Its been a week since the Frosts took Maxim in, everyday they follow the same routine, in the morning Noah and Jay would leave to hunt, while Maxim and Martha would work around the house, in the afternoon Martha would start making dinner while Maxim do the remaining chores, on the evening, Noah and Jay will arrive home and all four would eat together for dinner, Maxim and Jay would do the dishes before going to bed.
one day*
"We're not hunting today?"Jay asked."Why all of a sudden?"
"I feel like Im about to ascend to Grandmaster rank, so I want to do it peacefully and steadyly."Noah stated."So we're not going out today, since we have enough food for today."
"I could hunt by myself."Jay said."Don't worry, I wont go too far."
Noah gave Martha a look, Martha saw her husband looking at her."I don't know about that dear, It's too dangerous to let a 6 years old boy in the forest alone."Martha said looking at her son.
"Who says Im alone?"Jay asked as he put his arm around Maxim's shoulders."Max is with me."
"NO, that's a big NO."Martha said raising her voice and emphasizing the NO on her words."Maxim is not even a warrior."
"Oh come on mom, I can protect Max, Im level 6 warrior, and besides, it would be good if Max has a hands on experience, he might still awaken in the future."Jay stated, he looked at his father."Dad, please?"
Noah, think for a second then gave Jay a nod."Just don't wonder too far."
"Wha-"Martha was about to disagree but her husband cutted her off."Jay has a point, Maxim does still have a chance to awaken, he might just be a late bloomer."
Martha looked at Maxim, then to her son."Don't wonder to far, and don't push Maxim too hard."
Jay nodded, Jay excitedly ran towards the door."Come on Max, we'll have some fun."Maxim slowly followed Jay.'I don't feel good about this.'Maxim thought.
half an hour later, the hunt is going smooth, not exactly what Maxim expected, they only encountered normal bunnies and deers, and a couple of wild boar, which is easily handled by Jay, with him being at the 2 star warrior stage, it was a piece of cake.
"I think you're pretty strong."Maxim commented."I wish I could too."He continued in a low tone.
"Come on, don't be too down, I think you're just a late bloomer just like what Dad said."Jay replied in a comforting tone.
With Jay's comfort, Maxim cheered up a bit, maybe that's just really the case, him being a late bloomer.
Two to three hours later, Maxim And Jay continued to hunt, until they decided to call it a day.
"I think we killed to much bunnies."Maxim stated."And if you add up the deers and the boars."
"It's ok, we can cook it for lunch tomorrow and stock the rest."Jay replied."We should go home, Mom should be worried by now."
rattle*
The two heard a brushing sound in the bush, they turned to the bush."What was that?"Maxim asked."dunno."Jay replied, he walk towards the bush slowly, when he gets closer, a big creature suddenly jumped towards Maxim, ignoring Jay, it was a dire wolf, a predator!
"Run!"Jay shouted, Maxim, who is only a normal person at that time, couldn't react as fast as the dire wolf approached him, it was in a flash, he was slashed in the chest by the wolf.
"Urgh."Maxim grunted, Jay kicked the Dire wolf and sent it flying towards a tree.
"Roar!"The dire wolf roared, as it smacked to the tree.
Jay ran towards Maxim."Hey, hey, you good, come on dude stay with me."Jay carried Maxim and ran at full speed.
'I feel so warm and peaceful.'Maxim said in his thoughts.'Is this....what death feels like?'Maxim lost his consciousness.
Jay ran tirelessly until he reached his house."Mom! Dad! Maxim, he!"Jay cried out looking for his parents.
"What happened?!"Martha poped out from the kitchen."My god! what did you do!"
"It's not me, a dire wolf attacked us."Jay explained.
"What's going on? why are you too being noisy?"Noaw said walking down the stairs.
Jay explained everything to Noah, Noah instructed Jay to put Maxim down in the bedroom, Martha on the other hand continued to scold the two, pointing out her words about how dangerous it is for Maxim to go hunt.
Noah placed his hands on Maxim's wounds and freezed it."What are you doing dad?"Jay asked."It's to stop the bleeding."Noah replied."Stop asking and get me a clean cloth and my herbs."Jay did as he was told and took what his father asked for.
"Dad, is it just me or Maxim is giving off a different aura?"Jay asked, Noah stared at Maxim."Actually...he is."Noah said."I think, his awakened."Jay's eyes brigthened.
"Really?!"Jay asked excitedly."That's great! he would be happy if he hear this once he woke up."
"He really did awakened, luckily his wounds are deep but not deadly."Noah stated."It's wierd though, the aura his giving off is not from a level 1 person that just awakened, its as if he jumped to level 4."
Turns out that Maxim's energy is sealed, and the necklace that his father gave him when he was just a baby is the reason, its the lock, and Maxim's blood is the key to open the lock, when the wolf scratched Maxim's chest, his blood splashed at the necklace, and as for his level, he jumped from level 1 to 4 because of the time that his energy was sealed, all the piled up energy inside him kicked and pushed him to level 4, that also means that Maxim is a 1 star warrior now.
"Son, Come, let Maxim rest."Noah called Jay, and exited the room.
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NOTE: THE RANKING SYSTEM
LEVEL 1-15: WARRIOR RANK
LEVEL 16-30: ELITE WARRIOR RANK
LEVEL 31-55: MASTER RANK
LEVEL 56-80: GRANDMASTER RANK
LEVEL 81-105: LORD RANK
LEVEL 106-155: SAINT RANK
LEVEL 156-199: DEMIGOD RANK
LEVEL 200-ABOVE: GOD RANK