Chapter 3669: Potential

After some emergency treatment, Grand Commandant Kane on the bed slowly opened his eyes. The moment he did, he grabbed his wife's hand and said with lingering fear, "I just had a nightmare..."

"Actually, it wasn't a dream."

Baha, who was squatting on the bedside table on the other side, spoke up. Hearing Baha's voice, Grand Commandant Kane put on a "mask of pain," closed his eyes, and let out a long, sighing breath.

Seeing this, Madam Kane walked out of the bedroom. After closing the door, she dismissed the servants and guards waiting outside. Clearly, the old lady had guessed what would happen next.

Inside the bedroom, Grand Commandant Kane drank half a cup of hot tea, and his complexion recovered slightly. The reason he was in such a state was that the Beast Race had once been plagued by an Original Sin Object, and it was only thanks to the Devil Race taking it away later that they were saved.

The Devil Race had done so to use this Original Sin Object to contain the Abyss Jar. As the saying goes, only a "wild daddy" can defeat a "wild daddy." The result, however, was that the two "daddies" didn't fight; instead, they exploited the Devil Race together.

It wasn't until later that the Abyss Jar realized the Devil Race was becoming increasingly poor that it cooperated with them to seal the "Daddy-tier" artifact from the later path. Come to think of it, that Original Sin Object was still in a sealed state, and with the Abyss Jar having left the Devil Race, the Devil Race was overjoyed.

It was precisely because he had been dominated by an Original Sin Object that Grand Commandant Kane had such a strong reaction. But as the saying goes, "the older the fox, the more cunning." After the initial spike in blood pressure passed, Kane sighed and said, "Bai Ye, this is something that can't be helped. No matter what, you are an outsider. Making you a Lord is fine, but a fief... sigh~"

Grand Commandant Kane sighed. In truth, from the very beginning, he had received instructions from the Beast King: the position of Lord could be given, but a fief was absolutely out of the question. Once a fief was given to someone from the Paradise faction, it would become a handle—a handle that the Seven Great Families would fixate on to destroy them.

In other words, even if Su Xiao's reputation reached a positive value, the Beast King and Grand Commandant Kane would only verbally agree to grant Su Xiao a fief; in reality, they would drag it out. Anyway, people from the Paradise faction couldn't stay here for long. During that time, once the relationship between the two sides became slightly rigid, they would offer some benefits. To the extent that Kane had even pre-selected a candidate for a "honey trap." In Kane's own words: "As long as you don't mention a fief, I'll even marry my precious granddaughter to you."

Regarding the fact that the Beast King and Grand Commandant Kane were not prepared to grant a fief, Su Xiao had thought of it from the very beginning. In fact, Grand Commandant Kane's approach was truly reasonable. An outsider holding a high position in a short time was only due to cooperation; wanting to obtain a fief was simply impossible.

If Su Xiao only had the position of Lord, then he was just a Lord without real power. This was something both the Beast King and Grand Commandant Kane could accept, and the Seven Great Families couldn't find fault with it.

But once he had a fief, Su Xiao's position as Lord would have real power. It would mean he was qualified to control the Beast Race legions, participate in the chaotic battles of the main battlefield, and directly influence important decisions in the Beast Race power system by relying on the authority brought by the fief.

In other words, even if Su Xiao carved out a territory and used the fief as a base camp for the Contractors, the Beast Race would have no good way to deal with it. Because no one could predict what the Contractors would do, no one knew what their missions were, and one could never figure out their code of conduct.

Plus, with a Paradise faction called Reincarnation Paradise, even if you knew what a Some Qiyuezhe's mission was, you could never guess their code of conduct.

Grand Commandant Kane hadn't heard of the Hunter Bai Ye, but he had heard of the Law-Breaker Bai Ye, and that the other party came from Reincarnation Paradise. Just imagine, giving a fief to a lunatic from Reincarnation Paradise—that would truly be the death of the Beast Race.

But right now, the Beast Race had no choice. Two Original Sin Objects had already been sent to the Jackal Family and the Snake Witch Family respectively.

