"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

as he pushed his mug of

drank from

him with our Defense Techniques, I had to fight

so you actually had to use your real weapon?" Jarrod

wasn't easy. He moved very weirdly. Sometimes he went really low to the ground, and other times, he even jumped over me. Like, who

that. "That really is a

foresee what my opponent will do, but with him, it was

won after some back and

two remained silent for

think he

answered with a snort. "He wears one of those Haze

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

work?" Steve asked. "The guy is obviously at the Early General Stage, and his technique also wasn't bad. I can't remember his weapon, but I can

a fresh graduate. I think he is probably in his late

other two snorted. "Late twenties? The

what he

was inexperienced, but the

while, the topic veered away from Shang, and

and it was

the off-duty guards to gather in one of the

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

met in the bar were already back at work, and

you?"

"Number 57," Steve answered.

one of the early ones," the

"How many did

don't know," the guard said. "I only know that I was

asked in shock. "He fought that many of us in

was Number 95,"

144,"

your fights go?" Number 183

bad," Number 95

was pretty good,"

bit inexperienced, though," Steve

other three guards looked

"What?" Steve asked.

with skepticism. "He seemed pretty experienced to

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

about this?" Number 183 asked.

looked at Number

have to overdo it," Number

Number 183 shouted.

asked in shock. Sure, Steve's opponent had been pretty strong, but Steve had been

"He even managed to trigger the Magic

the

Triggering the Magic Circle?

Number 183 had

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