The championship bouts had sprung a huge upset today. Niu Niu, the warrior who had been on an unstoppable eleven-match winning streak, had been brought down by some strange monk no one knew where had come from.
Niu Niu had quite a reputation among both the players and the NPCs, so the news spread through Scarlet Keep like a storm.
In another part of the sewers, the shooting team's "seed player," Little Ashina, had just wrapped up the day's competition with an easy twelve-match winning streak and three construction points in hand. When she came over to the fights to see what was going on, the Winter Wolf monk had already defeated a veteran of the People's Army, a mountain-dweller fighter, and a Blood Oath Knight. He had become the biggest "dark horse" of the night.
It was already one in the morning. The vampires were full of energy, but the residents had work in the morning.
The championship bouts were just a diversion, not something that could disrupt the normal workings of Scarlet Keep. So the fights ended for the day, with more to come tomorrow.
But the odds offered by the Blood Rat Gang had already shifted dramatically because of this dark horse's sudden rise. Several of the previously favored fighters had seen their odds revised. It was clear that, in shrewd Dorothy's eyes, this strange Winter Wolf monk had become a leading contender for the championship.
For the other spectators, though, this kind of reversal was great fun. And the Winter Wolf monk really was strong and had a lot of "sportsmanship." Every opponent he defeated had escaped serious injury; they had only been knocked unconscious.
It was clear that, despite his high-profile manner, this fighter knew how to hold back. That had earned him another wave