The city of Cago was a small city at the fringes of the human kingdom of Earth with a population of 75000 people.
It was the nearest city to the death zone that separated the elven and human kingdoms, making it a dangerous place to live.
Still, this danger could be both a blessing and a curse, depending on how it was used.
Some time ago, they decided to make use of the blessing that was the accursed forest behind their city in order to nurture their talents while bringing in useful hauls for each of their cities.
It was a competition between six cities, and each one had agreed.
Also, it was decided that deaths were allowed as long as it was in an acceptable range.
The competition was supposed to last for just a week, but it had been four weeks and there were no signs of any of the participants, from the weakest red core mages to the green core mages they sent with them.
What could have happened?