The signal to start the fight sounded and both the minotaur and Odeta let out a roar of challenge at each other before charging forward.
Both of them had their fists raised and it was obvious they were going to punch at each other.
“Ha?! She’s going to challenge a Steel Minotaur to a contest of strength?! Is she out of her mind?!”
“Argh! I knew I should have bet on her lasting less than a minute!”
“Haha! I’m going to be rich!! I bet everything on her lasting less than a minute!”
Heedless of the cries of outrage and cheering around the ring, Odeta punched her fist forward at the same time as the minotaur, both of their punches meeting in the middle.
Naturally, a normal person might have expected the larger sized minotaur to blow Odeta away, but everyone’s expectations were blown away when the clash resulted in Odeta’s victory instead.
Odeta held her ground while the minotaur was sent skidding back from the impact, its hooves drawing tracks on the ground as it slid away from the Amrap.
She did not let the minotaur recover and pressed on her advantage, leaping towards the monster that was still trying to correct its balance.
The minotaur only had time to look up before Odeta punched it in the gut, causing it to double over and put itself in the perfect position for a follow up uppercut.
The minotaur was punched hard enough that it actually went airborne for a moment before crashing back down onto the ground.
“She managed to punch the Steel Minotaur into the air?!”
“Don’t those things weigh a ton?!”
“This is ridiculous! Just how strong is she?!”
Not done with her assault yet, Odeta reached down and picked up the monster by its ankles with a single hand before lifting it up over her head to smash it into the ground behind her.
The minotaur flailed its arms around, trying to get Odeta but she was just out of reach.
She then lifted it up into the air again and slammed it back down, repeating it three more times before finally flinging it away to crash into the wall on the other side.
This place must also be enchanted too since even with all that punishment, the arena showed almost no signs of damage aside from a few scratches.
Odeta let out another roar before charging towards where the minotaur had crashed.
Unfortunately, the monster seemed to have learned its lesson and was prepared for her charge, its fist shooting forward and catching Odeta in the chest. The punch created a miniature shockwave and our Amrap was sent skidding back from the blow.
The fact that she managed to stay on her feet while the Steel Minotaur was sent airborne from her punch showed the clear difference in strength between the two, something the crowd took notice of since there’s a few who looked really nervous right now.
The minotaur jumped up on its feet and charged towards her while bracing itself for a shoulder tackle.
Instead of avoiding it, Odeta took it as a challenge of strength and stood her ground with her right foot taking a step back to steady herself.
There were several noises from the crowd again once more saying how crazy she was for trying to challenge the Steel Minotaur head on but I paid no attention to them.
The minotaur crashed straight into Odeta with its shoulder, our Amrap catching the charge with her hands. She slid back for about a metre before she dug in her heels and completely stopped the minotaur’s advance.
With a roar, Odeta made use of the Steel Minotaur’s momentum by lifting it while bending her back, performing a suplex on the monster twice her size.
The minotaur bounced once on the ground before rolling a short distance away, a crack now visible on its head.
ODeta rolled back to her feet and the minotaur followed suit, looking more enraged than ever.
It tried to charge again but this time its head was lowered so that its horns were pointed directly at our Amrap, most likely aiming to try to skewer her with them.
Odeta showed no signs of fear and remained in the same position, her hands stretched out in front of her in preparation to catch the charge.
When the minotaur got within arm’s reach of her, she grabbed it by its horns and dug her heels into the ground again, this time stopping its movements completely.
The monster was then forced down by Odeta’s hands, pulling it straight down to have its chin smashed by the Amrap’s knee.
Odeta did not even stop at one attack as she repeatedly slammed her knee against the minotaur several times, each hit sending loud echoes of metallic clangs around the arena.
The minotaur tried to swat at her with one of its hands so Odeta had to release its horns to raise her arms to defend against the attack.
The slap sent her skidding a short distance away but aside from that, she was unharmed.
From those kicks, we could see that cracks had also appeared under the minotaur’s chin and the monster was most definitely beyond enraged at this point.
It charged towards the Amrap and raised both its fists into the air, swinging them down on top of Odeta in an attempt to crush her.
As another testament to the fact that Odeta likes to compete against it in strength, she chose not to avoid it and raised her hands to try and block it instead.
There was a loud boom as the minotaur’s fists came in contact with Odeta’s, the Amrap only needing to bend her knees a little to absorb the impact before rising up to her full height again.
“Wahahaha! I guess this really proves it! I’m stronger than you!” Odeta laughed, right before she shoved her hands up to push the minotaur away.
The monster stumbled a step back and Odeta immediately leapt at it, punching it across the face and causing it to stumble a few more steps from the blow. Looks like she had decided to stop holding back now.
She let out a roar of delight as she started pummeling the monster with various kicks and punches all over its body, not even giving it a chance to fight back as she chained her attacks together in quick succession.
With another uppercut to its chin, the monster was once again brought crashing down on its back.
Odeta wasted no time in leaping on top of its chest, just so that she could continue raining down blows on the minotaur without mercy.
Most of the people in the crowd started to panic.
“Come on you stupid brute! Stand up and hit her! You still have time! I bet on five minutes!!”
“Come on! Kill her already!”
“Hurry up and kill her!!”
“I already lost…”
“I’m ruined…”
Heh, that will teach all of you to look down on my Odeta! There’s no way some stupid minotaur like that could beat her!
And to prove my point, she raised her hands in the air one more time before bringing them down to smash into the monster’s face, completely smashing the metallic head of the minotaur into pieces.
She leapt off the monster and picked up its body, raising it to the air and letting out a victorious war cry.
Of course, I clapped enthusiastically for her victory while most of the spectators started wailing and crying out in anger.
There were also a few scattered cheers here and there but those were few and far between.
Lisa was also cheering behind me though I was a little surprised by how enthusiastically she was cheering.
“Congratulations on your win, Mistress,” Katsuki spoke up from beside me.
“Eh? Win? Isn’t it Odeta’s win?”
She blinked at me, “Your betting slip, Mistress.”𝑶𝒱𝗅xt.𝗇𝓔t
I looked down to see the slip of paper still in my hand where it showed I wagered a hundred Creas on Odeta winning against the monster.
Oh yeah, I was so caught up in the fight I actually forgot about this. How do I cash this in? I guess I have to go back to the booker?
I started heading towards the booker with everyone else when several people of different races blocked my way. There were Mahuns, Nekomatas, Inugamis and even a Wrunch too. All of them shared the same expression of looking especially pissed.
“Hey, I heard that Amrap is your servant you brought in. You rigged this competition, didn’t you?”
“We’re willing to let this slide if you just hand over your betting slip.”
“Yeah, do yourself a favour and just hand it over quietly.”
Ah… Why am I not surprised that this is happening?
Katsuki had already stepped closer to my side, ready to jump in to defend me should the need arise but still remaining behind me so that I was still in charge of the situation.
Oh well, I’m pretty sure I can take them all on by myself so let’s just get this over with. I’ll just use some Electromancy magic and zap them into unconsciousness or something, shouldn’t be too hard.
I rolled my shoulders and prepared myself to do just that to them before a voice spoke up from behind.
“Is there a problem here?”
Sebastian appeared behind me with his hands clasped behind his back while staring at the men in front with a stern expression.
Oh! Is this where I see how strong our Head Combat Butler is?!