Bettings starts NOW

Once everyone entered, their eyes automatically wandered around to check the area out.

Such a huge place! After coming to this island for almost or more than a year, none of the men had ever seen someone owning such a huge place.

This is their first time. It would be a wonder if they did not envy the owner. That was why they wanted to loot Cyril in the first place.

The place was bustling with people as everyone wanted to see the new place.

Even though the gates were opened on time, the events did not start because Cyril wasn't there.

He did not have any manpower at the moment. Even if someone wanted to work for him for points, Cyril did not have too many points to spare.

He had already used almost all of his points by setting this place up. There is no way he could afford more points for the sake of manpower.

Since the business is new, he knew he wouldn't need many workers under him.

For now, he wanted to do all the work by himself until he earned a few points to spare.

He went to the betting area and announced, "The first event for today is arm wrestling. Anyone who is interested is welcome to join. There is no joining fee today. The prizes for winners are printed in the catalogue given to you all when you entered the Gambling Den."

He did not make any welcoming speech or an opening speech. There is no way a bunch of criminals would want to hear to such speeches. They are here to earn points in any way they could. So, Cyril, too, went directly to the main point and announced the first event.

He had thought very much about the events he would organize in his Gambling Den.

Because everyone here would be full of many frustrations, they would want to have a fight instead of playing sports on the first day.

But if he were to arrange a fight on the very first day and the blood is spilled, he finds it a bit ominous.

Even though Cyril wasn't the type to believe in superstitions, he would want his business to be as successful as possible and for that he would avoid some things that others consider ominous as well.

So, after contemplating for a long time, he decided on the sport which was involved in both fighting and wouldn't spill any blood: Arm Wrestling.

Once arm wrestling was done, he could continue with 'normal' sports and from the next working day, he could add fighting sports to the list as well.

As he had expected, as soon as Arm Wrestling was announced, there was a huge rush in the audience. There were many active participants.

After all, there was no participating fee. If they won, they would earn some points and even if they did not win, they would enjoy fighting someone very much.

There was no loss in joining at all.

So, there were many people adding their names to the list.

Of course, there was another set of 'Terms and Conditions' they should check before they could officially join the sport.

No one cared about clicking on that one little box anyway.

The adrenaline pushed everyone to a new height as they started shouting to start the game immediately.

Cyril smiled looking at his enthusiastic customers. "Please wait while our system automatically matches up the opponents. Please note that it was random and no one knows which two will be paired against each other beforehand."

No one commented anymore and waited patiently.

Rian came to his side and whispered softly in his ear, "Brother Cyril, should I join this as well?"

Cyril looked at him and asked back, "Do you want to join?"

Rian blinked his eyes and looked at all his potential rivals who were bulkier than the one before. He shuddered as he shook his head.

Cyril chuckled, "Then you don't have to. Anyway, I want you to preserve your stamina for the next events. This one is not for you. This is just a warm up for our customers."

Rian blinked his eyes. He seemed to understand what Cyril meant but also didn't. Anyway, he knew that Cyril was now too busy to answer all his doubts and decided to silently trust all of his decisions for now.

He nodded and left. By that time, the system was done arranging the pairs randomly.

There were a total of ninety eight contestants joining this game. So, in the first round, there were forty nine matches in total.

Jake had already arranged a large screen in the field so everyone could see it.

The pairings were displayed on the large screen for them to see.

Once they were displayed, another sentence was shown: Bettings for the first round starts NOW.

This is the moment Cyril is about to start earning. 

All his earlier investments were for this very moment.

To bet, one had to give their names to Cyril manually.

Cyril had actually seen a system to digitally bet but he did not have enough funds and had to postpone purchasing it. Hence, for today, he had no choice but to do everything himself including taking the names for the bets.

Once the bets were placed, the games started officially.

There were few winners and an equal number of losers in the Arm Wrestling. But this number wasn't equal when it came to the bets.

In a match, there were more winners while in the other there were more losers. These results varied with each and every match.

As they watched, the first round ended, and it was the time for a new matchup among the winners of the first round.

The process from the first round repeated again with the sentence showing: Bettings for the second round starts NOW.

The winners in the first round felt lucky and they wanted their lucky streak to continue. So they joined the bets with more points than the last time.