Lilia's team entered the room.

They find a large circular room where the musclehead was standing at the center.

"Wahaha... You've entered far too early, challengers!"

He addressed them with a loud laugh.

"We've come to take your test, proctor!"

Lilia stated confidently.

"Oho? You don't mess around and came at me straight? Good! I like that kind of attitude!"

He said happily.

"Here's the deal, challengers!!"

He took out a red ruby, tied it with a string then placed in around his neck.

"Simplicity is best. This is your test! Take this red ruby from me! If you can get it within 2 hours, you pass! Come at me all at once!"

He roared.

"Tell me when you're ready."

He added.

"Hm... Well, this sounds easy. But what do you guys think?"

Seileen said.

"This won't be that easy naturally. There might be a trick of some sort. Regardless, we should come up with a good strategy."

Luisa proposed.

"Strategy? Hmm... How about Aies, Seileen and Lilia attack as the vanguard while Luisa and Serra give support?"

"That's a good basic strategy."

Seileen remarked.

"Ok, that will be our basic strategy... Here's how we'll go..."

Lilia gathered them and whispered the tactics they'll use.

"Ok, we're all ready!"

"Oh, good. You didn't take too long. Let's start!"

Lezner roared with delight.

"Let's go!"

All give of them moved swiftly and surrounded him.

"Oho? Surrounding a stronger opponent eh? Not bad."

He took a stance and raised his fists.

Seileen drew her twin blades and attacked his flank.

The proctor dodged it with ease.

"Too slow, lass!"

He laughed.

Behind him, Aies attacked with her spear while Lilia charged forward with her longsword.

Seileen regained her stance then launched a swift blow towards the string in time with their attacks.

"A coordinated attack? Nice try."

Laughing, he jumped up.

Leaving the dumbfounded girls to crash into each other.

"""Ack!"""

As he gazed at the girls tangled together, the man laughed.

"Haha!!!"

Luisa fired her bow aiming at the string.

"Hmph, too easy."

The man sensed her attack then tried to move sideways to dodge but couldn't...

"Hm?"

He looked to his feet to find it frozen.

"When did they!?"

He looked to the side to find Serra smirking at this direction.

"Cunning brat."

He laughed the used his fist to strike the arrow and crushed it.

"Not too shabby."

He remarked as he used his strenght to break free from Serra's trap.

Lilia's team regrouped as they stared at their foe.

"A pity. That failed."

Lilia remarked.

"This won't be easy at all... Sometimes, the simpler something is, the harder it is to do."

Serra said.