Players gradually trickled into the demo room.
The lineup was quite impressive. Besides Bane, Peter, and Grace, there were the siblings Elsa and Yuno, the Devil Boss Asmodis who was always loafing around in Feilin, a few members from the game studio, and even a councilman and the Minister of Finance.
The Minister of Finance had come mainly because Zog had painted him a rosy picture of the massive tax revenue that game tournaments could generate, so he wanted to see just what kind of game this was.
"Where's the console? Why don't I see a console?" Bane was the first to ask.
Zog answered, "No console needed."
"Not needed?"
"That's right. Because this game will use a brand-new device: a virtual mask!"
Studio staff members pushed the first-generation mask prototypes into the room.
