Just as Nox had suspected, the forest behind the Vermillion Royal Academy was massive, covering several square kilometers.
The vastness was one of the reasons the other students barely crossed each other's paths. Nox had been walking for approximately 30 minutes, and during this time, he had not come across any soul fruits again.
This made him realize that this test wasn't as easy as the others thought. There were two obstacles they'd have to overcome if they wanted to obtain the soul fruits. The first was searching for it; he had meticulously scanned around, yet he hadn't found a single one, which made him suspect that the academy had purposely placed the trees in strategic locations.
The second was battling the beast that acted as a protector of the soul fruits. Though it wasn't much of a threat to him, the same couldn't be said for the average students.
