Mercenary System: I can increase innate potential !-Chapter 226: Maxime arrives in Plouta!

Ivan thought back to all the moments they had shared together, when they had confided in each other, while dreaming of things that had previously seemed so unattainable.

Under the blows of such a mad and unpredictable man, Argan was forced to retreat.

But Liam, still keeping his cool, saw his chance.

He suddenly appeared in the knight's blind spot.

Argan immediately spotted the threat, and instinctively blocked the attack.

Then he realized his mistake, but it was too late.

And Liam, thanks to his excellent innate sense of combat, immediately spotted this flaw.

And he certainly wasn't going to miss this precious opportunity.

Liam's sword became immaterial and passed through Argan's sword, before reappearing just after, the blade of the sword meeting and then breaking the knight's armor.

But the momentum of the sword had been almost completely stopped by the armor, which canceled out the lethality of the attack.

"No, the armor is too strong in that area!"

The feat of cutting off Argan's arm had made him overconfident.

Liam immediately realized his mistake: the degree of protection of armor was obviously not the same everywhere.

But it was already too late, and the precious opportunity to defeat their opponent had been wasted.

Argan didn't wait, and took the opportunity to immediately push back Ivan and Liam before retreating, sweating slightly from the adrenaline.

He felt a sharp pain from where Liam had hit him.

"Argan, you were this close to seeing the lord of the underworld there."

Suddenly, a mocking voice appeared not far away, while a second man wearing armor similar to Argan's appeared.

Only, his armor seemed slightly more luxurious and noble.

Argan frowned and whispered:

"Tengan."

Ivan wanted to go back to the attack like a madman, but Liam grabbed him by the shoulder.

Ivan turned and looked at Liam with a glint of madness in his eyes.

"Don't hold me back, Liam! This guy killed my brother in arms!"

Liam gave him a deep look, before finally removing his hand.

"Go ahead if you want to die, but know that the second guy who just arrived is no less strong than the one who killed Wigor."

Liam's words brought a glimmer of lucidity back to Ivan, who calmed down a little despite his overflowing emotions.

Tengan, with a mocking look, watched the scene with a smirk.

"You seem to be having some difficulties, Argan."

Argan growled, gripping his sword tighter.

"These kids are tougher than expected. And you, couldn't you have arrived earlier?"

Tengan shrugged with an air of relaxation.

"I like to let my colleagues have some fun before I intervene. But it seems that you are really starting to lose control of the situation, so I could no longer be content to remain a mere spectator."

Tengan was Baron Barthon's backup in case the attack failed for some unknown reason.

Even the soldiers did not know that Tengan, who was a knight at the height of his success and one of the strongest knights under Baron Barthon, was accompanying them.

Argan suppressed a grin, and at the same time his anger.

If it weren't for the fact that this comrade really liked to see blood flow, he might still have his arm.

But although he didn't like Tengan and his arrogant way of approaching every situation, he could only admit that he was indeed a formidable warrior.

And above all, he himself, as a knight at the stage of small success, did indeed have a lower status than Tengan.

"Very well. Please help me kill these two young fighters," Argan finally said, pointing to Liam and Ivan, the latter painfully getting back into fighting position.

"Then we'll definitely capture this village and end this damn battle."

Tengan shot Argan a menacing look.

"You're telling me how to do things, Argan?"

Of course, Argan was already unhappy with Tengan's arrogant tone, so he shot back with a meaningful look as well.

Especially since using a polite phrase was the most he could concede to Tengan, he certainly wasn't going to bow down any further.

The two looked at each other for a moment, then Tengan finally raised his hand.

"It's okay, don't look at me like that, I was just teasing you a little."

Argan stopped looking at Tengan after these words, then began to stare at the two young mercenaries.

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Then without further ado, the two knights pounced on their opponents with astonishing synchronization.

Liam and Ivan, although determined to fight to the end, stood no chance against the combined might of Argan and Tengan.

After a few exchanges, Argan dealt Liam a deep gash to the side, causing him to fall to his knees, while Tengan pierced Ivan's shoulder, causing him to groan in pain.

His sword fell to the ground, Ivan could no longer muster any strength in his right hand.

