Fraser and Lloyd walked through the streets of the town as they separated from the rest of the group in completely different directions.Lloyd kept pace with Fraser but was otherwise confused by what Fraser was doing and where he was leading them to. He followed quietly as they left the bright part of the town, coming to the darker parts of the town. There was a gloom in the air. It was at this moment that Fraser stopped and chose to explain his thoughts to Lloyd."In both elf and human communities, so long as there are some that don't live up to the standards of society, with the presence of alcohol in any form that they can access, you will find places like this", he started. "I would advise that you keep your hands to yourself as the smallest things you do can trigger a big reaction", he continued.Lloyd nodded and followed when Fraser resumed walking. He turned a corner nearby. This move led them into a dark alley; along the walls were people who sat, slept, and stood in different

On the other side of the world, back to Aiden and his situation, on the morning of the third day, there was a high-pitched whistle that tore through the city, piercing the ears of every person in the city, irrespective of where they were in the city.This happened early in the morning, long before it was daybreak, waking every person that was asleep, and affirming the diligence of those who chose not to.This loud whistle left the city awake and bustling with activity. Lights came on and every one of them moved to a place where they could get a good view of the island that was floating in the sky. They all looked up at the island for the following quarter of an hour. Unfortunately, no one saw anything change about the island no matter how long they chose to look at it.Aiden and the rest of the group had also been woken by the shrill whistle, and after five minutes, they lost interest in looking up at the island."Something must be happening that we can't see, at least not yet", Andre

This discussion did not take long for them to conclude… Aiden chose to go into the cave. Since they were still unsure about what the noble team scouts had seen, it would be best to have a relatively capable person take on the job.There also wasn't much to talk about, and Princess Eleanor seemed to have taken heed to Aiden's advice and was no longer disturbing them. She was watching everything they did, however, with Eloise right there with her.After picking out representatives from each group of people to act as scouts, they walked into the cave together. Aiden was part of this group of people, and he chose to trail slightly behind the group. As he walked into the cave, he moved to one side of the cave and let his hand brush along the walls as he walked.No one seemed to care much about what he did, as each of them had their eyes opened wide to try and pick out anything that was out of place in the cave. Anything that they could report to their groups.You could imagine the looks on

Diane followed them and stepped through the mountain. It was at this point that they saw a sight that raised thoughts. For Aiden and Connor, this was a very familiar sight, one that they had seen and walked through before, however, it was wrong in the order that it appeared.For the rest of the group, their thoughts ran back to memories of Aiden and Connor explaining their experiences. They also figured that the order was not as it should be, despite fitting the description that was given.As for Princess Eleanor and Eloise, their thoughts were a lot different. Their only memories of anything similar to the sight were through Aiden's explanation of 'the plan'. They were very surprised by this sight, and the order meant nothing to them as they glanced at Aiden simultaneously.At the same time, Aiden and his group crossed the threshold, stepping out of the mountain into the grasslands with an overwhelming resemblance to the one that they knew in one way or the other. The crowd of arcana

"We need to do something to avoid getting destroyed by any beast that shows up", Tristan of the house Grist, started the conversation with a massive conundrum.In his relatively husky voice, as well as his oversized frame, he looked and sounded like someone who shouldn't be taking part in this test. This made it so that his voice drew enough attention, such that they listened to him.They all agreed with what he said and responded with nods of agreement, shown to varying degrees. There were more than fifty party leaders there, including the nobles. So, Eugene pitched in a much more reasonable tone, "if you have any ideas, it would be very helpful to share them with us", he said.You could almost see the gears turn in their minds as they all considered ways that they could fix this issue. They knew the horror of the attacks well enough, having gone through one already.For a moment, every person there fell into a ruminative mode, and the silence persisted. But this was until a hand sho