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After a few minutes of intense cheering and celebration, each of the youths eventually stopped as soon as a count down clock appeared on the surface of their artifacts.

None of them had to think much and were able to instantly figure out that it was the time each of them had left before they were transported back to the camp.

The appearance of the count down clock was followed by each of the youths receiving multiple notifications about their rewards for winning the battle.

They all had huge grins on their faces as they made their way back to camp, each still led by their respective Ravenstein youth.

The instant the AI voice had announced the end of the battle, the entire control room building Atticus and the non combatants were in lit up and suddenly started turning ethereal, even the table in the middle of the room.

After a few seconds, the building simply faded out of existence as though it wasn't really there in the first place.