What made Grand Commandant Kane even more anxious was that he couldn't find any fault in this matter. It was the Jackal Family and the Snake Witch Family who had first colluded with the Sea Race to surround and kill Su Xiao. Now that Su Xiao hadn't died and had returned for revenge, even if this matter were taken to the Beast King, the Jackal Family and the Snake Witch Family would be in the wrong.

"Bai Ye, no matter what, the Jackals and Snake Witches are both Beast Race. To deal with them, we should adopt some more covert methods."

Grand Commandant Kane's implication was obvious: since Su Xiao could send out the Original Sin Objects, he could certainly take them back.

"When dealing with enemies, one should employ any available means. Baha, deliver the Necronomicon to the Iron-Pattern family in a while; they were also involved in this matter."

Su Xiao spoke with a solemn expression. Baha made a move to fly out the window.

"Wait, wait a minute! The Iron Pattern Family has nothing to do with this; they were the ones who had their spatial technology stolen."

Grand Commandant Kane spoke to stop him. Discovering that although Baha hadn't stopped, he had slowed his flight speed, he let out a long sigh and said, "Giving you a fief directly, no one would be convinced. However..."

As soon as the word "however" came out, Baha landed on the window, waiting for Grand Commandant Kane to continue. Grand Commandant Kane took a slow sip of hot tea before saying:

"Letting an outsider Lord take over a fief, let alone passing the hurdle of the Seven Great Families, more than half of the 100-plus Lords would interfere. However, two Lords managing the same fief is another matter entirely. Among the 100-plus Lords, there is a little girl who recently inherited her fief. She is only 10 years old this year, her parents were murdered, and she only has a 'loyal' butler to assist her. Now she urgently needs a Lord without a fief to assist her in managing it. I think that neither the Seven Great Families nor the other Lords would be able to veto this."

Grand Commandant Kane was worthy of being an old fox; he had already thought of a compromise. It stood to reason, as one of the Beast King's right-hand men, he was naturally skilled in the art of balance. The current situation was that it could allow Su Xiao to control a fief while also plugging the mouths of the Seven Great Families and the other Lords, avoiding leaving any handles.

"Regarding the matter of the Original Sin Objects..."

Grand Commandant Kane didn't continue. Su Xiao naturally knew what the other party meant and said, "In a while, I will go and retrieve those two Original Sin Objects."

"Bai Ye, why not send all three of your Original Sin Objects to the Sea Race side..."

"Are you... sure?"

Su Xiao looked at Grand Commandant Kane with a smile, an inexplicable glint in his eyes. Grand Commandant Kane pondered for a few seconds, finally shook his head, and abandoned the idea. Possessing Original Sin Objects was indeed terrifying, but during this period, the power erupted by using them was enough to let the enemy see what a purgatory was.

Su Xiao checked the faction mission and found that the previous fief mission hadn't changed. This made him confirm once again that although the faction mission had been notarized, it wasn't absolute. He had known this long ago; otherwise, he wouldn't have performed such operations with Caesar in the past.

As night fell, Su Xiao, Baha, and Ignoring Xiang Bubu Wang boarded Grand Commandant Kane's vehicle and headed toward the Sixth District. When he arrived at the "Bai Lang Manor" in this area, he found that both sides of the main gate were already filled with guards. Upon confirming whose vehicle it was, they immediately opened the gate.

The vehicle drove along the gravel road. After driving through the woods for a few minutes, they arrived in front of a castle. The place was brightly lit, and servants or maids were standing in front of the castle to welcome them. Just as Su Xiao got out of the car, an old werewolf whose fur had lost its color due to age came forward to greet him. This was the former head of the Jackal Family, Jueba.

The old werewolf Jueba's attitude was very enthusiastic, and he personally led Su Xiao to the study. When Su Xiao sat down, he saw a charcoal box on the table, with wisps of ghostly green smoke drifting out from the gaps in the wooden box. Su Xiao didn't speak, leaning back in his chair.

After the old werewolf Jueba sat down opposite him, he took out an exquisite wooden box from under the desk and said, "Mr. Bai Ye, we had quite a few misunderstandings before, but I believe you are a reasonable person. We have grievances with that old thing Kane, and with you, it's just a hostile stance. Besides, my subordinates acted without brains. Let this serve as an apology."

