The grandiose bonfire began to shake rapidly, followed by dozens of ash streaks erupting from the base of the flame, quickly taking human shapes within the hall...
"Have they arrived?"
Startled, Shana's emotions fluctuated ever so slightly, causing her eyes to brighten, as a flash of pure white light darted across the depths of her eyes.
But in the next second,
After sweeping her gaze across the crowd, her ice-blue eyes, as beautiful as gems, swiftly filled with a hint of disappointment.
The staff who had arrived totaled forty-seven, among whom she did not find the figure she had hoped to see.
Moreover, judging by the emotions reflected on their faces, Shana had a very ominous premonition.
With her thoughts in complex disarray for some seven or eight seconds, she turned to a female D Level staff member with whom she had a somewhat better relationship:
"What happened over there?"