25 Secrets Being Kep (1/2)
-Several minutes earlier-
”How did my level increase so suddenly from level four to level five?” Leo hearing the screen giving him his level up notification, was extremely confused.
”Wait, could creating a squad be the reason that my level had increased without me doing anything? But I would think that Jack and Natalia wouldn't openly kill everyone.” Pondering over this, Leo several minutes later heard a screech that sounded like Martin.
”What the hell are they doing?” standing up and preparing to exit the building, Leo now saw both Jack and Natalia entering the room. They looked as if their hearts were extremely cold and they were still filled with killing intent.
”What happened?” Leo asked as Jack and Natalia both bowed towards him at the same time.
”They aimed to kill us, so we had no choice but to kill many of them to set an example. You do not need to worry about the repercussions since we will be heading to the city soon.” Jack replied as they stood back up. Natalia was looking closely at her hands as if she was trying to solve an extremely difficult puzzle.
”Natalia?” Leo putting his hand on her shoulder said in a worrisome tone. ”Are you ok?”
”That power. So much power. How… how….” showing tears coming down from her eyes, Natalia quickly wiped them before looking at Leo in praise. ”Thanks to you, my future has been changed for the better.”
”It is true.” Jack now cutting in started to explain to the group. ”With this new power that we both have, our position within our households will indefinitely change into a more important role. We might actually have what it takes to become executives now!” with a shine in his eyes, Jack started to show several tears moving down his face as well.
”Executives?” puzzled, Leo did not understand what an executive in a household meant, but, it seemed like a high position.
”In each city, a household has two types of memberships. One is the apprentice type, which signifies that a warrior has trained to at least a basic or acceptable level to represent the household. Before this power increase, I was simply an outer member. However, now I might have what it takes to become a core member.” Natalia started to explain.
”A core member is a very important role that symbolizes that a warrior of the younger generation is strong enough to eventually become an executive. An executive is a warrior within a household that has reached a certain level of power. Usually, big and well-established households will have roughly two to five executive levels in a generation. This is of course what separates established households to commoners.” Natalia said with her eyes shining.
”I was an inner member, which means that I could one day possibly reach the executive level, but I was not strong enough to take on any core members of my household. Now, I think that I can become a core member.” Jack sitting down couldn't help but to also comment on this.
”If executives are that strong, I seem even weaker now.” pondered Leo as he sat down to meditate for some time. ”Let us rest in here for today and leave tomorrow morning. If what Nathan said was true, we might be in even more danger if we leave so suddenly without a plan.”
Without criticizing Leo's order, Jack and Natalia began to nod their heads as they began to relax as well.
-Several hour later-