The Legacy System

The whole crowd witnessed this scene with great interest, not because they thought that Eric would put much of a fight against the Bloody Gorilla, but because they wanted to see blood.

After all, the reason why most of them were in this Arena tonight, was because they loved to witness blood and fights.

Since they didn't have many expectations of Eric in the first place, they felt that this would be a perfect massacre scene, where Eric would not only suffer, but also get humiliated.

To people like them, this was a great interesting scene to watch, especially for people like Young Miss Long, who felt that she was going to reach her goal and purpose tonight.

After all, while she didn't know why Eric was important to Madam Yan Meng, she knew that he must be somewhat important to her, considering the way she was treating him.

She would rather prefer to quickly get rid of such an unknown variable, rather than face him and suffer later.

For that reason, the moment that she saw the Bloody Gorilla appear behind Eric, she felt that her goal had been reached rather quicker than she had thought.

If it would be possible for her to praise herself right now, she would certainly have done so at the moment.

Unfortunately what happened next completely shocked her and the crowd, as the ax they were waiting to fall and cut Eric in half didn't descend.

'Baaannnggg…, Claaaannngggggg…'

Well, to be more accurate it did descend, but it wasn't forward, it was backward. At the critical moment, Bloody Gorilla seemed to have lost his strength, and the ax fell out of his hands.

'Baaannnnnnnnnggggggggg~!'

Not only that, at the next moment, even his body fell down on the ground face first, while Eric elegantly avoided it, before he took the chance and cut the guy's throat.

'Beep~!'

'!!! Congratulations to the Host for killing a Realm 4 expert, receiving 432 Exp, and 432 SP points!'

While the crowd was too shocked to speak, Eric could hear the sweet and satisfying voice of his system, which gave him the most welcomed news.

Eric had to wait for quite a few minutes in an awkward silence, as he asked the guy outside the cage, that was supposed to act as the referee,

"I won right!? Why aren't you announcing it!?"

"This… Ri-right away Sir! This round's winner is Young Miss Long's representative!"

'How did he do that!?'

'Did he cheat!?'

'Was Bloody Gorilla such a waste all the time!?'

'Could this be an acted fight!?'

'It can't be, right!? After all Bloody Gorilla is dead already!'

'Then did they threaten him or bought his life or something!? What the hell is going on!?'

'You ask me but who should I ask!'

In a matter of seconds, the people in the crowd started whispering at each other and creating their own theories on how it had happened, as the staff seemed to be in a tough spot as well.

"Cheating, that guy must have cheated right now! Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to kill my fighter like that! That bastard must be definitely cheating!"

Encouraged by the whispers of the crowd, Young Miss Ling seemed unable to control herself as she started screaming from her luxurious private box.

"Hahahahahahh~! What does Young Miss Long mean by cheating!? Are there even rules in this fight to the death inside the ring!?

Isn't it survival of the fittest!?"

Before the staff people could even say a word, it was Eric who took the initiative to talk back to the angry and displeased Young Miss Ling.

"Youuu… How dare a lowly fighter of the Arena talk like that to me!? Who do you think you are, you little bastard!? If you didn't cheat, then how did you kill my fighter!?"

Just as expected, the angry Young Miss Ling was unable to control herself as she started screaming and lowering Eric in the eyes of the crowd, but also asking the question that everyone wanted to know the answer to.

"Heeheeh~! Just a spoiled little girl who thinks she is the boss of this Arena! Well, it doesn't matter anyway, Young Miss Ling should know that I am a gardener and botanist in my free time.

And I am quite good if you ask me, so I know a lot about flowers and their effects! So, in a few words, I just poisoned your fighter and then killed him easily!

That's it!"

To hear Eric accept it so openly that he poisoned the opponent sent a chill down everyone's hearts, as they all branded Eric as someone extremely dangerous.

As for Young Miss Ling, she seemed like she had just received an unexpected great boon, as she immediately started screaming as if the thief had already been caught,

"You just said it yourself, you bastard! You poisoned my fighter, that's why you won, if that isn't cheating then what it!?

How dare you so shamelessly and arrogantly admit that you poisoned and cheated in the Arena! It seems like you have a death wish, daring to go against the rules of the Arena!"

Even though Young Miss Ling wanted to torture and kill Eric, she didn't dare to do it herself either. Lately, her Ling Family had attracted too much attention and she couldn't add more to the mix.

For that reason, she could only try and make this an issue for the Arena and its organizers. But instead of receiving their backup she only garnered some extremely complicated looks.

Even though these people didn't dare to look at her like a stupid woman speaking, their gazes weren't that far away from that.

"Hahahahahahahahah~! Young Miss Ling must surely be joking even in such a situation! I must say you have a great sense of humor Young Miss, this little one can only admire you for that!

After all, when even a newbie noob like me knows that there are no rules and restrictions to the means and weapons used in the Arena, then I am sure you must know as well, right Young Miss Ling!?"

"What!?"

Eric's laughter was loud and unrestrained, just like the sound of a lightning bolt descending from the heavens, and no one present could refute him.

Even Young Miss Ling didn't seem able to refute him right away, as she could only ask in a surprised and loud voice.

"Yes, Young Miss Long, I am afraid that the participant is right this time! There are no rules and restrictions in the cage fights, fighters can use and make use of everything and anything they deem possible."

This time it wasn't Eric who answered her question, but the referee of the cage, who explained this while bowing his body a little bit.

Still, even as he did that, he couldn't help but throw a complicated look at Eric, containing quite a bit of disgust.

After all, no matter where they went, poison Masters would be feared, and outcasted! People didn't like to live a life of fear that they would be poisoned and killed at any time.

On the other hand, Eric didn't seem to pay him any attention, as he slowly started making his way toward Young Miss Long's luxurious private box.

He was sure that even if Young Miss Long and Young Miss Ling were friends with each other, they would still have cracks after what happened.

After all, Young Miss Long had not warned her good friend about all the capabilities of her fighter, which had caused the quick and humiliating death of her fighter.

At the same time, he couldn't help but think of how rich would he actually become with just one fight, as the odds must have been quite heavy against him.

It would be a shame that he would now have better odds after every fight, as few people would dare to bet against a poison Master like him.

Not because they were afraid of him, but because they didn't think the opponents would have a chance.

Despite there being such a big crowd in the stadium, there was actually no one who had seen or felt the poison come out of Eric's body.

Such a traceless poison was the fear and terror of all the fighters, who would need to start strategizing against him, even if they overwhelmed him with strength.

With these thoughts in his mind, Eric finally arrived in front of the luxurious box once again, and entered inside without even knocking, as he said in a cheerful voice,

"I bet you didn't expect me here so soon partner! I didn't betray your expectations, did I?"

"You… How come you can use poison, how come I don't know anything about this!?"

"Hehehehe~! You must be surely jesting partner, how could you forget such important information!?

I told you that day at the garden, while I was taking care of flowers, that I was a great botanist and knew a lot of things about plants, and herbs, right!?

Furthermore, didn't you tell me to prepare well for the competition and win it!? What other choice would someone weak and skinny like me have with head on fighting?

You aren't asking me to die, are you, partner!?"

In fact, Eric had never said her anything about this, but just because he didn't, it didn't mean that he couldn't lie about it.

Especially when Young Miss Ling was actually eavesdropping from the bathroom inside the luxurious box.

It was clear that Young Miss Long was trying to explain herself, but at this moment she had just been pushed even deeper…

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