"It's been a while since the game started." A mysterious man said.

Kaswal itong nakaupo sa isang swiveling chair at nakatapat sa isang malaking screen. Nakapalumbaba siya habang pinapanood ang mga players na naglalaro.

18 players.

6 teams.

Each one of them has unique talents that are far superior than anyone. Sila ang mga napiling mga manlalaro sa larong ito.

"I can't wait to meet them." A smile plastered in his face.

Bakas sa mukha niya ang pananabik na makita ang mga manlalaro sa laro. Ang ibang players ay mayroon ng mga chess pieces, habang ang iba, nahihirapan pa rin sa pagkuha.

Some Game Generals already lost their chess pieces, but it doesn't mean that the game is already ending. . .

Instead, it's just the beginning.

Let the games begin.

G̴̛̘̺̻͈͕͈̱͂̌͆̈̊͛̏̇͗̿̋̾̍͑̀̿͌͘̚͝a̸̭̭̔̿͑̈m̸̨̜̰̗͎̫̱͉̭̲͈̠̲͊̋̈̋͒͊͂̅͛̎̋͜ḙ̷̛̛̼̯͌͐̂͂̎͂̀̓̊̓̂̽̒̋̋̒͊̌̽̕͘̚͘ͅ ̶̳̯̣̪̫̤͍͔̹̞̱͉̩̣̩̳͔̫̽̉͋͑̑̍̾̉̄͛͐͆͂͒̚͜͠ͅͅg̸̖̱̣̟̘̭̦̝̺̹͇̱̎̈̈̋͋̾͜͜͜e̸̟̗̺̗̝̼̫̗̅̈̊̾̓̕͜͠n̴̛͖͉͈̳̋̇͑̇̍̽̈͆̓̆̔̅͒̔̿̽͘̚͝͠͠ê̷̢̞̮͙̻͕̪͖̦͕̰̍̀͂̎͊̄͊̈́̔͐̆͌̋̂͗̎̉̏̕͘͝͠͝ŗ̷̗͈̖̹͔͉̞̣̙̬̦͙̣͔̻̤̄͌͆̑̈́̊͛̑͑͑̚͜͝ͅͅạ̵̡̨̰̙̻͕̗͉̥̫̮̟͍͚͎̣͉̳̺͚̾̿̕͜͜l̸̨̥̙̮̫͎͔̻̆͗̏̔̓̾̔̔̊̿̎͌͒͊̉̚͝͝s̵͔͖̲̲̮̗̱̱̖̘̼̼͚̊̒̏̄̃̀̀̄̕̕ͅ-̸̡̛̛̪͕̭̝̤̖̝̯͇͉̠̺͚̝͙̯̃͌͐͗̐̀̾̑͘ͅͅ ̶͈̺̱̖͓̗̏͒̇̾̏t̷̡̜̫̻̦͓͔͉̲̤͓̺̠̗̟̩̮̏͛̈͗̃́́̊͛͌̃̒̉̀̓͜͝h̷̡̤̺̞̫͈̤̝͙̗̯̭̘̥̯͉̣͕͈͈̺̠̍͒̒͊̋͜͝e̴̡̙̙͍̙̰͂̐̈͐̐͂̇̍̆̈́̍̀͆͠ ̵͔̘̝̰̻͍̞̺̂̏͒̄͋̄̿̆͊̔͛͒̇͊͛̕͝M̶̢̦͇͎̯̙̘͍̣̙̖͉͝ä̶̢̧̢̨̡̯͔͖̙̙̠̦̦̺̘̻̜̺͔̮̲̠̝̜́̈́̊̽̓̐͗̾̀̓̑̚d̶̨̧̛͖̑̑̆̔͊̏͂̋͐̊͛̈́͘h̷̢̢̖̬͇̹̹̣͕͇̣̼̱̻̼̫̼̝͆̑͛̔̏̍̑͒̆̊͒̇͘͜͜͠ȧ̴̛͖̣̺̆̊̽̓͂̈́̈́͆̈́̿̉̅̉̊̍̊̌̎̓́͒͜͝t̴̛͙̥̟̪̱͉̤͈̹̱̽̒̎͌̒̎̆̊̉͂̕͘͜͝͠ͅṭ̸̢̨̡̨̡̧͉̻̯͍̥̝͔̥̱͈͇̪̗͍̥̼̣̭̄ḙ̴̛̥̜̤͒̓̏̇̃̈́̍̈̃͊̈́̾̅̎̿͐̀͝͠͠r̶̡̧̢̡̢̛̬̪̪̭͈̬͚̈̌̀̆̍̿̃̄̔̈͌̕̚̚͜͜͠,̴̞͚͇̝͈̫̟͐͛͂ ̵̨̨̛̙̫̣͖̭̭͚̹̪̻̙̭̟̖̺͔̋̈́̏̅͑̐̂̓̏̔̈́̒͆͆͊͘̕͘̕͜͝͠͝͠ͅ

