88 Wiping the Floor (1/2)
Arnin began to walk towards the exit of the specating area. Of course, him heading towards was noticed by most people. He was the first person to move.
”Seems like that child is about to make his move, but he is so little, can he even do anything?” People began to discuss amongst one another when they saw Arnin move.
The blue and blonde haired men looked at arnin leaving with a sinister smile. They hesitated a little before following him.
”Bro Relshe, why are we following him?If we enter the arena, we would have to fight each other, let alone him. Isn't that completely opposite of what our plan was?” The blue haired man spoke with confusion. He thought that maybe the blond haired man made a mistake this time.
The blonde haired man, Relshe, didn't look at the blue haired man and instead spoke as his gaze remained steady on Arnin. ”Srida, although we can't enter the area, that doesn't mean others can't. We just have to make sure that no one too strong goes into the arena.” Relshe also smiled slightly as a plan began to formulate in his mind.
Although he wanted Arnin to follow them for a greater chance in the battlefield, that didn't mean that if Arnin was weak he would let him join him. He only knew from what others would say that Arnin is stronger then his realm, but he still wanted to test this. He wouldn't prevent others from going in, but he would prevent the truly strong from entering the arena. Not only would he be able to see Arnin's true strenght, he could also try and get on Arnin's good side.
'I just have make myself look miserable in front of him to show that I tried to stop people from entering.' He couldn't help but laugh wickedly. Srida nodded his head and followed Relshe without anymore questions. Although he couldn't understand everything, he trusted his partner, so he just went with it.
Both of them followed behind Arnin, of course the latter knew that they were behind him, but he could care less. He already somewhat understood their intentions and couldn't help but inwardly scoff.
'Sometimes being in a smaller body has its perk. Everyone thinks that I am foolish and easily tricked. Since they want to play games, then maybe I should play along with them.' Arnin didn't understand everything, but he was able to see that they wanted to suck up to him someway. What was the best way to suck up to him right now? Block others from entering the arena and make themselves look beaten in order to win his gratitude.
This would be a good plan against truly foolish and emotional people, but Arnin was none of that. Other then his parents and sister, he had little to no attachment to anyone.
Akig and Canae were just future commanders that would be under his control. It would be unfortunate if he lost them, but that didn't mean he was desperate in wanting them.
Arnin walked in front of the Silver door. Before entering, he looked back at the two men and smirked before saying in a quiet, yet audible tone. ”Defend well.”
With those words said, Arnin walked in with a sinister smile plastered on his face. Relshe of course heard his words and his smile hardened a little. 'Seems he isn't as foolish as he seems, but that is still beneficial to us.'
He still had no fear towards Arnin, other then the few times he felt that Arnin was a little more mysterious than he first thought. Relshe believed that if the worst does come and Arnin wanted to attack them, he could just finish his off with Srida. After all, both of them were Essence Manifest - Sky cultivators, not only that but they were at the peak of the realm.
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Back in the cave with all the masked people and the headmistress, Fae watched the screen with Arnin with great intensity. She was basically the only one who truly paid attention to him, even the headmistress only glanced sometimes.
'Is he going to kill that girl now? He truly is a heartless child, but if he was going to kill her so early, why would he keep her alive this whole time?' Fae felt that Arnin's actions were too peculiar. He didn't truly need the girl to guide him or anything since his strenght was enough to scare others into telling him information.
Little did Fae know that Arnin only took Canae because of her intelligence and because she was conveniently easily to threaten.
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When Arnin entered the arena, he saw a person flying towards his direction. 'What are the odds of her coming right in front of me?' Arnin smirked slightly at the convenience. Now he would not have to walk a great distance to save her.
Canae slowly got up with her body covered in bruises. She was already bruttly injured because of Piri's previous attack, but she was even worse now. She knew that only a miracle could save her.
”Are you really going to die so quick? What about your remaining sister? What will she do without you? You should know that if you're gone, then your sisters fate would be very bad.” A sudden voice came from behind. Most would take it as their saviour, but Canae couldn't help but find her body tremble intensly.
Slowly, her head turned back and found the last person she wanted to see. Arnin saw the horror and disappointment in her eyes. He knew that she hated him to the bone, but he already decided that she would be his future commander when he went to the other worlds.
He already had a sinister plan made for him to obtain the loyalty of Canae. Loyalty was a bad term, rather he planned a way to make her his loyal slave that would heed his every command.
”W-what are you doing here?” She looked at Arnin and her heart began to beat wildly. She heard the rules from the statue person and knew that anyone who entered the arena would have to fight to the death until the last person.
'If this Demon is here, doesn't that mean…' The thought scared her. Even though she knew she would die from Piri if not Arnin, she prefered to be killed by the former. Canae had seen the methods Arnin used to kill his victims, and she did not want to die the same way.
Suddenly, a thought struck her. ”W-where is my sister!?” She couldn't help but yell a little. The only reason she hadn't committed suicide or even accepted her death was because she still had a sister. Plus, this sister was in the very hands of the person who she hated and feared most.
Arnin smiled a little before pointing his finger towards the spectating area. ”Don't worry, you're sister is perfectly safe, of course that is only if you hurry up here. Who knows what the people up there will do to such a cute girl that is deep asleep. Even I get weird thoughts just thinking about such a situation.”
His smile was sinister, but his eyes were deadly calm. Canae knew that Arnin was not joking around. Who knows what would happen to her sister when surrounded by a bunch of murderous and lustful cultivators.
She gritted her teeth a little, with her eyes looking at Arnin with seething hatred. ”If you planned on killing me, then you could have done it on that day. You didn't even need me for information since anyone could be used, so why are you torturing me so much?!”
Canae couldn't take it any longer and got up from the ground. She suddenly got a burst of strenght and rushed towards Arnin with her weapon. The latter shook his head. ”Familial love such a… bulsh*t thing.”
Arnin did a side step and grabbed Canae's wrist. He snatched the weapon from her hand and threw her towards the arena wall. Then, using a little bit of strenght, Arnin hurled the double bladed staff towards one of Canae's hands, pinning her to the wall.
”Stay there and watch the show. Of course, if you want to help your sister before anything bad happens, then you better find a way to get to the spectating area as fast as possible.” Arnin said with a sly smirk before walking towards the exhausted Piri. The latter was standing there the whole time, not interfering with Arnin's business, but that wasn't because he was being polite, rather he couldn't.
He was doing only a little better than Canae. Although he had no major wounds, the high quantity of minor wounds made him lose enough blood that he felt somewhat unstable, plus his stamina was running extremely low.
Piri could only look at Arnin with alert eyes. When the latter first entered the arena, he felt that Arnin was going to be an easy target to get rid of because of his young age, but when he saw easily he took care of Canae, he felt a major threat from Arnin.