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

/Numbered 27. Sirius!/

/Gathering users! 7 seconds before forced movement commences!/

As soon as the text message popped up, a magic circle appeared next to Merlin. Of course, the warp magic circle was to transfer Merlin to a different location.

‘I see…’

Other users or mages may have simply thought that the magic circle was a mechanism to transfer one to a different location, but Merlin, who could read and interpret magic, understood how the magic circle operated and what special properties it contained. This understanding allowed Merlin to garner some information about the DIO developers and operators’ intent.

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

However, this wasn’t what was important right at this moment. The surrounding space was starting to bend and warp.

***

A completely black space. The building, made of an unknown metal, was black without any decoration.

“The signal from Madness has been cut ...