Player 2

June 15, 1:32 pm, Nevada, USA

What was that?

I frowned as I felt a shift in the world's magic. It was a minor thing; it usually happened if a lot of magic was being used somewhere else in the world.

But that would mean there was another mage in this world.

I sighed as I reluctantly looked away from the superhero storyline. I had, much to my surprise, found the change in protagonist quite interesting. Tarik was a lot more ruthless than I had imagined. Sure, I knew all about his shady past thanks to the research Ms. Kang did when she first put together everything, but I never expected it to yield a story like this.

Which was why I was beginning to have second thoughts about this arc. I wanted to see more of Tarik, but if everything went well with the healer, then Gadiel would be back. And if Gadiel was back, then we'd have to focus on him again.

Or did we?