The Strongest Gift Game in History (5)
By the second day, that carnival—the first round of the Gift Game, "Dragons vs. Heroes"—had come to a smooth conclusion.
According to Black Rabbit, who was connected to the Little Garden central network, of the more than two billion participating communities across the entire Little Garden world, over 1.9 billion had been eliminated. By the time the last community finished competing, only a little over a hundred million had advanced. The elimination rate was over ninety-five percent. When the members of the Bear-Head No-Name Community heard the news, they were left stunned and found it hard to believe.
Of course, what the members of the Bear-Head No-Name Community found even harder to accept was that among the hundred million or so communities that had advanced, theirs had ranked somewhere beyond one hundred millionth place. In other words, they had advanced, sure, but their community was still a bottom-of-the-barrel sort of contender?
Every time they thought about how many powerful communities there were in this Little Garden world—and that there were over a hundred million of them—they couldn't help feeling a chill at the terrifying reality of it. Black Rabbit, Izayoi Sakamaki, Asuka Kudou, and You Kasukabe all felt both dread and unease.
"Ugh..."
"How did our ranking end up at one hundred thirty-five million, six hundred and sixty-six thousand, six hundred and sixty-sixth place...?"
"Everyone!"
"This was only the elimination round for the first stage. Black Rabbit, Asuka, Izayoi, and I were all eliminated during our matches. If Annie hadn't been there, our community would definitely have ended up among those 1.9 billion, wouldn't it?"
"The later stages will probably be even harder..."
"This..."
"Just thinking about the next match is depressing!"
At that moment, in the living room of the Bear-Head No-Name