Chapter 426 - Return of the black liquid (1/2)

Once Ray had entered the reception area, he was charted off to the side by one of the arena staff to a separate section. There were a few guards placed around him and they took him to the corner of the room where he could sit down while they were to get him the crystal they had promised.

While waiting, there were many who were leaving the arena that had spotted Ray in the corner. Now it made sense why they had implemented the guards there in the first place.

”Hey that's him right, that new guy.” One of the crowd members said.

”Good job today, I hope we can see you fighting again.”

”Yeah, maybe you can take on the emperor tier beast sometime. No one has been able to beat it yet. I think Roki was the closest.”

As the crowd left the arena, nearly all of them had nothing but words of praise for Ray, and eventually the place was silent. That's when he finally saw an older looking man enter the reception area and head off to the registration area.

With his good hearing, Ray was able to hear everything that was being said. Now the room was far quieter than before.

”I would like to register again for tomorrow as usual, please.” The older gentleman said.

”Of course.” The man replied, as he was put into the event that would go on tomorrow. Before leaving, the man decided to walk over to Ray and looked over at him.

”I hope I can see you fight again tomorrow.” The man said. ”Let's see who can beast the emperor tier beast first.”

As the old man walked away, Ray noticed the armour he was wearing, it was the same armour as the contestant who had entered before him.

'Roki was his name, if I'm not mistaken.' Ray thought. 'He was quite skilful with the sword. At least more skilful than me, but I don't believe he will be ready for the emperor tier just yet.'

Thinking back to what just happened, it looked as if the event for fighting beasts was on every day, until the all kingdom tournament. Maybe a bit of competition was what he needed, and it would be good to put himself up for registration again. After all, the main reason he had done this was so he could evolve using the king tier crystals.

What better way to hunt for king tier beasts than this. They were practically being given to him.

After a while, the man had returned with a crystal in hand. It was clear in colour showing the quality of the crystal itself.

”Thank you.” Ray said as he grabbed the crystal and continued to hold it in his hand. Usually he would have put it in his system storage, but the person in front was looking at him, so he couldn't do it now, so it just felt a little awkward as the man was waiting for him to do something with the crystal.

Ignoring the man's strange looks, with the crystal still in his hand, Ray walked over confidently to the registration area he had gone through this morning. It was the same person who was there as before.

”Oh, you!” The man said excitedly. ”Are you here to register for tomorrow as well?” The tone of the man this time was complexity different to before.

”Yes.”

From now on, Ray would be able to use his event to not only get king tier beast crystals but also to improve his swordsmanship skills in time for the event. However, he would have to be careful from now on. If he was to kill a beast, he would need to make it apparent that he had obtained the crystal inside before the organisers.

They were friendly enough this time to give him a king tier crystal, but if it happened more, then once they would know something was up.

After registering for the event tomorrow, Ray had left the arena to go look for the Inn that Slyvia had asked him to go to, but back at the arena, news of the new contestant registering again was spread.

The organiser slash owner of the arena had been informed and a large smirk appeared on his face. ”Who would have thought something so interesting would occur before the event. Make sure tomorrow that both Roki and this new character face the same beasts. Try to convince him to carry on registering day after day, and we will continue to build up this fierce competition between the two.”

”Also, were you able to record everything in today's fight?”

”Yes, sir.”