Eve, Deris, and Anon… The three of them are sitting on the last bench of the class.
Eve and Deris are talking about something really important while Anon is casually sleeping while the teacher is still teaching.
“Jule, wake up,” Eve said as she touched Anon.
“Hmm…? What? Which girl is getting naked? Oh, Eve. What happened?” Anon said as he woke up from his sleep.
“You are sleeping? How can you even sleep after Oxmaul just challenged you to an Immortal Ground Duel? Don’t you have any questions about it?” Eve asked.
“Yeah, I do have one question,” Anon spoke.
“What? Ask me… I will answer it,” Eve spoke as she looked at Anon.
“What is an Immortal Ground Duel?” Anon asked, and both of them just looked at him with a still expression.
“Y-You are kidding, right?” Deris asked.
“No, I am really asking. What is that?” Anon asked.
“If you don’t know what an Immortal Ground Duel is, then why would you say yes to Oxmaul’s proposal?” Eve asked with a confused expression.
“Well, he threw his glove at my face. That’s one reason, and the other reason is… No, there is no other reason,” Anon spoke as he looked at Eve.
“Fuck….” Eve said as she grabbed her head with both of her hands.
“Wait, we have to tell him,” Deris said.
“Okay, in an Immortal Ground Duel. You are allowed to do anything, literally anything. You can use anything you want inside the Immortal arena.
You can’t die inside that arena… Every injury you sustain will be healed almost instantly.
So, to win this match, you either throw your opponent out of the arena or beat him down to shit until he accepts defeat himself.
The duel Challenger and the duel Accepter both will be given choices according to the duel.
They will put 12 cards in front of you guys.
There will be 6 blank cards on each side… You will be given the opportunity to flip a card when it’s your turn.
If your card is not a blank card, then you can choose one condition for the match.
After the conditions of the match are settled… You guys will fight.
The first one to lose will have to follow one wish of the winner. That wish can be anything unless it’s dangerous to the Loser’s life.
You can ask anything you want from him, and he can also ask anything from you.” Eve explained.
“So, I have some data that I want to share with you. Oxmaul has done over 12 Immortal arena matches in the past year, and he won every single one of them because of his one condition,” Deris spoke.
“What is that?” Anon asked.
“Artifacts… He always chooses to use artifacts in the arena. That’s the only condition he needs to win the match. His father is crazy rich, he buys expensive artifacts to defeat opponents in the ring, and after winning, he also gives them tasks that are impossible to complete.
Like, killing a 5-year-old slave or asking for the Loser’s sister in return.” Deris explained.
“Oh my, he is one psycho bastard, huh?” Anon said as he pretended to be surprised.
“He is the real psychopath, Jule. Why don’t you just ask a teacher to cancel it? You will be saved,” Eve suggested.
“Nope, I am going to fight him. If you admit defeat without even fighting, then that’s just foolishness.” Anon said as he went back to sleeping again.
“For one moment, I thought he was serious.” Eve said as she grabbed her head and looked at Deris.
“You are a noble… Don’t you have some artifacts that he can use?” Deris asked Eve.
“No, My house is very far from here. Even if I tried to go and get an artifact for him, it will be too late.” Eve said as she looked at Deris.
“Bet, Bet, Bet… Who will win the Immortal Ground? Jule Or Oxmaul. Bet now and get 1.8x of your bet.”
“Me… Me.”
“Me too.”
“Hey, I bet on Oxmaul.”
“I will bet on Jule.”
“Mine on Oxmaul.”
Students started betting on their match.
Principal’s room…
“Hmm…? What’s all this noise in the classes?” She asked her assistant.
“Ma’am, the Oxmaul kid challenged another kid to duel him in the Immortal grounds.” The assistant replied.
“That bastard… If only his father wasn’t an upper noble.” The principal said as she punched her table.
“Who did he challenge this time?” Principal asked.
“It’s someone named Jule. His fees were due for the last three years until 5 days ago. He submitted a platinum coin as his advance fees.” The assistant informed.
“Oh, how did a commoner guy like him get his hands on a platinum coin? Search for him deeper and arrange my chair near the arena; I will observe the match personally.” The principal replied.
“Yes, ma’am.” The assistant answered as she exited the room at once.
“Hmmm… Jule, huh? Let’s see what kind of fool you are.” The principal said as she also exited the room.
45 minutes later…
“Jule, it’s time for the fight. Let’s go,” Eve woke up Anon.
“Hmmm…..? Yawn I feel refreshed. Let’s go and beat the shit out of some dark elves.” Anon murmured as he yawned loudly.
All three of them left the classroom and started walking toward the Immortal arena.
The Immortal arena was in the back of the academy.
As soon as they reached behind the academy… They noticed a very big crowd standing all around the ring and appreciating Oxmaul, who was dancing here and there inside the arena.
“Oi, Jule is here.”
“Haha… My boy is here.”
“Jule! Jule.”
All of them started cheering for Anon. .
“Calm down, everyone. The principal is coming…” Suddenly a teacher’s voice came.
Everyone fell silent immediately as the principal approached the scene and took a seat near the ring.
“Why is the principal here?”
“I don’t know. She never came to these things. What is special today?”
Students started chatting among themselves.