Vol.3 Ch.139: The Serpent Master

The Serpent Master: This is the hundred and thirty-ninth chapter of Volume 3 of Tower of God. It shows the preparations for the Marriage Tournament, with Traumerei maneuvering Baam to give The Serpent Master a reason to cooperate. The contestants also arrive, some by elevator and some through a Portal.

Synopsis
Twenty-Fifth Baam is meeting with Lo Po Bia Traumerei, who is giving Baam his condition for allowing Baam to personally take part in the Marriage Tournament. Traumerei wants Baam to kidnap a woman named Lo Po Bia Laura and lock her up in a room at the Viridis Parus Hotel, which Baam agrees to since the woman will die if he does not.

Laura is seen eating dinner at the home of her grandfather Lo Po Bia Lobadon, with her having been ordering by him to never leave his home. However, Laura is invited by Traumerei to meet him, with Lo Po Bia Lilial Zahard being present as well. Laura accepts the invitation despite the order from Lobadon and goes to ride the Pink Dugong to the family leader. During the ride, Baam breaks into the carrier of the giant dugong and disables the guard with Reverse-Flow Control before kidnapping Laura. Baam locks up Laura in a room before leaving for lunch, which he eats with Lilial. Traumerei is satisfied with Baam, as he lets Lobadon and the branch family leaders know about the kidnapping, with Traumerei also ordering Lo Po Bia Kirin to tell The Serpent Master about the kidnapping. During lunch, Lilial is curious about where Baam went, but he does not tell her.

In the lobby of the hotel they meet with Lo Po Bia Zamzam, who tells them about the contestant, with outside contestants having agreed to arrive by midnight through a Portal while the Lo Po Bia Family contestants arrive by an elevator in the hotel. The two Lo Po Bia contestants chosen by the branch family leaders arrive first, which are Lo Po Bia Merr and Lo Po Bia Keoyeop. They both seem like outcasts to Lilial, but Baam is as usual polite to them. The next contestants to arrive are Ilnak Ropal, a columnist at Tower News; Dravy, a FUG member; Hwingya Epo, a mercenary; Flipa, a Beastkin; Hemus Lime, daughter of a family that lost its guardian animal; Roku, daughter of a family that lost its leader. The last contestant to arrive is Androssi Zahard, who immediately starts berating Baam while attacking him, but Baam manages to calm her down with some sweet words.

The Serpent Master is mislead about the situation, as he is told that about the slayer candidate and his "gang" have kidnapped Laura. He is given the offer that if he kills them all and returns with Laura, Traumerei will give him what he wants.