Chapter 260: Miho Hits Big! Chapter 260: Miho Hits Big!
The slanting world kept on slanting, and if not for Leo being a higher-ranked individual, he might have already become disoriented.
The arena felt wrong—like gravity itself had tilted just a few degrees off, enough to make the ground unreliable beneath his feet.
He had to focus slightly for the world to return to normal, but if he left it as it was, even with Tavian standing right in front of him, his attack would have landed somewhere else entirely. If it was this effective against someone like him, a Low 4-star Individual, Leo could only imagine what it would do to lower-ranked beings.
Tavian, already anticipating Leo to veer sideways, was caught completely off guard when Leo’s trajectory didn’t change in the slightest, and he continued charging straight toward him.
Tavian’s eye shone with sharp excitement.
"Body Engraving Arrays—Aura—Strength!" he roared.
Suddenly, his empty palm was engraved with 2 overlapping, intricate structural lines that seamlessly blended into one another, glowing faintly as power surged through them.
In that same hand, a mace materialized out of thin air and swung sideways toward Leo with brutal force, the air screeching under its weight.
But in the very next instant, 2 daggers appeared in Leo’s hands.
He twisted mid-motion, forcibly shifting his trajectory, bending his body just enough as the mace grazed past from above, its wind brushing against his hair.
Klink!
Slash!
Leo vanished.
He reappeared behind Tavian in a flash.
Tavian’s eyes widened in shock. His mace was nowhere to be seen. The only thing visible was a thin, deep red line stretching across his neck.
As the mace landed somewhere inside the ring with a dull, low impact, Tavian smirked faintly, his pupils turning toward Leo.
"Fucking monster..." he muttered hoarsely.
Spurt!
Blood sprayed freely from the gushing wound on his neck, but before even a single drop could hit the ground, Tavian was teleported away—along with his staff and the separated mace.
Leo was left standing alone in the ring, staring down at the dagger he had used to slash Tavian’s neck.
"Damn," he muttered quietly. "I thought the teleportation failed, and he would really die..."
At that moment, Leo had cut all 3 jugular veins along with the internal carotid in Tavian’s neck, effectively severing the blood supply between the brain and the heart. If not treated within 5 to 15 seconds, the brain would shut down, and within 5 minutes, complete biological death would follow.
The total duration of their match hadn’t even reached 2 minutes before Leo had effectively concluded it.
Ting!
Congratulations! You won your bet!
{The amount that has been bet is in square brackets}
Balance: 387,890 [387,000] → 1,007,090 AC
Miho’s expression lit up the instant he saw the notification, his eyes widening with delight.
Meanwhile—
Ting! Ting! Ting!
You lost your bet.
Balance: 11,780 [5890] → 5890 AC
Balance: 11,430 [6000] → 5430 AC
Balance: 11,500 [6400] → 5100 AC
"NOOOO!!!"
All 3 girls grimaced as they watched their balances get wiped out. While they were nearly on the verge of tears, they noticed Miho nearby, looking slightly dejected as she muttered to herself.
"If only I knew Master Leo would end the battle this quickly! I might have even put that 890 AC in! I could have gained more!!"
It wasn’t just them—the entire arena was in shock.
Some people were left utterly broken, staring blankly in disbelief. Others erupted into loud cheers, having scored big with the 2.6 odds on Leo.
It made sense. Every one of Tavian’s previous battles had lasted nearly half an hour, yet this one was over in less than 2 minutes.
"W-wow!" the host exclaimed, momentarily stunned.
"There we have it! Our top star has shown who the real boss is!"
Some people, however, were visibly furious—like the same man from before.
"Tavian! Why?!" he wailed. "I loved you! sob I trusted you! sob You betrayed me!"
Once again, the people around him instinctively widened the distance between themselves and the man.
Others loudly accused the match of being rigged.
"No way Tavian gets defeated so easily! It’s a rigged match!"
"Yeah! Didn’t you say Leo’s beast didn’t obey him? Then why the hell is he this strong without them?!"
"Whhoooooo!!! From now on, My favorite fresher is Leo!"