Gabby played his final card. He knew that Ibeniah would be angry with him and might even try to fight it out with him but he had to do something to get Zavier off their backs.
Zavier tilted his head towards one side in confusion.
"Although I want to roll around with her in passion, there is a time and place for everything. I can't start acting like some uncivilized oaf spreading the legs of a fine girl like that in the open for everyone to see. Such a sight should be enjoyed in solitude."
Gabby was a little happy that the masked man seemed to be quite perverted. He felt that the chances of negotiations succeeding were quite high. Gabby thought that he had already figured out Zavier's true intentions by asking carefully thought questions.
Gabby felt that he had to nudge Zavier a little more in order to make him agree to their offering. After all, he understood that Zavier had to keep his face as well.
"You seem like a likeminded person and a well cultured one at that. Although I agree with what you said about there being a place and time for everything but there is a certain charm in giving in to the wild animal instinct hidden inside us and engage in the most primitive carnal activities just like our ancestors who used to do it out in the open beneath the clear sky without anyone judging them for it."
Zavier let out an excited laugh and replied.
"For the first time since you began your pitiful 'negotiations', you are talking sense. I feel like trying what you suggested. I might even find myself a new fetish for doing it out in the open."
Gabby nodded his head repeatedly in appreciation with so much enthusiasm that he felt vertigo all over again.
Everything had proceeded according to his plan and he had even managed to bag the masked monster home without suffering any real loss.
Zavier patted him on his shoulder and pushed him aside to move past him and head in the direction of the half naked girl who was either still unconscious or was pretending to be so.
But before the smile on Gabby's face could even fade away, Zavier backtracked and came face to face with some backward steps.
Gabby couldn't tell what kind of expression Zavier had under the mask but he had the feeling that he was being mocked; like all of him and his ideas had already been laid bare in front of the masked man, as if the man already knew what Gabby wanted to do by offering him the girl who was undressed and ready to be f*cked.
"I don't think that I am going to f*ck her right now. Don't get me wrong. I loved your idea of doing it under the sky with only the trees at witnesses but I don't have to do it right now. There are some important things that I can do in the same amount of time. What do you think? Don't you think that I should be doing something more rewarding during this time in the competition?"
Gabby was flustered and was almost unable to answer him at once but gathered about his wits in a matter of seconds.
"No...no...no, I am not trying to imply anything but I felt that going with the flow was one way to enjoy it a little more than normal."
Zavier let out his aura to act even more intimidating as he moved closer to Gabby's face.
"Say what are you three called?"
"I am Gabby, the large unconscious one is called Ibeniah and this young looking swordsman here is named Macbeth. We are all the students of Melbourne high school. With your strength, I am sure that you must have heard of it."
The masked man didn't show any indication as to whether he had heard of the school or not.
Gabby couldn't understand whether Zavier had felt intimidated or not but at the moment his heart was beating like crazy which of course Zavier was aware of. His super sensitive hearing allowed him to monitor the heart beat of the opponent that he was currently negotiating with.
Therefore, Zavier always knew when to press Gabby a little more and according to his judgement, this was such a moment.
"Gabby, is it?"
Gabby nodded in answer to his name being called out by the masked man in that raspy voice of his.
"Do you take me for a fool, Gabby?"
Gabby felt dumbstruck. He knew that his little tricks to avoid a catastrophic result had been in vain as soon as he heard the anger in the masked man's voice. He knew that his tricks had been found out and the masked man was probably furious at being treated like a fool.
Gabby didn't answer his question. Rather he assumed that it was a rhetorical question and didn't need to be answered since the masked man probably already knew about the scheme that he had tried to pull off.
Since the leader of the trio named Gabby didn't answer, Zavier continued to talk.
"I think I want something else at the moment rather than having mindless sex with a half conscious wench."
Gabby was dreading the next demand of the masked man. He could only hope that it wasn't something that he could not deliver since that would mean that there was a chance of losing and suffering injuries that might hinder their progress in the test.
"Aren't you going to ask what it is that I want?"
Since Gabby hadn't been answering, Zavier nudged him a little to push him further into the abyss.
"What is it?"
Gabby finally let out a sigh filled with frustration and asked him in a low tone that felt as tired he did.
"I can see that all three of you have some interesting abilities. Even your bloodlines are quite distinguished. I think I would go a long way in this test if you give me your cards as well. That will earn you my goodwill and I will even let you go about your own way without giving you all a beating."
Gabby had a terrible look on his face. This was the very thing that he was dreading. Now that the masked man had mentioned their cards, amicable solution was no longer possible. They had to fight their way out of there otherwise they might end up losing their cards anyway.
Even though Gabby was disappointed that his earlier plan didn't work out, he wasn't as angry because he knew that anyone in the position of the masked man would have demanded their cards as the very first bargaining chip. It was perfectly normal.
But Ibeniah who had been until then lying on the ground pretending to be unconscious got up with his nostrils flaring in anger. He had heard the words of the masked man earlier and was full of wrath knowing that the masked man had already taken the girl from him and now he even wanted their cards.
His anger and lack of impulse control lead to another situation where his teammates were unable to hold him back as he transformed once again. But this time, the transformation was more complete albeit not entirely perfect but better than his previous attempt.
The werewolf that Zavier saw in front of him this time was more complete and more intimidating than the previous one. Zavier wondered what the reason for the varying degree of transformations was.
Seeing his transformation, Gabby knew that there was only one way that they could get out of there with their cards still in their possession and that was by using the full extent of their abilities in order to throw off the masked man in order to escape when he least expected it.
"Macbeth, we can give it our all or we can return back home thinking that our journey was only up till here. If we hold back even a little, I have a feeling that we either won't last until the end of the first test due to excessive injuries or we would be washed up among the losers due to the difference in points accumulated."
Gabby knew what Macbeth wanted with his flaring aura and oozing strength of the bloodline from Macbeth who was the sharpest sword of their team.
Ibeniah rushed in and so did Macbeth with a long sword in his hand.
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