[Escape the world. Time remaining: 2 seconds.]0

I instinctively triggered Flash Strike. It wasn’t a deliberate decision, simply a reflex. Stunned, I blinked once. The inferno had unquestionably swallowed me whole, but I had returned to the beginning of the trial.0

I quickly surveyed my surroundings. Only seconds had passed since my last attempt, so I vividly remembered it. Everything was identical, from the positions of the stone pillars to the absence of any detectable entities.1

Soon, I grasped the situation.0

Of course! It wouldn’t make sense for me to only get two seconds.1

By the time I had registered the message during the previous attempt, one second had already passed. That had left me only a single second to find a solution, which was utterly impossible. Even with all of my experience and skills, I had only managed to activate Flash Strike in a panic. Although I couldn’t claim to be the fastest, even others wouldn’t have discovered a method in time unless they relied purely on chance.0

The tower always left a solution, but two seconds was too short for anyone to arrive at it.0

Naturally, I should have realized that.0

However, the sheer shock...0