After saying this, the old werewolf Jueba patted the exquisite wooden box under his hand and pushed it next to the charcoal box. As if accidentally touching the box's opening mechanism, the wooden box popped open on its own, revealing two 【Soul Crystal Cores】 before their eyes.

"I'm old, you see, my hands and feet aren't nimble. Excuse me, excuse me."

The old werewolf Jueba smiled and pressed the lid of the exquisite wooden box, pushing it slightly forward again.

Su Xiao looked at the werewolf across from him, then at the wooden box on the table. This seemed to be a reward for taking away the Original Sin Object, but once accepted, it would be inevitable to develop a rift with Grand Commandant Kane later. This was clearly the reason why the old werewolf Jueba was willing to pay such a high price.

But on second thought, what if a rift developed with Grand Commandant Kane? Regarding the fief, the other side had been painting a big picture before. Now that they saw Su Xiao could produce three Original Sin Objects, they immediately changed their attitude and were willing to truly provide a fief.

Therefore, whether it was Grand Commandant Kane, the Beast King behind him, or the Seven Great Families opposed to them, in the final analysis, building friendships with these guys was meaningless. Only interests mattered. Whether these guys' attitudes were intimate and friendly depended entirely on interests and the strength of the cooperative partner.

Moreover, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Su Xiao had never thought of helping the Beast King deal with the Seven Great Families; that was the Beast Race's own internal business. What he should do was not follow one side to deal with the other, but stand in the middle and hammer the hostile Sea Race. In this way, as long as neither the Beast King nor the Seven Great Families had water in their brains, they would both fully support Su Xiao.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao picked up the wooden box and the charcoal box on the table. Seeing this, the old werewolf Jueba across from him smiled until his eyes narrowed slightly. But the next second, Su Xiao placed the wooden box on top of the charcoal box, which made the old werewolf Jueba's smile freeze for a moment, before he resumed his normal smiling state.

"My level of seal study is limited. I can't say for sure when I might not be able to seal this Original Sin Object."

The implication of Su Xiao's words was obvious: let the old werewolf Jueba keep his family members in check. If they came to find trouble with Su Xiao again, it wouldn't just be sending an Original Sin Object in a sealed state.

After leaving the "Bai Lang Manor," Su Xiao had the driver sent by Grand Commandant Kane drive toward the Tenth District. When they arrived at the Tenth District, it was already approaching dawn. The vehicle drove into the "Silver Flower Manor," and didn't drive out until two o'clock in the middle of the night.

In the back seat of the car, Su Xiao held a 【Soul Crystal Core】 in his hand. He now suspected that one of the materials produced in the depths of the ancient ruins near Iron Fortress City was 【Soul Crystal Fragments】 and 【Soul Crystal Cores】. Otherwise, how could these Beast Race families have such abundant soul stone resources?

This "negotiation" with the Snake Witch Family went very smoothly. The Snake Witch Family was even more generous than the Jackal Family, not only taking out two 【Soul Crystal Cores】 but also three ordinary Origin Stones.

Su Xiao had always been considering one thing: what kind of benefits could carrying three types of Original Sin Objects bring him?

As a Shadow of Law-Breaker + Hunter, and with the "Fearless Shadow" to exempt him from the "Will Invasion" of Original Sin Objects, but because he and the Original Sin Objects mutually disliked each other, he was almost unable to use them.

That is to say, holding these three Original Sin Objects, Su Xiao was mostly paying the cost and unable to profit from them. This loss-making behavior was completely reversed since he was promoted to the Ninth Tier.

In worlds before the Ninth Tier, even large factions generally didn't know of the existence of Original Sin Objects. The ignorant are fearless. Even if Su Xiao used various means to send the Original Sin Objects over, the other party would only sneer and say, "Is that it?"

This meant that Original Sin Objects couldn't act as a deterrent before the Ninth Tier. As for really letting the Original Sin Objects plague the enemy faction to the point of collapse, unless there was no other way, this was not advisable. The reason is that when an enemy faction is plagued to collapse by an Original Sin Object, the Original Sin Object will breed a more powerful and terrifying faction.

