The Author's POV

Chapter 80

—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

he had spent countless resources on to convince him to join him, was

It just wasn't possible!

the fight began to lean in Alex's direction as soon as he released his

the attack, whilst

Martin leaned back on his chair and looked

I tell you, he was just

...

-Clank! -Clank! -Clank!

me having to switch focus so that I could constantly defend myself from his attacks. Using the

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

-Swooosh! -Swooosh!

them towards where Alex was attacking, repeatedly blocking

-Clank! -Clank!

against my rings repeatedly reverberated

crowd's booing followed

"Do something!"

"Fight back!"

"This is so boring"

from one ear to the

really wasn't. Since I decided to hide my main sword art, I decided to use this time to

way than

hiding like a rat and

were currently going nowhere, Alex screamed as he fiercely stabbed the spear in

"Just do something! Dammit!"

-Clank! -Clank!

matched his tempo and redirected the rings around me accordingly. Whenever I noticed that a ring was about to break, I would

"Huu."

whatever he was doing and

"What's wrong? Tired already?"

me, I immediately taunted. However, this time, he ignored

grip on his spear increased. He was trying

always blocks them with his strange rings. Especially when he stacks them

help him, he soon

appeared all

my attack patterns too

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

thing he managed to notice as he looked at the arena was that he had only been attacking from the front. His footprints would only be

speed, but he now realized that because of

attack range became much more narrow, making

a serious

attack patterns and

far, gripping onto his spear, Alex

Like a crab, he zigzagged as he steadily charged forward. His movements weren't as predictable, as

he knew that just brute-forcing his way through wasn't going to give him the

end. It didn't matter if he made it hard for

predict in the

-Swooosh! -Swooosh! -Swoooosh!

hands, the rings revolving around me moved and surrounded Alex, restricting his

"Ah! Fuck!"

around him, Alex could only helplessly stop trying to move in

"Dammit fight me already!!"

to release

style, I

-Swooosh -Swooosh -Swooosh

one swift and fast movement, jumbling up the rings together, with two rings at the bottom and

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

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

That was on purpose.

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