That morning, he trained hard to increase his strength as much as possible until the appointed time arrived. He arrived at the site designated in the mission, which was one of the organization's small bases.
It was a small bar of moderate luxury south of the city.
Carion was waiting for him along with the other members of the expedition.
"Klaus, you came." Carion greeted, and Klaus returned the greeting.
"I'll introduce you." He said, and then he turned to introduce him to everyone present.
Among those present, everyone was human except Carion.
"He is Klaus, a 3 Star Sorcerer who has just completed his First Bath of Cursed Energy. He is one of the rookies who will be accompanying us on the mission."
The other rookie stood up and saluted. He was a young man , about 16, who had reached Comprehension.
The other three simply gave evasive greetings. None seemed to want to talk to Klaus, and that made some sense. He was the oldest rookie they had ever seen.
Even the 'Expedition Commanders,' were 18 years old and already equated with him in terms of Stars.
They respected Carion despite the fact that he was quite a bit older than Klaus. Carion was 30 years old, but they respected him because they knew that he had started very late in his training and had amazing talent.
He reached the Primary Level of the Power System, becoming a 4 Star Sorcerer, in just 3 years. That made everyone respect him.
In this world, most people start their training at 13 or 14; by 18, they can be in Realization, and by 20, they would be at the Primary Level if they are talented enough. If you are 20 and still in Realization, then you are not talented, unless you started late, as is the case with Carion.
In this case, none of them knew that Klaus had just started less than 1 month ago. If they knew, they would all be licking his balls.
But, precisely because they didn't know, one of the commanders stood up and looked at Carion.
"I understand that we are bringing in 2 rookies to train them. The young man who came first is fine; he is a rookie in every right and has just started his training; he can still make it to the Primary Level at 19 or 20, but why bring someone who, at 20, is still stuck in Realization?" he asked.
Carion, who was planning to say a few words, had to stop and look at him.
"How do you know he's stagnant? I don't think he has shown his energy in front of you, as for you to know."
The man scoffed. "Right, excuse my boldness to say that he is stagnant. From what I heard yesterday, the rookies who appeared recently have barely reached their stages recently. I heard about a 'newbie' who achieved Realization and was awarded three stars from Carion Westwood's hand, but that person had such poor energy, his density showed that he barely managed to reach that level." He scoffed and looked at Klaus arrogantly.
"He's not even stagnant, his energy is so poor that he barely just got in there and he has several years left to try to reach the Primary Level, that's much worse. Don't you think so, Carion Leader?"
Carion frowned. 'Tsk, this guy's got good ears.' He sighed.
"That's the reason I brought him. He achieved the Realization, so he is good at using his strength and has a good mind. But he needs training. I brought him because I wanted to train him; I don't think the Commanders have the ability to choose who I want to bring in and who I don't. The mission was given to me, not you."
The man he was talking to frowned at how adamant he was being. That pissed him off. He's one of those good talents in the Organization. He's so good that the Organization offered him an annual contract.
None of the people here have that privilege. So, getting angry was normal. But, despite that, he was still below Carion in rank this time.
Therefore, he had to give an angry snort and try to leave.
But Klaus stopped him.
"Wait, since you have doubts about me and you have misinformation, I think I should show you one thing. Don't believe everything you hear out there; sometimes luminosity can prevent someone from seeing things correctly." Klaus smiled after saying this and raised his hand, allowing a layer of positive energy to surround his arm.
This layer had a distinctly higher density than it had that night. It was so superior that Carion was surprised.
"What...?"
The other man also looked at it, surprised. 'Didn't they say it had very little density? What about those bastards, did they trick me?' He couldn't look away from Klaus' arm.
The difference between what he had been told and what he saw was too much.
That's why Klaus spoke again.
"Whoever gave you information, I guess they don't want what's best for you."
Then he hid his energy inside and looked at Carion.
This one was looking at him with a surprised look. 'Even I saw wrong? Was it the brightness of the moment?' His mind was filled with unanswered thoughts and questions.
Still, this gave him a good way out of the situation, so he smiled.
"I think everyone misunderstood Klaus. But that's the least of it; some altercations can happen when dealing with rookies, as we are not used to training them. Let's talk about the mission, which is more important."
The other man turned his head to the side, embarrassed. "Let's talk about the mission. Possibly I got the wrong person." He said and returned to his place.
Klaus sat down in a free chair, and Carion began to speak.
"We have to rescue some rich guys, you know that. The designated location is near the outskirts of the city. Robbers kidnaped them, and they were planning to escape far away from the city to their base, but in the end, they ended up being ambushed by cursed beasts. That happened the day the mission was issued in the morning."
"We have information that they are still there. The robbers are nearby, but the hostages are on the other side of the cursed beasts, so maybe there is an intelligent cursed beast there. It is possible that it is the kind that can talk since, according to our infiltrator among the robbers, the hostages are still alive."
"Now, the plan is as follows. Because these guys broke into one of the abandoned villages in the area, it's easier for us to go in and rescue them. We will convince the robbers that we are on the same side, and subsequently, they will help us distract some cursed beasts. We will do this..."
Carion quickly explained the plan in detail, giving everyone a role in the team.
A while later, they left the city in some vans provided by the organization.
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