69 The Damage (1/2)
It was 24.00 at night when the last match concluded. There were already twenty female attendants in Trevon's room.
”You are all my lucky Goddess. I will give you all one hundred spirit stones each.” Trevon felt happy. He took two thousand spirit stones and gave them to the ladies.
Based on his calculation he had won over four hundred million spirit stones. That came from his assets of two hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones.
Other than him, his bodyguards also followed their young master's gamble. Berger was the lucky one. He didn't stop. His unused fifty spirit stones turned into 18.937,42 spirit stones.
The others weren't so lucky. Most of them stopped after they got around nine hundred spirit stones. That was a big number for a low cultivator like them. Those bodyguards finally took the risk again during the last two bets. Nevertheless, they already missed some chances to increase their money. They ended with something around 2.345,05 spirit stones.
”You have to treat us, Berger!” Jonathan grabbed the boy.
”Hehehe! I will. I will.” Berger had become richer than most common merchants. [Following the young master is the correct decision in my life.] He felt happy with his choice.
”I don't know what happened to our young master today.” Jerry felt so shocked. He took the winning slip and brought it to Trevon. The smart bodyguards even asked other bodyguards to help him protect the slip. That slip contained a number bigger than some small families' assets.
Trevon was still partying with those girls when Jerry knocked at the door. He felt satisfied to deal some financial blow. [Hahaha.] The number one young master always the one who laughed in the end.
”Thank you for today, Girls! Let me trade this to spirit stones!” Trevon was happy. He forgot most of the winning would be taken by Master Rabbink.
[Gwahahaha.] The Rabbink was happy when it was writing this. Finally, it didn't need Trevon to treat it.
At the same time in Redwood Family Pavilion. In a secret courtyard, that only very high-rank member of the family could enter, a few elderlies were surrounding a table.
”There have been many problems in the city lately.” An elder complained.
”This must be because of those Great Families. They are friends in front, but stab us in the back.” Another elder replied.
”We should clean the mess harshly. We still didn't know how a mere talisman maker could have that many talismans. Jacob also disappeared. Our city also experienced meteor, earthquake, and hurricane. We only lack a forest fire or demon beast wave.” Another elder felt frustrated.
”Do not jinx it! We need to solve it one by one.” A serious looking elder said. ”We have managed to handle the expensive sword case. Issabella McArthur had made some destructions on the city that give us the chance to avoid the payment.”
”We also had young master Lucas Redwood looking for trouble with that same Trevon and his grandmother.” The elder didn't dare to speak the name Issabella.
”That is fine. Today we have many extra troubles appeared. It isn't normal. Read today report!” An elder with an old face showed a report.
”Fighting in Immoral Winehouse. Young Master Lopez Pomenade and his gang fought with Rocxon Punmel and his gang. They were all young masters and ladies from small and medium cultivation families. Their families used to be close with us!” He read.
”We also have this. Young Master Justin McArthur forcefully took a young man's treasures in the street. Even a McArthur had this kid in the city. I remember his father punished him to seclude in the cultivation room for ten years. It hadn't been two years. Yet the kid is outside again. This must be their doing. It is impossible for such a young master to run away.”
”Knock... Knock... Knock...” A pale elder entered the room. He didn't wait for being allowed to enter.
”This is insane... We are doomed. Doomed.” The elder sent a report.
”What's wrong?” The silent family leader spoke. For an elder to intrude on this meeting, that must mean something big happened.
”We have a very huge loss in the arena. This is a catastrophe.” The elder had cold sweats on his body.
The family leader of the Redwood family was Claudio Redwood. He was a powerful Top Rank 3 warrior. Claudio took the report and read it.
”What is this?!!! Why didn't I know this?!!! Who is the one responsible?!!!” He screamed after reading it.
[It is the family leader yourself. You ask Grand Elder Vaulen to handle the Arena trouble using the common arena strategies.] The other elders only looked into their family leader.
”Let me see!” Viero took the report. Before he slammed it on the table. ”Do they want to kill our family?”
The rest of the elders looked at the report. They were all turned pale.
”We might lose the arena.” One of them said.
”Without the arena, we are not like the owner of this city.” Another elder said. All were dejected.
Back to Trevon in the arena.
”What is this number?!!!” Trevon was so shocked. He tried to count the number manually. The ticket was valued at over six and half billion spirit stones.
”The family added ten million spirit stones at the third bet to have fun together with young master. It turned into 6.271.273.537,34 spirit stones. Young master's money turned into 415.409.163,57 spirit stones.” Jerry explained.
”Young Master would get a very huge contribution point for this success.” Jerry reminded. He was afraid Trevon would use that money on the spot. The money must be returned to the family.
”What is this?” Trevon didn't know his family rode on his coattails. [This must be why so many times, those girls came in and outside the room. The manager even came directly to suggest a pick.]
”Your grandmother wanted you to enjoy the city, so she added more money to increase the excitement.” Jerry said. He was told to say this sentence if Trevon asked.
