The moment the announcer's voice faded, the arena shifted into a strange, solemn stillness.
Almost simultaneously, every remaining team moved. One after another, they sat down in their designated areas, forming circles with their teammates. After that, the team captains placed the stone tablets carefully at the center, as if they were sacred relics rather than mere tools.
No one spoke. They all knew the truth.
Learning Divine Sense within five hours was close to impossible. But impossibility did not mean surrender.
Even if they failed to fully comprehend it, they wanted to go as far as they could. In this trial, how much one understood mattered just as much as whether one succeeded.
No one wanted to fall behind. Everyone went into the lotus position. Eyes closed. Breaths steady. They calmed their mind by drifting the chaos aside.
