Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 871: Billy’s Betting House

”Yes,” Rima nodded but the turtle woman ignored her and looked at Kayla, ”Miss Kayla, can you guarantee that she won’t renege later?”

Kayla glanced at Rima and calmly nodded, ”Yeah. I guarantee it.”

Hearing this, the turtle woman smiled in satisfaction and shifted her gaze back to Rima, ”Come, challenge me.”

Rima looked at Kayla, who understood what she wanted to say and said, ”Drop a drop of your blood on your badge and pay 100 Merit Points to cancel your scheduled challenge.”

Rima nodded and was about to do it when Kayla stopped her and looked in the direction of the Silver Ranker’s reserved spots, quickly spotting Midas Burrow, and said, ”Sir Burrow, if you don’t mind, can you please reject the challenge, or reschedule it to tomorrow so my friend here can challenge her?”

Midas’ expression fell when he heard this, but knowing he couldn’t afford to offend her, he gritted his teeth and took out his identity badge.

However, just as he was about to reschedule the challenge because rejecting it now would cost him 50 Merit Points... A mocking voice sounded from not too far away, stopping him in his tracks.

”Aren’t you being a little too overbearing, Miss Kayla? You are asking him to reject the challenge without offering any compensation. Don’t you think it’s inappropriate for someone of your stature?”

Midas and others looked at the person who spoke just now—a yellow-haired young man—before shifting their gazes to Kayla, who was looking at him expressionlessly.

”What? Are you trying to scare me, Miss Kayla?” The young man’s lips curled up, ”Don’t you think you are too weak to do that?”

Kayla stared at him for a few seconds more before she shifted her gaze to Midas and threw her identity badge over to him.

Swoosh!

”Take however many Merit Points you think would be enough for your compensation and cancel the challenge.”

Midas caught the badge, but didn’t immediately take the Merit Points—he could take them because Kayla had opened the restriction on the badge otherwise without her permission, no one could do it—and looked at the yellow-haired man.

”Sir Desmond, may I request your guidance on what I should do?”

Desmond, the yellow-haired man, stared at him for a moment before he sneered, ”Want to take advantage of our conflict to make a profit, eh? You are really daring, you worthless trash!”

The people around him chuckled and shot Midas derisive looks.

Midas’ expression darkened, but he didn’t dare say anything because Desmond was even stronger than Kayla and his background was equally as formidable.

He then took a deep breath and threw Kayla’s badge back toward her without taking any Merit Points and said, ”There is no need for any compensation, Miss Kayla.”

Saying this, he cancelled his appointment with Rima. Then he stood up and walked out of the arena under everyone’s mocking gazes, his fists clenched tight.

Desmond watched him leave, a dark twinkle in his eyes.

...

”Go ahead. Issue her the challenge.” Kayla said to Rima, who looked at her with her brows knitted together, [What about the bet?]

Kayla smiled and glanced at the entrance of the arena where a pot-bellied young man in golden robes could be seen walking in with a group of five, fierce looking men walking behind him.

[He will open the betting pool for this match. So, first go ahead and challenge her.] Kayla transmitted.

Rima glanced at him, nodded lightly at Kayla and then issued the challenge by dripping a drop of her blood, covered with her newly unlocked Divine Sense, onto her identity badge.

[You have issued a challenge to Aleena Turner. Please wait for half an hour for them to respond.]

Just a moment later, her badge vibrated.

[Aleena Turner has accepted your challenge.]

”Come.” Aleena, turtle woman, called out to Rima while putting her badge away.

Rima didn’t move and instead looked at Kayla, who looked at the golden robed man and said, ”Can you hurry up a little? The participants are ready to begin their battle.”

A few had already noticed him, but hearing Kayla’s words, everyone else also looked over and immediately, surprise flashed in their eyes.

Desmond looked at the golden robed man before shifting his gaze to Rima and then to Kayla, his brows furrowing.

In the arena, Aleena Turner also frowned.

’Does she think the newbie can beat me?’ She thought, looking at Rima. No matter how she tried to sense her mana fluctuations, she always found that Rima had just broken through to the Five Star realm.

’How is she supposed to defeat me, someone comparable to a peak Five Star mage with Turnip?’ She wondered.

She, of course, didn’t think it was impossible because it really was not. She knew a few people, who at the early-stage of the Five Star realm could defeat her, but they came from very formidable backgrounds.

But Rima... she didn’t look the part.

However, Kayla and Rima’s confidence didn’t seem fake.

’I’ll play it safe for a while.’ She decided, but then her eyes glinted with a fierce light, and while looking at Rima, she thought, ’But, girl, if you aren’t strong enough... I’ll make you regret playing with me.’

...

”Haha, Miss Kayla. Let’s not be so impatient.” The golden robed man laughed out loud before sweeping his gaze across everyone. When he saw Desmond, his eyes lit up which made both Kayla and Desmond’s eyelids twitch.

”My humble greetings to everyone!” He smilingly bowed lightly, ”As you should have already guessed, I’m going to open a betting pool for the Match between Miss Kayla’s friend, and our dear friend, Miss Turner.”

Saying this, he walked over to an empty corner of the arena, and waved his hand, causing a table and chair to appear.

As he sat down in the chair behind the table, three of the five men stood behind him and the other two stood on his either side.

With a sunny smile on his chubby face, he said, ”Now, according to the information I have about the participants, the odds of bets will be these.”

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Two wooden boards appeared on the table with Rima and Aleena’s names written on them.

The one with Rima’s name had {1 : 4} written on it, while Aleena’s had {1 : 1.3}.

”My friends, Willy’s Betting House is open for business! Anyone who wants to, can place their bets. And though there is no need for me to say this given my stellar reputation, I won’t cheat you out of your money. So, rest assured and place as big a bet as you want to.”