"Alright, I understand you. Why don’t we make a wager instead, huh? Because I am not going to stop trying to get what I need from you no matter what," Atticus said calmly, staring at Hudson."A wager? And what might that be?" Hudson inquired with his eyebrow slightly raised. He was curious to know what Atticus wanted to wager, as he was happy that Ajax had put him in his place with the threat he made."Let’s have a duel to death, and anybody that wins takes it all; if you win and kill me, you take ownership of my shop, and if Iwin,n you give me the secret of how you manufacture the lighters and candles and the ones you have. And of course, before the duel starts, I will drop my shop keys and ownership transfer papers to your name on the ground, and you will also drop the secret of how you manufacture those products and the samples you have on the ground. What do you think about the wager?" Atticus explained calmly, staring at Hudson and Atticus."And what if I don’t agree to this wage
***********Later in the evening, in Atticus’s shop,Atticus was sitting behind his counter in his shop with his hands clasped together. His 16 slaves were all standing in front of him, with Balthasar in front."I summoned everyone here today to make an announcement: we have a very important fight in the upcoming three days, and we are going to win that fight no matter what. I wagered this shop and our lives are on the line, so we would have no choice but to win this fight, and if we come out victorious, I am going to let 10 of you become free and go where you want to go too, but first you will all assist me in selling the lighters and candles that we are going to make from the wager and also help me manufacture more of them as those will be my ticket to becoming one of the richest and most powerful businessmen in the entire world," Atticus stated in a rumbling tone as he stood up from behind the counter."What I want from you all is to be on your best form and performance that day, a
"So, tomorrow is going to be the day of the duel. I want everyone to be prepared by tomorrow morning. We need this victory for Hudson and for the entire community, as Atticus is a danger to the community," Ajax said in a rumbling tone as he stood up from the chair that he was sitting on."Yeah, I am grateful that you all are going to be joining us in this battle and risking your lives, but I am confident that we are going to come out victorious as we have the advantage over Atticus and his slaves, so please, everyone should be ready by tomorrow morning," Hudson added, staring at the men across the room.I hope we win the battle against Atticus tomorrow, Hudson thought.**********Later in the evening,Hudson was sitting at the edge of his bed inside his motel room; he had his backpack on the bed next to him as he was arranging it. I haven’t sold any of the items I brought here or even sold the daggers to pass my mission, but I will have to wager the items in the duel tomorrow, and Att
Hudson was bleeding profusely from his mouth, and his eyes were swollen. "This is the end for you; any final words before I end you?" Atticus asked, staring at Hudson with an evil look in his eyes.I can’t die here; I still have a lot I need to accomplish. I can’t let Atticus kill me here today; never. I have to do something, Hudson thought as he remembered the gun that was in his pocket."Give me a moment," Hudson said in a low tone, as he could barely speak."There is nothing that you can do that will save you at this point; this is the end for you; you can have your moment," Atticus replied as he stood up from Hudson’s body as he stood next to him.This is great, the fool stood up, Hudson thought as he stood up, put his hand inside his pocket, and took out the gun. He swiftly turned over to where Atticus was and shot him in the forehead. Atticus fell on his back as he landed on the ground. Blood started rushing out of his forehead. Hudson stood up, and he ambled closer to him as he
Hudson was sitting on a wooden chair inside Ajax's living room with Ajax sitting in front of him when suddenly the system’s screen appeared in front of him.[The host has failed to pass his fourth mission and has now been demoted two levels down; the rule that the host unlocked has now been revoked.][You will be transported into the modern world within 1 hour. Look for a safe and secluded place.] After that, the screen disappeared."Nooo!" Hudson screamed as he stood up from the chair with his mouth wide open."What happened?" Ajax asked in shock as he stood up."Ajax, I have failed my fourth mission, and I have now been demoted down two levels," Hudson answered in a rumbling tone as his voice echoed throughout the room."Calm down, Hudson, it’s going to be fine," Ajax said as he ambled over to where Hudson was and wrapped his arms around his waist. He knew that Hudson was still in pain from his broken arm and injuries."I don’t think it’s going to be fine; I will be transported back
He didn’t like to see her so worked up or cry in front of him. Tricia stood up and wiped the tears of his face with a small handkerchief that she was holding. "You don’t need to feel bad, Hudson; I understand that you have no choice but to go into the magical world," she said, trying to calm him down and not let him cry with her. She sat back down."But you've got to understand, son, I just wish you wouldn’t have to go back there; what if someone else is after you there? With all that you went through with Atticus, I don’t think the magical world is the safest place to be. You even had to take someone’s life against your will just to stay alive. I will accept that you have to go back there, but I don’t want anything like that to happen to you again there," she stated calmly, staring at Hudson.Hudson now understood that Tricia knew that it was a necessity that he had to go back into the magical world, but she didn’t want to see him in such a condition again, as she wouldn’t be able to
