"Fufufu..."
Miriam laughed, she was very happy and sad at the same time, since in the previous Timeline her relationship with Arthur was good enough that she was invited to sit next to him in the selection of recruits.
They weren't dating yet, however Arthur treated her very well and you could say they were good friends...
Unfortunately in this timeline, she and Arthur were just classmates...
The only thing that made her happy is that Yholan is here with her, in the previous timeline she never tried to recruit from Deus Ex Machína.
As a Time Returner, Miriam knew how terrible Libe is and that she also had bad intentions towards Arthur, she is a hunter who hid him well but there were many times that she tried to eliminate her and intimidated her a lot.
But this time will be different, she knew that on this date, Libe was 'popular' and that there were many men who wanted to be her boyfriend, especially Yholan.
Therefore, Miriam did not hesitate and spoke to this boy, which caused the latter to speak with Arthur and as a consequence Yholan ended up here...
Now Miriam knew what to do and the best thing was to keep Libe away from Arthur, as well as to worsen her reputation with Arthur, Yholan was perfect for that...
Even so, the day when she and Arthur get back together is far away, but not impossible, Miriam was confident that she could achieve it...
The first stage ended without incident, Arthur himself eliminated 40% of the participants...
"Is it alright for that man to continue? His level is low"
When the list of participants came out, Lynne asked confused, whether it was strength or talent, Yholan was almost at the bottom, men are weak and not all of them are like Arthur whose strength exceeds his age.
So she got a little worried that Yholan whose strength ranked while other members who surpassed him were left out, many people would complain and be suspicious about the competition.
In addition, she, Libe and Indara did not vote for Yholan.
"No problem, Yholan is the only man who bothered to participate, that proves his courage"
"...."
Arthur on the other hand smiled, he doesn't care what others think, not to mention that it's good publicity to have men in his ranks, this will increase his popularity.
Indara, Libe and Lynne looked at each other and sighed, no matter this was Arthur's decision, Yholan won't affect the competition at all, well not at all.
"Oh, just in time"
Suddenly 6 drone drones flew over the Field, made several landings to attract everyone's attention, and placed themselves in a hexagonal position, in the air.
It shined on them and Arthur snapped his fingers, the magic circuit built into the drones activated and a projection of a door appeared...
"That is?"
Except for Miriam, everyone made a puzzled look, they couldn't understand why these drones suddenly projected a door.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, let me show you our technology"
Smiling at Libe, Indara and Lynne, Arthur activated the speaker...
"The second Round begins!"
And then the trio couldn't help but be surprised to see the door.
"Artificial Dungeon Technology"
Deus Ex Machina lives up to his name, being the strongest in technology and being at the forefront of it year after year, of course with Akagi and his grandmother Margareth's legacy, creating this was not difficult for Arthur.
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"Arrays"
The timeline did not change, Miriam already knew what was happening on the other side of the door, she subconsciously shuddered and her gaze became dignified.
The round consisted of Survival, the talent, skill and ability of the participants in extreme situations...
On the other side of the gate was an artificial Dungeon field, or to be more precise a secret Kingdom.
Even for a time-returner like Miriam, this test is not an easy one, and as she thought, more and more drones appeared and gave each of the participants a Totem bracelet.
"Survival of the fittest! Deus Ex Machina needs the best! And what you see in front of you is the artificial door to a Dungeon!"
The rules were simple, Arthur was quick to say.
To start this test would be the last and most difficult test, this artificial Dungeon was created based on the Secret Kingdom where Arthur was with Akagi, all the pilots would undergo fights without rest, where they ended up abandoning this artificial Dungeon thanks to the Totem Bracelets that the Drones had delivered.
There were a total of 20 acceptable levels in this test, but there are over 600 Drivers, so there used to be two ways to select the 20 winners.
Recruits will be selected based on how long they last without disappearing, the ones who last the longest will be the winners, of course if this were simple it wouldn't be difficult for everyone to stay on the first level.
