Mercenary System: I can increase innate potential !-Chapter 221: Capture of the wyvern

"It's..."

"It's a wyvern." said Langus with a certain fear in his eyes.

"So there really are still such legendary creatures in the kingdom of the Frost Eagle?" Kaite continued, frowning.

The wyvern was a two-legged dragon with huge wings, capable of splitting the heavens with lightning speed. Endowed with a sharp and sometimes extremely poisonous tail, it was known for hunting with cunning and ferocity.

They were literally the absolute masters of the air, so much so that it was said that in the past wyverns fed on griffins.

They were surpassed only by a few legendary creatures such as dragons or titans.

Although not all the mercenaries recognized this monster, everyone knew simply by seeing it that it was an extremely powerful creature.

It began to descend slowly through the mist, revealing its immense scaly silhouette. Its body was covered with metallic black scales, its eyes gleamed with a wild light.

Its massive wings folded back abruptly as it swooped straight towards them, opening a mouth bristling with huge fangs.

"Disperse!" Maxime yelled.

His men obeyed immediately, and all moved away from each other.

But of course, the wyvern would not let them get away that easily.

It flapped its wings furiously and descended with lightning speed.

Then...

boom

A cloud of smoke was created where it landed, the fate of Maxime's men at that location totally unknown.

At the same time, the wyvern let out a shrill cry as it got up.

But instead of trembling in the face of this display of brute force, a smile stretched across the lips of the young mercenary captain.

It was perfect.

Since obtaining his new class, he had been waiting for this moment. He knew he could tame fearsome creatures, but he didn't know how far his abilities extended. And this wyvern was the perfect opportunity, he couldn't hope for better.

However, his enthusiasm was tinged with a hint of concern. The beast seemed very powerful, much more than he had imagined.

If he was not careful, he risked not only his own life, but also that of his mercenaries. And it was out of the question to lose men through overconfidence.

Among the men whose fate was unknown were Izo and Piedro, as well as two apprentice knights.

But he did not have time to worry about the fate of his men for long; their silhouettes were soon seen escaping from the smoke screen of dust created by the wyvern.

Obviously, even elite soldiers would all have died under the wyvern's attack.

But his men were mostly at the level of apprentice knights and were therefore already touching on the realm of the extraordinary.

Naturally, even though the wyvern was an extraordinary being, it had still somewhat underestimated the humans who had invaded its territory.

But the wyvern let out a second shrill scream when it saw that the humans had survived, and was determined to take them more seriously this time.

And Maxime knew from what he had heard on Earth that even the weakest wyvern was at the level of a knight in the peak stage.

Just as griffins had many admirers, wyverns were also the dream mount of many people.

There was therefore a lot of information about them on the internet.

Maxime raised his hand.

"Everyone back off!" he ordered in an imperious voice.

His men hesitated for a moment, but faced with their leader's determination, they obeyed and all took a step back.

Then Maxime stepped forward, swinging his sword on the ground and stretching his hands.

His bones made a sound like beans being broken, but Maxime felt good.

Some were surprised to see Maxime advance, unarmed, facing the creature, even though they knew their captain well.

"A wyvern is really a creature that can be faced with bare hands?" murmured one of the mercenaries.

"The captain really does live in a different world from ours."

"He lives in a different world from ours."

Seeing a human advancing arrogantly towards it, the wyvern was merciless and leapt towards Maxime.

Its claws, black and sharp as blades, sliced through the air towards Maxime. The latter barely dodged by ducking down before retaliating with a punch loaded with all his strength.

His fist struck the scaly side of the wyvern.

There was a dull thud, and the creature was thrown to the side, plowing through the rocky ground with a roar of pain and anger.

But it did not give up.

Rising up in a flash, the wyvern lunged at him again, this time trying to grab him with its claws. Maxime dodged several attacks with a precise leap, then with a brutal kick he sent the creature crashing into a rock.

The fight lasted for several long minutes.

