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The players inside the Mystical Realm Palace waited anxiously. The majority of them had been waiting for an hour or longer.
"It's already been twenty minutes since the last person entered. When will the owner of the Mystical Realm Palace make his appearance?" One of the players questioned.
"This can't be everyone, right? There were a thousand players out there! A thousand! How can it just be us?" One player frowned.
"Isn't it weird, though? All this time and we still have not been asked about our professions."
"Yeah, the point of a competition is to find the strongest or most skilled people. But, hundreds of people were turned away without so much as a chance to display their talent."
"Hey, you were the first one to enter—do you know something we don't?" One of the players asked as everyone turned their attention towards Maeva.