The rest of the exam felt almost mechanical.
They walked, a monster showed up, Gray or the others killed it, then they used the scanner on the body.
After that, they moved again, repeating the same process over and over again.
Crack!
Gray's strings cut through one beast's leg before he kicked it in the jaw, snapping its head back.
Gurgle…
One of Lyra's teammates drove his spear into another monster's chest, pulling it free with a wet sound.
Beep!
The scanner flashed green, and then they were moving again.
After a while, Mira, Selina, and Claire naturally drifted closer to the boys from Lyra's group.
They started talking, asking small things, about weapons, about how many monsters they had killed.
The chatter filled the air.
That left Gray and Lyra walking side by side, a small distance behind the others.
"..."
It was awkward. Painfully so.
