Mercenary System: I can increase innate potential !-Chapter 111: Class quest

[Current balance: 2025 gold coins].

[Status display according to pre-selected filters].

Current class: Swordsman - Level 6

Talent: Nox Limit - Level 1, Life Awakening - Level 1

Options available:

Upgrade class (175 gold)

Unlock a new class (50 gold coins)

Upgrade "Nox Limit" or "Life Awakening" talent to level 2 (1000 gold coins)

Maxime smiled slightly. He had a clear idea of where to start.

[Swordsman: 0/175+]

"Upgrade the Swordsman class to level 7."

[Swordsman: 0/175+]

[Swordsman: 19/175+]

[Swordsman: 34/175+]

...

[Swordsman: 175/175]

Immediately, a vortex of violet energy emanating from the system enveloped his body. A sensation of intense, almost overwhelming heat spread through his muscles, nerves and even bones.

A gentle warmth gently reinforced his body, as if he were in a hot bath.

The violet light added a sacred, mysterious air to the scene.

If the mercenaries saw this scene, they might see Maxime as the reincarnation of a god.

Ding!

[Swordsman class increased by one level].

[Swordsman class has reached level 7].

Ding!

[Your passive traits have been improved.]

[You go from an 11% physics bonus when holding a sword to 13%]

[You go from a 25% efficiency bonus when training with a sword to 30%]

Ding!

[Your physique has improved by 0.3 points].

[Physique: 3.05 (+0.24 class bonus) (+0.40 passive traits bonus)]

[Physique including bonuses: 3.69]

Maxime felt exceptionally at ease.

"From now on, if a novice knight challenges me, I’ll have the confidence to stand up to him without having to rely on the talents of the gods."

But Maxime knew he still had to improve his swordplay, which lagged far behind his level of physical strength.

Fortunately, his swordsmanship was continually improved by the system as he passed levels.

[Current balance: 1850 gold coins].

[Swordsman class level 7 (0/200)]

Looking at the level of his class, Maxime felt at ease.

Usually it took at least a year for young talents, including Winny and the young nobles of the real world, to reach level 5.

For ordinary people, it was already exceptional to reach level 3 in just one year.

So the level he had reached in just 2 trips to Eternity was more than exceptional, knowing that he still had time to improve.

Of course, when he returned to the real world, he’d keep a low profile.

Not to mention the fact that he had undoubtedly offended a powerful family by killing the bandit leader, his evolution was more than abnormal and far too rapid.

Revealing his strength before the university contest could provoke variables difficult to control.

He could even be assassinated by aliens.

However, class evolution had its limits.

Generally speaking, common classes such as swordsman, spearman or archer could only go up to level 9.

And at this stage, he could do it.

But he hesitated.

He wanted to open up a new class to get stronger for less money.

After all, the first levels of each class were generally very inexpensive, while the physical improvement was quite noticeable.

For example, to go from level 1 to level 2 of the swordsman class cost just 10 gold coins, and that added 0.2 points of physique.

But he knew that if he opened a new class, he wouldn’t be able to maximize his chances of getting a good one.

When the time came, he still hesitated.

Then finally he bit his lip, and decided to take a gamble.

"System, raise my swordsman class to level 9."

He knew in his heart of hearts that if he opened a new class, he could indeed get stronger, faster.

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But if he did, in the long run he’d also be weaker.

If he became weaker, he would be less able to seize opportunities and, above all, he would be less able to protect his men.

But that wasn’t what had really swayed his decision.

He had suddenly remembered that when he had reached the maximum level of the peasant class, he had gained two talents.

A minor talent in strength and a minor talent in endurance.

So if he maximized the swordsman class, perhaps he could acquire some powerful talents?

He also thought that, in future, he would try to keep gold with him at all times, so that if something happened that overwhelmed him, he could use those gold coins to quickly become stronger.

Finally, this indecision and reflection lacked the guidance of a strong expert.

If he’d come from a large family or attended a well-known university, he wouldn’t have been plagued by indecision.

Right away, he would have been given the best advice and the recommended path to follow.

But they didn’t have those resources, so he relied on his own intelligence.

[Order received.]

[Processing in progress...]

300 gold coins subtracted for passage to level 8] [Passage to level 8 successful.

[Passage to level 8 successful.]

"300 gold coins? Maxime opened his eyes wide, seeing so much money go.

But there was more to come.

[500 gold coins subtracted for passage to level 9].

"What do you mean 500 gold coins? What kind of scam is this? Why didn’t anyone warn me?"

Maxime began to feel sad at seeing so much money go, but he couldn’t blame anyone.

The teachers would never have imagined that a student from their high school could reach level 9.

