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Chapter 66 - Gathering at the Entrance

The Sky Chasers went to the described area where the entrance was supposed to appear. It was a harbor at the far eastern side of Agapatra and from a distance, one can see a small island in the middle of the sea.

"Our destination will be that island, let's head there now because the entrance will be opened in a few hours, we need to hurry!" Alyssa instructed and everyone went to the harbor.

Jay made a growler iceberg where all of them can fit and they drifted towards the island with the help of Kyle's adept manipulation of water.

In just a few minutes, they arrived at the island full of Alveolinut Trees. They looked like palm trees but the fruits of the trees looked like big grapes compressed together and its size is as big as a fist.

Alveolinuts are used by the residents to make Alveolinut Oil and Alveoli fiber. The residents' main source of income are Alveolinut farming and fishing.

When they arrived, they walked a few minutes towards the center of the island where an open expanse can be seen and some groups of people can be seen in different areas.

On one of the areas, there are a group of people composed of 3 members and a familiar banner is standing erect behind them. It was the banner representing the Divine Prophecy Academy.

"There you are, slowpokes! What took you goddamn long?" A burly man angrily snorted while looking at the team of 11 who just came.

"Sarri? What are you doing here?" Serion asked ignoring the burly man raging at the side.

"I'm with my partner, Chelsea! We are the ones who won the partner duels so we got the chance to enter the realm!" A girl which is around Serion's age smiled.

"Who is she Serion?" Luis asked.

"Oh yeah! Guys, my cousin, Sarri! Sarri, my new family, Sky Chasers!" Serion introduced them.

"Oh! The team who tortured the Burning Cauldron for hours? I won't forget that brutality! I didn't know you have that blood in you cuz!" Sarri grinned and nudged him with her elbow.

"Stop that! Anyway, do you have any idea when will the entrance open?" Serion asked.

"Around an hour or two, no definite time so we don't have any choice but to wait," Sarri replied.

"How about the teams? Who are already here and who aren't?" Luis inquired to them.

"The Shadow Lurker Syndicate, Floral Fairies Sect, and Crystal Jade Sect are already here. We are only waiting for the Council of Helbrede and Black Cloud Sect." Chelsea informed.

"You ignoring me you pieces of trash!" The burly man punched towards Luis but a hand caught it and squeezed his knuckles that made him winced. It was Achilleas who caught the knuckle and pushed it away.

"If you try to lay hands against us again, I won't think twice to decimate you into pieces!" Achilleas warned and pushed the burly man away.

"Don't be overconfident just because you have an advantage in numbers but I can easily take you all one by one!" The burly man exclaimed while pointing at them.

"You want to show your strength now? Come on! Bring it on!" Achilleas stood up and puffed his chest out.

"Achi! Stop that! We don't come here to fight with a dimwit!" Alyssa pulled the young man away from the burly man.

"Be thankful that she stopped me or I will remove that smug look on your face in just a fraction of a second!" Achilleas cursed under his breath.

"Okay, guys! We only need to wait for a few moments! Sarri and Chelsea, would you mind if we place Alyssa and Luis at the top of command?" Jay asked.

"Yes, of course!" Sarri agreed.

"No problem with me!" Chelsea nodded.

"I don't agree! I won't let a tardy one to be my leader, I'm better off on my own than follow some incompetent person like you!" The burly man snorted and moved away from them.

"Let him be, it doesn't want to cooperate then don't force him, it seems like he's confident by himself!" Luis waved his hand gesturing them to ignore the burly man.

"If he needs our help, just ignore him and make it as if you don't know him," Alyssa instructed.

"Why are we doing this again?" Cyrius asked.

"Pride won't save a person's life, remember that Cyrius!" Jay informed the young man. Cyrius nodded and went back beside Jericho and talked about stuff.

"And I don't need your help at all! It should be you that should not come running to me when you face a danger!" The burly man retorted.

The Sky Chasers and Sarri's partnership ignored the burly man who won the individual duels.

A few moments passed and a team emerged from the patch of Alveolinut Trees carrying a banner with a symbol that looked familiar to Luis.

