After the inspection was complete, one by one the participants began to leave Hall C.
The atmosphere turned chaotic.
Students who had scored Spirit Initiate Stage 4 and below were immediately dismissed on the spot. There was no time for goodbyes, no brief ceremonies or words of encouragement.
Only panic.
Some fainted.
Some cried.
Some laughed while crying.
Some slammed their heads against the walls like they were testing their own strength.
And some ran frantically to the restroom—either from panic or because they'd been holding it in since the start of the test.
Sylphia and Reyhan simply watched it all without expression.
"Pretty normal," they muttered almost in unison.
They had seen far stranger things.
