"Nana, snap out of it. The opening ceremony is in half an hour. We need to get ready."
"Looks like she is absorbed."
Her sisters joked about Athena repeatedly, and finally only tickling could bring her back to reality.
By 7:30 in the morning, the Peak Arena was packed to the brim and was literally bursting at the seams with people.
Various super unions in a show of extravagance made early bookings of the relatively expensive tickets inside the arena. The Goddess Alliance Guild, affiliated with Hell's Gate, made the largest contribution, with a whopping 10,000 members in attendance. This drew a stark comparison between the high standard of living of Hell's Gate players and that of the Federal masses.
Indeed, as New Humans, the stunning men and women of Hell's Gate far exceed the intellectual and physical abilities of the Federation populace. The Federation, despite its sheer population size, had very few things to brag about.