A Small Vacation

"What does that mean?" asked Nyx, who had remained quiet so far. After all, Arthur himself did not seem keen on asking more questions. Rhys turned toward her and presented a different report, pushing it forward for the two of them to see.

The report was different from the previous one. In mana-rich worlds, many variables existed. The Nightroad Research Institution had begun filtering out what changed the outcome of each world. They started by mirroring their world with others.

"We suspected that certain natural disasters had a role in it, but it was the same for both worlds that had them and those that didn't. Then, we began screening for the power levels in the world, but that didn't seem to affect the outcome either. We started looking at individuals, which was much harder. We didn't receive any conclusive data until you revealed yourself in Kera. You fought off a calamity, and that was enough to include you in our research."