Unknown Prey 166 166 First Meeting 2

 Leo waited for the small booklets to be handed out. "I will give you all a moment to read this over and then you will understand why I will not allow Valdis to go on anymore hunts." Leo heard the pages being flipped he drank some of the water from his water bottle that was sitting in front of his laptop. He could hear the murmuring of discussions going on. Once he noticed that people were done reading he pulled out the second stack with pictures included and had Asurlon hand them out. 

Barry was the first one to finish reading. "You are a disgrace to all of us hunters! I do not even want to think that I worked with someone like you before. If we are voting to strip you of your rights I will not help you!" Berry had read the report of the town that the Advocate came from and then town was attacked by Valdis and his chemical that he had created. 

Leo looked at the facial reactions of the hunters around the table. "I can't forgive you for destroying my vacation time as I hunted for a midwife for my fiance. I did find a charming lady to look after my wife which is why I am okay with being here. If it wasn't enough you tried to enter a bunch of names on the hunt list that had no business even being on that list. I will not be able to revive those that may have died from this but I will issue apologies if any of the family members that might still alive. I was able to recall most of the hunters before the damage got to high. So what I purpose is that we will strip Valdis of his hunter rights but also I want a team to enter his properties and retrieve everything that has to do the hunters. That will include the chemical that he has created. I do not want that to be used against those that are innocent." 

Another hunter raised his hand, "since I did not get a mission I will help in this cause. I do believe that this is unforgivable. Six people from the Advocate's town died and no one even knew that it was a town that was not supposed to be touched but at the same time there was not a hunt issued until there was a file that was all of suddenly added to the database. Now that I think about it, it was added conveniently when Leo was on vacation. I do not care for such underhanded methods."

"I do not agree with stripping his rights. I honestly feel that is going to light on him. I want the death penalty for him. I do not know why we just don't take care of him now. I think his crimes are too much." This hunter glared at Valdis.

"The reason I can not purpose the death penalty is because there is too much to deal with from the chaos he created but since you have that much animosity against him would you like to watch him in the dungeon while we look for more evidence in his place?" Leo looked at Graham.

Graham, "may I? It would be an honor to do that for you. I seriously can not believe what I just read." 

"Alright, it is now time to take a vote on what we should do with Valdis. All in favor of stripping him of his hunter rights please raise your hand." Leo watched as everyone at the table raised their hand except Valdis. 

Valdis exploded, "YOU CAN NOT DO THIS TO ME! YOU WERE NEVER SUPPOSED TO TAKE OVER. THAT POSITION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MINE!!!" Valdis slammed his hands on the desktop.

Asurlon stood up and glared at Valdis, "I knew about some of the shady things you were doing behind my back but I let them slide. I didn't have the energy to deal with you but I never once wanted to make you the head of the association nor did I ever hint towards it. I have always intended Leo to take over. I think that aiming for more peaceful times is a good thing. Besides if his parents had lived I would've given the position to Sandra like I originally planned. Why do you think I kept Leo under my wing all those years. He is who he is today because of everything that happened." 

"Graham and Berry I will have the two of you take Valdis to the dungeon for confinement and until I am ready to release him he can stay there. I didn't assign either of you a hunt and I can keep it that way as you are both on guard duty also Grant you can go with them I will reassign your hunt to someone else." Leo looked around the table then picked up his throwing needle and side steps to the right. Then throws the needle aiming for Valdis's hand that had thrown the knife. The needle pierced the palm of his hand. "I would suggest that you do not try attacking me again. 

"Assassination on the head is a punishable offence. Leo is there anything else in this meeting or can we take him to the dungeon right now?" Berry stood up and started to walk towards Valdis. 

Graham jumped up as soon as Leo throw the needle and tackled Valdis to the ground. "I will not allow you to try again. You are an embarrassment to the whole hunter association." He quickly disarmed him and kept him pinned to the ground. 

"That was it for today's meeting. I will set up a recon team for the stripping of the houses he owns but also for Micheal and Greg places as well. We do not need the information to get leaked out." Leo stood up and looked around the table, "I know that some of you were apprehensive since I am young but I promise to lead up to brighter times. Please be safe on your missions and I will see you all in two weeks' time." Leo was satisfied with how the hunters reacted and ended the meeting and stated when the next meeting would be held. Leo watched as the room emptied until it was just Asurlon and himself. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

"I must say that I do agree with Graham that he deserves the death penalty but I can see where you are coming from. You would have to have all the hunters here to witness his death and that is not possible since most of them need to go on hunts and watch duties. So you are choosing to take everything away from him and his minions. I do not like that Valdis assumed I would change my mind to put him in charge and now that his true colors are shown I no longer believe that you were wrong. I am sorry that I did not listen to you when you asked me about him in the past. Is there anything else about him that I should know?" Asurlon looked up Leo as he was still sitting in his chair. 

"He killed the original Advocates. I am under the thoughts that maybe he had something to do with my parents' deaths as well. I do want my revenge but I can not use this as a means to get it. I know that his time will come and I predict that something bigger may be coming our way." Leo sighed and started to clean up his papers and pack up his laptop. 'I do hope that I can have a little time before that happens.'

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