Inside the pavilion.
The remaining four people belonging to the beastmen, elves, and humans watched as their respective protegees departed.
None of them spoke up. Each one of them just watched silently, as though contemplating the chances of victories of the three teams.
Finally, the middle-aged man leading the Church of the Sun God opened his mouth.
"Wanna do a bet?" He asked with a slight smile.
The elves looked at him indifferently, and most of the beastmen were the same. Only the lionkin general looked at him with interest.
"What kind of bet, James?"
"Is it not obvious? About which team is going to win."
The lionkin general chuckled. "And what do you want to bet?"
The archbishop of the Church of the Sun God put on a mysterious smile.
"A Seed of Divinity."
"!!!"
In an instant, the atmosphere changed.
Both the beastmen and the elves looked at the archbishop with astonished expressions, as though they could not believe his words. Even Eve was looking at him with a serious look.
Only Regina remained indifferent to the situation.
After taking one second to calm down his shock, the lionkin general furrowed his brows.
"… A Seed of Divinity, huh. You are very confident about your kids' victory, James."
"Of course I'm confident. Otherwise, I would have not bet something like this."
The lionkin general narrowed his eyes. Yes, if the archbishop took out a Seed of Divinity, it meant he was that confident.
You must know that a Seed of Divinity is perhaps one of the most valuable objects in the world. It has a small chance to appear when someone tries to achieve godhood and fails. In very rare cases, part of the laws the person tried to use to become a god mix with mana and the laws of the world and create what is known as a Seed of Divinity.
And someone compatible with these laws can use the Seed of Divinity to understand the laws inside, becoming much stronger quickly.
Of course, just a Seed of Divinity is not enough to make someone a god. But even the shabbiest Seed of Divinity can greatly increase the strength of the person that uses it.
The lionkin general fell silent. He did not know if to accept the bet or not.
It's not that he was not confident in Bloed and the others' chances, but a Seed of Divinity was too valuable. He would lose a lot in the case he fails.
"What? Could it be you are not confident in the kids you brought?" The archbishop taunted the lionkin general with a smirk. "Thinking about it, your group is the only one with three demigods. Perhaps it's because you know your group is the weakest?"
Before the archbishop could even finish speaking, he heard a soft snort.
"Weakest? Just me alone is enough to take care of your group and the elves. I don't even need to use my entire strength for that."
The archbishop froze and looked at the owner of the voice.
An expressionless face looking at him as though looking at a fool.
Eve Moonglow.
She was not someone he wanted to offend.
In fact, even the elves were silent.
It was because they also knew how strong the fox girl was.
Bloodstained Moonlight. The Fox of Blood and Death.
One of the strongest demigods in the world, only below the gods themselves.
To be honest, the archbishop wanted to curse when he realized she was here.
He was that wary of her.
In the end, though, he could only swallow his curses.
Aware that he could not go against the fox, the archbishop decided to stop with his provocations.
But to his surprise, Eve did not seem bothered by his provocation.
Quite the opposite, she seemed interested in the bet.
"Just a Seed of Divinity, right? Very well, we will bet one as well. Is it alright?"
The archbishop wrinkled his brows briefly, but he then nodded with a smile.
"Of course. I know someone like Miss Eve will not go against her words." He then looked at the elves. "What about the lot of you? Are you going to participate in the bet?"
The leading elf looked at him indifferently before shaking his head.
"I'm not bored enough to lose my time playing with you." Then, he and the other elven demigods walked to a corner of the pavilion, sat down, and closed their eyes, as though they did not care about what happened here.
The archbishop narrowed his eyes.
"If that is what you want, very well. I guess the bet will be only between humans and beastmen then."
"Mm." Eve nodded expressionlessly and looked away, not caring for the archbishop anymore.
An ice-cold glint flashed in the archbishop's eyes, but it disappeared as though it never existed.
But suddenly, the archbishop felt a gaze on him.
When he looked in the direction of the gaze, he found a beautiful silver-haired girl looking at him with an ice-cold gaze.
The archbishop squinted. That girl…
"A human demigod amongst the beastmen… To think there are humans that mix themselves with these animals…" He said derisively.
But Regina just shot him an indifferent gaze and closed her eyes, as though he was not worthy of any more of her attention.
Instead, all her senses were focused on her master's location.
she did not care in the slightest if the beastmen win or lose this competition.
But if she felt her master was in danger, she was going to move immediately.
Even if she had to destroy everything in front of her.
…
At the same time, tens of kilometers away.
An average-looking man was eating a dish of a rice-like food from what could be considered a cheap stall.
Suddenly, the man's eyes lit up.
Then, he looked in direction of the pavilion.
"It has started, huh."
With a small smile, the man put down the plate on his hand and walked away towards the pavilion.
"Hey you! You have not paid yet!" The stall owner screamed angrily.
The average-looking man was startled. Turning around, he scratched his head and smiled apologetically.
"Sorry sorry, I forgot about it."
In the next instant, the stall owner was shredded into small pieces of flesh.
"That is it. As payment for your food, I have given you a swift death."
Then, before the people in the surroundings could react, the man turned around again and spoke in a cheerful voice.
"Devour."
With that word, a giant and terrifying monster appeared from his shadow.
Then, it roared and jumped towards the defenseless citizens.
For several seconds, only screams of pain and despair could be heard.
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