A bell rang and all the candidates came out of the rooms. And shortly after the bell, an announcement happened.
"I hope everyone writes well, so your next test will happen only after lunch, so please eat lunch and prepare."
When he heard the announcement, he looked at Kentamine and asked,
"Come on, we can eat anything."
"You can go, I will eat later," he got answer.
"Are you waiting anyone?"
"No."
"Then come on," Zup pushed him to come with him.
"No, I am not hungry," he answered.
Zup didn't ask more; he walked towards the café.
Søldrig, still on his throne, thinking deeply about the circumstances. And Sasent is standing in front of him.
"Do you think that the A-1 also knows a war is coming?" Søldrig asked without looking at Sasent.
"There was a chance. Because this huge breakdown is actually an unexpected thing. Most of the time, both universes will know about some hours before. But in this case, we got lucky."
"So are you saying that we only know about the energy problem when the universe [is] about to destroy?"
"Yes."
Søldrig's expression became more serious when he hears the explanation.
"So what happened in our case?" Søldrig asked again.
"I saw the readings of the energy became weak day by day. But in normal case, the reading will fall to 0 within a second."
"So do you think it's pure luck that we got the readings earlier?"
"Yes, hundred percentage pure luck. There was no other explanation than this."
It didn't satisfy Søldrig. But he didn't ask more about it and he fell on his thoughts again.
Every official in A-1 Betasphear knows about the upcoming war. But just like B-10, they also don't know when it going to happen. But by looking at the reading, they realised that it is happening within three or four days, so they need to be prepared. And that's what they are doing now.
And after that announcement, Saint called a meeting, and said.
"So hear me," he started the meeting.
"The main reason that I held the selection today is not to find the next knight or anything like that."
"Then what?" a guardian stood up and asked.
"Sit down, I will answer. It's because when we have lots of powerful youngsters like them, we can at least fight for our lives."
"But it is not right," the same guardian asked again.
"Ha ha… don't make me laugh, joker. If we lose, we all die, so this is a more practical way. And if we win and find any powerful guys from them, we can train them and name them the next knight and guardian."
They all knew the saint is right. Because they need more manpower when they are fighting against a powerful universe like B-10. So they didn't ask anything more. The meeting continued like this. Saint said their plan and how to defend, and they all heard him. Not only that, the guardians also gave their suggestions.
The café is already packed, but Zup managed to get his food and sat on a seat. There was still a very long queue for food. Zup gazed at it for a Moment and then started to eat his food.
After the meeting, Saint decided to go to his room and relax for a moment because when an emergency happens, he knows that the rest will only happen in dreams. On the way to his room, a guardian stopped him.
"What do you want?" Saint asked, looking at him.
"In the meeting, you said that if we find a good potential, we can make him the next knight."
"Yeah, why are you saying this now?"
"Because we found."
"What? Who?" Saint's curiosity peaked.
"Yeah… I guess you know about that psychology room in the house, outside the gate."
"Yeah, I know."
"And this morning, a candidate opened it."
"What?" Saint became shocked.
"I know you are shocked, and me too. Because only the people who are worthy, in terms of mentality and physicality, can open it when it's sealed— and the only other guy who managed to open it is our knight."
"Yeah, I know that. And who's that candidate?"
"Migual Zup."
"Oh... I know him. He was the finalist from the previous selection. I am happy that he came back because he is so strong."
"Yes, he was."
The conversation ended there, and after saying goodbye, Saint went to his room and lay on his bed. He didn't feel sleepy, but he thought this was the best way to rest.
After lunch, Zup went back to his previous spot, and he saw that Kentamine was still standing there.
"You didn't move an inch," Zup said with a smile. But he didn't get any answer. He looked at Zup and gave a smile.
"At least he is a human, I think," Zup thought when he saw Kentamine smiling.
Kentamine took his weapon from his back and gave it to Zup and said,
"I am going to eat food, so hold it for me." He didn't ask; he ordered.
And Zup said, "Okay!" When he heard his approval, he went to the cafe for lunch.
In B-10 Universe, Søldrig also called a meeting. And when all the guardians entered the room, he closed it and stood in front of them.
All the chairs were arranged circularly, and Søldrig was standing in the middle of it. When everyone sat on their seats, Søldrig started his speech.
"Good afternoon everyone. Today I arranged a meeting to say some important stuff. The first thing that, like everyone knows, is that we need to beat the A1 Universe so we can live."
All the guardians sharpened their ears to hear everything clearly. Søldrig continued:
"So I created a perfect plan to defeat them. Attack them now."
"What?!" Sasent questioned.
"Yes, attack them now. Because they won't expect a surprise attack from us in this condition. So if we attack perfectly, we can beat them."
His bold announcement shook that room. And everyone agreed with him, and they clapped their hands.