"You heard the call, Miss Evelyn. It's quite a lot of spiritual stones, but I am not someone who does the bidding of others. So... how about this? You go to dinner with me tonight, and I can let you win easily."
'This fucking bastard,' Lucifer really was getting angry.
"Are you done?" Eve replied without any anger in her tone.
"Your voice really is music to my ears, Miss Evelyn. Since you declined my request... please excuse me if I can't control my strength."
"Sure."
The bell rang, and before anyone could even think of anything, a hand as sharp as a knife was already about to pierce the heart of Alex, but suddenly a shield, provided by the protection of the arena, manifested between the hand and his chest.
His sister wasn't able to achieve whatever she wanted, but she had won since the arena had decided to protect her opponent.
Her opponent was already shaking from head to toe because he was definitely sure that he was going to die if not for the protection from the arena.
She left the stage, and not a single voice was released from the audience.
"Fuck you, bastard. Next time, don't you dare open your filthy mouth. Those two cloaked figures are definitely from some big organizations."
The man next to the person who had placed the bet slapped him on his head.
Lucifer had already memorized this guys appearance. You could use some small comments, but placing a price on her was already crossing his line. So,this guy and this Alex guy were both dead. If not now, then the next time if he ever met them would be their last day.
Eve entered the room and again sat on his lap, but this time facing him and kissed him on his lips.
She knew that controlling their anger was also as hard as controlling their lust, as dragons were more prideful than lustful, after all.
He put his tongue inside her mouth and started wrapping it around her tongue. They kissed like this for 10 minutes until his name was announced again.
They finished all those matches similarly, as there was no challenge for them in this city. If they wanted real challenges where they had to use their real laws, then they would have to go to the capital city of the human kingdom.
After they had completed enough battles to get ranked, which was about five battles, he checked their ranks again.
[Name - Lucifer, rank - 305, level 3 mortal stage]
[Name - Evelyn, rank - 304, level 3 mortal stage]
She forced even the shield to appear in her first battle, so she got a higher rank than him, but they still got above 100 rank in the whole human kingdom, which was not bad because they hadn't even used their laws, it is important point to gauge real rank
But in this city, they were definitely number 1 and 2 in level 3. Well, they had just visited today to see how the arena worked anyway, so they were satisfied and left happily with their ranks.
They arrived at their inn and opened their door, which they had locked before leaving with Luna inside.
Once they entered, a white fur ball dashed into Eve's arms.
"Finally, you guys are here. By the way, it looks like someone knocked on the door before."
"Probably those two," he pointed his fingers toward their neighbors' room, and she understood.
"Well, whatever... I didn't like the feeling of being left alone... so big no for next time," luna complained in anger, which looked cute.
Lucy rubbed her head. "Don't worry, we won't do that again." They just had to participate on different days if they wanted to bring Luna with them.
Anyway, everything was done for now, and after tomorrow, they would be able to get a good price for their panther in the auction, but as of now, they didn't have anything to do, so they would just practice.
******(1 day later)
They were sitting in a VIP box similar to the arena type and were waiting for the auction to start. Although it was a weekly auction, none of the VIP boxes were empty.
Looks like many people want it. It seems like they underestimated the value of a heavenly beast with heavenly law... well, let's see how much it will get them.
Eve was on the side, playing with Luna. They had already submitted their beast to the auctioneer, so they were just waiting for it to start. They had already seen all the items that were going to be auctioned today, and none got their attention, so they wouldn't be bidding on anything.
Lucy was getting bored when he saw a woman with a good figure walk onto the stage of the auction hall.
Finally, it's beginning.
"Ladies and gentlemen and our respectful VIP guests, welcome to this week's auction. Let's not waste time and bring out our first item."
Once she said that, a male servant brought out a bottle of pills on the stage.
"These are restorative pills which can be used to heal your wounds. These are of level 5 mortal law and are of normal grade. There are a total of 20 pills inside, so their starting price will be 500 spiritual stones."
After she was done speaking, many people bid on it. They were from the general public, as these types of pills were hard for them to get.
Items like pills and natural resources were sold first, then came the time for weapons.
Items were sold one by one; all of them were useless for them, but for others, they were a lifeline.
After 1 hour, the last item was going to be brought on stage, which was the dark panther.
"Dear guests, the next item is what many of you have appeared for today... so let's bring it here."
Once she said that, a big cage was brought onto the stage.
"This is a heavenly beast of dark law. It is in level 4 of mortal law. I don't have to spell it out for you how rare it is, so let the bidding start. The minimum bid is 30,000 spiritual stones. Please begin."
"50,000," a heavy sound came from VIP box 3.
"60,000," came from VIP box 8.
"90,000," from VIP box 6.
"100,000," a voice came from the general public seating area.
There was silence for some time as people watched the cloaked man sitting in the general area.
"120,000," came again from VIP box 3.
"130,000," the cloaked man again raised the price.
"140,000," again the heavy sound of VIP box 3 came.
It was like the man in VIP box 3 was intimidating everyone.
"150,000," but the cloaked man didn't seem to be intimidated by it.
"You—"
"Gentleman, you should only speak if you want to raise the bid," the auctioneer stopped the person from VIP box 3 from speaking.
Pearl of Secrets was a very big organization, and he was sure everyone present here knew their might, so the man in VIP box 3 just clenched his fist and raised the bid again.
"160,000."
But it was again raised by the guy sitting in the general public area.
"180,000."
"180,000, is there anyone else who wants to raise the bid?"
As no one was bidding, the auctioneer asked one last time before completing the bidding process.
"Since nobody is interested in bidding, this majestic beast belongs to this mysterious person," she said while pointing to the cloaked guy.
Lucy was really surprised that it got to 180,000. Yes, heavenly beasts of dark law were rare, but it was still only a level 4 mortal stage beast, after all. It looked like this guy must need it, huh. After all, it would be very useful for him to find resources of dark law, which meant this man had darkness law or someone close to him had it.
Whatever, they got 180,000 for the beast, and they were happy about it.
After they came back to their room inside the inn, Lucy lay down on the bed and started planning what they should do in these upcoming years until they reached 15 years old and went to the academy.
There was nothing much to think about. They might just spend a lot of time in forest battles and practicing chaos law, and 2 years were more than enough to gather enough credit points to level up himself to level 4 of spatial law along with Luna too.
Fiona and Flora would be able to reach level 4 too with their speed, since they had heavenly talent and had to practice only elemental law, which made them faster than them. But still, even though beasts of wind and water were not as rare as other beasts, they were still hard to find, as there were no lakes nearby, and wind-type beasts ran and flew fast, so they weren't able to get resources as exclusive as them, so they were cultivating at a similar pace.