Between applause and cheers... Atomsk went to the area of the stadium where Sarah was at that moment, to celebrate the absolute vitoria and see their earnings...
When Lauren suddenly, indignant and angry, not only because of the outcome of the fight and the implications it had ... but also because of the state of his son ... He was about to get into a rage and ask Atomsk for explanations for the brutal beating he had given his son, but ... He held back.
What could blame Atomsk? He was several years younger than his son was and was two ranks inferior to him in cultivation. Wouldn't he make a fool of himself by saying that he had abused his power?
Could he use the poor condition of his son to find trouble with Atomsk, Sarah or Lorenz? No ... Although his appearance was horrible, the wounds were not too serious ... with good treatments in conjunction with the innate regenerative capacity that the AVATAR Phoenix provided ... in less than 3 days, he would be fine again.
Could he recriminate Lorenz's slowness? No ... in fact he had come to help Luke in less than 5 seconds of losing consciousness, as stipulated by the rules.
Therefore... what did he gain by showing his anger and frustration to the whole family? He would only lose face in front of the whole family ... despite having more of the family in his pocket
Lauren hated losing and loved his son ... and he was extremely angry, but ... he wasn't an idiot.
[Wow, he has not recriminated me anything or asked for explanations for defending his son...
It's a shame, I had many prepared counterattacks
I guess Lauren is not the typical villain of novels ... I've underestimated it
How scary]
Sarah was not surprised in the least and happy, as if she had won the lottery ... with an arrogant attitude, she told Lauren strongly, so that the entire coliseum could hear her.
"What a great fight Atomsk, cousin Luke has been great too jajajajja ...
However, let's get down to business. You have not forgotten about the bet, right? "
Lauren had obviously not forgotten the content of the gamble...
He had promised to double the reward his son received by winning the tournament this year, which went to supreme Inner pill of rank 2, 10000 zeniest and an Inner weapon of rank 2 ...
This wasn't a big cost to him, but ... it hurt in his soul to have to deliver those objects to his hated niece...
Lauren, left behind his rage ... and removed three objects from his space ring. "As promised, I will double the reward of this year's tournament... so instead of a supreme Inner pill of rank 2 I will give supreme Inner pill of rank 4, instead of an Inner weapon of rank 2 I will give an Inner weapon of rank 4 and instead of 10000 zeniest I will give 20000... Congratulations for winning" Lauren said with an evil laugh
Sarah was surprised, and petrified...
[Damn bastard] She thought
When she accepted the bet she thought about gain two supreme innert pill and two inner weapons of the same rank ... but Lauren had increased the quality by two.
Did Sarah lose with this result? No. Every increase in the quality of a pill or weapon means an exponential increase in its value.
So, why did Lauren do that? Why did Sarah get angry?
Simple ... Sarah wanted to give those pills for Atomsk before the registration date at the academy.
Those sumpreme inner pills of Rank 2 allow increasing to an AVATAR Student his inner energy between 1 and 2 levels.
With these pills it was very likely that Atomsk could reach the rank 10 or higher, which would allow him to enter the academy in the following days (the name AVATAR Student is not a coincidence)…but now it would be impossible.
A pill of rank 2 already exerts a great pressure in the body of an AVATAR Student ... much more in an Infant Avatar, reason why a pill of rank 4 could only be consumed by an AVATAR Master... and I could only take one during all that rank.
On the other hand, the supreme inner pills were not easy to get, even Sarah, the daughter of the leader of the family Vermillon and an Alchemist, it would take weeks to get a rank 2 one.
Clearly, Lauren was willing to lose a large sum of money for the sole purpose of thwarting Sarah's plans...
He definitely hated to lose.
Sarah indignantly was about to denounce what he was trying to do, but Atomsk went ahead.
"Oh wow, I thought it would be 2 pills, 2 weapons and 20,000 zeniest ... thank you very much, Lauren, for being so generous, a multiplication of quality is much better... but...
Here I see something strange, I am not a great mathematician, but if the bet was 10000 zeniest, so 10 yellow zenies ... If what we multiplied is the quality, shouldn't be 10 blue zeniest or its equivalent in red zeniest?" Atomsk said Lauren with a malevolent smile
Lauren internally cursed that little demon; he tried to multiply the money by 1000 and not by 2... That amount was nothing for Lauren, however, this tarnished a little his small and insignificant victory.
Lauren, to the displeasure of Sarah, who still wanted the pills of rank 2, delivered the 10 blue zeniest and disappeared with his son in his arms.
Meanwhile Atomsk and Sarah, with Sebastian's help, disappeared from the Colosseum, to avoid having to deal with family members with questions and with intentions to approach Atomks to win future favors.
…
They appeared in Sarah's room, and after talking for several tens of minutes about everything that had happened and could happen...
