The Heavenly Road: God Hunters

Ch57 Ruckus

At the inn is seen Manager Row who is having fun with Ace and Zaru followed by other people who enliven.

The men cheered for Ace or Zaru who was playing the game of snake ladders. Not a few also place bets among these people.

"Second win for me...!!! Ahahahahaha...!!!!" Ace cried out in delight as his chest showed the number 5, which Zaru's pawn was 5 steps ahead of him.

"What are you doing?!! You cheated!! You blew on his chest, you sly wolf!!" Shouted Zaru.

"What?!! You just want to not lose for the second time so you're making it up...!!" Reply Ace.

"You...?!!"

Ace moves his piece and lands on Zaru's piece, shifting Zaru's piece so he has to start over.

"Victory to Mr. Ace again...!!!"

"Mr Zaru get excited that I will continue to support you...!!!"

The Ace supporters cheered for his win, the bettors who placed bets for Ace again got the win after again Ace beat Zaru for the second time.

"One more time..!!!" Shouted Zaru challenging him.

The bettors and spectators cheered again enthusiastically and began to place bets again.

There are several ways to determine the winner, reach the finish line, step on the pieces of others, and when other players get the same number 3 times. There is an exception, if stepping on someone else's pawn with six dice numbers the game will continue.

The crowd invited the attention of people to see, the noise that was caused invited a lot of curiosity of people who saw from the outside. Little by little the punters and bettors keep getting more and more as the time they both play the game.

They do not care about the commotion that is caused by what they both do, both of them are focused on their games to determine who is the best in the game snake ladder.

Manager Row did not expect it would be like this, but at first there was only him and a few people who saw then suddenly a new audience increased and appeared more. The thing that started from a trivial problem where Ace challenged Zaru to play dice became a betting arena for many people.

The manager of the restaurant and inn was flooded with orders, of course they would not mind the commotion that occurred even the inn owner continued to express his gratitude to Manager Row. They thought Manager Row and the two of them deliberately did just that every night to help the innkeeper earn more income.

Manager Row himself did not know what to say to the innkeeper, from the first day they came to stay there Zaru and Ace always made a fuss that attracted the attention of people. He thought the inn owner would be disturbed by him so he decided to apologize, unexpectedly the inn owner even thanked him because the arrival of his inn restaurant was always crowded with people.

Misaki and Rai arrived at the inn. Seeing the crowd of visitors and people who were cheering gave support to something made Misaki frown in wonder.

"Is this really the place...?" Misaki asked him wonder why an inn restaurant was filled with people who were cheering betting on their choice.

While smiling awkwardly Rai nodded her head,"Taki who told me this is where they stayed. I thought the Manager would take him to the Red Dawn Association and stay there for a while but Taki told me that this is where they stayed" Rai told him.

"Are you sure there's no wrong place, Rai...?" Misaki asked once again to convince him.

Rai once again assured him that they had arrived at the right place. Someone looks out of the crowd, seeing the two of them he immediately saluted.

"Patriark and Matriarch were interested in the match that was there as well...?"

"Games..? What match is held in an inn restaurant, what is a fast-food event..?" Ask Misaki.

"No, it's not so, Matriarch. Just an ordinary snake ladder dice game but their games for a few days have always attracted a lot of people who go to watch and even bet" he explained.

Misaki scrunched her forehead in surprise, "What's so special about a snake ladder dice game, then thank you for the explanation,"

The man left after Misaki let him through.

"Are you still sure that's the place, Rai..?" Ask Misaki again and again to make sure.

Rai patted his eel confused, "we better get over there and make sure it's now..." He said then pulled her there, he was already dizzy with Misaki's question.

The two of them entered the inn, seeing a slight commotion behind the crowd of Manager Row bettors trying to see what was happening in the back row.

"Who do you think it is." said Manager Row slowly.

"There's no need to explain it anymore, I already knew you guys would definitely come here after seeing him on the first day," continued the Manager.

Ace knows Rai and Misaki are coming but he doesn't care about his arrival and is only focused on his game.

Rai and Misaki also feel a little bad to say they will still do it. They knew Ace well but for Zaru they did not know him, but he guessed that he was one of the ancient animals.

"Because Manager Row already knows it will now be easier. The arrival of the two of us here is to ascertain whether the figure representing the Association is our son or not" Rai said.

With a sharp glare Misaki pulled Rai's ear, "I told you it must be my son! I'm his mother..!!" Rai grimaced in pain while persuading Misaki to let go before her ears slipped out of place.

The manager laughed softly at the quarrel between the two of them. Ace looked at the two of them coldly.

"Go somewhere else if you want to make a fuss! Disturb concentration only!" Shouted Ace to him.

Rai and Misaki smiled awkwardly getting such a loud reprimand from him, the spectators could only hold back the fearless laughter of laughing at them.

"It's too crowded to talk let's come with me," the manager then took them to a room in the inn that was special to discuss something where there was quieter than below.

Manager Row then asked one of the waiters to bring some drinks to his place.

"So can we meet him now, Manager..?" Misaki asked started the conversation, it was obvious that she was looking forward to seeing him.

"I think I'm going to disappoint you both. It's not that I don't want to bring you guys together just that he hasn't come back since this afternoon," said the Manager.

"What?!!" So surprised Misaki to rise from his seat of course Rai immediately reprimanded his treatment.

