—Start!

-Booom!

As soon as the referee announced the start of the match, like a missile, Alex shot in my direction. A shockwave resounded across the arena as his figure disappeared from where he was standing.

-Dash

Moments before Alex shot in my direction, tensing my calves I moved backward and quickly drew a circle in the air.

-Swoooosh

Just as the tip of Alex's spear was about to reach me, motioning with my fingers upwards, the ring I created moved right in front of the spear.

-Clank!

"Wh-at!?"

Caught off guard, Alex's arms which were still holding onto the spear tightly, flung in the air as the spear clashed against the ring disrupting its momentum.

His body became wide open.

Capitalizing on the opening, without skipping a beat, using the scabbard of the sword I hit him in the face and the sound of something breaking resounded across the arena.

-Kacha!

"Kuuuuaahhh!"

Taking ten steps back, Alex opened his eyes wide open as his hands held onto his nose.

-Drip! -Drip!

Soon red droplets fell onto the pavement of the arena. Taking a moment to process what had happened, Alex looked at the ground for a moment before screaming with bloodshot eyes.

"H-how dare you!"

-Vuam!

Soon, a thick pressure started emanating from his body, surrounding the whole arena.

Noticing the changes happening around me, I rubbed my chin and stared at Alex. The red hue surrounding his body had become thicker and stronger than before.

He was finally starting to take me seriously.

Licking my lips lightly, raising my hand I provocatively beckoned at him

"Come"

...

In the stands, watching the spectacle unfold before their eyes, Ronald and Samantha Dover were pleasantly surprised by their son's performance.

Although the match had only just started, from the way things were going, Ren seemed to be having the upper hand.

"Oh my god, since when did Ren become so strong?"

Covering her mouth to hide her shock, Samantha looked at her husband who although seemed to have had no significant change in expression was too shocked as his hands shook as soon as Ren hit Alex in the face.

"...He's definitely become stronger"

"Hmph, he just got lucky"

Martin, who was a few rows behind them, snorted.

However, although he said that, his face was grim. Sitting up on his chair, his eyes remained glued to the arena.

his opponent. There's no way such mistake

convince him to join him, was currently losing Ren. Someone evaluated as a ranked talent couldn't possibly beat Alex

It just wasn't possible!

predictions, the fight began to lean in Alex's direction as soon as he

was on the

relief, Martin leaned back on his

did I tell you,

...

-Clank! -Clank! -Clank!

switch focus so that I could constantly defend myself from his attacks. Using the spear's long reach, he constantly cut, smacked, and stabbed in

more

-Swooosh! -Swooosh!

the rings around me, I would constantly move them towards where Alex was attacking,

-Clank! -Clank!

Alex's spear clashing against my rings repeatedly reverberated

crowd's booing

"Do something!"

"Fight back!"

"This is so boring"

if everything went from one ear to the

I decided to hide my main sword art, I decided to use this time to get familiar with my second

better way than through real

hiding like a rat and fight you

screamed as he fiercely stabbed the spear in my

"Just do something! Dammit!"

-Clank! -Clank!

more power and with greater speeds, I continuously matched his tempo and redirected the rings around me accordingly. Whenever I noticed that a ring was about to break, I would instantly create a new one. This endless cycle

"Huu."

a deep breath, Alex stopped whatever he was doing and

"What's wrong? Tired already?"

immediately taunted.

grip on his spear increased. He was trying

my attacks he always blocks them with his strange rings. Especially when he stacks them together. Once he does that, breaking

that could help him, he soon took a look at the ground and

appeared all

attack

at the surroundings, Alex noticed that whenever he attacked he would leave imprints of

as he looked at the arena was that he had only been attacking from the front.

speed, but he now realized that because

him just charging from the front, his attack range became much more narrow, making it easier for the opponent to defend

was a

if he suddenly switched attack patterns and made them

his thoughts reached that far, gripping onto his spear, Alex once

as predictable, as it had no set

brute-forcing his way through wasn't going to

his end.

to predict in the

-Swooosh! -Swooosh! -Swoooosh!

around me moved

"Ah! Fuck!"

helplessly stop trying to move in a zig-zag pattern, and charge at me

"Dammit fight me already!!"

to

fighting style,

-Swooosh -Swooosh -Swooosh

and fast movement, jumbling up the rings together, with two rings at the bottom and one at the top, I formed a

triangle started rotating in front of me

looked huge and impenetrable, the was a small gap in the middle of it. Small enough

That was on purpose.

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