Chapter 10 - Items (1)

After learning where the tournament he had to attend, and how big it really was, Asil Mirza became disoriented and he did not know what to do. This state of mind continued for a long time. He wanted to ask the mysterious Skinny Man again to make sure he had actually heard it right, but before he could come to his senses, the Skinny Man disappeared as if he had never existed there.

When Asil Mirza calmed down and came to his senses again, after thinking about what the Skinny Man had said, he went to his father's house to tell bid him a farewell and to tell what had happened.

Cem Mirza was quite surprised by what his son told him. After all, according to his son, he had to attend the most prestigious tournament in the Empire, and if he did not, the consequences would be quite bad for both for him own and the clan. Even though about to talk the mysterious Skinny Man out of his decision, he quickly abandoned this thought since he figured that such a powerful man would have a perfectly reasonable cause to choose his son, and trying to talk him out of his choice would be useless. He had a chat with his son till evening.

After chatting with his father until the evening, Asil Mirza went to his own residence and started to wait for the Skinny Man to reappear. This wait did not last long and about 20 minutes later, the mysterious Skinny Man appeared. When Asil Mirza saw the Skinny Man, he immediately greeted him with respect and asked the question which he did not want to the answer to be what he thought:

"Senior, with all due respect, I'd like to ask you something. When you told me which tournament I was going to be in this afternoon, I think I misheard what you said. Since I don't want any problems going into the tournament in the future, I want you to say the name of the tournament again. So if the name I heard at noon today is really wrong, I won't embarrass you by entering the wrong tournament when the time comes, because I'll know the truth."

After hearing Asil Mirza's words, Skinny Man looked at him in an odd expression and then smiled delightfully and spoke: "HAHAHA, Asil who thinks he is insignificant, it is really good that you asked this. If you had heard it wrong and therefore entered the wrong tournament, it would have been a very distressing situation indeed. HAHAHAHA, of course, it wouldn't be too much trouble for me, but I can't say the same for you. HAHAHAHA...If you want to be sure, then I'll tell you the name of your little tournament again. Your little tournament is called the Crimson Lightning Empire tournament. In fact, you must have heard the name of this tournament. Although this place is quite small, it's still a place connected to the Crimson Lightning Empire. That's why people in the Empire need to know about this tournament. That would be pretty weird if you really didn't know. In fact, I would really wonder if you were a caveman. HAHAHAHA..."

After Skinny Man's words, Asil Mirza's eye twitched. Although he did not want to hear this answer, there was nothing he could do since the answer he heard was real and he had already promised to participate in the tournament.

" I don't need to be so pessimistic. Although this mysterious Skinny Man wanted me to enter the most prestigious tournament in the Empire, at least he didn't want me to win. All I have to do is get into the tournament somehow and get the leader of his sect to watch an interesting tournament. There is definitely a lower limit of profound power to enter the tournament. Although I don't think this lower limit is going to be low, I believe I can reach that limit somehow, knowing that Skinny Man will want to get me into the tournament and take me somewhere to train. As for showing the leader of their sect an interesting tournament... In fact, this is easier. After all, the tournament needs to be interesting, but I don't need to be the one who creates that interestingness. There are 12 other candidates other than me and there will be many who will participate in the tournament besides them. If even one of them makes the tournament interesting, that problem will be solved. So the most important thing right now is to get stronger in some way and reach the lower limit required to participate in the tournament... "

The mysterious Skinny Man looked at him for a while as Asil Mirza was thinking thoroughly, and interestingly just after he finished thinking, started talking again.

"Oh, I almost forgot. I will tell you something and you will make a choice, Asil who thinks he is insignificant, then I will take you to the place where you will train and improve yourself. But before you do that, if there's anyone left that you haven't said goodbye to, I suggest you say goodbye. Because after you make your decision, we are going to leave and you are probably not going to be back here for a long time."

After mysterious Skinny Man's words, Asil Mirza replied without hesitation since he thought that there was no one he wanted to say goodbye to expect his father.

"I said goodbye to everyone I should have said goodbye to. So even if we go now, it won't be a problem. So if the Senior has something important to say, he can say it without hesitation."

The Skinny Man looked at Asil Mirza with a smile; then soon a solemn expression covered his face and began to speak.

"Asil, who thinks he is insignificant, I told you that our sect provides the candidates with something who will be taking part in the tournament. As you are the thirteenth candidate I naturally must give you something. When our sect leader assigned people to choose the candidates, he gave them some items and asked them to give them to the candidates they have found. Of course, each assigned person was given different things, and their values are inherently different. But the candidates I chose are pretty lucky. Because I'm the one with the highest status among those assigned. That's why the items I'm going to give are worth a lot compared to what the other assigned ones will give. Since you're one of my candidates, I'll show you exactly 6 things to choose from. Among these 6 things are those that are low in value and rarity, as well as things that are worth more than you can imagine. You will choose carefully between these 6 things and choose one of them. What you choose will be yours temporarily, and if you enter the tournament and the tournament becomes interesting, what you choose will be yours forever.. Now watch carefully and choose as you wish after seeing all 6 items."