***"I get it; this mission seems to be easier than the last one. We are going to find level 5 magicians that are going to be interested in purchasing those daggers," Ajax said staring at Hudson with one hand under his chin."Yeah, you are correct, so are you going to help me with this mission? Because I only have about 85 hours to complete it," Hudson replied, as he hoped that Ajax would agree.Ajax started stroking his chin faster as he was trying to figure out if he could help Hudson out or not. He knew he had classes to teach today, but he figured since he knows a couple of level 5 magicians, it wouldn’t be hard for him to help Hudson with the mission while still having enough time to teach his classes.Ajax removed his hand from under his chin as he nodded his head. "I will help you, but first let me get your other bag for you," Ajax said as he stood up from the couch.He went out of the living room and went into his bedroom. A couple of minutes later, he came out of the bedroom
Trizz fell to his knees after hearing the death note that Stephan read out. Stephan handed over the paper to Hudson slowly as he tried to wipe his tears. He slowly raised his head to look at Hudson."This means that my brother had a duel with you and wagered his shop, and now he is dead. Were you the one that killed my brother?" Stephan asked softly in a shaky tone. He and Trazz have been looking for Atticus for more than two weeks, and now they have discovered that Atticus has been dead the entire time.Hudson didn’t know if he was supposed to answer the question, as he didn’t want to upset any of them with his answer because he could tell that they were both hurt by the news that Atticus was dead."Answer the question, lad: were you the one that killed our brother?" Trazz inquired aggressively.Since Trazz asked aggressively, Hudson didn’t have any choice but to give them an answer. "Yes! I am the one that killed him in the duel," Hudson answered in a rumbling tone.Trazz and Stepha
Ajax picked up the pen and dipped into the ink as he started composing the letter “Julius I caught a couple of your men in my territory they killed hundreds of my men and now they are all dead including the head Hercules. With all this information, I would like for you to pick inside one of the two options that I’m giving you. One is either you get ready for war in the next three days as me and my men will be invading your city, two is either you come to my palace tomorrow with 3,000,0000 gold coins and 500 of your men that are going to be working under my kingdom. There are no negotiations, if I don’t see you in my palace tomorrow, I’m going to assume that you picked war. Have a nice day,” Ajax ended the letter.After that, he sealed it up and gave it to the guard that was standing in front of him.“Your job is to deliver that letter to King Julius, after you give the letter to him, get out of there and head back straight away,” Ajax instructed. After that, he dismissed the guard.Hu
“Sounds perfect,” Ajax muttered.“Now I want you all to move back from the prisoners,” Ajax said in a rumbling tone as he stood up. Telling them to move back didn’t entail that they should leave the room. So, they understood his orders perfectly.Ajax came down from his throne and walked toward the men who were kneeling on the floor including Hercules.“Now, I can tell that you lots are not from this city, hence why none of you know magic and couldn’t even dress accordingly like a true Magnitoz citizen. That must mean that you all are from Human Valley, so, I would like for you all to help me understand who sent you here and why did you target my guards,” Ajax said in a rumbling tone as his voice echoed throughout the room.All the men were quiet, they were now four in number including Hercules. “Are none of you going to speak!” Ajax screamed with his eyebrows tightly pressed together. Hudson and the guards that were in the room were all quiet. They could sense how angry Ajax was.Aja
‘Oh my goodness, could it be Julius’s men behind these attacks? Does that mean that Julius is trying to start a war with me? I don’t think he would want to start a war though. I will have to give him the benefit of the doubt, if I catch one of those men tomorrow, I will interrogate him and get the information I want out of him. I will have to get to the bottom of all of this, Ajax thought.***Meanwhile, inside a large bush that was filled with a lot of men, they were the 50 trained men that Julius had deployed in Magnitoz city and their leader was a 35-year-old man named Hercules, he was about 7 feet tall and built with a lot of muscles. They had killed 23 of the men that Ajax sent to them and dumped their bodies in the river that was at the back of the bush. Hercules was told that two of the men escaped from them.“Listen up everyone!” Hercules screamed calling all their attention over to him.“Yes, commander!” They all answered in unison as they shifted their attention over to Herc
