—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.

must've underestimated his opponent. There's no way such mistake would

that Alex, a talent that he had spent countless resources on to convince him to join him, was currently losing Ren. Someone evaluated as a ranked talent

It just wasn't possible!

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

Alex was on the attack, whilst Ren was on

relief, Martin leaned back on his chair and looked at

did I tell you, he

...

-Clank! -Clank! -Clank!

heart and head resulting in me having to 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

rather than a duel, this was more like Alex

-Swooosh! -Swooosh!

constantly move them towards where

-Clank! -Clank!

clashing against

crowd's booing

"Do something!"

"Fight back!"

"This is so boring"

ear to the other, I

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

way than through

like a rat and fight

nowhere, Alex screamed as he fiercely stabbed the

"Just do something! Dammit!"

-Clank! -Clank!

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

"Huu."

he

"What's wrong? Tired already?"

distancing himself from me, I immediately taunted. However, this time, he

He was trying his best to calm himself

like a turtle. No matter how much power I put into my attacks he always blocks them with his strange rings. Especially

could help him, he soon took a look at

soles appeared all over the

my attack

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

looked at the arena was that he had only been attacking

had done so to maximize his speed, but he now realized

became much more narrow, making it easier for the opponent to

a serious

he suddenly switched attack patterns and made

onto his spear, Alex

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

that he knew that just brute-forcing his way

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

didn't need to predict

-Swooosh! -Swooosh! -Swoooosh!

with my hands, the rings revolving around

"Ah! Fuck!"

could only helplessly stop trying to move in

"Dammit fight me already!!"

to release

by my fighting style, I knew it was

-Swooosh -Swooosh -Swooosh

two rings at

started rotating in front of me creating a large defensive

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

That was on purpose.

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