w̶̡̛̛͇͍̗̱̝̺͈̭̞̞̉͆͛̂̎̂͂́͛́̀̉̈́̄́̇͑̈͆͝ͅh̶̛̼̝̤̩̱̹̝͚̻͆̐̑̏̐̔̂̌̌̌͗̎͑̊́̈̌̋̄̾͊̃̈́͝ó̶̻͈̞͔͎̣̬͋̐͗̐͐̍̿͑̾̕ ̴̭̻̼͛̇̈́̀͑̊̎̀͒̃̊̆̎̈͗́́͋̈͆̓͋̎̓͝ͅļ̸̨̢͕̳̮̻̭̯̥̖͍̟̟̥̯͚͐͋͐͆̋̅̄o̵̡̧͔͔͕̤̠̣̰̝͇̊̒̓̀̔̒̇̀͌̆̋̍̀͐̎̀͂͊̃͐̑̒̓̌̚ͅv̷̡̳̞̺̺̈̐͗̽̊̓̊͊͐̚͝e̷̛̬͂̈́͌͝ś̶̭͖̻̱̳̩̪̠̳̟̭͓̭̲͓̼͔̠̞̝̓̈̃̋͗̈́̑̓́͐̀́͐́̐̓͑̚͘͘̚ͅ ̷̡̨̡̘̲̖͔̙̭̘̝̬͉̪͇͎͍̬̯̿̄̅̀̈͐̎͌͌̈́̾͑̾́̔̽̾͂̕̚͜͝͝ͅp̸̨̡̩̮͙͓̦͕͚͉̖̩̥͔̬̻̱̣̣͛́́̍̃̂̐̓̐͆̄̀̋͜͝ͅļ̵̨̺̥͉̯̤̲͙͇͔̯̝̜͖͓̰̟̫̳̝̹͐̽̀͜ã̴̠̳͎͕̘̤̺̺̀̌̔̌̈́̊̏͐͂̉̍͊̌̃̚ẏ̷̛̲̜͈̤͓̙̖͙̩̮̦͍͈̟͗̈́̀̒̈́̔̋̾͐̔́͒̇́̚̚͝͠͝i̶̙͔̊̃̇̿͑͋̏̑̊͒̔̕ṇ̷͇̳̱̬̳̪̯͉̣͎̹̺̹̯͕̑͜ͅg̴̬̰̱̩̰̜͇͋̋͗̏̄̾̇̅̿̃̽͐͗ͅ ̷̢͓͙̜̰͈̰̐̽́̓͝ģ̷̻̖̘̝̪͖͍̱̑͌͂a̶͈̩̯̳̲̱̞̳͂͋́̔͗̋̑͛̔͐͛͋͊̃̌̈͂͐̀̎͐̋̄̚͝m̸̧̧̨̢̛̰̼̥̪̱͎̣͕͍͙̰̲̞̞͎̺̹̉̏͆̆͆̿͛̿͋̆͋́̈́̏̎̅̌̓̈́̀͗̈̕ͅͅȩ̴̜̱̼̝̥͍̹͉̗͇̫̲̮͖̫̰͐̀͐̍͗͊͒̈́̈́́͌̌́̽̄́̅̈́͂̿̾͘̕ͅ ̶͕̏̋͊͊͐̂b̴͔̺̜̀ȯ̶̝͔̗̱̳̝̻̞͇͐́͛̃͆̂̎̃̂̂͋̔̽́̈́͊̑͘͝ą̵̡̪̼͉̟̦̜͈̮̤̠̭͈̎͆̀̉̈́̾̒̑̇̆̈́͗͆̚͜r̷̢̛̛̜͍̹̖͎̣̼̔̀͒͂́͐̐̔̑̐̿͌̏̐̆́̑̾͠d̵̡̨̛̤͚̳͔͓͉̞̙͍̭̥̲̣͙̼̺̹̺̜̰̈́͗̾̔̆̊̈͋̈́̍͊̈͌̀̔̚͘̚͜͠ͅͅṣ̸̢̛̥̘̻͚̅̆͊̉̏͋̑́͐̀̆̅͋̔̉̈̏̿̓̚̕͝ ̴̨̢̧̧̦̣̱̜͈̫̩̺̠̰̦̲̫͈͙̘̺͝ͅi̴̡̛̛̛̱͇͎̪̞̟̳͚̱͑̒́́̈́̓̎́̀͐̎͗̆̎̍́̃̚ņ̸̢̛̗͙͚̼̲̗̦̝̙̻̬͚̗̩̺͓̾̾̏͗̀̀̔̔̌͌́̚̚͝ͅ ̴̤̥͙͖͓͍͕̣̥͖̪̘̟̜̘̰̮̜̤̩͒̃̈́̿́̔͋̈́͜͜͝t̸̹͈̟̺̰͇̑̒̍ȟ̶̨̧̤̝̯̩͓̫͙̳̥̬͔̠͎̈̇͐̒̒͌̑̒e̴̥̹̳̘̲̝͕̝͓̫̟͛̊͗́̈́̂̓͜ͅ ̷̧̨̛͙̘̘̜̹̣̩͖̩̘͚̲̤͖̏̂̉̂̒̽͜͝w̴̛̦̺̤̝̻̞͖̺̣͙͒̈́̈́̇̾͒͋̒̐̾̏́̅́͌̀͒͒̐͘͘̚͘͘o̵̡̝̰̹̣̲̻̦̟̫̤̽̽͗̓̉͊́́́̏̌́͆̈́̆n̸̡̨̧̩̲͙̻͇̜̻̬̖̳̰̩̘͈̬̯̉̀̍͗̅̀̅͊̓̈̎́̈́͠d̷̢͙̰̝͚̳̪̩̯̀̆͋͌̏͒̂̆͑̏̀̒͊̕̕̕e̵̡̧̳̱̝̹̖̣͍̹̜̰̩̳̯̟̞̺̮̦̓͆͋͑̉͛̃̌͑͑̏̓̎̅̎̕̕͘͝r̷̢̢̛̺̘͔̯̰̞͍͙͕͌̓̑̓̈̉͂͆͑͒̈́́̊̿͊̿͜l̴̨̫̩͖̯͇͖̝͗̃͘͠a̶̧̻͓̪̘͌͊̈́̈̾̋́̓̏͊̂̔̚ͅṇ̵͉̼͓̜̖̪̹̺̮̦͙̠̳̲͔̾̍̂͊͛͊̿͘ḑ̴̡̨̘̩̹̼͙̪̣̻̭̬̲̬̮͇̜̎̾̌͊̒̋̃̏̊̈́̓̇̄͑̇̂́̄͆́̒̕̕̚͠ ̵̨̮̹̼̜̘̭͉̜̪̰̐̒͜͜d̵̢̛̘̩͉̲̭̦̳̦̰̖̜̹̹͗̐̅͌͗̈́͂͊̆͒͂̈̃͌̕͘͝͠ͅḯ̸̡̛̭̲̫͖̑̾́́̉͘̕̚͝s̷͉̞͉̣̐̌̊̈̿͌̏̍͌̈́ͅt̴̢̢̹̪̣̹̳͎̺̹̯̠͚̪̞̝̹̥̯̯̙͋̅̑͗͆͐͒̕̚͜͜ŗ̸̢̢̛̭̯̳̻̺̜̫̲̤͉̬̝͕͓͙̝̳̘̓̍͋̊͐̏̇̄͌̄̌͆̿̏̈́̀̈́̂̐̑̂͌͠͝ȉ̴̛̛̗̱̲̬̺͕̖͍̻̦͕̯̞͈͇͈͒̏̈́̈́͋̒͊͗͌̀̑̈́̓̍͆̽̚͘̚͘͠͝ĉ̵̡̨̛̮̫͙̦͇͚̟͓̱̙̻͎̯̥͓͕̳̫̒̐̊͗̈́̐̅̄͗̎̇̈́̆̏̉̏̕͘͝͠t̶̢͚̞͉̟͕̲͔̳̬̘̹̳͕̹̞̟̰̠̬̉̀͐͘̕

