The hours trickled by faster than anyone expected, and soon, the time for the tournament came. Each of them were to return back to the throne room.
Walking inside, Aren saw that now, they completed twenty in number.
Since a few hours ago, Aren wondered why Zero was not brought here. When he saw Ragna and Lily, he felt Zero might be amongst the next, because she defeated both in strength.
Sadly, she wasn't here, which helped Aren understand that most of them here were not actually anything special. Unlike someone like Athena and Raze, the rest must have found a special item or actually finished the maze.
Elton sat on her throne, with the butler standing beside her, as well as three maids whose eyes scanned the entire throne room. Two of the maids looked human, but one, the smaller one, had crimson red hair and devil horns on her forehead, as well as crimson eyes.
