Ascension Of The Elder

When Randall said this Kyle could only put his head in his hands, was Randall trying to get him in trouble? Even though he had chosen to ignore Clara and Miranda"s jealousy at the new arrival it wasn"t that he was unaware of this.

Randall began to laugh at his own joke while some of the men around him began to chuckle, the women however were not smiling as they knew how their daughters thought of Kyle. Gradually the chuckling died down and Randall was left alone as everyone gradually moved away from him to avoid becoming collateral damage.

Ash and Zak began to pray for Randall, they liked him but he was like that friend who was fun on a night out but always did or said something which caused a fight. Randall began sweating as he felt multiple cold gazes directed at him and he could swear there was intent to kill mixed in. Before he could dig himself even deeper Nettie stepped in to save him, *smack* she used her usual skills and smacked him upside the head.

"Don"t listen to this idiot, he"s just jealous because no woman would ever take him."

Everyone began to laugh at this while Randall looked dejected so Zak, Ash and Dylan came over to him with a few jugs of beer to cheer him up. Kyle sat down and was flanked by Clara and Miranda while the Kid sat next to Clara. Kyle realised he had never asked the name of the kid and his sister as everything had progressed so fast.

"Hey kid I never asked the name of you and your sister, why don"t you introduce yourself?"

The kid looked up from the dishes that were laid out on the table which were making him salivate.

"Oh sorry name right I"m Chad and my sister is called Elena. Nice to meet you all."

Chad smiled shyly and everyone cheered, a few of the kids from the guard"s family came towards them and they all began to chat. As they were eating dinner everyone was chatting and mixing together barring Derek and the gang as they still didn"t know where they stood.

When dinner was almost over Kyle began to speak to Miranda and Clara about their training and wanted to learn of how they were progressing.

"So how are you girls getting on with your training, any problems or questions?"

They both began thinking and Clara was the first to respond.

"I"m getting on quite well it"s only the physical training which is hard but daddy explained the reasons for it. He also said about the higher level the technique can reach, will we have access to it?"

When Clara asked this everyone at the table quieted down as they wanted to know this as well because of the insane properties his technique already had at the first level, what would happen at the later levels?

"Well the guards and those bound to me via a slave or servant seal will receive the techniques as they are developed. Zak will also receive them as he gave me his oath but he won"t be able to freely give my technique out. I will train others if I think they are strong enough to resist questioning. It"s not that I don"t trust my people but I can"t risk trusting the people they know. Do you understand what I mean?"

Everyone thought of what Kyle was saying and realised the truth of his words. To turn the suddenly dour mood around Miranda began to speak about her progress.

"I"m doing really good, there wasn"t much cleaning or stuff to do today so I cultivated a bit more. I think it won"t be long till I"m able to progress."

Hearing Miranda, Clara felt a little jealous. She trained with Miranda but just those extra couple of days of training had given her a head start so she knew she would need to train harder to catch up. Kyle was interested and wanted to see how far Miranda had progressed.

"Miranda is it okay if I check your spirit realm again?"

Kyle had no problem using his abilities against enemies or if he had to in order to heal like what he did with the guards and Elena but he decided he needed to set limits, so he would ask for permission in regards to his people from now on as it may seem invasive to them.

"No problem you can do anything you want."

Hearing her words Liam her father suddenly had a coughing fit while her mother Iris rubbed his back while trying to console him.

"It"s alright dear but they do grow up quick don"t they."

Everyone on their side of the table began coughing when they heard her words and the same thought came from everyone "you do realise they"re eight". n.o.body spoke their mind however as who wants to get in the middle of this domestic disaster.

Derek and his crew were getting more confused and uncomfortable during this. These people didn"t act like a n.o.ble and his staff. h.e.l.l Kyle even sat, ate and laughed with them with no distinction or airs and graces. They just didn"t know how to interact with these people.

Kyle chose to ignore all the chaos that had descended this time as he felt maybe those j.a.panese protagonists had it right by being oblivious to everything that came their way. Kyle focused and saw Miranda"s progress.

Her nodes had reached the self clearing level while her main channel had enough mana contained for a standard breakthrough. Kyle wanted her to have more mana so she had a better chance of a perfect breakthrough so coming out he spoke to her.

"Miranda can you hold of breaking through, if you can cultivate through the night you should have a high enough level of mana in the morning so we can try then. Is that okay with you?"

"No problem I"ll get it done and show you what I can do."

As she said this she gave a little fist pump to show her energy which made Kyle smile at her. Kyle then looked to Bruno who was sat opposite with his parents. Bruno had been speaking with them as he hadn"t seen them much in the last few months due to his previous training so this was a good time for the little family.

"Bruno I would also like to check your progress as well, is that okay?"

"Of course bro no problem."

Bruno was having the time of his life in the last few days, everything was new and different. With his new training he could feel his strength growing and changing and with his folks coming to see him in the morning and evening he didn"t miss them, plus they would be moving in before long.

Kyle checked over Bruno and did not find anything untoward or out of place. His node clearance was slower than Miranda but as he suspected it seemed to be due to the fact that some of his mana was leaking into the next level.

Once everyone was finished Kyle asked Clara to look after little Chad while he went to his office to speak to Derek and his crew. Kyle sat behind his desk while the men stood in front waiting for him to speak.

"Okay gentlemen first off I don"t want to know your names. I will call you by number instead Derek will be one and the rest of you will be numbered up to eleven. One will a.s.sign your numbers later, you no longer have name. Those names must be earned, you will train with the guards during the day for the next week. Once you have been trained with the guards you will take station at the Sparrow brothel while removing your former colleagues."

Kyle paused to make sure the men were paying attention before he continued.

"From these colleagues you can select those who are not truly evil but you will delete murderers and rapists. Don"t try to lie to me as your seals and my abilities will prevent this. The ones you have selected will be contained within the slave pits in the brothel and once a week I will come and seal them myself. These people will become part of you and they will be a.s.signed numbers like you are. Your training will also continue while you train these new members. I intend to take control of the underworld so if you need to talk with regards to me you will refer to me as zero. Now I will adjust your seals making them more effective."

After he said this Kyle began to project seals one after the other. These were multi glyph arrays which would allow more flexibility in his control and instructions. The men could only stand there as their seals were updated. The only consolation they had was that Kyle seemed to have long term plans for them.

"Go and see Zak, he"s waiting for you in the kitchen and he"ll a.s.sign rooms to you. We begin your h.e.l.l tomorrow."

As he watched the men leave Kyle had a final thought.

"Also as you have no names you are no more than shadows so your group will be called "Shadow Hand" understood."

The men nodded before heading out leaving Kyle alone. After the door closed Kyle spoke to himself.

"Phew I think I need to learn how to be a drill sergeant."