The chosen ones

I got goosebumps when I heard the Saintess' words. various feelings came over me when she mentioned the name of the adventurous party

"The party consists of 5 people, as I said they disappeared after the war against the gods, but there is one member who survived the battle against the gods 10 years ago."

Everyone listened to the Saintess in silence, not a single person spoke other than the Saintess in this hall. Maybe if they heard this when they were still in their world they would have thought it was just nonsense, but now it's a different story, thanks to magic they now believe every single thing the Saintess says.

"This person is the right-hand of the "Star" and the strongest person in the group, he once fought a demon lord one-on-one, and although no one knows the outcome of the fight, the fact that he was able to return from the demon world alive already proves that he is equal to or even stronger than the demon lord."

how strong exactly was this person? all the stories about him are completely beyond reason, starting from fighting against gods, and fighting one on one with the demon king.

This... Gets me excited

"He used to be called the Golden Lion, but because of his achievements, people started to agree to change his nickname to the Strongest Human of All Time. You might be thinking, why am I talking about him in so much detail? Well... it's because I asked him to take some of you as his disciples."

The people were stunned to hear the saintess' words, they started whispering to each other and looked excited. Honestly, who wouldn't be excited to hear this? someone who is called The Strongest Human Of All Time will make several people here as his students, I even hope that I am the person chosen as his student.

"Because of that, I hope you all stand up because that person is already here."

What?! That person is here now? why does Saintess always like to make people have heart attacks?

People began to stand up with tense faces, it seemed as if they were nervous, I also stood up clenching my fists, even Nina, who usually looked calm and unconcerned, now looked nervous. To be honest, I was also nervous about this person's sudden arrival.

The saintess then took a few steps back, inhaled deeply, and stood gracefully in the center of the stage. Her charming posture left people speechless, time seemed to stop for a while, then the Saintess opened her mouth.

"I welcome you here, the Strongest Human of All Time, and the Duke of the Kingdom of Valoria, Leonhart de Rochefort, please come in."

The knights knelt and the servants bowed at the same time, even the Saintess herself bowed at her arrival. People got awkward, not knowing what to do, while I just bowed so as not to look stupid, Ethan and the others also bowed after the Saintess, it seemed they understood the situation.

In the silence, the sound of footsteps came from the stage, I raised my face and saw a man with golden hair and green eyes, wearing an all-black outfit with a coat with fur on the collar. His authoritative figure shone under the hall lights like a flower blooming in the moonlight.

The people were stunned by the man in front of them, the man looked at us and opened his mouth.

"I appreciate your willingness to fight for this world."

Suddenly there was a strong pressure from the Duke. Everyone in the room knelt on the floor, even Nina, who I thought was strong, knelt on the floor with a trembling body, the professors also fell to their knees. The Saintess was the only one who did not kneel against his pressure, she just closed her eyes and smiled kindly.

"Ugh..."

My body shook so much that I had trouble breathing and something rose in my throat. Damn it, what kind of pressure is this? It's even stronger than the woman in the white room! My body won't move, I can't control my own body, even the mana inside this hall is shaking chaotically!

The saintess then opened her eyes and glanced at the duke. "Leon, aren't you going too far? After all, they are just beginners who are new to mana, even if you have restrained yourself, they will still find it difficult. Look at that, even my knights are also kneeling, you know."

"If so, it looks like you need to reselect your people because they are not suitable to be your bodyguards."

"Geez, why do I have to hire someone strong? After all, no one would dare to attack me if the person behind me is you."

"Sigh..."

The pressure from the duke finally dissipated and I was able to move again, the pressure he exuded was terrifying, it seems like the title of the Strongest Man of All Time is not an exaggeration for him.

"Okay, it's up to you."

"Thank You." The saintess laughed a little when chatting with Duke Leonhart.

"Then Verdia, mention the names of the people on this paper, I will go because I have a lot of work."

"Okay, be careful on the road."

Saintess waved her hand at Duke Leonhart who left the stage, Duke Leonhart only looked at her briefly and then walked out quietly.

"I will now announce the names of the people selected by Leon as his disciples, those who are not selected will still train here, so the first one is...."

Everyone looked nervous as I saw their faces stiffen, even I was nervous. Sh*t, I hate this feeling, it's like being in a job applicant selection process at a company.

"Ethan Starshield, come on stage."

"The second is Anna Silia, come up to the stage."

"The third is James Aaron, come on stage."

"The fourth is Ren Akane, come on stage."

"The fifth is Raden Fatah, come up to the stage." The five people walked onto the stage awkwardly, the way they walked started to look like robots, really... at times like this I wish I had never known them.

...Wait, they are all people close to Ethan? Will I be called too? At this point, I can only hope.

"And the last one is Nicholas Dendi, come up to the stage together with the others."

Ahhh finally! I knew it, being close to the main character would bring me good luck. But somehow, Ethan who was on stage seemed happier than me.

I walked onto the stage and stood next to Raden, disappointment visible on the faces of those whose names were not called.

"Aren't they people close to Dendi?"

"Looks like they're just taking a ride on him."

I could hear the words of people who were jealous of us, I felt like the saintess was just looking at me, pretending not to know and ignoring it.

"Okay, starting tomorrow you will leave this place and go to Duke Leon's residence to train there. That's all for today, now go back to your rooms." And so people started to leave with disappointment visible on their faces.

"Ethan! I can't believe we're going to be the students of the strongest person in this world, I'm so excited."

"Hehehe, you are right Anna. We are lucky that our name was called by the saintess."

"Don't be too happy Ethan, Anna, maybe the training there is tougher than here."

"Sis Akane is right, you are just lucky to be called by the saintess Sis Anna."

"You midget!!"

"..." Well, Don't expect anything from Aaron.

They jumped for joy and looked happy, I was honestly happy too, but hearing Akane's words made me realize the situation.

As we were about to leave the stage, the Saintess called out to us with a smile on her face.

"Wait a minute, there's something I want to talk to you about, can you take the time to stop by and chat with me?"

Hm? What does the saintess want to talk about?