"I'll depend on you then," Maxi thanked with a smile.
After a good night's sleep, Maxi went to the river not far from the village to wash up, then went straight to the village entrance.
In this world, food was far too precious for anyone to enjoy the luxury of 3 als a day.
A small wooden gate less than 2 ters high and 4 ters wide ford the entrance to the village.
Surrounding it were a series of interconnected wooden posts. The bare minimum to ensure the safety of this poor village.
Had the defense been slightly improved, and had the villagers had a few bows or crossbows at their disposal, the thieves of the previous day would never have dared to be so arrogant.
The wooden door was wide open, as 8 young n carrying various tools chatted amongst themselves.
The sound of Maxi's footsteps caught their attention, so they focused their gaze on him.
Through their postures and eyes, Maxi could see a certain degree of impatience, excitent, stress or even...provocation.
A few seconds later, Maxi reached them.
"I see you're in good form. I'd like to welco you to my rcenary group, 'Les Tigres à dents de sabres'", Maxi announced calmly.
His only response was a simple nod.
However, he didn't particularly mind, as discipline would be taught in due course.
Ding!
This little sound made Maxi smile. This was what he'd been waiting for.
[Detected that 8 mbers have joined the host's rcenary group].
[Among them are 7 rcenaries with one-star innate potential and one 2-star rcenary].
Host's Talent activated] [All new rcenaries are given a new look.
[All new rcenaries have their potential increased by one star].
"Haha, it really worked!" exclaid Maxi ntally, ecstatic.
Even he knew from his limited information just how important potential was.
In Eternity, every individual had rcenary potential, without exception. They ranged from one star to 5 stars. 2-star rcenaries were the elite of the elite, while 3-star rcenaries were as rare as phoenix feathers.
So rare, in fact, that there were less than a hundred of them in the entire Kingdom of the Frost Eagle, Maxi's current ho, whose population numbered in the tens of millions.
This potential limited the physical to a certain threshold, a threshold almost impossible to cross without various unique thods.
For example, 1-star rcenaries could only achieve level 2 swordplay and a physique of 1.5 in their lifeti. A physique of 0.8 corresponds to the average physique of an ordinary adult man who has never trained.
Obviously, there were exceptions to everything, but this represented the vast majority of the population of the Kingdom of the Frost Eagle.
However, 2-star rcenaries could reach level 3 in sword skills, and had a maximum physical limit set at around 2.
The difference wasn't all that great, but it was enough to ensure that individuals with 1-star potential could only admire the prowess of those with 2-star potential from afar.
Of course, there were legends of rcenaries with 1-star potential who had defied the sky's the limit, mastering countless skills at levels 1 and 2, and crossing their physical limits countless tis by risking their lives. Allowing them to achieve a fighting ability close to that of a rcenary with 3-star potential at their peak.
In any case, they remained legends, and therefore virtually impossible, hence the importance of having good potential.
And Maxi's talent made it possible not only to increase potential, but also to increase training speed by 6 tis.
It deserved to be a talent that couldn't be ranked.
"It's even more surprising that this talent can be improved, but that requires 100,000 gold coins..."
"I also need to improve and maintain my rcenary group. The day I raise that kind of money will be the year of the monkey..."
Indeed, players were not subject to Eternity's innate potential, yet to improve, they had to spend huge sums of money.
Just as Maxi had had to do, spending 10 gold coins - the inco of around 3-4 years of hard work by an ordinary family - just to unlock a new class.
"In the anti, I'll be able to rely on them to build up the reputation of my rcenary group," Maxi thought, carefully observing the different expressions of his new colleagues.
After all, they're just colleagues. Although there is a leader, rcenaries are free to leave the group whenever they wish. Individuals co together and form what are known as rcenary groups, simply because their interests and objectives point in the sa direction.
On the other hand, Andrew was deep in thought:
"What is this, why do I feel as if everything around suddenly becos more alive, more beautiful? It's as if my being has transcended into a higher form of life", he asked himself with excitent and curiosity, looking around him.
"Could it be because of this man?" he thought, fixing his gaze on the blond-haired young man in front of him.
"I'd ask you to pay a little attention, my new young rcenaries," Maxi declared softly.
But seeing 5 of the 8 rcenaries still concentrating on acquiring their new power, he finally decided to use the big guns.
With a quick step, he rushed towards the nearest of the 5 rcenaries, still unfocused, then grabbed him by the throat and lifted him up with one hand.
A heavy silence followed.
"I'm a rather tolerant person, naturally, but it's a different matter when it cos to the rcenaries of the Saber-toothed Tigers," Maxi declared in a cold tone as he tightened his grip, causing the new rcenary to choke.
They all suddenly rembered that this blond-haired young man had decapitated several thieves in a row without hesitation the day before, while for their part, the re scene had been enough to make them want to pull out all their guts.
"From now on you're already new mbers of the group, albeit temporary, and so you'll have to abide by a few rules common to all rcenary groups. The first being respect for the leader of the group, i.e. ."
Seeing that the man he was holding by the throat was beginning to turn his eyes skyward, Maxi decided to release him.
The young man collapsed as he gasped for fresh air, his eyes looking down to hide his imasurable fear.
Seeing the result, even Andrew took a small breath to ease his tension at the scene.
"What you experienced just before is called the baptism of the saber-toothed tiger. It enabled you to increase your innate potential by one star, as well as increasing your speed of progression by six tis."
"But keep in mind that, what I've given you, I can take back at any ti," Maxi threatened sharply.
"I knew that there were rcenary group leaders with extraordinary talent, allowing, for example, to increase the combat power of all their mbers, but that only goes from 3 to 5% normally. Maybe 20% maximum for the most monstrous of them. But this guy's talent is just in another dinsion..." ntally analyzed Andrew as a wave of excitent washed over him.
"This is the best ti to prove himself and make sure he gets a good place in the future in the rcenary group. For surely, this guy will beco a heavyweight in the kingdom...No even in the world!"
This was the collective thought of all the new rcenaries.
"Now let's waste no ti and start training," said Maxi with a smile, and another change of face and intonation.
But the reaction of the new mbers was quite different:
"Oui chef!" replied the new mbers of the rcenary group in unison, with the exception of one, as he was still suffocating on the ground. However, he gave a thumbs-up to show his agreent, which made Maxi laugh slightly.
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