Chapter 13: Training III: Mental Noises
[System Notification]
Mental Load Status: HIGH
Mental Noise: 83%
Dissonance Level: Critical
Education Level: Stage 3 – "The Darkness of Silence"
Training Area: Noctem Vastum – The Void That Answers with Silence
Warning: This area is sound and thought-focused. Thought frequencies are reflected, and repressed mental fractures can turn into concrete threats.
Fade, when he opened his eyes to the third training... he couldn’t hear anything.
It was as if their eardrums had burst. But no—this was a deeper silence. It was not the silence of the outside world, but the silence within himself. Suddenly, he realized: His heartbeat, breath, footsteps... none of them were audible. Even his thoughts no longer echoed.
Everything felt suffocating.
It was as if he was gliding in a groundless darkness. Up, down, right, left... no direction was felt. Fade tried to take a step, but he couldn’t get anywhere. Each step was pulling him back to where he was.