In a span of a minute, the five Supernaturals experienced many shocking things.
First, they were surprised that the owner of the castle deep inside the Supernatural territory is a human that seems to have a good relationship with the Dark Elves. Secondly, they were surprised that humans turns out to be the rising star of humanity. And thirdly, they were exposed to a secret that they never knew existed.
Even seeing Rex's appearance alone makes them uncomfortable, they can't inspect him for long.
It feels like knowing information that they shouldn't know, the fact that Rex who has a human appearance is able to turn animalistic is definitely dangerous for lesser beings like them to know. Something that would hasten the grim reaper's death to their death door.
As these Supernaturals were detached from their own kind, they don't know this fact.
Rex's presence already has enough bearing to be known by the high-rank Supernatural races ever since he turned into an Alpha, his presence is basically known by many from then. But these five Supernaturals are clueless, showing the years of staying inside the human territory.
"For disclosure, if you really stay here, then expect nothing but adversary in your future" Rex said.
Rex's words grabbed the five Supernaturals' attention, although their eyes were directed downwards, unable to meet his sharp gaze. However, they were all paying close attention to his words. "As I want to create a nation where Supernaturals and Humans co-exist, there will be conflicts down the road with those against my ideals," he continued as candidly as possible. "For now, if accepted, your jobs would be as guards... but that could change in the future"
Aside from being open to these five Supernaturals, this is also a test for them.
Not one of them has power that can be considered decent in Rex's eyes, the strongest of them all is an Elf that has a mid-fifth-rank realm power. For these kinds of Supernaturals, what he said earlier would probably scare them.
It's clear that those who are against his ideals would be the strongest of Humans and Supernaturals.
'Let's see which one amongst them hesitates...' Rex thought while inspecting them.
Each one of them keeps their face down by looking down to the ground, they are trying to hide their faces from Rex's peering gaze. But unfortunately for them, they can't escape Rex's eyes as he can see even the slightest bit of fear inside of them.
'A little bit of fear is fine, they can overcome it. But too much fear is not good' Rex thought.
Scanning his eyes to the five potential guard leaders, his eyes fixated on a particular elf standing at the very far left of the line. "You, step back from the line" Adhara pointed at an Elf that looks like a teen.
Without even communicating, Adhara understands Rex's move and quickly filters the weak.
Amongst the three Elves that are standing in front of him right now, he was the only one that has an air of innocence around him. It seems like he was still a kid in the Elven race, and that is probably what makes him look innocent.
Upon hearing this, the Elf was stunned for a moment before he quickly stepped back.
"Potential enemies that are against my ideals would be massive, the likes of Vampires, Werewolves, Demons, Succubus, Awakened... and even the Executor himself might come for me" Rex continues once again, trying to see which ones amongst them have a steely spirit.
Nobody reacted when he said the first five but changed when Rex mutters the Executor.
Each one of them started leaking with a bleak aura as their fear was ignited just from mentioning the Executor, this just shows how deeply the fear of the Executor was engraved inside the Supernaturals' minds.
But amongst them, Rex's eyes were attracted to an Elf, he was the tallest and seem the oldest.
Unlike the usual ivory complexion of Elves, this Elf had a slight tan to his skin. His eyes are glowing yellow and determined, with eyebrows that slant downward like he's been through a lot. He also had short brown hair and a goatee that made him look older than the other Elves here. Despite being fearful for the Executor, his eyes held a strong resolve.
"What's your name, Elf?" Rex looks at this particular Elf, inquiring about his name.
Raising his gaze for a brief moment when he heard this, the Elf then replied with a polite tone, "My name is Gelmar, Gelmar Advaris" he then lower his gaze again after introducing himself, showing the good manner that he possesses.
While looking at Gelmar, he rests his finger on his chin in thought.
Adhara sidled up to him and whispered in his ear as he was studying Gelmar's stats to get a rough idea of his power. "He's the most promising," she said. "Naela mentioned that he has a son outside and that his wife recently died due to the cursed creatures inhabiting the forest. If you ask me, he's the most motivated to stay here out of the five of them"
Receiving this news, Rex nodded his head as he can already tell that Gelmar is the best candidate.
Inspecting the remaining four, Adhara decided to separate yet another Elf amongst the group to join the teen Elf earlier, leaving only Gelmar, a Fairy, and a Dryad. After filtering the five, the two Elves were escorted outside by Naela.
With the remaining three, now Rex has the candidate for guard leaders.
'System, are you able to assess their bloodline's strongest form?' Rex asked, he was thinking of making them the generals of his future nation. As his nation is going to be bigger in the future, he's bound to have a fighting force.
Silverstar Pack members are not going to be the fighting force, it's not necessary for them.
Knowing that he was starting to envision his future army, the system can help him envision that clearly and create a plan based off of it. Even though it's going to be hard to turn them into individuals worthy of being a general, he can do it a step at a time.
