Mercenary System: I can increase innate potential !

"I..."

"I’m going to go for the unique skill [Frozen Time]."

Kavasta thought he would have made the same choice.

"It’s definitely a good investment, since this skill is a defense, attack and evasion skill all at once."

Maxime nodded.

"Yes, this skill will be useful all my life and maybe it will bring me surprises."

"As for the legendary artifact, chances are that it will be stolen from me and, above all, it doesn’t matter. I will have other opportunities to obtain very good quality weapons. And when they can no longer keep up with my growth, I can always replace them."

"But a skill like [Frozen Time]... maybe the opportunity to acquire such a skill will never come up again in my life."

Adriane and Kavasta totally agreed with what Maxime said and with his choice.

So without hesitation, Maxime decided to purchase the skill.

[Confirm purchase of ’Frozen Time?’]

"Yes."

[Purchase of ’Frozen Time’ confirmed.]

[1500 Eternity points deducted.]

As his purchase was confirmed, the world around Maxime froze.

A vague murmur gently tickled his ears.

"Interesting..."

This voice had appeared as quickly as it had disappeared, which made Maxime shiver slightly.

The unknown was always the most frightening.

At the same time, he felt an icy wave run through his mind as a new understanding of the world imposed itself on him. It was as if an invisible door had just opened in his mind, revealing a concept he had never even imagined before.

Knowledge was forcefully introduced into his brain as his mind was subtly changed.

As if his very existence was being modified to be optimized.

His breath momentarily suspended as information poured into him, intangible but with absolute clarity.

An intense pain struck his brain, but it only lasted a moment.

At the same time, he realized that he was capable of doing something that would have been totally unimaginable to him before.

Time... could be stopped.

Not slowed down. Not disrupted. Stopped.

Half a second.

It was both infinitely short and terribly long.

In that fraction of a second, everything around him would become a frozen image. The particles of dust in suspension would remain in the air, the flames would cease to flicker, the sounds themselves would be devoured by absolute stillness.

Within a radius of 10 kilometers, the whole world would be his playground.

Out of curiosity, he immediately activated this skill.

He blinked, and a strange sensation washed over him. An increased awareness, an overwhelming lucidity. As if his brain were an engine running at full throttle, assimilating variables it had never taken in before.

His gaze swept across the room. Kavasta, still motionless, his expression frozen in a mixture of approval and concentration. Adrian, arms crossed, still analyzing the situation.

It all seemed clearer to him. More understandable.

Maxime took a deep breath.

He could see the implications.

An attack coming his way? He could stop it. Deflect a sword strike with surgical precision. Then reposition himself before his opponent even realized what had happened.

Dodge? He would have enough time to disappear at any moment, like an elusive ghost.

If he wanted to attack? He could approach his target and strike at the exact moment when the world would return to normal.

His fingers trembled slightly with excitement. He had just acquired a skill that transcended the laws of nature.

He took another breath and let the energy settle within him.

"…Maxime?"

Kavasta’s voice brought him abruptly back to reality.

"You were silent for a moment."

Maxime looked up at him and smiled slightly.

"I… I understand now."

Kavasta raised an eyebrow.

"Understand what?"

Maximus ran a hand over his face, gathering his thoughts.

"The true potential of this skill. It is more than just a combat tool. It is literally a skill that humans cannot normally use."

At these words, even Kavasta turned pale.

For he had just realized that if Maximus wanted to kill him, he really could.

Of course, that didn’t mean that Maxime had become invincible in 1v1 situations; there were still many ways to anticipate a stop in time.

But that was limited to really strong men. On the original continent of Eternity, Maxime would become truly terrifying with this skill.

And even against strong men, it was still an extremely powerful skill.

Because apart from the Gods, who could fight against time itself?

"You really have learned a skill that shouldn’t exist. It’s scary."

Maxime smiled at that, he was simply happy with this new skill. At that moment he had no idea how Kavasta might be feeling.

At the same time, Maxime thought of something during the acquisition of this skill.

"But something happened..."

Adrian and Kavasta frowned.

"What?" asked Kavasta.

"Someone spoke to me while time was stopped," Maxime explained, not understanding where it came from.

And it wasn’t the first time it had happened to him.

And every time it had happened... it was the Gods who had spoken to him.

"Someone spoke to you? How strange."

