The information that Ye Chui was about to conduct an imperial martial trial with the snake-haired Yuren quickly spread throughout the entire imperial capital, but most people who heard this information were not optimistic about Ye Chui. The snake-haired Yuren was after all one of the outstanding figures among the younger generation of the Star Empire, and he had even transplanted a Medusa’s eye. “Direct Gaze Petrification” was a taboo-level magic in battle.
Most people sang dirges for the illegitimate son.
Of course, there was also a portion of people who held confidence in Ye Chui, after all, just two days ago, Ye Chui had defeated the snake-haired Yuren.
This martial trial stirred up a heated wave of debate among the people of the imperial capital. Almost every tavern and inn was discussing this matter.
There were also some magic guilds, mercenary groups, or individuals who opened betting pools. Almost everyone favoured the snake-haired Yuren, and the odds were all negotiated among the various bookmakers. The snake-haired Yuren’s odds were 1:1.2, while Ye Chui’s side was as high as 1:5.
In a small tavern in the imperial capital.
A betting pool had been opened here, and the bookmaker was precisely the tavern’s owner. The place looked shabby, but because the owner was addicted to gambling, it was also considered one of the more famous bookmakers in the imperial capital recently, and it had extremely high credibility, so many gamblers chose to place their bets here.
The gamblers placed their bets but did not leave in a hurry. Instead, they ordered a mug of ale, drank while chatting and laughing with others, to see if they could pick up some inside information. The tavern at night was thus extremely lively because of this.
“The snake-haired Yuren’s betting pool has low odds, but obviously a higher win rate. I heard the Raen family took out 150,000 gold coins at once to place a bet, but unfortunately no one dared to accept this amount of stakes…”
“Your news is outdated. I heard Lord Hess has already accepted this huge bet!”
“Lord Hess? How does he have such boldness!?”
“You do not know? The Anduin family took out a full 200,000 gold coins to place a bet, also on Lord Hess’s side! It was precisely because of the Anduin family’s bet that they dared to accept Lord Hess’s stake.”
“Anduin? The clown family? Their family is willing to spend so much money!? Are they mad?”
“Not just Lord Hess’s side. I heard the Anduin family has also placed bets separately at other various pools. Their total investment has reached 500,000 gold coins. The curse of the magic emperor! This is truly a huge sum!”
“The Anduin family can still come up with so much money?”
“Their family was after all the empire’s number one family renowned in the past. 500,000 gold coins is something they can raise. I heard the Anduin family head, Lord Hoyn, directly mortgaged several properties.”
“Hey, it seems the Anduin family is going all in. If they win, they can get a full 1.5 million gold coins in income, enough to revive the Anduin family. But if they lose… heh heh, then their family is finished.”
“I heard the illegitimate son has a deep relationship with that time-travelling genius girl from the Anduin family. It is precisely because of this that the Anduin family chooses to believe in the illegitimate son so much? But I feel they are playing with fire!”
“No matter how powerful the illegitimate son is, he is only seventeen years old. How could he possibly defeat the snake-haired Yuren in a formal duel? I heard that the snake-haired Yuren recently absorbed the blood of a fifth-tier magical beast, and his strength has greatly increased!”
“It seems that in a few days, the Anduin family will be completely destroyed in the imperial capital!”
Amid such discussions, a man wearing a black cloak walked into the small tavern. Because of that conspicuous black cloak, everyone in the tavern looked towards him.
“Sir, what can I do for you?” The tavern owner was a middle-aged man with a sly face. He immediately came forward with a smile. His eyes were very sharp, and he quickly judged that this black-clothed man was here to place a bet.
“Have you opened a pool here too?” The black-cloaked man asked. “I want to place a bet.”
“Yes, yes.” His guess was indeed correct! The tavern owner rubbed his hands looking at the man in front of him. “May I ask who you are betting on, and how much?”
“I am betting on the illegitimate son Ye Chui.” The black-cloaked man was not talkative. He directly took out a stack of golden coin cards from his bosom. Each of those coin cards was worth 1,000 gold coins. He handed these coin cards to the tavern owner. “10,000 gold coins.”
The tavern instantly became deathly quiet.