For example, when dealing with the Sand King before, if the timing had been slightly off, the Sand King could have used the Soul Crown to gather an army in a short time through corrupted will, thereby crushing the Alliance and the Northern Territory, and finally becoming the King of that world, causing all living beings in that world to quickly head toward extinction. In just a few months, only the mountain of bones piled up by skeletons would remain in that world, with the Sand King sitting on the throne atop them.

Right now, in the Wind Sea Continent, it was a different situation. The high-level members of the large factions here generally recognized Original Sin Objects, so just sending the Original Sin Objects in a sealed state was enough to scare them out of their wits and immediately sue for peace.

Su Xiao felt that this was the correct way to use Original Sin Objects. Of course, this method couldn't be abused. His seal study wasn't strong enough yet; a slight oversight could lead to accidents.

Su Xiao didn't stay long in the main city but took Ignoring Xiang Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha back to Iron Fortress City via the Space Tower.

Iron Fortress City in the middle of the night was still lively, with quite a few pedestrians on the street. When Su Xiao returned to the hotel, he found the guest room door open, and a smell of blood wafted out.

Following the bloodstains on the ground, he pushed open the bathroom door and found several corpses either piled in the bathtub or hung upside down, with blood still dripping from their hanging fingertips. These people were all those Su Xiao had prepared to recruit in the main city yesterday.

Closing the bathroom door, Su Xiao came to the reception hall and found two half-human and soul-wolf individuals sitting on the semi-circular sofa, dressed appropriately but with blood on their clothes and hands. Both were holding wine glasses.

The half-human was named Viper. He had half-human blood and a quarter snake bloodline, which gave his skin snake-scale-like patterns, giving people a sense of evil. Beside him was a soul-wolf named Evil Tooth, who looked like a fierce desperado at first glance.

Evil Tooth drank the wine in his glass, biting the ice cubes in his mouth with a crunching sound, one hand still resting on the back of the sofa. From his demeanor, one could tell that this was an unruly person. It was no wonder he had skills but no Lord recruited him.

"This gentleman, you are late."

Viper threw the crystal card clamped between his fingers onto the coffee table.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. After sitting opposite Viper and Evil Tooth, he picked up the wine on the table and poured a glass for each of them.

"Then I won't be polite."

Evil Tooth picked up the wine and drank it in one gulp. Seeing this, Su Xiao initially understood this person's character: fierce and capable, but not seasoned or steady enough.

To the side, Viper picked up the wine glass, quietly sniffed it, and after confirming it was safe, downed it in one gulp. Seeing this, Su Xiao made a preliminary judgment on Viper's style of conduct: somewhat clever, overly confident in his own abilities, fierce and cunning, but not firm, and rather fond of being a fence-sitter.

"Actually, I am a Lord, a Lord without a fief for the time being. Recruiting you is to raid the Sea Race's material depot at White Hoof Port."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Viper and Evil Tooth across from him were stunned for a moment. Afterward, the two looked at each other, and Evil Tooth couldn't help but laugh, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth.

"This gentleman, I really don't mean to offend, but just by relying on us, to raid the Sea Race's material depot at White Hoof Port? Three Sea Race legions are stationed there. We are simply going to our deaths."

Evil Tooth shook his head repeatedly as he spoke, his eyes filled with undisguised disappointment. Originally, he thought this was an opportunity, so he joined forces with Viper to wipe out all the other applicants who came here, only to get this result.

Viper's reaction was different from Evil Tooth's. He pondered carefully and said, "This Lord, you are recruiting us because you don't have a fief and can't recruit subordinates with excellent conditions, so you lowered your standards to recruit guys like us with bad records, right? But recruiting a bunch of rabble like us, the difficulty of raiding White Hoof Port is very high."

"Even if it's going to die, it's better than rotting in the main city. But I charge a high price."

Evil Tooth stated his position, meaning he was willing to join, but was prepared to ask for a sky-high price.

"Let's hear it."

Su Xiao really wasn't afraid of Evil Tooth asking for a high price.

"Monthly salary, 5000... 8000 Soul Coins!"

