Above the Black Corner Region, a fleet of enormous flying magical beasts slowly swept across the sky.
Many people in the Black Corner Region found nothing unusual about it, because a convoy like this passed through every year around this time. It was Jia Nan Academy's recruitment team escorting students back to the academy.
Looking down from high above upon this famous land of chaos in the Northwestern Continent brought a peculiar feeling. Below, in the Black Corner Region, almost every place where people gathered was rife with chaotic, lawless evil—duels, ambushes, bloody clashes...
People died in the Black Corner Region every day. Some died in spectacular fashion, while others vanished without a trace. Nearly every corner of this land carried the stench of blood. The scenes below overturned the worldview of many students seeing such things for the first time.
The many flying magical beasts gradually reached an area where the shady factions were sparse. There were no massive cities steeped in dark auras; in the distance, only a small town could be seen. As they approached it, the flying magical beasts slowed and gradually descended.
The enormous flying magical beasts landed smoothly. After a long journey, the students had finally arrived at Peace Town, the outpost outside Jia Nan Academy.
"Ah! That really was not a very pleasant journey."
After climbing down from the flying magical beast's back, Yan Qingshan stretched his body and felt thoroughly refreshed. The journey from the Jia Ma Empire to Jia Nan Academy had been far longer than his trip to the Tagore Desert, so naturally it had taken much more time as well.
They had spent so long atop the flying magical beasts, and especially after entering the Black Corner Region, the mentors had required the new students to leave the beasts