The Sky Chasers were doing their daily tasks when a man came inside their headquarters bring a single scroll. The wolf ran towards the man which caught the attention of the people inside the lobby.
"Can I have words with you?" Mufar smiled and Cyrius immediately flickered in and out of existence to call the members who are not yet in the lobby.
A few minutes later, the rest of the team came and gathered around Mufar.
Mufar took out a scroll from his storage bracelets and unfolded it in front of them.
"Maix's Realm will open in 3 days, prepare everything that you can prepare before entering because even we, don't know what danger lies inside that place!" Mufar reminded as he showed them the contents of the scroll.
Everyone read the content of the scroll that has an elegant design on it and a list of the participants that might enter Maix's Realm with them.
"Looks like we can't avoid them!" Luis muttered as he read through the list.
There are a total of 6 clans participating in this event.
First is the Shadow Lurker Syndicate, though they were called a syndicate, they don't actually do illegal stuff. They are usually being hired by the government to secretly hunt criminals that do major crimes like Being Trafficking, Murder, Illegal Use of Forbidden Magic, and many more. They are the bane of the criminals and those who are trying to do one. The recent news about them is that they are currently investigating the emergence of the Ministry of Chaos.
Second is the Floral Fairies Sect, they are a sect that doesn't accept males, any race can join as long as they are not male. Rumors spread that almost all of their members have good looks and there are some cases that when a man looks at one of their Natural Fairies, the man will feel fulfilled and they will commit suicide on the spot. This is just an exaggeration of their description for them.
The third is the Crystal Jade Sect, the sect that specializes in gathering resources like ores and wild herbs. They have a special spell that can detect rare resources. If an Alchemist or a Blacksmith has close ties with them, they can easily access rare resources that can't be easily accessed.
The fourth is the Council of Helbrede, they are a group composed of expert Physicians. No one knows how many Researching Physicians they have but they have at least a thousand Healing Physicians thus they are recognized as the Greatest Healing Organization because of their achievement that almost 70% of the recorded diseases were cured by them.
The fifth is the one that Luis and the team hated the most, the Black Cloud Sect. They are the people they encountered way back at the Black Smog Forest who took the chance of their weakness after defeating the Black Demon to snatch the Mystique Flower. They are the ones who slaughtered the others while he was watching from the distance. They are a sect composed of different clans that built it whole. Rumors said that they are doing illegal stuff behind the government but they always escape because they can't find any evidence against the Black Cloud Sect.
Last is the Divine Prophecy Academy which is composed of the Sky Chasers and the winners of the solo and partnered duels for a total of 14 people.
"I guess you all know what to do so I leave the decisions to you!" Mufar smiled and went up the stairs and a towel appeared from his shoulder and he is already carrying a basin with bathing supplies.
"And there he goes, taking advantage of the hot baths!" Julianne reacted.
"Let the old man be!" Luis chuckled.
"I heard that!" Mufar shouted from the stairs.
"Let's talk about the plan at the Meeting Room, go ahead and we will fetch the snacks at the kitchen!" Alyssa suggested as she pulled Julianne away and the boys went to the Meeting Room.
When everyone got inside, they started discussing what to do and the strategies on how they can succeed in the mission.
"I will spend the other days preparing some pills that we might need during our mission!" Luis started as he suggested what he should do before the opening.
"What pills do you plan to make?" Alyssa asked.
"Pills for internal and external injuries, the antidote for poison, temperature stabilizer in case there's hot or cold regions there, and booster pills for us in case of emergency." Luis elaborated to them.
"Okay, for our strategy, I will leave it to Jay." Alyssa directed and looked towards Jay.
"We trust you Strategist Frozen Heart!" Rex exclaimed while making a salute gesture towards him.
"Stop giving names for damn's sake!" Julianne shouted.
"Affirmative, Lieutenant Hothead!" Rex nodded towards Alyssa.
"This is hopeless!" Julianne whispered while massaging her temples.
"How about the weapons? Do we have any good thing to use?" Luis looked at Serion.
