Attack At The Ball

[Ashton's POV]

I looked around at the hellish scene in front of me, trying to determine which direction we should go.

"We need to wait for the collector." Asher announced as if reading my thoughts.

"Collector? What the hell is that? " I asked, narrowing my gaze.

"The one that takes the damned to the demon lord." Asher responded matter-of-factly.

Nodding, I turned to the tengu that remained on the ground shaking. It looked like even in death, his soul was still affected by the poison we dosed him.

"How long do you think til that collector arrives?"

Now that we made it into the underworld, I had no interest in wasting time. I didn't know how Thia was and couldn't relax until I saw her.

"Any minute now."

"Over there!" Haidan announced, pointing towards the horizon.

Turning, I fixed my gaze on where she pointed and found two cloaked men making their way towards us with a rolling cage.

"Are we actually going to let them put us in that?" I asked Asher. "How the hell are we supposed to get