"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,"

did your fight go?" Jarrod asked as

drank from

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

to use your real weapon?" Jarrod

he went really low to the ground, and other times, he even jumped over me. Like, who does

that. "That really is a strange

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 was basically

won after some back and forth,

other two remained silent for a

think he is?" the

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

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

and his technique also

fresh graduate. I

The guy didn't even know our

what he should think

that he was inexperienced, but the opponent Steve fought

topic veered away from Shang, and he

it

had closed, which forced the off-duty guards to

to fight that one student from the academy?" one

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

were you?" the guard

"Number 57," Steve answered.

you're one of the early ones," the guard

asked. "How many

"I only

in shock. "He fought that

95," another

Number 144,"

how did your fights

bad,"

was pretty good,"

inexperienced,

three guards looked

"What?" Steve asked.

with skepticism. "He

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

we even talking about this?" Number 183 asked. "He was definitely

the three guards looked at Number

have to overdo it," Number

not exaggerating!" Number 183 shouted. "I nearly lost to

asked in shock. Sure, Steve's opponent had

managed to trigger the Magic Circle

the

Triggering the Magic Circle?

that Number 183 had received

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