Lucien stood above the unfinished region and imagined what it would become.
Not everyone would enter.
Some people required ordinary experience more than accelerated training.
Others were too young, too unstable, or simply not suited to spending years inside a place where nearly everything had been designed to challenge them.
The ones who entered would be chosen carefully.
Talents discovered through the Grand Intercontinental Competition.
Commanders who had already proven capable of operating without Lucien.
Liberators whose abilities could benefit from concentrated experience.
Specialized healers, formation masters, crafters, scouts, and others whose roles could decide entire battles despite never being the strongest person present.
The ancient beasts would use different regions suited to their bodies and Laws.
Lucien had no intention of placing a newly advanced Extinction Grade dragon beside a group of young practitioners and calling it balanced training.
