Begin the Naming

The boy with dark silver hair had a surprised expression on his face as he looked at Andromede and thought. "Auntie is the Empress of the Asuka Empire?! But how? How does she have two names?! How can she be both an Asuka and a Scarion?!" 

Andromede fell down from the wall. Her cracked mask began to break apart as she fell down toward Nikator. 

Nikator smirked cruelly as he watched Andromede fall toward him. 

Andromede however only fell down about halfway from the top of the wall toward the ground and then suddenly vanished in mid air.

The boy with dark silver hair looked around the stadium for any sign of Andromede. He noticed the girl with the club who laid on her stomach next to him was looking at something. He turned his head to look at what she was looking at. 

The dark silver haired boy's attention was immediately focused on the boy with no armor who was still motionless in the same spot as before. 

The girl with the club smiled happily as she looked at the boy with no armor and muttered. "His Greatness wasn't affected at all..." 

The boy with dark silver hair thought. "Huh? Is she saying those shockwaves from before didn't affect him?" 

Nikator chuckled to himself and said. "So she was lying when she said her teleporter was in her mask..." He smiled mischievously and said. "Looks like I'll just have to finish you off when I destroy your pathetic Empire." 

The boy with dark silver hair thought with surprise. "Huh?!" He looked over at Nikator and thought. "Did he just say he is going to destroy the Asuka Empire?!" 

The rubble which had fallen down to the sand pit from the lowest and second lowest level began to move. The rubble continued to move until finally an arm erupted out of the rubble. The arm was covered with silver armor that had a black trim around the edge. 

The boy with dark silver hair thought. "Uncle?!" 

Another arm erupted out of the rubble. The second arm was also covered with silver armor that had a black trim around the edge. 

Immediately after the two arms erupted out of the rubble a large amount of the rubble shot up into the air and then came crashing back down into the sand. 

The boy with dark silver hair spotted a man wearing silver armor with a black trim around the edge standing in the rubble. Next to the man standing in the rubble was another man who was curled up on the ground who wore silver armor and only had one arm. 

The man with silver armor with a black trim around the edge, Krios, scratched the back of his head as he said to the man curled up on the ground, Menelaos. "Come on, Menelaos, you didn't help at all." He looked back at Menelaos and said. "Are you still sad? It was going to happen eventually. It is called a deathbed for a reason." 

Menelaos didn't respond to Krios. Instead tears dripped out of his mask onto the ground beneath him as he remained curled up in a ball. 

Krios sighed and said. "I need a drink. If only Demos-" He stopped himself mid sentence. He looked down at the ground. 

Nikator smirked mischievously and muttered to himself. "That takes care of two. Only one left." He looked up at Adrastos who was at the top of the stadium and said. "My Second..."

Adrastos stood up straight and said. "Yes, Your Supreme Majesty!" 

Nikator smiled cruelly as he said. "Apprehend, Number Nine!" 

Adrastos clenched his left hand together and put it over the center of his chest as he bowed and said. "As you command, Your Supreme Majesty!" He disappeared from where he was standing. 

Adrastos reappeared next to Krios and Menelaos. 

The boy with dark silver hair thought. "Why does he call Adrastos 'His Second' but he doesn't call Atreus and Aineas 'His Fourth' or 'His Fifth'?" He thought with surprise. "Did they let him become Emperor even though they are more powerful than him?! Are they just obeying him because they feel like it?!"

The boy with dark silver hair noticed Ismene, who hadn't said anything since she arrived, walked toward the edge of the top level. 

The boy with dark silver hair thought. "Huh? What is she doing?" 

Adrastos grabbed Menelaos's arm with his right hand and lifted Menelaos onto his feet. He then forced Menelaos's arm to go behind his back and kept it in place with his right hand. 

Menelaos didn't even attempt to resist. 

Krios looked at Menelaos and then scratched the back of his head. "This is just disappointing to watch." He looked at the Western side of the stadium and began to walk toward it. 

A girl's voice said, "Adrastos..." 

Adrastos turned his head and looked up at the top level of the stadium. 

The boy with dark silver hair looked in the same direction as Adrastos. 

At the top level of the stadium Ismene stood next to the edge and looked down at Adrastos. She had a slight smirk on her lips as she looked down at him. She pointed at the ground next to her with her right hand and said. "Bring him to me." 

Adrastos nodded. 

Nikator said, "Where are you going?" 

Adrastos turned his head and looked at Nikator. 

Nikator was looking at Krios who was walking toward the Western side of the stadium. He said in a serious tone. "The Ceremony is not over yet, Number Six." 

Krios stopped walking. He turned his head to look at Nikator. 

Ismene said with an annoyed tone. "What's taking so long, Adrastos." 

Adrastos and Menelaos disappeared from where they were previously located and reappeared at the top level of the stadium next to Ismene. 

Aineas sighed with disappointment but didn't say anything. 

Krios said to Nikator. "I'm only here because I wanted to see my nieces and nephews get named. I have no interest in seeing my siblings get pulverized and dethroned. These Ceremonies are meant to be quick. This has gone on longer than any Ceremony before it." He looked up at the sky and said. "The pub is about to open soon." 

Nikator chuckled mischievously as he said. "So you want to see these kids get named?" He smirked mischievously and said. "Fine then." He raised up his right arm. He pointed his right pointer finger at the boy with no armor who laid motionless on the ground. 

The boy with dark silver hair thought with surprise. "Is he going to name him first?!" 

The girl with the club disappeared from where she was and reappeared in front of the boy with no armor as she faced Nikator. 

Nikator said as he pointed his right pointer finger at the boy with no armor. "M-"