"I've called everyone willing to sign the contract in exchange for getting the power."
Max asserted.
"And how many of them are here?"
Alex questioned as he walked through the hall of the Steel mansion.
"Make a guess..."
Max smiled at Alex's question.
Alex just rolled his eyes at that.
He knew that the number must be high for Max to say something like that, so he made a guess.
"22?"
Alex's guess caused the smile on Max's face to be replaced by shock as he stopped on his track.
"What?"
Alex questioned as a chuckle couldn't help but leave his mouth.
"Did I get it right?"
The look on Max's face was comical, with shock and disbelief mixed.
"How the hell did you guess the exact number??"
Max couldn't stop himself from asking that question.
"Who knows..."
Alex just smiled and then started walking forward.
"Hey! Wait, tell me!
How did you know the exact number?!"
Max chased after Alex.
He wanted answers, right now.
But Alex just smiled and hastened his steps, though it still looked like he was walking.
"Hey!"
Max just kept shouting, trying to catch up to Alex but he realized that although both of them were walking, for some reason, Alex's speed was a bit too fast.
In the end, he just sighed at his loss.
Alex wasn't going to tell him that he used his perception skill to count the number of people now, was he?
.......................
There were at least 30 SS-rankers in the world right, all thanks to Alex and the Crimson Lotus.
The free loot that they let go of came in handy for these people to level up, but unlike some would think, none of them were grateful about it or anything or so it looked like.
If they did then he would be able to feel their lives in his hands, and he could feel it all right, which meant that they did sign the contract.
As for the questions that these people had related to the contract, Max answered them all.
But all of them missed a single detail....
'Anything that Max judged as evil...'
Alex chuckled as he recalled Max's expression when he wrote that part.
This was the part that Alex and Max were going to use.
Anything that Max judges evil means anything that harms his interest, and that could be anything that goes against Max's wishes, so in a way, they all signed a slave contract.
It was not fair, but that was how the world worked, so it was fine.
After the question-and-answer session, the raiders were then led to a room, or more like a hall while Max went to meet with Alex.
The raiders were offered coffee and drinks while their host, Max, stood beside Alex, who was still observing them all.
"Do we start then?"
Max asked curiously.
Max, who knew how powerful one would become if they got the boost from Alex, was a bit too excited to have 22 EX-rankers under him.
Max knew how strong an EX-ranker was. After all, he was one as well.
Max was still a bit high on power since he was still unable to control his strength fully.
"Let them have some drinks and all they want. We're not in a hurry, let me take a look at them for a bit longer."
Alex was going to give them the power, but he wanted to observe them a bit longer.
It just so happened that he got interested in that Keria woman.
He was thinking of making use of the first skill related to a sword that he got from the Orc Village.
She might be able to make good use of it....
But one thing was sure.
All those raiders that came in today were going to go out with three things.
A happy smile, a power so strong that could make them rule the world, and a slave collar that they won't know about.
It was just a matter of time.
The power upgrade serum to get someone to EX rank was already bought by Alex from the store, and he could buy more.
With the sum he had on him right now, it was not that big of a deal for him.
For him, it would be like showing the world a bit of kindness for letting him have a nice stay.
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