"..."
At that moment, seeing what a gruesome end Konne had met, Laviñe felt as though she'd plunged into an icy pit. Her whole body went cold, and her teeth chattered uncontrollably.
Sure, she was a cryomancer who specialized in freezing water magic. In theory, she shouldn't have been afraid of the cold, right?
But the crushing grief and terror nearly swallowed her reason whole. And after watching with her own eyes as her childhood friend Konne was so cruelly killed and chewed up alive, that terror only surged higher.
At last, she understood why Lao Fen had acted so strangely earlier, why her reaction had been so extreme, and why Elaina had even needed to calm her down with magic.
So if you lost to that giant bear in here, it would chew you up and swallow you whole?
If she'd known that, perhaps she and Konne wouldn't have been so reckless and curious. They certainly wouldn't have touched that arena model!
Elaina had only said it would be fun. She hadn't said what would happen if you lost!
How could something so horrifying be called fun?
Even though Laviñe's reason told her that this was probably just an illusion and Konne wasn't dead or really eaten, the visual and auditory impact was still enough to shake her to the core.
Because she knew that even if you didn't actually die, the pain and everything else would probably feel just as real!
"You—"
"How dare you eat Konne—"
"Y-you beast!!"
After a long while, the giant bear turned to face her. Laviñe, consumed by anger, fear, disgust, grief, and a dozen other emotions, forced out a few words through clenched teeth. Tears mixed with cold sweat and slipped silently down her cheeks.
"..."
But thankfully!
Her reason forced her