——As the next day came, Magi was still indulging in his self-isolation whilst coming up with a solution for two whole days now.Cian on the other hand also remained in his room, which was the closet of the training room. He had been up all night, disregarding that their training will still happen, although separated. Vincent, who was left by Kira to be in charge of their training for today couldn't even convince Magi to come out of his room. He had already knocked thrice, and without anyone answering, he gave up. “T-These misfits...”He left without saying anything. He knew that Cian would be somewhere in the building as well, but he didn't know exactly where Cian was. Unless he left the building and tried to look for another apartment, Vincent would be the one taking responsibility if Cian were to stir up trouble. He was the one who refused to lend him a room after all.“G-Godammit! Saeko! I'll be right back! That idiot must have gone somewhere!”Vincent took his coat and keys to

——Back in Magi's room, there was only one source of light in his room. A light that projected multiple red screens, a succession of failures.“There's nothing. We've simulated everything, but nothing works.”Falling back to his bed, Magi covered his eyes with his arms, exhausted. His face was distinguished with disappointment, seeing how there was no solution to a problem.[These are only simulations. Although we've done over a million of them, this could only mean that your chances are but one over more than a million.]Violet, who observed the simulations closely could only reassure their impossibility. There was no way that their Fusion could happen with stability, nor even prevent it from happening in the worst-case scenario. “So, is this God's saying that it happened because of a coincidence?”As Magi slowly proceeded to accept its impossibility, there was no other choice but to express his frustration by saying something ambiguous. [Do you believe in God, Magi-san?]However, V

20 years ago, Teresa had found twins in front of her family's orphanage. They were newly born, and they were also newly abandoned. However, there was a letter inside their baskets, each containing a name that seems to be their name. Their parents weren't as cruel to leave them without a name and a comfy basket, to begin with. It might only mean that they were in danger, that's why they left them somewhere they could describe as safe.At first, Teresa closed the door on them. There were already too many mouths to feed, and the organizations forcing them to keep the children without providing anything but a scarce budget were all limited.She leaned before the door, but soon enough, their cries would be heard through the door, and that was enough for Teresa to change her mind. “Tch! I can't believe this!”There was no way that one of the organizations sent them here. There were no escorts, nor anyone at all. They were just abandoned there. Without a choice, Teresa had reluctantly

——Moments before the start of the tournament, Magi and Cian's group was guided to a different room. With their belongings checked through a Digitalizer Clearance Device, or DCD, each was then allowed inside the said room.It was an empty room, but below them was a visible magic circle. “First Round is elimination. Eliminate all the other participants until the whole number of participants is down to 300! Friendly fire is allowed in this stage, so good luck, and may your group survive this round.”The guide that led them to the room would salute and bow before them, explaining the rules before they would be sent to the arena. “——Elimination?”The first to ask this was Cian. Out of all the people in the group, it was the twins who were yet to fully understand the tournament. “Yes. It's the first stage where the weak are easily picked off. As long as we stick together and push through the hordes of participants, we can win without any of us getting eliminated.”Kira would face Cian a

“With only almost less than a hundred remaining participants to be eliminated, the battle has been happening for two hours now! Right now, five groups have been able to maintain their members intact!”Screaming to increase the excitement within the audience of the Colosseum, the host threw in his hands and extended them to cast a spell that spewed bright colors. The end was nearing for the stage and with less than a hundred, it would only take half an hour to be eliminated. “But as we can see, The Red Trackers have seemed to come to a truce with our new contestants, the Hexes! However, it wasn't only them who had teamed up. The Black Skulls have also teamed up with the Vipers! Were they anticipating such an event to happen?!”His words were fast as time became still inside those four groups. The other remaining participants were still fighting against each other in hopes to survive among the hundred. They had already given up on fighting against the groups that seemed too powerful