Like the others, Mel noticed; thinking of the war he had watched from the hillside that night, he saw that three of the First Ward students were not here. No matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find the two people who dealt the final blow to the leader of the wild beast pack and managed to counter his first attack.
Although Baybars did not tell him what would happen when he stepped into the Arena of Existence, Mel, who had a similar experience, turned to the table of the Twentieth Ward and saw the three new students sitting in a separate corner from the others.
So they had succeeded, they had achieved their goal of becoming a Near-Circle disciple, but what was the reason for the sad mood that fell over the members of the First Ward? They might be upset that they couldn't do it themselves, and while that was an understandable reaction, there was something different.
"They're dead!"
