"Victor, Basil Pacifer!"


    The arena was silent, until it was broken by the referee. Although he was dumbfounded by Basil''s earlier action, he was quick to recover. After all, that is just how the world works. It is fair and square. Gender doesn''t matter.


    He agreed that seeing it on a young man as young as Basil was kind of surprising, though.


    p! p! p!


    Cheers came right after the deration. Basil took back his flying weapons, and brought Deacon down. Thetter did his best not to show his quivering feet. Although this flight had been smooth, Deacon''s fear of flight didn''t disappear that easily.


    Right when everything was settled, Basil moved his feet to his seat. Deacon shrunk his size, and assumed his cute and fluffy small dog form. Jumping on Basil''s shoulder, he followed Basil to his seat.


    [The next challenge is ready to be proceeded.]


    Right when the medic team wanted to put Kimberley to a stretcher, she woke up abruptly. "Kya!!!" In result, she scared the weak hearted medic staff. Kimberley took off her helmet and bowed to the medic staff, before returning to her seat.


    She didn''t pay the bewildered medic staff any attention as her attention was solely put on Basil. Her eyes were filled with resentment and slight embarrassment. She couldn''t help it. She felt humiliated.


    She didn''t know whether Basil had done that in purpose, however Basil had managed to sessfully make her lose her self control. By the time she sat herself down, she was expecting Basil to mock her. However, she found none of it.


    Throwing her gaze at Basil, thetter was eating steak together with his Beast Companion, and Xiu Li. She knew she was being unreasonable. However, she preferred to get mocked over being ignored. It felt like she didn''t even worth the time.


    Unfortunately for her, her thought was correct. If Basil could just erase his memory about any useless thing he had seen, he would have forgotten any Battle he had in this tournament. Arrogant? Sure. However, he had the skills to back up his word.


    The tournament continued, and the same situation was repeated. Everyone was battling without bothering the top three. After witnessing the power disy of the top three, none of them dared enough to bet.


    Their probability to win was lower than their probability to lose. They didn''t want to try their luck and sacrifice their limited chance. Thus, they were battling among themselves for the fourth ce, the highest ce below the top three.


    Time passed, and the chances of every participants were almost used up. Some of the matches the audiences had witnessed had been enough to earn amazement from them, while most of them had been so ordinary that they had been reluctant to p their hands.


    They couldn''t help it. After watching Basil''s Battles against his opponents, they were desensitized with ordinary Battles. How could they not? Their eyes were too often exposed to light that they couldn''t see dark ces well.


    Finally, the fourth ce was determined. The tournament would be ended, if not for the fact that Kimberley hadn''t used her onest chance. All eyes were on her. She was quickly assaulted with a sense of deja vu. The scene was extremely familiar to her.


    Calming down her heart with an inhale, she stood from her seat. Every eyes, except Basil''s and Xiu Li''s, followed her every moment. This time, she didn''t take her time to revel in that moment. She merely mustered her voice, then eximed valiantly.


    "I, Kimberley Bulmer, challenge Wei Xiu Li of the Second ce!"


    [Rank 3 is challenging Rank 2. Wei Xiu Li, will you ept the challenge?]


    Kimberley stared at Xiu Li expectantly. In the other hand, Xiu Li scratched his head awkwardly. He hadn''t finished the steak Basil had given him yet. He had been too engrossed in savoring the vor that he had eaten the heavenly steak slowly.


    Reluctantly putting the steak inside his Spatial Bracelet to save it forter, he stood from his seat. "I ept!" He dered, before shing to the arena. Kimberley followed suit, and the referee also positioned himself between them.


    "Ready?" The referee was quick to the point. Knowing it was thest match, he wanted to do his job quickly. The two youths merely nodded their heads as a response. Then, the referee raised his hand to the air. "Begin!" He brought his hand down violently.


    Whoosh!


    Xiu Li quickly took a distance away from Kimberley. Looking at Kimberley seriously from afar, Xiu Li suddenly spoke. "Unlike Brother Basil, I can''t hit women easily. Therefore, I have to apologise." He bowed his head right after.


    Kimberley was slightly taken aback. Quirking her eyebrow, she asked him, "Are you meaning to give up?" At this, Xiu Li shook his head softly. "No, that''s not what I mean." Kimberley was so puzzled that she momentarily forgot to be aware to her surrounding.


    "Then... What do you—"


    "This."


    Kimberley was cut in the middle of her speech, and a thin ck needle was thrown at her. Sadly, she noticed itte.


    By the time she wanted to dodge the needle, it was already a few centimeters away from her abdomen. Seeing that the needle wouldn''t bring her any fatal injury, she let it pierce her sr plexus.


    Stab!


    She could feel a little prick on her skin, but that was all. Looking down at the needle piercing her sr plexus, she tried to pull it out. However, at that moment, she was reminded of Xiu Li''s prior match.


    The needle should have had a paralyzing effect.


    Then, as if proving her thought right, her feet quickly turned jelly. She was also losing her power to move, and her body fell helplessly to the ground. Trying her best to raise her head, she tried to look at Xiu Li''s direction.


