"Well, did you send her off as planned?"
The man who asked this question was undoubtedly the one who wields the most power and occupies the uppermost room, or should we say, the entire top floor of the building where World System's Managment Inc. is located.
In other words, he is Mr. Smith's boss - and as of now, this extends to Kaori as well too.
A man who is around 70 years old. Despite looking quite aged with his pure white hair - his back is still as straight as a sword and with his demeanour that seems to wield unparalleled wisdom that could be seen in his deep black eyes - only shows that he is befitting of his current position.
He is dressed in a white tailored suit while reading the documents he had in his hands - looking closely, it was the resume of Kaori who they hired just recently.
"Indeed Sir. By this moment, she should be transferred to a safe zone located nearby a human settlement and has probably begun her work."
The man who assuredly gave his reply was none other than the one who has been assigned to evaluate their new employee - Mr. Smith.
He too, wears a white suit just like his superior but only gives off a bit less grandeur.
Though this was only just because he is standing in front of his boss that his being noble demeanour is being downplayed.
If he is placed in a crowd of humans, with his blonde hair and blue eyes, he would surely stand out as being attractive.
"Is that so? As expected of you Mr. Smith. Though I might say, she is quite courageous despite not having any training nor experience. Too bad all of our interns died while training and now had no other choice but to pick someone else to do the job."
"She is not only courageous but she also has an undying will and determination. Despite knowing the fact that we will send her off to a dangerous place, she still proudly signed the contract without even batting an eyelid. I believe she will exceed all of your expectations."
Needless to say, they are currently speaking about their new employee - Ms. Kaori Yamizawa.
"If you think so, then I'll believe you. I'll leave her supervision to you and also the handling of new interns. We almost missed the deadline this time, let's make this a learning experience and not make the same mistake ten years later. Give the incoming interns more intense training while secretly ensuring their safety. Also, increase the number of recruits this time around, we can't have them all die on us again."
"Understood, Sir. As what was stated in the contract, we've equiped her with our current top-of-the-line equipment. And while it is the truth that she is quite lacking in some specific areas, with the mind and body modification that we've done with her combined with the abilities she gained through our core system linked into her, I believe that she will make it through the ten year duration of the contract without any troubles."
"Hmmm... although we've splurged quite a bit on her, it can't be helped since we're out of time. Should we just deduct it on her salary then? Oh... by the way, how did you manage to get her? Our new employee, I mean."
"Ahem... I believe that it was not stated in the contract Sir so we can't just deduct it on her salary... Going back to the topic Sir, I sent several recruitment advertisements that are magically enchanted so that only those people with a very strong determination can see it."
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"Haha... that is indeed true, I guess. Hmmm... is that so? Then can you use that method again to recruit new interns? We don't need people who are only strong on the outside and break when encountering unexpected situations. I'll entrust this now to you, is that fine, Mr. Smith?"
"I understand, Sir. I will ensure to you that there would be no troubles."
"Then it should be fine now. You can go Mr. Smith. Dismissed."
"Thank you Sir. Then I'll be off."
As the closing doors shut itself after the figure of Mr. Smith left the room, a deep sounding sigh can be heard coming from the boss himself.
"I truly hope that everything will be alright..."
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A deep grunting sound can be heard coming from inside a deep cavern located at the tallest mountain in the Draconian Mountain Range.
This is an area populated with many dragons and their kin, the dragonewts.
And at the top of their food chain is the Ancient Crimson Dragon Lord - a very powerful dragon with a length - spanning from its head to the tip of its tail - of more than a thousand meters and wingspan of about two thousand meters.
Characterized by its crimson red scales that was as hard as adamantium - the hardest metal known to man - this dragon is known to have lived thousands of years and is capable of burning down citadels down to ashes with its dragonic flame... although it chooses not to.
Not because he fears the inferior species, but because he values their existence.
Who else would make the all the valuable and shiny treasures for him to take as his own if he indiscriminately killed them all, no?
Unprocessed ores holds no significant value to him and only several artifacts can make him know the tiniest of feeling of greed. He is trully a collector at heart.
This time however is a bit different.
With just the movement he made as he stood up, the whole cavern shook as debris and whatnot fall from above.
(A disturbance in the mana? Hmmm... could this be a treasure perhaps? Although the others would not be able to sense it as fast as I could, once they get wind of this, they would surely come running here with their puny armies.)
(Well, who cares if they bring their army with them? The more they bring, the better. Have them kill each other with their treasures and then, I'll kill them all for intruding on my territory. Everything belongs to the victor.)
As he deliberated on his decision, he began walking as he headed out of his dwelling and flew to the location where he felt the disturbance.
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Nearing his destination, the dragon saw an unexpected figure.
(A human? Here? No... those things she wear... hmmm... I can smell it... treasures.)
(So it's wearing MY treasures on MY territory? Quite the impudent creature now, are you? Maybe I should play with it a bit.)
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As the puny human finally noticed my grandiose presence, the act had finally begun.
"FOOL WHO DARES ENTER UPON THIS KING'S NEST, JUST HOW MUCH AUDACITY DO YOU HAVE TO TRESPASS ON THIS PLACE?!"
As I roared while still hovering in the air, I glared at the tiny human who is now having a stupid look as if it had just choked on an ore.
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End of V1C4