Thump - thump...
Thump - thump...
Her heartbeat thundered in her chest. Josh's words echoes in her ears. 'I'm Bonna's husband' Without realizing it, her fingers curled up firmly around his, as if her heart was speaking through her touch. All her fears has vanished in an instant. All of them are dumbstruck by Josh's words.
"You're Max Raider right? Known as the Demon Bull" He asks. Max's face and back are slick cold sweats. The opponent's presence is enough to have his heart trembling.
"Y-yes.. that's who I am. It seems that you're not afraid of me." He's doing his best to calm himself down.
"Why would I? Do you think you're untouchable in this little city?"
"Very well, if you're not afraid of me. How about we settle this is our arena? " Max smirks. 'I'll make sure to make you perish'
"Sure"
Bonna anxiously said "No! Josh, don't agree. It's dangerous!"
"Don't be impulsive Josh, We know that you're away for 7 years so you don't know many things about this city" Nicole said
"Yes, many things have changed" Jane added.
"Many people are dying every year on that arena. Besides it's rigged" Julie says.
"We know that you're strong but Demon Bull is strong as our grandfathers. The only one who can defeat him is probably uncle William and grandpa Robert" Megan calmly explained.
Josh ignored them and says, "I agree but let the girls go and I'll stay"
Max laughs and says, "I don't think you are in a position to make a demand or request. Guards!"
He called his subordinates an blocked the entrance of the door. He smirks and says, "If you can defeat my guards then I'll let the girls go. What do you think?"
He simply answers "Fine, I'll make a way"
He charges to the guards at the door. His swift moves and agility caught everyone by surprise. With every kicks and punches, cracking sounds of bones echoes. In just a matter of minutes, all the guards are lying on the ground. Josh comes back and smiles at her and says, "You're good to go"
"No, I can't leave you here! You will go with me" she refuses. Josh turns to her friends and says, "Please, take her to a safe place. Bring her to grandpa"
Her friends agrees, "Bonna, let's go" Julie urges her.
"No, I can't leave him alone!"
Her friends pulled her with all of their strength and drags her to the parking lot. "What are you guys doing?! We can't leave him!" Fresh hot tears rolled down on her face.
Megan puts her hands on her shoulders "Bonna! Listen to me! If we stayed there, we will only be a liability to him. He stayed because he wants to save us, you know that right?"
She nodded.
"Then what you need to do is go rush back to grandpa Robert to save him. We are powerless, we can't rescue him. We need help"
She wipes her tears and looks at her friends. "Right, we need help. I'll go to my grandpa now"
"We should contact our families as well to put pressure on paradise casino" they all agrees and went to their grandparents.
While on the road she called her grandfather.
Jenner's villa....
While reading the reports given to him by the butler. His phone rings.
"Bonna? Why? Did something happened?" He asks.
"Grandpa! Josh is in trouble. Please, help him.." She replies.
"In trouble? Explain everything" he frowns. 'Josh is in trouble? Is there anyone in this city that can pose a threat to him? Impossible, even the wealthiest man on the central region is just their butler'
"Grandpa, We tried to get the support of the Demon Bull but we failed. We almost fall into his hands but Josh came and defeated his guards. He challenged Josh into the underground arena. Grandpa you know that they will not play fair. Even if Josh is strong, he can't fight against the Demon Bull." Bonna anxiously explained.
"I see, don't worry I'll go and deal with it" Robert stands up and preparing to leave. He called his butler the second strongest fighter of Jenner family. Just the two of them secretly went out.
Paradise Casino ..
Max leads Josh into a small secret door. As they entered, Josh saw a huge underground arena with almost five thousand seats capacity. Many wealthy heirs, big bosses in the city and in the neighboring cities are cheering for their fighters. Inside the ring, two bloody men are fighting fiercely. Max turns around and looks at Josh mockingly.
"If you can defeat my champion here or me then I'll consider letting you go but if you lose you and the Jenner family will pay the price."
"Aren't you digging your own grave?" He grins. "How about this, quickly make an alliance to the Jenner family and I'll consider letting you go"
Seeing his indifferent attitude his anger flared up. "Hah! You are in no position to talk to me like that, you brat!"
He just smiles and said nothing more. The crowd's cheers erupted as the fight ended. One man is still standing with his hands right hand in the air, symbolizes his victory and the other one's lifeless body is on the ground.
After the fight, the arena below was cleaned again except for the blood stains. Max entered the arena which surprises the crowd.
'Is that Max the demon bull?'
'I've heard of his reputation, I never expected that I will see him tonight'
'That's right, rumor is he's very secretive and rarely come out to see people'
Amidst of the crowds lively discussions, Max remains indifferent. He smile gently and said to the crowd "Tonight, someone dared to challenge me"
The crowd erupted again.
"Someone dared to challenge Mr. Raider? Is that dude outside of his mind?"
"Even the South and North underground kings had to give him face. Even the wealthy families in the oracle city doesn't dare to offend him"
"The guy who challenged him has guts! But very stupid"
His aura burst out from his body. Everyone was amazed by imposing aura.
"That's the Demon bull"
"The aura of late stage elite level is really terrifying"
"He's about to make a breakthrough base on his aura"
Max's grins widened as he listens to their praises. He is absolutely confident that he can kill Josh.
"Before you fight me, I would like to make sure you're worthy. You'll fight my right hand man first"
A man in his thirties walk to the arena with a heavy aura. With a hood, they can only see his eyes. Josh's frowns as he senses the strength of the man.
'I see, that's why no one dares to disrespects him. He has a subordinate with a strength of late stage elite level just like him. But I feel strange'
"You're dead boy, no one can save you now" Max grins.
Max turns to the man with a hood and says "Just do it like before"
The man nods and Max simply walk away to give way for the two fighters.
The arena hosts announce the fight and many wealthy heirs and big shots made their bets. On the other hand, Robert and his butler made their way to the underground arena. They quickly found out what happened.
"Mr. Jenner, aren't we gonna stop this fight?" The butler asked.
Robert shook his head and smirks. "No, no one can stop Josh in this medium size city. Bob, do you want to make an easy money?"
"Mr. Jenner are we going to bet?" His eyes widens.
"Yes, this is quick money. Almost all the people here bet on the man with a hood. I still need some extra money and if you bet your money too, I'm sure you'll earn millions" Robert laughs.
Both of them made their bet and with a look of surprise many people can't believe that two old men will make a bet to an unknown fighter. The stakes are high and if the two old men win, they will earn millions.
The bell rings and the fight started. Without talking the man launch a couple powerful punches as Josh dodges them with ease. Josh was about to parry the last punch but suddenly the man vanished. The man launch a sneak attack from behind and kick Josh but before the kick landed, he disappear. He slapped the man on his face making him fly to the edge of the arena.
This caused the arena to be silent. Even Max was dumbfounded at this point. 'What? How can he defeat my subordinate? He's practicing a secret ancient technique'
Josh walk towards the man and said "You're practicing an ancient technique use for assassination or for quick kill"
The man slowly stood up with a shocked expression "How did you know that? No one except from Max knows my technique"
"Your footwork and the punches that you've thrown. Your punches was so fast that you can create an after images. You didn't hit me with the last punch that's why I was able to understand that you're going for my blind spot and instead of the back, you chose the nearest blindspot which is my side. So that you can deliver a finishing blow" Josh smiled coldly and said "You're unfortunate to face off against me"