Cain stared at the totem in his hand with an expressionless gaze. It was a few minutes to the scheduled time and everyone was slowly arriving.
The first person to arrive was Evangeline. From the shadows, she came into reality. She stared at Cain for a while before looking away.
Cain threw her a sideways glance, but didn't say anything. He wasn't surprised to see her here at all. Slowly, as the others arrived, he counted in his head.
'Three... Five... Seven.'
Eventually, almost everyone had arrived. Cain, Evangeline, Susan, Jenny, Leah, Roselle, Sue, Li, Vincent, Blaze, Steve, Dan, Hunter, Stan, Jute, Kai, Lin Lin, Manny, Floki, Sisi and even Ruby. Because Ruby was tied to Cain by the [Body and Soul] contract, she wasn't counted as an individual being, much like the {Dark Soul}. The same couldn't be said about Ignis...
All twenty of them had made preparations and they were finally ready. At least they thought...
Cain sighed, 'Finally...'