It was the first time the small tavern had received such a large stake. The hotel owner was cautious by nature. Although his bookmaker gambling was extremely famous, every time he was very measured. He would not accept bets that could break bones. 10,000 gold coins, this was not just a bone-breaking level. If he lost, it would cost him his old life…
But now the stakes opened in the pools were basically all favouring the snake-haired Yuren. No one dared to take the huge bets on the snake-haired Yuren, but for the bets placed on Ye Chui, most people did not have such strong vigilance. The hotel owner hesitated for a while, and finally he broke his own rule, gritted his teeth and nodded: “Good, I accept this stake!”
He knew what kind of person the snake-haired Yuren was, someone already privately called the number one powerhouse among the empire’s younger generation. Although Ye Chui’s fame had risen sharply recently, he had after all only become famous in the past few months. No one believed Ye Chui could truly defeat the snake-haired Yuren, even though the snake-haired Yuren had been severely injured by Ye Chui once before.
In the deathly quiet atmosphere of the small tavern, the black-cloaked man handed the coin cards to the tavern owner and signed a contract agreement. When it came to the black-cloaked man’s name, the black-cloaked man smiled and removed the hood from his head, revealing a fairly handsome face.
“My name is Green, from the Name’s Whatever Magic Guild.” The tavern owner’s movements stiffened involuntarily.
The other gamblers and drinkers in the tavern also showed shocked expressions.
“You, you are that illegitimate son’s companion?” The tavern owner said in surprise.
“What, is it not allowed to place a bet?” Green asked with a smile.
“No, of course it is…” The tavern owner felt somewhat奇妙 in his heart as he completed the contract agreement and handed a scroll to Green. If Ye Chui won in the martial trial, this contract would be worth 30,000 gold coins, but if Ye Chui lost, this contract would be worthless paper.
But when Green took the scroll, a knowing smile appeared on his face. In his heart, he secretly thought: A big mansion is in hand!
Why did Ye Chui ask Prince Geller to deliberately leak the information about the martial trial? It was to stir up betting pools in the imperial capital and incidentally earn a large sum. They had also taken out all their own property. As for losing the bet… Having mixed with Ye Chui for so long, did Green not know in his heart what the result would be? Invincible on Saturday, that snake-haired Yuren was dead for sure!
After determining the martial trial, Ye Chui, Debbie, and the others took out all their wealth and borrowed 50,000 gold coins from Prince Geller, raising a total of 80,000 gold coins in total. Then, under Ye Chui’s arrangement, the 80,000 gold coins were divided and placed separately at various pools in the imperial capital. Some stakes were placed by Prince Geller’s subordinates, while others were handled personally by Debbie, Green, and the rest.
Now Green had heard that there was a good bookmaker in this small tavern, so he had quietly come over.
80,000 gold coins, at odds of 1:3, that would be 240,000 gold coins. What a huge profit. Their Name’s Whatever Magic Guild could establish a solid wealth foundation…
With such anticipation, Green left the tavern and prepared to return to the princely mansion.
When he walked into a small alley outside, his body suddenly stiffened. He heard some footsteps coming from behind.
Green turned his head to look, just in time to see a few drinkers from the tavern earlier. They had unfriendly expressions as they took out their weapons or summoned their magic guide books.
“Heh, it seems that in the guild, because of the president, Miss Debbie, Miss Guni, and the others, outsiders treat me as a small character.” Green muttered to himself through his mouth and took out his enchanted brick. “Even if it is a small character, it is not something you small fries can bully, okay?”
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
“Spare me…”
A panicked cry from a thug came from the small alley. He hurriedly ran out, but when he reached the street, a brick appeared on his back, smashing right into his head. He then fell flat on the ground. The brick floated in the air and after a moment fell into the hands of Green, who walked out from the small alley.
Green weighed the brick in his hand, but his expression suddenly froze slightly. He saw two people standing on the street.
It was an old man and a young girl. They had just witnessed the scene of Green teleporting the brick through space to knock out that thug. Their expressions stared at Green with some curiosity for a moment.
Green subconsciously gripped the brick tightly, and a somewhat deterrent aura emanated from his body.
And as if sensing Green’s aura, among those two, the old man with a full face of long beard waved his right hand, and a magic guide book floated beside him.
