After the night of preparation, Aengus and his party found themselves heading toward the west outskirts, to enter the sacred land.
"Whoa! There are a lot of people. We're going to have a lot of competition, guys," Alisha commented as soon as they arrived at the location.
The place was bustling, crowded with hunters, nobilities, and common folk, who were watching the spectacle from a cautious distance to avoid getting entangled with the 'elites,' as they called them.
"Get ready, Nate. We might see your idol, General Leon, here. You two have similar Ice skills and bloodlines, after all," Lark said, patting Nate's shoulder.
Nate looked happy like a child.
"Haha... I'm also hoping to get some guidance from him on how to achieve higher ranks. Of course, I'm talking about S-Rank. The Transcendental Rank seems like an impossible dream to me," Nate added with a defeated expression.