As Kent gave command, the elder casted the portal again.
The starlit portal created like a wound torn open in space itself.
One by one, the companions of Kent stepped forward, their shadows stretching long in the portal's glow. Amelia of the Yang Clan. Maya of the Poison Sect, serene yet dangerous, the faint scent of toxins lingering on her robes. Sophia of the Chen Family, elegant as a moonlit orchid. Lucy of the Gray Family from Silver Leaf Town, calm and steady, her posture betraying her merchant-blood instincts.
Then Lana, daughter of the Moonbrook Family of Golden Bamboo City, her aura soft yet radiant like the bamboo groves of her homeland. Jia Ron, Kent's closest aide, walked with the quiet devotion of a shadow bound by loyalty. Behind him skipped Tata Lan, the fierce lolli whose eyes burned with childish defiance and boundless energy.
