The Silver Dragon Onyxia stood onstage, a beam of light shining down on her while the musicians sat behind her.
A closer look would have revealed that Onyxia and the musicians were a little pale, but that was all.
Thanks to the Emergency Protocol, viewers outside Free City had no idea what had just happened. By the time they noticed anything, the Finals were over.
They might even praise Free City for handling it so quickly and quietly.
But the Fel Energy had affected Onyxia herself. Her performance suffered, turning a real chance at the top three into a strong likelihood that she would miss the top five.
As the judges offered their comments as though nothing had happened, Luoxi's subordinates arrived at the Prison and found Shadow Song.
"A contestant was attacked?"
The moment Shadow Song heard, she sent people to watch the other Dragons, Illymoyas included.
They were all fine. The attack had not targeted the Dragon Clan—or at least, not its other members.
That left two possibilities: the attacker had targeted Onyxia or Free City.
Shadow Song went to the Gladiator Arena and approached Onyxia after she left the stage.
"Miss Onyxia, hello. I'm Deputy Warden Shadow Song, and I've been assigned to investigate this attack..."
After Onyxia came the Orc Hama. The moment Hama appeared, two gazes swept over him, one belonging to Lilith and the other to the Skeleton King.
He was clean.
Then another gaze fell on him.
After observing Hama for a moment, Shadow Song looked away and continued her questioning. "Have you seen anyone suspicious lately?"
Onyxia lowered her eyes. "An official from the city."
"Oh? What did he do?" Shadow Song grew alert.
"He stopped me from entering the Gold Depository."
"That isn't suspicious. He was doing his job." Shadow