"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 things,"

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

drank from

him with our Defense Techniques, I had to fight him with my

to use your real

moved very weirdly. Sometimes he went really low to the ground, and other times, he even jumped over

other two laughed when they heard that. "That really is

from fighting any other warrior. Usually, it's not that difficult to foresee what my opponent will do, but with

I won after some back and forth, but it definitely wasn't

other two remained silent for

how old do you think he is?" the first guard

one of those Haze Masks. I don't even remember how

I was sure that he

General Stage, and his technique

didn't seem like a fresh graduate. I think he

The guy didn't even know

sure what he should think

other two told Steve that he was inexperienced, but

a while, the topic veered away from Shang, and he was

passed, and it was late

off-duty guards to gather in one of the towers

one student from the academy?" one of the players on the table suddenly asked

Steve said. The other two he had met in the bar were already back at work, and he would also need to

number were you?"

"Number 57," Steve answered.

you're one of the early

Steve asked. "How many

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

fought that many of us in just half

95," another guard

was Number 144,"

did your

bad,"

good,"

inexperienced, though,"

three guards looked at

"What?" Steve asked.

skepticism. "He seemed pretty experienced to

experienced but pretty experienced? I don't

Number 183

the three guards looked at Number 183 in

to overdo

183 shouted. "I nearly lost to

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

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

surprised the other three

Triggering the Magic Circle?

meant that Number 183 had received a life-threatening

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