Summoned by The King

The association's staff said they had been expecting their arrival, as it seems Grandmaster Kiren was kind enough to inform them beforehand. When the staff told Ivy and Arthur the earlier events when the first group returned, they were relieved that the grandmaster had held them back. 

Shortly after the contestants returned with their supervising runes masters, still shocked at the events, a military emergency has been issued. The Ilios Empire attacked the south-eastern border of the Yalveran Union, in sync with the approach of the Iron Dome. 

The royal family has already been informed, and the Council was having a meeting at the moment to determine the next course of action. All military personal and awakeners of the rei-rank and above were called to duty.