"Atomsk, are you sure you want to take that pill? IT'S A MADNESS.
You don't have to do it, we can wait until next year for you to be AVATAR Student, with your cultivation speed it is even possible that you will reach AVATAR Sholar at the time of registration.
You don't have to force yourself, this could cause irreparable damage" Said Sarah, very worried
"Don't worry, sister, I know my limits, also something tell me that thanks to my AVATAR I will be able to absorb the pill without problems" Atomsk said with determination.
After convincing Sarah, she took the pill and before the attentive look of Sarah and Sebastian, who were prepared to help him in case something happened during the intak ... he put himself in meditative position
How was Atomsk sure that he would be able to absorb a pill designed for AVATAR Masters despite being an AVATAR Infant?
Was it because of his AVATAR? No, of course not
Was it because of his Asura physique? Yes, but it was not as simple as that.
Atomsk was studying the theory of alchemy that his mother had left him, along with the one that Sarah had given him. So he understood what was the mechanism of these pills.
The supreme Inner pills allowed increasing the inner energy of the user between 1 and 2 levels. The reason they could do that is because inside those pills there was purified internal energy.
However, this energy was not easy to absorb to increase the level forcibly, nor was it easy to assimilate to make it 100% yours... and taking more than one of these pills per range was harmful, not only for health but also for the own cultivation, since many of those who had eaten several of these pills and had survived, despite having increased their internal energy level, it was impossible then to increase their rank again.
Atomsk, developed a theory about this event, a theory that years later would appear as an irrefutable fact to the whole world
These pills were made with a large amount of plants and ingredients, but the main ingredient was the cores of the magical beast, with the plants being ingredients that facilitated the assimilation of that energy and avoided certain negative symptoms that the body could receive.
In addition, these cores, as he could read in his mother's books, contained Martial energy inside them too... in large quantities ... an amount exactly equal to the internal energy, as he could read in the alchemy books Deva.
The ingredients used by the Devas in their pills, help the assimilation of the inner energy of the core, but above all was to mitigate the Martial Energy and its effects on the body of the Devas, which aren't only not able to absorb it correctly, they cannot detect it either.
In addition, this explained the reason why abusing them could prevent advancement of rank.
These pills contained inner energy and martial energy, but hardly contained spiritual energy.
The Asura, among other things, needed Martial Energy and Spiritual energy to be more or less synchronized to advance in rank...
The Devas, among other things, needed the Inner energy and the Spiritual energy to be more or less synchronized to advance in rank...
Therefore, Magical Beast needed the Martial Energy and Inner energy more or less synchronized to advance in rank...
For the Devas and Asura the spiritual energy was generated naturally in practically equal parts, and it was not a coincidence...
The inner and martial energy is the fuel and the spiritual energy was the one that guides that fuel.
If the Inner energy on the part of the Devas is far superior to the Spiritual energy... then that energy cannot be controlled correctly, thus preventing the advance of rank or even causing permanent injuries when trying.. and it was very difficult and expensive increase spiritual energy by non-traditional means ... therefore after taking one of these pills it is better not eat another ... it was already quite difficult to completely assimilate just one and balance it with the spiritual energy once more ...
However, Atomsk wouldn't have as much trouble assimilating a supreme inner pill even if it is several ranks higher than his level.
Atomsk possessed Innner Energy and Martial energy in his body in a perfectly integrated and controllable way ... in the same way his spiritual energy was incredibly amazing, so amazing that he tripled the spiritual energy of anyone of his same rank.
His spritual energy was able to control at the same time two types of energies as well as an almost autonomous AVATAR ... How could he not be superior to the others?
For these reasons, Atomsk did not worry about taking a supreme inner pill of rank 4, what would kill others would make him stronger.
…
Atomsk in his meditative posture continued to process the pill
[Although the martial energy has been mostly dissipated, I can feel it slowly increasing within me ... surely when I finish assimilating it, I will have acquired half the energy necessary to open my second chakra.
However, my internal energy is increasing at an alarming rate ... Too alarming ... I believed that I would only have to correctly assimilate this pill and then eat another but ... it seems I have underestimated them ... at that rate it will equal my Spiritual Energy]
Atomsk, spent more than 4 hours assimilating the pill ... 3 or 4 times higher than normal ... Something that worried Sarah and Sebastian, even though Atomsk did not show any anomaly that they had to worry about.
When Atomsk finished, not only did they not worry ... they were horrified.
Not only had he assimilated a pill at a level far superior to the one he had
Not only had he achieved that impossible feat, he had also achieved it without damaging his body ...
He also had to increase his level ... and rank
His STIGMA was no longer white ... It was red.
He was no longer at level 8 ... Now he was...