An Understated Dominance (Maria Vittori) novel Chapter 736

"This is a joke, right, sir? I—it isn't proper to promote him to an elder when he just joined the group!"

"He's right, Dr. Watkins. This is the first time there's been an exception like this. That's not normal!"

"Sir, we know you favor talented individuals, but I'm afraid others might be unhappy with your decision."

The elders and many disciples of the Stoneray Order were upset when they heard that Linden would promote Dustin to elder, which was only one rank below the assistant leader.

Disciples usually started as junior disciples before becoming intermediate disciples. Then, they would be promoted to senior disciples. As senior disciples, if they made any major contributions, they would be promoted to upper disciples.

Upper disciples were then categorized into three classes—upper third, upper second, and upper first. Only upper first disciples had a chance of being promoted to elder.

Getting promoted to a higher rank took years, so for a junior disciple to climb the ranks and become an elder would take at least a few decades. However, Dustin was now offered to take the top spot for free, pissing many people off.

"You fools. His skills are more than worthy of becoming an elder!" Linden responded firmly.

Dustin had completed all three tests perfectly, which was something even Linden couldn't be sure he could do. That was why Linden desperately tried to recruit Dustin into the Stoneray Order.

"Sir, he might be skilled, but he doesn't have enough experience yet. It's fine if you take him in as an upper disciple, but I think appointing him as an elder is going overboard," a white-bearded elder advised.

Stoneray Order has existed for centuries; there has never been such a young elder.

"Shut up! I said that it's fine!" Linden shouted angrily, scaring the others into silence. After all, he was the one with the ultimate power.