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When the sky brightened once again and the gentle sunlight streaming down made the boundary wall's enormous shadow stretch across the ground, a heavy atmosphere spread throughout the entire area of Outer Gate 4000000.
Three days earlier, this place had been bustling with excitement over the Fire Dragon Birth Festival jointly hosted by the East District and the North District.
But now, three days later, it seemed to have lost all signs of life. Not a soul could be seen anywhere.
That was only natural, though.
After encountering one of Little Garden's natural disasters, ordinary residents could hardly continue living here without a care.
Under Salamandra's arrangements, the ordinary residents had already evacuated. Only those belonging to communities bound by the Grace Game's rules, unable to leave the designated area, remained.
And those communities had all gathered at the Fire Dragon Birth Festival's operations headquarters.
Only five people emerged from the Fire Dragon Birth Festival.
—Noah.
—Sakamaki Izayoi.
—Kudou Asuka.
—Sandra.
And Black Rabbit, who, as the referee, had to witness the outcome of this Grace Game herself and oversee it until the very end.
Aside from those five, everyone else remained at the Fire Dragon Birth Festival's operations headquarters.
It was not because the others did not want to act alongside Noah and his companions.
Rather, once Sandra publicly announced the four participants, everyone except Black Rabbit, the referee, became subject to the contract document's restrictions and could no longer leave the operations headquarters.
"Well, that makes sense, doesn't it?"
Sakamaki Izayoi tugged rather roughly at his collar and curled