A galaxy, millions of light years away from the 'prison', floated quietly.

It was filled with billions of systems.

If you zoom in on one of the planets, you could see battlefields everywhere. Carcasses, blood and heads splattered left and right. Countless huge ants fought each other to death.

In one of these battlefields, two huge 5 metre long ants fought ferociously. They bit and tore each other apart. No emotion could be seen in their eyes. Only a will to survive. Finally, a winner emerged. It shrieked wildly and started to devour its sister. It ate wildly until nothing remained. When it finished, it enveloped itself in a white cocoon. Time passed and the cocoon cracked. From within emerged a 4m tall woman covered with an exoskeleton. Her body was covered with mucus. She stood on two and had 4 hands. She had a pair of antennas on her head and a pair of mandibles beside her mouth. She had long, black hair. Her dark, compound eyes were emotionless, but now it contained a hint of wisdom.

Many such scenes were observed throughout all the battlefields. Evolution was not a choice, but a necessity.

Zooming out from the planet, we search for their base.

We find a red planet orbiting a small star.

Deep underground, going through the many tunnels while observing all the huge ants that carried either food or eggs to some place, we arrive at a huge hall.

Many eggs and huge carcasses of various beast and insect demons could be seen in the hall. The worker ants either came to take the eggs out or to bring food in. There was a huge bed in the middle of the hall. Two humanoid ants were kneeling beside the bed. On the bed, an extremely alluring woman was lying on her side in a relaxed posture. Her exoskeleton was a majestic purple in contrast to the normal red. Her hair blonde in contrast to the normal black. She was 6 metres tall and her compound eyes contained deep wisdom. She pointed at one of the carcasses lying around. The carcass shrank rapidly and entered her mouth. This was the queen of this kingdom, Queen Loria.

"How is the situation with the prison?" Asked a pleasant and ethereal voice.

"My queen, the situation does not bode well for the humans. We estimate that in 300 to 500 years from now, the Ancient Ones will have enough confidence to destroy them completely," said one of the kneeling duo.

"To think that their downfall would be one of their own," said Loria sarcastically, "these humans are truly pitiful," she then pondered, "Let's hope humans can last long enough for our soldiers to grow."

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Two years passed. It was time for the exams again. Artix finished his theory exam and went to test his domain size. He got a score of 260. Artix aimed to enter the top class this year. To achieve that he needed to be within the top 100 in the combat round.

'They gave me 100 points as an exception last time since I had the potential to become a Death Master.'

'I will show them that I didn't need their help,' thought Artix stubbornly.

When he first heard this from Miss Samantha, his confidence took a huge blow. He thought that he became an elite by his own effort. It took him quite a while to accept this fact.

When he thought about it again, he realized that he at most would've gotten about 220 marks which wasn't enough to compete with the elites average of 300. He thought himself silly that he couldn't recognize such an obvious issue.

Artix stood among the crowd wearing his bracelet. The time came and they were teleported simultaneously.

The first round started.

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Artix appeared on a roof. He surveyed his surroundings and located the tallest building. Feeling no gazes locked onto him, he activated Hide. He made his way to the roof of the building while he sniped few students on the way. He reached the roof and sat there. In the distance, he could see many battles and struggles. Artix watched with great enthusiasm. Apart from sniping those who came close to the building, Artix made no further moves. He decided to wait for the final night.

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The chaotic first night ended.

Sarah Babington was a girl with shoulder-length red hair, pointed ears and a pair of golden eyes. She had a gentle atmosphere about her, like she was one with nature. She looked on as her opponent disappeared. She didn't let her guard down, afraid that she would be taken by surprise. She immediately left the area while constantly maintaining her shield. In this arena, she feared no one but one, the ghost. Even for her, a freak from the top class and someone with the potential to become a Life Master, detecting the guy was difficult. She went inside a building and cast a life detecting spell. She felt relieved that he didn't lock onto her. In the next nights, all Sarah did was search and hunt.

Finally, the last night came. Survivors- 21 of them- gathered on the platform. When they arrived, they saw a boy sitting in the middle of the platform. As if they reached an agreement before hand, they immediately surrounded the boy. Unknowingly, the boy gathered a decent amount of hatred. Why? Because they couldn't relax even for a second. They had never experienced such torture before!

The boy looked at the angry group and saw their tired expressions, he pondered for a second and seemed to realise something. "I just sat on a building and did nothing," said Artix, feeling aggrieved.

Obviously, the group did not believe him. They immediately condensed huge weapons and shot it towards Artix. Artix immediately gathered mana and condensed a 20 metre tall avatar. Just as the weapons reached the avatar, the bluish-white avatar turned red. None of the objects managed to penetrate it. The avatar extended its hand and condensed a red sword. Then it swung it forcefully at the group. They tried to defend but failed. The difference in power was clear. Artix looked ahead. Only a girl remained. She didn't join the rest as they attacked him. Artix didn't underestimate her. He knew that she's from the top class.

"I didn't think you would be this powerful when facing people head on," said Sarah, "But, this is as far as you go," then she condensed a 40 metre tall avatar.

After a bit, the avatar turned green.