https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s58osmryoMY

The sounds of footsteps echoing through a long, dark hallway filled the air, along with talons and hooves clawing and clopping along. From the shadows, a human wearing a long yellow hooded jacket below a blue scaled vest appeared, wielding a wooden staff in his long brown gloves.

In front and behind him were hundreds of other contestants wearing similar blue vests, each with mixed expressions on their faces; some determined, some amused, and many worried.

Everyone stopped when a tall blue-coated minotaur with a purple and golden harness and belt stood at the top of a stage with a bright white light filling the cracks of the doorway.

"Now then... if you all are ready, Iron Will will begin! Any questions?"

No hands were raised.

"Good... then in that case..." He stretched his arms out as the doors behind him opened up; filling the entire hallway with light. When the light met everyone's eyes, not a single one of them remained open, and everyone was forced to cover them briefly.

When their eyes were adjusted enough, they opened their eyes again... and gasped at the sight before them.

A huge stadium with a large platform in the center stood at the end of the hallway. From around the stadium, countless crowds were cheering, and a massive scoreboard stood at the top of the opposite end, with the names of the figures who were in the hallway etched on it... but right next to it was another box with thirty two empty spaces on the outer corner of it, and lines connecting them together with less spaces, eventually leading down to two large spaces in the center.

Finally, Iron Will shouted loud enough for all to hear...

"WELCOME TO THE ATLANTIC FIGHTER'S LEAGUE!"

Author's Notes:

And we're back! At long last, I've finally begun to rework the tournament board and plans that, unfortunately, was lost along with my laptop's hard drive that held it all... which was practically complete before it died out. Please stand by, while I plan out the events to take place once again... which took me weeks beforehand... and maybe a few months of planning...

Long story short, though, we shall return to the journey that started them all, and we shall be returning to it soon!

Of course, the other journeys shall also continue, and a few more shall begin with them.

Oh, and before you ask, yes... there's a reason why I'm working on so many stories at once. That, however, will remain unanswered until they've progressed more.

Until then, I hope y'all enjoyed this little trailer for what's to come!

(And yes, I'm mostly referring to y'all, Zero and Crimson! Y'all were the ones who brought up this idea, after all! )