Didn’t dodge

For a moment, he felt something—an invisible connection binding him to every slave standing before him. The sensation was strange, but he quickly dismissed it.

The receptionist then gestured for Lein to follow her. With steady steps, he walked out of the building, followed by the hundreds of slaves now under his command. The sight drew Lein's attention, but the people around them seemed indifferent. In a place like this, slave transactions were nothing unusual.

Once they reached the outside, Lein activated his elder token without hesitation. A faint blue light enveloped him and all the slaves surrounding him, and in the next instant, they all vanished.

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