'Choices based on performance, that means they paid more attention to us than what I originally believed', thought Aster, his reasoning was simple, the first option was one that would personally benefit him a lot.
And the performance that aligned with the previous, was the one he showed before entering the gate, where he hoarded the best distortion for himself, certainly he also gave the next better options to his group, though.
And that combined with how he prioritized the girls from the sect over his personal benefit, since he shared every discovery he made with them, as soon as it was possible before the rules changed so that the flaming board would share to everyone, was probably what gave birth to the second choice.
"It seems like I was judged to be rather selfish at the beginning of the trials", jokingly said Aster as he made his decision.
[Group authority level up has been selected, proceeding]
