"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

as he pushed his mug of beer

drank from

get him with our Defense Techniques, I had to fight him with my sword,"

to

nodded. "But it still wasn't easy. He moved very weirdly. Sometimes he went really low to the ground,

laughed when they heard that. "That really is a strange way to

not that difficult to foresee what my opponent will do, but with him, it was basically a

back and forth, but it

two remained silent for a

you think he is?" the first guard

I supposed to know?" Jarrod answered with a snort. "He wears one of those Haze Masks. I don't even remember how tall he is or what weapon

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

how is that supposed to 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,

like a fresh graduate. I think he

"Late twenties? The guy

he

he was inexperienced, but the opponent Steve fought didn't

the topic veered away

hours passed, and it

to gather in one of the towers

to fight that one student from the academy?"

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

number were you?"

"Number 57," Steve answered.

the early ones," the guard

Steve asked. "How many did the guy

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

that

was Number 95," another

144,"

yeah, how did your

bad,"

was pretty good,"

bit inexperienced, though," Steve

three guards looked

"What?" Steve asked.

144 asked with skepticism. "He seemed pretty experienced to

but pretty experienced? I don't

we even talking about this?" Number

looked at

don't have to overdo it," Number

183 shouted. "I nearly lost

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

Number 183 answered in frustration. "He even managed to trigger the Magic Circle

the other

Triggering the Magic Circle?

183 had received

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