The moment Rahz and Elune came back to the Inn they found nobody home, his father was assisting the other trainers with the purchase of the village necessities and making sure they got a good price for the grain and other materials.
Rahz walked into his room and started doing maintenance on his 2h Axe while visualizing how the fight was going to go later on during the day. Elune saw that Rahz was getting busy and decided to start practicing her alchemy by making a compound that when burn aid in the relaxation of the mind.
As Rahz inhaled the aroma being generated from the cauldron his mind clear and new ways to chain his skill appeared, giving him reassurance that the fight would go his way at night.
" I didn't think you already had a soft spot for the kid" said the Witch Doctor soul while laughing.
"Don't be ridiculous!! I am doing it for the 10,000 gold coins and all the Alchemy materials we can get with it if he wins"
"Yeah right!! The kid has Chaos Energy and is being trained by a level 25 guardian into a killing machine even without your Endless intellect compound I don't see him losing"
Elune managed to blush a little bit before telling her mentor to shut up.
Under the influence of the Endless Intellect compound 3 hours went by in a flash and only when Rhaen came to the room did Rahz snapped out of the trance.
"What happened to your Chaos Runes"
Rahz looked at his tattoos that had lost their luster and said " Oh! Is because of Riddick"
"What the hell is a Riddick"
Snort...
"Riddick is my new best friend, I got him at the pet store from the Egg of Fortune, I also got one for Bhirl and another for Blaire" said Rahz while pointing at the other two Eggs on the isolation cases.
Rhaen looked at Rahz like he shouldn't have given his son 400 gold coins and turned to look at Elune that was also holding an egg and said " What does Riddick have to do with your runes"
Rahz took his Kobold Coat off and then proceeded to remove his egg backpack that had a purple egg in it. "Riddick loves chaos energy and takes it from the runes so they are in a depleted state most of the time".
Ten seconds after he put the egg on the bed the first rune started to light up and then another and another.
" How Much did you pay for the eggs?"
"Well originally, they were 400 gold coins but the Mayor pay for them as a gift".
"How did you meet the Mayor?"
"He invited us for Tea and Snacks and told us that if I were to win today he would give us 10,000 gold coins"
"It all made sense to Rhaen after he heard 10,000 gold coins for winning, the Mayor was looking to earn big with the fight and wanted to entice Rahz to fight his hardest". Since Rahz was going to win anyways then he would take the cash and help his new alchemist reach a higher level.
The group left the Inn and headed to the arena under the gazes and whispers of fans that said ' look... is the Kobold Man, I heard he is fighting the champ two levels above him' 'I heard he was set up by the Arena for taking their money at the bet cages, it is going to be a bloodbath"
Rahz was fully concentrated on his fight and didn't pay attention to any of the whisper going around. The moment they arrived, they were received once again by the sexy hostess from before and this brought a bright smile to all the males in the group.
A bunch of horny dogs!!
When they heard those words coming from Elune not a single one of them was able to keep a straight face and they all looked away.
"Beautiful moon tonight, don't you think so guys?"
"Yup! never seen one bigger"
Elune rolled her eyes and followed after the hostess that was even more friendlier than before as the fame of the Kobold Man had reach unprecedented heights.
Once at the door the team continued with the hostess while Rahz was guided by yet another person to his single locker room.
VIP treatment all the way.
Once in his room, he was asked if he wanted something to drink and he didn't hesitate to say really cold fruit juice. It was a very strange request but nobody had really seen the face underneath the hoodie except for the announcer and Rahz always had it up.
The crowd was already going wild with excitement and the Arena was operating at full capacity. This time Rahz was the star of the show and for that reason his fight was the last fight of the night. In the VIP room 5 people were sitting around drinking and joking around but the tension could be cut with a knife. There was a lot of money on the line but more importantly two enchanted items lay on the table in all their glory.
