"Oh my God! Isn't that Venerable Wayne?"
"Yes he is. And he seems to be hosting this meeting"
"My God!! I never knew this kind of stuff can happen in my life"
When all the Military soldiers who were seated saw the old man that has appeared on the podium. An uproar suddenly erupted all around the hall.
"Silence!!"
But not long after, the soldiers that were seated suddenly became quiet as they stared at the old man on the podium in shock.
'So loud' Pearce thought as he used his Qi to to heal his slightly damaged eardrums.
"In this 50th annual Soldier Rankers Conference Meeting, things will be done slightly different than the other meetings we held in the previous years" Venerable Wayne suddenly spoke with an indifferent look on his wrinkled face.
"But before I will you about this meeting, I would like all the new recruits for this year to come out and line up behind me" Venerable Wayne continued as he secretly began to think of something.
As soon as Venerable Wayne said this, a few soldiers suddenly dashed out from the crowd of soldiers and stood behind Venerable Wayne.
"Looks like I am being called" Robert suddenly said as he stood up.
"Wait… are you a new recruit?" Pearce asked with a surprised expression on his face.
"Of cause" Robert calmly replied before he dashed out of that place and also lined up with the others behind Venerable Wayne.
After seeing that no other person was coming out of the crowd of soldiers that were seated, Venerable Wayne slightly nodded as he suddenly spoke.
"Now that the new recruits are all out, let me explain why this year will be different than the previous years"
"This year, you soldiers will form different groups as you all will be sent to various stations all over the world to help in thoroughly wiping out monsters in that area" Venerable Wayne continued with an indifferent look still on his face.
"What?"
"We will be sent to various places to wipe out monsters?"
"This year is going to be really stressful"
"And I was hoping on enjoying the house I just acquired not too long ago"
Although most of the soldiers were unwilling, they couldn't complain since it might backfire in double folds.
'Finally! This is what I needed' Pearce thought with an excited expression on his face.
Ever since Pearce got into the Monster Slaying Regiment, he was hoping on going to various places to eradicate as much monsters he could. Although things weren't going well with him in the beginning, he finally got his chance.
"As for these new recruits that are behind me, they will be the first group that will be formed" Venerable Wayne said calmly.
"Eh?"
"You have got to be kidding me"
Although the new recruits behind Venerable Wayne had an unsightly expression on their faces, the could complain out loud since it might bring trouble upon them.
'Looks like I won't be seeing Pearce from here on out' Robert thought as he suddenly became gloomy. But what Venerable Wayne said next made his face to brighten up.
"And the leader of this group will the transferred soldier called Kyler Pearce"
'What?' Pearce thought as he was completely taken by surprise to what Venerable Wayne just said.
"Kyler Pearce? Who's that?"
"How would I know?"
"Didn't you guys hear Venerable Wayne saying that he is a transferred soldier?"
"I never knew soldiers could be transferred"
While calmly looking at the young soldiers that were discussing animatedly among themselves, Venerable Wayne calmly said.
"Could the transferred soldier please come out?"
'Looks like it can't be avoided' Pearce thought as he smiled wryly while dashing out of where he was seated towards podium. As soon as he landed in the podium, all eyes were in him.
"He's he the transferred soldier?"
"It seems so"
"Doesn't he look to young to be the leader?"
"You are right. But I must say he is kind of handsome"
After looking at Pearce for some time, the soldiers that were seated resumed their discussion while the ones that were standing behind Venerable Wayne were staring at Pearce mixed expressions.
'So this is that brats grandson' Venerable Wayne thought as he glanced at Pearce indifferently. But he quickly removed his gaze from Pearce as he asked calmly.
"Now that the first group has been formed. Those anyone has an objection to this newly formed group?"
"Yes Venerable?" A boy that was behind Venerable Wayne suddenly exclaimed with his right hand raised up. This boy was slightly tanned with blonde buzz cut hair, he has a little mole in-between his eyebrows which kind of makes look funny.
"And what objection do you have?" Venerable Wayne asked as he glanced at the boy coldly. When the tanned boy saw this, although he was afraid he might get punished, he still gritted his teeth as he point his right hand at Pearce while saying.
"I can't accept him to be my leader Venerable"
'i knew something like this will happen' Pearce thought as he kept an indifferent look on his face.
«Looks like you are being looked down on» Pearce's replica suddenly commented with a mocking smile on his face.
«Looks like you want to be ignored for a good six months» Pearce replied back in a mocking tone. When his replica heard this, he immediately became quiet.
"If you don't like it then you can fight him. If you can defeat him then I will make you the leader instead" Venerable Wayne said calmly.
"Really Venerable?" The tanned boy suddenly asked with his eyes lit up.
"Do I look like someone that will lie to a 15 years old kid?" Venerable Wayne suddenly asked in an irritated voice.
"No! No Venerable!" The tanned boy hurriedly said with cold sweat dripping down at the left side of his face.
"Good. You can go and test his strength then" Venerable Wayne said with a calm look on his face.
"Ok Venerable" The tanned boy respectfully said before he turned his gaze towards Pearce.
But as soon as his gaze landed on Pearce, he immediately pounced on him with shocking speed.
Swoosh!!
Qi Drive!!
While he activated his movement spell which boosted his running speed, he brought out a three foot long red sword from his storage pouch as he imbued it with his yellow colored qi. Not only that, but his entire body was radiating a faint yellow aura.
'I can't believe a 7th stage Body Tempering Rank boy is actually challenging me' Pearce thought as he suddenly become slightly enraged.
"Eh? What is that kid doing?"
"He isn't moving at all!"
"His he scared?"
Most of the soldiers seated were discussing as they saw Pearce not moving an inch even if the tanned boy is about to land a strike on him. But in the next moment, they all kept quiet..
Bang!!
Barf!!
Why those soldiers that were seated kept quiet was because right when the tanned boy was about to strike Pearce, the later suddenly used his left hand to deflect the sword on the former's hand and used his right hand to land a punch on him which sent him flying while vomiting a mouthful of blood.
'So fast!'
This was currently in the mind of every soldier ranked soldiers as they stared at Pearce with a look on disbelief on their faces.
'Interesting' Venerable Wayne thought with a light smile on his face.