Rise Of The Dragon Emperor

A lot of controversy surrounded Ronan's one chop knockout of his opponent. However those who were more accomplished in the field of martial arts were able to clearly determine that the talent of the Rajput kid was no joke.

As Ronan returned to the fighters room victorious the glares on his back became even more intense , however he just put a wet towel on his eyes and pretended that nobody else was present inside the room.

" Nice fight , but don't go for the vital points. Had your chop been stronger , you would have Decapitated the boy ". Karna scolded Ronan for his carelessness , however he was still proud of the fight.

" I understand ". Ronan replied as he tried to calm down his adrenaline rush.

Ronan loved the feeling of battle , it refreshed every pore of his body and he had been deprived of it for far to long.

The fighters room only had the fighters and one of their mentors accompanying them inside , and usually nobody was allowed to disturb them , but that was not the case for the event management staff as soon an event official came and handed Ronan a pouch full of money.

Ronan was utterly confused as to what the money was for , when Karna explained him " 20% of the match winnings goes to the winning fighter . This bag of money is your reward for winning round one , congratulations ".

Ronan was pleasently surprised by this development and he accepted the pouch containing 1 silver and 17 copper coins.

It was not an astronomical sum but it was still enough for him to enjoy a luxurious dinner . Hence he asked karna out of curiosity " So if i win more matches , i get more money ? ".

Karna nodded as he said " The betting gets more and more intense as the rounds progress , and it is always the underdogs who make more money than the big dogs , because only when there is an unexpected upset that the betting houses really make a killing ".

Ronan had a smile plastered to his face , he was not overly greedy but he was someone who had a hoarding nature.

Even though he was going to live in the forest for many years that were to come and had no use for earning more money , he decided to play his fights longer from now on and get the betting scales to tip before winning and getting a huge cut!

' I'm a genius '. Ronan exclaimed in his mind , as pictures of all kinds of sweets that he could buy with the money made him drool.

Karna who looked at the funny expression plastered on Ronan's face, chuckled , then took a quick scan of the room and saw people judging ronan for being a retard.

Although nobody said anything , there was disgust plastered all over their faces . But that was exactly why karna loved Ronan so much. The kid was not a retard and knew that the world would judge him for his actions , however that just never stopped him from being his plain self as Ronan always did what Ronan wanted to do .

It was this nature of his that made him like an open book , easy to be read and without deciet that really made him special.

However his daydreaming was cut short when he was called for the second fight , and this time his opponent was a level 55 warrior with a small legacy clan as his backing .

This time Karna chose to go out as his mentor and healer as he thought that the fight might last longer than 1 round , and he was spot on with his deduction.

Ronan was clearly messing around with his opponent , however the boy did not know how to even mess around properly , as he made a complete fool of his opponent continuously dodging all his attacks yet not retaliating at all.

His fighting style gaining Boo's from all over the crowd as to them , Ronan looked like he fought like a coward.

" Stop running away and fight! ".

" Stop messing around , ugh , that's why i hate kids ".

" what's wrong with this , BOOOO ".

" We want blood! We want blood ! fight dammit".

The crowd roared for more action and Ronan's opponent was clearly enraged , however no matter how fast he went , Ronan did not even break a sweat and dodged all his attacks effortlessly.

At the end of round one , the opponent looked like he was out of gas , while Ronan was not even short of breath.

Finally when he came back to his corner for the round one break , Karna asked him perplexed " What are you doing ? ".

Ronan replied " Waiting for round 3 , that way I can make more money right? ".

Karna choked as he said " You want to pretend to be weak , manipulate the fight and then win to earn more ? ".

Ronan nodded , there was a fire in his eyes.

Karna said " You do realize , you have to get hit for that right? if you dodge all the time how will it tip odds in your favour ? ".

The color drained from Ronan's face as he heard this , as he realized that he had not considered this aspect of the situation at all.

Ronan was absolutely not letting anyone hit him for no reason , not even for the greed of money . Hence when he returned for round two , after a sharp punch to the gut and a roundhouse kick to the Jaw. His opponent was flooded within 2 seconds.

With the entire audience stunned silent , Ronan walked back down from the second fight , then the third and finally the fourth , until he entered the round of 16 which was to be held the next day.

He was undoubtedly the dark horse in this tournament and many major factions had their eyes on him , however Ronan was completely carefree as he was excited to face the really strong opponents the next day.

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