This was an accident.
It was an accident that even Soren did not expect, because according to his evaluation of the Banner Trial, professionals above the mid-to-high tier would not die in reality just from dying within the trial.
Yet the accident happened in the end.
The dead elite pirate had already stopped breathing and his heartbeat, and Soren also held his soul in his hand.
The Banner Trial had one drawback.
Because it was a real illusion, everyone who died in the trial had to undergo a mandatory death saving throw upon exiting. If their own willpower was insufficient, it was possible for the trial takers to die in reality at the same time they died within the illusion.
Clearly.
This elite pirate failed to pass the death saving throw.
The accident had already happened.
Soren had no particular remedy now, and could only send these trial takers out first. As for the aftermath, he had already planned it out long ago, because from the very beginning he had envisioned what to do if an accident occurred.
Steel golems appeared one by one.
"Trial completed."
"Please follow me out of here."
The leading steel golem spoke to the pirates in a cold mechanical tone. Having just experienced a real death, the pirates were all extremely exhausted. Although they found that someone seemed to be missing from their side, only one of them spoke up: "Where is Swordfish? Why is he gone?"
The steel golem spoke: "He has completed the trial and been sent elsewhere."
"Now I am escorting you out of here."
Hearing the steel golem's words, the other pirates hesitated, then followed it out.
These pirates had all been randomly selected, and their relationships with one another were not particularly good. They also did not know what had