"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.

explain

fight go?" Jarrod asked as he pushed his mug

drank from

after trying to get him with our Defense Techniques, I had to fight

to use your

very weirdly. Sometimes he went really low to the ground, and other

heard that. "That

effective," Steve said. "Fighting him was very different from fighting any other warrior. Usually, it's not that difficult to foresee what my opponent will do, but with him, it

after some back and

remained silent for

you think he is?" the first

supposed to know?" Jarrod answered with a snort. "He wears one of those Haze Masks. I don't even

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

and his technique also wasn't bad. I can't remember his weapon,

fresh graduate. I think he

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

sure what he should think about

inexperienced, but the

while, the topic veered away from Shang, and

it was late

had closed, which forced the off-duty guards to gather in one of

did you guys also have to fight that one student from the academy?" one of the players on the table suddenly asked the

guy," Steve said. The other two he had met in the bar were already back

were you?" the

"Number 57," Steve answered.

one of the

Steve asked. "How many did the

don't know," the guard said. "I

"He fought that many

95,"

was Number 144," the

your fights

wasn't bad," Number 95

was pretty good," Number

inexperienced, though,"

other three guards looked

"What?" Steve asked.

with skepticism. "He seemed pretty experienced to

but pretty experienced? I don't know," Number

Number 183 asked. "He was definitely very

looked

have to overdo

183 shouted. "I nearly lost to

had been

in frustration. "He even managed to trigger the

the other

Triggering the Magic Circle?

that Number 183 had

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