—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.

no way

convince him to join him, was currently

It just wasn't possible!

lean in Alex's direction as soon as he

on, Alex was on the attack, whilst Ren was on

relief, Martin leaned back on his chair

did I tell you, he was just

...

-Clank! -Clank! -Clank!

domineering and vicious. With each swing, he would directly aim for my heart and head resulting in me having to switch focus so that I could constantly defend myself from

than a duel, this was more like Alex viciously attacking me with

-Swooosh! -Swooosh!

I would constantly move them towards where Alex was attacking,

-Clank! -Clank!

spear clashing against my rings repeatedly reverberated across

booing followed

"Do something!"

"Fight back!"

"This is so boring"

ear to the

looked like I was struggling, I really wasn't. Since I decided to hide my main sword art, I decided to use this time to get familiar with my second sword art. [Ring

way than

like a rat

noticing that things were currently going nowhere, Alex screamed as he fiercely stabbed

"Just do something! Dammit!"

-Clank! -Clank!

Alex hacked with 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 repeated a couple of times

"Huu."

breath, Alex stopped whatever he was doing and

"What's wrong? Tired already?"

I immediately taunted. However, this

grip on his spear increased. He was trying his best

turtle. No matter how much power I put into my attacks he always blocks them with

he soon took a look at the ground and

the imprints of his soles appeared all over the floor

my attack patterns

better look at the surroundings, Alex noticed that whenever he attacked he would leave

that he had only been attacking from the front. His footprints would only be left whenever he propelled his body forward in a

to maximize his speed, but he now realized

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

a serious

patterns and

reached that far, gripping onto his spear, Alex once

steadily charged forward. His movements weren't as predictable, as it had

obvious that he knew that just brute-forcing his

by his sudden actions, it was all futile on his end. It didn't matter if he made it hard

need to predict in

-Swooosh! -Swooosh! -Swoooosh!

with my hands, the rings revolving around me

"Ah! Fuck!"

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

"Dammit fight me already!!"

to release the

becoming increasingly frustrated by my fighting style, I knew it

-Swooosh -Swooosh -Swooosh

together, with two rings

a movement of my hand, the triangle started rotating in front of me creating a large

shield looked huge and impenetrable, the was a small gap in the middle of it. Small enough for a human to fit

That was on purpose.

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