"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

Jarrod asked as he pushed his mug

drank from

him with our Defense Techniques, I

to use your real weapon?"

easy. He moved very weirdly. Sometimes he went really low to the ground, and other times, he even jumped over me. Like, who does that?" Steve

heard that. "That really

opponent will do, but with him, it was basically a shot

I won after some back and forth,

two remained

how old do you think

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

said, "but based on how he fought, I was sure that he was a fresh graduate. You

at the Early General Stage, and his technique also wasn't bad. I can't remember his weapon, but I can

seem like a fresh graduate. I think he is

other two snorted. "Late twenties? The guy didn't even know our

he should

inexperienced, but the opponent Steve

veered away from

and it

the off-duty guards to gather

student from the academy?" one of the

two he had met in the bar were already

number were you?" the

"Number 57," Steve answered.

the early ones," the guard

ones?" Steve asked. "How

said. "I only

asked in shock. "He fought that

95,"

was Number 144," the fourth one

yeah, how did your fights go?" Number 183

bad," Number 95

pretty good," Number

bit inexperienced, though,"

guards

"What?" Steve asked.

144 asked with skepticism.

experienced but pretty experienced?

talking about this?" Number 183 asked.

looked at Number 183

have to overdo it," Number 144

shouted. "I nearly lost to

Steve's opponent had been pretty strong, but Steve had

in frustration. "He even managed to trigger the Magic Circle

the other

Triggering the Magic Circle?

Number 183 had received a life-threatening

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