Oaklum, A mansion on the outskirts.
A knight in full-plated armor and a short boy, with a bigger bow than his own body appeared in everyone's sight.
The short boy had light brown and curly hair, and his brownish eyes shined with excitement.
"Oh! Greetings everyone! I am Zachary Hunt! You can call me Zach! I am a 3rd year student at the academy and thus your senior! Nice to meet you all!" (Zach)
Zach is short in height, he is shorter than Riya, and he might barely be considered 5 feet.?That bow hanging on his shoulder depicts he is an 'Archer'. (He looked like a small cute puppy compared to everyone...)
'An A rank archer… aside from me and Link, everyone else might face some difficulty if they have to fight him…' (Rio)
With his extremely keen mana detection, Rio found out the other party's rank but even he seems to have forgotten that an archer has excellent detection abilities.
Zach immediately noticed Rio's mana detection and tilted his head towards him. Ⓝ()ⓋⒺⓁⒷⒾⓃ: Unleashing Imagination, One Read at a Time.
"You don't need to be so doubtful of me, I am indeed an A ranker...." (Zach)
'Oh, he noticed my mana detection, he has some talent, I see…' (Rio)
Hearing Zach, Rio nodded his head and then glanced at the Knight who had been silent all this while.
The knight brought out the sword hanging on her waist and put it in front of her. The sword's tip touched the ground and the knight took her stance.
"I am Riko Embeth, A rank Knight, Nice to meet you all." (Riko)
Riko's voice was loud and precise. She seems to be a 'stern' type.
Just when Riko was introducing herself, Zach whispered to her in a low voice.
"Hey, your helmet! You are still wearing the helmet!" (Zach)
Hearing Zach, Riko seemed to have panicked a bit and she hurriedly unlocked the magic lock on her helmet.
Her Face came into view as she put her helmet in her space ring.
Riko had light red hair with a whitish tint in it. Her light green pupils shined like gems.
'She has short hair like a boy, if not for her voice, people might actually mistake her to be a guy due to that armor…' (Rio)
After Riko introduced herself too, Zach smiled at everyone with a happy look and said:
"Let's continue talking at the hotel, the academy has reserved it for us, it is the most expensive and luxurious place in the whole Oaklum, and the food there is top-class!" (Zach)
"Food!? Link, let's go!" (Riya)
Link who was planning to invite the two seniors to have a friendly spar with him, was blocked by Riya, in the end, he could only shake his head in regret and forget about fighting the two.
'Tch missed the opportunity to show off in front of Riya…' (Link)
Just when Zach was telling them about the hotel, Riko said in a stern tone.
"The hotel is located in the central area of the city and we are in the outskirts, it's a long way there…" (Riko)
Riko pointed at the flying sword that was lying on the ground nearby, where the two of them had fallen earlier, and said:
"We used this flying sword artifact to fly over here as fast as possible, do you guys also have some way to fly back?" (Riko)
Zach nodded his head and replied:
"No floating busses pass through this area of the city, you will have to go back on your feet if you don't have an artifact like us…" (Zach)
The floating sword Zach and Riko used is a custom-built and extremely expensive artifact that runs on an advanced magic circle and consumes immense mana.
It can carry two people on it and is used by many A-rankers as a means of travel. (Not everyone has 'sword intent' like Rio after all…)
Hearing the two seniors, everyone looked at Liam, but Liam shook his head and said.
"No, if Ellie enters the city in her true form, she will attract a ton of attention and we will attract unwanted attention from the whole city…" (Liam)
Hearing Liam's remarks, everyone felt that it would indeed be a shocking sight for normal folks to see a massive dragon appear in the sky of the city out of nowhere.
It will really cause unnecessary chaos in the city.
Suddenly Link smirked and said at the two seniors.
"You two lead the way, we will follow behind, don't worry, we have our ways…" (Link)
'This is my chance to show off!!' (Link)
Hearing Link's declaration, the two seniors glanced at each other in doubt and shrugged their shoulders.
