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    Even acceleration?! How''s that''s possible? Ah, wait, if she let the spear fall down vertically from a high altitude, gravity will do the rest. She sounds pretty dangerous.


    Let''s not think too negative here. The coordinators have supported us so far.


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    I don''t mind extra people in the team, as long as they don''t behave like a bunch of assholes. Giving Aisha and Eran a thumbs up, Ayuki walked to the information panel and touched the TAG attached to it to receive the next information.


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    <td style="text-align: center">Cross the next bridge ahead.</td>


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    Great. Well, at least we know that there''s another bridge somewhere ahead...


    What with this crappy mission? Cross the next bridge ahead...I''ve found the bridge already, it''s freaking broken! I''ve been running to get there for apparently no reason. There goes the big lead I had from the rope bridges.


    Hey, isn''t that—a portal? Itwas floating high in the air. Not even the trees could reach that height. He has seen portals before. People of the Order would sometimes use them, but those portals were always positioned on the ground by gates with TAG''s attached to it. Why would there be a portal in the air? No way anyone could reach that. Even more strange was the size of it, it didn''t look like a person would be able to go through it. Looking around at the sky, Ryuzo spotted a couple more portals floating there. These seemed rather big enough, but their positioning was even odder. Two portals stood vertical aligned to each other, and another portal kept moving around in circles.


    I guess I have to look for more portals. It''s quite misty now; something must be happening soon. Ryuzo kept walking until he heard a loud noise.


    What a crazy idea. Who thought of this mission? So I need to find a way to go up there...if I dare that is...it seriously looks high.


    This forest isn''t a human-madeone; it''s a natural one. There are more animals living here, more plants too, and it even has a lake. It''s actually the first lake I have seen. Why is the Order keeping this area to themselves? Just for training purposes? At that point, Ryuzo heard multiple voices coming to his direction. So far, he didn''t like to have any attention at all, never did him much good. He had a few options now: ignore them and keep walking, hide from them to avoid contact, or confront them and share information. For the sake of clearing this mission quickly, he decided to at least go for the first option: ignore them.


    Focus-man, is that supposed to be me?


    I was rather shocked myself. To think that all the other contestants couldn''t make it. How did they all make it here then?


    Is it going to happen again? Screw this. Ryuzo started to walk away. He didn''t want to rise his negative mood.This guy is pissing me off too. I''m not even allowed to punch him...


    Is it just me, or is it looking at us?


    Did the butterfly do that? Ryuzo never saw the butterfly before, but he was certain it was somehow related to that portal.


    It took him less than a minute to do this. Even he can do something useful with the Fes. What does that make me? Never mind...don''t think of useless stuff.


    At least these two aren''t stupid, compared to that thirty-three guy.