The Master Of Elements

ME 80 Meetings in Greenhouse

The next morning, Matthew meets Josh in the academy cafeteria. The man then took Matthew through quite a number of academy buildings. In the end, Josh takes Matthew to a greenhouse containing lots of plants. The location of this greenhouse is quite far from the students of Andradius Academy. So, having a meeting here is the right choice.

“This is a garden of medicinal plants belonging to Mentor Andreas Dominic. We can use this garden until ten o'clock. At ten o'clock, Mentor Andreas' disciple will come to take care of all these medicinal herbs. I've asked her permission to use this garden.”

“So, you don't have to worry about anyone bothering you in this meeting. This place is often used by students to hold semi-secret meetings,” explained Josh.

Dominic Andreas. Matthew remembered this name. He was Elisha's mentor. Before leaving for the academy, Elisha had told Matthew, Jasper, and Ellie so that one of the three of them, someone studied herbal science from Andreas.

“Come in,” said Josh while opening the door to the greenhouse.

Inside, Matthew had already seen quite a number of Andradius Academy disciples. They did not look any different from the academy disciples in general. The only difference was that these disciples did not wear pins that showed their level of strength.

Roughly speaking, Matthew counted over a hundred and twenty disciples gathered here. According to Matthew, this number is quite a lot. However, when compared to the overall number of Andradius Academy disciples, this number was not too much.

“I can only gather this many people. No half of all students who are victims want to come back and see you,” explained Matthew.

“Josh, apparently you've come.” A female disciple wearing a red robe was seen approaching them. The woman then turned her gaze toward Matthew. He looked at Matthew from top to bottom, as if judging Matthew.

“So he invited us here?” ask the woman.

“Yes, Bianca. He who wants to meet you.”

“Are you sure he can help us? Not that I underestimated him, but he was still very young. He is also a first year student. What can he do to help us?” ask the other disciple who wears a robe of the same color as Bianca.

“You can directly ask Felix. Don't ask me.”

Everyone who was there, immediately turned their gaze towards Matthew. Stared at by that many people, Matthew did not feel afraid or nervous at all. He looked back at them.

I don't know where the courage that just appeared in Matthew. Perhaps it was his noble blood that made him have no fear of being looked at that way.

“I know you won't believe my words. Many of you may underestimate me. However, with you coming here, it has already shown that you have little faith in me. Even though it is very little.”

Josh says everyone here doesn't make up half the Johanson family. This proves that they trust Matthew. They put their hopes on Matthew whom they did not know at all. Matthew himself felt overwhelmed to be treated this way.

“I swear by all the elements I have, I will do everything I can to help you rise from this downturn. Later on, if I don't really help you guys, then I will lose all the elements I have, not only the elements I have now, but also the elements I will have in the future.”

This oath that Matthew made was quite serious in the eyes of everyone here. Matthew not only risked the elements he had now, but all elements of his own including those he would have in the future.

These students knew, not a few of the disciples of Andradius Academy awakened new elements during their time in the academy. Matthew is still in his first year. So, his future is still quite long. He has the possibility of having a new element.

“Then, what will you do to help us?” ask Bianca.

“Before I say it, I want to hear you guys swear first. Swear on all the elements that you will have in the future, that you will only be loyal to me and my whole family. Then, you will be my men for seventy-five years.”

Matthew heard, a professional has a longer life than a normal human. In this world, humans have an average lifespan of ninety to one hundred years. If they can become professionals, then their age will increase.

Iron level for example, it gave an additional lifespan of as much as fifty years. Thus, someone who possessed the strength of an Iron level, could live up to they were one hundred and fifty years old. Then the height of Bronze gave an additional hundred years of age, a silver level of one hundred and fifty years.

“You also can't talk about what I did to help you to others. Including your family, your partner, or just talking about it yourself. Take it easy I won't ask you to commit a crime,” explained Matthew.

Matthew's original purpose of rounding up all these victims here was to help them. However, after thinking about it again, Matthew could not help them for free. So, he thought of making his secret army. His science is so unique.

You could say, what Matthew had was the only ability on the continent. Matthew did not show enough aura as a professional. If he could form an army that from the outside looked like an ordinary person, but had great strength, wouldn't it be extraordinary?

“Then You too, Josh. I'm grateful you've come to help me collect them. But, if you want to stay here and hear everything, then you must swear like them. If you don't want to, please leave here.”

“So, I also need to swear?”

“Ya.”

After Matthew said so, the greenhouse was silent. No one's making a sound. They seemed to be weighing Matthew's words. This is visible from their furrowed foreheads.

“I'm willing,” replied Bianca.

“Are you sure, Bianca? Are you sure you want to follow this kid?” ask Felix.

“Yes. I've become a useless person. There's no harm in me trying to follow him. Although I can still try to learn other elements, but I am not sure I can do that,” explained Bianca.

There's something else Bianca doesn't say. That Matthew asked them to swear using an element they would most likely have in the future. This means, Matthew has a way for them to get new elements right?

If one or two of Matthew's men helped, maybe that's very possible. Matthew could sacrifice a lot of resources to do just that. However, they numbered over a hundred and twenty people. If Matthew didn't mean to petrify them, then he would lose his element.

In this agreement, the party who has the most risk is Matthew. As for Bianca, Felix, and the others, they had nothing to worry about.

“Hem ... I am also willing to follow you,” said Felix who felt Bianca's speech had a point.

After Felix gave his consent, one by one the other students also expressed their agreement. Out of all the disciples gathered here, not a single one had retreated. They all want to follow Matthew and become his men.

“Then what about you, Josh?” ask Matthew.

Josh did not answer directly. He felt a lot of eyes looking at him. For Josh, who had been leading a small group of information gatherers inside Andradius Academy, he was unwilling to submit and become a subordinate of others.

But the curiosity formed because this group of information gatherers could not be able to Josh. He was very curious about what Matthew would do to help these students. What Matthew bet for those who were nobody to him was quite big.

“Alright I will follow you too. But I will not work for you for seventy-five years. It's too long for me to owe you nothing. Different from those you help. I will work for you only twenty-five years, no more,” Josh explained.

Matthew nodded slowly. No problem for him. As long as Josh swears he won't betray him or divulge his secrets, Matthew doesn't care how long Josh will work for him.

If needed, Matthew can squeeze all of Josh's energy into the twenty-five years he worked for him. Josh's talent in gathering information cannot be underestimated. If used well, and given direction, Josh can know all the information in the Andradius Continent.

“No problem for me.” Matthew then looked at all the students who would become his men. “Now, let me formally introduce myself to you. My name is Mattew Alexander Delluce Dawnson. From my name you can guess who my family is. I am the son of Sebastian Albert Dawnson and Amore Elisa Deluce.”

What Matthew said made those who were there widen their eyes. They all looked at Matthew with incredulous gazes. It turned out that their new boss had an unusual identity