My Servant System

Chapter 1061: Chapter 1060: Double Or Nothing (1)

Chapter 1061: Chapter 1060: Double Or Nothing (1)



The audience let out roars of elation and bloodthirsty joy as they watched the match unfold, the sight of Batu turning his stumble into a roll to narrowly avoid a piercing stab from Enta, the Caninekin trying to take advantage of this opportunity by any means possible, but in doing so he created an opportunity for Batu.

Stabbing was an easy option to go for here, a quick and effortless attack that would deal severe damage to the target, but the problem that came from a plunging stab was how it propelled your momentum forwards, and on the uneven ground that was sand, it made it difficult to readjust yourself for precise movement that would be needed to avoid a counter attack, which in this case was Batu's lance swinging around towards Enta's side.

Enta dropped himself down to the sand to avoid the attack, going flat and staring at the kneeling Batu as the Wekalian spun around again, this time groaning in slight pain as he twisted himself around and gave himself slight whiplash, but he still managed to stand back up and grab his lance once more, preparing another strike that would crumple Enta just like he had crumpled Anas.

Similarly though, the Caninekin jumped to his feet and began to wield more of his magic as he glared at the Wekalian man, who dragged in a few deep breaths before he lifted his foot once more, that brown glimmer forcing Enta to think quickly to avoid the spikes that were sure to arrive.

The Caninekin leapt into the air and rapidly sent three crescents singing towards Batu's head, only for his own expression to falter as he realized Batu hadn't stomped yet, the sun beaten hulk keeping his foot in the air and watching Enta closely, timing his stomp with Enta's descent back to the earth.

A giant spike erupted into the air and blocked the three crescents, each one scoring a deep gouge in the rock and cracking it enough to cause it to break, but by that point Batu had already summoned even more earthen spikes, some of which were right in front of him yet again whilst the others tracked him, forcing Enta to go on the run.

Sadly for Enta though, Batu now had a myriad of spikes in front of him that he was able to break at his leisure, his heavy lance arcing through the air and cracking the spires into pieces as he batted the stone straight at Enta, using the shrapnel to harass the Caninekin and damage him even more.

Each chunk of rock that smacked into Enta made the crowd wince as they watched him get peppered by shrapnel, and as he tried to continue to avoid the deadly spikes, his strength was whittled down by the continuous damage he took, and that was the beginning of his end.

"That's a simple way to handle things, but efficient and layered; defensive and offensive all in one, and no one is going to get close anyways since they are avoiding those spikes, but in doing so they leave them available for Batu there to use them as weapons..."

Jahi's murmurings made us all nod as we continued to watch Enta drag this bout out as long as he could, the Caninekin fighting against the inevitable as another sharp rock slapped against his calf and cut it open, letting his blood pour out onto the sands while stumbling backwards, trying to keep moving as Batu broke another rock.

"Probably the fact that this is the high profile suite, and there are more guards than normal over here; that means its occupied, so he's probably hoping that we'll offer him a job or something, pay him a fancy sum for some reason or another. That or he dislikes rich people, which... y'know, some of them are extremely irritating, so who knows."

"What is this double or nothing round even going to be though? Is it something the arena does often enough that everyone just... knows, or is this something new..?"

Anput gnawed on her kebab before uncorking a bottle of wine and drinking from it directly, displaying her gluttony freely as she continued to feast even as I stared at her, waiting for her to answer my question as I contemplated swiping the wine from her.

"Yes and no... it's not common per se, but every single time there has been a double or nothing it's been the same thing; a trio of warriors who have been trained and supplied by the merchants who own Yanzif Arena come out to put down whoever is challenging the arena itself, so that's likely the same thing here now.

Oh, and um... I think they've only lost like once or twice before, and that was to one of the Death Jackal's that Mom had come visit to quell a little 'rebellion' the merchants were planning, and I think they lost to this Mother-Son duo that came in and fought for their family honor or something..."

Trailing off, Anput shrugged and grabbed herself a bowl of rice, not topping it with anything as she just began to eat the plain grains, filling her stomach once more and leaving the three of us to share an incredulous look before letting out sighs as we wondered if we had been just

too hasty...

Only for us all to shrug as well as we remembered that the profits we would have made from being safe - roughly 125 Gold - was something we could make with a delve or two into a Dungeon, so we weren't too pressed about this potential loss.

Besides, we were informed that people have indeed won this double or nothing before, so

maybe we'll get lucky again and be blessed by Batu being skilled enough to survive a three on

one and emerge victorious.