Leon sheathed his sword. After each elimination, he noted that not a single examinee had any cores, or anything else worth looting for that matter. He looked up at the sky after eliminating the final ambusher, his expression indifferent.
'Look's like it's been almost four and a half hour's since this hunt began. It will look suspicious that 7 of the participants have been eliminated, and I'm the only one that's missing, but I don't have a choice right now.' He thought to himself before beginning to dash toward the center.
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Alten and Rylan sat in the tent, continuing to think of ways to avoid giving the cores, and also avoid the punishment for doing so. They were the smartest in their classes for their entire lives, yet, they still couldn't find an answer to this dilemma.