As the two knights prepared to deliver the final blow, a deafening scream rent the sky, echoing across the battlefield.

Argan and Tengan, interrupted in their momentum, immediately looked up. Their confident expressions disappeared, replaced by absolute stupor.

There, in the sky darkened by smoke and dust, an immense creature hovered.

"Is it... Is it a wyvern?" whispered Tengan, his eyes wide open.

"Why is such a creature here?" continued Argan, frowning.

It wasn't just them, everyone in the village could see the wyvern flying over the village.

No one understood anything, neither the mercenaries nor Baron Barthon's soldiers.

But that wasn't the worst of it, and on noticing these details, the Argan and Tengan had hideous expressions on their faces.

What froze them in terror was that they noticed a young man in light armor standing on the back of the wyvern, the latter observing the battlefield with an imposing presence.

Of course that's how he felt from where they were on the ground.

The reality for the person in question was quite different.

"Shit, I thought flying would be a lot more pleasant than this..."

"I didn't think I'd feel more like throwing up than anything else after my first flight..." murmured Maxime, his face slightly pale.

Maria transmitted her laughter through their spiritual bond, then tried to reassure Maxime.

"Don't worry, according to the memories of my lineage, it's an event that even an epic knight can't avoid."

...

Argan swallowed hard, seeing the creature and the young man in armor still hovering above them.

"We have to leave."

"Even with the baron's entire army, we don't stand a chance against such a creature..."

Tengan didn't know what to say for a moment.

It was common knowledge that a wyvern in adulthood was not much weaker than a great knight.

It was even said that if an ordinary great knight did not use the power of his vital seed, he would lose.

Of course, telling a great knight not to use his power was like telling a wyvern to fight without its wings. It didn't make sense.

"You're right, Argan." you warned your men. We must flee immediately and report to the baron."

The two knights began to retreat, while Liam and Ivan watched them leave, helpless.

They were not strong enough to slow them down; it would be suicide to go after them.

After Maxime had recovered from his airsickness for a while, he noticed the aura of these two knights.

With his perception, if the apprentice knights emitted faint glows, then these two knights were like ultra-powerful street lamps.

Even hundreds of meters above the ground, Maxime could easily see them.

"Maria, land right in front of those two men!"

"No need to ask twice." replied Maria, obeying immediately.

Since the contract had been signed between the two of them, and she wanted an excellent future for her children, she would always do her best.

It was important to know that wyverns were not shy creatures, nor were they peaceful like some griffins.

In fact, unlike griffins, which were omnivorous, wyverns were carnivorous. So it was in their genes to fight, and there was no shortage of stories of human heroes fighting on the back of a wyvern.

In a titanic flap of its wings, the wyvern dived down, then slowed all at once when it neared the ground.

Its landing caused a gust of wind and threw the two knights off balance.

Maxime looked down at the two knights in front of him from his lofty position.

He completely towered over Argan and Tengan in terms of both height and aura.

"Young master, may we ask..."

Before Tengan could even finish his sentence, he heard behind him:

"Chief!"

"Captain!"

Liam and Ivan were extremely happy to see their captain. They had never imagined that their leader, who had not returned for several months, would suddenly return at this critical moment.

On hearing this, the expressions on Argan and Tengan's faces did not improve and, on the contrary, they were sweating profusely.

"Chief, captain?"

The two looked at each other, not understanding what they had just heard.

Or rather, they didn't want to understand.

Because if it turned out to be real...

Maxime gracefully climbed down from the back of the creature and slowly advanced towards the two knights, fixing his piercing gaze on Argan and Tengan.

With every step he took, the pressure felt by the two men seemed to grow heavier.

With only a few steps separating them, Maxime stopped.

"Did you really think you could run away after killing my men?"

Argan and Tengan looked at the young blond-haired man in front of them, with fear and disbelief.

They had never experienced anything like this in their lives and didn't know how to react.

For his part, Maxime was really angry even if he didn't show it.

From the sky, he had had time to see many familiar faces on the ground.

Many of them had their eyes wide open, looking up at the sky, but without the slightest hint of life in their pupils.

Seeing all these faces, Maxime's emotions seemed to overflow for a moment.