Early July, 2017 AD.

Around 300 Paradise days after the opening of the Neutral Zone on March 16.

The event that garnered the attention of countless Earthlings was officially over.

The fifth Banquet had been expected to be similar to the fourth Banquet, which was also known as ‘The Festival of Blood’, but the results proved to be the opposite.

Contrary to all expectations, a large number of survivors exited the portal.

The rate of survival in Stage 3 of the previous Banquets had always been devilishly low — the third Banquet had two survivors while the fourth had none. Considering this, the fact that over half returned alive instantly became widespread news.

Particularly, the rumor that an Earthling from Area 1 was the root cause of this phenomenon instantly spread like wildfire to the seven cities.

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The Southeast City of Eva

“Did you see the article about the Banquet? Look here! We are from the same year, you know? We were in the tutorial together!”

As if waving the article back and forth wasn’t enough, Shin Sang-Ah bounced around everywhere shouting at the top of her voice. The people around her cringed when they heard her shout.

One person even sighed. “Hahh… Here we go again.”

“Alright, alright. Miss Sang-Ah, we get it, now please calm dow-"

“Do I look like I can calm down?”

With a weak smile on his face, a man attempted to calm her… only to no avail.

“Isn’t it freaking awesome? Like, they say he’s already Level 3! Get it? Level 3!"

"Huh? He’s Level 3! Okay?”

In the midst of a helplessly sighing crowd of people, a slow-witted woman...