Since each participant only has the right to stay in each level for 2 hours, likewise those pilots who complete more Dungeon levels will also be selected, so even if they are eliminated early but were strong enough to go down several levels, they still will be selected.
There were no rules, everyone could compete however they wanted and since there was no real 'danger' from the Totems, participants could eliminate each other to reduce the competition.
"And to make this more interesting, I will reward the best pilot with a personal Wunder, likewise I will personally invite him to a dinner in the best restaurant in this city in gratitude... So, the Final Round, I started"
"Ohhhh!!"
The reward of a personal Wunder is enough to make a pilot drool, not everyone had a custom made Wunder and its specifications, so it was too tempting, however what excited these young Pilots the most was dinner with this sexy vice president's son
Arthur himself is a delicacy in the eyes, adding his strength, plus his money and influence, whoever his partner is, there was no doubt that he would be a life winner.
Just thinking about climbing in life through a relationship with Arthur, made the eyes of these young people turn red with emotion.
"Hey?"
Miriam, on the other hand, blinked in surprise, she knew that the special reward is a personalized Wunder, this was her goal, since a personalized Wunder, whether the creator or the pilot, had to be in constant communication.
Therefore this was her chance to conquer her boyfriend, however this 'Dinner' was unexpected, in the previous timeline Arthur did not mention this...
(Is it possible that it is due to my existence?)
The only possible explanation that Miriam could think of was that in the previous timeline, Arthur was already thinking of her so he never acted so frivolous.
(She knew it... Arthur loves me)
Miriam's cheeks turned red at the thought of this and her resolve to win intensified.
Of course she is, the girl was thinking too much, since the reason Arthur mentioned about dinner was to cause chaos among the pilots.
It was fun to see how far humanity can go for beauty...
And she succeeded as everyone couldn't help but quickly enter the artificial portal and start round 2.
And they weren't the only ones to feel anxious, as the trio of judges also took Arthur's words very seriously...
"Dinner? Liam, did Deus Ex Machina tell you to do it?"
The first to speak was Lynne, as humans polygamy is not popular in her culture, so she did not like that her future husband has dates with other women and even more so if he is forced by her work. she.
Lynne just needed Arthur's confirmation to start digging her claws into that venture.
The same for Indara, her stepbrother definitely couldn't see herself as a victim of bullying, Libe, not to mention her luck was linked to Arthur's, if she shrinks even more, bad things will happen to her.
"Hehe thanks for his concern, but this has nothing to do with Deus Ex Machina, I just did it for these young Pilots to give their best..."
Smiling, Arthur carelessly spread his arms a little...
Not convinced, Lynne and Indara opened their mouths, however before speaking, Arthur continued.
"Besides, it is possible that my classmate Yholan is the winner"
For this to happen is as difficult as for a human to marry an Angel.
Yet this calmed the women around her...
But while the judges relaxed, the first level of the Dungeon was in chaos, the moment these women entered, they quickly began to fight among themselves, no one paid attention to the newly created monsters, their only purpose was to reduce the competition, the Reward is too charming for these women to be calm...
So in less than five minutes, more than 50 Totems were activated and eliminated...
Seeing this, Arthur couldn't help but smile, he knew, nothing better than creating chaos in humans, at this speed in two hours, this round will be over,
Miriam, on the other hand, when she entered, she quickly moved away from the group of lunatics and went down to the second level, she was not so stupid to stay and be eliminated in this war, it was best to go down as many levels as possible.
Of course, she was not the only one who thought of this, since other women joined her as well.
Which caused another small fight, none of them would let the competition go down more levels than them, so the first level was held in large scale fights with monsters raiding from time to time....
"That nasty...."
And in the midst of all this Yholan couldn't help but snort in contempt, women as expected, the only thing they thought about was sex, there was no way, as long as a man is beautiful, there will be women willing to seduce him, Yholan also scolded and cursed Arthur in his heart for being an Incubus