,̸̧̞͎̩̠̝̱̱̼̗̭̺͖̫̜͉̪̙̽̾ ̴̢͖͓̻͚̞̙̺̰͇͎̰͙͎̲͍̟͗̋̇͋̎͐̈̏͛̽̿̕͠͝ͅẁ̸̨͂̿̾̇̇̂̂̽̓͊́͒̅͋̍́͗̈̓̾͆̚ĥ̵̢̝̝̗͎͎̭̪̙̙̳̖̯̝̤̺̝͔̘̼̤̄̃̌̑́̿͂̋͒́̉̒͊̆̀͜ḙ̷̡̨̧̢̣̠̞͖̫͇̍̐ŗ̸̨̪̖͓͈̻̥̞͇̣̲̤͕̤̥̬́̎͆̅̏̿̎̉͌̐̌͆̎̓̒̉͂̕̚̕͜͝͝͝͝͠ȩ̸̡̧̢̢͇͇̥̠̗̞̝͖̝͓̳̫͇̞̦̐͛̊͆ ̸̧̲̬̦̙̞͚̭̘̹͖̟̲̳̹̂͆̈͛̇͒̍̿̿̊̈́̄̿̿̾͘͠ͅe̵̛̪̫͍̠̬̣̭̯̘̩̻̫̞̺̋̀̉͋͛̏̎̒̅̈́́̊̊̐̏̃̋̀͐̑̋̋̉͘v̴̢̻͔̗̻͇͚̦͈̯͋̏͑͋̀̓̄͆͂͐̆̔͘͝e̴̖͎̖̲̩͖͇̻̰̱̖̦̬͆́̀͊̇̀͊̈̐̒̕̚͜͜͝ͅr̴̟̪̦̯͕̣͎̹͓̬̔̀̎́͐̄̓͋̍͌̇͛͋̃́͗̓́̈́͊͘̚y̵̺͖͇̮͒̃͒̚͝ͅt̶̢̛̼͇̲͈̫͕̺̎́͛͛̔̀͗̍̎̿͆͗̆͐̌́̈́̽͝͠͠ͅh̴̝̞͙͌̈́͊͒̑̿̐̎̈́̍̿͋̌͒͗͠͝ḯ̷̢̡̨̬̤̬͈͉̳̗̲̫̲̖̯̤̗̤̻̳͋́̄̔͋̽̐͑̽̍͂͜͝n̶̨̨̢̛̙̟̲͔̞̙̤̟̰̤̫͕̉̈́̔̏̐̿̀̅͘͜g̶̻̭̭̥̖͉̟̲̥͖̫̥̬̘̻͎͓̯̲̠̘̏̇ͅm̶̨̉̽̀͠͠ó̵̢̡̬͔̝̲̝̠̳͈̼͙̽̐̍̀̿́̿͆͗͐͐̔̓́̓̌̽̈̏͆̓̊͑͜͜v̴̧͎̘̻̰̬̠̜̀ë̶̛̻͑̋͑̈̑͋̄̃͒̈́̕̕s̷̳̼̭͔̗̏͆̔̅͆͊̏̽̇̋͊̔͆̊͐̾̀͌̕͘̚͠͠ ̶̨̧̢̛͔̥̳̜̞̗̩̝̙͚̗̯̖̖͇̘̭͕̪͍͎̐̓̔́͒̃͂̾̅̏̆̾͂̈́̈́̑̄̀́͗͊͠͠͝ͅā̷̢̜̱̬͉̻̰̖̬͚̅́ͅͅn̶͓͔̦͓̯̝͔̙̣̤̹͍̭̹̐̀̆͌͌̈́̎́͋̂̾̊͒̈́̎̋͌̄͂͒̍̕͝͠ͅd̶̨̛̥̮̗̮̳̮̙̎̆́̽̎̇̎̂̇̽̌̋ ̵̨̳̥̖͎̖̼̥̹̪͖͖̯͕͉͚̭̒̔̅͜͝t̸̡̨͖̳̤̦͓̹̓͒̒̍͂̕a̸̦̗̓̋̑͗͝l̶͔̳͓̪͉̖͚̿̈́͜k̷̡͉̗̮̫̺̘͖͒̈́͒͆̄̌̋̕͘..̴̧̖͍͕͚̭͈̖͓̤͕̘͙̬̞̗͌͋̃̀̾̊̽̎̈́̅̇͐̂̿̍͒͋̋͒͒͛͝͠͝͝ ̵̡̨̡̢̺͚̦͍̦̝̩̰̫̣̬̤̯͚̲͕̬̣͇͎͗͂́́̑͑̑̿̈́̕

