/Warning! The top-level Slayers, Numbered, are slaughtering users!/

/Numbered 27. Sirius!/

/Gathering users! Seven seconds before forced movement commences!/

As soon as the text message popped up, a magic circle appeared next to Merlin. Undoubtedly, this warp magic circle was meant to transfer Merlin somewhere else.

‘I see….’

Other users or mages may have thought that the magic circle only teleported someone, but Merlin could read and interpret magic. He understood how the magic circle operated and what special properties it contained. This allowed Merlin to garner some information about the goals of DIO’s developers and operators.

‘The reason they’re using players… I think I have a rough idea now.’

However, that wasn’t important right now. The surrounding space was starting to bend and warp.

***

A completely dark space. The building, made of an unknown metal, was black and had no decorations.

“The signal from Madness has been cut off.”

“Quite… fast. What happ...