Chapter 1404 - Mantis Vs Snake
Both of them gave out their beast pouches to the attendants.
"What is the name of your beast sir?" The attendant asked Grivon politely.
"It"s called the Thunder Sh.e.l.led Mantis. You can display it for five minutes before you take the bets and announce that they can make a direct bet with me. No matter the amount, I will take it as long as the combined total doesn"t exceed twenty billion spirit stones."
"It seems like Mr. Gevin is feeling generous today. Are you sure you would be able to win? Or are you looking to lose some more of your money like you did last week?"
Grivon just smiled and turned to the attendant.
"Collect all the bets and you can take two percent of the winnings as your fee."
The attendant was a bit skeptical. After all, it means his tip would be dependent on whether Grivon could win, but they were trained to not show such expressions on their face. So, he left with a polite smile.
"So now, Young master Gwan. What is your wager? I have some really good gains during this hunt and I even managed to secure a product deal from a merchant in exchange for his protection. I can see a lot of money being made in the near future. So, don"t hold back."
"Really? It has been a while since I played big. What is the product blueprint you got? Let me see and if it is really valuable, I will match something to that level."
Grivon smiled and took out a blueprint. It is an armor blueprint given to him by Sam. It is suitable for wind element users which are abundant within the organization they are targeting and this helps them do some gliding maneuvers and they will also help them move around, jump around and a.s.sist them with the wind elemental attacks.
Even though it is named armor, it is like an exoskeleton, focusing mostly on providing better aid in moving with extreme agility and speed. Even the defense the armor provides mostly is based on its features that support and enhance the meeting.
But as Gwan is looking at it, Grivon suddenly grabs the blueprint back and said.
"I am sorry, I took the wrong one. I actually wanted to show you this one."
As he said, he took out the energy barrier blueprint and gave it to Gwan.
Gwan wanted to say something, but he just looked at the energy barrier blueprint.
"I heard that a merchant group that came into your realm is about to launch a similar product and the merchant I saved used a lot of money to buy this blueprint from them and is about to launch this product in his own realm which is way far away from your own.
He has quite a few enemies and is very powerful too. We managed to save him and safely sent him back to his own realm and in exchange, he gave us one of the blueprints he had. He said there are many kinds of barriers and he only managed to acquire three. Out of which, he gave us one to make a copy.
Do you want to see a prototype?"
Gwan nodded involuntarily and Grivon gestured as one of his subordinates took out the energy barrier. It is actually a wind elemental one and he showed off its features.
"What do you think young master Gwan? Is the bet big enough for you?"
Gwan nodded, but he still asked.
"What is the other one you showed me?"
"Oh? That. Please, it is not something I can play around with. It is way too valuable for that. Anyway, I can"t wait. Let"s see what you are going to put against this."
"I have a hectare of land on the planet growing Purple Dust flowers. I will wager the whole land. How about that?"
"I will take it. Thanks."
As they are speaking. Both of their beasts are let out into the large arena for the audience to see.
The announcer is hyping up the audience.
"Now, now. Everyone.
We are here for a special match today.
Our young master Gwan brought back the undefeated Mountain Razor Snake and now he is fighting with the Thunder Sh.e.l.led Mantis.
A new beast we have never seen and is brought back by Sir Gewin. The leader of Gewin mercenary group."
As he spoke, a mantis the size of a human was let out and from the other side of arena, a large snake was sent out.
The snake is at least forty feet long and it raised its head up as it coiled on the ground. In front of it, the mantis looked insignificant with its small body.
As the snake looked at the mantis, its scales slowly turned different. They turned to a stony texture and small razor-like blades popped up from their scales and went back in.
The Mantis on the other hand had the colors of Black and Purple colors. Unlike the slim and sharp structure of a normal mantis, this one is a bit bulky with external sh.e.l.ls on its limbs, and on the back.
It crackled with purple lightning all around it as it looked at the large snake calmly.
It didn"t show any movement or emotion through it. It just stayed there small and tiny.
"Really, Gevin? You are really using this against my snake? I at least thought you would give some compet.i.tion."
"I don"t have anything to say to you for that. Let"s just wait until the fight is over and the same rules apply right? If the opponent is dead, the winner gets the remains."
"Of course, but I don"t know what to do with those sh.e.l.ls? Maybe I would make armor and sell it."
"Well, you will never know."
The match started at that moment and both of them stopped the conversation they were having and paid attention to the arena.
The snake looked at the mantis with a look of contempt as it circled around the arena and it suddenly dove forward from the rear at the creature.
The mantis was suddenly covered with purple lightning and it huddled together forming an ellipsoid as it jumped up. When it completely dodged the attack. It opened up and changed directions before turning to that ellipsoid once again.
The mantis shot itself at the snake with the purple lightning covering its body.
*BAM*
The ellipsoid hit the rock soil scales of the snake and bounded back.
The lightning did little to the stone.
The mantis didn"t stop though. It bounced, opened up, closed again, and jumped straight back at the snake.
This time the speed it shot itself increased by a lot and the force it hit the snake multiplied.
*BAM*
The snake used its tail to smash the ellipsoid to the ground and kept on beating it up.
*BAM*
*BAM*
*BAM*
The hits landed continuously.
"Why don"t you give up Gewin? You would at least have that beast. Even though it is not that strong, its speed is great. It might have just lacked some training. You can try another time."
Grivon just smiled and didn"t reply.
*BANG* *CRACKLE*
Large-scale lightning hit.
And at this moment, the arena suddenly turned silent, prompting Gwan to check the situation.
He looked at the snake that was standing still and it seemed to be processing something that is hard to fathom.
In the place of the ellipsoid, the mantis stood tall and proud even with that little figure. It just looked the same height, but it is extremely imposing and powerful to look at.
The sh.e.l.ls were gone. They fell off and in place of those sh.e.l.ls, there are sharp blades. The blades contained an aura that is so sharp and ruthless that even Gwan who is sitting far away was stunned.
Beside it, the tail of the snake was cut off cleanly and completely that even the blood is not squirting out. The body of the snake didn"t even realize it was cut.
*PSSST* the blood suddenly squirted out of its body.
*HISSS*
The snake hissed in pain.
"You see, young master Gwan, the Thunder Sh.e.l.led Mantis is actually a very peculiar creature.
The sh.e.l.ls are not actually protection from external things, it is so that it wouldn"t cause unnecessary damage to the surroundings it is staying in and to hinder its speed so that it can move normally without expending too much energy."
As soon as he finished his words, Gwan saw as the mantis disappeared from the spot in the form of a purple lightning ray.
The blades oozed that sharp aura as it went directly for the head of the snake.
The snake tried to hide and dodge, but the lightning blade formed cleaved through its neck as if it is sliding through b.u.t.ter without any resistance.
The Mantis stopped mid-air and changed the direction with a big lightning bang as it went to the severed head.
Before the head fell off, it was sliced into multiple pieces and by the end of it, it turned to a bunch of pieces of flesh, scales, and minced meat along with brain matter and the mantis is completely covered with blood.