I Became a Gallery Newbie Beloved by Transcendents

Theme: Sparring.

It was the only Exchange Meeting theme where killing was impossible.

Even if you died, the rules of the theme would resurrect you. No matter how many times you died during the Sparring theme, you’d return to your original waiting room or stage after it ended.

For me, that was comforting. At the very least, it meant that in this Exchange Meeting, I didn’t need to get emotionally involved. I could act however I wanted.

[Participants: 36]

Just like Senior Admin had once told me when I first entered the Tower, an unusually high number of participants had gathered.

While the maximum number of participants for an Exchange Meeting was technically fifty, normally only 5 to 10 people showed up. But when the theme was Sparring, the count always surged.

The reason wasn’t hard to guess.

In Dungeon or Quest themes, there's a clear goal to complete. But the Sparring theme? Its only purpose was combat. If there were just 10 people, the whole meeting would probably be over in no time.

FLASH—

My vision, which had been obscured by light, returned to normal.

Including myself, 36 people were seated. Vast yellow structures stretched out around us.