| tell you | am truly fond of you now. | guess you can see that," the woman offered, and surely, those words made Austin agape with wonder.
Although his eyes had been furtively catching glimpses of her cleavage, he did not expect the woman to present herself in such an unreserved and prurient manner. Adding to his surprise and embarrassment, the woman winked at him, reassuring him about her intentions.
He thought of what he had heard from a friend when he was living on earth, that smature women had a unique taste for younger and inchoate men. It was said that hanging out with a guy who was younger than herself would give the woman a strange and special excitement.
"lI want to apply for the evaluation test," Austin said shyly.
A sensual and beautiful woman who wore transparent and scanty dresses like her would inevitably attract any young, unmarried man like Austin. His heart clearly burned with hot passion and his blood pumped fast in his veins seeing the woman's sexy and curvaceous body and seductive eyes.
After a few minutes, he finally managed to compose himself. This was hardly the tfor such passionate dreams. He instantly reminded himself of the business he actually chere for. He thought that if a diabolic beast of the Sunset Mountain was the target of attack in the evaluation, then it was better to participate in the test and find out what kind of a beast it was.
His mind cto a conclusion that by applying for the recruitment, he would surely get the information he needed. As for enlisting for the Tiger Mercenary Team, he felt he could decide about that after seeing where the whole situation would take him when the evaluation test ended. He could consider joining the team if it was a worthy place to stay.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"You are indeed a crazy boy," the woman uttered in wonder.
She had no right to reject a person's application. With hopelessness, she looked at him. She could not stop him or do anything except feel pity for Austin's life.
From the drawer of her desk, she took out a token and handed it over to Austin.
Then she started giving him instructions. "It looks like you didn't take any of my word into consideration. If you so insist, then | have to accept your wish, even if it is a death wish. Here is the token that you will need for your evaluation test. Take it with you and go to those houses over there. There are numbers on the door of each room. Find the house whose numbers match with those on your token.
And there is another thing. Before you enter that house, you need to find someone who is willing to fight the beast as your teammate. After finding a partner, you can enter that house with him. Remember, there is an eighth-level diabolic beast locked up in there. It is very anxious to tear up something to release its fury from the tit has been imprisoned.
Keep it in mind! It is not that you will just be killed if you get defeated. That is when this token comes in handy. Smash the token immediately, and my people will cto rescue you at once. This token is the last straw you can hold onto," the woman instructed.
"Duly noted! And thanks," Austin thanked for her detailed explanation.
Then he turned around and took leave.
Holding the token in his hand, he studied it carefully. It looked like it was made of jade, and there were sexquisite, delicate engravings on the surface.
What amazed Austin more was the carving of a tiger at the back of the token, which was emanating streaks of mysterious soft green light.
With the token in his hand, Austin headed towards the direction of the houses as the woman instructed. The houses were at the other end of the square, and he could see that there were five of them in sight.
At the door of each house, there were already dozens of applicants gathered around and waiting for their turn to get into the house.
Austin found the house on which the numbers matched his token numbers and joined the crowd. Most of them had already found partners, and were discussing their tactics for the upcoming battle.
Sporadically, sfighters were thrown out of the door and ended up with severe injuries. They ended with ragged and torn clothes and were all trembling with terror. Upon getting back their breath, all of them had the dire desire to run away from that place as fast as they could.
"It is so scary! The beast is really terrible! It's in its full strength. | was nearly swallowed by it." Austin heard one of them, who was thrown out, cry aloud.
Apparently, he was a loser and the fight with the beast had terrified him to great extent.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThen, there were fighters who strutted out of the house with haughty and gloating looks on their faces. Although it was clear from their wounds that they had just experienced a fierce fight, they had succeeded in taking down the beast and surely it meant they had passed the test.
"That is interesting," Austin blurted out in excitement.
The splendor of the test aroused his spirits. He was eager to know what kind of a diabolic beast could be held inside the house.
However, Austin's thin and weak appearance was ridiculed by the fighters that had crowded there. They all watched Austin with contemptuous looks on their faces.
Srude and impolite fighters even began making fun of him.
"Whose boy is this? Do you also want to join the Tiger Mercenary Team?" "Boy, go back home! Your mom is looking for you." "Don't you know it is dangerous here? Before the beast swallows you, get the hell out of here! The beast can swallow you in one gulp. You would look so delicious to it." The despising sounds rang out among the crowd, and all the people present burst into laughter at the manner those men described Austin as if he was a little toddler. It was not surprising that people would lose their interest in Austin as he looked so immature and fragile in comparison to all the muscular and energetic men there. But, Austin did not take all those mocking words to heart.
"It looks like none of you would like to joinin a team and fight with that beast," Austin said, running his fingers through his hair sheepishly.
His words led to a louder uproar of laughter.
"What? Really, this little boy wants to fight that eighth-level diabolic beast? Are you daydreaming, you fool?" "If | wanted to die, | would choose to be your partner and fight that beast with you. But | have no such intentions." "What a naughty boy this is! Fighting the beast as your partner literally equals to a suicide act. Why would | want to get myself killed? I have loads of money and beautiful, sexy women waiting forin my house. | wouldn't give it a thought until | have amply enjoyed what | have earned right now," a man cried out sardonically.
Hearing the man's humorous words, the crowd becboisterous again. The dull and insipid atmosphere of the square gradually becnoisy and garrulous because of Austin's presence there.