The Legend of the Cultivation World

Disputes

Feeling that his business was done Arya decided to leave. Arya's sudden departure without saying a word made the four men astonished.

Arya who came to help them and just left without asking for anything in return, raises big questions for Bayu, Angga, and Satria.

But not with Raka who seemed to realize the reason Arya helped them. Raka clenched her hands. He thought that time could hold back his ego, it was possible that Arya could train and make herself much stronger than now.

But Raka immediately realized that now he had to try himself. Even so, he felt quite relieved because in fact until now Arya still cares about it.

"Raka, you must know her, right? Tell me who that man is to me." Satria asked enthusiastically. His usual indifferent attitude and rarely spoke, instantly shattered.

Raka is uncomfortable because Satria is too close to him, then slightly keep his distance. He refused to tell them who the man had helped them, though Satria continued to persuade him.

Angga also seems interested in knowing the identity of the soldiers who helped him. But Angga tends to be more silent unlike Satria who becomes very enthusiastic.

On the other hand Bayu actually felt the soldier was just hitchhiking face to them. He seems to have other views about Arya and is unhappy, even though the man has helped her.

Bayu realizes that among them all he is the weakest. So if Arya joins them, it is certain that her position will be eliminated.

If he was eliminated then his approach to Angga, could make the influence of his family in the Capital immediately fade, and make his family like an ordinary middle-class family.

Bayu certainly did not want that. Now he was thinking of making his friends forget the previous soldiers. Of course the first person he tried to seduce was Angga, because the man was more easily manipulated than Raka and Satria who had a firm stance.

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Four days later the remaining participants began to arrive entering the gates of the Capital. There were less than 20 participants left.

Looking at the remaining number of participants made everyone realize how dangerous the competition held by the military higher-ups was.

The participants then regrouped in the arena. The Generals who saw the number of participants reduced drastically, didn't seem too surprised.

The competition which was originally going to be divided into 3 rounds seems that the Generals have to change it to 2 rounds considering that there have been many participants who have been eliminated.

The generals had already made the next round. After calculating the Crystal acquisition of each participant, they would make the next preliminary round.

But seeing the number of participants reduced quite a lot made the second half forced to be removed, then directly to the final round where there will be a one-on-one fight in the arena.

For the eliminated participants, their families were fairly well compensated.

The killing aura of the participants could be clearly felt by the spectators even though the distance of the bench from the arena was quite far. This clearly shows how high the murder rate of each participant is.

The vile way is certainly applied by the remaining participants in order for them to qualify from the first round. Starting from instigating, trapping, even stabbing their own friends from behind applied by the participants.

The faces of the sleep-deprived participants showed everyone that the participants rarely rested and were always on alert at all times to secure their lives as well as the Demon Crystals they had collected.

Arya yawned bored as a general said a few words of greeting to the participants who managed to qualify for the next round.

The general from the Red Flag also praised the participants who had managed to gather a lot of Demon Crystals. But much praise went to Raka and her friends who managed to obtain the Crystals from the Demon Beasts of the Emperor realm.

Angga and Bayu look very happy when praised directly by the General. Unlike the case with Raka and Satria who actually look embarrassed because they think they do not deserve the praise.

Arya herself had only given away ten King realm Demon Crystals when asked to collect them to the previous officers.

The participants are then asked to take the lottery from the box that has been provided. Each wooden stick will contain a random number that determines who their opponent is.

As Arya advanced forward to take the draw. The generals saw themselves with one eye, for he was an ordinary soldier. The Generals were even convinced that Arya could escape just because of his high level of luck.

Arya ignored the cynical gazes from the Generals and after getting the 7th lottery number, she then sat on the bench that had been provided to wait for her turn to fight on the edge of the arena.

Meanwhile Raka got the lottery number 3, Satria 6, Angga 5. While Bayu got the number 1 draw after conspiring with one of the guards, so that he got a weak opponent.

Seeing Arya sitting alone, Raka and Satria followed by Angga then took a seat adjacent to the man. After a few days of not meeting, this was an opportunity for them to familiarize themselves with Arya.

"Can the three of us sit here?" Raka asked doubtful if Arya refused. However, the relationship between them is still bad, and Raka is still trying to apologize.

Arya turned her head then found Raka, Angga, and Satria who wanted to sit close to her. "Please... Nobody's going to ban it anyway..."

Seeing Arya did not forbid them, the three men then sat close to her, but still a little distance, considering now they do not know her very well.

Raka, Angga, and Satria elbow each other in order for one of them to start a conversation with Arya, in order to break the atmosphere.

But due to the commotion they created, Arya was actually uncomfortable while watching the game.

Arya then moved the seat that made Raka, Angga, and Satria blame each other for messing things up.

The three men had their respective intentions of getting close to Arya. Starting from Raka who wants to apologize, Satria who wants to still want to thank you for being saved.

While Angga who is interested in the Healing Pill belongs to Arya. Want to cooperate considering he comes from one of the Families who hold most of the trading market in the Kingdom of Brawijaya.

According to Angga if he can make Arya cooperate with his Family, then his Family business will increase rapidly, and can beat his Family rival, namely the Mahendra Family.

"It's all your fault!" Raka forgot her frustration towards Angga and Satria. That certainly makes Angga and Satria blame Raka.

On the other hand Arya who watched the Bayu match against other participants could only shake her head, seeing Bayu's opponent resign for no apparent reason.

"It looks like he's already paid someone to threaten the other participants for them to resign." Arya stroked her chin while looking at Bayu who came down from the arena atar.