Chapter 382: You Are Truly My Student

Ria Ross's introduction was simple but impactful. It sent chills down their spines. They never expected that silencing the room with just a blink of an eye and giving her name alone could feel this magical.

The silence instantly erupted once again.

This was the caliber of the strongest magician in the base.

Since they had recovered from the first shock, Ria chose to raise her hand while clenching it, signaling the students to go quiet.

It took them a few seconds before they calmed down their excitement.

"I am glad to see the current generation of this school. And I think you have known this, but I have a personal student in the second grade. His name is Kai Carter. The most important reason for me coming all the way here is to inform you about something.

"I believe many of you have already heard it, but I will say it again. Yes, I am coming here to announce the promotion of my beloved student, Kai Carter." Ria smiled while pointing at the screen behind her.

It was Kai's profile.

"I can swear that all the things I will announce are real. First of all, I am sure you are wondering why I suddenly announce to the world that I have a student? This all happened around eleven years ago. After killing the S Rank Toad, I went to United Asia.

"I also didn't know why but I met this young man named Kai Carter half-dead. Since I happened to be a scientist who learned about the human body, I treated him there before sending him to the hospital.

"It just clicked to me when I talked to this boy and decided to take this boy as my student at that time. They thought that he was just a mere low rank magician, but I found something in him they didn't discover, which turned out to be his real talent.

"If you follow the news about me, you will realize that I went to United Asia for a year, right? I was training him during that year and what he had achieved this far was all his hard work. After all, I didn't teach him more than the basics.

"He improvised all the things he learned and adapted to it. That's why he could achieve this." Ria Ross presented and began talking about his achievement, starting from when he first came to the base to what he did earlier.

It took her an hour just to explain his deed in a bit more detail. And the media had been keeping track of it, making sure that every single word was recorded.

This was surely big news. The military had only talked about his achievement as vague as possible, but Ria talked about the process and how he managed to climb his rank.

The students began admiring him for what he had done in the past two years. If all were true, Kai and his group might have done more than the top 100 groups combined.

No wonder that the top brass kept pushing Kai's rank. They simply wanted Kai to have more authority to do more things. After all, if you asked any other group whether they were confident in challenging fifty thousand magical beasts in the short two weeks, they would surely say no unless they came with a few thousand people.

"Hence, this is the basis of his promotion. I am sure that you can understand why the government decided to make a special exception for him and promote him like this. That's all about him. Now, I am sure that all of you feel dissatisfied about his special treatment, especially regarding his mission.

"Why could he get such a mission? If I have the same mission, I can do it better than him. That might be true.

"For this, I have a solution, and the government has agreed to this solution. I have noticed that some of you can have a long "free time" after finishing your mission each month. Hence, I have proposed to the government to add one more system to our curriculum. It's a special admission for another ranking system, separated from the top groups.

"The school will evaluate your group condition and power before giving you a certain rank. Of course, there is a more complicated system for this, but I will briefly explain it to you. You can take another mission in one month, separate from the daily quota.

"The mission you will get is related to the military, and the military will be evaluating you, giving you points for every task. After you get a certain amount of points, you shall be eligible to start your military career.

"This will be implemented next term and the trial period will last for two years. Just bear this in mind, the system is not compulsory and the danger is far greater than the normal mission you receive. We won't bear anything if you die during a mission like this, so make no mistake. That's all.

"Before I go off stage, there is something that you might want to hear from my student, so let's invite my student, Kai Carter, to the stage." She smiled while looking to the side.

The students followed her line of sight, seeing Kai slowly making his way toward the stage.

Whisperings filled the atmosphere. They were confused and excited at the same time. On one hand, they had the opportunity to advance their career faster. On the other hand, they would face more problems in the future.

Since it wasn't a compulsory system, it was great enough to be considered.

Still, the star of the day, Kai Carter, had yet to come up, so they wondered what he would say.

Kai smiled as soon as he arrived before Ria. He bowed politely, greeting her.

Ria then retreated a few steps back, giving him some space.

He then looked at the students with a calm expression.

Taking another deep breath, he finally opened his mouth. "As you know, I am Kai Carter. Teacher Ria Ross's student from United Asia. I gained citizenship not long ago, so some of you might still consider me an outsider, but none of it matters to me.

"Since my teacher has done all the talks, I will just cut to the chase so as not to bore all of you. What I want to say regarding my promotion is that it is not entirely true.

"The government has indeed promoted me to be a Brigadier General, but there is one last test that I need to pass. The mission is to protect the Yukon Territory from the horde due to the Volcanic Eruption.

"The number is more than one million beasts while we will be fighting with only less than two hundred thousand soldiers. I can't make any promise, but I have confidence in holding them back.

"This is to show you that I am worthy of having one star on my shoulder. And I am sure that you all will start gossiping about me on how I am just using my teacher's relation to gain this position or why a person like me became her disciple.

"I don't have anything to say about that other than jealousy. What? I bet many of you are provoked by my words earlier. Do you think you are great?" Kai provoked them even more with that calm expression.

Many rumblings began to erupt, disturbing the silence a moment ago. They respected him for doing all that, but it didn't mean that he could look down on them, especially when he only relied on his teacher's connection.

Most of them were cursing him for talking big.

However, Kai simply responded by covering the microphone with his Sound Insulation Array and snapped his finger.

A high-pitched sound rang in the gym, making people's ears hurt. It stopped them talking for a few seconds.

He used that chance to continue. "You don't like that treatment earlier? Then, feel free to show it to me. According to the mission, I have the right to recruit people from the school, but I won't do something like that.

"I simply want to challenge you whether you are truly worthy of fighting me? If you think you are worthy, you can join this mission as my subordinate. I will show you my way of fighting, allowing you to see what kind of person I am.

"After that, you will have your opinion. Scorn me, praise me, or remain neutral. It's your choice. But if you can only talk big without even seeing it with your own eyes, then I have two words to say. Screw you." Kai smirked, ending his speech with a bang.

Suddenly, the student council president took the microphone and looked at the students. "This is a challenge, I guess? I would really like to see with my own eyes your ability since I am still not convinced of what Professor Ria Ross said earlier. I am not saying her words lack credibility. I simply want to witness it with my own eyes. Therefore, I've decided to join this mission of yours along with my group. As for the rest of the student council…The choice is theirs."

"!!!" The students were shocked to see her be the first to participate in this ridiculous provocation.

"My Eagle Group is not a pushover so that we will be participating in this too. Besides, it's a perfect opportunity to "learn" from the great Kai Carter. I hope that you can entertain me, Kai Carter." Isabelle stood up and shouted.

The students became even more provoked when they saw the two groups joining the mission. One by one began standing up and announced their participation.

Kai smiled evilly while thinking, 'The mission allows me to recruit the students here, but the most important thing is that the clause doesn't state any limit. There are a total of five hundred people in the top 100 group alone, but it's not enough.

'Haiz, Teacher surely has messed up Brad Matthew's arrogance with this move. After all, in addition to the original thirty-five thousand soldiers, I can mobilize the entire school, which should have at least five thousand students. This will make my army have more numbers than the other armies.'

Kai understood it pretty well and liked the plan.

At the same time, Ria also had a sly smile, staring at him as if telling him, "You are truly my student. You know me well."