A gigantic cloud of dust erupted when Jacklin finally fell to the ground. He had been defeated... in one punch. It was the most humiliating way to get defeated like that. Not only did Jacklin fail to deal significant damage to someone inferior to him, but he also got his ass handed to him in fashion.
Not to mention, the damage to his body was significant. At least a couple of his organs were destroyed, causing him to bleed internally. On top of that, an impression of a fist was forever printed on his chest, where Ashron had hit him.
Jacklin tried getting up, but his body was in no condition to do so. He could barely keep his eyes open as blood trickled out of his mouth.
People were gawking at him while whispering amongst themselves. To think a seatholder got utterly thrashed like this. The situation was hilarious, yet no one dared to laugh at him or his distorted face. Just because a participant kicked his butt, didn't mean the rest of them could do the same.
Despite that, the situation was a bit weird. No one knew how they were supposed to react. None of them needed to react in any way, because the shocks weren't over yet.
Ashton crawled out of the crater and headed straight toward Jacklin, who could only see his death slowly approach him. His body was completely immobile, thus even if he wanted to run, he couldn't have.
"I told you, this would be the end result of your useless barking." Ashton said as he squatted down next to Jacklin, looking at his pitiful state, "But you didn't listen... did you?"
"Ugh..."
Jacklin didn't even have the strength to cry for help when Ashton dug his finger into his broken chest. But the next moment Jacklin's eye got even wider as he realised something was off. The hand Ashton was using was the same one that he had crushed in his last attack. Yet, there wasn't even a scar on it.
"It hurts, doesn't it?" Ashton mumbled with an expressionless face while putting more and more pressure on Jacklin's chest, "Next time when someone says they don't want to fight, do yourself a favour and let them go. Nod if you understand."
Jacklin barely managed to move his head, letting Ashton know his point had gotten through him.
"Good. Also, I hope you'll take good care of 'my' seat. I have no interest in it now, but I might change my mind sometime in the future. So till then, you and your family will be taking care of the seat in my stead."
By looking at Jacklin's expression, it was clear he had a lot to say upon hearing Ashton's 'instruction'. But one jab of a finger immediately changed his mind as he began nodding once again.
"Good boy." Ashton patted his cheeks before getting up to face the guards, "Someone take him to the hospital or something. You don't secretly want him to die or something, do you?"
The guards who had been stunned into silence after the fight quickly scrambled to take their lord or maybe their former lord, to get some medical attention.
"The fuck are you all looking at? Don't you have something better to do?" One of the guards snarled at the crowd before rushing away.
Jacklin probably wanted to make a public example out of Ashton, that's why he attacked him as soon as the trial was over. No one could have possibly imagined Ashton would turn the tables on the seat holder so easily.
As for the aliens, they had mixed feelings about Ashton. Most of them were scared of him and rightfully so, while the rest of them, especially the females were a bit intrigued by the mysterious male.
Anna and the twins must have sensed the crowds' lustful gazes as a moment later they immediately rushed over to Ashton. As if they were making a statement that he already had plenty of ladies for himself.
"I can understand why Anna's clinging onto me, but what's up with you two?" Ashton said coyly.
"W-We just wanted to check up on you. That's all." Irina replied with a straight face.
"Y-Yes, after all, you picked one of the toughest trials and got into another fight straight afterwards." Verina chimed in.
As for Anna, she chose to remain silent. There was no point in saying anything else, after all, Ashton was her 'mate', well sort of. Thus, he could understand very well that she was being possessive.
Ashton chalked it up to her being a succubus but in reality, Anna was acting like that because she truly felt an attraction to him. Before being turned into a succubus, she had admiration for him, but after getting to know him intimately, the attraction turned into affection.
But she was scared Ashton wouldn't accept her. Hence, for the time being, she was keeping her emotions to herself.
"You good?" Ashton asked her when he saw her staring at him.
"Yeah... just a bit tired after the trial." She replied with a smile.
"Hm... You haven't had a proper meal in a while either." Ashton blushed a bit, "Also, I think I should take a break as well. It would do more harm than good if I blindly kept pushing myself. What about you two?"
"Considering we have less than five trials remaining, there is no need for us to hurry." The twins replied simultaneously.
Ashton nodded and then turned towards the receptionist from earlier, "Do you have a place we could crash in for the night?"
"Um... yes sir. We have top-notch lodging houses made for the participants." The lady replied, "But since there are a lot of participants, the number of rooms might be limited."
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"I'm afraid so." Ashton scratched his head, "The other places were overbooked so I took what I could and ran with it. We'll have to share the rooms since they only allow two people per room."
The girls weren't showing their true emotions but they were more than happy about this outcome. Four people in two rooms... someone was bound to share a room with Ashton.
"Since you are twins and know each other well, you should share a room while Anna and I take the other one." Ashton said before handing them their keys, "Now then, shall we get inside?"
The disappointment on the twins' faces was as clear as the daylight. As for Anna, she could barely hide her emotions as she followed behind Ashton.
"Guess... we'll end up together no matter what we do." Verina said with her characteristic gentle smile.
"Who wanted to share a room with that perv either way. Let's go, I can't wait to get all this dirt off of myself." Irina might have said that, but her agitated face told a different story.
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