Every candidate felt their world spin as though it had lost all colour for a fleeting instant, as if existence itself had been drained of vibrancy. Then, in the very next heartbeat, colour came crashing back into their senses, returning with overwhelming force, almost too much for their fatigued minds to process.
In that moment of disorienting transition, they reappeared within the same grand hall they had been in before being teleported to the forest.
The moment their senses fully adjusted, numerous candidates collapsed to the ground. Their bodies finally gave in to the exhaustion that had been clawing at them for hours. Some fell completely flat on their backs, arms splayed helplessly as though the weight of their own shoulders was too heavy to carry.
