The Arena feature also quietly opened twelve hours after the Spirit Realm went live.
After being pounced on by a simulated Heart Eater for the one hundred and eighth time in the novice training grounds, even the miner Cole was starting to feel a bit bored.
That is, until he saw a new option in the system menu—[1v1 Matchmaking].
He hesitated for a moment before clicking it.
[Matchmaking...]
[Opponent locked.]
[Battlefield: Abandoned Industrial Zone.]
「Scene change.」
Cole found his Zaku standing beneath a rust-covered gantry crane.
A hundred meters away, another Zaku of the same model faced him, its mono-eye glowing red.
There was no time to think.
His opponent moved.
The enemy Zaku executed a sideways slide with a fluidity Cole couldn't comprehend, simultaneously raising its Tower Shield.
"BOOM!"
Cole subconsciously pulled the trigger, aiming for the enemy mecha's head. The beam rifle's shot only created an insignificant spark on the opponent's shield.
The lag.
