Chapter 44: A Chaotic Conference

"We are here today to examine the current action of the Demon activists. And from what we gathered they seem to be waiting for the arrival of the demon king and this is a problem."

"Because they might be planning to open the gates to the demon realm."

Currently at the base of the Continental Alliance people of high positions from all over the world were gathered.

"Their current activity became blunt and exposed to see it is like they are deliberately doing it for us to see."

"See here." The man standing on the podium started telling his piece on this while the other members were listening.

Except for twelve individuals.

"Hey, when will it end?"

"Don't know, why are you asking me?"

"Hey do wanna have a go outside? this is getting me to sleep real soon, so let's warm ourselves with a few punches."

"Go punch yourself"

"This place reeks with alcohol can you please not drink?"

"Make me."

"Oh, I will."

"I'm hungry where is the meat I heard there is food here."

"ZZzzzzZZZzzzzZzzzzzz..."

"I wonder how much money I have now."

"Why is my great self, waiting seated here I should be at the middle of the podium garnering everyone's attention."

"Do this fast, will you? My experiment is almost at its breakthrough how annoying."

"Hey Chris what do you think about this? Looks good right?"

Not being able to stand it anymore a person who is a high-ranking official slammed his fist on the table.

"Enough! You twelve are no longer children can you freaking focus your ass in this meeting?"

"There he goes again."

"Tch, I don't wanna fight him."

"I agree with you."

"Let's change seat old man I deserve to be there!"

"Shut it! You damn brats This would have been over a few months ago if you did your work properly."

"Hmph."

"Eeehhhh"

"What a hassle."

"I don't want to."

"These bunch of-"

"General enough. You know the military does not have much power to move those guys we are lucky they are doing the bare minimum of what is expected from their position."

"Haaaa, I know but they are getting out of hand. Before their predecessor just kept quiet and did their job but now, they are acting like kids doing whatever they want."

"As long as they do their part then that's good."

"If they are from our family their loyalty shall not be questioned though."

"I second that."

"You bastards are a problem as well, why is the patriarch of your house not here and only a low-ranking representative is here?"

"I am the heir to our family's Patriarchal position. Although I am still in training."

"I guess that's acceptable but these guys are the problem."

"What do you mean?"

Then suddenly the whole place became rowdy making it more chaotic than it already is.

But this all stopped by a sudden aura covering the place.

"You children are just making this place even more disoriented than it already is. I know we all had our differences but this is going to take us at least two months to sort out the problem at hand so I need all of you to work together. Understood?"

"""Yes, Association President."""

"Continue."

"Y-yes."

The official on the podium then continued his explanation.

"Good thing the President of the Hunter Association is here if not we will have a ruined base."

"He isn't the only one here though."

"Oh, the leader of the three foundations of our world is here? amazing."

"Damn, I need to meet them."

"Idiot you can't."

"I think you guys heard what the president said right keep your mouth shut and listen."

"Oh, sorry about that."

"But hey you think so too as well right They are legendary figures."

"Yeah, but they are not the strongest."

"Then who is?"

"The twelve down there are."

"Eh for real? Those twelve."

"You know who they are right?"

"Yes, who doesn't?"

"Then that answers your question."

"But their attitude is really unremarkable."

"Look Like what their title says they represent the twelve pillars of our world and are our strongest powerhouse other than the six families' patriarchs. The six patriarchs and these twelve are currently the strongest in our world."

"Oh damn."

After a few hours, the content circled around the recent attack of the Demon activists There were also some who questioned the validity but hearing it came from the twelve Pillars they all turned quiet.

"There really is no one who wants to question their authority huh?"

"It's not that anyone doesn't it's just that they won't answer and just give you the whole report. They don't care about the affairs of what we do they just guide us that's all."

"I heard that every new holder of the position of the twelve pillars gets worse and worse by generation. Just thinking about the new ones Already gives me the goosebumps."

"What can we do? Even if I don't want to be a Pillar?"

"Oh yeah, I heard you are a descendant of a previous pillar right?"

"That's right so I know what this position intakes."

"But a lot still hold them in high regard."

"They protect us no question asks. How can others not respect them?"

"The damage has been reported to have raised over 500 trillion ACC. Although this is a rough estimation it is clear how they seem serious about this year's abduction."

"That's all for our report."

"Good next."

After the first group finished their turn a new one came and it was only one person.

"Good day to you all I will be talking about the characters involved in this incident. The group sent by the demon activist this time are what they call disposables. Meaning they are failures in their own rights."

Later the man explained who they were and who they were affiliated with. Along with their strengths and numbers.

"You can all consider us lucky this time because from our previous estimation if weren't for the certain actions of the six families we would have lost more than a thousand kids. We would lose millions."

"Hmmm. Excuse me but I don't know what they did Is there something here You would like to explain to us?"

"Of course, General."

Not just the general but multiple people around the seat all seem confused by the sudden action of the six families.

"As you all know the six families tried many ways to achieve greatness and what better than to start it with the kids? So, they made many challenges for them. But recently the new challenge they gave happened to be the same. Sending their kids to countries far from their reach and with minimum protection."

Hearing that they realized what happened.

"Thanks to that big brain move we were able to counter the attack of the failed products who dared to challenge us. And one of the most notable is from Clayton Scarlet. To let you understand more let me show you something."

The man then showed the image of Jayven and Clayton's previous enemy. Along with a biography and a rough estimation of his strength.

"He is one of the failed apprentices of the Storm Whipper. He lost in the battle against Clayton Scarlet of the Scarlet family with the assistance of a boy named Jayven."

Then he showed the video about the finishing bout between the two sides.

"This is a huge deal since even though he is a failed apprentice he is the strongest of who was in charge in that attack. Plus, he was defeated by two individuals. Mind you two individuals."

He excitedly explained how strong Clayton was and how lucky he was.

"Although I said that it was a good job the six families sent their descendants to multiple places for their trials each of those kids was only able to defeat their opponents by leading a group against the demon activists."

Asking for confirmation he looked at Chris who was seated with Klein.

"And he would have been the strongest if it weren't for the possession accident. Right Miss Christina."

"Yes."

"Not only that this incident they call the recruitment day happened in multiple countries in the continent and it was bloody."

The image on the screen changed showing bloody figures of adolescent boys and girls.

"We can count this as unlucky or carelessness but one thing is for sure we lost in this one. More than ten thousand kids were taken by them even if it is small, this is a huge number to the general populace. This not include the casualties they have dealt to achieve this"

Looking around he showed a map.

"The only ones successful in preventing this are the side of one of our Pillars Mr. Klein and his assistant Miss Christine They were able to save most of the children in their jurisdiction and with it prevented the damage from the demon activists' attack from going full force."

The man said clearly looking at Chris ignoring Klein.

"We need to pay more attention and awareness I hope the other pillars won't take it to heart but please be more attentive in your place of jurisdiction."

The man pointed at the twelve, talking as though reprimanding them. But the twelve didn't budge from his provocation as though they didn't hear anything.