Axel and his friends followed the little girl through the store until they arrived at the back of the store, where they found a few people already fighting among themselves.

"Here, here." Emma indicated to Axel where he should sit by pointing to a chair.

Following her instructions, Axel sat on the chair in front of her while Adam sat by Axel's side. As for William, he didn't even sit at the table before someone came and challenged him to a fight.

"Do you know how to start the fight?" Adam asked him.

"I know that looking at each other's eyes is enough, but I'm not exactly sure how to do it," Axel replied.

"You simply need to focus, like when you are trying to see your world, but instead of focusing on it, you try to focus on your surroundings. That way, you will feel Emma's world and you will be able to invade it. " Adam explained.

"Do you want to start the fight so you can learn how to do it?" Emma asked smiling.

"Yeah, it would be nice," Axel replied smiling too.

Suddenly, various voices were heard from another table.

"Someone is about to fight with Emma? I need to see that," said a person from another table as he stood up and began to walk towards Axel's table.

"What? Really? It must be a noob. This is going to be fun," said another.

"Prepare to be crushed, man. This is the initiation into world-building that everyone in this shop gets, "said another.

At that moment, and after seeing that everyone was saying the same things, Axel began to realize that maybe his friends were not mocking him and that maybe, just maybe, Emma had a truly powerful world.

"I mean, there is not even a difference of even one rank between us. If my troops play it well enough, I should still have some possibilities. " Axel thought to himself.

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"So before starting the fight, start gathering your troops now so you don't waste time later. Usually, at these ranks, the fights in the tunnel connecting worlds tend to be clashes between small groups, with no more than eight individuals on each side. That way, even if your troops are annihilated, you won't lose a lot, and if it was necessary, you would still have some defenses in your world in case you lose the first clash, "Adam told Axel.

"I see. How many troops are you going to use? That way, we can use the same numbers and have an even battle. " Axel asked Emma.

"I'm not going to use any troops," Emma said while smiling.

"You are not going to use any troops? How are you going to fight then? " Axel asked confused.

"Emma's world is designed to fight defensively. She will let you enter her world and then defend it from the inside before attacking yours when you don't have more troops." Adam explained before realizing that he had already given Axel too much information.

"What? Is that even legal? " Axel asked without knowing what to say.

"Not only is it legal and recognized as a valid option by the builder's guild, but if you don't manage to at least damage a bit of her beacon, she will be able to send a new attack to your world with the same number of troops, with the advantage that she will already know how your troops fight, so she will have an easier time winning," Adam explained.

After hearing that, Axel looked again at Emma, only to see how her smile grew even more.

"Well, I suppose that I can use as many troops as I want then," Axel said.

Then he concentrated a bit to talk to Heaven and tell her what to do.

"Heaven, we are going to start a fight in no time. Make sure that two people from each tribe gather in front of the stone archway and make sure they are capable individuals. This looks like it's going to be difficult." Axel mentally said to Heaven.

"As you order." Heaven's voice replied.

"Ok, my troops should be gathering by now. Let's start the battle then. " Axel said.

After hearing this, Emma began to look intensely into Axel's eyes, and he did the same to her. He concentrated on her eyes as much as he could, until suddenly a strange blue light was visible in her pupils, and he could feel that a world existed inside her.

Then, he made the effort to mentally create a tunnel between his world and hers, and in just a second, he felt how their worlds were connected.

"Like this?" he asked.

"Yes, like this," she answered smiling.

"And can I close my eyes right now or will the connection stop if I do it?" Axel asked.

"You can close them, but the connection will remain as long as you don't decide to break it or distance yourself from Emma too much," Adam explained.

After hearing that, Axel closed his eyes so he could easily see what was happening in his world.