You are the Reason

Alex walked out of the City Lord's manor after saying his goodbye. The City Lord told him that he would relay the information to the Emperor about him being alive.

Alex would need to quickly graduate and go to the capital so he could save Pearl. Also, he wanted to meet up with the Royal Alchemist to see if he had any ideas to regrow his arm.

He was looking forward to that, but for now, there was something else that had grabbed his interest.

"Who's gathering players?" he wondered. He had learned that the commotion outside that he heard before getting in was actually the place of gathering. 

So, he decided to make his way there before he went to the Tiger sect. 

Walking there, Alex saw a lot of people along the way. All of them had the same sad, confused, and somewhat hopeful look on their faces.

'They must really not want to stay here, huh?' he thought. 'Understandable.'