<Touching the target is required to scan their bloodline and their potential>
'I can't just go touch them right now, that would be too much for now. Just tell me the strongest bloodline of an Elf, a Fair, and a Dryad can possess' Rex replied, he needs to keep his appearance, and going to them and touching them without any explanation would not look good.
<Strongest Elf Bloodline... Mystic Wind Monarch>
A legendary bloodline with the unparalleled skill to control the fundamental wind element, a talent equivalent to ten thousand thousand Elves of great ability merged into one. Mystic Wind Monarch appears only once in every ten billion, born with the symbol of greatness and blessed by the Elven Goddes herself.
<Strongest Fairy Bloodline... Dark Drifting Spirit>
The Dark Drifting Spirit is a mythical bloodline that holds dominion in the spirit realm, having total control over regular and superior spirits as well as unnatural death-related capabilities. It's not a bloodline that can be attained through regular means. Only by entering the spirit realm's anomaly, known as the Well of the Untold, and surviving it can a fairy evolve and attain this bloodline.
<Strongest Dryad Bloodline... Chosen Child of Nature>
The Chosen Child of Nature is the strongest bloodline of a Dryad that is literally the embodiment of nature itself, having absolute control over any forest. Appears only when the world was mostly dominated by forests, and Chosen Child of Nature gains Naturemancy ability.
Rex skims through the notifications from the system and was interested in these bloodlines.
Despite dwelling in the world of Supernaturals for years, he has never heard of any of these bloodlines. Even though he's confident that Werewolves have more appliances of bloodlines due to the different Full Moons, he would be lying if these bloodlines don't fascinate him.
Finishing through the descriptive texts, he then pondered for a second.
'Should I make them the future generals of my nation's army? A Mystic Wind Monarch, Drifting Dark Spirit, and Chosen Child of Nature... I can do that but it would require immense resources to develop them and evolve them to those bloodlines' Rex thought, he was contemplating whether it was a good idea to develop these three Supernaturals.
At the end of his thoughts, he decided that he can take it a step at a time for these three.
'For now, I need to focus on myself and the others first. We need to reach the ninth-rank realm in our Awakened side. But eventually, yes... I'll probably develop these three, it depends on their behavior though' Rex thought as he make up his mind.
Raising his gaze to look at the three chosen candidates once again, he then nodded his head.
Thanks to the system and these three, he can slowly envision the future of his nation. But he needs to focus or his nation wouldn't be realized, "Now that you know my goals and the stakes, do you still want to stay here?" Rex finally asked.
With a slow movement, he rests his chin on his fist, looking at the three Supernaturals calmly.
Gelmar was the first of the three to answer, as expected by Rex and the others inside the great hall. He replied with an unwavering voice and conviction in his eyes, determined to do whatever it takes, "Yes, I still want to stay here. As long as my son can remain here then I'll do anything"
It was obvious that there was nothing Gelmar wouldn't do to protect his son from danger.
For him, the Humming Damned Forest is a place impossible to be penetrated with his current power. It's Impossible for him to get through much less bring his son alongside him, that's a suicidal act if he really did it.
With that, there's no other choice besides staying here and serving the owner of the castle.
Soon the Dryad and Fairy also replied with the same conviction, showing their desire to stay here.
"I also still want to stay here, I'll do anything to earn my place here"
"Me too, I'll not be a burden and work diligently"
Upon hearing their response Rex nodded his head in acknowledgment. With the help of these Supernaturals, he can leave the daily necessities such as searching for food, cleaning the castle, and other things to these Supernaturals.
Before this, Adhara and Evelyn were the only ones that have the initiative to clean the castle.
Although the necessary spot remains spotless thanks to their efforts, other unused rooms of the castle probably have already accumulated dust right now. Moreover, there's also someone that needs to keep an eye on the surroundings, it's too much of a hassle for them.
Now that problem was about to be eradicated for good, and Rex can't help but smirk gladly.
"Good, I'll expect great things from the three of you. Since you already showed your conviction, I will give you some things that will greatly help your condition. Now that I have accepted the three of you as the guard leaders, you need to be stronger so that you can lead others well." Rex said before he reaches out his hand.
Purchasing a couple of things from the shop, he decided to give some gifts to the three.
Rex has already scanned and looked at their stats and saw their bloodline is at the very basic level, they are considered normal in their own respective race. But he can't complain much as these are the Supernaturals that stayed in the human territory.
"Absorb this and you'll find your body will evolve to a higher-ranked bloodline" Rex added.
Swish!
Glowing objects can be seen levitating above the palm of his hand, mesmerizing the three guard leaders with their enchanting beauty. "But remember, you borrowed this power from me. If you want to quit in the future, I can easily stripped you from this power as easily I give these to you"
Of course, that was a half-lie that he said so they would not flee when they were strong enough.
It was a half-lie because he doesn't know clearly if he can strip them of this power and revert them back to their original form before they met him. But then again, he's confident that the system has a way if he really wants to.
"Yes, we understand completely" the three said in a union, bowing like an actual servant of Rex.
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