They boarded the flying sword with great difficulty and slowly rose in the air.
Although Zach and Riko both were confused about how these juniors would be able to catch up to the speed of their flying sword, they also wanted to see just how talented these juniors actually were.
Thus, they accelerated their flying sword and dashed towards the city at a fast speed.
Link glanced at Riya and said:
"Let me carry you Riya, we will jump through the sky!" (Link)
"O-Okay!" (Riya)
Riya was quite nervous about going through the sky, but she trusted Link and knew that he wouldn't put her in harm's way, thus she didn't deny him either.
Link immediately nodded his head and carried Riya in the iconic princess style.
[Dao Rhythm!]
[Dragon Arts: Skyward ascension!]
'Without the help of Dao rhythm, using this technique would have needed me to reach S-rank first, but now there's no need! I can do it easily with a small push from Dao rhythm!' (Link)
Link immediately flew into the sky as if gravity wasn't working on him. His 'dao rhythm' and unique technique 'dragon arts' made this feat possible.
'Moreover, I can even protect Riya from the high-intensity wind with my dao rhythm… this skill is indeed legendary!!' (Link)
He soared into the sky and flew towards the two fading figures of the seniors.
Seeing Link fly away, Rio glanced at Lia and stretched out his hand.
"How about I take you there?" (Rio)
Lia didn't hesitate much either, she held Rio's hand.
[Sword Intent: Wind type!]
Rio commanded his 'formless sword' to take the form of a giant great sword, his sword became so wide and long that it could be comparable to a car at this point.
(Rio could have easily carried everyone by simply increasing the size of his sword to be as wide and long as Ellie's dragon form… but he didn't want to carry Fade so he didn't reveal this trick until now…)
Rio and Lia stepped on it and flew into the sky at an extremely fast speed.
Seeing them fly away, Liam asked Ellie to give him two shadow wings on his back and he also followed behind the others while flying into the sky like a bird.
Kira cast the 'wind type flight magic' on both her and Fade and they also followed behind everyone, although a bit slowly but it worked for them too.
Zach and Riko looked at their juniors with a shocked look on their face.
They both were shocked to see that Link was able to fly like an S-ranker could, Link had literally caused their worldview to collapse.
Not only Link, but others were also as monstrous as him too... Rio's 'sword intent', Liam's 'shadow wings', and Kira's insane control over her magic, all these things were shocking to see.
They both had only one thought in their mind.
'No wonder they were all chosen to be candidates… they all are exceptionally talented…'
For ordinary people, if they want to fly in the air freely, they would either need to reach rank S or they will need to buy expensive artifacts like the flying sword.
'Sigh~ as they say, talent rules the world, talentless people can only look up to those who are exceptional…' (Zach)
(Matter of fact, even with hard work and perseverance, if you don't have at least some talent, it's nearly impossible to catch up to the likes of Link and Liam. Both of them are unreasonably strong and impossible to compete with…)
(Only anomalies like 'Rio' could hope to compete with these talented monsters…)
…
Hotel Arya, terrace.
Everyone landed on the terrace one by one and found that a few people in professional attire were already standing there. They seemed to be waiting for someone.
The old man standing in front glanced at Zach and said:
"Ah, Zach you are back!"
Then the Old man glanced at everyone and nodded his head.
"Greetings everyone."
Zach got down from the flying sword and introduced the situation to everyone.
"Everyone, this is hotel Arya we are standing on! It is the most famous hotel in the whole Oaklum!" (Zach)
"And this old man is the owner of this hotel, he is my grandfather actually!" (Zach)
With a huge smile on his face, Zach introduced everyone to his grandfather.
It turned out that Zach went to the capital city to study in the academy, but his actual hometown was Oaklum from the start.
He is from a rich household and his grandfather is the owner of the famous five-star hotel 'Arya'.
It was surprising to find the rich background of others, but since Rio and others already knew about Link's supreme wealth, they all were not really that surprised.
Compared to the Rex family, any amount of wealth will look too small.