ţ̷̛̛̛̛͓̗̦̱͇̰͂̅̓͆̏͊̀͑́̉h̴̢̺͓̼̰̳̰͙̙̩͈͈̤̹̥̘̯͕̰͚̥̒̎̈̂̒̍́̇̄͑̅͝e̷̢̩̠̘̬̗͎͎͖̩̯̖̣̝̝̰̻̣͇̮͍̭̲̍̌̀̃̾̇̂̒͂̓͝ͅr̷͖̝̤͖̟͓̋͑̅͑̽́̓͂̓̍̿̈́̉͆͋̽͠͝ȩ̶͖͙͓̻̮͇͇̱̝̉͜͝ͅͅ ̸̡̮͔͍̭͙̤̜̟̮̞̫̟̍̄̋̓̈͊́͠à̸̠̈̀͗̀̊̋̏̾̓̉̚r̶̞͎̙̻͔̬̺̜̯̞̙̂͂͜é̴̡̛͕͊́͒̿̄̐̊̕͝͝ ̶̢̧̨̰̣̲̞͍͍͖͕̗͖̰̬̗̺̩̼͎̹̝̳̾̄̄̒́̄͌͛̃̆̌͐͗̍̀̽̐̽̾̕͜͝ͅm̶̧͙̭͠o̵̖̮̱̓̆̒̅r̴̨̧̧̛͙̼̱̞̭̖̼̞̬̫̦͈̟̥̣͕̲̃͛̔̐̓̌̔̉̏̈́̌̉̐̀̈̏͗̏͘͝ẽ̷̢̧̢̞̯̘͔̩̰͈̯̞̱͎̼̣̳̪̫͇̻͉͈̕,̷͉͕̲͎̥̩̝̘̼̦̲̥͇̙̬̘̗̠̫̖͇͖̳̪̝̓̎͌̋̀̀̍̐̌̎̂̿͋̀̈́̈́͆̀̔͆̈͗̕̚͝ ̴̤̦͖͖̤̦̺̱͋̓̓̽̍͐̅̾̊̓̂̓͆͘ͅt̷̢̢̨̗̬͎̦͓͆͛̋̈́͒̈́ͅh̸̢̢̪̲̳̲͍̹̠̥̰̼̻̙̟̰͈̙̗̮͓̙̐̊̓̌͑̌̃̈́̒̾͝ͅe̷̘̫͕̔͂̄͋̈́͘͜ ̸̨̛̫̞̲̞͚̮͎̪̗̤͉̀̋́̀̌͗̀͋͂͑g̶̺͕͙̫̦͓̗̟̣͈̮̑̏́̌́̑̏a̷̡̡̭̜̪̦̙̜̙̟̼̰͚̠͙͈͋͌́̅̂̌̂͌́̾͗͌̉̓̚͝ͅͅm̷̧̡̡̛̲̫̖̗͙͎̠̱̲͕̖̏̉̉̕͜ͅe̵̟͇͐̂̋̈́̎͆͂̔̈́̈̿̋͋̐͗̋̒̄̚͝͝ ̶̧̛͍̝̣͖͍̯̱͎̟̹̻̫̈́́͊͛͌͑͊̀͗̒͂̒̀̓̚͘͠i̷̺̗̅̿͆͌̃͆̾̂̐̑s̴̹̮̟̜͔͍̞̝͖͓̓̀̈̏̒̄̈́͐̇̆́̆̋̍̿̔̌̒̚̚͝ͅ ̶̭̹̥͓̺͔̲͉̟͙̬̳͐̀̃̈͆͐̇́̌͌̒͆̂̉͘͜͠j̵̢̧̨̟̭̝͙̙̝̦̤͍̰̱̓͊̇͋͋́̂̓͆̿̇̉͋̀̃͆̍̏̚̕̚̕̚͜͠u̴̢̪͔̠͉͚̎̂́̋̀̓̎̾́͝͝͠s̴̮̩͛̒̃͗̂͆́͗̿̀́́̚͝͝t̷̢͈̰̩̩̣͎̰͎͇̻̹̤͕͉̞̱̙͗̈̀̀͆̐̒ͅ ̶̝͇̰̦̣͑͋̀̌̈́s̶̱̽̓́̕ṯ̵̡̻̪͇̮̮̄̋̈́͜͝ą̸̣̪̠͍̳͇̯͉̪̻͚̩͔̅͒̄͆̇̌̎̆̎͒̒̊̓̔̍̑̈́͘͘͝r̷̥̞̝̱̪̞̮̮̬̼̤͎̈́̀̊͐̌͆̾́̀͛̈͛̓̎̇͂̈́̿̂̉̚̚͘͠͝ț̵̡̛̭̯̯̠̥͚̮̬̗͕̯̭̗̰̲̥̖͎͉̫͇̀̋́̆̍̃̈́͂̓̓̉͑̌̿̈́̿͠͝͠͝ͅi̷̲̠̼̖͈̜̥̗̙̰̦̖̟̜̙̠̠̜͒́͗̌̏̑̈̌̓͒̃͂̊͛̚̕̚͝͝n̷̢̢̨͉͕̪̤̼͈̫̺̝̳͍͖̗͔̯͈̽̀̋̈́̆̌͊͂̈́͂͗̃͐̃̌̊̒̕͘͘͝g̷̨͎̥̊̍̈́̀̀̉̏̍̃͛̎͂̕.̴̧̨̥͉͕̘̟̹̜͕͎̳̞̜̜͎̲̪̘̫͇͕͙̮̅

