{Bonus Chapter 2/3!!}
It was only after a day that Midas' Allies started realising that he was being weird, and he had not updated his position. After asking and finding out that Midas and his people were still outside the gate to the next part of the maze, they immediately responded.
`lOpO`, in his usual fashion, questioned Midas about what this meant about Midas' intentions to contribute to the Alliance. While they were suffering in the next Maze, Midas was taking it easy at the gates, just waiting for them to make it through. How unfair was that?
Midas responded, saying that his people felt they were not ready enough to head in, so they asked him to wait while they bettered their cultivations and wore the right equipment and artefacts. He apologised for the inconvenience this might bring and assured them he was not doing this on purpose.