After the polite pleasantries were over.
The teams from each country then headed to their respective teleportation halls and began preparing for transport.
Bzzzz!!
Very soon.
The enormous Teleportation Array beneath Ling Zhan's feet, leading directly to the Dragon Kingdom, burst forth with dazzling light.
The next second.
The light faded, and everyone vanished from where they stood.
As the staff watched team after team from various countries being teleported away, their faces were filled with emotion.
Well...
This Magic Beast Tournament had undoubtedly been the most shocking and passionate one yet.
They had witnessed every contestant's valiant bearing.
And they had witnessed the legendary scene of that Freelancer from the Dragon Kingdom becoming a double champion.
"I just wonder whether we'll get to see that Freelancer again in the future..."
While the teams from every country were returning home.
Elsewhere.
In a dilapidated factory building within the slums of Darklight City.
Forty girls sat gathered around a bonfire.
Having just gotten up in the morning, they had already washed up.
Their fair, delicate faces were all uncovered.
There had originally been over a hundred slaves in their batch, all intended by the slave traders to be sold to wealthy men.
Every one of them was remarkably beautiful. They had been meant to be sold to rich men as bedmaids.
In this class-changing world where the weak were prey to the strong, beauty alone was not only useless—it could bring ruin upon oneself.
Strength was the foundation of protecting oneself!
"Luni, our rice jar is almost empty..."
At this moment.
A girl with long pink hair spoke softly.
The girl named Luni froze at once.
She looked around at her companions and was about to speak.
But then...
Bang!!
The factory door was kicked open by a tremendous force!