—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

Alex, a talent that he had spent countless resources on to convince him to join him, was currently

It just wasn't possible!

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

the attack, whilst Ren was on

relief, Martin leaned back on his

tell you, he

...

-Clank! -Clank! -Clank!

spearmanship 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

rather than a duel, this was more like Alex

-Swooosh! -Swooosh!

rings around me, I would constantly move them towards

-Clank! -Clank!

against my rings repeatedly reverberated

crowd's booing

"Do something!"

"Fight back!"

"This is so boring"

ear to the other, I

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

better way than through

hiding like a rat and

currently going 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 create a new one.

"Huu."

breath, Alex stopped whatever he

"What's wrong? Tired already?"

immediately taunted. However, this time,

his spear increased. He was trying

down. Let's think things through. This bastard is like a turtle. No matter how much power I put into my attacks he always blocks them with his strange

that could help him, he soon took a look at

of his soles appeared all over the floor of the

attack patterns

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

had only been attacking from the front. His footprints would only be left

his speed, but he now realized that

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

was a serious

he suddenly switched attack patterns and

far, gripping onto his spear,

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

that just brute-forcing his way through wasn't going to

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

to predict in

-Swooosh! -Swooosh! -Swoooosh!

with my hands, the rings revolving around

"Ah! Fuck!"

trying to move

"Dammit fight me already!!"

to release

style, I knew it was

-Swooosh -Swooosh -Swooosh

with two rings at

rotating in front of

the shield looked huge and impenetrable, the was a small gap

That was on purpose.

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