My Servant System

The audience let out roars of elation and bloodthirsty joy as they watched the match unfold, the sight of Batu turning his stumble into a roll to narrowly avoid a piercing stab from Enta, the Caninekin trying to take advantage of this opportunity by any means possible, but in doing so he created an opportunity for Batu.

Stabbing was an easy option to go for here, a quick and effortless attack that would deal severe damage to the target, but the problem that came from a plunging stab was how it propelled your momentum forwards, and on the uneven ground that was sand, it made it difficult to readjust yourself for precise movement that would be needed to avoid a counter attack, which in this case was Batu’s lance swinging around towards Enta’s side.

Enta dropped himself down to the sand to avoid the attack, going flat and staring at the kneeling Batu as the Wekalian spun around again, this time groaning in slight pain as he twisted himself around and gave himself slight whiplash, but he still managed to stand back up and grab his lance once more, preparing another strike that would crumple Enta just like he had crumpled Anas.

Similarly though, the Caninekin jumped to his feet and began to wield more of his magic as he glared at the Wekalian man, who dragged in a few deep breaths before he lifted his foot once more, that brown glimmer forcing Enta to think quickly to avoid the spikes that were sure to arrive.

The Caninekin leapt into the air and rapidly sent three crescents singing towards Batu’s head, only for his own expression to falter as he realized Batu hadn’t stomped yet, the sun beaten hulk keeping his foot in the air and watching Enta closely, timing his stomp with Enta’s descent back to the earth.

A giant spike erupted into the air and blocked the three crescents, each one scoring a deep gouge in the rock and cracking it enough to cause it to break, but by that point Batu had already summoned even more earthen spikes, some of which were right in front of him yet again whilst the others tracked him, forcing Enta to go on the run.

Sadly for Enta though, Batu now had a myriad of spikes in front of him that he was able to break at his leisure, his heavy lance arcing through the air and cracking the spires into pieces as he batted the stone straight at Enta, using the shrapnel to harass the Caninekin and damage him even more.

Each chunk of rock that smacked into Enta made the crowd wince as they watched him get peppered by shrapnel, and as he tried to continue to avoid the deadly spikes, his strength was whittled down by the continuous damage he took, and that was the beginning of his end.

"That’s a simple way to handle things, but efficient and layered; defensive and offensive all in one, and no one is going to get close anyways since they are avoiding those spikes, but in doing so they leave them available for Batu there to use them as weapons..."

Jahi’s murmurings made us all nod as we continued to watch Enta drag this bout out as long as he could, the Caninekin fighting against the inevitable as another sharp rock slapped against his calf and cut it open, letting his blood pour out onto the sands while stumbling backwards, trying to keep moving as Batu broke another rock.

Brute force was making its display this match as Batu swung that heavy lance with ease, batting away the rock and sending chunks flying at Enta, forcing the man back another step before he reluctantly shouted "I yield!", the constant barrage of stone cutting up his entire body and bruising whatever parts of it that weren’t covered in blood, painting a poor picture of an apparently elite gladiator standing before a foreign warrior in defeat.

Stopping his lance right as it was about to hit the next spire, Batu slowly and gradually reverted himself back into his neutral, collected self that we had seen earlier, dragging in deep breaths as he rested his lance on his shoulder and retrieved a vial of red liquid from his cuirass, uncorking it and draining it as he took care of his own injuries.

"Well there we go~! All of us made a profit here, and honestly, that was a really~ fun match, albeit quick! And I must admit..."

Anput stretched before leaning back into Jahi’s chest as she yawned, the Jackalkin taking a nearby plate and staring at the cool meat that rested on its surface, her idle hunger apparent as she used a finger to warm the meat up with a small flame.

"We did learn a good amount from this, or at least had some ideas tossed into our heads. I have a couple, anyways, some that might be easier to do than others; we need to get a few more gems though, and I guess that is where this comes in, yeah?"

"That was the idea, but someone here was having too much fun and wasted their money... at least you won back your initial amount, Anput; try to keep that trend up, please."

She just stuck her tongue out at me before waving her hand at the arena below as she said "It’s fine; I’ll make more with this special round. Someone like Batu there will definitely take that double or nothing round that the arena was planning on."

We all focused on the arena below as Batu moved to the center, still resting his lance on his shoulder as he swept his gaze across the crowd, who were murmuring as they discussed the match and how much they won or lost, but everyone fell quiet as one of the announcers stepped forwards and shouted "Batu! Will you accept the double or nothing to double your reward, or will you accept that which you have won from this match and walk away?" Tapping his lance against his shoulder a few times, Batu continued to look around the arena before his gaze landed on our suite, the man narrowing his eyes as he stared at us before turning back to the announcer as he replied "I accept.", causing another wave of murmurs to sweep through the crowd, all of them now contemplating their own choices.

Do they double their bets and win big, or settle for the winnings they have already and walk away with something?

For us, it was also a decision that required some thought, but that thought was shared as we all exchanged a look before shrugging, our collective understanding that this was a part of why we were here and the fact that we didn’t mind taking risks that were relatively ’harmless’ and within our control, so I looked towards Cyra and said "Go tell the bettors that we’ll double our bets as well, please."

As she scurried out to do so, Anput began to eat once more, feasting on some more kebabs before she held one up for Jahi, who gratefully took a bite and chewed on the perfectly cooked meat, savoring its flavors and nodding her horned head as she asked "I wonder what made Batu look towards us..."

"Probably the fact that this is the high profile suite, and there are more guards than normal over here; that means its occupied, so he’s probably hoping that we’ll offer him a job or something, pay him a fancy sum for some reason or another. That or he dislikes rich people, which... y’know, some of them are extremely irritating, so who knows."

"What is this double or nothing round even going to be though? Is it something the arena does often enough that everyone just... knows, or is this something new..?"

Anput gnawed on her kebab before uncorking a bottle of wine and drinking from it directly, displaying her gluttony freely as she continued to feast even as I stared at her, waiting for her to answer my question as I contemplated swiping the wine from her. ɽáɴȰβЁⱾ

"Yes and no... it’s not common per se, but every single time there has been a double or nothing it’s been the same thing; a trio of warriors who have been trained and supplied by the merchants who own Yanzif Arena come out to put down whoever is challenging the arena itself, so that’s likely the same thing here now.

Oh, and um... I think they’ve only lost like once or twice before, and that was to one of the Death Jackal’s that Mom had come visit to quell a little ’rebellion’ the merchants were planning, and I think they lost to this Mother-Son duo that came in and fought for their family honor or something..."

Trailing off, Anput shrugged and grabbed herself a bowl of rice, not topping it with anything as she just began to eat the plain grains, filling her stomach once more and leaving the three of us to share an incredulous look before letting out sighs as we wondered if we had been just

Too hasty...

Only for us all to shrug as well as we remembered that the profits we would have made from being safe - roughly 125 Gold - was something we could make with a delve or two into a Dungeon, so we weren’t too pressed about this potential loss.

Besides, we were informed that people have indeed won this double or nothing before, so

Maybe we’ll get lucky again and be blessed by Batu being skilled enough to survive a three on

One and emerge victorious.

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