San Lorenzo Town.
Once a backwater no one cared about, today it was flooded with players after the opening of Ethereal. The narrow streets overflowed with bodies, the press of people so thick that even seasoned players who knew the town well stopped and stared in disbelief.
"What the hell is happening today? Why are there so many people here?" one player muttered.
"No clue," another replied. "But look over there—the Cloudwing Guild just rolled in!"
"Cloudwing? Please. When I was trying to get into town, I ran into Judgment Guild. Thousands of them. I had to wait half an hour on the roadside before the gates even cleared."
That made the crowd stir. "Judgment's here too? Forget this. Whatever's about to happen, it's not going to end well."
"Yeah," a weary traveler sighed. "I spent half of yesterday trekking here because I thought this would be a quiet leveling spot. Now I'll have to start over somewhere else."
