Most of them had no interest in "starting over."
But if even half of what these vampires promised could be fulfilled, it meant they could take up their old trades in Transia, this "hotbed," with a clean slate, and even receive some "startup funds" from those vampires.
Maxim had made it very clear.
Any fighter who made it to the second round would receive a gift of 100 gold coins, and the prize for reaching the third round would increase to 500 gold coins. If they made it to the finals, they would even get a land deed in the Crimson Fortress Commercial District and the right to establish a guild.
There were some bold souls who had asked whether it was possible to set up guilds for smugglers or the black market, and Maxim's response was quite explicit.