̷̢̧̨̺̺̤̳͍̟̖̟̹̺̣̼̟͓̻̲̟̅̑́̊̉̒͋̚ͅĹ̷̨̡̫̞̼̤͉͖̠̖̯̭͎̪̫̻͖͈̗̬̗̉̈́͑̅̇̚͘͜e̵̡͙̤̹̹̟̝̫͕̗̫̼̲̫̘̞͙̘͓̻̿̂͗̈́͂̍͛͑͛̇̇̂̓̀̎̅̎̊͂̆͘̚͜͠͝͝t̷̡̛̗͇̗̤͈̖̫̥͎̼̩̲̗̟̼̺̹͈͓̀̈́́̀̆̐̽́͜'̶̣̙̬̟͈̲͙̜̘̖͇̤̣̳͚̟͔͊̍͌̈̏̈́͊̉͑̓̅s̶̨͎̰̦̺̭̜̗̬͕̬̱͇̫͔̩̣̻̖͓̯̗͇͊͋̑̆̍̊͐̋͐͗̊̀͌̓̓͌̈̏͝͝͝ͅͅ ̸͓͔̫̩͚̞͛̉̔̌̔͠p̸̢̺̤͇̘̭̤͇͇͉̭͚̫̥͉͚̮̠̯̌̒͜ľ̶̡̡̪͍͍̳̙̮̮̻̻̯͚̪̼̱͙̥̞̆͊̆̅̐͊͜ͅă̵̡̡̛̛̖̙̘͓̬̹̝͖̥̼̻̩͖̺͉̂̋̾͋̅̔̿̂͛͗̓͂̚̕̕͜͝͠ͅͅy̸̱̮̒͂͋̈̾̊͊̇̿̀͋̀̓̇̔̍͆́̽̃̈́͘̕̕ ̸̲̦̭̲͛̐̇͛̇̒̈́͒̅͊͒͐͆͊̉̃͂́̚̚t̴̛̞̳̬̬̬͎̰͛͋́̊̿̀̈́̅̎̓͂͌͑̔̽͠͝h̷̨̥̻̮̺͓̬̹̯̝̤̱̪̠̗̺̮̲̥̥̬͎͑̅̿̿͆̑̒̈́͒̑̓̏̀͒͒̕̚̚̕̕͜͝͠͝͝͠ę̷̢̧̨̢̧̯̭͍͕͓̯̝̖̗͇̟̫̥͍̞̰͚͈̼͌͑̊̿͆͌͌̽̀́̍͘ ̵̬̫̙̳͈̪̍̏̀͒̉́̈͒̚ͅg̸̨̝̫̹̫͉̣͍̽̈́̿͗̒͋̃̆̀̑͛̾̉̎̒͌̓̚͘͝ą̶̛̥̻̺̖̝͔͚̘͙͔̈́̔̅̌̿̈́͐͛̀́̐͑͝͝m̸̢̛̠̼̣̗̩̠̬̲̮̫̲͖̠̠̝͋͑̉͆͐̀̐͂̅͗͆̓́̔̾͌̔͛̿ę̷̻̜̙͎͚̻͇̻̠̩̯̦̹̲͙͚̗͖͍̈́̚͜ ̵̧͚̦̫̟̬̭̙͉̙͍̳͈̳̩̬̋́̾̄ǫ̸̧̢͈͍̺̜̙͍̤̺̖̣̥͉͇̎̑̑̐͊̀͒͜f̵̢̢̛͖̖̹͕͉̳̰̖͈͈̭̗͓̞̩͍͕̼̺͖̫͈̈͋͂͋̅̋͆͗͛̏̆̌̎̓̏̂̚͘̕͠͠͠͝ͅ ̵̨̡̦̫̭̦͕̜̣̲͎̙̼̙͔̉͒̍̑̔̾̎̈́̈́̎̍̿́̅̒̓͂̄̃̊̉̌̉̾̒ͅͅḽ̷̫͖̈́̌̓͗́͐̅̈̏͆̕ì̴̡̧̹͉̩͕̩̝̮̥̯̱̝̥͙̥̻̼̃̈͗̿͋̉̋̐͐́f̷̛̝̗͍̆͌̀͆͐̇̌̿̔͐̐̌̐̃͋̍͐̑͘̚͝ͅe̷̛̗̥̺̝̞̰̬̗͍̰͇̽̈́́͌̇̓̃̀.̸̹̥̍̈́̋

