"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

go?" Jarrod asked as

from

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

had to use your real weapon?"

He moved very weirdly. Sometimes he went really low to the ground,

heard that. "That really is

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 a shot in the

I won after some back and forth, but

two remained

do you think he is?"

supposed to know?" Jarrod answered with a snort. "He wears one of those

sure

supposed to work?" Steve asked. "The guy is obviously at the Early General Stage, and his technique also wasn't bad.

graduate. I think he is probably in his

twenties? The

sure what he should think about

Steve that he was inexperienced, but

the topic veered away from

passed, and it was late at

to gather in one

guys also have to fight that one student from the academy?" one

met in the bar were already back at work, and he would

number were you?" the guard

"Number 57," Steve answered.

the early ones," the guard

asked. "How many

the guard said. "I only

Steve asked in shock. "He fought that many of

95," another

144,"

yeah, how did your fights go?"

wasn't bad," Number

pretty good," Number 144

bit inexperienced,

other three guards

"What?" Steve asked.

with skepticism. "He

but pretty

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

three guards looked at Number

to overdo it," Number 144

183 shouted. "I nearly

had been pretty strong, but Steve had been

managed to

surprised the other

Triggering the Magic Circle?

meant that Number 183 had received a

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