Before Vayve and Markas could realize, the chains around their waists and ankles broke. This kind of effect was rather magical because the chains had done it by themselves, and split up in a flawless way.
Their eyes went up to face each other.
"Fight! The one who loses is going to be send to the mines first! Haha!"
"Don't go too hard, brats! If I notice that you want to kill yourself or your friend, then you are going to experience something worse than a death."
"You all have surely gotten a nice experience after all these bets. Heheheh~~"
The boss and his servants were going with their flow, ordering Vayve and Markas with their 'killing intent'. Only the boss could influence Markas and Vayve, thus their bodies shuddered, then both of them took a step forward.
This was a very hard step to take forward.
One could say the hardest.
However, the same idea popped off in their mind. Their bodies went forward, then the strong punches clashed in between! The power behind these was so low that the boss' eye twitched a little.
Just from that, he knew that Vayve and Markas are holding back, but way too much than one should! This won't provide any entertainment!
But that's how it is.
Both of them didn't want to hurt each other and even felt like the one who should 'work' in the mine was them. Markas' reasoning was simple - Though reassured, he was still feeling guilty deep inside.
So he wanted to spare Vayve from any pain.
But Vayve was kinda the same. He knew that Markas is blaming himself non stop, so he wished for the young man to just rest. He was only ten years old, but Vayve already had a years of experience of a life.
Such young and small yet a pain within his body was simply overflowing as the amount was too big!
Vayve felt like it's his job to help this 'young man' as an adult.
"Fight more seriously."
""!""
However, the things won't be that nice. Both of them were lowering their strength way too much! They planned to allow themselves to take a deep hit, then fake a fall to take down an 'enemy'. The plan failed at the beginning due to their friendship.
Life is simply brutal.
The boss' voice was influencing them way too much and adding the crowd's shouts, Vayve and Markas were slowly losing themselves. They didn't knew what to do and just stood stupefied.
"I knew this would happen. They were a friends after all."
"Boss..."
"Anyway, this in itself is quite fun. Now..."
Cerze closed up a distance, then grasped the hand of Markas. He put one glove and smirked! From Vayve's backpack, he knew that this black haired brat is a magician. They use magic scrolls and wands, so without these, they are doomed to fail.
Of course, Vayve had a strong body, so he was a weirdo.
But that very weirdo is still too young.
"Now, punch."
The voice of Cerze was so close to Markas that the young man moved by his instincts. Influenced by a thick killing intent, the young man's punch with a glove went forward, then struck Vayve to the point where he fell!
Once his ass hit the ground, Vayve puked with a blood.
"Blurgh... Ugh..."
The punch was surely stronger and as the one who can use the glove, Markas also used its powers to the utmost of his ability. Vayve's whole body shook violently as he felt his insides being shaken by that power!
It was so strong and even more deadly in his current state.
"Vayve!"
Yuna cried on the side. She was regaining more strength and could calmy observe the whole situation which also pained her heart. But when Vayve fell, she even felt a slight hate towards Markas even though she knew that both of them could do nothing!
It all just made her feel more sad, a tears flowing down already.
Even Markas was crying, but it was also because Vayve was not going up at all.
He is going to work in the mine... He is going to take more pain and lose more blood!
'Don't cry, Markas... It's okay... It's not your fault.'
Vayve was relieved of this progress, his eyes closing up to rest. Just before the work in an unknown place, he hoped to rest! His body was trembling with an utmost pain, but all he felt was a rest thanks to his eyes closed.
However...
"Kick him now."
The voice of the boss yet again rang out.
And because Markas was way too shaken, his body moved on its own. A kick was way weaker though, so Vayve didn't feel much pain like before. The one who felt the most pain was Yuna as she already guessed that he was doing it for his friend.
"Heheheh~~ I guess this is my win."
"Boss... but.. a gloves..."
"Shut up~~"
The servants could do nothing against their boss! They suddenly understood that betting with Cerze is not always that nice even if he has way too much money. The servants let out pitiful sighs, then took Vayve's body to the mine.
Of course, some cheap medicine got used.
But that's only what Yuna and Markas thought.
What Vayve got was a mere pill to erase the feeling of pain and exhaustion.
He himself didn't care about anything. At least for now! Vayve was just hoping to rest while slowly losing that sense of a pain and everything else... Soon enough, his whole mind become blank and his 'self' entered a room with a killing intent seed.
Here, Vayve sat down close to his seed which had a small flower like appearance and began thinking about that man, Cerze.... His killing intent was also thoroughly analyzed. This was a pitiful attempt to get more strength!
But was it really that pitiful?
Only Vayve could tell!
Nonetheless, he has to mine for now.