Refining the Heavens 5 (炼天五)

Chapter 26: Convincing the Senior Disciples (Part 1)

Speechless.

Absolute silence.

The penalty of a million mana stones left the young envoys of the three races utterly and completely devastated. They had come with fanatic eagerness for victory, only to fall into the depths of despair.

All this happened because they crossed one man.

Kairos Astroire.

Born of humble origins, inheriting no status, power, money, nor even talent. He is called the undefeatable, the indomitable one.

On Gaia, the legendary Great General, the unparalleled supreme commander of the Snowdrifts is the only non-Paramount Cultivator to be ranked within the most powerful warriors.

Now, such a being has graced Axis Mundi.

As before, in the face of overwhelming odds, he remained infallible.

A rigged bet that was never meant for him to win. Yet the result was determined the moment they view him as prey. In the trap meant for rabbits, they discovered a dragon.

Those who often succeed have powerful means, but luck will always play a part.

Like the elf's team. They were ready before the bet begin, yet the manticore's egg was a dud and they never reached their goal.

On the other hand, the more often a person remain triumphant, the less he allows things to chance.

Simply put, Kairos took on the bet despite it being the first time for his team was assured of victory from the start.

Such assurance come from leaving almost nothing to chance. Like the elf's team, he had something prepared. Yet when Kairos used his Heart's Echo and failed, he had a second technique to use: the Veritable Sight.

If that had failed, he will try the God's Tongue again. Otherwise, his Demiurge Aura had some interesting theories he wants to try out.

Other than these four methods, Kairos has Aisa and his dragonlings. They will be able to sneak in and out of the glass box with no one noticing.

After all, from the beginning, the bet between them had never been a gamble. In a match like this, anyone who would leave it to luck will be defeated.

The result was as expected, Kairos had won.

The other side, besides failing their mission, they are in a debt they can hardly repay.

"It's over," the young human girl that is part of the elf's team muttered feebly.

The elf and the gnome might be able to bargain down their penalty, but it is impossible for her... because the one who mouthed off and insulted the dwarven princess is from the human race.

Her two companions looked over coldly. Whatever alliance and friendship they had before today is broken.

The elf and the gnome fared no better.

They sat there listlessly, shooting dirty looks every so frequently at the human pair.

The healers have arrived and are checking up on all of them. It looks like besides the young man who had a broken foot, everyone had received more or less some mental damage.

The guards ushered to have them all checked, especially when they discovered the young man's entire leg were wounded – every bone from his toes to his femur shown signs of fracture.

Only after they are deemed healthy will the guards make arrangements for them to repay the fines. Of course, besides that, they also have to report home what happened today. Just thinking about it, the three of them felt their soul leaving their body. They looked at the unconscious young man envious of his state of oblivion.