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?"

too

Melissa said from the side, gazing into the distance where another group was slowly headed in

black hair and blue eyes. He may have been the youngest of the group, but his demeanour was

"Aaron… so it's him."

everyone's

have heard of him when he had been a thorn on their side during their first year. Second and

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

while since I've seen you

Amanda. His brows knit for a

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

a short

Amanda, Aaron's smile froze for a very

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

Amanda, Aaron turned around and

his back from behind, Emma turned to look in

want to treat him like that? His guild is pretty powerful. You sure you won't regret

"No."

head as she stared at

the heir of the most powerful guild in Lutwig city, one of the four great cities in

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

said, "The reason I'm doing this is because he

"He is?"

in Emma's

they reach out

"Because they are greedy."

voice

Ashton

this, but she was also

of the

a crisp

an elf standing far ahead

he addressed them, he

escort you to the main city. So, if

started to walked along a pathway that led to

he left, one by one, the other people present slowly started

"Let's go."

was Emma who quickly lined up and followed the others into

flashed across her

"Here, take this."

as Amanda was about to follow Emma, grabbing her shoulder,

you will be displaying your talent to everyone, you might as well be useful and advertise this as

speaking, Melissa

in confusion, lowering her head, Amanda stared at her hand where several different

of times, her lips

***

Clank—!

a small room as a broadsword

from the point of contact between the blades as the

from the distance, the individual holding onto the broadsword

"You've improved a lot."

"You too."

individuals were none other than Kevin and

and meeting up together, they decided to spend most of their time sparring against each

for the past two years back at the Lock, both of them were quite familiar with the way the other fought, hence why they were able to

together ever since leaving the Lock, the both of them were still quite familiar with each other's styles. Hence, they were able to make the most out

there was one thing that was different about the two, it was that Jin was now a

been training harder than ever. The reason for his current rank was that he had acquired a five-star dagger technique not

art, the time he spent on

of this that he lagged

the sweat that had accumulated on his forehead, Kevin put away his

for today, the others will be

"Okay."