Return of the black liquid

Once Ray had entered the reception area, he was charted off to the side by one of the arena staff to a separate section. There were a few guards placed around him and they took him to the corner of the room where he could sit down while they were to get him the crystal they had promised. 

While waiting, there were many who were leaving the arena that had spotted Ray in the corner. Now it made sense why they had implemented the guards there in the first place. 

"Hey that's him right, that new guy." One of the crowd members said. 

"Good job today, I hope we can see you fighting again."

"Yeah, maybe you can take on the emperor tier beast sometime. No one has been able to beat it yet. I think Roki was the closest."

As the crowd left the arena, nearly all of them had nothing but words of praise for Ray, and eventually the place was silent. That's when he finally saw an older looking man enter the reception area and head off to the registration area.