The group whose members had been taken hostage was not the only one that had lost their challenge that day.
They were just the strangest.
Four other groups had been completely wiped out, and resurrected by the security staff, for the low price of one Rare Grade item each. That seemed like a fair price to most of them, as the other Clans either wouldn't have resurrected them, or would have demanded they turn over a whole run worth of loot for the privilege.
Reasonable pricing had never been a strong point of the Immortal Worlds.
It was nearly an hour before the group came back out again, all ten members present and alive, and all looking like they had been through hell.
"Guild Leader, might you bless us with that nullification spell again? We've all got our skills blocked, and the System says it takes twenty-four hours to wear off. I'm quite certain that our Clan Leader does not want to babysit us that long, and we can pay him back if you require payment in advance."
