Special Match

  After the announcement of Guro's victory, the spectators went wild. Especially those who had bet on the rough and crude-looking young man. 

  "As expected, he won," Ryker exclaimed, already seeing the strength of the young man. He might even put up a decent challenge for him if his cultivation is the same as his.

  He looked at the arena, hoping the next match would be as interesting as this one.

-x-

  "I was expecting too much," Ryker sighed in disappointment. While the battle royal was interesting, it couldn't compared to the third match. Then again, the third match is filled with geniuses from other parts of the kingdom so it was to be expected.

  He was about to leave the place when the announcer began to talk, "Now, folks. I hope you don't plan on leaving just yet because we have a special something left," hearing his words made those who planned to leave stay, intrigued by the announcer's words.

  Seeing that most people decided to stay, he smiled before yelling some more, "We already have people from every stage of the Genesis Foundation realm competing, except for the 9th Stage and peak stage. Well, we going to rectify this mistake by allowing them to join in the special match!"

  Hearing the special match involved those at the 9th Stage and above made the entire crowd grow wilder, even more so than the third match. After all, even though it was filled with geniuses, it still couldn't compare to the hype of peak experts fighting.

  "And to make this match even more interesting, we going to make it so it would be a team match! One vs many, could a single man win or would he be overwhelmed by sheer numbers, there is only one way to find out?!"

  The crowd grew even wilder. After all, the new format is more interesting than the previous one. Especially the fact that a single person would have to fight many people at once. The crowd started to talk about who could even be the single expert.

  "Who do you think will be the one guy?"

  "I don't know but I feel sorry for him."

  "Yeah, even if he was from some powerful family he would still be in trouble for fighting so many people at once."

  As the crowds get even noisier, speculating on the identity of the one expert, Ryker starts to have a very bad feeling about this. He turned towards his family, especially Esran and Miriam, his eyes practically asking 'You didn't do something, right?!'. The fact they gave him an angelic smile in return made the bad feeling grow.

  "For the many, anyone could participate, as long as their cultivation would be at the 9th Stage and above. As for the single expert, may I ask for young master Ryker to come to the stage," hearing his name, the big brother's eyes twitched as he looked at the two involved with a smile, one that promised pain and suffering.

  He had thought about the possibility of not coming forward, except, "If he won, he would receive resources equivalent to what the barony made in a year," the amount of resources made him hesitant before he decided he needed it for both him and his family.

  He jumped onto the stage, the sudden appearance making everyone else surprised, more so when they realized he was someone relatively unknown. The only ones who knew about him were some members of the Adventure Guild of Mariz City and the higher-ups of the 3 Great Families.

  "As for the challengers, if they were able to beat the young man, they would receive an entry token, plus half of the promised resources. The remaining half would be split between those that remained in the arena 10 minutes after he was defeated,"

  Hearing this, every expert who planned to join in looked at each other with hostility. After all, none of them considered the one on stage as a threat, as they could sense his cultivation at the 8th Stage of Genesis Foundation.

  They wondered why they put someone like him before deciding it to be some kind of joke. Maybe even inviting more people because of how 'weak' the single expert is. Only the higher-ups and those close to Ryker knew how much of a monster the young man on stage was. They all have the same thoughts,

  'Oh, those poor fools,'

-x-

  Horo couldn't believe his luck. To think the one he wanted to have revenge on and the only one he could harm without getting into trouble is practically on a stage where he was asking to be beaten.

  "Ya-, "I already registered my name, young master. I promise to beat him up for you," the young master of Alquim Duchy smiled. He was lucky to have such thoughtful and smart subordinates.

  "The others that made the criteria also would be joining me so we could beat him up even more," oh, his subordinates do know the best way to please him.

-x-

  As for the one who needed to fight many experts at the top of the Genesis Foundation realm, he didn't look the slightest bit worried. After all, he was someone who could face a high-stage Genesis Core expert and hold them off, even coming on top with his current strength.

  Even if he was holding back, he could still beat a bunch of experts at the Genesis Foundation realm with no trouble at all. He waited as more and more people began to line up.

  Ryker looked at his supposed challengers before his eyes stopped at a certain group. One that eyed him with such hostility that he probably did something like insulting their parents or something equally as heinous.

  A quick look told him who the group was involved with, namely a certain young master he wished to have a meeting. With his fist. At his face. A repeated meeting at that. (if you don't understand, he wants to punch him in the face, repeatedly)

  "Are there any more participants?" when no more people came down to the arena, the announcer continued, "Well look at that. We get about 48 experts. 29 at the 9th Stage while the rest at the peak of Genesis Foundation, maybe they could scratch the young man,"

  Hearing how the announcer seemed to support the young man, who in their opinion would be nothing more than a punching back made some of the people in the crowd laugh. Meanwhile, those who knew shook their head, while a certain group took advantage of the betting pool.

  "How much do you bet?"

  "Just enough to make us rich enough to buy houses and a lot more at the capital of Birak Kingdom,"