Country of Qerlen, East of Jialin.
At the moment, a seventeen-year-old Malaka and a nineteen-year-old Calina were on top of a flying demon beast, making their way to the Falo Valley. The demon beast, obviously, was Kentucky.
Calina and Malaka had taken a few missions together and others alone. It all depended on what Mia or Roan prepared for the two. However, it wasn't for naught. The several dangerous encounters they had gone through had honed their skills. Calina was even close to entering the Late Stage of the Core Formation Realm after these three years of cultivation.
Rean and Roan were still below her, though. As always, their larger Spiritual Energy pools were delaying their progress. Well, they were much stronger because of that, so they aren't complaining.
Malaka, on the other hand, had just made her breakthrough with Mia's help around a year ago, so she was still further than any of the three.