The Author's POV

"Woahhh."

Taking a step out of the portal, Emma looked at the scene presented before her with amazement.

Wearing a white baseball hat along with a simple shirt and shorts, Emma's curiosity piqued as she looked around the place with an excited gaze.

"Curb your excitement."

Exiting the portal after her was Melissa. Squinting her eyes and taking out her glasses, she glared in the direction of the sun.

"If only that damned bastard didn't force me to come here…"

She muttered out loud, obviously not hiding the displeasure in her voice.

Overhearing Melissa's comments, Emma turned around and asked, "What's wrong about coming here?"

"I would've much rather spent my time finishing my project.

"And what's fun about that? You never go out. Just look at you, you remind me of a vampire."

Pausing, Emma pointed at the sun.

"The first thing you did as soon as you got out was glare at the sun!"

"Shut up."

Rolling her eyes, Melissa put her glasses back on.

As the two of them were bickering, not far from them, the other group members were slowly coming out of the portal.

It wasn't long before eight more people exited the portal. Once the last person came out, an elf came to greet them and led them to an area outside of the portal where there were others waiting.

As they were headed towards the larger group, Emma was instantly able to spot Amanda.

"Amanda, you're already here."

This part wasn't hard since she stood out quite a bit.

The fact that most of the males' gazes were directed at her also didn't help since it only made it easier for Emma to spot her.

Walking up to her, Emma tried to hug her, but Amanda swiftly dodged, prompting Emma to pout.

"Hey!"

"Save that stuff for Kevin."

"Hey!"

Emma shouted even louder as her cheeks turned rosy.

"How long have you been waiting here?" Emma asked, in hopes of trying to switch the topic.

Fortunately for her, Amanda had tact. Pretending to have not seen anything, she casually answered, "It's been about three hours since we arrived."

Lifting her head and staring into the distance, toward the direction of where Emma came from, Amanda continued.

"Besides you, we should be waiting for one more group before they will bring us to the city."

"Another group?"

Emma turned her head and stared in the same direction as Amanda.

"Any idea who it is?"

"They are from another city."

"Oh? Which one?"

not too sure

side, gazing into the distance where another group was slowly headed in their

the youngest of the group, but his demeanour was unmatched as it contained this rare elegance to it that made him the focal point of

"Aaron… so it's him."

appeared on everyone's faces as their eyes paused

all naturally knew who he was. After all, it was hard for them to not have heard of him when

paused on their group, and a surprised look flashed across his face. It wasn't long

since I've

Amanda. His brows knit for a second

think we maybe briefly met during your first year. It was unfortunate that you left after and we were unable to see

a short and indifferent

smile froze

Stern isn't too keen on talking to me, so

at Amanda, Aaron

at his back from behind, Emma turned

like that? His guild is pretty powerful. You sure you won't regret this in

"No."

as she stared at Aaron's

the most powerful guild in Lutwig city, one of

his guild was not as great as hers, but in terms of influence, it was very powerful. They were not someone

doing this is because he is already working with

"He is?"

in Emma's

out

"Because they are greedy."

coldly replied, her voice

just the guilds in Ashton city, but

she was also helpless at

you for coming all of

Amanda out of her thoughts was a crisp and melodious voice that came

eyes paused on an

he seemed to

that everyone has gathered, I will escort you to the main city. So, if you would

walked along a pathway that led

other people present

"Let's go."

move out of the three girls was Emma who

across

"Here, take this."

follow Emma, grabbing her shoulder, Melissa

you might as well be useful and advertise

speaking, Melissa also

Melissa in confusion, lowering her head, Amanda stared at her hand

couple of times, her lips tugged upwards

***

Clank—!

sounded throughout a small room as a broadsword

pressurized wind sprang out from the point of contact between the

the distance, the individual holding onto

"You've improved a lot."

"You too."

none other

arriving early to the elven domain and meeting up together, they decided to spend most

they had been doing this for the past two years back at the Lock, both of them were quite familiar with the way the other fought, hence why they

the Lock, the both of them were still quite familiar with each other's styles. Hence, they were able to

the two, it was that Jin was now a rank lower than

been training harder than ever. The reason for his current rank was

focused on improving his dagger art, the time he spent on improving his rank

of this that he lagged behind Kevin, in terms of

had accumulated on his forehead, Kevin put away his

be enough for today, the

"Okay."