Dragon Gunfire's Promotional Trial: Inside the Ground

Aether led the contestants down a large pit in the ground. They could barely see the bottom of it. When they reached the bottom, Aether turned to them. "Your next assignment, is to escape this pit.  You have an hour." He flew out of the pit, retracting the stairs as he went up, leaving the contestants all alone.

Chase followed Aether, blindly moving forward despite his mind screaming for him to turn around. The air was incredibly stifling and only got worse the farther they traveled from the surface. Once Aether announces their assignment, Chase thinks nothing of it, instantly thinking of following his path back up. However, with the stairs retracting as Aether traveled away, Chase cursed himself for being so naive. After a moment's evaluation, he goes with the simplest route; "Sky Dragon's Wings," he announces, and begins bounding up into the air, following the deeply slanted path they had used to come down.