Chapter 730 - A Gamble
Later that day.
Tallinn City''s Mayor manor.
Joyner got permission from his father to host Grey and his friends, and since they were already here, the geniuses from all the Factions present were invited as well.
The participants who managed to get into the top one hundred were also invited. Given the current number of people present, the party was held on an open field.
Grey and his friends sat at the front, alongside members of the top Factions, while Joyner, being the host of the party, sat facing the crowd.
There was music, drinks, food, and other forms of entertainment and the ce was lively as expected. This party was held with the sole purpose of creating ties with each other.
Everyone present were all well dressed. Grey wore a light blue overcoat with ck trousers, Reynolds and us both wore red and green overcoats respectively with ck trousers as well. Alice wore white trousers with a peach long-sleeved shirt.
Kyle was dressed in a simple short-sleeved shirt and blue trousers.
The group was part of the focus of the show. A few geniuses came over to toast with them, while us was very active, one minute he was here, the next he was somewhere else.
People didn''t take it as him trying to bootlick them since all he did was share a ss of wine with them before leaving.
Unknown to them, the only reason us even went to other tables was that he didn''t want the girls from the Moonlight Faction to think they were his aim. That was the only table he wanted to go to, and following his n, that was thest table he went to. He stayed there longer and managed to build some sort of rtionship with the girls.
Not all the girls were weing, nor did he try to befriend all of them.
Going back to his seat, he realized a youngdy was staring at Reynolds and Alice angrily.
"What''s going on here?" He asked as he took his seat.
"Tell them to step down from thepetition. They are already part of a Faction, doing this will only reduce the chances of others." The youngdy said.
"Don''t you think your request is a bit, I don''t know, odd. It''s none of your business if we decide to continue fighting or not." Alice replied coldly.
"Odd? You two are hoarding all the spots even after achieving your aim and you call my request odd?" The youngdy said angrily.
She knew her battle the next day would be difficult, now she was looking for a way to vent her current anger. If she lost tomorrow, she would be incensed.
"Strength is all that matters, nothing else. Let your strength speak. If you''re worth it, then the Faction you want will surely seek you. Doing this only shows that you''re unsure of yourself.l" Grey spoke up.
"Say whatever you want, but what they are doing is pathetic." The youngdy said.
The exchange between the youngdy and Grey''s group naturally caught the attention of those around. Some of the participants felt her im was right. Alice and Reynolds had already gotten into a Faction of their choice, what was the use in taking part in thepetition any longer.
One of the people who felt even more irritated with the duo was the youngdy Reynolds eliminated. She walked over as well and joined the youngdy to stir up trouble for the group.
The others watched on with interest, there was nothing as entertaining as watching two parties fight, especially when the battle had nothing to do with you nor would it affect you in any way.
"You said strength was all that matters, right?" The youngdy Reynolds eliminated asked Grey.
"Correct." Grey didn''t back away. It wasn''t like they could beat him.
"Fine, then I have an offer for you, since you''re friends with them, I believe you would be able to take the gamble." The youngdy who was eliminated pointed at Grey.
"I''m not interested in gambling with desperate people." Grey didn''t mince his words, and the youngdies were irritated even further.
"I thought you said strength was all that matters?" The youngdy asked.
"It is." Grey nodded. ??? ????? ???????s ??? ?????s??? ?? ????????????.???
"Then if you''re not afraid, take the gamble." The youngdy said.
"If I may ask, what''s the gamble?" us asked.
"He would fight against the two of us, if he manages to win, we won''t speak of this issue again. But if we win, they would have to step down from thepetition." The youngdy said.
"Hahaha, you must be joking, right?" usughed in amusement.
"No, I''m not." The youngdy said.
The youngdy who was still in thepetition thought about it and felt this was an achievable thing, so she supported the youngdy Reynolds eliminated.
"You must be stupid if you think we would agree to your words." us said.
The facial expression of the youngdies turned distorted, clearly infuriated with us'' words.
"You''re cing a gamble that you will only gain and not lose, where have you seen something like that happening before?" us asked with a mocking smile, before adding, "If you so much as dare to take a gamble, then you must be ready to lose as well."
Everyone listening to the conversation nodded in agreement with us'' words. There was no way they would gamble and not risk losing anything important.
The two youngdies exchanged nces, and the issue ultimately fell on the shoulders of the youngdy who was still part of thepetition. They all knew what us wanted, since you want them to step down if you win, then you would step down as well. If you lose.
The youngdy looked at Grey, thinking of her strength, then recalling how powerful the youngdy Reynolds defeated was, she was over a hundred percent confident they would defeat Grey.
Reynolds and Alice might be powerful, but they couldn''t fight the twodies. They didn''t want it to look like they were bullying them, this was why they picked Grey who had a higher cultivation stage.
"I''ll step down from thepetition if we lose." The youngdy said decisively.
"Hahaha, they''re two, only you can''t match up to our offer." usughed, annoying the youngdies even more, "This is what will happen, she''ll step down. Then since you''ve already been eliminated, you''ll drop five hundred thousand high-grade essence stones aspensation."