Shawn continued from where he had paused as the Trial Nexus became ready on the stage.
"Now listen carefully," he said for the rules.
"Four of you will touch the Nexus at once, then you'll be transported together into the Battle Plane, where the recruitment test begins."
"You'll be paired randomly into teams of two. Your first trial will pit your team against three waves of monsters. The task is to survive them all, where your endurance, battle intelligence, and teamwork will be tested."
"Then, in the second trial, you'll be split apart and matched with one warrior each from the other team—if the team survived. There, you'll duel. Only one of each pairing proceeds. The rest will be disqualified, or worse, dead."
The rules of the recruitment test were unlike anything the aspirants had ever encountered. It left them concerned about the survival rate.
After three waves of monsters, having to duel another warrior afterward felt inhumane.
