Jake proceeded to complete the training missions the next day. He recived an additional boost for endurance and agility stat.
"Jake Grant
Strength: 21
Endurance: 21
Agility: 20
Mana:5."
Jake decided to leave the mana training for now as he wanted to visit this underground fighting ring he had heard so much about. It was the best way to earn money fast to take care of his expenses.
Jake took out the note that mentioned the addres and to his surprise it was situated near the eastern wing of Avalon city. It was near Jake's current location and ideal for him to go and fight and then return back in the night.
Jake was on his way to the ring when he saw a huge market ahead of him. People were flooding in the market because this was the peak time in the day for trade.
This was the Eastern-suburb market of Avalon city and also the location where the underground fights were situated in. Jake took out the directions the old man had given him and proceeded to the location.
He found a vendor seeling masks in a nearby stall and decided to buy two of them for the ring. He didn't want to make his identity public as there might be repercussions after he win multiple fights.
He followed the map to a dark alley where people were sitting on either side of the road. He went into the alley and soon stood in front of what looked like a rather normal door.
He was about to raise his hands and knock when a hand grabbed him.
"What are you doing here kid?" A man with a slight scar on his face asked while holding Jake's hand tightly. If it was before, Jake's hand would be broken by now. However after training for so long, it didn't even sting.
Jake didn't reply and just grabbed the man's wrist so tightly, that the blood flow stopped. The man's expression turned from suspiscion to horror as he clenched his teeths due to pain.
"Don't interfere in my matters." Jake said before going in, while leaving a man with broken wrist on the road.
"What happened to you captain?" One of the man sitting on the street rushed towards the man and asked.
"Another monster walked into he building. Tell the count to prepare for a big betting round. This time the earning might be exponentially high than previous days."
As soon as Jake walked through the doors, he was met with a huge place with people flooding in and scream filling the room completely.
In the middle of the huge place was a fighting ring, and people were battling to death within it. Jake decided to watch the fights for some time to judge the brutality that was allowed to occur within the ring.
To his surprise though, the fight was to be continued until one side was dead.
Jake felt a bit disgusted from the situation, but he felt no fear. Because within these rings he was going to get a whole lot of combat missions.
Jake went to register his name for a fight.
"What is you ring name?" Jake thought about it for some time before answering,
"Grinder"
The man almost laughed his heart out in hearing this name, but he eventually wrote it down and asked Jake to wait for his fight bracket.
The fight bracket arrived after some time Nd before going into the ring, Jake asked the man in the counter.
"Can I bet on this fight?" Jake asked.
"You can, but you can only bet on yourself. The odd and multiplying factor will be displayed on the board."
Jake saw that his odds of winning wa extremely low, hence anyone who bet on him will recieve a huge amount to of return if he wins.
"I will bet on myself then." Jake said as he took out his entire stash of money and laid it on the counter.
"100 units of cash. You will recive 2000 if you win." The counter said. Jake nodded and went into the ring.
"Its sad that I have to watch another youngster rush to his death." The man on the counter sighed.
Jake entered the fight ring, just to be greeted by his opponent who was much bigger in size than him.
"I will crush into a puddle." The man said.
"We will see." Jake said as he took his fighting stance.
The refree came in and announced the name of the contenders before he raised his hands to indicate the start of the fight.
"Combat Mission: Beat the assailant
Beat the assailant in front of you.
Objective: defeat the opponent(0/1)
Rewards: +1 Agility"
Theman rushed in the moment the signal was given. He threw a punch towards Jake,.who deflected it sideways and dodged sideways. The man tried to tackle him with his body , but Jake jumped up, and kicked the man in between his shoulders and neck.
The man tried to punch and tackle Jake once again, but the fight drew on and on, until the man was extremely exhausted, with his shoulders injured due to continous attack from Jake.
Jake rushed in and kicked the man right in the face to defeat him in one blow. The match ended and to the surprise of the audience the newbie was the winner.
Jake came out in front of surprised eyes and went to the counter.
"Where is my money?" The counter forwarded 2000 units of money to him.
" I would like to continue." Jake said. The counter nodded and another bracket was created with Jake's name on it.
" I will bet on myself again." The person on the counter was surprised by to he obliged with the request.
"2000 units of cash. You recieve 10,000 if you win." The bracket this time was manipulated to pit Jake against a powerful opponent.
Jake's turn arrived and he climbed up the counter just to meet his opponent.
The opponent was named Viper within the ringa nd he was famous for his quick and lethal attacks. There was no way Jake would be able to win against him.
But to the audience's surprise, a similar scene appeared once again, and Jake won this time too with a kick to Viper's face.
Jake came back to he counter to recieve his money.
"I would like to continue." Jake said once again. This time the man's expression was serious. He nodded and Jake better the entire amount on himself.
"10,000 units of cash. You get 50,000 if you win." Jake nodded and waited for his turn.
"Jake Grant
Strength: 22
Endurance: 21
Agility: 21
Mana:5."
...
Some time later, In another room-
"What is the news?" A man asked.
"A new contender has been fighting for 5 time continously and he has won all of them. We owe him 500,000 units of cash. what should we do."
The man's expression changed. Two hundred thousand units was no joke. This would be a serious blow to the ring's finances.
"Send him in." The servant's expression changed when he heard this. He then nodded and left the room.
"Today was interesting. How could I let you leave with my money?" The man said in a mischevious tone.