None of the contestants, not even Kent, expected the last trial to be a repeat of the third trial. So this caught them off guard. However, since it was a decision made by the elders, there was no changing it, and so they had to comply.
Ember walked to the glass chamber and channeled her flame energy, wrapping it around three crystals just as she had in the third trial.
She managed to lift the crystals 4 inches off the glassy floor. However, she couldn't move up to the 6-inch mark, which would have earned her some chance to go further than the last time.
But in the end, she made the same mistake as last time.
The 4th crystal was lifted off the glassy floor, followed by the 5th and 6th. However, it was some strain to raise the 7th and then the 8th, which in this case only lasted in the air for less than two seconds before dropping all eight.
Thankfully, she managed to earn eight counts. However, her breath turned ragged as she moved back with a smile on her face.
