After everyone watched Caius Astroweild burn quietly in the flames until the very end, the time for the fifth stage concluded, and with it, the exam came to an end.
The large screen flickered off, and Caius's mind was automatically pulled out of the immersion.
In the end, Caius secured first place with a perfect score, announcing himself at the peak once again, followed by Kyle Astro and then the others.
For the professor who had predicted that none of them would even reach the fifth stage, the results were literally shocking—especially regarding Kyle and Caius, who had entered the fifth stage, surpassing most of the third-year students.
The professor looked at Caius, who was removing the device from his head, and a single thought kept repeating in his mind:
'If we had completed all the stages... just how far would he have reached?'
...
In another place far from the Axis, outside the four empires and the safe lands—
