\\ CONTENDERS, THE SECOND ROUND OF THE TOURNAMENT SHALL COMMENCE IN TEN MINUTES. YOU SHALL BE PAIRED UP TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. \\
The referee announced. After ten minutes,
\\ CONTENDER NO. 1 AND 2 SHALL PAIR UP. 3 AND 4 AS WELL. 5 AND 8, 11 AND 12, 13 AND 14, 15 AND 16, 19 AND 25, 23 AND 36, 37 AND 43. THE SECOND ROUND SHALL GO ON WITHOUT INTERRUPTION FOR A DAY. YOU WILL BE RANDOMLY TELEPORTED TO AN ISLAND ALONG WITH A PROTECTIVE TALISMAN THAT TELEPORTS YOU BACK HERE IN DANGEROUS SITUATION BUT YOU SHALL BE ELIMINATED. TWO GOLDEN AND FOUR SILVER KEYS WILL BE BURIED SOMEWHERE. THOSE PAIRS WHO GET THE GOLDEN KEYS ARE ELIGIBLE TO DIRECTLY BATTLE IN THE FINALS. THOSE WHO GET SILVER KEYS SHALL FIGHT IN THE PRELIMINARY ROUNDS. ALL THE BEST. \\
With those words, the contenders disappeared from the arena in a flash of white light after being shown a sample gold key and a sample silver key.
3 and 4 were teleported into a grassy plain beside an abandoned city. " Hmm, I think we should search the city for clues rather than this wide plain. " " Maybe, what if the key is in the plain ? " " Say, what should we do ? " " We'll search the city first, if we don't find, we can return here. " " Fine, let us do it that way. "
All the pairs were randomly distributed across the island but it was ensured that the keys were always with a distance of 2 kilometers from all of them.
The hunt for keys began. Contenders 3 and 4 went into the abandoned city to search for clues that were randomly distributed as well. The clues led the contenders to the keys if they were intelligent enough to decipher.
Pairs 11 and 12, 13 and 14 found their respective clues and started to decipher them while the other pairs were still prowling. It was a head start.