The Slayers
Chapter 74 (Season 3)

On a clear morning, sunlight shines on the earth. Waking Alex up from his deep sleep, but of course, since he was still sleepy, he slept again in peace.

Just as he was back to sleep, the sound of an alarm interrupted his sleep again.not enough with that, his mother went into Alex's room and woke him up. This time he couldn't possibly not wake up.

"Hey, Alex! How can you expect to become a Special and apply to work as a Slayers if you're so lazy yourself?"

"...well, I'll wake up. Besides hoping that's my right from the time I'm in the womb."

"Hoo, smart talk too huh? Now get up!"

"Five minutes, ma'am."

Urat popped on the face of the Mother, her anger was no longer restrained. As a result, Alex walks into the bathroom with cheeks that have a fist from the mother.

Even though he had been hit, his sleepiness had not completely disappeared.

He walked from his room on the second floor. He went down the stairs with his life not yet fully accumulated. He almost slipped, fortunately he did not fall.

After going down the stairs, he picked up a towel and headed to the bathroom. But before he opened the bathroom door, his father called Alex sarcastically.

"Good morning, Alex. You look as excited as ever" he said, sipping black coffee.

Alex did not respond, but he turned his head and looked at his father lazily. His father still sips his coffee. At the dinner table, only his father and younger sister ate the sandwich happily.

Alex then went into the bathroom and took a quick shower. After that, she came out in her school clothes. He dried his wet towel and sat down at the table, right next to his sister. He took the bread and ate the bread.

His mother also joined the dinner table. The table was very quiet, very awkward, very quiet. The silence is finally broken by Anna, Alex's younger sister.

"Hey brother, 3 or 4 days left for the Special election, right?"

"Special Selection in 4 days."

"Well, good luck."

Either Anna really prayed for him was just mocking him. Alex is very upset with his sister who thinks this is annoying.

'About you're the only Special in this family, you're mocking me?'

Alex was silent, he was upset in his heart.

"Hey, Alex, your sister's been praying for you, but you're not grateful? What kind of brother are you?"

"Ah yes, thank you Anna."

Anna just laughed and said "Sama-sama."

But Alex knew that Anna was only looking for attention in front of their parents. Anna, who is a Specialist and can be a student of the Slayers academy, gets a lot of praise, both from neighbors, school friends, even teachers and principals. How not? As the name suggests, the human who rose to become a Special is very valuable. So if you're in the gossip of mothers who complain about their child's work, if your child is a Special or Slayers. You just have to talk and they are immediately amazed and feel jealous or inferior.

Alex's mother has always carried Anna's name since she became Special last year. From then on, Anna's annoying demeanor became even more annoying. Alex is also insecure. The affection that was usually evenly divided, now only focused on Anna. Their father is even tougher on Alex now.

Alex ate the bread quickly and went from the dining table to the garage. He took a bicycle to go to school. Anna was driven by her father by car.

Alex did not go to school. He stopped next to his house. He calls his classmate Norga.

"Hey, Norga!"

"Ah, just a moment, brother!."

Norga, a child with black hair like thorns, was a little long until tied up.

"Hey, Norga, be careful on the road and don't be weird!"

"I know!"

Norga is a 15-year-old, while Alex is 17.

He only lives with his uncle and older cousin, who is a Slayers who is quite well known in the city of Surabaya.

They are both friends. They always go to school together, do things that make trouble together, make trouble together, and are punished together as well.

They also have the same ideals, become Slayers who are famous and liked by many people, and join one of the big guilds in Indonesia.

Going to school by bike has become their daily activity. Their school also has the same direction, precisely their school facing each other.

After cycling on the road for 15 minutes, they finally reached their respective schools.

The first hour of rest, Alex reads a web novel, about a child who cannot cultivate and is considered the trash of his own family. But he had heaven-defying luck, he eventually became strong and took out those who had underestimated him.

The story was popular somehow and became ranked one in the action category. Many readers loved the story, including Alex.

Unlike Alex who read novels about cultivation. Norga at the first break, he reads a fantasy novel from the west, about a royal knight to be executed, but he manages to escape. Eventually the knight gathered dangerous men, established a mercenary group and received a very dangerous mission. The novel also has many fans, only it occupies the number two ranking. But of course the action novel rankings can be alternated, cultivation novels or eastern fantasies with western fantasy novels that often change positions from rank 1 and 2.

Although their favorite novels are different, but there is one thing they experience. They're a bunch of bullies.

They cannot have time for peace. They are always in trouble, but they are ready for such a situation.

"Hey, Alex, there's gonna be a pem-" soon"

"Just get to the point, Narta."

The one who often annoyed Alex, he was the only one who dared with Alex who was 187cm tall.

"Alright, I want to bet with you."

"What order?"

"From us, who's gonna be Special."

Alex's eyes, which had been a little closed because he was lazy, were now wide open.

"You're serious?"

"Of course, I'm serious" Narta said with a smile. "If I become a Specialist, then you'll have to be my errand boy."

"You! Wh-wh"

"And vice versa, if you're the Special, then you'll be my master."

"And if we both become Special?"

"Then this bet doesn't apply."

"Hmmm...." Alex is confused by the bet from Narta. He was not as lucky as the protagonist in the novel he had read. And the risk for the stakes is so great, being somebody's babu? Who wants to huh!?

"Hows it? You accept?"

'Shit, how is this? I don't want to be the son of this bitch, but my pride..."

"Hey Alex, are you scared?" Said Narta, still with her arrogant smile.

"You..."

After thinking hard, Alex answered confidently.

"All right, I accept your challenge."

'After all, the odds are 50:50 so, I'll risk my pride.'

"Good."

With that, bets have been formed with their respective self-esteem being the stakes.

*In the meantime, Norga's school is.

"Hey, Norga, let's bet on who's going to be Special."

"What's the bet?"

"The loser, got to shoot Cindy, how?"

"Sister Cindy? Cindy's sister Budi's son the seller of soto?"

"Rubber. Do you accept it or not?"

"Of course I accept."

With no doubt at all about his future, Norga accepts the bet.