The noise got louder and louder making Fane feel like it was way too annoying. What he hated the most was noise, but there was nothing he could do about it.
"Why are the odds one to three and a half for the beast, but when it comes to me it’s one to six? Even though you're a caretaker, you shouldn't be too excessive. Do you think I'm that weak? I have full confidence in dealing with those beasts. You're just looking down on me!" A burly man with a mustache shouted at a caretaker unhappily.
There were countless warriors in the outer city, and countless caretakers as well. The caretakers all looked the same, from what they wore and what masks they had.
The caretaker did not have pupils, nor did he react at all to the man shouting at him. "These are the rules. If you don't follow the rules, you'll be dealt with immediately!"
The man looked like a frightened mouse and immediately shrank back the moment he said that. As soon as he heard the word ‘rules’, all of his hatred and unhappiness disappeared.
The skull-masked caretaker said to all of the warriors behind him, "The warrior's odds are one to six, the beast's odds are one to three and a half! Place your bet and leave, bets are open now!"
The moment he said that, the warriors gathered behind him with spirit crystals in their hands as they frantically started placing bets. Spirit crystals flooded the table.
The excited warriors did not really care about spirit crystals at all at that point. They were tempted to gamble their entire fortune away. Five thousand spirit crystals were thrown out like it was nothing, betting on the beasts.
Most of the warriors had their money on the beast. The ones who thought the warrior would win were only a fraction in number. Only those who really wanted to take a risk would put their money on the warrior.
After all, the warrior's odds were one to six. If the warrior really exceeded expectations and won, then they would stand to earn a lot!
The man looked at everyone frantically betting on the beasts, and his face soured quickly.
He angrily looked at those people and said, "You're just a bunch of shortsighted people! That birdlike beast is nothing. I'll be able to defeat it in ten moves. Just you wait, I'll win and show all of you that you don't know what you're looking at!"
If he was not afraid of angering all the warriors there, he would have said some even nastier words. While waiting for them, the man got angrier and angrier. He turned around and left the betting area, heading
toward the colosseum!
Looking at that scene had Rudy feeling a little numb. The entry tokens were still in Fane's hands, so Rudy did not know what was happening at all.
Fane let out a smile as he pointed at that colosseum and said, "You see that massive crowd? Beneath the spectator stands is the Colosseum just like the one in Thousand Leaves City.
"The colosseum is surrounded by spectator stands. It was designed in a circular fashion from the bottom to the top. The stage is not meant for battles between people, but battles between humans and beasts, that's why it's called a colosseum!"
Fane pointed at the colosseum and said, "The outer city has a total of thirty-three colosseums, and each colosseum can fit three thousand and three hundred people. It's practically all full.
"Outside of each colosseum will be a designated betting area. Each betting area is occupied by caretakers. Warriors can place bets based on what they want!"
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