“You are right honey, this is what we are going to have to be doing now,” she replied with a smile. After that, Hudson told her goodbye as he ended the call. He sat down on the chair.***Later in the night,Hudson was lying on his bed; he was scrolling through his contact list as he saw Maddy’s contact and remembered that he hadn’t called her just like he promised her he would. Also, Hudson had an idea for a second date that he planned for when he got back from the magical world from his mission. He dialed her number and placed the phone on his ear. After a few rings, Maddy answered the call.“Hey Maddy, how are you doing?” He asked in a loving tone.“I’m doing fine and you?”“Fine, you know, I’m sorry I didn’t call you yesterday, I was occupied with a lot of things,” he said calmly.“Nah, don’t worry, it’s fine, I was also occupied with a lot of things,” she replied.“Cool, you know, I had a lot of fun time with you, and I have an idea for a second date, I don’t know if you would be
“I will do it, I will hang out with Maddy and go with the flow, I won’t think about secrets for now,” he said gazing into her eyes. Tricia let his head go as she stood up.“That’s good, just let everything flow for now,” she replied. She was happy that Hudson was going to lose up about the whole thing and let everything flow with Maddy.“I will be heading down to the dining table to set up dinner, I will call you when I’m done,” she said attempting to leave the room.“Okay Mom,” he muttered. After that, Tricia went out of the room.‘My mom must want me to get close to Maddy or even be dating her or she just wants to see me dating a woman or be happy, I don’t know which might be the case, but I am happy to oblige, I truly do like Maddy. I don’t know why I have never tried going on a date before, but I felt alive talking to Maddy today, and talking to a woman other than my mom is not that bad. I did feel a lot of sexual tension with her, even if I am still a virgin’ Hudson thought.As h
"Yes, I have been in love three times before and in three relationships overall. My last relationship ended five months ago; he was very toxic and abusive. It took a lot for me to get out of the relationship because I loved him a lot, but after I gathered the courage to leave him, since then I haven’t been able to get back into the dating pool as I had poured all my efforts and myself into my work. But I will say this: I am attracted to and interested in getting to know you," she stated calmly, staring into Hudson’s eyes.Hudson smiled upon hearing the last words she said. ‘I wish it were that easy for me to let her into my life; I wish it were that easy, but I am not sure she would be able to handle the truths that come with being in my life, and I am sure if she got to know the type of person I am, she wouldn’t want to stay or even believe what I actually do for a living’ Hudson thought."I am equally attracted to you and interested," he replied. ‘It’s not bad after all; I am glad m
***Hudson arrived in front of a fancy restaurant that had bright fancy lights all over the place. As he entered the restaurant, the sound of classic music hit him, and that was when he realized that the restaurant was not a regular restaurant. Hudson looked around and saw multiple people occupying the tables in the restaurant. He looked around to see if he could spot the description of the lady that his mom gave him and a lady that was sitting alone. Hudson spotted a table where a blonde woman was sitting alone, and from the way she was sitting, he could tell that she was short. "That’s definitely her," he mumbled as he ambled over to the table."Good afternoon, are you Maddy?" He asked with a smile. She raised her head to look at him as she realized that it was Hudson; she had seen photos of him that Tricia had sent to her prior to the date."Yes, I am. Have a seat. It’s nice to finally meet you, Hudson," Maddy said with a bright smile. She was wearing a red dress with bright crysta
"For this particular job, I will get it done for 20,000 dollars," Joshua responded."Sounds good. When do you think you are going to get it done?" Hudson inquired. Joshua assured him that he was going to get it done within three days. After that Hudson escorted him out of the house as Joshua carried the bags of gold coins with him."I look forward to doing a lifetime of business with you," Hudson said in a rumbling tone. As Joshua was heading towards the gate."Me too, sir!" Joshua replied.***Later in the afternoon, Hudson was getting ready in front of the large mirror that was inside his closet. He wanted to head over to the mall and get the items for his shop in the magic world."Hudson, where are you?" Tricia called out to him. Hudson was shocked to hear his mom’s voice; he didn’t think that she would be home at this time of the day."I’m in here, mom!" Hudson answered as he swiftly closed the button of the blue shirt that he was wearing.As he was about to come out of the closet
"Yeah, you are right; do you know any goldsmith?" Hudson asked, hoping that she would know a goldsmith.Tricia told him that she doesn’t know any, but that Hudson could look for one himself and that Goldsmith is everywhere online. After that, they both agreed that Hudson would look for a goldsmith himself, negotiate everything with the person, and then keep in touch with the goldsmith."It is settled then; you are going to work on getting a goldsmith," Tricia said, staring at Hudson. She noticed a sad look on Hudson’s face. ‘I don’t think Hudson is himself at all; he looks down. I think I should do something nice for him, something that would lift his spirit’ she thought."Yeah, I will start doing the research tonight," he replied. Tricia stood up from the couch."I should get going back to the restaurant; I need to get a few things done. We will catch up in the night when I’m back," she said with a smirk. Hudson stood up as he hugged her, and after that, Tricia went out of the house.