"I'm sorry Manager, I was too surprised to forget myself" he said slowly.

"Manager do you think he'll hate both of us because of what happened a few years ago.." Rai was still so worried and scared by Asta's attitude towards him later.

"Hate ya...." The manager was silent for a moment while holding his chin.

"I never asked him about this, but Zaru told him a little about meeting a saint some time ago. From his conversation with the figure, Zaru heard that his parents were still alive and he also looked very happy" explained Manager Row.

"Zaru...? Sacred Cultivator...? Wait I seem to know who the saint cultivator is and for this Zaru I've heard of it but I'm sure it's not him" he said softly.

"So Asta has known that we are alive..?!!" Misaki surprised.

Manager Row nodded his head slowly. Making Misaki and Rai feel more guilty for not seeing him immediately.

"Now he must hate us, if that is the case when he saw the two of us on the podium he must have immediately realized and also angry at us," Rai muttered with a long sigh.

"Asta does know that you are still alive but he does not know who you are and only knows you are only part of the True Fire Flame Sect" said the Manager.

"Because Asta also has not returned better you come back next time or preferably later after the completion of the tournament," continued the Manager.

"Are you not limiting your time..?" Ask Misaki.

"Although Asta represents the Association, I have no right to limit his time. Even Zaru wouldn't do that even though Zaru and Ace would bother him very often. It looks like he's meeting with his friends, I don't know exactly when he'll be back" said the manager.

Misaki can only breathe slowly after hearing that Asta has not returned and the Manager himself has never limited it.

Because Asta also does not have Rai and Misaki decided to return and will visit the inn later after the end of the tournament.

A few moments later Rai and Misaki leave Asta enter the inn. Manager Row was a bit sorry to let the two men go, but after a thought of not bringing it together now was a good choice for Asta to stay focused in the tournament.

"Did they both do it again..?" Asta's question saw the commotion the two animals were used to doing.

"As you can see..." His word.

"Master hungry. Asta quickly order food. You were cool eating alone did not pay attention to the teacher at all," said Flares suddenly out.

"Haissh's... Yes, yes," Asta went to order food that he would bring to his room for his teacher.

"What did he do until he got home late like this, Master..?" Ask the Manager on Flares.

"His childhood friend ambushed him on the street and asked him to buy him a meal. So that's the story," said Flares.

"Just before her parents came here to see her and she wasn't there. So do I have to tell her this now or not..?" Ask the manager for an opinion.

"Leave it. They will meet eventually, too. So there's no need to disturb his mind" said Flares.

After ordering food for his teacher Manager then gave a Celestial Book to him, the Soul Compounding Celestial Book.

Not only contains high-level fighting techniques that can destroy the physical and soul of the opponent, in it there is also a cultivation technique and Domain technique that is also no less powerful than the Dark Fire God Domain.

"The Soul Compounding Book is the basis of my Martial Path, which has brought me to my current level. Learn that carefully," Manager Row said.

Asta went to his room impatiently to try to combine it with the cultivation technique of the Dark Fire God.

In the Book of Soul Compound there are 3 techniques of destruction, the basis of the technique is the Raga Compound.

Asta learned the technique very well and absorbed it very quickly. In just a few hours Asta has understood a quarter of the intact Raga Compound technique.

"I almost forgot about the match tomorrow morning," Asta also remembered the match he stopped his training and slept, he did not want to be sleepy as before.

His opponent in the sixth phase was not the ones he could take for granted like before. Although the participants are obliged to hide the level of the realm in order to avoid the emphasis of the realm, Asta can penetrate it. Unlike before which his opponent was mostly just a soul cultivator, this time was different. All of them were Master Cultivators.

The night ended quickly and no longer felt the sun reappear illuminating the world with light.

From all over the Arkhan Empire everyone came flocking to the capital Hansu just for the sake of watching the Martial Arts Tournament match that was always held once every 10 years, after all, but the difference is that the Tournament is one year late just because of an unexpected event.

Asta was getting ready to return to the tournament arena today. He was trying to guess who would be his opponent in this sixth phase. He hopes his opponent today is not Kenshin, because he wants to fight him with full strength in the final match. That's why he hopes not to fight it today.

"Brother Asta..!! The spirit...!!!" Shouted Jaza from above the audience seats. Besides, there is also Yu Yami who already looks better waving to him while smiling.

Asta nodded his head slowly. In the other audience seats Moegi also gave his spirit support, Shiro and the others were also present there.

The host announced the start of the sixth phase match, the participants were asked to prepare for their fight.

The host explaining about the seventh phase is the 5th ranking. So the winner who passes in the sixth phase will go straight to the eighth phase which is the top 4. He also continued to explain the arrangement of the participants in the sixth phase.

"Who would have thought I'd compete at the beginning again" Asta murmured softly upon seeing his name going into the first match.

He exhaled his breath quietly when he saw that his opponent was Han Bin from the Blue Crescent Sect and not Kenshin. At least he could breathe a sigh of relief from fighting Han Bin.

"I didn't think I'd be able to meet you in the sixth phase of Asta" he said with a faint smile.

"It seems like brother Han can't wait to fight me immediately" Asta replied slowly.

"of course. Brother Asta is the one who defeated my sister of course I'm curious about your strength,"

"Ahhh, so so. It is fitting that you have a little resemblance that is the reason. Then in your honor I won't hesitate either,"

"Sure you have to be like that,"