Chapter 177 - Rematch

The four of them couldn't help but have a twitched face when they heard the dragon calling Jason a shameless prick and with the way he is speaking, it is clear that once he caught sight of him, he's going to burn him to ash.

"Lower your voice you damn dragon and pay respect to your new master" said Jason as he yelled back at the dragon.

The dragon suddenly turned his gaze over where the voice came from as he let out a mockery laugh before speaking up.

"You want me to pay respect to you as my master, dream on".

"This… I've never thought that it would be so hard for you to please but you see, I don't have much time to spend here so the earlier you take me as your master and leave this place the better for you" said Jason. 

"Like I said before I was brought here, I would rather stay in this world than to follow you as your beast. But if you really want to be my master so badly, how about a bet" suggested the dragon. 

"What is the stake?" asked Jason with a frown.

"It is going to be the same race and if you were to win this time around, I will humbly pay respect to you as my master but if you were to lose to me, you will have to admit that you cheated and still won't be your servant" replied the dragon.

"I thought you would have forgotten about that by now but who would have thought that you would actually hold to it" said Jason in surprise.

"What can I say, since you refuse to have a rematch with me, I can only use this method on you. Now are you in or not you shameless prick" ask the dragon.

"Enough with the names already and yes if that is what it will take to get you to acknowledge me as your master, then am I" replied Jason as he took a step closer to the dragon.

Seeing that Jason has agreed to the match, the dragon let out a chuckle before turning to the skeleton that was still seated on the throne as requested.

"Master, do you mind sending us back to the trial of fire".

"That won't be a problem, beside I am also interested to see how the match between the two of you is going to turn out since it takes another hundred years or so before I will see something exciting" reply the skeleton before snapping his hand and they were all teleported out of the throne room into the trial ground that was filled with a lake of fire.

When they arrived at the place, Diana couldn't help but frown as she was reminded of the place which had given her the fright of her life. Below where they were standing were Jason and the dragon as they took their place while waiting for the ruler to give the signal.

"Now that I have a breakthrough, it should be much easier for me to win this race if I give it my all" mutters Jason as he looks at the dragon from the side.

"I doubt that you will be able to win this match since the dragon is the one insisting on the match" reply the bracelet.

Jason was just about to say something to the dragon when he heard a loud sound and before he knew it, the dragon had already spread his wings before dashing away.

"Why didn't you notify me?" said Jason as he turned to the skeleton.

"How would you know that the match has started when you are not paying attention" replied the skeleton.

And Jason could only grit his teeth in anger before activating the lightning boot as he stomped the ground before dashing the sky and began to chase after the dragon who didn't hold back as he continued to flip his wings while dashing.

When he noticed that Jason was catching up, he turned around and swiped his claws downward which caused the lake of flame to swell to the side before charging at Jason.

"Are they allowed to attack each other?" asked Austin, who was worried about his friend's safety. 

"Not to worry kid, this isn't the first time they are doing something of this scale so it shouldn't be a problem for him to get rid of the obstacle" replied the skeleton.

And just as he said, the moment the flame got close to Jason, he swiftly swung his halberd down as he tore a huge gap in the wave before passing through and continued the chase.

Seeing that his previous attempt failed, the dragon sent more and more attacks in an attempt to slow Jason down but no matter how hard he tries, Jason just seems to be fast enough to get through and it didn't take long for him to stay ten meters away from the dragon.

"You have been having your turn since the beginning of the race, now it's my turn" said Jason with a smile before throwing his hand in the air as lightning began to sizzle in the air before a sword was formed as he slash it down causing a gigantic sword to fall. 

"That..that is master lightning emperor technique" said the dragon in fear as he slowed down to avoid the attack which was falling down on him.

Seeing that the dragon was unable to avoid the attack that was heading his way, Jason took the opportunity to go forward at top speed before the dragon would be able to get rid of the attack since he is no longer on his lightning boot after being drawn of energy by the attack.

And just like that, the sword was already close to the dragon and the dragon had no choice but to let out an attack of his own to nullify the attack which took about twenty seconds to completely get rid of it but then Jason had already made it to the finish line.

"So are you ready to pay respect to your new master?" said Jason with a wide smile on his face.