Gloriana's third and final test consisted of a fairly standard mech design challenge.
Every mech designer who made it through the earlier tests were tasked with designing the best possible mech they could manage in two hours.
Projections emerged in front of their faces. Just like the first test, they had to work while standing, which wasn't easy after the gruesome bloodbath they just witnessed!
With their nerves frayed and their patience running out, hardly any candidate managed to hit their stride. They haltingly manipulated the design interface with shaky fingers and uneven breaths.
Even though the pervasive smell of blood had long disappeared, many of them still had the illusion that they were under threat!
This hall wasn't safe!
The Journeyman they dreamed of working under were completely mad!
With all of these psychological hits, it became considerably harder for them to perform this common task.
