Allen appears as his clone disappears, and he starts clapping.
"You guys defeated my clone. I'm impressed," he said coldly.
"Yeah, and we're going to defeat you," Ragna said.
"Wait he's a clone too!" Cinister shouted."[Ashen Veil]" he cast on the base, as Allen swung his sword at it. But the Ashen Veil was able to hold off the attack.
"I'm impressed," Allen said. "You're actually pretty good for a newbie."He walked toward Cinister.
"How about you join our team?" Allen offered.
"Cinister, don't you dare," Ragna said.
"So, what are the perks of joining your team?" Cinister asked.
"Oh? Well, the Tower will just be a side quest for you since you'll be with me," Allen said.
"I accept" Cinister said, standing up.
Allen laughed a bit. "You see, Ragna? No one's on your side. You should give up."
"I can't believe you, Cinister. After everything we did..." Ragna looked down.
"Everything? We've climbed the Tower for ten floors, and I've almost died twice. With Allen, all my worries will be gone," Cinister said.
"What about everyone else?" Ragna asked.
"What about them?" Cinister replied.
"You're twisted you know!" He shouted
Allen quickly disarmed Ragna, forcing him to drop to his knees.
"Anyway, Cinister, do you want to destroy your own base?" Allen asked.
"Let's beat up Ragna a bit more," Cinister said.
Allen glanced at him, then slowly pointed his sword at Cinister.
"You're a good liar. I almost fell for it," Allen said coldly.
"Almost? More like you did," Cinister replied, just as Alya became visible behind Allen and drove her blade into his stomach.
Allen's eyes widened as blood poured from the wound.
Cinister quickly tied up Allen to a tree
"You two go and destroy their base I need to talk to him" Cinister said
"Okay" they said in union as they went to the enemy base
"You know Choi and Scrappy will win" Allen said
"Nah Ragna will slam them but more importantly what have you learnt about the Tower" Cinister said
"I don't have to answer… but it'd be funny" Allen said."The Towers existed before time and space. Think of them as the start of the universe," he explained.
"But that doesn't make any sense" Cinister said.
"Well, that's not my problem. But… are your friends gone?" Allen asked.
"Yeah. Why?" Cinister replied.
"Cool," Allen said, as he ripped through the rope.
"Get ready for round two, Cinister" Allen said coldly.
"Always ready" Cinister got ready
We cut to Ragna and Alya who had found Scrappy and Choi
"Look what we have here" Scrappy said cockily
"Don't underestimate them that's what Allen said," Choi told Scrappy.
"Allen this, Allen that… stop glazing him" Scrappy mocked.
"Just shut up and fight" Choi snapped.
As Ragna and Choi began clashing, each attack came faster than the last. Choi blocked, parried, and dodged with sharp precision, while Ragna's speed increased with every swing.
Suddenly, Ragna hurled his sword aside."Let's box" he said, raising his fists in a tight guard.
"Sure" Choi replied, tossing his shield to the ground."But just so you know I'm trained by Allen himself."
He stepped forward, slipping into a kickbox stance.
Both of them starting throwing hooks, uppercuts, jabs and after a bit both of them at their limit but Ragna was able to throw a jab but Choi predicted it and hit him in the liver making him back off for a bit
"You're done" Choi said
On the other side Alya and Scrappy and swinging their daggers but Alya is able to land a bit more hits on Scrappy, who was pretty weak if it was not for Allen's daggers.
After Scrappy got knocked out Alya came to help Ragna but Choi was keeping up with both of them.
We cut back to Cinister and Allen on top of a building.
Allen starts swinging his sword around and Cinister is trying to block and react but always comes a second too short.
After a bit Cinister is full of cuts and is bleeding like crazy.
"Have you noticed you can't beat me?" Allen asks
"Nah I have one last plan" Cinister said as he put his legs around Allen's waist and pulled him off the building
"What are you doing we will die" Allen said
"So there is a way to kill you" Cinister shot a [FIre Gun] at Allen's face.
Allen struggles in Cinister's grasp, desperately trying to break free—but it's no use. At the last possible moment, with a surge of energy, he unleashes a magical slash aimed straight at the enemy base.
At the same time, on the other side of the battlefield, Alya and Ragna break through the enemy defenses. Their attacks strike true.
BOOM.Both bases erupt in unison.
From above, Jarvis swoops in, catching both Allen and Cinister mid-fall.
"It's a draw," Jarvis announces. "But Allen and Cinister—your performance secures you both a place at the top. First and second place are yours."
As the teams exit the ruined city, dust and sparks still trailing behind them, Cinister walks in silence, his jaw clenched.
Ragna notices.
"Why the frown? We tied," he says.
Cinister doesn't look at him.
"We didn't win. Allen... he was holding back. If he hadn't, this whole floor would've been wiped from existence."
Ragna shrugs, half-laughing.
"Nah. You're overthinking it."
"Yeah, you did great," Alya said, offering a soft smile.
Cinister didn't return it. He stared ahead, his tone edged with frustration.
"Sure... but still all that planning, all that training—for a draw. It's kind of disappointing, to say the least."
He paused, then added, more to himself than anyone else:
"Allen has every Nexus… That's even more surprising."
Alya raised an eyebrow.
"You mean every Nexus? As in, the full set?"
Cinister nodded slowly, his voice low.
"Yeah. All of them. Which means he's been holding back a lot more than just power today."
Ragna looked between them, arms crossed.
"So you're saying we didn't tie because we matched him... we tied because he let us?"
Cinister didn't answer directly, but the silence was enough.
The next round is round is group G vs group Z