Roderick sat stiffly in his seat as the Control Collar Set slipped through his fingers.
The glowing screens above the arena mocked him with the same number that had crushed him before.
525 Survivor Medals.
The exact same price as the Talent Upgrade Crystals.
He clenched his fists to the point that his knuckles whitened.
'Is it the same person?' The thought gnawed at him.
If so, then whoever it was had already spent over a thousand medals in the span of minutes. That was absurd.
Most survivors here had barely scraped together a hundred. Even Roderick himself, one of the Top 10, had less than five hundred.
The arena buzzed with disbelief as they also saw that number before. They couldn't help but suspect something.
"Again? 525?" someone muttered.
"It feels familiar…" another whispered.
"This is insane. Is someone just flexing their wealth?"
Roderick forced himself to breathe as he relaxed in his chair.
He couldn't afford to lose his composure.
