Skill Creation in the Fantasy World

Chapter 93: Bountiful Reward.

With both Harker's and Felix's bodies on the ground, one dead and one alive, the referee woke up from his trance and shouted out loud announcing the winner while swinging down the red flag.

"The battle ends! And the winner is....Phantom!!"

At once, all of the people in the crowd started cheering regardless of the hidden trouble that awaited them, as the man on the stage had shown them that it was possible to win against someone stronger than yourselves.

"Phantom! Phantom! Phantom!"

They cheered his name altogether, giving him praises and applause.

Felix slowly got up from the ground and faced the crowd, twisting his body as it hurt him a bit from all the thrashing.

"Ah well, it was worth it I guess..."

He awkwardly waved his hand at the crowd, making them more enthusiastic with their cheering, especially a certain group of men led by a fat man and a lanky baldie.

"See!! I told you he'll win the match for sure!!"

Exclaimed the bald man while jumping around the place.

The fat man snorted and replied with a smile.

"And when did I deny?"

The other men were also busy cheering out 'Phantom', raising their voice among the crowd, who gave them weird looks.

On the other hand, Felix walked down the stage toward a secret path that led him away from the crowd where two men were waiting for him.

"Oh Mr.Dealer..."

The man walked over with a smile and patted Felix on his shoulder.

"Good work there. I'll tell you about the details later, but before that come here I'll introduce you to someone."

Felix nodded as Mr.Dealer pulled him toward the side where a man with an one eye mask stood with a stoic expression.

Maybe it was because Felix hadn't experienced meeting many strong people in this world, because the moment he laid his eyes on the man, he could tell that the man was one of the strongest.

Mr.Dealer started.

"This is Sir Graham, a member in the council of the Underworld, just like me. And it looks like he has some interest in you."

Mr.Dealer winked towards Graham and gave them some space, wondering what his friend would say.

Felix looked carefully at the brown haired man and got a feeling that both of them were a bit similar, though he was confused as to why the man was interested in him.

"Nice to meet you, Sir Graham. My name is Phantom."

Graham gave a soft nod with his one eye looking intensely at him and replied.

"Phantom, it seems like you've quite the liking to battles from what I've seen."

Felix wondered what the man wanted as he simply nodded.

"Therefore, why don't you come under me and we can explore all the forests of this kingdom, battling all the strong monsters that it has to offer!", his personality suddenly changed from stoic to wild, as the man let out a strong aura of a hunter looking for prey.

Felix widened his eyes at the man's offer, but Mr.Dealer's reaction was more intense as he quickly jumped between them.

"Wait wait wait!! What the hell Graham?", Mr.Dealer placed Felix behind him and shouted at the one eyed man.

"You asked me to let the two of you meet because you wanted to steal him away from me!!? You can't be serious, man!"

The four of them showed disappointed yet relieved faces as they contemplated about the matter.

"Don't worry. You'll be properly compensated for the mishap of this time. Also, you'll be treated as vip guests of the underworld whenever you visit here."

Mr.Dealer had a small smile on his face as he concluded.

"Now that everything's done, why don't we talk about the rewards you'll be receiving."

That brought gleeful smiles on everyone's faces as they perked up for the bountiful rewards.

Mr.Dealer nodded at the grey robed person who vanished inside into a room of the base and returned back with a case.

He opened the case and stood beside Mr Dealer showing the insides of it to the four.

There were four strange yet beautiful looking blackish gold cards placed inside the case, which emitted a sense of mystery and danger to whoever put their eyes on it.

The four of them took a gulp at the sight of the card, and prasied it's design within their hearts.

Mr.Dealer looked pleased with their reactions and coughed once to pull them back.

"Cough-. I present to you the most sought after exclusive status card in the underworld.", he announced which made the four of theirs eyes glitter and continued on.

"Among the cards circulated inside the underworld for transactions and requirements, these belongs to special people only and amounts to a mere hundred."

"You can store as much as money you want in it, which belongs to your personal account in the underworld, and you can also withdraw any amount at any time. It will also get you a discount of fifty percent at every shop in the black market, including the blacksmiths and the alchemists if you show the card to them."

"This card also allows you access the various facilities in the underworld like the Forbidden Library, Training Hall, Secret Emporium etc."

His words made the four widen their eyes in astonishment, as the rewards were too generous, but it wasn't the end yet.

"As for the monetary rewards from all the battles, they come down to a total of 230,000 tahl which have been already added into this card."

The amount made the four flabergasted, especially Felix who took a deep breath to prevent himself from shouting.

'I'm rich! I'm rich!'

The average salary of a man in Edenmont city was around 5k to 10k a month, and for him to get more than 200k in a single week showed that high risk gave high reward.

Mr.Dealer grabbed the cards from the case and gave the four of them one each.

Later, he waved his hands and materialised four purple vials of potion and four red vials of potion.

"And at last, this purple vial is the potion which will release the limiters placed on you.

While this red vial is a rare potion which can help you advance to the first rank."

Everyone stopped checking out their new cards and placed their shining eyes on the red vial, bringing a smile on Mr.Dealer's face.

"This wasn't supposed to be in the list of rewards, but you could consider it as a compensation for today's dangerous situation we placed you in."

Walking towards them, he placed two vials each on their hands and walked back to the front while putting on a serious face.

"The matter with the dark guilds will keep on going bad from now on, which will expose you guys to danger if you wish to participate in it. And for you survive all this, you'll have to grow strong, that is the only way you can expect to live in this world. So I hope that you can advance to the first rank as fast as you can."

His words trailed off as he put on a mischievous smile and said.

"Or else you won't be able to have any fun in the upcoming upheavel."

Felix scratched his cheek, wondering whether this guy was manipulating everyone into fights or what, as he seemed to be the most excited for what was about to come.

Meanwhile, nobody knew what was actually going on inside Mr.Dealer's mind.

'Hehehehe just wait you fuckers.....nobody's going to save you all from me...'