"Each of the participants can only slay one target, once the target is defeated, that participant will automatically pass the test. The test will end once all the thirty-two targets had been defeated or only thirty-two participants that survived." said the parrot.
"If everything is cleared, let's start the test. Three, two, one... Ring the bell." said the parrot.
"Dong! Dong! Dong!" The bell rang.
All the participants who were standing on the warping point been sent to their respective spawning points in the maze field. Above the maze, there is a digital panel floating in the sky showing a map of the maze with the current location of every single participant and the initial positions of the targets, the targets disappeared from the map after about ten seconds.
Ai stared at the screen panel for a few seconds, she doesn't look very happy about her position right now, as shown from the screen, she is at the spawning point that is furthest away from any of the targets. She was planning to slain a target and end the test as soon as the bell rang since Itsuki had just bought some snacks and dessert from a snack bar they found before the second round started and she is really interested of that layered jelly cake which she hasn't got the chance to have a bite of. However, it seems like the jelly cake needs to wait a bit longer due to her spawning position.
She sighed and carefully observing other participants movements from the map, then she suddenly saw a participant who is thirty meters away from her starts moving rather aggressively, she realized that the person is actually chasing over one of the target, she felts that this could be a perfect chance for her and so, she starts running towards the position of that participants while perfectly dodging all the traps.
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Meanwhile, the viewer's platform.
"Ah... She really is trying to end her round as soonest as possible." said Sky while trying to reach his hand to the jelly cake that Itsuki purposely reserved for Ai, however, before he could touch that piece of cake, Maria slapped his hand with a flat rubber hand he bought from the snack bar.
"Ouch!"
"Darling! That was for Ai-chan!" Maria exclaimed as he took the cake away from Sky's sight.
Sky stared at Maria with puppy eyes but getting ignored, and so he had no choice but to turn his vision back to the maze, and to his surprise, that person who was chasing the target is gone from the map.
"Ah... The elimination is really something." said Sky.
"Now I start worrying about Ai-chan." said Maria who had also switched back his attention to the maze.
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In the maze, Ai continues running towards the area where the respective participant gets eliminated, however, just before she reached the area, a slim robotic creature passed her at her right side with a really high speed like a wind and at the same time, the trap at her left side is activated all the sudden shooting a few rays of light beam with no warning. Remain her composure, Ai slightly tilted her upper body and perfectly dodged the light beam that is capable of eliminating her from the test.
Just as she tilted her body, she swiftly took out six daggers from her side bag and threw them at the robotic creature that just passed her, the daggers hit the robot perfectly at its head, limbs, and core which totally immobilize it.
Then, Ai been sent back to the warping point, just as everyone thought she is eliminated, the ranking board announced her as the first person that passed the second test in less than thirty seconds. Everyone silenced for a few seconds before giving her a loud and slightly exaggerated applause.
"Ah... Yes... In case anyone forgot about it, she was actually the top killer in all the known dimensions, despite with the cute and naive look." said Sky.
"Ah... True. Totally forgot about it a moment ago." said Seito as he patted Itsuki's shoulder while Ai happily running towards Itsuki for her jelly cake.
"O! M! G! AI-chan! THAT'S AMAZING!" Maria exclaimed before giving Ai a big sister's hug which gets pushed away by Sky and Seito.
"Ah~ You two are mean!" said Maria.
"Anyway, since we had passed today's test, which also means that our works today are done, I guess we should head back to our hostel to settle and tidy up our things and get some rest for tomorrow." said Ben.
"Mmm... I agree with Ben, aside from settling our things down, we need to discuss about the tests tomorrow, or at least deciding on who will be taking part in the tests." said Sky, and everyone nodded.
And so, they left the tournament field earlier as the test still continues, and someone on the other side of the viewer's platform doesn't feel very happy about it...
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Later, contestant hostel. It's a really big room for sixteen people with eight bunk beds.
"Ah... I wonder when was the last time I have been in this kind of room... Kind of nostalgic though." said Sky.
"Mmm, true, but I definitely not missing that sort of life though." said Maria.
"But seriously, are we really going to share a room with other groups? How about the girls? There is no privacy at all in this room." said Seito.
"They can go to my personal dimension if they don't mind." said Ben.
"Hmm... I guess that's not a bad idea... Ah! Hold on! If this is a room of sixteen people, you aren't supposed to have a place in this room right? Since you aren't even in the tournament." said Sky.
"For your information, I do have my own room." said Ben.
"What? But how?" Sky asked.
"Well, I'm a healer after all." said Ben with a rare smile.
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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