A new announcement once again moved masses of immortals to flock to the front plaza of the academy. Hoping they could be accepted and graduate as exorcists.
Compared to the first year where only 30 students were accepted, the academy now was brimming with life and proudly flaunting 300 students currently enrolled.
Successful alumni were recruited as teachers to train and guide the new talents. The capital and the Immortal World overflowed with an abundance of exorcists, and vengeful ghosts in the core gradually got less.
In the city next to the capital, close to the second layer's border in the core, seven people made their way to a house in a quiet and nature-rich landscape. The lonely house amidst fields of grass and a tranquil river was peaceful and soothingly welcome.
As they entered, Noel exclaimed, "Nothing's changed. Did you leave when I left? Not able to live alone without me?"