Charlie and I arrive at the challenge area. It looks like a circular stadium, surrounded by sandy brown ground. The whole stadium is almost half a kilometer in diameter, and in its center is a gray metal pyramid. Inside the stadium, the soil is soft and sandy too. I look around, there are eight participants present including Alman and the clones, which means only Nance and Damien are absent.
“Only the two of you? Where’s my dear Tia?” Alman asks, then he smirks, “Dead, huh.”
Before I can react, they make another announcement, “The goal is to have one ball before the thirty-minute countdown stops! Small balls can be taken from the pyramid! Those who will take more than one will automatically lose! No weapons allowed! Leave all your weapons outside the game area and go to one of the ten po
