402 Match-Fixing (2/2)

Agreeing, the wood elf thanked Desert Lily and tasked her to find out more about the desert. He needed to know about the places they should start searching for the gnome city. Without any leads, they would be stuck in it for a long time.

”Oh, the man told me to pass a message to you. He says that if he wins, he wants to ask for your help. To be more specific, he wants to ask for your brother's help.”

At that, Truen froze. ”What kind of help?”

Desert Lily tensed as the murderous aura leaked. Truen's killing intent was so strong that even she had to be cautious. ”He didn't say.”

There was a moment of silence before Truen turned around to leave with the man's profile. ”I will see that he doesn't win.

Those words were like a promise. Although Desert Lily didn't know Truen very well, she now knew who not to mess with. Despite looking like the heartless killer, the wood elf had a soft spot for his younger brother and anybody who harmed the boy would be asking for a death sentence. After Truen left, she would spread the word to the rest of her guild to look out for the younger brother. Gaining Truen's favour was better than getting on his bad side.

Now that the match was fixed with Green Hawks and Grey Legion playing into her hand, all Desert Lily needed to do was stay out of it and wait for Truen to bring in the profit. At the same time, she gave the word to double up efforts on gathering all intel they could about Derby Desert, gnomes and the desert poppy. This was a customer they couldn't afford to offend and even if she hadn't confirmed if the map that he drew her was accurate, it was no longer important.

The match was scheduled for that afternoon when the sun was its highest and Truen will face all the first three of his scheduled opponents today for the elimination rounds. After winning all three scrubs, he would move on to the semi-final rounds and lastly, the final round. If he won all three rounds, Truen would be crowned the new champion of the Dirt Ring.

There wasn't a specific thing that Truen wanted so he didn't intend to go all the way for the championship. However, it was agreed that for each opponent he defeated arranged by Desert Lily, he would receive a 60% cut from the betting profits. Hence, it was ideal for Truen to not go all out and show his real strength in the elimination rounds and entertain the audience as much as he could to raise the excitement for the future rounds.

Now that things were rolling, Truen wondered if Zero would be up for some hunting missions. He checked the Green Hawks' auction hall and was told by the appraiser that they accepted monsters of all kinds. Monster parts that were well preserved would fetch a higher price and Truen didn't want Zero loitering too much in this dangerous town so going out on an excursion would be a fantastic way to kill the time until his scheduled matches.