Alex finished the final pill and handed it over to the man before him. Only then could he finally let go of the aura of Temporal Stagnation he had been projecting the entire time.
He felt his entire body wobble as his mind let go of the large burden it had been keeping up for what felt like the past 25 minutes. He took a deep and long breath and looked at the man before him for the sign to move on.
The man moved aside, and Alex walked in.
He was now at the very center of the ring, where a woman sat on a chair, waiting for the contestants to make it to her.
Alex looked at her and saw her eyes wider than he would've imagined them to be. It didn't take a genius to understand that he had shocked her with his performance. Only, how fast had he been?
"Your Medallion," she asked, and Alex handed over the thing he wore around his neck. The woman checked to see if he had used anything from his Soul Space and put it aside once she was certain no rules had been broken.
