"What!?"
"Stage 8 in the Body Tempering Rank!?"
"How old is he?"
"Isn't that unbelievable!?"
"Freak!!?"
«My replica, what have you done to me!?» Pearce asked his replica while enduring the incredulous gazes people in the hall were using to stare at him.
«What do you mean what have I done to you? I helped you of cause» The replica replied in an obvious tone.
«Well your help has caused people to think I am in the stage 8 of the Body Tempering Rank when am in stage 6» Pearce said with a helpless expression on his face.
«Well then deal with it. You don't expect me to help you in everything» The replica said bluntly.
When seeing that his replica isnt going to help him in this matter, he calmly took a deep breath before he spoke to the thin man who still stared at Pearce with a look of disbelief.
"Sir, could you please tell us why we are being called out today"
After being questioned by Pearce, the thin man jolted back to his senses as he quickly composed himself. Not long after, he finally spoke.
"Well… Sorry for how I behaved earlier. It wasn't intentional"
My God!!
No one in that world could compose him or herself while staring at a 13 year old who is apparently at stage 8 of the Body Tempering Rank.
"No problem Sir" Pearce spoke in a calm manner. After seeing that Pearce didn't feel offended by how he behaved earlier, he quickly casted it aside as he began to speak.
"My name is Felix Edward or you can call me Lieutenant Felix. Why you are all called out this morning is because today is the day you all will embark on you first mission".
When all the new recruits heard what lieutenant Felix said, most of them casted Pearce's shocking Power Rank aside as they began to beam with excitement.
'Finally' Pearce thought as he sighed in relief. But in the next moment, he felt three gazes with different feelings locking onto him.
When he looked to see who owned those three gazes, he saw Caroline, Powell and Raynold locking there gazes at him. The gaze Caroline used to look at Pearce is filled with awe and admiration, Raynolds gaze is filled with thick battle intent while Powell gaze is filled with killing intent.
But when he faced these three gazes, he simply smiled slightly at Caroline before completely ingnoring the later two.
'Kyler Pearce!!' Powell screamed in his mind as he stared at Pearce with a denser killing intent.
"Everyone line up and follow me" Lieutenant Felix said as he turned to back the first years and began to jog down the stairs. But before he could get out of the dormitory, the first years have already caught up with him.
After jogging down a bushy road for upto 30 minutes, they finally arrived at a open field whereas they saw seven people standing there. Amongst these seven people, there are a man and a woman who wore a white colored robe and three men and two woman who wore dark blue military uniform.
'This must be where our first mission will be assigned' Pearce thought as he looked at the woman and the man wearing robes since they were the only face he recognized. The woman and man Pearce was looking at is actually Venerable Phoebe and Venerable Chou
"Welcome Monster Slaying Regiment first years. As you all may well know, today is the day you all will be assigned to your first mission" Venerable Phoebe said as she swept her gaze at the first years who just arrived in front of her. But when her gaze landed on Pearce, it suddenly twitched.
'This kid is really a freak' Venerable Phoebe thought as she forcefully shifted her gaze to the rest first years and continued.
"You all will be divided into five groups as you will be led by one of the lieutenants behind me to the destination of your first mission"
"Venerable Chou, if you may" Venerable Phoebe said as she gestured the man beside her to proceed.
"Of cause" Venerable Chou said as he began to divide the first years into five groups. After a few minutes, he finally finished.
The Pearce is in consist of two boys and two girls and is being led by a robust middle aged man. The two boys are Pearce and Drake while the two girls are Rose and a tanned 14 years old that goes by the name Viona.
"Now that you all have been divided into five groups, here are the contents of your first mission" Venerable Phoebe said as she swinged her right hand towards the first years and the lieutenants.
After Venerable Phoebe swinged her right hand, everyone could see various small black boxes coming towards them. And so, everyone began to catch the black boxes coming towards them.
'What a peculiar black box' Pearce thought as he looked at the small black box which apparently has a tiny red dot at its head in his hands. After seeing that everyone is currently holding a black box, Venerable Phoebe finally spoke.
"There is a red dot at the head of the black box. Press it and the contents of your mission will be visible right in front of you. Once you have done that, move out at once. I wish you all good luck".
And so, both Venerable Phoebe and Venerable Chou suddenly vanished from the open field as the first years and the lieutenants began to look at the contents of their first mission.
In Pearces' group, their mission is to go to a countryside village called Green Clover Village to find out what causes the strange and sudden disappearance of the villagers there. At the end of the contents of the mission, a suggestion was made by the Monster Slaying Regiment higher ups that this disappearance might be the work of a monster called 'Lamia'
After Pearce went through the contents thoroughly, he switched of the black box by pressing the red dot at the head of the black box again then shifted his gaze at his surroundings.
But in the next moment, he discovered that they were the remaining group still on the open field.
"Let's move" said the lieutenant in Pearces' group as he dashed towards a military vehicle parked at the edge of the open field. While following the lieutenant in their group, Pearce suddenly thought as a cold light appeared in his eyes.
'My journey towards monsters extermination starts here'