Of course, some had failed shortly after entering the trial and returned, which was also one reason the progress had sped up.
Among the third-years, Vanessa Bolt had successfully passed the hidden trial. Heidi Euphemia, however, had unexpectedly failed.
Dulong, who had stayed behind until now, smiled at Heidi—and was immediately deemed to be "maliciously taunting" her.
Heidi drew out a Magitech Card on the spot and nearly challenged Dulong to a duel. After that, both Heidi and Dulong left one after the other.
On Dark's side, only Anna, Angie, and Eudora remained. "Only three left."
Dark glanced at the list and said, "Anna or Angie will go next, and Eudora will be last. No objections?"
Naturally, Eudora had no objections.
She even felt that the earlier trial-takers had gone through it too quickly. It would have been better if they could have continued through the night.
Anna and Angie had long since grown tired of waiting. They immediately stood up and walked out.
But their steps were almost perfectly synchronized, and they arrived before Dark at the same time.
The two turned their heads and instantly glared fiercely at each other.
"Anna first." Dark had no interest in wasting words on them and directly chose Anna.
In truth, it made no difference who went first. Neither of them could possibly leave the other behind and go ahead alone.
After Anna, too, triggered the hidden trial under the guidance of Skuld's Quill, Dark entered a nearby classroom.
He then opened the notebook DemiDevimon had brought and studied it intently. Eudora read at the side, while Angie alone lay by the window, staring outside. "Tick-tock, tick-tock..."
The hands turned at a steady pace.
Dark, profound mist silently drew closer.
Past midnight, the Castle was silent both inside and out. The