"Of course, best! We finished making the final touches for Pandora's Box using the claws of the Black Demon and some of his poison that we ask for you!" Serion smiled at them and Luis responded with a genuine smile.
"Also, we finished making the Crystalline Saber for you and we also restored Sage's Staff for Archie, although it doesn't have the stored Godly Energy, it can still amplify his energy!" Jay added.
"So the weapons are still not yet done? How about the on progress ones?" Luis asked.
"Well, we can finish the weapons of the ladies before the time of the opening of the realm comes!" Archie reassured.
"So that's almost half of us armed? Jay, any comment?" Luis asked.
"I can plan a plausible strategy for us, rest assured!" Jay nodded.
"If everything is settled, we can conclude this meeting and do what we must do to prepare ourselves," Alyssa instructed and everyone left the room to do the tasks needed to do before the opening of the realm.
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"So the group with the two Chosen One candidate is joining the first opening of Maix's Realm?" A lady sitting on a throne decorated elegantly while on a platform placed in the middle of a pond where swans and fishes swim elegantly.
"Yes, Mother Superior! They have a total of 14 people in their group!" A lady with hair tied in a bun confirmed as she took a bow before the elegantly dressed lady sitting on the throne.
"Are the Ladies of Fortitude, ready for this quest?" The lady asked.
"Yes, Mother Superior! They can go anytime soon!" The lady with a bun replied.
"Make sure to tell them that don't mess with that group unless they have ill intentions against us!" The elegant lady instructed.
"On my way, Mother Superior!" The lady bowed and went out of the garden like Throne Room.
"There's something's odd about that group but I can't quite point out what it is?" The elegant lady muttered in deep thought while feeding the fishes and swans.
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"Our main goal for this expedition is to secure as many rare resources as we can if we can reproduce it here, make sure that you'll get every rare resource inside that realm!" A bearded muscular man instructed in a loud voice.
"Leader, the Divine Prophecy Academy team sent the group where the two Chosen One candidates belonged. What should we do when we encounter them?" A man with a lean body asked.
"We will cross the bridge when we get there, but for now, resource and business is our top priority in this expedition!" The bearded leader replied.
"How about the Council of Helbrede?" A man with a shorter height than the others asked.
"Those self-proclaimed saviors? When you encounter them, sweep every resource that can give potential gain for us and loss for them. Prioritize herbs over minerals when this thing happened!" The leader responded.
"How about the other teams?" The lean man asked.
"As long as they don't provoke us, we won't do anything other than exploiting every resource we can!" The leader exclaimed as he concluded the meeting.
Everyone left the room except the bearded leader who was in deep thought.
"If I remember correctly, one of the members of the group where the two Chosen One candidates were, can concoct pills, I guess it won't hurt to make connections to a potential client!" The bearded man muttered under his breaths and left the room afterward.
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"Master, the team who completely annihilated my companions back at the Black Smog Forest is the team who is the list of members from the Divine Prophecy Academy!" A man with a black cloak informed the man sitting on the black throne.
"So, they are the ones who dared to lay a hand on my Black Cloud Sect? Very well, they will accept the retribution inside that realm! They can enter, but don't allow a single one of them escape!" The man sitting on the throne angrily commanded.
"But, what if the other teams interfered?" The man in a black cloak asked.
"Don't let anyone take this chance to annihilate those scums!" The man sitting on the throne glared at the man in a black cloak.
"Yes, Master! I'll make sure that this revenge will be paid inside the realm!" The man in the black cloak promised and left the room.
"Good students from Divine Prophecy Academy! Fulgur's students are becoming arrogant like him! I'll make sure that he will regret bumping to my Black Cloud Sect!" The man on the throne angrily shouted.
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Three days passed and the day of the opening of Maix's Realm has come.
The Sky Chasers went to the town closest to the entrance to the realm, first thing in the morning.
In just the span of two hours journey, they came to the town where water is abundant and the one closest to the large Aglaptian Sea. The Town of Agapatra, home of the waters of Hydros.