'Damn it! This kid is so annoying!'
Liam could not back down because it would ruin his image.
But at that same time, he also did not want to act recklessly because the consequences would be fatal.
'Wait!'
He suddenly got an idea to avoid the bet.
Liam crossed his arms over his chest and spoke, "Hmf! I'm sure your possession is not as good as mine, so it will be unfair to me."
"How can you be so sure about it when you haven't even seen the items in my space ring?" Ren responded, "Just say it if you want to refuse to bet. No need to make a lame excuse like that."
"He previously acted arrogantly, but he is now like a coward."
"That's right. He even doesn't dare to accept the bet."
"Maybe he finally realizes that he is a weakling."
"I bet he will leave this place in a minute."
"I think so, too."
"Well, what do you expect from a coward?"
"Haha."
The volume of chatter in front of the Moon Entertainment House rose.
Liam appeared out of the blue and challenged Ren, but when Ren accepted the challenge with their space rings as stakes, Liam suddenly acted like a coward.
It was funny!
It was amusing to see someone who previously acted arrogantly suddenly behave like a terrified rabbit because they felt like they were seeing two different people.
Liam was breathless with anger when the onlookers mocked him continuously.
He was an awakener at the Master rank, so no one should mock him because he was powerful.
"Sure! Let's use our space rings as stakes." Liam accepted the bet because he would be a laughing stock if he refused.
"Good!" Ren then turned his head toward Dan and his friends. "You guys also use your space rings as stakes, right?"
They kept causing trouble for him, so he would not let them go easily.
Vance and his friends panicked upon hearing his words.
They knew they caused trouble for him earlier, but why did he drag them into their bet, too?
They only forced him to fight Liam, nothing more than that.
So, he should not have dragged them into his bet because it should not have anything to do with them.
It was supposed to be a problem between him and Liam, not them.
'Damn it!'
Vance and his friends did not dare to say no to him.
Even though Ren was smiling, they knew it was not a friendly smile.
Ren was telling them through his smile that he would kill them if they dared to say no because a terrifying aura emitted from his body as he smiled at them.
"Al…alright." Dan and his friends had no other choice but to agree.
Everyone instantly made a space for Ren and Liam to fight.
Heidi, who was next to Lexie, inquired, "My lady, is this alright?"
"It's fine. With this, we can see his power, too." Lexie wanted to use the fight between them to see Ren's strength.
Liam grabbed his axe and focused on Ren.
'I must not lose to him. I have to win this fight.'
He would lose everything if he could not beat Ren, so he would fight Ren seriously from the beginning.
Ren held his sword without unsheathing it.
There were two reasons why he did not unsheathe his sword.
First, one of the rules in Nightshire City was that they could not kill someone recklessly, and lastly, he could defeat Liam without unsheathing his sword.
Liam was only an ordinary Master rank awakener, not a strong one, so he could defeat Liam without drawing his sword.
Liam was furious when Ren underestimated him.
'I will show you the consequences of acting arrogantly before me.'
His aura burst out before he rushed toward Ren.
His speed was fast, and spiritual energy gathered on his axe as he lifted it high in the air.
'Got you!'
His lips curled up into a smirk as his axe was about to land on Ren's neck.
When he was sure Ren would be hit by his attack, Ren's body suddenly turned into blue lightning and disappeared from his place, causing his attack to hit the air.
Ren, who appeared next to Liam, spoke, "Thank you for the space ring. I will use your money and all items in your space ring wisely."
Liam did not have time to dodge or block his attack because Ren suddenly appeared next to him.
Bang!
Blood splashed out of his mouth as Liam's body was thrown into the air.
When Liam was about to fall to the ground, Ren stood in an Iai stance and locked his eyes on Liam.
'Moon style sword of drawing techniques: second form- Crescent Moon.'
Ren did not give Liam time to counterattack and immediately used the Moon Sword secret technique.
Blood splashed out of Liam's mouth again.
He was falling from the air, so he could not do anything when Ren attacked him with his secret technique.
Countless bruises appeared on his body, and he fainted right after he fell to the ground.
*Silence…
The entire area turned into a dead silence.
It was a fight between Master rank awakeners.
It should be a fierce, exciting, and long fight.
However, the reality was different than they thought.
Not only did the fight end in less than a minute, Ren even only needed one technique to defeat Liam.
It was as if Ren was not fighting Master rank awakener but an ordinary person.
"Hey, do you see what I'm seeing? That Liam guy is passed out on the ground. Do you see the same thing?"
"Yeah. I'm seeing the same thing."
"But aren't they at the same rank? Isn't this supposed to be a fierce and long fight? How did it end so quickly like that?"
"I don't know. This is different than I thought."
"How? How could it end so fast like this?"
"They are at the same rank, yet the difference in strength between them is like heaven and earth. Just how strong he is?"
"Oh my god! He defeated that bulky man in one move."
"I did not expect this to happen."
"Me too."
The onlookers still found it hard to believe what they were seeing.
Sure, Ren could force Dan and his friends to kneel with only his energy, but this was a different story.
He was fighting someone of the same rank, not lower than his rank.
So how?
How could he win so easily like that?
At that moment, the onlookers finally realized something.
The same rank did not mean they had the same strength!
Heidi, who came to her senses, instantly spoke, "My lady, congratulations. It seems like you can kill that Yin-Yang Tiger this time."
With how easily Ren defeated Liam, she believed Ren could help Lexie kill the Yin-Yang Tiger, a magical beast she failed to kill twice.
A soft smile spread across Lexie's face.
'He is more amazing than I thought'
Like Heidi, she also believed Ren could help her kill the Yin-Yang Tiger because he defeated Liam so easily despite them being at the same rank.
After storing his sword, Ren took Liam's space ring. "I will take your space ring."
He did not care about the onlookers' expressions because he was already used to it. After all, he had caused immense fear in all his enemies in his previous life.
Ren did not check the items in the space ring immediately and approached Dan and his friends. "Give me your space ring now."
Dan and his friends did what they were told instantly.
After finding out how powerful Ren was, they did not dare to offend him because they still wanted to live.
His face broke into a smile when he saw six space rings on his palms.
'I suddenly want to check the items in these space rings.'
The smile on his face grew bigger when he imagined the items and money inside these space rings.
[Host, control yourself. Don't you always say you have to look cool in front of other people?]
"Ehm!" Ren pretended to clear his throat. "Just be good people and don't cause trouble for everyone."
"Thank you for forgiving us, senior." Dan and his friends replied in unison.
Even though they were older than Ren, they still called him senior because he was stronger than them.
Ren then walked toward Lexie and spoke, "Ladies, the problem has been solved. Shall we go to a private room now?"
Lexie's lips curled up into a smile. "Sure. Let's go to the private room now."
[Host, your words and hers sound like you two want to do something lewd in a private room.]
The corner of Ren's lips twitched.
'This system…'