402 The Arena of Champions

The assembly had just concluded. It was very brief, yet its impact was rather poignant.

There was mass panic and hysteria every year after such an assembly, that was expected. However, the gravity of it all this year was multiplied even further beyond, as the students were left to go on their normal break, their faces wide, some awfully vocal as they walked out into the open fields while others were deathly silent, staring apathetically at the ground.

Everyone had an opinion on what they had just witnessed, and Moby and his servants were certainly no different. 

'Hey! Kane! Were you listening!' Regrit yelled within the mind-link, running up towards Moby in the distance. ' The whole thing is gonna be in VR! Is this gonna fuck things up?' 

His voice became more frantic as he neared the still silent Moby, until his face became clear… A look shrouded in shadows, a grin from ear to ear completely contrasting the faces of panic all around him.