The sun shone through, lighting the whole Martial Summit.

The first few rays dawned on the pavilion after passing through the leaves of the nearby trees. Inside it, two young men and two young women waited while enjoying some tea and idle talk.

“Percy, they are late.” The other young man named Travis said in a slightly annoyed way.

Looking at Travis, Percy couldn't help but be somewhat jealous, he had pitch black eyes and hair that made him look mysterious, he was tall for his age at around 1.80m and was also a genius talent in cultivation. [ I mean...genius only when it comes to the Martial House…]

“They aren't really late, the deal was to be here at eight and it's only around seven and fifty seven.”

“Even still, they should have arrived already, especially since they’re the youngest in the group.” Travis still commented but he wasn't really mad anymore, it seemed he was in the wrong this time.

The two young women were only sipping on their tea, not really interested in the conversation, and while looking at the garden Linda noticed three silhouettes in between the shadows of the trees, slowly approaching.

“I think they’re here.” Linda said, still sipping on her tea.

The whole group turned in said direction and saw them approach.

The women in the group were pleasantly surprised with the taller man. [He is an eye candy!]

The smaller and less attractive of the two men had a black wolf following him around, he stopped when he was in front of everyone and with a full smile said.”Good morning everyone!”

“You were almost late, Aegon!” Percy faked some annoyance.

“Well there was some traffic on the way here, you know how it is.” Aegon shrugged his shoulders and smiled in an innocent manner.

Travis lifted an eyebrow. [This guy...looks like a pain in the ass.]

Percy noticed the somewhat awkward silence that was developing and took the hint.

*Cough*

Pointing towards Aegon and Roy, Percy started the introductions.”This is Aegon, he’s the one who found the mission, he’s a first year student and the other gentleman here is called Roy, he’s Aegon’s friend and also a freshman.” While talking about Roy he couldn't help but throw a glance at Linda.

Her eyes were focused on Roy's handsome features and anyone could tell she was interested, in fact, she wasn't the only one, the other young woman was also focused on Roy.

[I knew it, this guy is indeed a problem...] he was somewhat depressed seeing “his Linda” interested in another man, it was a blow to his pride.

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Hiding his inner thoughts he now turned to his group.”This heroic looking young man is called Travis and he’s my age, he is also one of the most talented people inside our Martial House.”

Travis smiled in a confident and proud manner. [You have a silver tongue Percy, I like it.]

“As for the two devastaingly beautiful women in our presence, they are also my age.”

Aegon lifted an eyebrow. This guy was exaggerating a bit. [They are pretty but let's not kid ourselves, they aren't “devastatingly beautiful'', I doubt such a thing even exists.]

Percy turned to the woman on the right who had a neutral expression and pitch black hair that reached her waist. That combined with her black tight-fitting attire made her give off a sense of aloofness and coldness.”Her name is Linda. She is also a very talented individual who placed third in the entrance exam last year.”

Linda only nodded gently towards the two young men but her eyes focused on Roy just a second longer.

Percy noticed and was getting really annoyed but he somehow mustered enough self control and managed to continue, he extended an arm towards the other woman present.

She was the polar opposite of Linda, a yang to Linda’s yin. She was blonde, her hair only reached her shoulder blades and she wore colorful loose training clothes. However, her most beautiful feature were her emerald green eyes that even in that absence of light shone resplendently .

[Almost as beautiful as my eyes, only a bit off, but still impressive.] If the heavens punished the shameless and arrogant, Aegon would be dead a thousand times already.

“Her name is Isabella and she was the prestigious Queen of the Newcomers last year.”

[Oh, I never knew such a title existed. Then maybe Haris is the current King of the Newcomers. Well,he deserves it.]

A melodic voice escaped the young woman's lips “Please just call me Bella. It's a pleasure to meet you.”

She bowed and so did Aegon and Roy.

Percy once more took the initiative.”Now that everyone is introduced we can leave.” He looked towards Travis and received an acknowledgement nod.

The genius disciple then proceeded to walk out of the pavilion while taking a pendant from under his shirt, he closed his eyes while touching it.

A deep rumble was heard, it was faint, almost like a whisper but at the same time all encompassing.

““What the Hell!”” Roy and Aegon, country bumpkins as they were, couldn't understand what was happening.

It lasted only for a few seconds and suddenly, out of thin air, a 12 meter long and 6 meters high rhinoceros with 3 massive horns appeared behind Travis, almost like it was there from the beginning.

Percy, Bella and Linda walked in a leisurely manner towards the beast and jumped into it’s back.

Travis did the same and the only ones left were Aegon and Roy.

They were left numb by the way the beast appeared but they didn’t want their numbness to be perceived as being impressionable or dumb or worst yet, country bumpkins. [We can be numb but never dumb!]

And with that, they too climbed the beast and sat on the it’s back, there wasn't much to hold onto so they held onto each other's backpacks as if their life depended on it.

The other members were amused by their behaviour but not much, they had the right idea so there wasn't much to mock them for.

Well, maybe they weren't prepared enough…

*Whistle*

Travis whistled and the rhinoceros ran forth with strong momentum, our heros were jumping up and down while holding on to their dear lives, Kuro, sitting in front of Aegon, was no better as his claws couldn't penetrate the beasts hide and thus he jumped onto Aegon’s face and stabbed his claws into his owner's scalp, this in turn made Aegon scream in pain while jumping around.

This whole debacle made all the other disciples laugh maniacally with tears in their eyes

To everyone walking around the Martial House, the passing rhino looked like a moving circus.