Duel Challenge

Chapter 34: Duel Challenge

Nova's expression soon broke into one of confusion and frustration.

 'Since when did this system of behaving like a two-year-old,' Nova thought feeling more ridiculous about the situation.

 He liked to make fun of the system because its behavior was childish, but this was too much for him.

 But suddenly, a metallic sound echoed in the room, causing him to instantly turn his vision towards the door where someone had entered.

 There, six figures came into view, a slightly chubby man, an average-looking woman, an attractive young man, an extremely tall man with tanned skin, and two masked men.

'Oh, that's them,' Nova recognized them almost instantly.

 The attractive young man had brown hair and honey-colored eyes. It was, of course, Alex, who was walking this time with a confident stride, being the contrast to that pathetic side he showed in the first challenge.

 On his right side, there was the tan-skinned man that Nova so instantly recognized; after all, he was the one who caught Nova's attention and she considered him a real danger to pass this last stage of the test.

 He still maintained that serious expression, looking like a walking statue.

 The average-looking woman, and now that Nova had seen Ivelisse's beauty, he considered her a poor-looking woman, but after reminiscing a bit, he remembered that she was that same woman who raised her voice more than anyone else in the crowd as well.

 He didn't take a second look at her after identifying her, passing the chubby man, he wasn't exactly chubby, but he was more plump than normal.

 Nova easily identified him, as he was the only one halfway similar to him when he analyzed each person in the crowd, though his black suit looked less funny on him.

 After identifying him, she turned to the two masked men, who were the black and white masked men, Sarl and Lars.

 The two were walking quietly, one with a graceful step and the other a bit lazy.

 The white masked one, with the tall face and his firm posture, soon arrived at the epicenter of the stage, looking at the surroundings, even though he was wearing a mask.

He looked at Ivelisse, who nodded, and he nodded back and then continued to scan his gaze until he met Nova, who was also looking at him.

 Nova couldn't meet Sarl's eyes, but that didn't affect his staring at him for a while.

 "Wow, you're here," Sarl spoke a little surprised. "You were very quick."

 Hearing his words, Nova simply smiled and nodded in response.

 "And you? Strange that I didn't see you after finishing a few of your duels," Nova commented, curious to know the answer.

 According to the game, he should have been expecting it, but it turned out to be Ivelisse, someone he didn't even remember in the game.

 All the events for Nova were strange, there were many changes, but at the same time things that have not changed, for example, Alex himself was here.

 "We went also to do the intelligence challenge for fun hahaha," interrupted Lars, who had his hand resting on Sarl's man.

 Nova was taken aback by his answer, but found it logical, a while ago he analyzed the two of them finding their personalities perfect to do that action.

He nodded with compression, then shifted his gaze to the woman and the chubby man, frowning.

 'I didn't expect them to get here... although, I didn't expect many to get here,' Nova thought as he watched them.

 He was also a bit surprised at Alex, finding it truly astonishing that he passed the intelligence challenge, as although he was considered a prodigy, there was no mention of him being truly intelligent or anything like that.

 But his thoughts were interrupted by a loud voice.

 "As you may already know, you have just passed the Intellect challenge, the penultimate challenge before you get here, The Duel challenge!" shouted Sarl for all present to hear.

 The recruits, including Nova, nodded in confirmation, knowing what was about to come.

 "The Duel challenge is, as the name implies, a challenge where you will have a duel with another participant. Whoever wins the duel will be the victor," Sarl paused to build some suspense before continuing.

 "The rules of this duel are simple, the first duels you are not allowed to kill anyone, it is only to KO them and ask them to surrender, but the final duel removes all possible restrictions, you can do whatever you want!", Sarl finished the explanation.

 Again, all the recruits nodded, although a little doubtful, that the final duel was life or death.

Finding that everyone understood perfectly, this time Lars shouted. "Everyone, be a spectator to this great show!".

 His excitement and amusement were evident in his voice, when suddenly, and as was now customary, the walls parted, revealing doors.

 There were more than a dozen doors that opened, and there, out came several figures.

 All of those who emerged had masks on their faces, concealing their identities, but each of the subjects had unique features.

 Several had a robotic arm, others had some sort of metal tail coming out of their back, and several had half of their body completely robotic, among other things.

 Nova's eyes lit up as they entered, this entrance very amazing and epic, but he also became guarded. After all, he knew very well who they all were.

 The top brass of the organization!

 And as an evil organization, as Eclipse is, top brass was no small thing.

 Each of them sat comfortably in their seats without saying a word they didn't even look at Nova.

  But Nova didn't mind this, being made for him was better that way, drawing too much attention from dangerous people like these was madness.

Lars and Sarl, seeing everyone comfortable, also looked at the other recruits and Nova, before Lars shouted.

 "Well, it's time for it to begin, The challenge of...!"

 "Wait!"

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