Eren Idril opened his eyes slowly.
He was waking up from his semi-sleep state. And he opened his eyes to an entirely different scene from the one he saw before the inspection started.
There were various cracks on the ground as well as on the stone walls of the testing ground. The illumination array had malfunctioned, sending uneven lights. The mana in the area seemed a bit restless as if it was agitated by some natural calamity. There was a smell of ozone in the air as if Eren was very close to touching the lightning clouds.
However, Eren was most shocked by Kino's appearance. She looked like she had been in a shipwreck and had lost all her stuff. The way she was looking at him was entirely different as well. Eren couldn't put a finger on what kind of cocktail of emotions she was feeling at the time towards him. But he was sure that fear was among them.
"What happened here?"