Don't trust your eyes,

Everyone is in disguise.

Each one of you is a player,

Let's play the Ga̸m̵e of L̵i̷f̷e̵.̵

-̷-̷-̸-̶-̵-̸-̶

Prenteng nakaupo si Eivel sa upuan ng tren at nakapalumbaba sa bintana. They're on their way to the area where the next Game General that they will challenge is.

Kahit nagawa nilang manalo sa Sphinx, mayroon pa ring bumabagabag sa kaniya sa hindi niya malamang dahilan.

"Eyo! Eivel oh!" masiglang sambit ni Kid na nakadikit ang mukha sa bintana at pinagmamasdan ang magagandang tanawin na nadadaanan nila. Sa kabilang gilid niya ay nakapwesto si Sage na natutulog.

Pilit na ngumiti si Eivel nang sinulyapan ang tinuro ni Kid sa labas. 

Kid frowned when he saw her reaction. "Bakit? May problema ba?" marahan niyang tanong.

Kahit sa ikling pagsasama nilang apat ay alam na niya ang totoo sa hinding ngiti ni Eivel. After all, Kid's specialty is making everyone smile— like the king he is.

"Nah, I'm just thinking of something," malamig na sambit ng babaeng katabi niya.

Napatulala si Kid sa narinig. 'Nag-iisip', 'yon ang isa sa mga bagay na hindi niya ginagawa kaya hindi niya maintindihan kung bakit nagkakagano'n si Eivel.

"Ah, okey. Wala akong matutulong diyan," natatawang sambit ni Kid na pasimpleng nagpatawa rin kay Eivel.

She heaved a sigh before looking at the window once again.

She kept remembering what the Sphinx said. . . but at the same time, she can't help but to think at a certain scenario.

Isang alaala na bumalik sa isipan niya nang nakipaglaro siya sa Game General.... Isang alaala tungkol sa isang batang lalaki.

"Nasaan na kaya siya ngayon?" Tanong ni Eivel sa sarili.

-̷-̷-̸-̶-̵-̸-̶

In another area, another Game General lost. Kaswal na naglalakad ang tatlong players pabalik sa terminal kasama ang coach nila.

"Woo! Ano ba 'yon? Easy!" natatawang sambit ng lalaki.

Nasa batok ang magkabila niyang mga kamay habang naglalakad. He's wearing a myrtle uniform coat with a white shirt inside and a myrtle colored pants. There are shades of platinum blonde in his hair and he has a one piercing on his right earlobe. 

Choco V. Torres

Username: Coco

17

Acrobat

Ballicon University

Natatawa siyang naglalakad habang inaalala ang pagtalo nila sa Game General.

"Shut up, Mr. Torres. Hindi mo sinunod ang plano, paano na lang kung nagkamali ka?" giit ng babae niyang kasama.

She fixed her eyeglasses as she talks. She's wearing a caramel blazer and white shirt with a dark brown skirt. Her black hair is in pigtails with a little bit of brown highlights.

Liraz M. Constance

Username: The Mastermind

17

Strategist

Programming Academy

Tawa ang sinagot sa kaniya ni Coco. "Masyado kang mahigpit sa pagsunod sa mga plano mo Liraz!" He chuckled.

"Don't call me with my first name, we're not close," malamig na sagot ng dalaga na muling kinatawa na lang ni Coco.

"Anyways, para saan nga pala 'yang kinuha mong folder?" pag-iiba ni Coco.

Parehong napunta ang tingin ni Coco at Liraz sa lalaking nauuna sa kanilang maglakad. He's just wearing a plain shirt that's unbuttoned on the first two buttons, with a pair of black pants. His black hair is in messy undercut with a small slit.

Nasa bulsa ang isa niya kamay habang nakahawak ang isa sa folder na kaniyang binabasa. There's also a meerkat sitting on his shoulder— their coach.

On the top that... he's eating a yogurt stick.

"What are you looking at-kik?" Marahang tanong ng kanilang coach sa lalaki.

He just flashed a smirk while looking at the folder. "Just looking for someone."

Code P. Astro

Username: Code

17

Game Master

Isaac University

"Eh? May hinahanap ka Code?" natatawang sambit ni Coco.

Napaismid sa sinabi niya si Liraz bago muling ayusin ang salamin niya. "Tsk. Anyways, we already have three chess pieces. Anong balak mo, Code? Mag-cha-challenge na ba tayo ng panibagong Game General?" Marahan niyang tanong.

Hinintay niya ang isasagot ng lalaking nauuna sa kanila nang bigla na lamang itong huminto sa paglalakad dahilan ng paghinto rin nila. He stopped looking at the folder when he found who's his looking for.

A smile slowly plastered in his face as he stare at the player's information board.

Eivel L. Leoda

Username: Eivel

17

Genius

Ballicon University

"Sure, but before that..."

"I would like to see an old friend of mine."

-T̶O̴ ̸B̶E̶ ̵C̶O̸N̵T̴I̷N̶U̶E̵D̶-