Chapter 512: Black Hole
After the auction was over, the crowd didn’t disperse right away. They couldn’t if they wanted to. The streets were so packed that people formed long lines, many monsters fighting each other in the confusion.
As everyone was struggling to leave the square, however, some people noticed a peculiarity. There seemed to a gathering on the now-empty auction stage. Several people sat on it cross-legged, exchanging cups of wine and laughing. Their pleasant conversation spread throughout the square.
“What’s going on?” a monster asked its friend.
“No idea.”
Whispers spread. As more people turned towards the drinking group, the square began to quiet down.
One monster decided to go for it. “Hey,” it asked. “Can I join you guys? It’s better than waiting down here.”
A double devil on the stage grumbled. “I don’t even know why I’m here,” he muttered, but another wine-drinker spoke over him—a gorilla-looking monster, who turned and raised his cup.
“Sure thing, bro,” he said. “The more the merrier. There’s enough wine for everyone.”
The asking monster laughed as it jumped to the stage, receiving a cup the brorilla removed from his space ring. The joy was infectious. In some odd way, everyone relaxed as they eyed the gathering on the square, and even the occasional fighting stopped. They wanted to be up there as well. They wanted to belong in that group.