"60, 59, 58..."
A Luo's voice was like a sword hanging over Lippo's head, filling him with unparalleled terror.
Could she be telling the truth?
Examiner Lippo stared at the little object in the girl's hand, lost in thought.
What if it was true?
If he didn't do as she said, an explosion on that scale could flatten everything within ten li.
But what if it was a lie?
What if all she held was an ordinary little prop, incapable of causing that kind of destruction?
Letting them in would only mean allowing those three outside to pass his stage.
"40, 39, 38..."
No! He still couldn't give in.
He was an examiner for the Hunter Exam. If he yielded to a candidate over a threat like this, how could he ever face anyone once word got out?
But worrying about how he would face people later required him to have a future-to still be alive-in the first place!
Besides, the presence emanating from the object pinched between the girl's fingers was genuinely terrifying. It chilled him to the bone!
"10, 9, 8..."
At last, before A Luo's countdown reached zero, the desire to survive gained a slight edge in Lippo's fierce internal struggle.
Two minutes later, the three of them had successfully entered Trick Tower and heard the examiner's furious accusations over the speakers.
"You brazen candidates! Stealing the chairman's airship was bad enough, but now you're threatening this examiner with a medium-to-large-scale weapon of mass destruction?"
A Luo smiled and flicked her finger, sending the little Golden Bell flying down beside her feet.
Everyone present, even Illumi, jumped at the gesture.
Wasn't that supposed to be a terrifying weapon with an explosion comparable to the Poor Man's Rose?
*Handling it like that, wasn't A Luo worried she