What kind of magic guide book was that!
The moment Green saw that magic guide book, it was as if he suddenly lost all will to fight!
That magic guide book was half a metre long, one foot wide, fully two centimetres thick. The cover of the magic guide book was orange, inlaid with gems and gold.
“He has no malice, Grandpa Black. Do not be nervous.” The girl standing beside the old man said with a smile through her mouth. Her voice was very crisp. She looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, with orange ear-length short hair, wearing a somewhat strange but particularly cute short skirt, and having a pair of big black eyes. When speaking, her eyes even blinked at Green. Then she smiled and said, “Hey, your magic is really interesting.”
“Oh…” Green felt extremely nervous, but hearing the short-haired girl’s words, he did not know how to respond for a moment.
“Sir, protecting you is my responsibility. I cannot tolerate any mishap.” The old man called Grandpa Black said rigidly, his eyes continuing to stare straight at Green.
Green realised something and hurriedly put away his brick.
The old man seemed to breathe a slight sigh of relief then, but he did not put away his super-sized magic guide book.
“Hey, let me ask you something.” The girl bounced over to Green’s front. “How do you get to the Jores house?”
“Jores?” Green was stunned.
“Yes, yes, the beast Jores family.” The girl nodded and said.
“You… who are you?” Green asked with rapid breathing.
“Kid, do not ask what you should not ask!” The black old man suddenly shouted angrily.
Green’s body trembled.
“Grandpa Black, you scared him.” The girl said somewhat unhappily. She took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat from Green’s forehead, then casually stuffed the handkerchief into Green’s hand. She looked at Green with a smile, waiting for Green’s answer.
Green tremblingly raised his hand and pointed in a certain direction.
“Thank you.” The girl said sweetly, then bounced back to the old man’s side and left with the old man in the direction Green pointed.
After they disappeared, Green seemed to finally completely breathe a sigh of relief. He exhaled forcefully through his mouth and said with lingering fear: “What exactly are those people?” He did not dare to stay here long and hurriedly ran towards the princely mansion. At the same time, in his heart, he secretly thought, if he found out that he had pointed in the opposite direction, would that old and young pair angrily chase and kill him…
Very luckily, even until Green returned to the princely mansion and saw Ye Chui, those two did not chase after him.
“Green, did you place the bet?” Ye Chui looked at Green strangely.
Green hurriedly nodded and handed the contract scroll to Ye Chui: “President, on the way I met two people. They asked me where the beast family is… Among them, that old man, his magic guide book is unusual. It is this big, this long…” Green gestured. “President, he is not one of the Twelve Phase Magic Tutors, is he?”
“No way?” Debbie came over from the side. “Is it not said that Phase King Magic Tutors’ magic guide books are all taller than a person?”
“Even if not, he is definitely not ordinary.” Ye Chui also narrowed his eyes, feeling somewhat tricky. Was this person going to interfere in the martial trial?
Raisa in the same room said worriedly: “Little brother, will there be any problem with the martial trial the day after tomorrow?”
“No…” Ye Chui said somewhat gravely. He patted Green’s shoulder. “Alright, you go rest first. Do not worry about the martial trial the day after tomorrow.”
Green nodded and turned to leave the room. At this moment, he suddenly thought of the handkerchief the girl had stuffed into his hand, so he took it out from his bosom. It was a very simple plain brocade handkerchief, not much decoration, but it had a faint fragrance… Green could not help but think of the girl’s face in his mind. He shook his head forcefully. Strange, why did he care so much about that girl?
And in the room, Ye Chui also showed a thoughtful expression. He was prepared to use One Punch Man to directly instant-kill the snake-haired Yuren. In the past, the power of One Punch Hero had been an invincible existence in Ye Chui’s adventures, but now the enemies he faced were getting stronger and stronger, and One Punch Hero could only be used once… Under this restriction, it was inevitable to feel somewhat stretched thin.
He summoned his iPad magic guide book and contacted the iPad little assistant, that is, Epd, through intent.
“Can One Punch Hero be further unlocked?”
Previously, One Punch Hero had always been an invincible existence, so Ye Chui had never queried this question. Now he felt he should make some preparations.
If one punch could not instant-kill, then come another punch.
