My Dreamy Old Husband

Chapter 44

Nathan’s bodyguard was extremely unsatisfied. How can my Little Master eat this? However, Nate never complained—in fact, he seemed to enjoy the food.

After having the hot pot, he was full to the point where he could burst. Sophia held onto his tiny hand while walking out of the shop. “Let’s go, we’ll have some fun at the night market. Hale, pay the bill.”

Hale took out his wallet reluctantly while thinking to himself, Do I get to claim this bill or am I paying it out of pocket? How can the lady boss be so stingy?

After paying the bill, he asked for a receipt since he was hoping that he might get a reimbursement.

The night market had only started, but it was already extremely lively with the street performers and vendors selling either clothes or phone cases. Some of them even had ring toss games in their stalls. It was extremely crowded, which made it difficult to move around.

Sophia led Nathan to one of the vendors with the ring toss game. After having a look, they noticed the wide variety of toys arranged neatly on the ground. Players were allowed to take away these toys immediately as long as the bamboo hoops landed on the toys.

She paid 10 to buy eight hoops before asking him, “Have you played this game before?”

He shook his head in honesty.

“Come, I’ll show you how the game works.”

She stood her ground and focused while holding onto a hoop. She scanned the area and soon settled on a target—a ceramic piggy bank! It’ll be great if I can take that home even if it’s merely for decoration!

She held onto the hoop and tossed it carefully.

The hoop flew out and made an arch across the air, but unfortunately missed the target.

She tried to toss another, but it had also missed.

Sophia continuously tossed four hoops. The closest she had was when a hoop brushed the top of the piggy bank before bouncing off again.

Nathan started to panic as well and his face scrunched up with worry.

Nevertheless, she was not anxious at all as she handed the remaining four hoops to him instead. “Here, Nate, why don’t you toss the hoops? I want that piggy bank.”

He had been waiting beside her, raring to go. Once he received the bamboo hoops from her, he copied Sophia’s stance and tossed a hoop out carefully.

The first hoop flew far away and accidentally hit one of the onlookers surrounding them. However, the person merely smiled without causing a scene since Nathan looked so adorable.

Sophia encouraged him. “Nate, you are doing great. In fact, you did so much better when I first threw my first hoop!”

Hale addedl, “That’s right. Little Master, you’re the best! Don’t give up and I’m sure you’ll hit the target the next time.”

The second hoop went flying out before hitting the head of a taller toy and bouncing off again.

Sophia continued to encourage Nathan. “Just look at how awesome my son is! He’s going for the kill!”

The third hoop missed the target as well, which made him seem rather dejected. He pouted while staring up at her.

She patted his head reassuringly. “Don’t worry, we have plenty of money. We’ll get a hundred or even a thousand hoops, if need be. I’m sure we’ll get at least one hoop in!”

Nathan nodded determinedly and stopped panicking. He tightened his grip around the last bamboo hoop with his tiny hand before tossing it aggressively toward the piggy bank Sophia had her eyes on. The hoop hit the piggy bank’s head once before bouncing off under his watchful eyes. However, he didn’t expect the hoop to settle immediately around a smaller plastic frog!

His eyes sparkled immediately whereas Sophia almost leaped in joy too. “Nate, you are awesome! I love you to the moon and back!”

He agreed that he was awesome too. Finally, his tiny face broke into a satisfied grin despite the fact that the little shabby-looking frog was most probably worth less than 1.

On their way back, Nathan held onto the small frog while appearing pleased with himself. The last time he looked so pleased was when he dug his first Bitcoin.

“Come, let’s go. We have to return home now to check whether the Beast accepted our challenge.” Sophia picked Nathan up onto her motorbike. After putting on their helmets, she sped off to return to campus.

After taking a shower in the hostel, Sophia hurriedly switched on her laptop and logged into the game. I gave him 48 hours to decide. If the Beast does not accept the invitation for battle within 48 hours, it would automatically be regarded as him forfeiting in fear.

The Beast accepted the battle invitation, as expected, after he logged in. In fact, he was online at that moment!

