The Scrap Tamer - Chapter 41

Chapter 41: The Bet

“That kid’s crazy” one of the spectators said.

His attention focused on Reid since the start of the Hunt. Due to special tech, they could see and hear each participant through the trees with their names hovering above their head.

They were really enjoying Reid’s cockiness since it was a breath of fresh air from every participant’s usual aggressive approach.

It’s not that there hasn’t been participants with cocky persona but most didn’t have the strength to back it up.

Reid on the other hand was making the Hunt really entertaining. He was the only Hunter they had seen so far that fought the primals with just a bat.

They regretted not betting on him since this was his first Hunt.

“Well, he is strong enough to even act crazy” Another spectator leaning on the rails said.

“Yes but he might have gotten too cocky for his own good” The first speaker said “choosing to fight a Gold-tier primal alone is a sure way to forfeit his life”.

“Oh really?” The two men were interrupted by a third voice, this time a female.

They looked in the direction of the voice and their jaws couldn’t help but drop. Approaching them was a beautiful lady with short black hair and eyes, although she was casually dressed her beauty was not in anyway affected.

“How about a little wager?” She asked after getting close enough to the two men, the men were mesmerizing by her voice so it took a while for them to respond.

“W-what do you suggest my lady?” One of them finally managed to stammer out.

“Nothing much” she said with a smirk “we’ll just bet on wether the new guy can defeat the Gold-tier primal or not”.

“100,000 credits on him losing” the other man quickly said, hoping to impress the lady with the fact that he was rich.

“Not bad, but I was hoping we could go a little higher” The lady said “how about a million credits? I’m betting on the new guy winning”.

“O-one m-million c-credits” the man stuttered. He was rich but not rich enough to pull out a million credits just like that.

“Is that too high for you?” She asked sounding disappointed.

“O-of course not” the man quickly said.

“I-if you win, I’ll give you a m-million c-credits but if I win, you’ll have to do anything I ask of you tonight” the man licked his lips giving the lady a once over.

He could afford the million credits if he dove into his emergency savings and personal savings for the past five years but the payout would be massive. If he played his cards right, he might get this beautiful lady to warm his bed tonight.

“I see” the lady took a thinking pose “then I guess that’s fair”.

The man internally celebrated. To him, the bet was already won since there was no way Reid was going to win that fight, especially now that the Stag had activated its ability.

“By the way, I’m Ted” the man introduced himself.

“Elizabeth” the lady said.

Elizabeth was disgusted by the way Ted looked at her but no one else around looked rich enough to bet credits that high so she could only accept.

Besides, there was no way Reid would lose and even if he did, Ted didn’t have enough power to force her to honor the bet.

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Back in the pit, Reid had been constantly dodging the Stag’s relentless. He had a few cuts here and there but he was okay.

The primal would completely change its attack pattern whenever Reid started attacking back.

The other problem was that he could feel his energy quickly draining. He knew he had to find a way to enact his plan before he ran out of energy.

“Evo, how small can Nyx’s [Collapsing space] be?” He asked between heavy breaths.

[As small as you want but it’ll require much more focus from Nyx] Evo answered.

“I see, then can it be used in a place Nyx cannot see?” Reid asked again as he dodged another attack.

[Yes, as long as the place is within Nyx’s range, it should be possible but just like making the attack smaller, it requires Nyx’s intense focus] Evo explained.

“Then I have an idea to take it down” Reid grinned “Rusty, we’re on distraction duty. Nyx, get ready to use it as soon as I give the signal.”

The stag made its move before they could. It teleported towards them and swung its antlers at Reid who was only narrowly able to dodge the attack.

Reid landed behind it and also swung his bat but the stag suddenly used its hind legs to kick him away, sending him flying.

“That freaking hurt” he groaned in pain.

Before the Stag could teleport for a follow up attack, Rusty used [pause] on it and out of nowhere, a huge bolt of blue lightning struck it.

Although the lightning attack was only able to leave a couple of burn marks on its fur, it stunned the Stag for a couple more minutes.

“Nyx, now!” Reid shouted. The few minutes that the Stag was stunned for, unable to break out of Rusty’s time lock was all he needed.

[Collapsing space] Nyx used its ability.

Nothing seemed to have happened and the Primal successfully broke out of the pause but before it could take a step forward the glowing yellow fur suddenly fizzled out and its red eyes dimmed.

The stag fell over as if a puppet that had its strings cut, surprising everyone.

[Congratulations on killing the Gold-tier Stag, Ray. You’ve gained a broken gold-tier core]

With Evo’s confirmation, Reid slumped down the tree in exhaustion but Reid was there to help. It used [rewind] on him, resting his wounds and stamina to what it was before the start of the Hunt.

He stood up as his forged beasts went back to their smaller sizes and teleported to his head.

“Reid, you actually did it” Dean rushed towards him.

“Told you I could” Reid said with a confident smirk before turning to Lisa ” thanks for the assist”.

She had summoned her wyvern again and commanded it to spit a blast of lightning at the Stag hoping it would help in anyway.

“With this, were even” she spoke, her voice had taking a colder tone.

“I see you’re still mad about that” Reid said with a wey chuckle.

Before he could say anything else, the announcer’s voice boomed again.

“WITH THAT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TONIGHT’S HUNT COMES TO AN END” the announcer hyped “THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST ENTERTAINING HUNT FOR ME SO FAR, I HOPE IT WAS THE SAME FOR YOU”…

“Let’s meet and talk later?” Reid asked Lisa.

“Humph….” Was her reply before she turned and walked away.

“Thanks for carrying me in this hunt” Dean also said and started walking away “I hope we meet again”.

“I guess we should go and meet up with Elizabeth” Reid said to his partners and also started leaving the pit.

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“I guess that’s my win” Elizabeth said with a grin “pay up”

“T-that’s impossible, H-he had help” Ted denied, hesitant to let go a million credits just like that.

Elizabeth’s eyes took an eerie purple glow as he looked at the man. Ted felt himself suffocating due to the pressure and he was sure the reaper’s scythe was on his neck at that moment.

“Pay Up” Elizabeth calmly whispered.

The trembling Ted quickly transferred the money to Elizabeth who quickly withdrew her pressure as if it was only an illusion.

“Nice doing business with you” she said with a lovely smile and walked away.

The man fell to his knees as soon as she left. He was just a moment away from pissing himself.

“S-she’s f*cking terrifying” he stuttered out.

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“Now let’s wait for that invite shall we” Elizabeth said while walking away, satisfied with the amount she had made that night.

She stood in a spot where Reid could easily spot her when he walked out…