Not far from where Kenric was, there was a girl among the other participants to the AAAT. She was pretty young, as least compared to the other participants who were mostly middle-aged men. She was looking around impatiently, with her arms crossed below her chest.

"Uuuu, it's so hot..." she said while waving her hands near her neck in an effort to cool her body's temperature down. Obviously, it wouldn't work, so then she tried another method. She lifted her skirt and used it to air her thighs. At first, she took care not to lift it too far but after five minutes of some unsatisfactory tiny winds, she decided to just screw it and used the entirety of her skirt as a makeshift fan. It wasn't like she was a stranger to her flashing her panties. Her high kicks already introduced that to her.

She would've joined the others who entered the city, but she just felt too spent for that now. The journey here wasn't exactly easy and her water canteen was near empty. She had to conserve her strength.

A thought crossed into her mind. What if this was a part of the test? Like some sort of an endurance trial? After they were all tired from the trek here, they would start the test, so only the best of the best would pass.

She looked around once again. Still no sign of the test being starting.

"Aaaaa, I would've wore my short-sleeved shirt if I know it would be this hot."