Match Six loaded at 1000.
DUSKRENDER. Level 50. B-rank. Illusion-type ability user. Win rate: 73%. The profile image showed a fighter in dark layered armor with the specific quality of someone who had built an entire playstyle around making their opponent uncertain about basic spatial facts and had found this philosophically satisfying.
"Dirty Grandpa," DUSKRENDER said. "I've heard about you."
"Good things?" Zeph asked.
"Complicated things," DUSKRENDER said. "You adapt. You read opponents. You're patient." A pause. "Illusion builds are designed specifically for opponents who adapt and read and are patient."
"Is that a courtesy warning?" Zeph asked.
"It's accurate information," DUSKRENDER said. "Do with it what you like."
The timer hit zero.
The first thirty seconds were disorienting.
