The commotion soon died down as everyone gathered in the Novice Zone and now felt relief at the prodigy's successful return. All except those who died against either the monsters or even those lackeys that Delkan and Paul Newman had already forgotten.
Naturally, unlike the selfish Newman's, some persons left with tears in their eyes, spewing out curses to any who came near them; the others, however, remained as they had awaited Village Chief Pan to confer the rewards.
Village Chief Pan seemed to be meditating after taking in all the slurs and complaints from the Digitizers descended from the Upper Zones. A strange aura connected to her as it flowed towards the summits of the sky, passing through the plump nimbus into the dazzling Universe Ring of the World of Promise, seeming to be passing down a strange kind of knowledge.
While this happened, some people stared at her impatiently, but others remained at ease, knowing that they couldn't avoid this situation.