Trevon didn't know why, but his grandmother must have some reasons. His grandmother alone wouldn't spend ten million spirit stones just for excitement. This might be for the family.
[Did they think I could only win small? So, they give extra money to recover my loss from Redwood family. I only get two and a half millions from those wins. The Rabbink still gets over four hundred million, and my family gets over six billion.] Trevon wanted to cry. He was the one betting, but he got the least amount.
”Gwahahaha.” The Rabbink was happy with four hundred million spirit stones. It could eat many foods. Erm... It could research some foods in the city.
Trevon looked to the twenty ladies who didn't know whether they wanted to smile or not.
Those ladies knew about the gambling since the number was very high. Their manager even directly entered the room and suggested a certain warrior. This young master always picked the warrior suggested. Yet, he always won.
Everyone was wondering. Everything was strange today. [Did the family want to give money to this young master?]
At the same time again, at the Redwood family meeting.
”Do you think if we use the common tactics this would happen?” The family leader was angry. He slammed the report to the table and destroyed the innocent table.
”Grand Elder Vaulen still checked everything. We have fixed every match started when the order was given.”
”Then how could this happen?”
”There was a weaker demon beast who suddenly ranked up on the arena. Its opponent was defeated.” One of the elders read the report.
”We also had a fight when suddenly our fighter was hit on his weak point when they pretended to fight. The chance was one in a billion. Nobody ever told their own weakness point. Yet, this happened.” He continued.
”We also even drugged a demon beast so it would be drunken, yet its random attack somehow hits our fighters to his death.” Even the elder didn't believe this lucky chance happened. He continued to mention several strange accidents.
”We even set a fight between a novice and an elder of our family. Yet the elder suddenly didn't feel good. He got a stomachache because of his breakfast. The novice managed to defeat our elder in ten moves. These all happened while we selected the candidates for him to bet. He selected them all based on our suggestion. In short, we gave him the victories.”
”There is something fishy. There must be a manipulation. We should announce this! This will make the gambling considered void.” One of the harsh elders said. Six billion was a big number for their family.
”How could we announce that we did matches fixing and he is still winning? Do you want our family to become a laughingstock?”
”Then what should we do. Six billion isn't a small number.”
”The kid couldn't have that much money to gamble. In this round, he must get his family's support. McArthur family is behind this.” Viero looked into the sudden increase in Trevon's bet.
”This must be McArthur family's plan. They may fix the matches before us.” Another elder argued. He saw the sudden increase in the bet.
”That is impossible. We decided which candidates fight. We decided which candidates that he chose. We even fixed the result. If the World Arena Union found we would lose our official status. There is nothing that we could explain.”
”Then put the blame on McArthur family.” One of the elders said passionately.
”How?” The serious-faced elder said. ”It is easy to speak. Even if we could, it would be another laughingstock. That equal to declare McArthur family managed to fix that many matches on our arena. Besides, we didn't have any proofs.”
”Then make those proofs!” Another elder shouted. Some elders actually thought about to make some their own proofs.
”If it fails, we also need to negotiate with the kid. We should ask for payment in installment and delay the payment as far as we could.” One of the elders suggested.
”...” Viero only looked to the conversation. He had seen the kid before. That kid was just another spoiled young master that their family had many. [What should we do? F*CK! Why couldn't our young master as useful as him?] He thought.
These six billion spirit stones were a huge number for their family. Redwood family wasn't as big as McArthur. Even for the McArthur family, this number was big. Their arena only could generate three to four hundred million spirit stones per year. They had huge operating cost for capturing demon beasts, healing warrior, hiring warriors, and many more.
Normally they just needed to focus on the big whales. They couldn't allow the big whale to continue winning. While for common people, they couldn't bet with huge money. Most of them would lose to the winning ratio in the first place. If some common people managed to win, the family could use them as an advertisement for the arena.
'You can get rich!' That was their gambling box slogan. Yet today, a big whale got rich.
Viero started to think. [Should I just marry Olivia to the kid? He wouldn't charge that much money to his in-law, right?]
[This can't do. She is our family genius princess. I also have told about her transfer to the capital to that Prince. Changing it would court bigger disaster. Olivia would give more benefit to the family if she managed to enter imperial families.] The ancient elder needed time to ponder. It was an important matter for their family.
”Ancient Elder, what is your opinion?” Claudio woke Viero from his thought. He wanted to hear Viero's opinion. Viero was the strongest in their family.
”I will try to talk with Issabella McArthur, she is his grandmother. You should also come with me, Claudio. She is also a Peak Rank 3 warrior now. We need more power to balance our bargaining when we negotiate. We might need to sell some assets. I think a big chance, we would lose the Arena. I hope that boy, Vaulen managed to do something.” Viero admitted.
”I believe they would ask us for hard cash. This is the rule of the arena.” Claudio said.
”We will try. Don't think for the best! We all know who Issabella is.” Viero sighed. He wasn't confident to negotiate with the lady.