Banquet

The Banquet was separated into three stages. Although finding the entrances were once considered a separate stage, these days, it didn’t have much meaning because several organizations noticed the third rule during the second Banquet and had secured over 80 percent of the entrances. There are twenty-six entrances known to the public with twenty-one of them occupied by various forces. Also, each Entrance can only be used by upto 10 people and each entrance comes in varied shapes, forms and colours.

In any case, after moving to the unknown place, the participants had to go through Stage 1 and Stage 2. The goal for these two stages was to safely arrive at a designated location. In Stage 2, participants could receive an item called the ‘Dissonant Wish’, and the ultimate goal of this stage was to board a ship. To summarize, Stage 1 and Stage 2 were battles of wits with cooperation as the overarching theme.

If the participants worked together, although it would take them more time, they would be able to obtain equal rewards. However, it was hard to expect people to cooperate in a situation where selfishness was encouraged. This was surmised to be the reason for the ‘catastrophe’ that had erupted during the fourth Banquet.

It is a Trial set by the Seven Gods for the Earthling,initially with the intention to help those Earthlings who weren't able to reach High Ranker.But as time passed, Earthling's view of Paradise changed from the initial "Save this World" to "It's only a game with benefits".Similar to how the Earthlings changed, the Banquet had lost its initial purpose and changed. To sift and filter humans who went against the will of Paradise in Stage 1 and 2, and…

[Humans who incite disorder are not needed in Paradise.] ~Ira

In Stage it is possible to acquire a Dissonant Wish and Stage 3 a Harmonious Wish

As the name suggests the first makes the wish come true in a dissonant way,meaning you wish for a thing you'll receive another,since 6 people can express a wish(in the 2017 Banquet),those 6 can check what the others got and exchange between them,the Trail is set in this way,only by collaborating and trusting each other can they make this "Dissonant Wish" become an "Harmonious Wish". Of course, absurd wishes like ‘Give me the entire world’ didn’t work, but even within a set limit, being able to obtain whatever one desired was incredibly alluring.

## Previous Records

1. First Banquet
Stage 3 Survivors: 8 / Escapees: 2 / Deaths: 0
Special Note: One of the survivors, Phil Kanoo (Cameroon), announces receiving ‘+4 Rampaging Fierce Longsword’ as Stage 3 reward.

2. Second Banquet
Stage 3 Survivors: 5 / Escapees: 4 / Deaths: 1
Special Note: One of the survivors, Damv Nyam (Jamaica), advances to Level 5 immediately after the Banquet.

3. Third Banquet
Stage 3 Survivors: 1 / Escapees: 1 / Deaths: 8
Special Note: The sole survivor, Baek Haeju (Korea), kills everyone other than the sole escapee. She declared, “Stage 3 wasn’t a cooperative mission, but a battle royale.”

4. Fourth Banquet
Stage 3 Survivors: 0 / Escapees: 0 / Deaths: 10
Special Note: During Stage 2, a catastrophe occurs, in which participants kill each other unconditionally.

## Entrances

『…The entrances all share a few characteristics-

1) They come in all colors and forms.

2) Once ten people enter, they lose the ability to admit more people.

3) Once created, they reappear in the same spot every two years.

4) People who enter are moved to an unknown place that is different every time.』

There are around ~32 known entrances to the Banquet

**5th BANQUET:**

This Banquet was different from all previous ones and was even termed as "Special" by earthlings. Many rules were different when compared to past Banquets .

People entering from same Entrance were seperated and thrown about randomely which was different from all previous Banquets.