Female Novel
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“Damn! That guy's dead meat!"
The spectators looked horrified as the cauldron hurtled toward Dustin. Never had they expected Krel to be so decisivelymerciless. The impact of the cauldron was enough to crush a man.
"Dustin, look out!" Melissa cried out in alarm.
Jimmy stood there, waiting for Dustin's fate to be sealed. There was no escape from the impact of the cauldron. He couldn't waitto witness Dustin's demise.
"Hah!" Dustin smiled fearlessly at the cauldron. He stood in the same spot without flinching. As the cauldron approached, hesuddenly extended his hand and caught one of its feet.
Leveraging the force, he guided the cauldron to gravitate around him. Finally, with much ease, he directed the cauldron to landsteadily on the ground.
A dull thud was heard when the cauldron landed. As the earth shook, the dust and rocks jumped into the air from the impact. Thespectators were caught by surprise.
Everyone expected Dustin to die when Krel threw the cauldron in his direction. Therefore, they were shocked to see Dustinsurviving and even casually landing the cauldron on the floor.
He might have made use of the resistive force, but he was smart for doing so. Not only did he save himself, but he also won thebet, killing two birds with one stone.
"I'm surprised that he caught the cauldron.”“He just pulled some tricks. He didn't win with his skills.""Sure, but he couldn't have caught the cauldron without a certain level of skill."
The spectators discussed among themselves when they saw Dustin safe and sound. Some praised him for his wits, while otherslooked down on him for his dishonorable win.
“What now? Are you disappointed?" Dustin stared at Jimmy and the others with a sarcastic look.
"Y-You cheated!" After recovering from the shock, Jimmy fell into a state of panic. He had expected Dustin to be crushed by thecauldron, not coming out unscathed.
"Did | cheat?" Dustin broke out laughing and stared at Jimmy like he was a clown. "You didn't specify the method of winning, aslong as | caught the caldron. Besides, | didn't use any external force. How could you accuse me of cheating?"
"This is a competition of strength. You won through a sneaky move, and that's shameful!" Jimmy growled, glaring at him."Does an honorable victory entail getting crushed by the cauldron?" Dustin retorted.
“Hey! Are the Boulderthorn members acting reasonably here? You clearly said it was a victory as long as he caught the cauldron.When he caught it, you refused to acknowledge his victory. Shame on you!"novelbin
"Isn't that right? How dare you call yourselves warriors when you can't even keep your word? You're disappointing!"
The martial artists who spoke up for Dustin hailed from unknown or unpopular guilds and were regularly looked down upon, evenbullied by disciples of major guilds.
When they witnessed the Boulderthorn disciplines openly bullying others and even refusing to accept defeat, they were riled upand stepped in.
"Shut up! This is none of your business! Shut up, all of you!" Jimmy barked at those who spoke up.As a disciple of the esteemed Boulderthorn guild, he couldn't bring himself to admit that a nobody had humiliated them.
“Punk, you have brains. | admit that you have won," Krel began with a grim expression. "However, a victory won throughdishonest means is an act of cowardice in my eyes. Say whatever you want. It doesn't change the fact that you're a weak loser."
"He's right!" Jimmy agreed. "You're just a weak loser who doesn't dare to face Krel fairly and squarely! You might have won thebet, but you remain a coward!"
Dustin laughed even louder. "| wasn't taking this game too seriously, but it seems like you are. How about another bet? This time,we up the ante and sign a deadly duel agreement and subject ourselves to our fates."
"What? A deadly duel agreement?"People started gossiping. Any martial artist would know that a deadly duel agreement was just like what it sounded—one partywould end up dead.
The winner would live, while the loser would die. Not only that, the family and friends of the dead were prohibited from takingrevenge, or they would risk being denounced by fellow martial artists and even held responsible by the Martial Arts Union.
Under usual circumstances, no one would request to sign a deadly duel agreement.
"Did | hear you right? You want to sign a deadly duel agreement with Krel?” Jimmy, caught by surprise, put on a look of joy as hestared at the idiot in front of him.
He didn't expect such a ridiculous request from Dustin, who had narrowly escaped death and won some recognition. He failed tounderstand why Dustin would get himself into trouble again.
That's right. | suggest we sign a deadly duel agreement. Do you have the guts?" Dustin looked at them in amusement.“Of course! Bring it on!" Jimmy puffed his chest.
"Tell me the details of the bet. | don't want any tricks," Krel interrupted with some suspicion. Although he was confident in hiscapability, he'd rather be safe than sorry.
"The rules are simple. Just like before, players will take turns throwing the cauldron at each other. Whoever fails to catch itloses," Dustin explained calmly.
He continued, "To avoid any accusations of foul play, we'll switch up the rules. The player can't dodge, use any weapons, orutilize any resistive force. The cauldron also can't touch the ground. Players are required to catch the cauldron with their ownforce. How does that sound?”
Krel couldn't help but laugh. "Great! If flirting with death is what you enjoy, | won't go easy on you. I'll make you pay for youridiocy and arrogance... with your life!"