Chapter 96

Luge didn't want to constantly face other people's curious gazes, so he wore a face cover when he went out today as well.

Intense battles set off waves of cheers in the gladiatorial arena from time to time.

"I'll think of a way to get you a blank passage ticket. Actually, there are people selling that kind of thing over there too; after all, it's also a decent business," Young Master Lorigo said after some thought, "but I need some time. There are too many underground cities, and every underground city has extraordinary people who want to go there but don't want to be bound by a contract."

As Lorigo spoke, he took note of Luge's movements and also noticed the dispute behind them.

"Then I'll look forward to your good news."

Luge finished speaking with a smile and slowly stood up.

At this moment, that red-nosed man was also looking over this way from time to time. Although he didn't say it outright, he had successfully drawn everyone's gazes over. Of course, most of those gazes naturally concentrated on Young Master Lorigo.

The red-nosed manager was in a bit of a bind. The Fanxing Family was the master of this city. Although this Second Young Master wasn't usually overbearing, the other noble scions were also people he couldn't afford to offend.

Looking at his troubled appearance, Luge sighed inwardly at the power of time. Since the underground city's completion, as hundreds of years passed, the Fanxing Family where Lorigo belonged had obviously become not strong enough anymore; otherwise, how could this gladiatorial arena's manager be so troubled?

The man named Edgar looked at Lorigo with a smile.

"Respected Young Master Lorigo Fanxing, I heard from your younger brother that you are a generous person," Edgar said in an honest voice, "Our Fendis Family's guest, this Wizard Adult from the Upper Realm, wants to purchase those two tall kobolds. I wonder if Young Master Lorigo would be willing to part with them."

The surrounding nobles watching the excitement finally understood what was happening.

Another burst of screams rose from the gladiatorial arena's viewing platform. The underground beast that had been dominant and agile the whole time had already been knocked to the ground.

Lorigo didn't answer immediately, subconsciously looking at Luge beside him.

This action also successfully drew everyone's gazes to this mysterious spellcaster covering his face.

He smiled. Although he wore a face cover, the changes at the corners of his eyes still let people see he was smiling. A wizard apprentice from afar, a purchasing desire born of curiosity, was leveraged by this Edgar Fendis into pressure on Young Master Lorigo, or rather a probe of the Fanxing Family.

This guy belied his honest voice, Luge thought.

At this moment, the nobles on this viewing platform were mostly young people. Not only were they happy to see this drama of challenging the Fanxing Family on the pretext, but more were discussing that distant guest of the Fendis Family. Many had plans to step forward and chat, looking for a chance to get acquainted.

"Are you their master?"

The woman went straight to the point with a clear, slightly hoarse voice, staring straight at Luge, clearly too lazy to bother with the nobles' twists and turns.

Luge nodded.

"Recently I heard that when Young Master Lorigo returned to Fanxing City, he brought back a powerful spellcaster," Edgar said with a smile, "Could it be you, sir? Since we've met in the gladiatorial arena, why don't we settle this by the arena's rules."

Although Lorigo still maintained a smile, his already poor complexion gradually grew even more gloomy.

The surrounding young nobles also started booing.

"Lord Luge is my Fanxing Family's guest, Edgar. Please don't commit a discourteous act that would bring shame to the Fendis Family. You don't yet have the qualifications to challenge the Fanxing Family's guest," Lorigo said slowly, then looked at the female wizard, "This adult, if there's anything you need, I can help you arrange it."

The female wizard apprentice from afar didn't reply immediately. She stared straight at Luge for a long while, frowning from time to time, before finally turning to Lorigo.

"Fanxing Family? What is Dasuo Ya Fanxing to you?" she said softly.

"She's my younger sister." Lorigo said.

The woman nodded, then turned her gaze back to Luge again.

Luge smiled and patted Lorigo's shoulder, stepping forward one step.

"You want to duel too?" Luge said.

"I just didn't expect to encounter a wizard apprentice proficient in biological modification here. Given your modification level, you shouldn't be a wild wizard, right? Are those two kobolds down there your work?" the woman said.

"If I say they're my work, will you give up on them?" Luge said with a smile.

The woman gently shook her head.

"I apologize for my recklessness. Wanting to buy a wizard apprentice's painstaking work with a few sun coins is an insult to modification studies," the female wizard apprentice said in a hoarse voice, bowing her head slightly in apology, then continued, "However, I'm very interested in these two kobolds. Seeing them stimulated my inspiration. How about we duel using our respective modified creatures?"

Luge shook his head.

"I won't use them to duel with you. If you want to duel, put up stakes that move me, and I'll personally duel you." Luge said with a smile.

Hearing this, Lorigo looked at Luge. That calm gaze, barely concealing something, still let Luge, as an insider, read an indescribable nervousness from it.

The woman's words made the surrounding people unable to judge Luge's identity, and they no longer dared to boo recklessly. That Edgar, hearing Luge's firm words, had his expression changing repeatedly.

The red-nosed man waited to the side, not daring to leave or move, only able to wipe his sweat repeatedly.

"Since it's research painstaking work you don't want to easily bring out, using a bottle of Spirit Heart Potion as the wager couldn't be more appropriate." The female wizard apprentice said.

"Good, I accept your sincerity."

Luge smiled and turned his head to look at the red-nosed man.

The man hurriedly nodded and said, "I'll go arrange it right now. Please follow me, both of you. I'll arrange everything properly immediately."

The man spoke and ran down the stone steps on one side.

Luge glanced, turned back and gave a slight nod to Lorigo and Motel, then followed behind the red-nosed man. That woman only walked to the edge of the viewing platform and didn't follow up. Luge didn't pay her any mind either. Following the red-nosed man, they walked over long stairs, all the way to the gladiatorial arena's backstage.

At a passage entrance on one side, Dasha and Aijin were walking over from the opposite side in high spirits. Seeing Luge, they immediately sped up.

"Brother Luge, that underground beast is so powerful. I feel it's even more powerful than the Black Claw Saint Lord. If it were me alone, I definitely wouldn't be a match. If we encountered it during a hunt, maybe several hundred kobolds in the tribe couldn't hunt it successfully. A lot of stupid guys would definitely die..."

Aijin started chattering non-stop around Luge.

Luge scanned the injuries on their bodies. In the short time they walked from the passage entrance, the obvious lacerations had basically all scabbed over. Only a penetrating wound on Dasha's arm still had a little bleeding.

"You two go back and rest first."

Luge said, waving a hand, and sent them back to the abyssal bedroom space.

This was a new usage he had discovered after constant practice recently. As long as the target had the secret technique mark he left on their body, and the target had no thought of resistance in their heart, he could conveniently and swiftly take these two fresh living big kobolds into the bedroom space just like collecting items.

"Adult, everything is already prepared. You can make your entrance..."

The man with a red-nosed head said carefully.

"Just... that adult... she..."

"No matter," Luge said with a smile as he slowly walked toward the other end of the passage, "her brain isn't working right. She won't walk stairs."

(Chapter End)