Oaklum, A mansion on the outskirts.
A knight in full-plated armor and a short boy, with a bigger bow than his own body appeared in everyone's sight.
The short boy had light brown and curly hair, and his brownish eyes shined with excitement.
"Oh! Greetings everyone! I am Zachary Hunt! You can call me Zach! I am a 3rd year student at the academy and thus your senior! Nice to meet you all!" (Zach)
Zach is short in height, he is shorter than Riya, and he might barely be considered 5 feet.?That bow hanging on his shoulder depicts he is an 'Archer'. (He looked like a small cute puppy compared to everyone...)
'An A rank archer… aside from me and Link, everyone else might face some difficulty if they have to fight him…' (Rio)
With his extremely keen mana detection, Rio found out the other party's rank but even he seems to have forgotten that an archer has excellent detection abilities.
Zach immediately noticed Rio's mana detection and tilted his head towards him. Ⓝ()ⓋⒺⓁⒷⒾⓃ: Unleashing Imagination, One Read at a Time.
"You don't need to be so doubtful of me, I am indeed an A ranker...." (Zach)
'Oh, he noticed my mana detection, he has some talent, I see…' (Rio)
Hearing Zach, Rio nodded his head and then glanced at the Knight who had been silent all this while.
The knight brought out the sword hanging on her waist and put it in front of her. The sword's tip touched the ground and the knight took her stance.
"I am Riko Embeth, A rank Knight, Nice to meet you all." (Riko)
Riko's voice was loud and precise. She seems to be a 'stern' type.
Just when Riko was introducing herself, Zach whispered to her in a low voice.
"Hey, your helmet! You are still wearing the helmet!" (Zach)
Hearing Zach, Riko seemed to have panicked a bit and she hurriedly unlocked the magic lock on her helmet.
Her Face came into view as she put her helmet in her space ring.
Riko had light red hair with a whitish tint in it. Her light green pupils shined like gems.
'She has short hair like a boy, if not for her voice, people might actually mistake her to be a guy due to that armor…' (Rio)
After Riko introduced herself too, Zach smiled at everyone with a happy look and said:
"Let's continue talking at the hotel, the academy has reserved it for us, it is the most expensive and luxurious place in the whole Oaklum, and the food there is top-class!" (Zach)
"Food!? Link, let's go!" (Riya)
Link who was planning to invite the two seniors to have a friendly spar with him, was blocked by Riya, in the end, he could only shake his head in regret and forget about fighting the two.
'Tch missed the opportunity to show off in front of Riya…' (Link)
Just when Zach was telling them about the hotel, Riko said in a stern tone.
"The hotel is located in the central area of the city and we are in the outskirts, it's a long way there…" (Riko)
Riko pointed at the flying sword that was lying on the ground nearby, where the two of them had fallen earlier, and said:
"We used this flying sword artifact to fly over here as fast as possible, do you guys also have some way to fly back?" (Riko)
Zach nodded his head and replied:
"No floating busses pass through this area of the city, you will have to go back on your feet if you don't have an artifact like us…" (Zach)
The floating sword Zach and Riko used is a custom-built and extremely expensive artifact that runs on an advanced magic circle and consumes immense mana.
It can carry two people on it and is used by many A-rankers as a means of travel. (Not everyone has 'sword intent' like Rio after all…)
Hearing the two seniors, everyone looked at Liam, but Liam shook his head and said.
"No, if Ellie enters the city in her true form, she will attract a ton of attention and we will attract unwanted attention from the whole city…" (Liam)
Hearing Liam's remarks, everyone felt that it would indeed be a shocking sight for normal folks to see a massive dragon appear in the sky of the city out of nowhere.
It will really cause unnecessary chaos in the city.
Suddenly Link smirked and said at the two seniors.
"You two lead the way, we will follow behind, don't worry, we have our ways…" (Link)
'This is my chance to show off!!' (Link)
Hearing Link's declaration, the two seniors glanced at each other in doubt and shrugged their shoulders.
