An Understated Dominance

“This is a joke, right, sir? I-it isn’t proper to promote him to an elder when he just joined the group!

“He’s right, Dr. Watkins. This is the first time there’s been an exception like this. That’s not normal!

“Sir, we know you favor talented individuals, but I’m afraid others might be unhappy with your decision.”

The elders and many disciples of the Stoneray Order were upset when they heard that Linden would promote Dustin to elder, which was only one rank below the assistant leader.

Disciples usually started as junior disciples before becoming intermediate disciples. Then, they would be promoted to senior disciples. As senior disciples, if they made any major contributions, they would be promoted to upper disciples.

Upper disciples were then categorized into three classes-upper third, upper second, and upper first. Only upper first disciples had a chance of being promoted to elder.

elder would take at least a few decades. However, Dustin was now offered to take the top spot for free, pissing many people off.

skills are more than worthy of becoming an elder!” Linden responded firmly.

sure he could do. That was why Linden desperately

yet. It’s fine if you take him in as an upper disciple, but I think appointing him

existed for centuries; there has

I said that it’s fine!” Linden shouted angrily, scaring the others into silence. After all, he was the one with the ultimate power.

you can become an elder

you.” Dustin smiled. At this point, only

His position was very influential in the entire country. After all, no one

how powerful someone was, they would still look for Linden when they were sick. Therefore, it was easy to see why Stoneray Order ranked first in terms of connections and influence. It was a once in a life

a banquet to welcome our newest