After two hours of random fights the crowd started to get antsy and many started to call for the Kobold Man to the stage and when more and more people started to join in, the announcer knew... it was time for the main event.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...THE MOMENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, from the deepest tunnels of the Realm and undefeated at 10-0 the crowd's favorite Kobold Man"
KOBOLD!! KOBOLD!! KOBOLD!!
" AND HIS OPPONENT, THE ARENA'S CHAMP OF THE LEVEL 12 DIVISION, THE ONE, THE ONLY SAVAGE BLADE!!!"
"Get your bets in guys, who would take away the victory and who would be the one sleeping with the fishes....would it be Savage Blade or would it Be the Kobold Man".
This time the odds were in favor of Rahz by a large margin and the house was loving it, the crowds had taken the bait hook line and sinker and the leaders couldn't help but smile.
When the countdown finished the crowd saw Rahz disappeared from his standing place and the next moment he was next to where the savage blade was supposed to be but all there was left were ashes.
It all happened so fast that some thought Savage Blade was an illusion, a hologram created by magic and he was never in the ring to begin with.
The people in the VIP room manage to see every little bit of the 5 seconds it lasted but they still couldn't wrap their heads around it.
The moment the buzzer went off indicating the beginning of the fight, they saw Rahz cast magic towards his opponent creating chains that held his opponent's ankles and legs in place. What caught Savage Blade by surprise was the fact that the chains started to corrode his flesh the moment they landed on him.
When Savage Blade looked down to see what was happening to his legs, Rahz leaped through the air before a red aura surrounded him and made him look like a meteor that came crashing towards his opponent. Once the red energy covered Savage Blade from head to toe a wave of pure energy came and disintegrated the already burned corpse.
"WINNER KOBOLD MAN!!!"
Rahz place his Axe on his shoulders and received the juicy Energy before stepping off the ring and heading towards the spectator section of the arena. The normal people and low levels were still trying to determine what happened but one thing was for sure Kobold Man was now the legend and champion of the Level 12 division.
The moment Rahz stepped out of the lockers, the captain of the guard was waiting for him with a big smile on his face and what it look like a leather pouch with runes on it.
"Pryleous wanted you to have this, is your reward for winning the fight"
Rahz was a little confused by the small pouch in the hands of the guard since what was promised to him was 10,000 gold coins. It should take a pouch the size of a backpack to carry all that gold around.
"Hey!! didn't he said 10,000 gold coins if I destroyed him.. don't tell me he is trying to stiff me".
The Captain was starting to get mad as the veins on his forehead started to pulsate but then he remember Rahz was a Barbarian that lived on a village literally in the woods, so he paused and explained to Rahz the artifact in his hands.
"The 10,000 gold coins are inside, this is a pouch that had been modified through magic to change the space within. Here, hold it and use some energy on it to activate the runes then you should be able to see what is inside and then place your arm in to get it".
Rahz did as told and was totally amazed about the fact that the runes on the pouch displayed, through the use of illusion magic the contents inside the bag. They even showed his hand going in to grab a coin.
Super Cool!!
"Anybody that has even a little bit of energy can use it so... don't lose it!!"
Rahz nodded and went to meet his dad and the others to show them his new toy. It was amazing what people could accomplished with magic and imagination.
Rhaen took away the pouch from Rahz's hands and then put it inside his coat, the money was too important for them and they couldn't afford Rahz losing it like he did the other silver coins.
In the VIP room there was laughter and drinking for all but one person. The true owner of the arena had lost not only an enchanted item but also 200,000 gold coins and in his mind, it was all the announcers fault.
The announcer knew he was in for a cruel beating, if he didn't die, he would be bed ridden for the rest of his life and he wasn't going to take that alone. Very quickly he contacted some of the highest level fighters in the arena and offered them a good amount of money to wipe out the Helgahvall group and recapture the Dark Elf Girl for a resale.
The announcer paid the Gang and very slowly made his way to the VIP room.