They boarded the flying sword with great difficulty and slowly rose in the air.
Although Zach and Riko both were confused about how these juniors would be able to catch up to the speed of their flying sword, they also wanted to see just how talented these juniors actually were.
Thus, they accelerated their flying sword and dashed towards the city at a fast speed.
Link glanced at Riya and said:
"Let me carry you Riya, we will jump through the sky!" (Link)
"O-Okay!" (Riya)
Riya was quite nervous about going through the sky, but she trusted Link and knew that he wouldn't put her in harm's way, thus she didn't deny him either.
Link immediately nodded his head and carried Riya in the iconic princess style.
[Dao Rhythm!]
[Dragon Arts: Skyward ascension!]
'Without the help of Dao rhythm, using this technique would have needed me to reach S-rank first, but now there's no need! I can do it easily with a small push from Dao rhythm!' (Link)
Link immediately flew into the sky as if gravity wasn't working on him. His 'dao rhythm' and unique technique 'dragon arts' made this feat possible.
'Moreover, I can even protect Riya from the high-intensity wind with my dao rhythm… this skill is indeed legendary!!' (Link)
He soared into the sky and flew towards the two fading figures of the seniors.
Seeing Link fly away, Rio glanced at Lia and stretched out his hand.
"How about I take you there?" (Rio)
Lia didn't hesitate much either, she held Rio's hand.
[Sword Intent: Wind type!]
Rio commanded his 'formless sword' to take the form of a giant great sword, his sword became so wide and long that it could be comparable to a car at this point.
(Rio could have easily carried everyone by simply increasing the size of his sword to be as wide and long as Ellie's dragon form… but he didn't want to carry Fade so he didn't reveal this trick until now…)
Rio and Lia stepped on it and flew into the sky at an extremely fast speed.
Seeing them fly away, Liam asked Ellie to give him two shadow wings on his back and he also followed behind the others while flying into the sky like a bird.
Kira cast the 'wind type flight magic' on both her and Fade and they also followed behind everyone, although a bit slowly but it worked for them too.
Zach and Riko looked at their juniors with a shocked look on their face.
They both were shocked to see that Link was able to fly like an S-ranker could, Link had literally caused their worldview to collapse.
Not only Link, but others were also as monstrous as him too... Rio's 'sword intent', Liam's 'shadow wings', and Kira's insane control over her magic, all these things were shocking to see.
They both had only one thought in their mind.
'No wonder they were all chosen to be candidates… they all are exceptionally talented…'
For ordinary people, if they want to fly in the air freely, they would either need to reach rank S or they will need to buy expensive artifacts like the flying sword.
'Sigh~ as they say, talent rules the world, talentless people can only look up to those who are exceptional…' (Zach)
(Matter of fact, even with hard work and perseverance, if you don't have at least some talent, it's nearly impossible to catch up to the likes of Link and Liam. Both of them are unreasonably strong and impossible to compete with…)
(Only anomalies like 'Rio' could hope to compete with these talented monsters…)
…
Hotel Arya, terrace.
Everyone landed on the terrace one by one and found that a few people in professional attire were already standing there. They seemed to be waiting for someone.
The old man standing in front glanced at Zach and said:
"Ah, Zach you are back!"
Then the Old man glanced at everyone and nodded his head.
"Greetings everyone."
Zach got down from the flying sword and introduced the situation to everyone.
"Everyone, this is hotel Arya we are standing on! It is the most famous hotel in the whole Oaklum!" (Zach)
"And this old man is the owner of this hotel, he is my grandfather actually!" (Zach)
With a huge smile on his face, Zach introduced everyone to his grandfather.
It turned out that Zach went to the capital city to study in the academy, but his actual hometown was Oaklum from the start.
He is from a rich household and his grandfather is the owner of the famous five-star hotel 'Arya'.
It was surprising to find the rich background of others, but since Rio and others already knew about Link's supreme wealth, they all were not really that surprised.
Compared to the Rex family, any amount of wealth will look too small.
