Harry gulped when he inspected the level of this fierce beast.
Everyone was gazing at the woman. She was wearing a mask, but her eyes alone could kill a person nine times over.
Even that fierce dragon has been unnoticed in front of her.
"Master, here's your student," Aiden said to the woman, pointing at Meru.
Meru shivered when she heard that this woman was to be her new teacher. She was already terrified of being separated from her friends, and now someone like this lady was to be her instructor.
The lady looked at Meru and gave a warm smile. "You truly are related to our ancestor. Let's go, I am excited to see your potential," the lady said, patting her mount dragon.
"No, I don't want to go," Meru whispered.
"Are you sure? Don't you want to become strong to help your friends? Your body is special, and she can help you discover your true potential," Aiden explained.
Meru looked at her friends with a conflicted expression. Indeed, she wanted to help them.
But currently all of his friends remained silent because it was Meru's decision to make. They were entranced by the lady's beauty, nearly staring because she looked stunning in her tight, silky clothes.
"I will just help you activate your potential, then you can come back and join them," the lady reassured her.
This time, Meru nodded. If she could return, then there was no problem. But she was annoyed because his friends didn't even pay attention to her.
Now sitting on the dragon, Meru and the lady left the area.
"Where did she take her?" Harry asked as he headed inside.
"The Emperor Clan is hidden; no one knows their location. But don't worry, she will be safe," Aiden said.
Harry didn't know much about clans and families, so he just nodded simply.
Then suddenly he remembered something
"I thought dragons has gone extinct" Harry asked.
There is a say "true dragons can't be tammed, so you can guess"
"The Emperor Clan is an ancient clan, and Meru has a remnant of their ancestor's bloodline," Aiden continued.
Harry looked at Aiden in total disbelief. Aiden knew what Harry was thinking, so he continued, "In the past, all humans lived together, but as the population grew, we lacked resources to cultivate.
Different experts emerged and mutually decided to create a different realm, which they named the normal world. We separated the realm from the normal world.
The realm's cultivators protected normal humans.
In this realm, people continued to cultivate, but in the normal world, everyone gradually forgot about their past.
We still have the responsibility to protect normal humans.
This means any invasion from the outer world or any type of danger will descend in this domain.
Oh I was off topic At that time, many experts chose to live in the normal world. Meru's ancestor must be from the Emperor Clan, and coincidentally she awakened."
"Did someone attack the earth?" Harry asked because the man who claimed to be the creator of the system had mentioned something about different races.
"There weren't many attacks. There was one major invasion. We fought an alien race called the 'Dakis,'" Aiden said.
"Did we win?" Tyler asked.
There was a long pause.
"No, neither of us won the war. Both races came to a treaty, but it was already late.
Aiden took a pause, "several million lives had already been sacrificed.
For the last 20 years, there have been minor incidents but no major conflicts," Aiden said.
"Why doesn't the normal world know about it?" Tyler asked.
Aiden smiled. "Because we are the shield for normal humans. Our technology has surpassed what you can imagine. We own many different planets, and all the battles took place there."
"Now stop talking and come with me," Aiden said.
They entered the academy, there were many buildings. Rare plants adorned the open areas. Harry couldn't see the end with his eyesight, which meant the academy spanned several kilometers.
Aiden led them to a building. "From today, you will all live here. Although you are safe from the outside world, the same can't be said for the inside. It's a game of survival in the academy. Whoever survives will get more resources," Aiden said.
"What do you mean by this?" Blake asked.
Aiden didn't respond and left.
"What is he trying to say?" Harry murmured.
Everyone received separate rooms with different numbers, precisely starting from 3207 to 3319. All the students who came with Harry chose the rooms they liked since they didn't know what these numbers would mean in the future.
Harry got the 3250th room, and his friends Liam and Tyler got the 3251st and 3252nd rooms.
Inside, there was a table with a small bed. Harry found a badge on the table with the number 3250 and a note with some instructions.
After reading it, Harry was impressed with how he had been placed in this situation.
According to the instructions, these numbers denote their ranking, and whoever remains on top will be eligible to access the academy's abundant resources. Obviously, to improve, cultivation resources will be distributed relative to their levels.
He was amused by how seriously the academy took these rankings.
He quickly came out of the room and saw the others emerging from their rooms. They all saw each other and nodded.
"I think it will not be easy to survive. First, we should see what the average power level is, then we will proceed," Harry said.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Then they saw a chubby guy approaching them.
"You guys are new here. Can I help you?" the man asked.
"Shouldn't you introduce yourself first?" Liam scoffed. They didn't know what was good or bad here, and now an overly helpful person wanted to assist them.
It seemed fishy, everyone thought but didn't say aloud.
"Sorry, my name is Joseph. I have been here for the last 10 years. I have seen different batches of students come and go, so I just try to help them," he explained, understanding what these new recruits were thinking.
"What? 10 years?" Tyler blurted out.
"You are new, so it's surprising for you. But let me tell you, there is a rule that once you forfeit, you can never rejoin the academy.
That's why many students are stuck here, hoping someday they will break through."