Kavasta had never had a similar experience, so he didn’t understand.

"In any case, be careful, Maxime."

In saying this, Kavasta was not paying attention to what Maxime had heard, but rather to his new skill.

"My main tutor at university, when I had shared some of the power of my talent with him, had said this to me: When the world becomes a playground, we sometimes forget that we are not gods."

Maxime nodded, fully understanding.

Every talent and skill has its limits. Too much recklessness can lead to an unexpected end.

Without waiting, Maxime took a look at his remaining balance in the shop of the dimensional battlefield.

[Remaining balance: 326 Eternity points.]

He thought for a moment about what to do with the remaining points.

He quickly made a decision.

[Purchase of ’Sharpened Body Fruit’ confirmed.]

[50 Eternity points deducted.]

[Purchase of ’Rank B Martial Technique’ confirmed.]

[Choice of a random spear technique.]

[250 Eternity points deducted.]

[Remaining balance: 26 Eternity points.]

[Conversion of the 26 Eternity points to gold coin completed.]

Maxim was curious about the taste of the fruit, while he found it very rewarding to be able to master the spear, which is one of the most complex weapons to handle.

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He would have liked to learn archery, but the purchase was limited to melee weapons.

The transmission of knowledge about the spear was much less sensational than the ’Frozen Time’ skill.

For five seconds, he received a lot of information about how to handle the spear, and some changes were made to his arms and hands, but that was all.

Maxime didn’t worry about it any more; he thought about exploring his gains later, as well as his new breathing method.

Maxime, Kavasta and Adrian continued to talk together.

Of course, Kavasta and Adrian promised that they wouldn’t let any information escape from the room, even if their superiors asked them questions about Maxime.

...

In a black space, which was now familiar, a gigantic silhouette opened its eyes again.

Never before had it opened its eyes so often.

"That brat has acquired a skill that even the Gods could be envious of..."

"And he got it so easily... He must have also caught the attention of that person..."

"There was Viviana and now there’s this guy. My young boy is definitely attracting more and more attention."

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"But I’m the first to have noticed him and invested in him. It’s already too much for the others, I’m the one who would benefit the most!

Then he closed his eyes again, this time in a very good mood.

He felt that his investment would certainly not disappoint him this time.

...

Maxime left the meeting room, but with a strange feeling of weakness.

As if it was all finally over and he would finally be able to get some rest.

He wanted to grab a bite to eat in the fortress cafeteria.

Because as soon as he had been woken up, Orvari and Emmanuel had taken him to the meeting room.

So he still hadn’t eaten, and now he was starving.

And at the same time, he felt a little cold.

With his physique it was surprising, but his injuries greatly weakened his immune system.

So maybe he had caught a cold.

Especially since it was still raining outside and there was no heating in the fortress.

It seemed that the entire budget had been allocated to the efficiency of the fortress at the expense of comfort.

Only the medical wing seemed to have heating.

So he went to his room, took a blanket with him and wrapped himself in it.

"So comfortable."

He felt really good there.

Soon he went to the cafeteria as planned, collected a tray of food under the strange gaze of the kitchen staff.

They rarely had the opportunity to see such young men, and especially wrapped in a blanket?

It was a military fortress, who would dare to show up like that in a military place?

It would definitely be social death under the teasing of the other soldiers if someone did that.

But Maxime didn’t care at all since he wasn’t in the military.

Soon he sat down at a table alone, taking a little time for himself.

His tray was very ordinary, a large bowl of hot soup with some vegetables, bread and water.

That’s all he needed.

Around him, there were many tables filled with soldiers and mercenaries. None of them recognized Maxime, so he was really at ease.

It would take Shibuya mercenaries or some of the men from the second regiment to recognize Maxime’s face.

Some of the men in the command room might also recognize him, as well as the captains of the regiments.

But otherwise, although now almost all the soldiers in the fortress knew his first and last name, very few had seen him in person.

Maxime slowly began to eat his meal.

Taking a small spoonful of soup, which slowly went down his throat, made him feel so good.

The weather was particularly cool, so that sip of hot soup seemed so pleasant.

Especially as he was still in pain from his burns and injuries.

So it really did him good to drink the soup, as if it helped with the healing.

Time passed slowly.

He took the opportunity to take a look at his new meditation method.

A notification panel appeared in front of him.