Chief Instructor Candidate

The harvest was better than expected!

After returning to the hotel, Xi Ye gazed happily at the thick stack of contracts. Nearly a thousand people had submitted applications, and after comparing them, he had hired almost a hundred.

Among them, forty were instructors specializing in the Basic Department, ten specialized in Weapon Specialization, and five specialized in Berserk Department. He had also been lucky enough to recruit several excellent students from the spell departments, including students specializing in Arcane Specialization and Elemental Specialization, as well as two students from the less popular Divination Department and Demon Department.

They had all graduated from first-rate universities. The Demon Department and Arcane Specialization students even held Novice Mage Certificates. Xi Ye generously offered them an initial salary of fifteen thousand, while offering the other professions starting salaries that matched the prices on his own rate sheet.

At that moment, Xi Ye felt as though all the heroes under heaven had fallen into his grasp. But after carefully calculating the figures, he realized that the monthly payroll alone would cost hundreds of thousands, and his heart immediately began to ache.

He decided that as soon as he returned, he would make them work overtime. He absolutely had to make them earn their salaries!!

Unfortunately, he had failed to recruit any Overcontroller interns. That was normal, though. Overcontrollers were extremely scarce on the market nowadays. The various Great Lords were fighting to recruit them, and before they had even graduated, most had already been snapped up during campus recruitment. How could they possibly end up with trash lords like them?

Moreover, this kind of major was inherently expensive. Even the cheapest Mecha schools, which followed the traditional Bronze Race craftsman route, charged tuition dozens of times higher than ordinary majors. Not to mention the Arcane Mecha, Hex Mecha, and Biological Mecha majors exclusive to nobles, elves, and demons—the annual tuition for those likely reached tens of millions, and that did not even include the cost of buying one's own mecha.

Anyone who could afford that kind of money was generally no ordinary commoner. They would never come here for an interview.

To recruit an Overcontroller, even if it was not one of the few top universities, one would at least need to be a force possessing a Level Five Administrative Star before students there would pay any attention to them.

But Xi Ye wanted to cultivate Mecha Warriors. Besides increasing the enthusiasm of the developer players at the base, it was very necessary to develop his own mecha squad as early as possible. After all, whether defending against interstellar pirates or exploring unknown and dangerous star regions, the power of mechas would be extremely important.

He knew that cultivating an Overcontroller came at a tremendous cost, but he was not worried. He possessed the highly talented D-Earthlings. With a ninety-percent compatibility rate, they could efficiently unleash the developers' ancient bloodlines. As long as he could provide them with a path of instruction, these people would certainly learn no worse than the descendants of Great Clans with purified genes!

Just as he was thinking about this, the intelligent system notified him that he had a new email. Xi Ye opened it and saw that it contained the Talent Network headhunter's recommendations for a Chief Instructor!

After scanning the information, Xi Ye sighed inwardly. He had to admit that although this Talent Network charged exorbitant fees, the people it found were quite good—at least, they suited his needs well.

The two candidates recommended by the Talent Network were a Level Seven Naga from the Deep Sea Race and a Level Eight warrior from the Anlier Family.

The Naga demanded an annual salary of five hundred thousand, insurance of at least Level Four, and a housing fund. However, he was only willing to sign a ten-year contract. If Xi Ye provided him with advanced warrior training, he would consider signing a hundred-year contract, but his salary would have to be renegotiated after he obtained an advanced professional title!

By comparison, the Titan warrior from the Anlier Family demanded a higher salary. His starting pay was seven hundred thousand, and he required an increase of at least twenty-five percent every five years.

However, he had no training requirements and was willing to consider a hundred-year contract!

Xi Ye picked up the two files and quietly considered their respective advantages and disadvantages...

The Naga had an excellent résumé. He had graduated from a proper first-rate warrior academy, mastered seven Weapon Specializations, and cultivated his battle aura to Level Nine. He was only a little over two hundred years old. For a Naga, achieving that level at such an age was extremely rare, and his aptitude was excellent. However, Xi Ye was not very interested in him.

As a branch of the elves, the Naga had a long history of martial arts inheritance. Compared to their elven kin, Naga were more hardworking and resilient, and they enjoyed an excellent reputation among the various lordly forces of the Federation. However, their weakness was that they were rather self-centered. They rarely stayed with one force for long, and whenever a better opportunity appeared, they would switch employers without hesitation. Their loyalty was somewhat lacking.

Xi Ye had come this time intending to recruit long-term employees. He had no interest in a ten-year temporary worker. As for investing in his training, Xi Ye could only scoff. Given the Naga's reputation, what difference was there between investing in them and throwing money into the water?

Besides, with the aptitude of the players at his base, if he was going to invest in anyone, his own people would naturally take priority!

The second candidate was a Titan warrior from the Anlier Family. The Anlier Family was a renowned warrior clan that primarily cultivated Titan warriors with various Titan bloodlines. The headhunter had introduced a high-level Green Titan this time. Apparently, he had suffered an irreversible injury in the arena. Even after surgery, it was difficult for him to return to his peak condition, so he was preparing to retire and find a force where he could work as an instructor and enjoy his twilight years.

