The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 252

Chapter 252 Government Officials

The helicopter landed, and the copilot motioned for them to wait inside until the blades spun down. That gave them time to see who was waiting for them, and it appeared to be a rather illustrious group of dignitaries from every branch of the government.

[Remember what I told you. You're going to need a backbone here, firm but polite, or they'll walk all over you and treat you like an unruly child.] Prince Corbin whispered to Karl.

Alice gave him a questioning look, wondering what he was talking to Karl about, but before she could ask, the Royal Rank mage stepped down from the helicopter and greeted the crowd.

"Ministers, Chief Researcher Davies, Generals, what brings such an illustrious group here today with their assistants?" Corbin asked as he walked toward the crowd.

Corbin had been seated next to Karl, who followed Alice out of the door, with Larry right beside him. As he turned, Karl could see that the staff were holding the others back, having everyone disembark by rank, so the Ascended would be at the back of the group.

When they reached the gathering, they held those ranks. Prince Corbin was in front, with Larry and Alice flanking Karl, and the others in behind.

Lotus and Tessa didn't stay there long, and went to greet a High Priest in the crowd personally. That gave the teachers the opportunity to whisk Dana away along with Rose and Darryl, leaving just the four senior members to greet the politicians.

"Oh, have you found a promising junior to introduce to us today, Corbin?" One of the men asked.

"Who? Commander Karl? Yes, he is quite promising, but hardly a junior anymore, Ascended Minister Gerald."

From the look on the young minister's face, you would think that Corbin had slapped him. Karl guessed that bringing up the fact that he was Ascended was considered to be an insult, despite his position as a government Minister, which was among the highest of appointed positions.

"Oh, a young Commander, is he? I'm certain that we can find some suitable work for him." The minister simpered in an unsightly display of sucking up that made Karl's skin crawl.

"I will see where I can fit you into my schedule, Minister. Thank you for the offer." Karl replied politely, and saw the split second where Corbin's neutral look flickered to a smirk. _{free𝑤ebnovel.com}

In his peripheral vision, Alice was doing a much worse job of hiding her amusement, while Larry was stone faced, simply standing there like a statue, perhaps hoping that they would forget he was present.

A man in a General's uniform stepped up and shook Alice's hand. "Agent, good to see you again, tell me, how is the Colonel?"

Alice gave him a genuine smile. "The last that I saw her, she was dealing with an incompetent forward operations base manager. She wasn't in a good mood, but her health has been well."

A rather fragile looking person in a vibrant peach-coloured suit stepped up, holding a clipboard. "Prince Corbin, would you like to sign up for one of the assistance groups? I have all the paperwork prepared for you, ready for signature." They asked, with a tone of demand in their voice.

"No, thank you. I am quite busy with the Spellblade training program, you see."

Karl was beginning to see what he meant. If you didn't say no to them, they would monopolize every minute of your day with their pet projects, using your power and reputation to earn themselves bonuses at work.

Alice was relatively safe as a member of the Bureau, and Larry had Prince Corbin as a shield, but Karl would have been thrown to the wolves if anyone had known in advance that he had made the Commander Rank.

"Should we proceed to the official Commander Rank testing, Elite Karl?" A deep voice asked from behind him.

The voice was familiar, and Karl turned to find Tank, the Berserker training instructor, standing there with a smile on his face.

"That sounds good. It's best to get the little formalities out of the way first." Karl agreed.

Tank smiled as Karl made his escape, headed back toward the warrior training grounds.

"You don't need a mage area, do you? I don't know what you've been up to since you left here." The big berserker asked.

"No, a warrior training area should be just fine." Karl agreed.