On July 1st of the year 499, the 8 Great Patriarchs made a worldwide announcement.
"I, the most powerful of the 8 Great Patriarchs, pronounce in this place the preparation of the "Final War" which will begin on January 1st of the year 500.
This war will be a giant battle royale across the continent, with the aim of defining the strongest or most devious survivors of this world to take our places and thus become the new Great Patriarchs.

It is following this more than astonishing announcement that Yùichi MATO decided to do everything to become one of the new Great Patriarchs.

Unfortunately for him, his road will be long and full of pitfalls before he can hope to become one of them.

But before all, he will have to learn to know himself and his inner strength.

EARTH SURVIVAL

I would have preferred not to have to go through this, but I had no choice if I wanted Sonia to bring me the information I needed to achieve my goal. 


If she had agreed in the first place, I would never have blackmailed her like that, but since she refused, I had to use a not-so-honest means of persuasion. 


The problem with this kind of technique is that it will work as long as she can't find an alternative to save her sister, or can't find anyone who can help her, to get her sister to safety. 


So it's better that she gets the information as soon as possible, before these possible hypotheses really materialize, because if that happens, I won't have any way to access all this information that is crucial for the continuation of my plan. 


But then, the first hurdle she has to clear is the selection. If she manages to be chosen, the hardest part will be done. The rest will just be longer, but also easier I think. 


The First Test