'Damn it...' Dean thought as he panted hard, his breathing turning into cold steam as it left his lungs. His legs were trembling due to the previous effort that he needed to make. 'Won't these trials stop once and for all? And here I thought that climbing this mountain would be our bigger problem... Just how much will we need to struggle before we can rest?'
He glanced at Claire, who definitely wasn't in a better state than him. She was also panting, though not a single drop of sweat ever ran down her face.
'I need to pay attention to Claire. Compared to me, who has two alternatives of energy to use, she has just one and her reserves of "Willpower" aren't too big. If we enter into a deadly battle against these Dreads we will need to pay a lot of attention to our spending of energy.'
