As Hanzo continued to stare out into the sea, he placed his bow next to him and leaned it against the ship’s railing.

Gazing at its handle for a second, he thought to himself: ‘Boon of Apollo… I used to hide the fact that I ever even had such a power. When Tyr first asked me, I told him that it was an Ancestral Ability that simply gave me elite bowmanship.’

He paused, chuckling slightly.

Before he could continue in his train of thought, he heard a voice boom from the center of the ship.

“LAND HO!” Huevas’ recognizable voice echoed, “Everyone, come to the deck! Before you southerners land in another continent, I will tell you the rules to follow so that you aren’t bombarded by different rules!”

His words flowed through the wood of the ship as though coated in Aura, reaching the ears of everyone on board.

In a matter of seconds, all of Judgment had gathered on the deck facing Huevas with curious yet stoic expressions.

A couple of other figures also summoned and stood to the side.

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There were three in total. One was Steel, who Malon had been training with.

The others had unique looks to them. Despite that fact, their presence was noticeable without even looking.

From a glance, one could tell they were behemoths when it came to power. Not a joke in the slightest.

One looked to be in his thirties. He wore a black suit with a long overcoat on the outside, similar to Hanzo. He had slicked-back hair and wore a pair of dark glasses over the ridge of his nose.

He carried himself with an elegant poise and a slight smile on his face, along with a magic wand seemingly attached to his waist belt.

‘A magician?’ Tyr questioned in his mind, ‘He looks like he’s from a random magic movie back on Earth…’

Behind the average-height magician-like man was a fairly tall lady who was likely close to 6 ft in stature.

From one look, a few males could potentially have their little guys sit up straighter.

She almost wore nothing. A rainbow bikini clad her private parts, but barely covered her voluptuous body and bouncy curves.

She nearly had the perfect proportions for most of the male species.

Apart from that and her very picturesque face, she had very long rainbow hair that stretched down to her calves.

With a bright smile on her face, she exuded the embodiment of carelessness, it seemed.

Hanzo’s eyes were glued to her for a second, his eyelids raised.

Out of nowhere, the woman gazed at him before smirking and giving him a wink.

For a second, Hanzo turned to stone, frozen by shock and embarrassment. He quickly looked down, in disbelief of what just happened.

‘What the fuck…’ He thought to himself.

Tyr saw this occur and chuckled to himself, ‘Pfft… he fell victim so easily.’

Hanzo couldn’t help but think to himself, ‘For the love of everything… please let this be the last time I see her. I’ll die if I have to look at her again. That was way too humiliating.’

“Alright, listen up!” Huevas exclaimed, “Soon, we will be landing on the shore of Bruther Stone, a harbor city of the Blue Sea. It’s a fairly large town since it’s the main docking place of all those who enter Eldraemar. It’s within Eurania, one of the three empires of Eldraemar… known as the human empire.”

Tyr squinted as he heard this, ‘Human empire, huh… in Ainsveld, the human empire of Rock Saelfine was known for its slave trade. I wonder if it’s the same here…’

Huevas continued, “The Ten High Peak Faction is also located within the region of Eurania but does not fall victim to its jurisdiction. It has its own land and its own rules. We are partners in an alliance, but not one… apart from us, there is also the Cloud Faction in this empire alone, who are our imperial rivals… but let’s not focus on them for now.”

Huevas paused, allowing Judgment to get their bearings.

“Now… on to the important stuff. The Ten High Peak Faction is located within the Ten Thousand Peak Mountains… quite far away from here, to say the least.”

Everyone exhaled as they heard this, furrowing their brows.

“It will take most of us mere minutes to get there using technology, but for some… or more specifically… one, it may take them a few weeks, to forever, to maybe even never.” Huevas’ tone turned stern at the end, his eyes facing Tyr.

Tyr raised a brow in surprise, ‘What the fuck.’ He simply mused in his mind.

“But before we get to that, I have something to announce to all of you. Something that is… a bit harsh but also necessary.”

Everyone prepared themselves as Huevas paused.

“You all will need to split up into one of the Five different Peaks of the Ten High Peak Faction.”

As Huevas said this, everyone part of Judgment furrowed their eyebrows with slight hostility and puzzlement.

“Before you guys react, let me say my piece. First of all, I’ll explain the layout of our faction. It exists within the Ten Thousand Peak Mountains, on the ten highest peaks of the entire range. There are five different ‘Peaks’ or groups within our faction, each one divided by an empty peak in between.

Within these five Peaks exist five different sects or branches of our guild that specialize in various forms of martial and Aura arts. Naturally, since no man or woman is created the same, he or she has to go to whichever Peak fits them best for their goals and shortcomings.”

The members of Judgment couldn’t rebut much to this, as it made sense. It wasn’t like all of them were the same person at the end of the day.

Huevas continued, “And… there is also another reason why you all must split up. Not just because training without past friends is more rigorous, but because of the significant fact that Tyr is a Dragon Holder. With all due respect, he is a blade that will only get dull if put in with the rest of the meager blades in our faction.

He will have to join the Inner Elite Group, which is a very small fragment of our faction that is alike to a sixth branch. Located at the very center of the ten peaks, only those with utmost potential and power are allowed to train and compete with them. However, that isn’t to say that you all won’t meet each other.

When the tournament of prestige comes around to determine which of the six branches is most superior, you will be allowed to face off against each other… every three months or so.”

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