(Leo's POV, Planet Saraf)
The very next day after mastering [Life Absorption], Leo was sent to Planet Saraf to train under the Fourth Elder and learn his secret technique.
Although every Elder within the Council was, to some degree, a self-serving politician, Leo had always felt that the First and Fourth elders were assholes that were a grade above the rest.
It was not because they were any more selfish than the others, but because they possessed a sharper cunning and a level of foresight that the others lacked.
The Fourth Elder in particular had been Veyr's most prominent supporter before the Dragon selection, and Leo knew him to be a man whose ambition was matched only by his willingness to use any means necessary to achieve his aims.
That alone made Leo wary, for while an enemy on the battlefield could be countered, the kind of mind that wove schemes within schemes was hard to compete against.
