SUPREME ARCH-MAGUS

Chapter 184: Match 289: Kent vs Hector

Inside the Arena, a long queue formed before the gambling room with Golden Rat symbol. As Kent is one level below the opponent, many people didn't hesitate to try their luck. The glass jar beside Fatty continued to fill up with gold coins, and some even placed spirit stones as bets.

Fatty Ben's hands were shaking as he wrote the gambling amount on each slip. The golden rat symbol stamped on each slip is glowing brightly with a glitter effect.

In total, Ben only had 30 spirit stones of wealth, which are the 30,000 gold coins gifted by his father for his gambling career. But the amount of bets he received on the first match already surpassed that 30 spirit stones mark. If Kent loses this match, Fatty Ben won't have enough wealth to return to bidders.

Keeping faith in Kent's ability and his golden root theory, Fatty continued to accept more bets from the people. As the glass jar continued to fill up, the total amount is displayed outside for the audience to see.

Soon, the match between Kent and Hector reached the Hot category, and the Arena officials had already begun promoting the 289th game by displaying Kent's image on several Aurora screens outside the Arena and several smaller arenas that were present around the central Arena.

More and more people began rushing towards the central Arena as the news about the 1:3 ratio spread like wildfire.

"Larry, it's better to change our plan. The game stakes were changing. If somehow officials found that we were losing matches willingly, we might get banned permanently. Why not let me win this game against Kent?

The betting amount has already reached 50 spirit stones." Hector asked Larry while staring at the big Aurora glass of the Arena, which is displaying images of Kent and him instead of an ongoing match.

Larry didn't reply immediately. His fists clenched in anger as he stared at the glowing gambling near the Arena. "Hector, don't worry. First beat that Kent when the fight begins... After that, make a big mistake and lose in his hands. In this way, the officials won't think we fixed the match." Larry suggested while patting Hector's shoulder in support.

Hector nodded his head, as he doesn't have the guts to go against Larry, who has connections with his powerful fighters.

Soon, fight number 288 began in the Arena. But already, people began making loud noise for Hector. Everyone is praying for Hector's victory. Sitting alone in the gallery, Kent smiled at the enthusiastic shouts of people.

He never expected his first fight would turn out to be a popular confrontation. He felt satisfied with Fatty's way of handling things. Staring at the crowd, Kent tapped on the nimbus knuckles, which changed their form and wrapped around his hands like gauntlets.

Stretching his fingers, Kent thought of which spells to use for a swift win. As his opponent is a staff mage and wind element practitioner, Kent began thinking of multiple attacks at a time.

As the countdown closed, Kent suddenly got down from his Fire Kirin, surprising all the audience. Even the arbiter, who stood at the edge of the arena, was stunned for a second. But he didn't try to stop the fight.

"What the hell is he doing?" Hector muttered while preparing to soar high into the sky.

Loud booing followed as everyone thought Kent made a noob mistake.

"3... 2... 1..."

"Ahhhuuu..." Hector shouted loudly as he soared into the air at the speed of wind. The griffin made a roar, creating a wind vortex that traveled towards Kent like a blaze.

Before the wind blaze approached Kent, the victor now surfaced in his hands. With a sly grin, he drew the bow string and circulated his aura, combined with Fire Dao.

Meanwhile, Hector began unleashing all his powerful spells one after another with loud chanting.

"Teja Vayu Udgar" [Swift Wind Surge]: Layers of wind fronts formed to push back anything Kent going to release.

"Anantha Vayu Krodh" [Boundless Wind Fury]: the wind turned into different physical forms and began rushing towards Kent.

Combined with spells, Hector used his pet's ability to fear Kent. While all the Arena is staring at the layers of wind attacks that were rushing towards Kent, he calmly chanted the mantra for "Fire Mantle of Divine Sun."

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