Watching this scene, the many trial-takers could not help but breathe more heavily, their restless urges stirring once again.
That mysterious being had absorbed all the drops from the Nightmare Spirit King, and now he had separately taken those two Golden Authority Fragments from the Dream Queen.
If they kept waiting, then once he absorbed all the fragments, they truly would not have any chance left.
"No! That's not right! He isn't Ninth Rank! That aura is only a disguise! He fooled us!"
Just as Anvis was about to take the two fragments, the Dream Ferryman, one of the five giants among the trial-takers, suddenly let out a low shout and brazenly launched an attack at Anvis! After leaving the world of "Fiona's Adventures in Wonderland," he had returned to his original form: a tall shadowy figure whose face was covered by a pitch-black Alchemy Mask, holding a Gray-White Staff nearly twice his height.
With his movement, dream power gathered around him into a domain resembling a miniature world before violently crashing toward Anvis.
His action set an example for everyone else. In an instant, nearly half the trial-takers instinctively attacked alongside him, charging at Anvis while attempting to seize the Authority Fragments.
In their own perception, the mysterious Black Robed Man had always radiated power equal to, or even stronger than, that of the Nightmare Spirit King.
It was not as if no one suspected that the Dream Ferryman was deliberately lying in order to trick them into acting as cannon fodder.
But what if? What if he truly was not Ninth Rank, and had merely disguised himself through some method?
Under the temptation of the Authority Fragments, many trial-takers began to go mad.
Greed blinded their hearts, and fear was thoroughly cast aside.
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