Striving For The Best

Everyone wanted to see how far they could go, but it didn't seem as though they intended to start going up to the next step any time soon, while the other two students had already gotten off the staircase.

One of them managed to make it onto the third step, but then was flung off the staircase by the pressure and couldn't handle it, while the other gave up on the second step.

Once one stood on one of the steps, they would experience a sudden surge of strain that would test whether their willpower was up to par, and if it wasn't, they would be launched flying off the staircase.

The best-case scenario was to only be flung off and landing on the ground, but if one pushed themselves too much despite their mind, spirit and body being unable to keep up, they could suffer irreversible internal damage.