"Not just over here. Look at the Horizon Team. They seem to be holding some kind of strange ritual."
A middle-aged man who had watched previous Awakened Leagues turned to explain:
"You mean the Number Two Gathering Place, right? There are buildings piled with Calamities there, and the Calamities inside keep repeating a certain act.
"People explored it before. Even if they did nothing, the Calamities in the Number Two Gathering Place would suddenly die after completing this ritual, so it's also known as the Land of Exile's material auto-refreshing site.
"Their very first location was the Number Two Gathering Place. The Horizon Team got lucky."
At the front of the spectator stands, Yark and the others, the first batch of students who had once been taught a lesson by Hold Up the Heavens and Horizon together, wore blank expressions.
Yark, in particular, broke with his usual habits. This time, he did not sleep and use his precognitive dreams to learn what would happen next. Instead, he stared at the big screen, wide awake.
Having experienced the [Earthshaker] incident, he knew his precognitive dreams absolutely could not predict Hold Up the Heavens' next move. If he fell asleep, he might well miss the best part.
Ximier, who also came from the Americas, narrowed her eyes. "Why do I feel like Hold Up the Heavens and Horizon have luck at opposite extremes?"
One team started by falling into the enemy's headquarters, while the other walked straight into a treasure vault. Couldn't their luck be a little more balanced?
Jonathan and the others nodded furiously. They had noticed it too: both teams were bizarre in their own ways.
Hadd rubbed his hands together. "I can't wait to see their faces when they meet Ye Buyu. That's bound to be good."
Meanwhile, Wei