In the final stage of the assessment, everyone held their breath and focused on earning the last reward points.
Although most of them did not know where the final node was or what stage the current progress was at, that did not stop them from preparing for it to end at any moment.
Larkspur did not know the location of the final node either.
Granted, if she truly used the perception and magical power of a Flower Rank, she could probably uncover every secret of this maze in an instant.
But she could not do that. So even she did not know when this assessment would actually end.
Team 277 already had plenty of reward points. After leaving the third node, they had even casually solved another puzzle along the way, and their current score was already high enough that they no longer needed to make any effort.
They were probably one of the most relaxed teams in the entire maze, like top students who had finished their exam papers long ago and still had time to review them and polish up a few steps for partial credit.
However, Larkspur also knew that many examinees were still tense.
After all, several teams were currently trailing behind them at a seemingly distant yet unmistakable distance.
"Are we being watched?"
Noticing this, Foxtail Grass asked curiously, "Why? Do they think our team has a relatively high score... or is there some other reason?"
"Maybe they think we might find the exit."
Larkspur guessed casually. "We were pretty efficient at finding puzzles and nodes earlier, so they probably thought they might as well follow us. Maybe they can ride our coattails and get one of the spots to leave through the exit... Though I don't know how they learned our team's identity and