บท 84: Entrance Exam (4)

Levi entered the door marked with the number 469, completely unaware of the scene he had just caused. Expecting to find a small room, he was taken aback by what awaited him—a large open ground. The floor was covered in sand, and in the middle stood a platform made of some dark material, barely 20 square feet wide. 

Eight others surrounded the platform—three girls and four boys. Now, with Levi, they numbered five boys. At the center of the platform sat a man, his beard and hair wild, his eyes shut like he couldn't be bothered by anything happening around him. 

Levi assumed from the way everyone stared at him that he must have been the last to arrive. He observed the scene for a moment longer, then quietly joined the others standing around the platform.

Slowly, the man on the platform stirred, his eyes opening lazily. 

"This is so tiring~" he muttered, sounding more bored than anything else. Rising to his feet, he shuffled to the edge of the platform.