Chapter 35: Chapter 36. Chancellor Vance.

Kyoji and his team breezed through the first eight floors of the Bastion Academy's entrance exam. The riddle on the second floor proved challenging, but ultimately surmountable. The following floors presented their own unique tests, yet none truly tested the team's mettle. It wasn't until they reached the ninth floor that the true gravity of the exam set in.

Gone were the sterile white chambers and straightforward challenges. They now stood on the edge of a desolate wasteland, a sprawling expanse that stretched for what seemed like hundreds of kilometers. Their objective: reach the entrance to the tenth floor, a distant beacon on the far side of this unforgiving terrain.