As the sharp piercing pressure slowly pierced into the skin on Augustine's throat, a small drop of blood can be seen dripping down his neck along with his cold sweat of fear. Then, after done with cleaning his glasses, Ben wore back his glasses and slowly turned his face to Augustine.
"What happened you ask me? Well, I bet you should know that there isn't any magic limiter on me, right? So, this happened." said Ben in a calm and casual tone.
"Argh... Y... ca... me... th... r..." Augustine III tried to say anything but can only force out some meaningless noise due to the constriction on him.
"Hmm? Oh! You are trying to say, I can't kill you because that is against the rules? But don't you already know that I'm not even a contestant, so I am not abided by any form of limitations or rules of this stupid tournament, which mean I can indeed end the lives of both of you, if I wanted to." said Ben as he stared straight into Augustine III's eyes.
Suddenly, a portal appeared in the middle of the place, a group of people with black mask and uniform walked out, led by a man that wore a raven mask.
"Ah... Almost forgot about this. For your information, we are actually anticipating your invasion to my personal space. They had been waiting for you... Tie them up." said Ben.
Without any delays, the black-masked people took their moves as Ben commanded, they tied Augustine III and Temmy up with black chains that were made with special materials. Then, the leader of the masked people bowed at Ben politely.
"My deepest apologies, Dr. Ben. We temporarily lost tracks of him thus leading to the ten seconds delay." said the man with Raven mask.
"It's alright, Sachiro, that ten seconds is right on point. As for these two... Bring that boy back to my laboratory subject's cell, I am really curious to know how did he turn from a full-grown man into this. While for that favorite child, I believe Colonel K would be interested to know everything he had been hiding." said Ben.
"Yes, My Lord... I mean, Dr. Ben." said Sachiro as he bowed to Ben once again before leaving the place with the two custody.
"Now then, what's next? Oh! Yes. I need to repair that idiot's arm. Seriously, why would anyone thought that he is still in here..." Ben murmured as he took out a bottle of teal-colored solution from his drawer and chugged down the solution in the bottle.
Then, he walked to a door a few steps away from him, the door opened on its own, Itsuki is in there. Ben walked to the operation table as he disinfected his hands. On the operation table, there is a mutilated left arm that is currently connected to some wires that are linked to a power source.
"And seriously, why the hell would anyone left their own arm here and go out without it?" said Ben, rather irritated, Itsuki nodded without saying anything...
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Hostess Bar. Sky is staring at Chris who is having some fun time with the hostess girls, Sky stared at his left arm which is now temporarily replaced by a robotic arm, he can almost imagine how irritated Ben is right now.
"Your left arm looks really cool, I wonder who made it for you?" one of the girls asked as she curiously touched the robotic arm of Chris.
"Well, it was actually a gift from a friend of friends who is an alchemist." said Chris as he accepted a glass of wine from another girl.
"Ah... I had heard about that alchemist before." said another girl.
"Me too!" And another...
"Damn it! If I know that he will be this popular, I would not even bring him along." said Sky as he chugged down a whole shot of hard liquor.
Sheriff laughed at the sight before chugged down another mug of lager.
"Chris-chan! I thought you are here to help me discuss about the quest with the bar owner!" said Maria, rather mad.
"Ah... Sorry, sorry, I got carried away by all these chatters from these cute ladies. So, where are we now?" said Chris as he politely rejected another drink from a cute hostess with a twin ponytail.
"The owner just said that she would want us to find a lost item for her, and she thinks that it might be in the deep forest of the Ninth Divine Mountain." said Maria.
"Mmm... Sky had told me that before, but since it is thrown away by your brother, can't you just ask him where did he throw it?" Chris asked, rather straight to the point.
"Shh... Chris-chan, be more sensitive, since her brother thrown away her most precious thing, she must be quite mad about her brother and might be hating him as well. And moreover, he probably is not a good person judging what he had done to his own sister." Maria whispered.
"Haha... I wouldn't really consider him as a good person either." said Chris, slightly holding his laughter.
"Eh?" And Maria is confused as always.
"But I do believe that you still care a lot about him, right?" Chris asked as he stared into the bar owner's eyes.
"Not really, why would you think so? He is not a good brother..." said the owner, rather hesitated.
"Then why would you drugged Sky just so that your brother can win the tournament?" Chris asked, very straightforward that everyone including Sky are shocked.
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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