As the students, members of the Crimson Crane, those from the Demonic Faction, and even unfamiliar faces stood on the platform, there were murmurs among the crowd below.
Those who had never seen these people or only recognized them by name and appearance started to question what was happening.
However, slowly, like a ripple spreading out, those who had been hurt, those who had been defeated by the people above, began to spread the word.
These were the ones the clans had gone up against. These were the reasons why they were in the sorry state they had arrived in.
The secret battle that had occurred within the Dark Faction, one that not a single person had been aware of.
"Wait, the fact that Murkel isn't up there… did he really perish? And is it the same for the Moon Shield and Flowing Force Clans? Did both of their Clan Heads perish as well?"