As the assessment neared its end and most teams were running around for those final bonus points, Xia Liang was meditating.
It was not because she had nothing to do, nor because she was cramming at the last minute. It was because her magic power had run dry.
Yes, after using her Magic Armament to intercept the Spell Formula on the wall, she had discovered that she could temporarily break down the wall's structure. That gave her a very bad idea: drill straight through the hole and run all the way to the finish.
After all, it was an undeniable fact that her team's progress had fallen behind. While the main group had already begun trying to clear nodes, they had not even found a trace of the second puzzle. If they kept proceeding honestly and methodically, they would most likely only end up with a lower-middle ranking.
Whether moving through the walls toward the outside of the maze was immoral or unfair was not something she needed to consider right now. What she needed to consider was that she had not been judged to have broken the rules for doing so. That meant this loophole could be exploited—perhaps only by her.
She was unwilling to bow out like this.
Then there was no question about what she had to do next.
Repeatedly using her Magic Armament's ability to intercept and transfer the Spell Formulas on the maze walls not only consumed a tremendous amount of mental energy, but also rapidly drained her magic power. After she and her teammates had passed through dozens of walls, she finally could not keep going.
"Phew, we can finally rest. Just rushing along has made me dizzy. This maze is way too huge."
As Xia Liang closed her eyes to recover her magic