    Sadly, it was all in vain. Her eyes turned droopy, and she started to lose her consciousness. Before she lost her consciousnesspletely, she heard Xiu Li said, "I can''t hit women, but I can incapacitate them. Also, I''m sorry for your unsightly lost."


    ''Infuriating!'' was thest thought she had.


    "Victor, Wei Xiu Li!"


    The referee heaved a sigh of relief, and the audiences erupted in cheer. They were all d that the tournament finally ended. None of them bat an eysh at the motionless Kimberley on the ground.


    Among the cheering audiences, there were six people who were so ecstatic that the people around them were weirded out.


    "Yes!!! Basil wins the tournament!"


    "I knew it, I knew he was going to win!"


    "Jackpot! Jackpot!"


    "Uwoohhh!!! What a good day to win!"


    "Trust I sow, gold I reap! My favorite student doesn''t disappointment me!"


    "Hahaha! I can have a party tonight!"


    Surely, they were the people who bet in Basil. Namely, his four ssmates, Chester, and ke. To be honest, they didn''t really care about the money. However, the feeling of winning without even winning was unexpectedly good. Thus, they couldn''t help the cheer.


    "Hey... Shirley."


    "What?"


    "Why are those six so excited?"


    "They bet on Brother to win. Of course, they are excited."


    "Wow... That is shameless."


    Julia shook her head in amusement. She hadn''t thought his teachers and seniors could act so shameless. Still, at least they weren''t pretentious. She knew Shirley was also betting on Basil, but Shirley did a good job to cover her excitement.


    Being a good friend she was, she didn''t call Shirley out in that. Surely, Julia herself wasn''t any different. She also bet on Basil. Therefore, she couldn''t help herself from rubbing her hands in eagerness.


    Still, she wasn''t very open to it. Therefore, no one could notice it. Well, almost no one.


    Irene shook her head from the side. She knew the only people who weren''t betting on Basil were Danzel, and rissa. That being said, she did too. Although she didn''t need the money, she could use that money to buy some decorations for Basil''s mansion, her home.


    Throwing her gaze at Basil who sat on the participants seat, she found thetter was also looking at her. Their eyes met, and Basil smiled. Her chest warmed, and a smile also bloomed on her face.


    A foreign yet wee feeling surged. It was a feeling that every mother is familiar with. It was the feeling of pride over her child''s achievement.


    ...


    While the conclusion of the tournament was ready to be proceeded, the situation in Cobham Manor was still ongoing. Nichs was still performing his ''duo'' in front of Justin. He enjoyed the look on Justin''s face greatly.


    "Huuh... It''s starting to get boring."


    Nichs stopped his waist movement, then gestured one of the hooded figures to take Catherine. Thetter could only let her body being passed over like a baggage. Surely, it didn''t mean her role as a toy stopped.


    "Hey... Do you think I should ask your son to join us?"


    "Nichs!!!"


    "Woahh! Chill out, Mate. I know you are raging down there. Don''t be a hypocrite."


    "You sick bastard! You are an incarnation of a devil!"


    "Well, I won''t deny that."


    "You! Don''t you think of the consequences?!"


    "Ku-ku-ku! What are you talking about?"


    Justin instantly shut his mouth. Nichs had just chuckled with mirth, and it chilled his spinepletely. Looking at the demonic grin on Nichs'' face, a sense of foreboding assaulted him.


    Nichs moved his body a little, and took a Transmission Talisman. Justin widened his eyes, and quickly shouted.


    "What are you going to do with my Transmission Talisman?!"


    "Well, who knows?"


    "Nichs!!!"


    Paying no mind to the raging Justin, Nichs merely cleared his throat, before infusing his Mana to the Transmission Talisman. "Kuhum! Ahh.. Daniel, It''s me. I''m at Uncle Nichs'' Manor currently. Can youe over here?" Nichs mimicked Justin''s voice perfectly.


    Justin was petrified. He couldn''t believe what he had seen. Looking at Nichs who had just mimicked his voice in disbelief, he momentarily forgot how to react.


    "Well, your son will soone over here. He will join us in no time! I''m sure he must be excited to mingle with his own mother."


    "Nichs.. what are you...?"


    Justin was dumbfounded, and devastated at the same time. Looking at Nichs in disbelief, he couldn''t muster his voice to retort him.


    "Well, I mean, the two of you have been ying behind my back for a very long time. I am sure that Daniel was born from that harlot too."


    "What are you talking about?! Myte wife personally gave birth to my son! You know it! You were there!"


    "Well, who knows? Oh! Maybe, my daughter isn''t my daughter too, after all. Ah, that''s right, I should call her too! I shall have a taste of her!"


    Nichs took his personal Transmission Talisman, and sent a message to Shirley. Justin could only see that dumbly. He was overwhelmed by Nichs'' irrational course of actions.


    "Nichs, are you nning to defile your own flesh?! Where is yourmon sense, you lunatic?!"


    At this, Nichs merely chuckled creepily. Looking at Justin with his widened eyes, and shrinking pupil, Nichs grinned widely.


    "This is what you and that harlot have done to me, Justin. Yes, I am a lunatic. Therefore, you should know by this point." Nichs moved his face closer, and whispered, "Lunacy sees nomon sense."