Yulan Year 9989. Linley Baruch, the Son of Destiny, was eight years old.
That year, the Yulan Continent could generally be divided into six major powers.
The Monster Mountain Range divided the continent's center. To the west lay the two multinational alliances, the Holy Alliance and the Dark Alliance, while to the east stood the Four Great Empires.
The Baruch family's current territory, Wushan Town, was an ordinary town within the Fenlai Kingdom, the leading nation of the Holy Alliance.
Because the Baruch family maintained low taxes, the town's residents enjoyed a fairly good standard of living. Compared with several nearby towns, Wushan Town also had a Level Six Warrior expert in Hillman.
However, it was ultimately only a small town. Other than farming, the most common way for the town's young people to get ahead was to enlist in the army. Still, with Hillman, a Level Six Warrior, as their instructor, they were far luckier than the youths of other towns.
"Uncle Hillman, thank you for your guidance all these years."
More than a hundred seventeen- and eighteen-year-olds stood respectfully before their instructor and thanked him.
This year's autumn harvest had ended, and it was once again the annual recruitment season. These hundred-odd youths were the ones from Wushan Town who intended to go out and make their way in the world.
For Wushan Town, whose total population was only around five thousand, the departure of more than a hundred important laborers was undoubtedly a major event.
Yet their families and the town's residents were all quite supportive of the courage and determination these young people showed in venturing out.
As long as even one of them made something of himself, it would bring immeasurable benefits to the town.
Instructor Hillman was proof of that.
With a Level Six