Chapter 397: Leader Meeting

They were surprised by Adam not wanting to see any records, official statements or proof of everything they had reported to him, but it seemed as though his nonchalant nature hadn't changed in the slightest.

Despite that, within his presence, they couldn't help but be submissive and respectful, knowing that at that time he was their leader and it wasn't the time for them to be relaxed and informal with each other.

Adam said to them that he trusted them completely and they couldn't betray him even if they wanted to. Along with that, what they were working at would benefit themselves and their people, so they had no reason to lie to him or do anything to harm the faction.

After they had finished giving their reports to Adam who had sat down at the end of the table and listened to everything they said, he had a pleased expression.

"I am impressed with what you have been able to accomplish and have seen most of it for myself after going around and scouring the city," he said, shocking them greatly.

They had seen Adam appear and disappear as he pleased, but being able to go around the city in the short amount of time he had been gone was unbelievable and they had no reason to doubt his capabilities.

"Now then, for me to give you guys some advice and give you some information from my end," said Adam.

"I have completed my breakthrough and will pass to each of you a key to the secret base. The key will be implanted in your bodies and with it, you will gain control over most parts of the secret base apart from the arrays and some other places that my master forbade me to grant anybody else access to. Everything you could ever need is there and you should get your trusted subordinates to begin transporting all valuables there and building a new headquarters. It would also be good if we had some underground structures and good defensive measures. This is our chance to build from the bottom up and make sure that everything is perfect" stated Adam.

After saying that, he walked over to each of them and made a small cut on each of their palms, then with their blood bound them to the base and also granted them access to most of the functions.

"You should be able to feel a link to something and some slight control over somewhere, but you are too far away to be able to do anything with it. Most of the things there can be used instinctively and with ease, but all the knowledge and information that you might need is recorded there" 

With that, they were all eager to begin the building of the Sentinels Faction Main Headquarters, but before then, Adam had some more advice for them.

"Do not leave any rocks unturned or become lazy as leaders. You are responsible for the lives and wellbeing of thousands of subordinates and millions living within your territory. Despite them being ignorant to our existence, we are still their protectors and anything to deal with cultivators or supernatural within this city and our rapidly expanding territory must be dealt with us" 

"I was happy to see patrolling Seneinls Faction Members around the city, but too many members is also a bad thing and if one is not capable or talented enough do not accept them. We need people to add value to our faction and not burdens. Make sure that everyone is capable and that they blend into society as we are not planning a hostile takeover of the country with soldiers everywhere"

"Along with that, any enemies must be dealt with and no loose ends should be left. It will always come back to bite you and after training you guys, I will need to leave to make more connections for the faction and also do some things, so you must be able to protect yourselves, the faction and our territory without my help." 

They all nodded their heads in affirmation, but were curious as to what he wanted to do with only Cole knowing part of the truth about his aunt.

"There are these people known as the ancients..."

Adam began explaining to them most of the things about the ancients and how his master was one of them.

He also told them about the existence of that Evil Cultivation Organisation that was very dangerous, but he didn't tell them many things about the universe that he didn't think they were ready for.

"They have been protecting us and controlling the world and everything from the shadows, but the enemies are becoming too much for them to handle and we will step up to the task" 

His words shocked them all and each of them took a moment to digest everything he revealed to them, before asking the most obvious question that Adam seemed to have avoided answering.

"Who exactly is the enemy?" they asked.

There was no way for him to answer their question without revealing mind-blowing things about the universe and he was planning to reveal it to them a bit at a time.

"There are all kinds of things that we don't know about. Let me just tell you this, our planet is small and there are much greater threats out there. If you wish for me to burden you guys with the truth, then you must become powerful and dependable enough for it. I am also relying on you guys to build the faction up enough to handle everything that is coming"

With that, they all felt useless and as though Adam had surpassed them by an insurmountable amount, however, Adam's next words reinvigorated all of them.

"Fight, work hard and get through any obstacle or enemy. If you give up now, you will never know what you are capable of and as I have said, you guys were chosen as leaders because of your potential and not only because we are friends" 

With that, their meeting seemed to be over, but Elizabeth still had something that she needed to tell them all and it had to do with the Top Cultivator Ranking.