"You're not supposed to talk to them," Rabea said a few meters apart from the stone wall. "They're currently left to do whatever they want to do, given that they do not leave the area."
Her voice was sharp but seemed confused.
"Don't ask me," she continued. "This has never happened before... To isolate the candidates and leave them to do nothing related to the exam." She walked ahead of Ned, reading the map.
The information regarding the invasion was not disclosed and I'm guessing closely monitored, Ned thought.
[It is to avoid panic.]
ICE chimed in his head and Ned nodded. The Hunter Exam was supposed to be safe.
"There!"Rabea said, nearly shouting. She shrugged her shoulders and pointed east (or where the castle was facing) of White Rock Castle.
Ned gave massive gratitude to the Silk Road as it made the temperature cool down even though the sun was brightly lit overhead.