The situation was exactly like it was when he first took the test. Even the glare of the crimson eyes of the golem was exactly the same thing.
He breathed in and prepared himself for battle.
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Outside the test arena, many people had been paying attention to the ranking board. Brian was one of the dedicated ones.
His eyes were fixated on the board, and he was staring at it with unrivaled focus, waiting for Arthur's name to appear on it even though he wasn't supposed to care about Arthur's result.
There are only a hundred names on the board. These hundred are the best performers in the fighting excellence test out of the thousands of disciples who took the test.
Of all these one hundred names, only nine of them actually passed the first level. The rest were on the list because they survived the longest in the first level.
