Once the will of the universe finished announcing all the rules, the first battles of the top-thirty arena competition were about to begin.
The five matchups scheduled for the opening round were:
Soren versus Kelvin—an internal battle between two members of Evernight Palace.
Alvin versus Aldric—the Eternal Summit against the Skyvault Consortium.
Gurok versus Lashir—the Eternal Divine Palace against the Treasure-Rich Mountains.
Shirok versus Oscar—an internal battle between two members of Mount Crys.
Kaine versus Morris—the Skyvault Consortium against the Demon King Council.
[The matchups for the first round have been announced.]
Once the list was revealed, the top-thirty participants immediately began gathering information about their respective opponents.
Some of the matches involved factions that had never been on particularly friendly terms.
