City of Eternal Night, Thorns of Sin.
A gramophonic magictech array broadcast soothing background music as shapely bunny girls meandered through the venue, awash with dazzling lights and hedonistic revelry, eliciting rounds of cheers.
The clinking of chips, the rhythmic shaking of ice in cocktail shakers, and the sharp clicks of high heels on the floor all proclaimed that a wonderful night in the City of Eternal Night was about to begin.
Suddenly, all the lights in the venue extinguished in an instant, only to reignite moments later.
In the next instant, a middle-aged man dressed in a white robe entered the venue.
The hall fell into a deathly silence, where even the sound of breathing was clearly audible.
The middle-aged man had an ordinary face and was dressed in plain white robes, resembling an unassuming priest or clergyman from a small village church.
