The fighting festival has begun, and all the players are gathered in the middle of the labyrinth. Ban, who has been waiting for a long time for the chance to fight, finally makes it to the first stage. He tells the other players that he wants to prove that they are liars and that granting and making wishes is a form of fraud. He wants to make sure that they will pay for the "real" deal they have made with the fairies. The other players clap, and the fairy tells them that the thorn in the tree is the death thorn, a fearsome briar in the upper part of the tree that can destroy even the most powerful enemy. The fairy tells the players that they should hide behind a tree and wait for the death of the thorn.