Pale Continent, Phantom Sound Ruins.
Baleful wind swirled around Ming An as he flew at high speed through an environment filled with music.
His constantly active Eagle-Headed Demon Perception scanned his surroundings like radar, searching for monsters to hunt.
But the clamor in the guild Chat Channel made the veins on his forehead twitch.
"Lord Great Fate Envoy, step it up! You're almost a demigod. How did you let a newbie get ahead of you?"
"You're a mage who can clear whole areas. Your hunting efficiency should crush an assassin build's."
"Quiet, everyone. Our Great Fate Envoy is controlling his score. Winning too easily would be boring. He likes a challenge. He's about to make his final push."
Listening to the Dragon Sparrow Lineage clanspeople's half-teasing, half-expectant discussion, Ming An felt stifled.
As the Great Fate Envoy of the Burning Lamp Lineage, with strength approaching the demigod realm, his standing within his lineage was second only to the Fate Master.
During the first round of qualification applications, he had not yet arrived on Earth, but he had learned the details through recordings afterward.
He had also learned that the Dragon Sparrow Lineage had held a grand ceremony to worship the god on the day qualifications were distributed.
Afterward, the Dragon Sparrow Fate Master had successfully secured a qualification.
He had gained an extraordinary opportunity and become a player.
Under the Dragon Sparrow Fate Master's guidance, they had come to Earth with the second group.
They had begun half a year of working and waiting.
During that time, they had joined Ming Shu's efforts to develop Earth.
At last, they had waited long enough for qualifications to be unlocked.
After receiving the Game Pods the Dragon Sparrow Fate Master had bought for them with sacrificial power, he had spent all twenty-four