Number One Dungeon Supplier

Even as Dyke and Raymond were somewhat overtly furious that Lark had died, only Jin knew the reason why that happened. It was Raymond who had secretly decided to pay his points as part of to hinder the Royal Bodyguards. While the assistance care packages were publicly shown to the spectators and shoutouts were made to publicise the people who donated generously for their cause, the obstacles to block or slow the progress of the participants were not.

Jin believed that Raymond did it on purpose to set the obstacle up so that he could denounce Jin for making such a difficult dungeon. The dungeon supplier also assumed that Raymond was daring enough to do that because of his high affinity with Archduke Dyke. Even if Jin swore that it was Raymond, there was a chance the personal attendant would be able to defend himself and slander Jin even further for suggesting that.

So, the Astral Panda Cultivator merely kept his confidence up and smiled, knowing that he had encountered sufficient asshole customers in life to deal with them.

And as expected, the first to open his mouth was Raymond, saying that this is a scam, creating a difficult dungeon so that Jin would be able to take all those points himself.

"Unfortunately, that's not the case. If the participants won, the points accumulated through all that betting would be passed to them as winnings evenly among the people who bet for them. And for those who bet against them, would get points only if the participants lost.

Obviously, all proceedings would be charged a small administration fee before the winnings are processed." Jin said but what they were not satisfied was that they had lost a bodyguard through this demonstration of theirs this easily. Raymond purposely used that as his ammunition to scold Jin even though Kurt was still a few hundred metres away attempting to stomp into the building.

"Mr Lark had been the Archduke's bodyguard for years and for him to die because of such a dirty trick is all on you! Where are you going to find a replacement for Sire this easily! He had not even done his backup yet and the cost of rebuilding him is substantial enough to put you in the red for many years to come. In fact, your second generation might need to fork out money for your mistakes!"  Raymond shouted furiously at Jin and yet he remained unfazed by everything.

"I am afraid that losing your man should not be an issue," Jin said as he snapped his finger and Lark magically appeared right beside them.

"Holy shit. That was painful." Lark said as he emerged unharmed from the entire fiasco he realised that Archduke Dyke was right in front of him and quickly changed his attitude by going down with one knee to beg for forgiveness.

"I apologised that I am out of my element and willing to tender my resignation to further improve myself!" Lark declared and that got the attention of Kurt who saw him still in one piece. Relieved, he decided to make his move by breaching into the house. A reckless move considering that there was only one person doing so where everyone within the room would have guns pointed at the door.

"Its fine. Get up. We have to see if Kurt could make it." Dyke said even though he knew that it was impossible to do so. At the very least, they would want Kurt to go guns blazing and take down an enemy or two before dying. That was when Lark had decided to put in some points to ensure that a brand new care package could aid his buddy from his current predicament.

However, Kurt was a little too hasty from the get go and decided to breach since the countdown was still moving. The moment the door had been breached Kurt did not care who was in there and decided to throw whatever high explosive grenades, flashbangs and smoke grenades to cause as much confusion as possible. And the moment the grenades when off, the entire instance blared.

"Mission Failed. Hostage had been killed." The message appeared on their Systems prompting Jin to inform the rest that if there were no bets against the team. the points would be rolled over for his business.

"Then I guess, you made a killing today," Lark said with his arms folded.

"You can check my e-wallet's history. The points I earned would be lesser than what I could have earnt." Jin said as if the evidence itself was more than enough to prove that he was not lying. Even if he was able to do so with some glitch, that meant that the Imperial Points Bureau would escort him to their interrogation room for more than a little chat and a cup of coffee.

"Raymond." Dyke's voice was serious and his personal attendant immediately went to his knees without saying a word.

"Don't do unnecessary stuff next time," Dyke said and Raymond nodded his head solemnly. There was no need for any additional words to be spoken.

Kurt came walking back from the supposed hostage situation after looking through the house for a moment. The hostage had been blasted into pieces as the enemy had used the hostage as a body shield to block the grenades. However, the explosion was big enough to take out an enemy or two.

"Bleargh, I did not expect it to be this realistic and fierce," Kurt said that he thought this demonstration was just a show of Jin's Virtual Space prowess and never did they find it to be this engaging. Even the Virtual Training Spaces that they had been through were not as thorough and unpredictable. It was as if this Virtual Space was alive.

"Yes, that is why I called it a dimensional instance rather than a Virtual Space," Jin said and at that time, Archduke Dyke looked at Raymond.

"Cancel my other appointment. I want a rematch until we win and Raymond, this time, you are allowed to bet against me." Dyke said as he found this entertaining, knowing that nothing happened to his bodyguards at all. In fact, he wants to know more about this dimensional instance but for now, a rematch was more important to ensure that the guards get back their dignity.

And with a salute, Kurt and Lark who knows what they were facing up against had promised that they would not fail the Archduke.