INTRODUCTION

'Am next' thought one of the girls as she hurriedly stood up. This girl has a low brown hair, dark eyes and she is the tallest girl in the group.

"Am Bowen Daniella. Am 15 years old this year, my qi potential is yellow, am at the 7th stage of the Body Tempering Rank and my favorite weapon are two pistols" said the girl with a calm look on her face.

"What!?" George exclaimed with a shocked expression on his tanned face.

"Looks like she is on par with you" Robert said with a mocking smile on his face. But right when George could argue back, Daniella calmly said.

"Please don't pit me with this guy"

"Oh am sorry for the rudeness Daniella" Robert hurriedly apologized with a sympathetic look on his face

"You…" George struggled to say as he suddenly had an expression of someone who was wronged.

"Ok guys, it's ok. We don't want to anger him to death" Pearce finally spoke calmly even if he took pleasure on the expression that was currently on George's face.

"Ok Leader" said both Robert and Daniella

"Thank you Leader" Goerge said with a grateful look on his face.

"Ok you guys may continue"Pearce finally said as he used his hand to gesture to the others.

"Ok Leader" said one of the boys that hasn't spoken since as he calmly stood up. This boy has dark hair that has a shade of red, his eyes were dark red as his body was slightly burly since it expanded the military uniform he wore a little.

"Am Darwin Barnes. Am 14 years old, my qi potential is gold, am at the 8th stage of the Body Tempering Rank and my favorite weapon are my fists" The boy said as he fold his hands to form two fists.

'Another genius' Pearce thought with a light smile on his face as he secretly glanced at George to see his reaction.

But surprisenly, Goerge didn't have any reaction when he heard everything about Barnes.

'They must be acquaintances' Pearce concluded before he turned his gaze to the last person to do the introduction. Not only him, but the others also put their gaze on the person.

"I-is it m-my turn?" Stuttered the person after she found out the others were staring at her.

"Yes" Pearce replied calmly.

"O-Ok" the girl said timidly as she used all her power to stand up while mustering up some courage before she began to speak…

"A-Am James Veronica. Am 13 years old, m-my qi potential is white, a-am at the 9th stage of the B-Body Tempering Rank and am a mage"

'This girl is surprisenly also a genius' Pearce thought as he stared at Veronica with twitching mouths. Although he could compose himself in front of Veronica, the others were the total oposites…

"What!?" Goerge exclaimed with a look of disbelief on his face as he stared at Veronica who has already timidly sat down

"Looks like she is the third monster in our group" Robert said with a shocked look on his face.

"And to think she is just 13 years old… this is really surprising" Barnes said with a shocked expression also on his face.

'if you think hers is shocking, wait till you hear mine' Pearce thought with a light smirk on his face.

"Ok guys, its my turn" Pearce finally spoke which made everyone's gaze to land on him.

'i wonder what his qi potential will be like' Robert thought with an anticipated expression on his face.

After taking in deep breaths, Pearce calmly stood up and began to speak…

"Am Kyler Pearce. Am 13 years this year, my qi potentials are black and red, am at the 1st stage of the Spirit Fusion Rank and my favorite weapons are dual sabers"

'Its best I don't hide anything from them since I will leading them for God knows how long' Pearce decided in his mind.

Of cause, he knew that he has two qi potentials since his first metamorphosis back when he was just a soldier that was being trained in a Monster Slaying Regiment branch in Country A.

"A Qi Variant!!"Echoed everyone except Pearce and Veronica in the house.

"Huh? What's that?"Pearce suddenly asked with a confused expression on his face. But Robert didn't seem to care if Pearce or doesn't as he shockingly explained…

"A Qi Variant is like a God's chosen! Why I said so is because not only are they blessed with two different kind of qi potential, but they also have a unique innate ability that are exclusive to only themselves"

'What? Innate ability?' Pearce suddenly thought as he began to ponder about something. Not long after, he quickly asked his replica that his inside about something…

«Hey my replica. Those slabs that I saw in that strange place, are those possibly my innate ability?»

«Am not really sure about that. Besides, am not that familiar with the innate abilities in a Qi Variant so am nit too sure my self» Pearce's replica said with a helpless look on his face.

«Bah! You really are useless» Pearce said with a furious expression on his face.

«Hey! Don't forget I taught you many grade 1 spells previously» His replica said with a angry look on his ethereal face.

«Yeah yeah» Pearce said as he secretly rolled his eyes at him.

‹quickly rise up the Power Ranks So i can be free› His replica thought with a tired look on his face.

"I never knew our leader is actually a Qi Variant" Daniella said with a solemn look on his face.

"Looks like we hit a jackpot" George said with a proud look on his face. When Pearce saw this, he immediately became speechless.

"Ok now that we have introduced ourselves, our next step is our battle formation. But since it is getting dark, you guys should go back to your residence and come back here early in the morning to create our battle formation" Pearce eventually announced as he stood up.

"Yes Leader!!" Chorused the others as they stood up in unison.

"And also, please don't call me leader. Captain Pearce will be ok" Pearce said with a tired look on his face.

"Ok Captain Pearce!!" Echoed everyone in unison.

"You all may now leave and please come back here early in the morning" Pearce said before he suddenly began to walk towards his bedroom.

"Goodnight Captain Pearce!!" Chorused everyone before they all left the house.

"What a day" Pearce said as he lazily landed in his bed.

«It must be nice to be called Captain Pearce from people that can be your senior» Pearce's replica said with a light smile on his face.

When Pearce heard that, he also has a light smile on his face as he replied…

«It sure is»