Skill Creation in the Fantasy World

"Felix, do you want to make a deal with me?"

Mr.Dealer said, his expression was serious.

Felix narrowed his eyes when he heard the man's motive and questioned back.

"Deal? What kind of deal are you talking about?"

Mr.Dealer looked right into the boy's eyes and replied.

"I want you to fight for me."

"Fight?"

Felix was surprised and wondered if he had heard it right.

No matter what, he didn't think that he was anywhere as strong as the man in front of him.

So when Mr.Dealer asked Felix to fight for him, his first thought was whether the man had mistook him for a hidden master.

Felix shook his head and rebuked.

"You're more powerful than me, so why would you want me to fight for you?"

Mr.Dealer realized that the boy had mistaken his intentions so he gave a light cough and rephrased his words.

"What I mean is, I want you to fight in some of the arena battles chosen by me.", he said slightly lowering his voice.

Felix had a look of contemplation as he dived deep into the man's words.

'So the reason he was acting all mysterious was to hook me into fighting battles for him....'

Suddenly he thought this was similar to something he had heard and remembered what had happened with Steve.

'Yesterday Steve told me that this man scammed him into fighting in arena battles and had won money from betting on him, is this the same reason he wants me to fight for him?'

Felix frowned as he didn't want to be used by someone else to make them money.

He replied with a sour tone in his voice.

"If you're thinking about earning money by making me fight for you, then I'm sorry but I'll have to refuse your deal."

He was about to turn around and leave after giving his answer but Mr.Dealer who had a confused expression on his face quickly waved his hands.

"No wait! You're misunderstanding me again."

He looked around to survey their surroundings and decided it was better to discuss the deal somewhere else where there was a bit of privacy.

Turning toward the boy, he conveyed his intentions.

"I'm not trying to make you fight to win myself money, instead there's plicated issue that needs to be quickly dealt with. As for what that is, I think we should move to another location and have a proper talk there. Is that alright with you?"

Hearing him say that the reason was not about making money by using him and instead, it was something else, Felix gave it a thought.

'This guy is not showing any hostility, also from the way he's been treating me I don't think he'll try to harm me.....'

Coming to a decision while being slightly curious about the real reason, Felix nodded and agreed with the man's proposal of discussing it somewhere else.

"Alright, I'm fine with talking it out."

"Great, follow me then. I'll take you there."

Mr.Dealer smiled and replied before leading him in another direction where Felix saw the light artifacts in the black market started to get slowly darker.

They walked for about ten minutes on the streets and into some alleys before stopping in front of a house at the farthest corner of the whole market.

This part of the entire black market looked empty and silent, a direct contrast to the lively and busy streets in the market, giving Felix the illusion of having entered a completely different place.

Mr.Dealer took out a card from his pocket and pressed it on the handle of the door.

After an unlocking sound of the door, he opened it revealing a dark interior, and entered inside before gesturing at Felix.

Felix gave the dark alleyway a brief glance and stepped inside the house.

There was a man in a grey robe standing inside the house who immediately stood up when they entered and silently saluted at Mr.Dealer.

Mr.Dealer nodded at him before walking to the staircase and going upstairs along with Felix who was busy looking around.

'There's nothing here at all.'

The house was completely empty except for a few chairs and tables, making it unsuitable for habitation and living.

He thought that this place must be used by the man and his people for secret meetings and such.

The both of them then reached upstairs and entered into one of the many rooms there.

Similar to the outside, there were a few chairs and a table in the room where the both of them sat down.

Finally a bit impatient, Felix asked the man about what he truly wanted.

"Now can you tell me the reason you want me to fight for you and everything?"

Mr.Dealer nodded and started speaking with a serious expression on his face.

"Then let me reveal to you my true objective." story-source-MvLeMpYr

He paused for a second and started from the beginning.

"I want you to participate in some arena battles of zero-rank cultivators where you would be fighting against specific fighters."

Felix raised his brows and asked.

"Specific fighters? Not just random?"

"Yes, specific fighters. You do know that there are two types of battle in the arena, right? First is the random battle one and the other is the challenge battle one.", he explained.

"In the challenge battle, you can directly go and ask for the person you want to fight with to battle with you in the arena. And that is what I want you to do.", Mr.Dealer patiently told him everything.

Felix listened to the information and asked what he really wanted to know.

"That's all good, but who are these people you want me to fight, and for what reason?"

Mr.Dealer had a dark look on his face when he thought about those certain people.

There were not many people in the world he hated but the ones that he did hate were only those lunatics.

He had always wanted to exterminate these people from the face of this world for committing such vile atrocities and loss, but he was just one person while they were a whole organization with a large number of members.

That was why he was going as far as involving a complete newbie in it, because there were some things that he couldn't possibly do and there was no other option than using such a thorough and foolproof plan which was taking small steps toward the goal.

There was a sudden drop in the temperature inside the atmosphere inside the room, getting a bit chilled after Felix asked about them.

With his voice filled with anger, Mr.Dealer finally told the boy who he was going to fight against.

"The ones who we are going against are...the dark guilds!"