"You... want to become... a champion?" , Young Master Ivan was rendered speechless. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry at that moment.
He said, "But my Clan wasn't involved in that activity. I can prove you that."
Arjun said, "But you know what will happen, right? You know that all the rich kids were going to set us up. After all, this was done by all the rich clans in the city. How could the true hegemony of the Solar City weren't invited? Or... you think that I will forget what happened with us?"
"This..." ,Young Master Ivan has no choice but to sigh. Even though his clan didn't participate in the plan to stop Arjun's advancement, he knew that this was going to happen. What could he do? He had no choice but to stay calm. He had to stay calm and do nothing.
Arjun said, "I won't sit silent and let others treat me as they wish. I am aiming to be the champion in order to teach those arrogant rich kids who tried to trap us. I will become the champion of the preliminaries and then enjoy the facial expression of all the rich kids who tried to stop us."
Arjun continued, "I will help you with second, third and fourth place. I will definitely help you. But as for the first spot, I am aiming for it. If you agree for my terms, then we will take this business proposition to next level. Or else, I will mind my own business. What do you say?"
Arjun made everything clear. Young Master Ivan lost in his thoughts. He wasn't like that good for nothing Young Master Wayne. Arjun found that this Ivan was actually very calm and composed. Arjun smiled inwardly. Because he honestly likes this kind of person the most.
Young Master Ivan thought for a long period of time. Arjun gave him the time to think and stayed silent. After some time, Young Master Ivan said, "Fine! I will agree for you to become the champion. But I have a condition as well."
"What is it?" ,Arjun asked.
Young Master Ivan said, "Losing the championship for the preliminaries is like losing the face. It was even more obvious against the barbarians like you. So in return, I want to occupy the rest of the spots! I have twenty three teams participating in this preliminaries. I want you to help my clan to occupy second to tenth place!"
Arjun was stunned. He looked at the Young Master Ivan with new sight. He knew that Ivan's condition is ridiculous. But when you think about it deeper, then you will understand that what Young Master Ivan proposes is reasonable.
His clan has already occupied two places in the top ten. He had every chance to become a champion in this preliminaries even without Arjun's help. But on Arjun's insistence, he actually agreed for not taking the first place in the preliminaries. But in return he asked for his clan to occupy the 2nd to 10th place in the preliminaries. This condition may sound very tough, but it is a reasonable one.
"Even though it is tough, I will definitely help your Clan to take the 2nd to 10th spot in the preliminaries." ,Arjun agreed. He said, "So could you tell me everything? I want to know everything. So don't try to hide anything from me."
Young Master Ivan took out an old looking map and said, "This is the map whose location is right here. Please take a loot at it first."
Young Master Ivan handed over the map to Arjun. Arjun took a look and tried to memorise everything he needs to. The map consists of am half diagram or something. In this map, there was a big circle which was in the Green Colour. From every ten degree, there was a yellow dotted line which was in the zigzag way. This yellow coloured zigzag line ended after a certain range. The distance between each yellow coloured zigzag line is 10 degree. It was in the circular form. But the interior of the map is completely empty.
The yellow coloured zigzag lines were twelve in total. But from the ending point of Zigzag line, rest was empty.
Arjun said, "This map is incomplete."
"That's right. This map is incomplete. It is because we don't have any idea about the rest of the map. Our elders had found this forest accidentally. And later they secretly tried to investigate this place." , Young Master Ivan said.
"But as we sent more people, they didn't come back. Because they were all dead. This is the reason why the City Lord who is also our clan leader summoned and conducted the meeting with other two Tier-1 Clans. After the meeting is concluded, a secret joint operation was announced between the three clans. And this map was the result of our hard work." ,Young Master Ivan added.
"We tried many ways. But when our elders came to this place, they couldn't enter any deeper. After an heavy investigation we came to know that only the people with the age less than hundred could enter this place." ,Young Master Ivan added.
"While wondering what to do, our three clan elders encountered a terrible monster. This monster was red in colour! Even after the clan elders combined their strength, it became difficult to defeat that monster. But with some casualties, our elders finally managed to had a little to cheer about. The red colour monster entered that place which only the people with age less than hundred could enter. And according to the information we received, the Orange Colour Monsters took charge and summoned all the Green and Yellow Ranked Monsters here and set this formation up! They didn't want any one to enter this place. Not even the cultivators with age less than hundred!" , Young Master Ivan sighed and said.
Young Master Ivan continued, "This formation was to protect the Red colour monsters from any harm. These monsters in the forest treat the Red Colour Monsters as their king! So until their king recovers, they don't want anyone to disturb him. And this is one reason why we couldn't find any Green, Yellow, Orange and Red Colour Monsters at all! It's because all of them took charge and stared to protect the Red Coloured Ranked Monster!"
Young Master Ivan continued, "And when we were wondering what to do, this competition was announced by the emperor. And what's even more shocking was that, for our city, this forest was announced as the place where preliminaries would have been taken place. So our clan elders took us here and told us what to do in the forest during preliminaries. And you know the rest."