"I was lucky. I got him with the Flying Beast Defense Technique."

Inside a tavern, several guards were talking to each other.

"So you were the reason why he managed to evade my spears!" another guard on the table grumbled.

The first guard only snickered. "Well, I was the first one. How did your fight go?"

"I think I was the fourth he fought," the other guard said. "Luckily, he didn't know the Earth Beast Cracker. I don't remember what his weapon was, but I remember that I managed to make him lose his weapon. The fight was over after that."

"Yeah, he probably wears one of these Haze Masks," the first guard said. "Of course, I can't remember."

At that point, another guard walked through the doors since his shift had just ended.

"Hey, Steve!" the second guard shouted. "Over here!"

The newest guard, Steve, walked over with a laugh and sat down. "What's up?" he asked.

"Hey, did you fight that guy in the academy too?" the second guard asked.

"Wait, you guys fought him as well?" Steve asked.

The two guards nodded.

"Didn't your shift end like five hours ago?"

The two guards nodded again.

"What was your number?" Steve asked.

"I was number one, and Jarrod was number four," the first guard said.

"Tch," Steve spat. "You probably had it easy as number one."

The first guard only laughed. "Don't act like you didn't also have it easy."

"What are you talking about?" Steve asked. "I was number 57, and I had to fight him for like over half a minute."

The first two guards only looked at Steve in surprise.

"What?" Steve asked.

"Half a minute?" Jarrod asked. "Did we fight the same guy?"

"Probably," Steve said. "The numbers seem to check out with the timeframe. Why?"

The first guard and Jarrod looked at each other. "Well, we basically won in an instant."

"In an instant?" Steve asked. "I mean, I get that being the first has some advantage, but that quick?"

"Yeah, he didn't know our techniques in the beginning," the first guard explained.

would explain things," Steve

did your fight go?" Jarrod asked as he pushed his mug of

from the

Techniques, I

you actually had to

still wasn't easy. He moved very weirdly. Sometimes he went really low to the ground, and other times, he even

that. "That really is a strange

what my opponent will do, but with him, it was basically a shot in the dark. I had to rely on my instincts and

I won after some back and forth, but it definitely

two remained silent for

old do you think

"He wears one of those Haze Masks. I don't even remember how tall he is or what

how he fought, I was sure that he was a fresh graduate. You know, someone that just

at the Early General Stage, and his technique also

a fresh graduate. I think

two snorted. "Late twenties? The guy didn't

wasn't sure what he

he was inexperienced,

topic veered away from Shang, and he

hours passed, and it was

forced the off-duty guards to gather in

you guys also have to fight that one student from the

he had met in the bar were

number were you?" the guard

"Number 57," Steve answered.

of the

asked. "How

said. "I only know that

asked in shock. "He fought that many of us

was Number 95," another guard

144,"

your fights

bad,"

pretty good,"

bit inexperienced, though,"

other three guards looked

"What?" Steve asked.

144 asked with skepticism. "He seemed

pretty experienced? I

talking about this?" Number

guards looked at Number 183 in

have to overdo it," Number

exaggerating!" Number 183 shouted. "I nearly

had been pretty strong, but

even managed to trigger

surprised the other

Triggering the Magic Circle?

183 had

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