they have absolute authority over people. They really look intimidating and powerful. "What do we have here?" Asked the person who was in the center of it all.

023 and everyone else kneeled before them. 437 just pulled me down as well. "Glory upon Delsyia." They all greeted in unison.

"That's n-squad 2 assymetricates, consists of three Igniters and the rest are still undergoing training to become Igniters." Said the one on the left.

"Ah, yes. I heard they brought something along with them, from another whole race." The one in the center replied. "Bring forth the creature, along with the three Igniters."

023 and 113 stood up. I was also pulled up by 113 and dragged forward with them to show ourselves infront of those people. "Hmm, why's there only two Igniters here? Also, state your codes." The one on the right asked.

"023."

"113." The two replied. "019, the other Igniter died from the attack of a c-ranked Veldene." said 023.

"Unfortunate." The one the center commented. Then his eyes landed on me. "And this small thing is?"

His look was so intimidating that I might pee myself from fear. "That sir is the one who saved me from death. I recall he comes from another planet called Earth."

The three all had amusing and different expressions. Seems like they don't know what to do with me, I think. "So this peculiar creature from this so-called planet Earth helped you? Does it seek something in exchange for helping you?" The one the center asked again.

023 looked at me, I managed a smile at him. "No, sir." He answered.

"Are you sure it's not Veldene?" Asked the one on the right.

"I can assure you that he's not Veldene. Veldene's have a way more unique feature than this being right here." 113 defended. Now that changed my impression on him. I thought he was the type who wouldn't give a s**t to anything else and just follow orders as it is.

"Hmm..." The pressure was intense. Eyes of three higher officials were on me. "We shall wait on the reports on this n-squad 2. It was delayed due to some processes." The one on the left announced.

"As we wait, we'd like to know more about this creature here. Does it speak a different language?" asked the one the center.

"No, sir. Infact, we speak the same." 023 answered. That was also one of the things I'm wondering about as well. Like how can I understand them so well? But this must be the witch's doing. "Then speak, little one. Tell us your name." The one on the right demanded.

I took a step forward and answered them. "I am Maxwell Jones, a human from planet Earth." This is where my trial begins.

Chapter end.