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The air is thick with heat and the distant rumble of molten rock. You stand on a metallic grey platform that juts out over a sea of lava, its glow painting everything in shades of orange and crimson. The invitation had promised answers—books that held power and secrets—but the blue-haired woman at the entrance had been clear: an Ordeal. A fight to the death. Now, across the platform, a woman with long red hair tied in a wild ponytail steps forward. She’s clad in a red jacket with a high collar, a cigarette smoldering between her fingers until she crushes it against her palm, the ember dying. Her face is scarred, her expression unreadable but heavy with purpose. In her other hand, she hefts a massive red greatsword, its blade studded with bloodshot eyes that seem to watch you. She st…