Scene 2 - Bosses Unleashed

In the hallway, the group of contestants stood still like sticks. Just a moment ago they were a unified group slaughtering beast, but now murder had unfolded after the 2nd exam announcement.

And then Diana who gathered this group killed the transgressor Duyu sending his head flying into the air. Now the air was thick with tension as Diana stood at attention waiting for next words.

She didn't disappoint holding he fist against her chest she decreed, “We are at a crossroads comrades! Do you think that with your strength alone you can last in this labyrinth? Wrong!

With our large group, we have taken many large breasts together and stopped others from robbing us!

We are weak alone but together we are strong! The only way we can make it through this exam is we work together as one group! Now if you wish to leave you may do so I won't stop you. Those wishing to fight together stay here!”

Silence took over the group once more with people stuck on the fence on what to do. It wasn’t until one youth eyes turned from struggling to determination and started walking away. Seeing him action of walking away more people decided to follow after him.

Soon the group of twenty-five people was reduced to thirteen people dead people included. When Diana saw them leave she could only shake her head inwardly in displeasure.

‘Fools.’

When the last person had left Diana nodded her head in approval naturally Jayce, Strawberry, and Garundi had stayed together with her. And the rest who stayed were the fairly strong ones out of the group.

Only now she had to lead these people who decided to follow her into passing these exams to the best of her ability.

“Let's head out and go hunt for more talismans.”

Nods of approval came from her group as they got into formation. Soon after as they left in the other direction fighting could be heard of their ex-party killing each other.

Shaking her head in displeasure Diana kept moving forward without looking back, 'Truly foolish.’

|D|I|A|N|A|

Time passed by and with each minute that went by the newfound tension in the air slowly constricted around Diana's group. Soon the hour would be up and the bosses would be released into the labyrinth.

Even their hunting speed got affected by to the point that Diana had to speak words of encouragement, “Heh, why are you guys afraid? They're just some 9th HBR experts heck your big sister here is almost at the peak of the 7th HBR realm!

As long as I'm here I won't let them bully you guys so just relax and let's farm this beast!”

Her words seemed to ease her comrades nerves a great deal to the point. Right, what did they have to fear as a group? They were all strong to make it to this point!”

Feeling confident now the group refocused their efforts into hunting beasts to make as many points as they could. Jayce and Garundi took over the vanguard sweeping through the hallway switching out with other contestants when needed.

Seeing the teamwork mad Diana glad as she smashed a hind bears head in with her great sword. It was at this time when their teamwork was at its peak the announcement of the bosses being released came through.

“The zodiac has been released good luck contestants!”

Diana's smile disappeared eyes turning serious, ‘So it begins. I hope I'm strong enough.”

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“Man when was the last time I visited the labyrinth? How nostalgic reminds me of the time I spent here when elder brother dragged me over here for training.”

Basking in the air the tall young man whose long dark blue hair flowed down his shoulders in a neat manner placed a fan upon his lips. When he finished memory lane he began walking along in his gambeson clothing making little noise.

His triangle blue pupils glowing faintly in the darkness giving his facial features an enchanting emotion that seemed to draw the light around him. At this point he pulled up the card given to him by old man Sao and a compass that compared to the contestants made was of a better quality.

On his card could be seen the words Libra in runic language showing a picture of a vast black sand desert that seemed to go on endlessly. The only object that appeared inside the card showed a large scale in the middle he already knew its purpose, ‘What a nasty old fart that Grand Elder is, do you really want to break those newbies dao hearts so badly?’

Blowing away such thoughts Libra put his card back into his pocket and kept moving forward with a compass in hand. Checking the details of his compass he could see three times the total amount to a normal contestant. And the best part was that he could see all pathways in a 3-D model showing every contestants location in real time.

Checking his compass Libra saw a group of dot’s nearby and smiled, “Ah some easy marks, well let's get hunting shall we?”

Take a step forward Libra’s speed increased by a huge amount twisting and turning through the labyrinth with ease closing in on the unfortunate group. It took him only ten-odd minutes to reach the group and he appeared in front of them laughing.

“Hello, newbies! Ready to play a game?”