Two rings out of four and one comet out of seven.
Few could boast such resources at the Shadow Horizon. Only strong groups or outstanding individuals were capable of capturing the comets, smoothly progressing to the stage of the battle for the right to possess all seven.
Either way, the deity who arranged the trial didn't care if the young Awakened could make it out alive, with new powers, or if they would all die, flooding the land with rivers of blood without ever summoning the bridge.
That was the problem of the Awakened. They came here of their own free will and knew what they signed up for. Even Kain's situation wasn't much different.
If he hadn't accepted the Arcane Scripture call, he would be dead by now.
Some say there are fates worse than death, but that was nothing more than whining. As long as you're alive, you can change at least something. If you're buried underground, you can't change anything.
Crackle.
Kain opened a hidden wooden trapdoor.
