People streamed back and forth beneath the gates of Shrek City.
Countless boys and girls carrying dreams in their hearts made their way toward Shrek Academy in an endless stream.
Indeed, with a new year, Shrek once again welcomed its incoming students.
In the distance, a slender figure walked slowly forward, utterly unremarkable amid the crowd.
She wore a plain dress that traced her graceful figure, her long black hair simply tied back. There was a lively spark in her eyes, with a trace of tenacity hidden beneath it.
She passed through the bustling crowd, looking toward the magnificent gates of Shrek Academy ahead, a glimmer of anticipation in her eyes.
Her mother had told her that Shrek Academy had been founded ten thousand years ago. In an ancient language, Shrek also meant "monster." In other words, those who first founded Shrek Academy had intended to establish a Monster Academy.
Shrek Academy's earliest motto had declared that it cultivated only monsters, not ordinary people.
And those monsters were, in fact, geniuses.
Even the master who had founded the Tang Sect, once the foremost sect on the continent, had graduated from Shrek Academy.
It was his generation of students who had brought Shrek Academy its first moment of glory. Back then, Shrek Academy had only seven students, and in its history, they were known as the Shrek Seven Monsters.
The stories of the Shrek Seven Monsters had circulated across the continent for ages, and the most famous figures remained the Tang Sect's master and his wife.
Later, although the Tang Sect declined, Shrek Academy stood unshaken. As the times changed, it gradually became the foremost academy on the continent.
Shrek Academy now held a position of enormous influence on the continent, and the fundamental reason lay in the Continental War that