"Look at your lack of ambition."

Viper looked at Evil Tooth with disdain and made his offer: "Monthly salary of 300 Soul Stones, each at least this big."

Viper made a fist, meaning a monthly salary of 300 Soul Crystal Cores.

"8000 Soul Coins, 300 Soul Stones."

Su Xiao showed a thoughtful look. Seeing this, Evil Tooth wished he could slap himself in the face. He had asked for too low a price; he mainly hadn't expected this Lord to really consider it.

"The price exceeds expectations by quite a bit, but you two are men of talent. Joining my ranks can be considered a waste of your abilities; consider it compensation for mental distress."

As Su Xiao spoke, he took out a sheepskin scroll. This scroll was as thick as an arm, and when unfolded, it could allow over a hundred people to sign on it.

"Sign your names on it. This is an employment contract."

Su Xiao threw a quill pen onto the surface of the unfolded scroll. Viper and Evil Tooth looked at each other, both hesitating.

"It seems you still have quite a few concerns. Why not go back and consider it first?"

Hearing Su Xiao say this, Viper and Evil Tooth both stood up with a smile and said, "That would be best. We'll go back and consider it, and we will definitely..."

Viper was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly sat down. Evil Tooth had a similar situation.

"You killed the few people we... recruited! And you still want to leave?! You must be dreaming!"

Baha landed on Evil Tooth's shoulder, an eagle claw grabbing the other party's head, the sharp eagle claw ready to pierce the skull at any time to deliver a fatal blow.

"There was... poison in the wine."

Viper spoke with difficulty, leaning against the sofa with his whole body paralyzed.

"Talking nonsense. You didn't drink any wine; there wasn't a drop of wine in the poison."

Baha offered "comfort," which made Viper's eyes split with rage. Evil Tooth beside him was filled with unwillingness and anger, then slid down to the space between the sofa and the coffee table with a thud.

Originally, Su Xiao didn't want to use this method; after all, he was recruiting subordinates. But who knew these two guys would kill all the other applicants, creating a stance of "either choose them, or no one can be recruited." Since that was the case, he naturally had to use some unconventional means to deal with these two unruly guys.

"Lord, it was us... who offended you."

Viper used all his strength to crawl onto the coffee table, awkwardly picking up the quill pen and signing his name on the contract scroll like a ghost's drawing. But just after signing, he was surprised to find that the numbness in his body was actually recovering quickly, starting from the hand holding the quill pen.

Seeing this, an inexplicable glint appeared in Viper's eyes. After sitting down, he played with the quill pen in his hand, looking at Evil Tooth, who was lying on the ground, with a half-smile.

"Quick, bring... it here."

Evil Tooth raised his hand tremblingly.

"Beg me. Beg me and I'll give you the antidote."

"Snake Brother, I beg you. Thank you for your great kindness."

Evil Tooth was clearly a shameless and ruthless character. Now that he was poisoned, let alone begging Viper, even if he had to acknowledge him as his father on the spot, it would be a small matter.

"No, no, no. You should be thanking the Lord."

"I..."

Evil Tooth wanted to curse. He had seen today what a "wall-flower at the speed of light" was.

Finally, after Evil Tooth tremblingly signed the contract, his poison was also neutralized. This made him lie beside the coffee table and pant heavily, but immediately, he thought of one thing and straightened his upper body, asking, "Lord, regarding the salary."

Hearing this, Baha replied, "I'm not in a hurry on my side. You two can save up slowly."

"?"

Viper and Evil Tooth were both dumbfounded. Only then did the two of them react: it turned out they were paying out of their own pockets, not earning a salary.

"You two little rabbits, we spent all afternoon yesterday recruiting talents, and you killed them all. Not killing you directly is only because we are short of people. But it's normal for you to do this; no wonder no one is willing to recruit you two."

Baha became more and more angry as it spoke. When talking to other Beast Race elites yesterday, there were several times it almost fought with them. Finally, it took a lot of effort to get the subsequent targets done. It turned out that today, without paying attention, they were all killed by Viper and Evil Tooth.

"If it weren't for the fact that the Spotted Fox Race's Peru didn't die, I would definitely have killed you two today."

