After traveling for two days, Max, Esme, and Ling Han, who was carrying his still unconscious sister, reached a city on the outer fringes of Inner Sector—Malta City.
Though Malta was called a city, it wasn't any bigger than a town. The only difference was that there were stronger mages in the city, and it was ruled by a family clan that barely qualified to rank in Emperor Rank Powers because it only had a single Early Stage Emperor holding the fort.
Despite the apparent weakness of the ruling family and even with the presence of more powerful forces and independent mages, it had continued to rule over the town for hundreds of years now.
How was this possible?
Well, simply because it was backed by a top-tier Emperor Rank Power in the Inner Sector—Beast Emperor Hall.
After leaving the town, they were without any destination. Recalling the rumor about the Beast Emperor Hall's recruitment, he asked Esme about it, and since it was a Peak Emperor Rank Power, she knew about it.
