Order Of The Shadows

Chapter 7: A "Fair" Amount of Fun (part 2)

Last time on Order of the Shadows:

"The results are in," the man says grabbing the slip. His eyes widen and he takes off his hat. "Holy shit," he says, "It's over 1,000."

... Over 1,000. Did I absorb some of the power that I unlocked. Ether way I officially know I'm stronger than Cronos.

Now:

"H-how is this possible?," I say surprised, "It was about a third of that yesterday." (yesterday is when the story began. Just reminding you.)

The man looks at me. "Are you sure you didn't use magic?," he questions.

I look at my knuckles and realize they're bleeding. "Does it look like I used magic?," I respond sarcastically showing him my knuckles. "Because if I did my magic would have kept this from happening."

"True true," the man replies, "Also there would have been some type of aura around your hand. Anyway you made a new high score so you get a prize." He walks behind a counter and waves me over. Venus follows. "Seeing you beat the top score I'll give you a chance to earn a prize for the young lady."

I continue looking at my fist. How did I become this strong in one day? It's almost as if my body absorbed some of the power from my new form. Is that why my nose was bleeding. Was it just a side effect of gaining a lot of power in such little time? What is going on? I look up and see both the man and Venus looking at me for a response. "Um... What?"

"Did you even bother to listen?," Venus questions.

"No," I answer. "Was I suppose to?"

Venus looks at my hand. "You listen to him while I heal your hand."

I look at the man. "So... One more time for the people who didn't hear."

"Well as I said you have the chance to earn a prize for the young lady."

"What do I do?," I ask without thinking. I look at Venus a see a smile on her face.

"Well the rules are simple." He pulls three cups out and places them upside down and pulls a marble out of his pocket. "I will place this marble under one of these cups and rearrange them. If you can correctly guess where the marble is then the lady gets a prize and you still earn the prize from earlier. If you guess wrong then you walk away with nothing." He smirks. "Do you accept?"

I smirk and chuckle. "If you think you can trick me with a simple mind game you're wrong. I accept."

Venus finishes healing me. "All done. What did I miss?"

"Alright. Are you ready?," the man asks.