Baha was so angry it started panting heavily. Viper and Evil Tooth sat on the sofa in silence. Viper didn't know where he found a bottle of wine. After pouring a glass, he dipped one of his fangs into the wine glass, hissed as he injected some snake venom into the wine, and only started drinking after seeing no reaction.

Su Xiao switched his title to Sun Lord and selected Viper and Evil Tooth as the title bonus targets. However, there was no reaction. There were only two elite units under his command, not enough to trigger the Sun Lord title effect. As for the salary of these two, in Su Xiao's view, as long as these two didn't cause trouble later and were reliable in their work, then he must give them enough.

Su Xiao began to check the attributes of Viper and Evil Tooth. Their main attributes were all above 270~280 points on average. They were worthy of being boss-level units in the Wind Sea World. In addition, Viper had many passive trait abilities, enough for seven types. But after Su Xiao saw one ability at the very bottom, he felt slightly surprised. This ability was:

"Command Potential (Passive, A-level): Can inherit the halo and war-type ability effects of the affiliated command unit, and add 75% of this effect to the soldier-type units under its command. Even at a very long distance from the affiliated command unit, this ability can still remain effective (this ability level is E~S level)."

Seeing this ability, Su Xiao had a thought: could this ability called "Command Potential" inherit the effect of the War Lord title?

If it were really feasible, would it mean that in the future, after having a Beast Race legion, he could let Viper lead this Beast Race legion to the main battlefield? Even if Su Xiao wasn't present, Viper could bring 75% of the War Lord title effect to this legion?

If it were really feasible, then the room for operation would be huge. Su Xiao switched the title to War Lord and checked Viper's "Command Potential" ability again. Sure enough, the War Lord title logo appeared below this ability, along with the bonuses. However, these bonuses were only 75% of the War Lord title bonus, totaling:

1. Morale +60 points (500 soldiers can trigger this bonus).

2. Maximum health increased by 38%, physical defense +23 points (3000 soldiers can trigger this bonus).

3. All real attributes +23 points, no bonus to luck attribute (10000 soldiers can trigger this bonus; this effect only increases real attributes and has no effect on conventional physical attributes).

4. All ability levels increased by Lv. 9 (50000 soldiers can trigger this bonus).

5. Blood Soul Power (Passive, Lv. 55+9): The weapon held is imbued with Soul-Burning Power. Each attack carries 110 points of real damage, and there is a 1.3%~2% probability of causing the enemy to experience physical numbness, body stiffness, and other states (100000 soldiers can trigger this bonus).

There was no "Battle Skill Awakening" ability of the War Lord, which wasn't surprising. And these bonuses were all displayed in gray at this time, meaning they hadn't been activated yet. They would only be activated when there were enough soldier-type units under Viper's command.

Su Xiao suddenly had a feeling: could it be that his luck was exploding this time, recruiting a rare good general? Holding the attitude of trying it out, he checked Evil Tooth's information, and then... he also saw the "Command Potential" ability.

"Command Potential (Passive, B-level): Can inherit the halo and war-type ability effects of the affiliated command unit, and add 50% of this effect to the soldier-type units under its command..."

Seeing this, Su Xiao knew that this wasn't his luck exploding, but an ability that most Beast Race boss-level units in this world had. Thinking that this was a Transcendent Origin World, and that the Beast Race and Sea Race had been fighting for so many years, he suddenly felt that this seemingly exaggerated ability was actually quite normal. Both sides had been fighting for too long, from the era of strange beasts to the present.

In addition, Viper and Evil Tooth were not without ability, but because of their bad records, no one reused them. Not to mention anything else, when checking the information of these two, Su Xiao saw that Viper's loyalty was 10 points, and Evil Tooth's was 15 points.

This wasn't because the recruitment method was wrong. Clicking on their loyalty information to check, when they served the previous Lord, Viper's loyalty was 7 points, and Evil Tooth's was 8 points. The one before that, Viper was 5 points, and Evil Tooth was 6 points.

Looking at it this way, the two of them actually felt a bit of awe because of Su Xiao's -18 charm attribute this time, which was the highest loyalty they had ever had since they defected.

