Rather, it was abnormal that everyone before Robert, except Charles, had completed it on the first try.
Robert's performance was what a normal person's should have been.
But Professor Sylph had no time to concern herself with a student's psychological issues for the moment.
She looked toward the other students and asked for their opinions.
Emma, Sara, Rose, and Diana all wanted to know what Robert had gone through to end up like this, so they responded a beat too slowly. Aurora thus stood out and became the second person to undergo the trial that day.
She accepted Skuld's Quill from Professor Medea and activated it smoothly according to what she had learned earlier.
The quill immediately floated into the air and began to spin.
Only then did Robert realize that not everyone's quill spun as slowly as his.
Skuld's Quill soon settled on a general direction. The group followed its guidance in search of the next trial entrance.
Not long afterward, Aurora successfully triggered a hidden trial. "I'm going in, then." She turned to look at Dark.
Dark nodded slightly, his gaze encouraging.
Reassured, Aurora reached out and touched the black vortex, entering the trial.
Only then did everyone gather around to hear Robert recount the little story of his trial.
But Robert's experience was not complicated at all.
After entering the trial world, he appeared in a village as a mercenary.
The villagers had pooled their money to offer a reward, hiring a team of mercenaries to protect the village, and Robert was one of them.
He followed the mercenary captain to the village chief's house, where the chief gave them their trial mission: protect the village from being destroyed by the Demon Race.
Yes, the trial mission he had triggered was set against the backdrop of modern