When Tyler regained his senses, he found himself standing before the others again.

The atmosphere around him had completely changed.

Three intense gazes landed directly on him.

Tansy.

Rose.

Ariel.

Even the usually calm Ariel looked shaken.

"What did you see outside?" Ariel asked immediately, unable to suppress her curiosity anymore.

Tyler remained silent for several seconds. His expression was unusually serious, making the others nervous.

Finally, he spoke.

"It’s Void..."

The moment those words left his mouth, silence spread through the area.

Rose frowned in confusion while Tansy’s face paled slightly. Ariel herself froze.

Void?

That answer only created more questions.

Tyler slowly looked back at the giant hexagonal barrier stretching endlessly upward.

"This wall... It isn’t protecting people from outside world..." he muttered softly. "There is no outside world at all."

A cold breeze passed through the area.

Nobody spoke after that.

---

Meanwhile, chaos had already spread somewhere in the wasteland.

The Capital Soldiers and the Rebels had temporarily stopped fighting each other entirely. Both sides were now desperately searching for the missing sisters.

Huge reward posters had been placed across multiple sectors.

The posters carried the faces of Tansy and Rose alongside massive rewards.

One Year Worth of Premium Rations.

A Personal Luxury Mansion.

For the starving people living within the sectors, those rewards were enough to drive anyone mad with greed.

Many civilians who originally knew nothing about the situation started hunting for the sisters like wild dogs chasing meat.

Whispers spread through every alley.

"They are witches."

"They are future queens, the Rebels took them."

"They are Goddess."

Nobody truly understood what had happened, but in a world where survival itself was difficult, truth no longer mattered. Rewards mattered.

Even neighbors began suspecting each other.

The entire world slowly turned restless.

---

Back at the Border, Tyler was quietly discussing something with Tansy and Rose.

Meanwhile, Ariel stood a short distance away from them, pouting slightly while touching the hexagonal wall repeatedly with her hand.

She was clearly trying to enter it herself.

Unfortunately, nothing happened.

Tyler noticed her actions but pretended not to.

"So... there are many things I need to explain," Tyler said calmly while crossing his arms. "But this isn’t the right place for long discussions. For now, safety comes first. You both Trust me, right?"

Both sisters nodded seriously.

Tansy then lowered her head slightly.

"Without you... we might never have passed this Trial."

Her voice carried genuine gratitude.

She was absolutely right.

During the Second and Third Games, both Tansy and Rose had suffered terrible injuries multiple times. Broken bones, deep wounds, blood loss —injuries that should have crippled them permanently.

Yet Tyler’s mysterious silver-colored medicine healed them almost instantly every single time.

Even now, neither sister fully understood how absurd that medicine actually was. It was even expensive for the people in Captial.

Tyler had even gone beyond the Wall and returned alive.

At this point, Tyler himself felt more mysterious than their powers.

After finishing their discussion, Tyler walked toward Ariel while the two sisters quietly followed behind him.

Ariel quickly straightened herself and crossed her arms.

"So?" she asked. "Have you made your decision?"

Tyler stopped directly before her.

"We are willing to join the Rebels," he said calmly.

A bright smile immediately appeared on Ariel’s face.

She was genuinely relieved.

These three people were monsters in their own ways. Two possessed unbelievable fantasy abilities, while the third had literally stepped outside the Wall and returned alive.

If she told anyone this story, nobody would believe her.

Still, Ariel quickly regained her composure.

"But?" she asked after noticing Tyler’s expression.

Tyler nodded.

"But we have conditions."

Ariel placed a hand on her waist and smiled confidently.

"What are the conditions? I’ll try my best."

Tyler glanced at Tansy and Rose for a moment before looking back at Ariel.

His expression became serious.

"Simple," he said.

"I want you to save their parents. Bring them back to us... in one piece."

Ariel face froze and awkwardly laughed, "About that... We already did that."

┉┈ ◈ ◉ ◈ ┈┉

Going back in time...

It was during the Final Game.

The moment Rose killed Victor.

Sector 11 was completely silent.

All people stood before the giant public screen located at the center square, watching the Final Game unfold live from the Border.

The enormous holographic display illuminated the dark sector streets with blue light while countless eyes remained fixed on the battle.

Nobody even dared blink.

On the screen, Rose stood opposite Victor.

Most people believed Rose would die.

Even Tansy and Rose’s parents watched nervously from the crowd, their hands tightly clenched together.

"Please survive..." their mother whispered softly.

Then everything changed.

The crowd gasped.

