—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

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

It just wasn't possible!

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

was on the attack, whilst Ren was

in relief, Martin leaned back on his chair and looked

did I tell you, he was just

...

-Clank! -Clank! -Clank!

was truly 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 his attacks. Using the spear's long reach,

spectators, rather than a duel, this was more like Alex viciously

-Swooosh! -Swooosh!

around me, I would constantly move them towards

-Clank! -Clank!

clashing against my rings repeatedly reverberated across the

crowd's booing followed

"Do something!"

"Fight back!"

"This is so boring"

if everything went from one ear to

to hide my main sword art, I decided to

way than

a rat and

nowhere, Alex screamed as

"Just do something! Dammit!"

-Clank! -Clank!

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

"Huu."

a deep breath, Alex stopped whatever he was

"What's wrong? Tired already?"

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

his spear increased. He was trying his best to

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

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

soles appeared

attack patterns

the surroundings, Alex noticed that whenever he attacked he

arena was that he had only been attacking

but he now realized that because of that his attacks had

his attack range became much more narrow,

was a

suddenly switched attack patterns and made them

far, gripping onto his spear, Alex once

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

his way through

was surprised by his sudden actions, it was all futile on his end. It didn't

need to predict in the first

-Swooosh! -Swooosh! -Swoooosh!

revolving around me moved

"Ah! Fuck!"

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

"Dammit fight me already!!"

to

Alex becoming increasingly frustrated by my fighting style, I knew it was time to end the

-Swooosh -Swooosh -Swooosh

two rings at the bottom and one

my hand, the triangle started rotating in front of me

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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