Alex stood atop the stone formation, surrounded by his two elders while many other people gathered around as well.
He looked around at the formation to count the number of people there, and soon enough the number exceeded over 2 thousand.
A few people had noticed him and recognized him even before he got onto the formation, so when he was finally there, there were a lot of people that gossiped about him.
Each of the people there wore a talisman on their person, including Alex and the rest, and it was what the secret realm inside judged to see if you were eligible to stay there any longer.
Most people bought the talismans with a few days of eligibility in them. Alex and his elders had the special ones that allowed for infinite eligibility.
Alex ignored the people that gossiped and instead focused his attention on the other formation platform that was as of yet completely empty. He had expected people to be filling that up as well.
