It was only the fourth day, and nine rankers had already died. The threshold for ending the test was ten deaths. One more death, and the test would end before the seventh day even arrived.
The highest-ranking participants became even more active, as this was their last opportunity to gain the top rank and the promised reward. All of them started going after the markers of other domain lords.
The weaker domain lords also didn't want to be the ones who died right before the test ended. The moment they saw other domain lords approaching them, they started running from their own domains.
They wanted to survive, at least longer than another unlucky domain lord.
Everyone was in a race against time. Meanwhile, Elias was standing silently, observing the two bodies before him.