His strengths and weaknesses were equally obvious. He had graduated from a diploma mill and spent decades in the arena, making him a pure practical fighter. Someone who had not graduated from a teaching academy and lacked a formal educational model would inevitably be somewhat crude when it came to instruction. But his advantages strongly appealed to Xi Ye.

First, he was a pure-blooded Green Titan. When teaching players who were also Green Titans, he would certainly possess advantages that other races could not match. After all, he himself understood the structure of Green Titans extremely well.

Second was his ability. He cultivated both Weapon Specialization and Berserk, a dual specialization that was common in arenas but rare in the teaching profession. This was another powerful temptation for Xi Ye. It meant he would not need to recruit a separate instructor for Berserk Specialization, saving a great deal of money.

To be honest, after comparing the two, Xi Ye leaned more toward the latter!

The first candidate had better growth potential, but Xi Ye did not lack talented seedlings with good growth potential. What he needed were gardeners. Although the Green Titan openly claimed that he had come to retire, Xi Ye happened to be short of exactly that kind of person!

However, Xi Ye was not confident that the recruitment would go smoothly. The information stated that the other party originally intended to find a planet of Level Six or higher to settle down on, rest properly, and take care of his pregnant wife.

But clearly, he had not found one. After all, the Green Titan's rough teaching style was obviously unsuitable for most factions and races. Aside from arenas, few people were willing to put real effort into cultivating Green Titans the way Xi Ye was. As a result, he had been unable to find a suitable job for several months. Otherwise, he would not have paid attention to a new lord like Xi Ye.

Even so, the other party had only agreed to meet and discuss matters first. He was clearly very hesitant.

After hearing the headhunter's introduction, Xi Ye did not dare delay. He immediately sent an invitation link for a meeting. Recruiting people depended heavily on fate. Even if the other party had failed to find a suitable job for several months, he might find one a few minutes later. After all, the universe was so vast—what could not happen? Xi Ye could not afford to miss such a suitable Chief Instructor!

The other side responded quickly as well. The two of them met through the link in a virtual clubhouse specially established by the Talent Network.

As soon as he arrived at the clubhouse, Xi Ye saw the tall Titan. Although the information had clearly stated that he was six meters tall and weighed seven tons, seeing him in person still gave Xi Ye quite a shock.

A Titan covered in explosive muscles was far more imposing than the Bronze Race or the Thunder Clan. No wonder he had become a favorite in the arena. With his appearance alone, plenty of spectators would be willing to pay.

"You're the lord looking to hire an instructor?" the towering Titan asked in a deep, booming voice. He casually sat down cross-legged, yet he was still a head taller than Xi Ye.

Xi Ye composed himself and said in a low voice, "Yes. I plan to cultivate a group of high-end Green Titans in my territory, so I need an experienced Green Titan warrior to instruct them in combat."

"Cultivate high-end Green Titans?" The giant man looked at Xi Ye. "Do you know how much it costs to cultivate a high-level Green Titan?"

"You don't need to worry about the money. Just do the job once you're paid!" Xi Ye's attitude was firm. He knew that when facing an experienced veteran, showing too much weakness would only earn his contempt.

The giant man studied Xi Ye deeply and fell into thought.

His name was Zanda Anlier, and he was a descendant of a collateral branch of the Anlier Family. After graduating from a second-rate warrior academy, he had begun his arena career.

That was because it allowed him to repay his family's debts as quickly as possible. In the Anlier Family, every descendant who wanted to become a warrior had to apply for family training in the form of a loan. It was explicitly stipulated that they had to create a certain amount of wealth for the family after graduation before they could establish an independent household.

There was nothing they could do about it. The conditions for Green Titan evolution were harsh, and the cost of cultivation was too high. The family had no choice but to concentrate its resources even further. As a result, they essentially sacrificed the futures of their collateral-branch descendants to cultivate outstanding heirs from the main branch.

This led to more than half of the Anlier Family's descendants making a living in the arena after leaving home.

The arena brought money quickly, but it also caused severe damage to the body. Zanda was relatively lucky. He had only been injured after successfully repaying his family debts. But now he had no savings, a wife, and a son who was about to be born to support. Naturally, he could not continue such a high-risk profession while injured.

So he had recently been looking for a stable job. Many people had contacted him about joining the military, but he did not want to. The military was an even more dangerous place than the arena. If he had been young and unattached, he would not have cared. But now that he had a family, how could he go somewhere like that to earn money with his life?

But stable jobs were not very friendly to Green Titans. For example, when it came to security work, the big shots preferred hiring Piltover policewomen and Lieutenant Officers. Even the less wealthy local bosses would hire a troll at most. Employing a high-level Green Titan like him was simply too extravagant.

Most instructor positions, meanwhile, preferred graduates of teaching academies. They were not very interested in pure warriors like him, especially not Green Titan instructors. Green Titans' fiery tempers had indeed given them a poor reputation in the education industry.

Just as he was growing anxious, the headhunter had offered him this opportunity, saying that someone wanted to cultivate high-level Green Titans and wished to hire him as an instructor.

At first, he had been overjoyed and even thought that he could finally afford formula and diapers. But he had not expected the employer to be such a young fellow—a newly established lord who claimed he wanted to cultivate high-level Green Titans?

Either this was a super Rich Second Generation, or he was simply an idiot.

Should he accept this job or not?