Chapter 455 - The number five (2/2)

The carriage had come to a stop, it was time to enter the arena.

Outside of the arena, people had started to gather to watch the event. As contestants, they were given free tickets and VIP access so they didn't need to wait with the rest of the people. Still, they passed through everything else like everyone did, and that's when Sylvia and her group had appeared across the arena large screen.

”A betting screen?” Slyvia said seeing odds next to everyone's names.

Looking down the list carefully, there were only two things you could bet on. The overall winner of the all kingdom tournament, and whether or not an individual would win their fight today.

The odds given were strange as the contestants wouldn't know who their opponent was. You would essentially be betting blindly. Looking at the list, it was typical that the empire had given the best odds to their own to Contestants. However, Roki wasn't the one with the best odds; it was a contestant by the name of Sera.

When looking, the lowest odds were given to Ray.

”This is perfect.” Kyle said as he rushed off, but he suddenly felt someone pull on the back of his collar, stopping him in his tracks. ”Hey what are you doing? Let go!”

”No, no, no.” Martha said. ”Do you think I don't know about your bad luck? If you go betting on Ray, you'll curse him to lose.”

”What do you mean? This is his first opponent we're talking about. This is an easy way to double our money. Look at the odds.” Kyle gestured to the screen once more, Ray's odds were 2:1.

”No means no Kyle.”

”Fine.” He pouted with his arms crossed like a little kid. ”But it's okay if I bet, right? If I can't bet on Ray, I'll bet on the other matches.”

Martha thought about it for a while, before turning to Sylvia for guidance.

”Here.” Sylvia said, placing something heavy and shiny in his hand. ”One gold coin. That's your limit.” Slyvia said.

”Thank you, thank you.” Kyle replied, bowing down and running off to the betting booth.

”You're going to make him an addict you know.” Martha warned.

”Oh don't worry. This is coming out of his salary as the black sash master knight. It's good to remind him that he owes me.” Sylvia said with a smile.

Sometimes Sylvia seemed a little scary to Martha, with that eyepatch of hers she looked even more intimidating.

At the betting booth, Kyle had a wide grin painted across his face. He had only said to them that he wouldn't bet on Ray, but there was another person he knew well that he was sure was to win his first match as well.

And that was Harry.

”One gold coin on Harry to win his first fight please.” Kyle asked, chuckling to himself as his eyes were filled with gold coins.

Getting off the carriage, all of a sudden out of nowhere Harry felt a shiver run down his spine.

”What the hell was that?” Harry thought, ”Did you feel that?”

”Feel what?” Ray asked.

”I guess I was just imagining it.”

Harry sighed, looking up at the screen displaying his odds.

”I just hope it isn't a sign of what's to come.”

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