"I think I saw that symbol somewhere before?" Luis thought while searching through his memory.

"Leader, that's the guy that caused Lirio and Ikton's confinement inside of the Royal Palace's jail. He was the one who tarnished the name of the Council of Helbrede!" The man who was close to Lirio and Ikton told the man wearing a scholarly robe and a pair of glasses.

The man with glasses slowly approached the Sky Chasers and everyone became alert when they saw how vicious is the intention of the man based on the way he looked at Luis.

They surrounded Luis and preparing to take out their weapons and activating their energy.

"I mean no harm, I just want to have a word with that guy over there!" The man with the pair of glasses pointed towards Luis.

"We can feel your hostility! You can fool a kid but not us!" Alyssa glared at the man.

"Let him be, I can take care of myself!" Luis smiled at them and broke out of their protective encirclement.

When Luis stepped out, the man quickly reached his right hand out and grabbing towards Luis's collar but before his hand touched the fabric, a barrier of light emerged and rebounded the hand of the man.

"You're quite good, young man! I have a question for you, what did you do to Lirio and Ikton?" The man asked Luis.

"Oh! Those two shameless fraudulent bastards? They brought that doom towards themselves so I don't have anything to do with the repercussion of their deeds!" Luis explained in a carefree manner.

"Then, why do you have to bring them to the Royal Palace and bring shame to the name of the Council of Helbrede?" The man asked containing the swelling anger inside him.

"Oh no! You misunderstood it, mister! They brought the Royal Physicians to them, not the other way around! They brought shame to your name not me, so don't try to point out a finger and blame others for the wrong deeds your members did!" Luis retorted and walked away from the man.

The man huffed and rushed towards Luis in a fit of anger. Luis quickly turned and placed the Crystalline Saber in front of him to block the staff of the man.

"So, this is the so-called Council of Helbrede, the renowned Physicians can't even control their anger!" Luis smirked and pushed the staff away and continued his pace back to the group.

"Shameless Council of Helbrede! You are nothing without your Council Head's title! Pathetic!" A man shouted from a group where the banner with a design of a green stone that looked like a jade covered with vines.

"Shut up Crystal Jade cowards! You are all nothing but a bunch of trash hoarders!" The man shouted in the fit of his anger.

"Yeah, yeah! A dog barking in the trash is the worst to encounter at all! Hahahahaha!" The man insulted as he laughed hard that made the man with a pair of glasses fumed in anger.

"Go back to your pathetic, shameless group and leave that young man alone! You are just a bunch of arrogant dogs!" Another man from the Crystal Jade Sect shouted and the other people shouted their opinions which left the members of the Council of Helbrede embarrassed about what happened.

A few moments later, another group wearing a black cloak appeared and all of them looked in the same direction. It was the direction where the Divine Prophecy Academy was staying.

"The Black Cloud Sect! I remind you that you should not engage in a battle with them without a company, they are shameless and they will do anything just to get what they want!" Luis reminded the team, including Sarri and Chelsea.

At the same time, the group looking towards the direction of the Sky Chasers is having its own conversation.

"Those are the bastards who took the like of almost 2 dozens of our brothers and sisters but be careful, I'm pretty sure that a God is supporting them from behind and it's a demonic one that can siphon the life out of you!" If Luis was with this group, he can recognize this man as one of the people who ambushed them inside the Black Smog Forest whose name was Excerius.

The Sky Chasers was on high alert when two of the six groups participating in this event has hostile intention towards them.

A few moments later and a large rift appeared in front of them and a strong suction force that was brought by the space tear sucked everyone who came close to the rift.

This is the signal for the start of the Secret Mission that was tasked to the Sky Chasers.

They entered fourth inside the rift and a chain emerged from the marks that connected all of them including the burly man.

The surrounding place twisted as if they are being squeezed without being harmed and their senses were disrupted as if they're feeling nauseous just by the feeling of being squeezed, and in just a split second, their senses came back and they were relieved when they saw the solid ground indicating that they safely entered Maix's Realm.