"I thought you would bring your girlfriend, not an entourage of people, Ulric."
"There are only three people, Vera, I don't think a group of four can be considered an entourage."
"Whatever, are you ready to win your first fight?"
"Of course, but shouldn't you be asking me if I'm excited to have my first fight?"
"Not! Because if you lose the captain, it will kill you, Ulric."
"Well, know that now."
"Do you happen to think you had the option of losing? You are really a brave man or too dumb to have come today."
"If I didn't show up, Captain Raven would chase me, then drag me into my fight. I don't have many options, Vera."
"That aside, where Captain Raven is, I thought she would be here by now."
"She had some last-minute issues to resolve, she'll meet us at the club and not before, if everyone's ready we'll go to the club, it's getting late and it's better to go before Ulric has time to prepare for the fight."
The way to the building where the club meeting would be held, it wasn't too far, it only took fifteen minutes to get there. I was really excited to see what it would look like and to my surprise it wasn't a building but a complex of closed buildings.
Passing through the main gate, we went straight to the center where it was discovered, the land was really big, but the buildings on it were small until most of the land was open.
There were tables scattered around the garden and some clean spaces with some attractions, they ranged from magic tools used for games such as strength gauges and some golems in dummy shapes that were used in reflex and speed competition, also avia several spaces where avia to exhibition of rare materials and weapons.
It seems that in some of these spaces people set up stores, or even leave materials exposed to attract opponents, so you can bet them on a fight in the arena. The public was divided into nobles who were there just to watch and bet, they wear typical clothes of noble aristocrats not one of them was made for combat, the second type of person was the real members of the club they wore training clothes and even some armor lightweight leather.
It was really easy to distinguish the groups that were present here today. When we arrived, I didn't notice anymore Vera took from her bag a small flag with an owl drawn on it, it seems that each team that has confirmed participation in today's fights has its flag on display, I only noticed the presence of our flag when Vera started to shakes it in the air as we walk through the garden.
The atmosphere here was very close to that of a small festival, our objective is more in the center of the garden where some stands were built and where the arena is. It rose more than a meter from the ground in order to give great visibility so that the public could see the fight without a problem. if the arena is not well planned.
After stopping to admire and analyze the arena aria, I looked over to my companions only to find Vera and Hilda talking, the rest disappearing when I wasn't looking.
"Where is everyone?"
"While you were looking at nothing like an idiot, Ingredi ran off when she found some subjects she needed for her studies or cultivation, and difficult to keep abreast of her projects. And Torris went after her since he's here to be her escort, the warrior I don't know just walked away."
"Dumah went to greet some friends and drool at Diana's feet."
"Irma Vera, would this Diana you mentioned be the Diana who is the ones from the group of flaming dragons?"
"Yes, Dumah has a crush on her even before she became famous and too bad, he never had a chance with her. It's been over a year since she's made it clear that she was only interested in that lifeless piece of stone that is the captain of the flaming dragons."
"I've heard about it before, it seems the reason she got into the flaming dragons is because she fell in love with Captain Marco Drako, but I haven't heard any walks about them getting together or why you called him a piece of stone with no personal life."
"It's normal that you don't know, this subject is only known in the gossip circles of elite adventurers, this rumor and stories did not reach the gossip circles of the nobles. Captain Marco is an asexual person, inside his brain to just kill monsters, kill people, get money to buy better weapons and armor to be able to kill more effectively and finally eat, and when I say eat, I mean to food and not women I think the only pleasure in his life besides killing and eating good food in the city's restaurants."
"He's basically a robot, I feel a lot of pity for Diana and she's kind of a nice person, but I doubt there'll be any romantic future with her captain."
"Our! I would never have imagined that the captain of a group famous as the flaming dragons would be so weird."
"Most high-level adventurers have some quirks in their personality, but I have to admit Captain Marcus stands out."
"You guys really enjoy talking about other people's lives."
"Are you calling me a gossip, Ulric?"
I should have been quiet earlier.
"Of course not, my love, I was talking about Vera."
"Hey! I'm not a gossip, I only know about this gossip because I'm worried about the feelings of my friend and teammate, you're lucky you're going to fight soon, if it wasn't for that I would beat you for me call a gossip."
"What incredible aggressiveness sister Vera, I support you! After he has fought, we can both beat him."
"Isn't he your boyfriend? Are you really going to hit him?"
"Yes, but it's normal for me to hit him."
"Our! I didn't know you had that kind of inclination, Ulric. Remember that during the fight you shouldn't get excited like that when you get hit by your opponent, and don't make a fool of yourself to get hit."
"I'm not a masochist! What Hilda meant is that she and I trained together."
"Of course, I believe you."
I'm screwed, I'm going to get revenge on Dumah and Torris for leaving me alone with these two. I should have foreseen that the two of them together would make me their first target of their pranks.
"Before you go back to making up lies about me that will be spread all over the world, I'd like to know who I'm going to fight today?"
"Well, your enemy is called perverted idiot brat, his mother probably prefers to call him Viktor. He's at the same stage as the gray core, but unlike you who is better with fists he practices a wind element art of kicking, so don't make too much space between you to give him a chance to kick you, even if he can't use yours. element wind he can still use his aura to hit you with a strong blow."
"Because he's called a perverted idiot brat, Sister Vera."
"That's because he's one, more than once he's been caught spying on other adventurers and they say he was almost caught masturbating in public. He's disgusting and disgusting."
"Why is Ulric going to have to fight this kind of pervert?"
"Because his cousin, who is the leader of their team, has been trying to buy a wind element elemental gem that Captain Hilda got from a friend, but Captain Raven wants to exchange the elemental gem for a shadow element and not for gold. If Ulric loses the fight the elemental gem will be lost and Ulric will be beating up in a coma for years to come, but if he wins the captain he will gain three times the value of the elemental gem, in materials and gold."
"Exactly, don't you dare lose this fight, Ulric!
I almost jump, after Captain Raven appears out of nowhere screaming in my ear. Because today is the day to bully me, alas there's nothing better to do?"
"Hi girl. Is Ulric prepared to fight?"
"Captain Raven, I was telling Ulric who his opponent was, but he's been acting out of it, he's been spending his time flirting with his girlfriend."
"This is a fight would be Ulric, you can spend your time dating after beating your opponent, and be violent I want that idiot to see his cousin suffer because of his greed."
"But aren't you asking for triple the value of the elemental gem?"
"That's not important now, your focus should be on the fight they'll get here soon."
For the next twenty minutes I had to endure the three new best friends having fun with their victims' misfortune.