176 You Want It? Come and Get It!

"W-Well!" Village Chief Meerak took a step back in astonishment. He forced out a smile towards Pedro and said, "There are few villagers that I could recommend. B-But... I doubt that they would pass the minimum standards that young sire has, in terms of strength and potential."

"It does not matter!" Pedro said with a frown on his face. "The times have changed! No matter how many qualified people we have on our side, we would not be able to fight the seemingly infinite number of monsters that are scattered all over the continent. If that happened... Countless lives... villages... even Kingdoms might be destroyed. So... In order to avoid that from happening, we must adopt. I have decided to train a couple of people under my force. It would all depend on their performance whether these people--or should I call representatives, would stay in my force after this catastrophe."