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"Okay, pause!" insisted Candace.

Several hours had passed since the start of the challenge.

In front of a Rift, Mercy, Freya, Solaria, and Moonra were on their knees or sitting on the floor, trying to catch their breath.

Zuri cleaned some blood from her misshapen wand, and Iris crossed her arms, glancing at Dora.

The boy, who was about to enter a Rift, stopped and walked over to Midgard, lying on a deckchair next to Eryl.

"Wanna clear those six one? I need to hydrate my mind."

"Hm? Can't Sloth just close them? They won't open anyway."

"Yes, but that would be a waste... Well, never mind, let's take the next step."

He joined the nobles and began applying healing magic to them.

The girls recovered their breath little by little and sighed as soon as they had recovered enough energy.

"So... Anything to say?"

Freya threw a deadly star at him, then sighed in annoyance.

She looked at Zuri, who was pretending to look around the arena.

"It shouldn't be over if we don't give up."

"... No problem, it's only 52-11, I'll make it 100."

"Ugh... Don't you ever get tired?"

They stood up and looked at each other, only Solaria and Freya seemed angry for some specific reason and did their best to ignore Zuri.

"Are you all right? Frey-Frey? Soly?"

Both remained silent, looking away.

"Dora, they're not answering me, I feel so sad..."

"Hmm?" He looked at them, scratching his chin. 𝒇𝒓𝓮𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝒐𝓿𝓮𝓵.𝒄𝒐𝙢

Solaria laughed angrily and leaned on Zuri.

"But of course, fufu, I was so choked... You're not hurt? I was so scared for you... in that Rift... where you were barely moving... and I'm sure the debuff I suffered didn't come from a monster..."

Zuri looked away, Solaria following her gaze until it met Dora and Gémit.

"M-M-M.... Miss... Tress.... Z... Zu... urk..."

"Aren't you ashamed?" Freya crossed her arms.

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