The Author's POV

Chapter 249

"Aaron."

"Oh? You know me?"

Standing on the spot where I used to be standing moments before, was Aaron. Theodora Academy's number one ranked first year.

"Of course, I would. You're pretty famous." Taking a step back, I replied. "...It'd be strange for me to not know you."

"That makes sense..."

As if it was the most logical answer, Aaron crossed his arms and thoughtfully nodded his head.

Looking around, he asked, "...but, you still haven't answered my question. Where are the other two?"

"You're talking about Kevin and Jin?" I shrugged my shoulders. "Beats me. They are off doing their own thing."

Even though I knew; why would I give him the answer? That was a stupid question to begin with.

"Mhm, I see. Then I'll get rid of you first."

Aaron's eyes coldly flashed. Disappearing from the spot he was standing, he reappeared a couple of inches away from me.

'”Sha!

Slashing sideways, I could hear the faint sound of his dagger splitting the air apart.

"...khuk!"

Bending my knees slightly, I watched as his dagger pierced the area where my head used to be.

'”Thump!

Stomping on the floor, I pushed my body back. Cold sweat trickled down my forehead.

"...that was close."

After distancing myself from Aaron, I placed my hand on the sheath of my sword and glared in his direction.

"Hmm, you're as good as I thought you were.", Aaron said as he looked at me from the distance.

"You too..."

There was a reason why Aaron was the number one ranked person in Theodora academy. Experiencing his skills firsthand, I now understood just how strong he was.

Furthermore, from the looks of it, he seemed to be taking me seriously unlike all of my other opponents before.

"Damn it."

Unknowingly, my grip on the handle of the sword tightened.

'”Sha! '”Sha!

Before I knew it, Aaron once again attacked me. Unlike before, I was more prepared and thus was able to dodge his attacks.

"...khuak!"

Unfortunately, cuts still appeared on my body as Aaron's dagger tore my clothes and skin.

'He's done his research on me...'

The more Aaron attacked, the more difficult my situation became. He was leaving me no room to breathe. Like a machine, he attacked, attacked, and attacked.

Because my rings needed half a second to make, and the Keiki style couldn't defend, I was truly in a stump. Slowly but surely, my injuries were starting to pile up as cuts appeared all over my body.

'Crap, I can't let this go on...I needed to create some distance.'

Gritting my teeth, I raised my head and directly stared at Aaron in the eyes. Slowly my pupils turned grey as I muttered inside of my mind.

'The one..'

Aaron instantly fell into a trance as his footsteps slowed down for a split second. Taking advantage of this opening, placing my hand on the sheath of my sword, a clicking sound resounded across the area.

'”Click!

"...Kahk!"

'”Clank!

only ended up grazing his shoulder.

on his face, Aaron took a couple

that skill..." Touching his shoulders, his smile deepened. "As expected. You're

"Likewise."

I calmly responded.

I had

at Aaron in front of me,

wanted to end the battle quickly, but from the looks of it, Aaron did not slack off

If the opponent expected the skill and was not caught off-guard, then the effect of the skill diminished. Furthermore, if my opponent's mentality was strong, the effect of the skill was

of it, Aaron had found out the trick behind my skill

'What should I do?'

at a pretty severe disadvantage at the moment. Not only was Aaron extremely strong, but his fighting style, which was similar to

probably the first time since arriving in this world that I

not quite

at Aaron before me, a thought

meeting with Aaron truly

inside of my heart as I looked back at the

right after I got rid of

was it truly

realized how familiar he was

there were some videos depicting how I fought online, from how he was able to counter a few of my combos, it looked like he had been spectating the fight that

it was

"Shit!"

made a run for it. A horrible thought suddenly

near the portal, there was a

him as far away from there as

"Where are you running?"

was Aaron. Completely ignoring him, my legs continued to run

my disposal, the distance between Aaron and me increased

able to get a fair

seriously gone wrong with the plans. Somehow, the Monolith had gotten

since Kevin's situation might be even worse than mine. After running for

should be good enough

seeing Aaron,

red book, I carefully opened it. As I opened it, not once did

time. Especially since

Dual-link.

As long as he saw someone, he could directly swap places with them. Of course, there were limits to it, but just the concept alone

near me, Aaron could use that ability

'Quick, quick, quick, quick.'

book, I

don't let it be

'”Clank! '”Clank!

metal clashing reverberated across the area as Kevin swiftly dodged and parried the incoming attacks directed towards him

"Haaa...haaa...fuck"

cursed. His breathing was

all sides were eight individuals. From the way they cooperated with each other, it was obvious that they were familiar

'What's going on?'

wondered as he distanced himself from the eight

'...This was a trap.'

opponents he needed to take care

they had

'”Clank! '”Clank!

the

the attack when suddenly Kevin's sword disappeared

"kuukh'”!"

his body and a small

"One ou...khhh!"

three more showed up. In one swift movement, Kevin slashed

"...khak."

'”Clank!

to breathe, two more attacks

"Shit..."

Kevin. Staring at the two attacks directed towards his

"Overdrive..."

He muttered.

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