"Thish ish blashphemy!" Bob tried to speak despite the jawbreaker in his mouth, that's how upset he was. Unfortunately for him, he was the only one who seemed to have an issue with the situation.
"It cannot be helped," explained a Prism Whale, the one incharge of registering foreigners for the trial in the Challenge realm. "All trials are conducted individually. Even if you all enter the Challenge realm at the same time, you will all be teleported to your own, independent trials. The most I can accommodate you is to register you all to land in the same zone if you all successfully pass your trials."
The nature of the Artica realm was such that beings from higher levels had a modicum of control over lower levels. Of course, that level of control was very limited, and for greater control, one would need to become the ruler of that particular level. With all levels being controlled firmly by the Artica race, they could use their influence to affect certain things.