“Ha! Ha! Ha! Nate, quickly come here to see how I’m about to torture this scumbag!”

Coincidentally, the nanny was just finished with Nathan’s shower and sent him to Sophia. He took a stool to sit beside Sophia while waiting in excitement to watch the battle.

Soon, Sirius233 and the No. 1 Beast of the Server appeared simultaneously on Rocky Pinnacle. Furthermore, their final battle would officially start at 9PM.

The final battle would determine both one’s reputation and status!

The No. 1 Beast of the Server wanted to save its long lost reputation whereas Sirius233 merely wanted to avenge her son.

Sophia stared at the character of the Beast on the monitor and clicked on the equipment that he wore. It was fine when she wasn’t aware of it, but she was taken aback when she saw what he had.

Within a day, the Beast’s weapons had increased by several levels. In fact, he was using certain equipment that she did not recognize, but it all had incredible attributes.

She only recognized the sword he carried. Several days ago, she saw the sword on a well-known trading website for game items. Someone had bought the sword by bidding 2,330,000 in real money and not in game currency!

Almost everyone on the server gathered around to watch their battle. Some players had already recognized the insanely-priced sword from the beginning, causing a commotion among the crowd.

‘Oh, my God! That sword is blinding me with its awesomeness!’

‘Oh, my God! That’s a weapon that costs more than 2,000,000! Is Sirius confident in winning this?’

Sophia was no longer calm as she started to type rapidly on her keyboard. ‘Dude, it’s merely a game. Do you have to be so serious about this? That sword is worth more than 2,000,000! Wouldn’t it make more sense to purchase a house that will appreciate in value?’

Her opponent did not reply to her. Once it was time for the final battle, he lifted his sword and charged at her.

I thought I have already spent a lot on my equipment since I spent more than 100,000 on my weapon. However, I didn’t expect him to spend more than 2,000,000 to procure that weapon, which happens to be the only one available on the entire server! How could a weapon, which costs 100,000, possibly defeat the enemy’s sword that costs 2,000,000?! She immediately felt the pressure when their swords clashed, rendering her unable to perform most of her usual skills and even her techniques were no longer as smooth as before! However, Nate is watching beside me. I can’t surrender out of fear! Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

Sophia was anxious and her palms were covered in a film of sweat!

The player, who won two out of the three rounds in the final battle, would be the victor. In the first round, Sirius was beaten to a pulp and practically hung up without a chance to defend herself.

Sophia also gave up directly resisting. My equipment can’t even compete with my opponent’s one. She minimized the first round of battle while logging into a game equipment trading website to purchase a discontinued sword that was worth 2,000,000.

By the time she paid for the sword and took it back to the game, the first round of battle had ended. Both parties were preparing for the second round of battle.

At that moment, the surrounding audience realized in shock that Sirius, who had been beaten to a pulp in the first round, was now brandishing a dazzling weapon! That dazzling sword had similar attributes to the Beast’s weapon. However, it was obvious that she had a better flow while fighting with the sword. She turned the tide in the blink of an eye and started to beat the Beast relentlessly!

Sirius won the second round of the battle. In the third round, she was victorious too.

“Argh!” the beast howled in agony while being completely defeated. He had lost to Sirius233 once again.

“Damn it!”

It was noon in Moscov with the sun spilling brightly into the gym. Harry was engrossed with his game in the corner of the room and now stared in disbelief at his laptop screen. I can’t believe I lost! I’ve even lost twice now! I actually lost in full view of the public!

He switched off his laptop while standing up abruptly. Then, he walked toward Michael who was working out. “Old man, lend me your Godly character in ‘Swordsman Game’. I need to torture someone.”

Several students in Bayside University had developed the ‘Swordsman Game’ when they were still studying in the university. After the game was completed, Michael took a fancy to the game and invested his money without thinking twice. Currently, the game took up the largest share in the market and it was still popular even after many years.

Hence, he possessed the one and only Godly character in this game!

Michael rejected Harry immediately. “I forgot the password for my main character. I only have a new female character right now.”

“Pfft!”