Henry finished his own preparations, Ren also having used Meditation to bring his MP up to full and prepare all of his own abilities. Henry looked over the three Gamers, but then heard some other footsteps. He didn't ready himself in alarm, since the owner of those footsteps was revealed. It was Keiko, but there was something strange there. She came alone, without the Gamers she had gone in here with.

"Sorry that i'm late... had some other things to deal with..." She seemed a bit down, and Henry picked up on this. 

"Where are the three you brought with you?" 

"I put up a barrier and told them to stay behind... since its too dangerous for them here, hopefully they'll get the hint and go home while they still can". She said nothing about Erica, but Henry already knew, as Sayo had informed them all about it. He decided that it was best to keep the other Gamers out of the loop about it, lest they be distracted by the loss. "You should do the same for these three". Keiko muttered this quietly so that only Henry could hear.

"Well, ill trust your judgement, but these three managed to take out both a Necromancer and a Spatial Mage on their own... granted I had to deal with all of their summons, I trust their strength and their ability to control alot of summons. The numbers will help us since the Distraction Team is still busy cleaning out the place". 

Keiko said nothing, but just gave a nod. It was clear that she thought that the Gamers shouldn't be here, but she also trusted Henry's judgement of them, especially with the fact that they took out both a Necromancer and a Spatial Mage. She then turned towards the sealed door. 

"Ill make quick work of this, but you all better be ready". 

"We are". Ren spoke now as he stood up. 

Keiko gave a nod and placed her hands upon the door, her hands glowing with a green light. Chanting a spiritual chant, the door appeared to have cracks in it for a few moments, the cracks growing bigger as her hands shone a bit more brightly. After about ten seconds, the cracks expanding the entire time, the door 'shattered' like glass, another door appearing in its place. 

"It was a Phantasm door..."

"A Phantasm door?" Henry seemed legitimately surprised. "These Hunters aren't ordinary ones if they can also get something like that..." He looked back to the Gamers now. "I think the Void Wizard really was onto something when he told you all to come here..." and Henry was glad that they were here, but at the same time also agreed that they shouldn't be here. 

"Anyway... lets enter now that the door has been disarmed". He gave a nod to Keiko, who opened the door. The two of them walked in first, followed by Ren and the other two if they still chose to come. 

Once inside, they saw what appeared to be an incredibly gigantic room, and at the other end was a desk with a robed figure sitting behind it, his robes hiding his face. 

"So... the intruders managed to make it all the way here and they broke my Phantasm door... and even murdered my Spatial Mage..." The man, judging from his voice, did not sound happy. This was clearly all going against whatever plans he had. "It seems like if you want anything done right these days... you do it yourself!". Suddenly he was now in the middle of the room in a blink of light, a ring similar to the ones the two enemies Ren's group fought had on his gloved finger. 

Above his head was Taichi Akihiko, Lv 31 Blank Mage. This was a strange class, none that Ren had ever heard before, that's for certain. 

"But first, to separate you all". The man smirked, but Henry and Keiko were already acting as they weren't going to give this opponent any quarter. 

It was too late though. With a snap, just like the room with the spatial mage, the room was split into three 'sections', Keiko in one, Henry in the second, and the Gamers in the center one. 

"Well well well..." The man now reappeared in the center section, floating int he air. "It appears that I have all three of you Gamers to myself... the auction is abuzz with information on you all, and I paid good money to get what little information there is. So..." he held out his hands as he landed on the ground, a strange white energy enveloping his hands. 

"Lets see what you all are made of, cmon, ill even let you all go first~" Only his mouth could be seen thanks to the robes, but it was clear that he had a smirk on his face. It was quite obvious that he was planning something. What he was planning was unclear, so Ren decided to test the waters with a simple 'Mana Bolt!'

His first, and weakest, attack skill, but Ren didn't want to fall for another trap like before. 

The bolt seemed to stop in midair right before the man, as if blocked by some barrier, but before it could be dispelled by it, he reached out and grabbed the bolt, his hands glowing a bit more brightly as he seemed to have... absorbed it... 

"Heh... thanks for the treat, now cmon... who's next?" This man was toying with them and had a plan up his sleeves. The gamers would need to be careful as this would undoubtedly be their toughest battle yet.