Nor had he done any research of his own, since he hadn’t thought he’d reach such a level in such a short time.

Ding!

[Swordsman class has gone up a level].

[Swordsman class has reached level 8].

Ding!

[Your passive traits have been improved.]

[You go from a 13% physics bonus when holding a sword to 15%]

[You go from a 30% efficiency bonus when training with a sword to 35%]

Ding!

[Your physique has improved by 0.4 points].

Ding!

This last notification was strange, normally there were no more notifications after the physical improvement.

[Your knighting skill has been upgraded to medium level].

Seeing this notification, Maxime was disappointed.

After all, in his opinion, breathing methods mainly improved each person’s innate potential, while the effect on actual strength improvement remained mediocre.

Even if mid-level knightly talent could make him a genius, to the point where he had superior talent to Henry and Ultia, it was too slow.

It was far too slow compared to improving with gold coins.

It was still more profitable to spend time on sword practice to improve his fighting power, whether on the physical or technical side, to the level of a knight.

But the notifications weren’t over yet.

Ding!

[Swordsman class increased by one level].

[Swordsman class has reached level 9].

Ding!

[Your passive traits have been improved].

[You go from a 15% physics bonus when holding a sword to 17%]

[You go from a 35% training efficiency bonus when holding a sword to 40%]

Ding!

[Your physique has improved by 0.5 points].

Ding!

"Another new notification?" wondered a perturbed Maxime.

[Your knighting talent has evolved to the high level!]

This time Maxime was shocked, a talent of this level could be the best in this Kingdom.

After all, even in the famous purple knight academy, the highest level of talent was the middle level.

Perhaps in all the southern territory, only the Count and his predecessors could have talent of this level.

Simultaneously, a new wave of energy invaded the room. This time, the energy was not limited to a violet glow: it blended with golden and scarlet hues, creating an almost hypnotic effect.

As the golden and scarlet hues merged in an energetic dance around him, Maxime felt his body transform profoundly.

Every beat of his heart sounded like a drum in his ears, and the heat radiating through his muscles was almost overwhelming, yet strangely pleasurable.

His muscles contracted violently before relaxing, stronger, denser. His nerves, stimulated by the system’s energy, adapted at lightning speed, improving not only his reactivity, but also his precision.

He clenched a fist, and the air around him seemed to vibrate slightly under the pressure, as if he could feel the raw power emanating from every movement.

A notification appeared before his eyes, but Maxime didn’t pay immediate attention to it.

His mind was busy processing this new sensation of balance and power. His vision had become clearer than ever before.

Every detail of the room, every shade of shadow, was now perfectly clear.

Even the distant sounds of the wind outside reached him with impressive clarity.

Energy continued to flow through him, strengthening not only his body, but also his ability to control it.

His movements seemed more fluid, more natural, as if he’d reached an instinctive understanding of his own body mechanics.

"Is this still a human body I have right now?"

All at once, he felt that somehow, not only had his body improved, but so had his intelligence and understanding.

He drew his sword, and executed a series of sword strikes into the void. Each movement, each blow, was terrifyingly precise and powerful.

At the same time, he felt that with each strike, his swordsmanship improved slightly, as if he had become a swordsmanship genius.

He could easily see the flaws in his own technique and so improve accordingly.

"Is this a high-level knight’s talent?" he thought, incredulous.

"I thought it was limited to the practice of breathing methods, but it would seem that it also has a significant impact on fighting methods."

Ding!

[Congratulations on reaching level 9 of the swordsman class!]

[You will be rewarded with a talent specific to this class and related to your life experience!]

Ding!

[Congratulations on acquiring the passive ability "Sword Regeneration"].

[Sword Regeneration: Constant use of the sword naturally accelerates muscle recovery and body adaptation, allowing for prolonged training.

Maximus took a deep breath.

With this ability, he could train far longer than a talent of the same level.

And above all, with such a talent, it was worth training in breathing methods despite the presence of the system.

For one of the most important effects of breathing methods was the ability to awaken the vital seed.

This seed was the difference between an apprentice knight and a knight.

Not only did this seed considerably improve physical performance when awakened, it also provided a very powerful skill.

When knights fought, they could harness the power of the vital seed to temporarily enhance their physical abilities at the cost of their lifespan.

Indeed, they could lose life expectancy, as activating the vital seed for too long could create hidden wounds in the knights’ bodies.

But this skill was so powerful that even if Maxime had a slightly stronger physique than many knights, he didn’t have the confidence beforehand to defeat any of them without relying on his talents.

Of course, with Maxime’s power having taken a leap, everything was different now.

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Ding!

[The conditions have been met!]

[Class quest unlocked!]