Flashy Adventurer System : Show Off to Get Stronger! - Chapter 714
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Chapter 714: The Black Dawn’s Strength
The broadcast team understood that discussions about bets needed to be kept away from the public.
Consequently, the live editor removed the segment where Shye challenged Van to a wager and filled it with a few product commercials while the two young heroes continued their conversation.
The advertisements only irritated the broadcast viewers, leading them to dislike the promoted products instead of appreciating them.
However, this decision proved to be wise, as many quickly realized they had underestimated Shye’s appetite.
It would have sparked controversy if the public had heard about such outrageous bets among heroes.
“Hmph, fine,” Van replied decisively, pulling out the agreed-upon amount along with some extra gold coins and tossing it onto the ground outside the blue dome.
While it was a considerable sum for the Roaring Flame Hero, it only accounted for about a third of his total wealth, so agreeing to Shye’s terms wasn’t too difficult for him.
He could still recover fairly easily even if he lost.
“Hohoh, you’re truly a bold one, Van Smolders of the Roaring Flame. Before we begin, let’s give others a chance to participate in this lively wager. Maybe the youth representatives from our regions would like to place their bets on who will emerge victorious?” Shye added, eliciting various reactions from the youth representatives, veteran heroes, and directors.
Most of them had heard that Shye Crowley of the Black Dawn was quite ruthless and a bit unhinged when disrespected, often challenging others to bets, extorting them mercilessly, and never losing a single wager in his life.
Apparently, he even had the audacity to challenge someone to a bet where the loser would have their adventurer license revoked—and he obviously won, given that he was now a regional hero.
Nevertheless, despite his rather notorious reputation of being ruthless to enemies, it was also a widely known fact that Shye Crowley of the Black Dawn had never initiated trouble.
His merciless side would only come out when people antagonized him first.
This time as well, because of how convincingly he acted when proclaiming himself the strongest as if it were an established fact, people didn’t judge him too harshly for his ruthlessness regarding the bet.
After all, if Van Smolders were to win, Shye would only be harming himself, so no one in the venue regarded him as an evil or greedy bastard—even though he was definitely a greedy bastard and was the one who started trouble this time by annoying his peers.
The fact that Axelle called him a bird-brain and Van called him a country bumpkin certainly helped him.
…Hearing her boss’s words, Seira sprang into action as if on cue.
“Ooh! I’d love to place a bet! I’m confident in our hero’s abilities, after all! Only those who doubt their hero would shy away from something this thrilling! So, how about it, friends from Hakk’Shatta? A small wager of one hundred fifty thousand gold coins and ten [Uncommon]-tier skill books, shared among all the youth representatives? Nothing too steep, right?”
It truly wasn’t too steep, as the amount had been carefully decided by Shye, mindful that Valenzia’s reputation could suffer if he extorted too much from the youth of other regions.
Since they had already gained a significant boost in coin reserves, several peak-adamantite-tier accessories, and a good number of skill books from the Kreborians, it would seem excessive to squeeze the Hakk’Shattans, especially considering there was no bad blood between their regions.
The bet wasn’t too excessive, so the Hakk’Shattans quickly agreed, worried that opting out might make Van think they didn’t trust him.
They naturally wanted to befriend the Roaring Flame Hero, and doubting his ability to win a duel certainly wouldn’t help their cause.
As Van watched everything unfold, he seethed with anger.
He wasn’t stupid.
He quickly realized that Shye was attempting to extort the youth representatives from his region, which was utterly audacious, especially since it suggested that Shye was way too certain of his own victory.
‘You arrogant bastard…I’ll make you pay for this…’ thought Van furiously as he glared at his smiling opponent. “Are you done clowning around? How about we begin now? I’ve never been this eager to crush someone.”
“Hooh, how scary,” Shye responded playfully, shooting a glance toward Moderator Scarlet. “Miss Scarlet, I think we’re both ready.”
His voice snapped the slightly dumbfounded moderator back to reality.
“S-Shye Crowley of the Black Dawn versus Van Smolders of the Roaring Flame, B-Begin!”
Promptly after hearing the start signal, Van charged at Shye with fury in his eyes, his peak-adamantite-tier tower shield raised in front of him.
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This brought a smile to Shye’s face, as he had never lost a head-on fight against another human—neither in the past nor, in his mind, would he ever in the future.
“Hahaha! Come, Van Smolders of the Roaring Flame!” Shye exclaimed with a confident smile as he waited for the blur of flames to arrive within striking distance.
‘Power Slash, Boost! Boost! Boost!’
Darky and Murky glimmered with a transparent shine as Shye swung both greatswords diagonally upward with ferocity.
His strike was enhanced by a powerful [Power Slash] along with all three charges of [Boost], causing the skill to go on cooldown and begin recharging immediately.
The next charge would be available after thirty seconds, while it would take a minute and a half for all three charges to be available.
In contrast, Van’s white shield shone with a golden hue, flames flickering from its edges and enveloping his entire figure.
This was one of his [Rare]-tier trump cards, [Flaming Bash].
The next moment, the fiery shield made contact with the gleaming greatswords, causing a metallic noise to echo across the grand halls.
However, the outcome left everyone staring in shock and disbelief.
Even the indifferent Alexander Aphelion couldn’t help but narrow his eyes at the sight of the massive Van Smolders being sent flying several meters backward, rolling on the ground before finally regaining his footing, his forearms numb and his arms shaking.
The brutish young man who had muscled his way to a draw against the infamous Axelle Vespertine of the Scorching Luminosity was outmatched in raw strength by Shye Crowley of the Black Dawn.
“NYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! TRULY MY BOSS!”
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