Zane was soon awakened by the shouting of the Blood Warriors, still venting their anger on the dead beast.
He knew that the battle was already over. Looking around, he found out that he unconsciously vomited quite a lot of black stuff on the ground. His whole body also stinks.
After releasing all the foul things in his body, he felt very different. A feeling like another world was opened to him. He can 'feel' the world, or he can feel the mana all around him.
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'I wonder when they will stop beating that dead mammoth? In any way, the longer I stay here, the more it is better for me since my mantra is absorbing the killing intent in the air.'
Zane sat down, 'Status.'
Level: 6
Strength: 8 to 10.04 (Awakened)
Agility: 9.7 to 12 (Awakened)
Perception: 9.2 to 11.4 (Awakened)
Constitution: 9.1 to 11.3 (Awakened)
Mana: 0.4 to 0.6
Skills: Archery Lvl1, Swordsmanship Lvl 1
Unallocated Attribute Points: 6
Unallocated Skill Points: 3
'I will distribute the points later since I am not in a hurry with stats.'
He checked the skills and found out that his skills were no longer greyed out for an upgrade. Meaning he can increase to level 2. He deliberated for a second and decided not to go through with it.
'Although I have the system, I still need to focus on one profession. Experience points are not easy to receive, especially in my current situation now. The only way I can get it is by risking my life in the arena.'
'Meanwhile, I can now feel the mana. Now is the best time to find active skills that can help me in battle.'
When Zane saw Gerax using the Speed Burst, he was actually a bit envious. In a short period of time, the Speed Burst can either be an offensive or evasive purpose.
'I wonder where he got his skill?'
'I can also increase the level of my identification and alchemy. Both can be very useful.'
'Too many options.'
A few minutes later, a loud horn was sounded. The sound indicates that the battle is over and they have won.
Looking around, when he saw the devastation of the battle, he couldn't help but frown. Two hundred plus Blood Warriors came in here with him, but they were left with less than 50 people.
'This time around, I was able to find the weakness of the Blazing Tusk Mammoth, but what IF there is no such thing as weakness next time? Wouldn't we get annihilated?' He couldn't help but swallow his saliva off the thought.
With the determination in his eyes, 'I need to find a way to leave this city.'
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Meanwhile, on the Noble's podium, everyone remained stunned by the turn of events in the battle. Ash, with his eyes still wide open, couldn't fathom what had just transpired.
Only moments before, the beast had been mercilessly slaughtering everyone. Then, the situation inexplicably shifted. Initially, they hadn't been overly concerned. They were well aware that the Blazing Mammoth's constitution was far from ordinary. It should have swiftly regrown its wounds. Yet, regrettably, the recovery never happened..
Certain nobles even contemplated questioning Young Master Ash about whether he had procured an imbecilic beast. However, with his fiery temperament, any such inquiry would likely result in their own demise.
What they witnessed was the Blood Warriors relentlessly beating the creature to death. After a while, when numerous members of the audience began inquiring when the beast would be declared deceased, the signal was given—a signal denoting the victor.
There was a distinct absence of applause from the audience. Even they were left dumbfounded at this juncture.
"The battle is rig!"
"That is right, the Mammoth just let the Blood Warriors beat it to death"
"There is something fishy about this fight"
"Give back our money!"
"Gwahahaha! I am rich! Bet everything on with the Umbras!"
"YEAH!! THEY WON! I AM RICH! AHAHA"
Chaos suddenly erupted within the audience.
...
After the exhausting battle, the Blood Warriors led by Gerax went back to the Umbra's main courtyard. There they saw Jezebel and Doug waiting for them. Behind them were a new batch of Blood Warriors and hundreds of slaves. Zane was quite familiar with some of them.
When Jezebel saw that everyone settled, she smiled seductively. With her beauty, many of the Blood Warriors couldn't even help but get excited.
Zane shook her head, 'Dumbasses!,' he thought.
"Congratulations to all of you my elite Blood Warriors!"
"You have overcome a major battle today. Glory was upon you and the House of Umbra. Let me tell you this again, those who bring glory receive deserving gifts."
"Go claim all your prices!
"Boza!"
Boza handed them a stack of money, around four hundred points one by one. When some of the Blood Warriors saw this, they gasped. In Capricia city, the money was quite valuable. They can buy new equipment or squander it with alcohol and woman.
Jezebel then continued, "You all did great today and I am feeling very generous. Behind me are new slaves we found. Find someone you like, and keep them as your personal belonging."
She then suddenly grin, "You can do whatever you want with them."
"Go!"
With great excitement and urgency, one by one, the Blood Warriors who were with Zane went to find their preferred type of woman. After a long stressful death battle, many wanted to release their pent-up stress through carnal desires.
Some were unwilling, but without a choice they still obeyed. They had already experienced the cruelty of Jezebel. Refusal leads to the consequence of death. Those who disobeyed were already fed to the dogs.
The rules of Capricia state that Slaves were not allowed to have a slave. However, Blood Warriors were different, by status, they rank higher than slaves.
Although still have a slave status, they were protected by some laws. Furthermore, they were also allowed to keep a companion.
After a while, most of the Blood Warriors found what they want. Gerax just chose the one closest to him.
"Did you find the one you like yet, boy?" Old Gramps grinned at him. Want me to help you? Heheh"
Zane looked at Old Zhao, next to him was a beautiful old lady around 40-50 years old, the most prominent quality of the lady was she had the biggest rack among all the slaves.
'This perverted old man.'
"No, thank you."
Zane then started walking towards the back of the slaves. He went towards a young woman around 15 years old. She has an adequate body, nothing too prominent. She had a bald head with a face full of wounds and scars, some still pestering. Her eyes were dull, like a dead man walking. People saw her as very ugly and repulsing. When Blood Warriors saw her, some even wanted to vomit just looking at her.
Zane stood in front of her and bowed.
"We meet again!"
Cecilia raised her head and did not respond. She just looked him in the eye.
When Zane stared at Cecilia's eyes, the time seemed to stop. Zane felt that he was suddenly cast into a dream-like state. In this dream, it seems that he was transported to a different place. Cecilia was in the center of the world with ten black swords circling her. When he tried to look at the heavens, he was scared, because there were billions of swords pointed at him.
Zane suddenly felt like kneeling, but before that happened, the dream state vanished. When he came back to reality, his body was full of sweat.
'What the hell was that?' Zane was really dumbfounded, the phenomenon was really too sudden.
He looked at Cecilia, still staring at him directly in her dead eyes. Zane couldn't help but scream in his mind, 'Identify!'.