One step after the other, they helped him walk. His legs still felt like jelly, but helping him like that gave him the support that ensured he could try without fear of collapsing.They went over it, to and from the nearest wall for about twenty minutes before they put him down.Sitting on one side of the bed with his legs on the ground, he put in more effort.Little victories indeed because his legs were now like hardened jelly, instead of the soft jelly it was when he first stood up.Princess Diane laid down on the bed beside Aiden for a nap. She closed her eyes and finally got some sleep.Aiden continued to push his legs while Raven sat in the corner of the room. Andrew, Gadiel and Zakari left the room not too long after, returning to their room.The night returned to its ambient state of quiet until the early moments of dawn when the city slowly came to life.When Diane woke up, she opened her eyes to find that Aiden was not in his bed... She snapped to an upright position before

"I'm surprised, Prince Adrian. Your sister has refused to show her face even when The Selection is starting… Does she despise being seen with the rest of her mates?", Griffin asked in a quiet voice that was still loud enough to be heard by those around them.Beside Adrian, Princess Caitlyn frowned, but asides from that, Griffin got no reactions from the two as they watched the scoreboards come to life with the first hundred names; all of which were at zero.Of course, a few eyes glanced at Adrian for a moment when they heard what Griffin said, but they knew the rivalry between the two, so it felt tedious to intervene.A few minutes later, a bright light shone from the direction of The Royal Palace. From the light, three people could be seen approaching the gathering.On the ground, there were a lot of people either standing or sitting to watch the test while above them, on platforms, the nobles, royals, and other important people sat on luxurious chairs to watch the test.Above all of

A day and night passed and the participants were left to explore what they could of the city. Many also came back to the central city, breaking through the inner city's barrier when they heard what had happened.The drive to fall on a pile of gold while wandering drew them to the city, and soon everything to be seen in the city was reported found.From the restaurants that had an automated process to get food paid for with points to the price of most of the apartments available to stay in, to the shops and everything they sold. Of course, they were all automated.By Andrew's suggestion, they had disguised themselves as best as they could and blended in with the crowd running into the inner city's lodge. His thoughts were that people had seen them enter the inner city first, it would be bad news to be hunted again… This he said with a reference to the hunt they escaped with Raven's Boss and his crew.They picked up bits and pieces of information as they moved and soon, they left to find

"Miss Raven, I get the feeling that you have broken through, am I correct?", Andrew said as they walked out of the city and back to the city."Yes, I have… It is quite a pain to do something like this all over again but I believe I am doing quite well"A few more topics just like this one was raised to keep the conversations going, but they soon ran out of things to talk about and instead, focused on walking back to the city.They were indeed walking but it would be more apt to describe their movement through the forest as glitching… A pace Gadiel and Zakari had to be carried along for them to keep up.Soon, they burst through the forest into open grounds, and directly in front of them was a gate that stood tall and closed…People were going into the city, and they even formed a line to do it… This city had a moat and people looking after its doors… No one was allowed into the city without payment of points.This was without doubt in no way, the central city—A discovery that was made

"Miss Deirdre, I told them that the third-order shadow elemental potion had been bought... They seemed disappointed when I told them that"Deirdre who was sitting in a lounge chair just as Aoife would, gave a nod and dismissed the girl.As soon as the girl left the room, she said randomly, "you know what to do".It appeared like she was just speaking to the room until the sound of the door closing was heard.Over at the inn, a whole different situation was underway. Lively and loud inside while everything remained as quiet as can be outside.Gadiel screamed many times, in bouts of sharp screams that pierced into every ear around him because breaking and reassembling so many of his bones was hardly an enjoyable experience.This sight pricked at Zakari but he steeled his heart, knowing that if he did not go through this, he would stay in the same rank forever.Of course, Diane isolated Gadiel in a space warp to keep his screams from tearing through the blocks that held up the building.