And before anyone could fully process what happened—

Victor died shot by Rose.

His body crashed onto the floor lifelessly.

Silence.

The entire square froze.

Nobody understood what they had just witnessed. They couldn’t understand how Rose controlled others.

Even the commentators speaking through the giant speakers became speechless for several seconds.

Then chaos erupted.

"WITCH!"

A woman screamed from the crowd.

Victor’s mother.

Her face had twisted completely in grief and rage. Tears poured down her cheeks while she pushed through the people violently.

In her hand was a large rusted pair of scissors who knows how long she carried.

"You killed my son!" she screamed toward the giant screen before suddenly turning toward Tansy and Rose’s parents nearby.

Hatred burned in her eyes.

"That monster killed my son!"

Before anyone could react, Victor’s mother charged directly toward them.

"I’LL MAKE YOU SUFFER THE SAME!"

Tansy and Rose’s parents were horrified.

Not because of the scissors.

Not even because she was attacking them.

But because of the word she shouted.

Witch.

Their minds went blank.

They looked back at the giant screen showing Rose standing with Pink eyes.

Their daughter...

Had supernatural powers?

Even they didn’t know.

Now the entire sector had witnessed it live.

Victor’s mother nearly reached them before several civilians grabbed her arms and stopped her.

"Let me go!"

"LET ME GO!"

"She killed my son!" the woman shrieked hysterically while struggling wildly. "I’ll kill her parents! I’ll make them suffer the same pain!"

The crowd panicked and backed away.

Capital Soldiers quickly rushed into the square after noticing the disturbance.

Without hesitation, one soldier struck Victor’s mother in the neck using the handle of his weapon.

Thud.

She collapsed unconscious immediately.

The soldiers dragged her body away across the ground coldly.

The giant screen above continued broadcasting the Games as though nothing had happened.

The atmosphere inside Sector 11 had already changed.

People slowly started moving away from Tansy and Rose’s parents.

Step by step.

Nobody wanted to remain close to the family of a witch.

Whispers spread everywhere.

"Did you see that power?"

"She controlled people?..."

"That wasn’t normal."

Fear spread rapidly through the crowd.

Parents pulled their children closer.

Some people looked at the couple as though they were dangerous criminals.

Then things became even worse.

Later during the broadcast, Tansy also revealed her abilities.

Another unnatural power.

Another impossible sight.

The square exploded into panic.

"Another witch?!"

"Both sisters are monsters!"

"No wonder they survived this long!"

People immediately scattered further away.

The parents became completely isolated in the middle of the square.

No one dared approach them anymore. What if they also had witch powers?

An old woman slowly walked forward from the crowd.

Old Lady Veena.

Unlike everyone else, fear did not appear in her eyes.

Instead, they shined brightly with excitement.

"Interesting..." she muttered softly.

Before the confused couple could react, Veena grabbed both of their wrists firmly.

"Come with me."

Tansy’s father blinked in confusion.

"What?"

"If you want to stay alive, move now," Veena said sharply.

The old woman dragged them away from the square immediately.

Strangely, none of the nearby soldiers tried to stop her.

Some guards even looked away intentionally.

The three quickly disappeared into the narrow alleys of Sector 11.

Hours later, the Capital officially announced the bounty for capturing Tansy and Rose alive.

The rewards were massive.

One year worth of premium rations.

A luxury mansion.

Instantly, greed consumed the sector.

Large groups of civilians began searching everywhere like starving wolves hunting prey.

Soon enough, someone revealed where Tansy and Rose’s parents had supposedly gone.

Old Lady Veena’s house.

A furious crowd stormed the place.

Doors were smashed open.

Furniture destroyed.

Every corner searched thoroughly.

But...

There was nobody inside.

Veena had disappeared.

The parents had disappeared.

Even the Capital Soldiers later failed to find a single trace of them.

It was as though they vanished into thin air.

---

Back at the Border, Ariel finished explaining everything.

Tyler, Tansy, and Rose quietly sighed in relief.

"So it was Veena..." Tyler muttered.

If their parents were with Old Lady Veena, then they were probably safe.

The old woman might act crazy most of the time, but she was trustworthy when it truly mattered.

And more importantly—

Veena herself was part of the Rebels.

Rose lowered her head slightly while wiping her eyes.

"They’re alive..."

Tansy and Rose also relaxed for the first time since the Games got completed.

Tyler looked toward Ariel calmly.

"Then we can negotiate the other matters after meeting their parents."

Ariel nodded slowly.

"Very well."