Before long, a delicious aroma spread through the area.
Bill and Gozuki were puzzled, but once they discovered that Rita was grilling meat, they said nothing more.
Meanwhile, in one of the tents, the Akame sisters smelled the aroma of grilled meat and began to drool.
"Big sister, it smells so good! It seems like grilled meat."
Kurotama leaned against Akame's chest, breathing in the fragrance carried through the air as she spoke involuntarily.
"Mm, it really is the smell of grilled meat."
Akame held her younger sister and kept swallowing as well.
"Big sister, I'm hungry... I want something to eat."
Smelling the aroma, Kurotama's empty stomach felt unbearably uncomfortable, and her childish voice was filled with longing for food.
"Kurotama, endure it a little longer. It'll be mealtime soon." Hearing this, Akame had no idea when they would actually be allowed to eat, but... she could only comfort her younger sister like this for now.
"Okay. I believe you, big sister."
Although she desperately wanted to eat, Kurotama still endured.
Time slowly passed. After waiting outside the Tree Sea for two days, once he was completely certain that no one else could emerge from the Tree Sea, Bill gathered all the survivors together.
There were thirty or forty survivors in total. Compared to before, the survival rate this time was somewhat high, with only two-thirds eliminated.
In the past, it would have been about right if only a dozen or so remained...
But that was fine. The Reinforcement Group did not mind having more people.
"First of all, congratulations on successfully passing this trial. Based on the speed at which you emerged from the Tree Sea, the rankings have already been decided. Nahashu was the first to come out. He was very fast, a full two hours