Maxime struck it again and again, trying to weaken it without inflicting fatal wounds.

The wyvern fought back furiously, managing to gash his shoulder with one claw and then his chest with another. But Maxime gritted his teeth and took the blows, refusing to back down.

Mad with rage, the wyvern roared and swung its tail at Maxime.

He knew that this tail was not poisonous thanks to his knowledge, but he had underestimated it a little during the fight.

In fact, he had temporarily forgotten that wyverns without poisonous tails were no weaker than those with them. On the contrary, their tail was their strongest limb, with an unusually dense concentration of muscles.

And the attack was so fast and surprising that Maxime had no time to react and was propelled backwards for several dozen meters, until he landed violently against a rock.

His body was no harder than a rock, so he was stopped abruptly by the rock and was seriously injured at the same time.

"Shit, I made a fool of myself this time." Maxime muttered, feeling that several bones in his body had been cracked by the impact.

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In his condition, it was still a question of whether he could get up and walk.

"Boss!"

"Captain!"

The mercenaries in the vicinity were in shock.

The wyvern clearly wanted to finish Maxime off and pounced on him.

Noticing the danger, Andrew was the first to react and rush towards Maxime.

"I won't make it in time!" Andrew thought anxiously, blaming himself for being too weak and too slow.

But while the wyvern was only a few meters from Maxime, Langus and Kaite, who were already nearby, propelled themselves from their position.

And just as the wyvern's claw was about to tear Maxime in two, Langus and Kaite's bodies landed on the wyvern's flank, pushing it to the side and throwing it off balance.

The charge of two knights who had surpassed the peak stage was not to be underestimated. They were literally two monsters in human form.

Seeing this scene, Maxime was not desperate and was not panicking at all; he still had an ace up his sleeve.

"I guess I have no choice but to bring it on now."

"System, invoke Dravus," he thought to himself.

[Detection of a creature under contract with the host, named Dravus.]

[Invocation of the Dravak named Dravus, in progress…]

Out of nowhere, bursts of blue light appeared in front of Maxime.

Then, in just a few seconds, the silhouette of a dragon in humanoid form appeared. Its blue scales were visible from afar.

It turned instinctively towards Maxime, then, seeing his condition, could not help but smile.

"I only really appear when you are unable to move, boss."

Maxime shrugged, while the other mercenaries were reassured to have Dravus back among them at last.

They were second only to their leader, and even then, without [Nox Limit], Dravus was even stronger than their young captain.

"Capture the beast without hurting it too much, Dravus. It will be my future mount," Maximus explained, in a weak tone.

Dravus glanced at the Wyvern, which had not dared to move from its position for a while.

She felt a kind of pressure coming from her lineage, which made her very fearful. And she couldn't run away for some reason, which immobilized her here.

"Aye, aye, captain." Dravus replied seriously.

A new fight then began between Dravus and the wyvern.

Langus and Kaite stood to the side, not daring to intervene.

Their captain, who was much stronger than they were, had been seriously injured with a single attack.

If it were them, they could die instantly if they were subjected to that attack.

Finally, after only a few minutes of fighting with Dravus, the wyvern began to weaken. Its breathing became shorter and more erratic, while its wings trembled with fatigue.

Maxime sensed that the moment had come.

He turned his head towards his mercenaries and shouted:

"Now! Use the ropes!"

He still had enough strength to shout that powerful cry, which woke all his mercenaries.

His men reacted immediately. They rushed over, surrounded the wyvern and unrolled the ropes they had bought in the village.

Then they threw them over the wyvern, chaining it up with impressive speed and precision.

The creature struggled violently, but its exhaustion prevented it from putting up any real resistance.

And above all, with Dravus present, it could only offer token resistance.

Slowly, she was subdued, her wings and legs immobilized by the tight bonds the mercenaries had made.

Seeing this, Maxime smiled and looked up at the sky:

"It's over, now we just have to see if the skills of my new class really allow me to tame such a ferocious and powerful beast."