Progress on the Eve of the Challenge

Eight minutes into Jame's training, the situation on platform number 5 of the arena's underground differed completely from what Enos wanted.

Jame was now sweating like a pig inside his armor, which now showed a series of dents and even cuts in various parts of its structure.

His voice, now hoarse, carried exhaustion and, more importantly, pain.

His pain was not from physical damage. His fear of facing Liam had caused him to protect himself with armor that had prevented fatal injuries in this high-level training. His pain was on the spiritual side, as one of his Spirits had been destroyed and the other was now extremely injured and about to explode, too.

While the signs of physical exhaustion accompanied his mental pain, Jame could see the delicate situation of his allies in this plot against Liam. If he had suffered with the young man with the short black hair, then his 'secret' allies had suffered even more.