Su Xiao switched back to the Sun Lord title. After looking at "Elite unit loyalty increased by 70 points (50 elite units can trigger this effect)," he felt much more comfortable. 10+70=80 points, 15+70=85 points. Looking at it this way, Viper and Evil Tooth were both usable loyal subordinates later.

"You two, do you know any colleagues with command talent?"

Hearing this, Viper and Evil Tooth both showed hesitation. Evil Tooth said, "You say it."

"I won't say it. If I introduce the wrong person, I'll be punished."

"If you have a fart, just let it out."

Discovering Su Xiao's cold tone, Evil-Tooth hurriedly put down his wine glass and said, "My lord, there really is such a person. If we're talking about leadership talent, even in this Iron Fortress City, he is second to none."

"Oh? There is such a talent?"

"Yes, his name is Ergein. He was in the same legion as us before. His command talent was so strong that he almost led the Beast Race warriors under his command to chop off the leader of the legion."

"Damn, a traitor."

"No, not really. He just wanted to be the leader himself."

"That's also a traitor."

Baha showed some worry. Recruiting Viper and Evil Tooth, two guys whose loyalty added up to less than 30 points, was already strange enough, and this Ergein they mentioned, no matter how you listened to it, his loyalty couldn't be high.

"Lead the way."

Su Xiao spoke. He was particularly short of people now, so let alone a traitor, even one with a worse record would do. With the effect of the Sun Lord suppressing them, at least it could be guaranteed that they wouldn't stab him in the back.

When the fish-belly white appeared on the horizon, in front of the back door of a two-story building in the slums of Iron Fortress City.

Knock, knock, knock!

Evil Tooth smashed the door with his fist. A moment later, with a muffled sound, the door was kicked open, almost hitting Evil Tooth's face. A figure about 2.5 meters tall, carrying an iron rod stained with dried blood, stood in the darkness inside the door.

This person had wild hair like a lion, draped behind his back, and his strong upper body was covered in scars. From his appearance, this was a pure-blooded Beastman. The so-called pure-blooded Beastman was a race that existed in the Dark Age. Only they inherited some of the bloodline of the hegemon of the previous era, the pure-blooded Human Race.

Therefore, this man's appearance was closer to the Human Race, with Beast Race blood flowing in his body. That pair of dark golden vertical pupils made him look even more powerful.

"So it's you two. Coming to hide from debt?"

"No, let me introduce you. This is Lord Bai Ye, a Lord."

Viper spoke. Hearing this, the glint in Ergein's pupils changed, and he asked, "You came to find me because..."

"We are prepared to invite you to join..."

Before Baha could finish speaking, Ergein showed surprise and joy, saying, "No need to say more, I join."

"Uh~"

Baha's persuasion tactics were choked back. This recruitment was too simple. What surprised it even more was that after Viper took out the contract scroll and contract pen, Ergein signed his name after checking the contract content.

"Bai Ye... cough, Lord, please come in."

Ergein stepped aside and made a gesture of invitation. After walking into the room, Su Xiao found that it was unexpectedly clean and simple. Just after sitting down, Ergein served a cup of strong tea and sat opposite him with a smile.

Su Xiao checked Ergein's information and found that this guy's abilities comprehensively surpassed Viper and Evil Tooth. His strength was very close to the level of a Beast Race leader. Not only that, his "Command Potential" was:

"Command Potential (Passive, S-level): Can inherit the halo and war-type ability effects of the affiliated command unit, and add 95% of this effect to the soldier-type units under its command. Even at a very long distance from the affiliated command unit, this ability can still remain effective (this ability level is E~S level)."

Such a talent was recruited so simply. Su Xiao continued to check his information and knew why it was so simple, because Ergein's loyalty was:

Loyalty: -20 points.

Seeing this loyalty, Su Xiao's gaze swept over Viper and Evil Tooth. The loyalty of the three added up to -20+10+15=5 points. Good guy, the loyalty of the three added together didn't even reach double digits.

PS: (Recommend a book by a friend, book title "Falling from the Sky".) ===== CHAPTER 3670 =====