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Cedric was back to the Virtual Arena.
The cruise was nice, but he had seen everything that he wanted to see there. He also didn't feel like staring outside as the ship swam through the vast blanket of stars; that sight has gotten old somehow by now.
So, to stave off his boredom and to keep himself occupied before the ship arrives at its next destination, he decided to go participate and watch some matches himself.
He queued up for a match and was instantly thrown into the battlefield. He still couldn't get over how fast the matchmaking system here was; there are practically a lot of people who are looking for a fight anytime of the day, it seems, and even Immortals aren't rare.
When his senses recovered, Cedric saw himself standing in the vacuum of space. It seems that this was the randomized battlefield chosen for him and his opponent this time.
Speaking of his opponent, he saw him.
