The group returns to the bunk to find out that the female dormitory has been stink-bombed. Before being able to even express how disgusting the smell really is, a student shouts out that there's a briefing for the entire college. Once everyone had settled, Cerian walks in an announces that a legendary item has been returned to the college. In all, there are 5 legendary items and the winner of the annual labyrinth gets to use it and it stays with he/she until he dies where it will be teleported back to the college. Constance says that she can't say what the item actually is but it'd probably be something anyone would want and be of great use. Solaris, Guy, Jesse and Richard decide to take part in the free-for-all competition. They attend the final briefing on that same night. In the briefing room, they meet with their competitors: a dishevelled boy with jagged teeth carrying a short sword and a light mace, an innocent-looking girl carrying a huge sword staff, a young pale man carrying a book, and a girl in a blouse wearing breeches. The 4 participants of the group try to get as much rest as they can that night.

On the morning of the compeition, the participants head down the tunnels (there are 9 people but 10 tunnels) which lead to 10 respective doors with elven (go left) and dwarven (go right) all along the walls. After much ado, Richard grabs a spoon and everyone is teleported back to the starting point. It turns out to be a spell-eater spoon which can, well, eat spells twice per day but Richard doesn't tell anyone that he's got it. The group walk back to the now clean dormitory where Richard finds a note under his blanket. He reads it before passing it around for the rest to read. The note says: Dear Torture Monkey, we will settle this once and for all. Meet us tomorrow when the sun is at it's lowest point. 3 a side. Richard takes the note to Cerian and he advises Richard not to go but in his mind, Richard had already decided his fate. Back in the dormitory, Quinlan steps forward and volunteers himself but Crummy knocks him out before Quinlan could finish mumbling his sentence. Guy boldly does the same obviously thinking they were going on some sort of field trip. With that as that, the 3 prepare for the next day's gruelling battle. Guy stubbornly tries to work the necklace and gladius with no luck. He takes it to 2 seperate diviners but their souls get sucked into the necklace by "accident". Eventually by sheer luck, he manages to "pour" the liquid in the necklace into the hollow handle of the gladius and tadaa! The blade grows half an inch. He gives up and goes to sleep.

*side story*
Rhombur, Theodore, and Tribune Polinas Grecus visit the group during the night before Richard's life-threatening battle. Rhombur happily informs them that Shannon (Shando?) is having a baby. On top of that, THeodore gives them a mission, should they choose to accept it, to go underground and look for hobgoblins.