You Call Them Precautions!?

A few hours later, the trial finally ended. A little over two hundred passed from the original thousand contestants, and out of which only thirty or so were rewarded with beads.  The failed contestants were teleported out of the trial zone.

The passed contestants had no doubt Zed was the allover winner of this trial. While none of them liked the result, they could do nothing in the trial area, as attacking or killing another contestant would result in punishment. No one wanted to be the guinea pig and test what type of punishment such an offense would bring. 

As people waited for the next trial to start, Zed retrieved an orange capsule from his storage ring.

Sophia looked on as he stuffed the capsule in his mouth, and she was surprised by the total lack of medicinal aroma or energy fluctuations. She has genetic pills and has seen various types of medicines in her family-owned lab, but nothing like it.