Chapter 20
It was getting late. I mean, it was already almost ten pm by the time my fight ended. I didn't want to give a bad impression at home so I wanted to be home by eleven at most.
There was no grandiose reason behind my suggestion except for making it home on time. Well, there could have been another reason but that turned out to be a disappointment as well.
[You have killed a human]
[Level 6(96%)]
For doing a task, I was offered ten percent EXP yet here I only received the double of that for killing a person. Even the farmers in Murim gave more EXP than that.
I sighed and offered a solution to help do it faster. If theoretically, each person gave me that much EXP, I would at least make it past level seven 7 and have enough Ki for the next massage. I won't have much, but thirty points of Ki would still be something for a short massage session.
The crowd murmured in between them while a group of men in suits picked up the body like a discarded carpet roll and took it out, not even bothering the blood mess.
Guess things had changed around here. Back in the day, killing wasn't allowed.
I shook my head and waited. After the murmuring was finished, I waited for five more minutes when a group of men made their way to the stage. I had seen them before in the participant's room so their being here meant my suggestion was approved.
And seeing that had weapons in their hands as well suggested that killing was allowed as well. It seemed like the guy from before had some influence around here. But what was strange was why I couldn't remember him. It wasn't like I was a total bully so I would have had many victims. It was hardly two or three, in my entire student life, yet I couldn't remember his name.
I decided to focus on the three in front of me. Given their sizes, they were at least twice than me and given the weapons in their hands, they were more advantaged than me.
However, when I looked at the betting board, there was one bet on me. I didn't know who it was but that bastard was going to be lucky tonight.
I turned my attention back to my opponents. One held a steel pipe, one held a steel bat and one held a wrench. A big ass wrench.
I heaved a sigh of relief that there were no guns and without any further ado, launched myself at my opponents. Since they held blunt weapons, the damage would be greater and the impact would be stronger, leaving a mark that would ask for an explanation from my surroundings.
All in all, I couldn't give these guys the offer I had given my last opponent. I launched myself straight at the one who looked like he was the one with the lowest speed because of his buff body, the one holding the wrench like his big physique.
I grabbed the physique and climbed over him to get behind him, turning his arm at an odd angle along with that.
"Ahhh!!!" He screamed when his arm was twisted beyond recognition but before he could feel any more pain, I let go of his hand and grabbed his neck with both of mine, and then…
Crunch!
I didn't twist it, I didn't snap it, I simply crushed it, with both of my hands on each side of his neck, I pressed them together and splattered his neck, separating his head from the body, well, I tried to because I overestimated my strength and only ended up making a mess on me.
I ignored him because the other hadn't been idle. I ignored the mess and the notifications in my view and jumped back, all the way to the fence. They both flanked me from the left and right but I only waited for them to take a swing.
I was so focused on crushing the neck of my opponent that I made the foolish mistake of not taking his weapon after killing him. I wasn't worried about them though; it was simply because of how much I enjoyed killing him that way.
The cruel me within me was waking up and it didn't help the fact that these guys were so much easy prey.
They flanked me and then, both of my idiotic opponents attacked me at the same time. I mean who does that? One attacks while one waits for the opponent to dodge and catch them off guard. Even third-rate disciples in some low-grade nameless sect knew that fact.
I, however, had no intentions to dodge. I grabbed both of their weapons with my bare hands.
[HP -2]
It hurt a bit but that was it, a bit. Nothing more. I was almost twice as strong than them and when I pulled the weapons, they were also pulled along with them. I kicked one in the abdomen as hard as I could, breaking something while I turned the other and confined him in my armpit. Before he could even react, I twisted his neck using my armpit and let him go.
He dropped down, lifeless. I took his metal bat and approached the one on the ground, groaning in pain due to his abdomen, still alive.
I raised my bat and brought it straight down on his head, splattering it in one clean shot. Since a mess of me was already made, I might as well enjoy doing it. I kept bashing the man with the metal bat until his body, upper to the chest was unrecognizable because it had turned into meat paste.
Only then did I feel a little better and turned to the referee as I said, "Where is the shower?"
No doubt he would have seen a lot of death here but not even he would have seen such a gory scene, given how stunned the poor guy was.
Seeing that he was silent, along with the rest of the audience, I sighed and made my way down the stage, passing the fence and making my way back to the contestant's room. Maybe someone there knows where a shower was.
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Once I was directed to the shower, I was also given clean clothes. I figured someone would have given them to me as a gesture of good faith.
I showered and dressed up. Once I was clean and proper, I made my way to the desk where my money was supposed to be.
But, "This is just one grand. The prize money was five grand," These bastards were playing with me.
"Who do you think is going to clean up your mess?" He asked, his tone as if I was the one to be blamed for this. I didn't like this; I didn't like that one bit.
I leaned in and said, "You can decide right now. Either you can give me my money and I walk away, or you can listen to that guy who directed you to do this and I pay you a visit when you least expect it and take both of your eyes. If you think your eyes are more important than four grand that is."
The man looked at me and smirked, and while pulling something out of his waist he replied, "What do you think my answer is?"
It was a gun but I only smiled in response. "So it seems you have made your choice," I said before I walked away. I memorized his face so I will make sure to take care of him sometime.
But for now, I needed to get home. At least I had a thousand bucks in my hands so I would be able to last a couple of days. After that, I will see what I can do.
While I was leaving, a man blocked my way. He was bald, beefy, and scary. Russian I would say.
"What do you want?" My mood was not good because I was basically robbed so if this guy also worked for that guy, I was really considering doing something I would regret later on.
"My boss wants to see you," He said, with a menacing glare.
"Fuck off," I said before I tried to get past him but he blocked my way once again and said, "She really insists."
The word she got my attention but what else got my attention was the roll of green bills he had taken out of his pocket and said, "A little something she gave to change your mind."
I took the bundle and asked with a smile, "And where would I meet this lovely lady?"
"Follow me," He said before he turned around and began to walk away. I pocketed the bundle without counting it and began to follow him. I was intrigued to meet this woman who had bought a meeting with me.
Maybe if she was interesting enough, there was an opportunity to start a business there.