First appearances should always be impressive
Outside of the stadium~
"Hey, did you hear that some random girl beat up one of the Pierce families heirs?" A random passerby said to another woman.
"Yea! I heard that the other party is actually not a noble family! Which means they had no instructors. It makes sense that their pride is damaged." She responded.
The outside area of the stadium was almost packed completely full of people wanting to see the spectacle happen.
"Isn't this a 3 v 3? Why isn't the unknown family bringing 3? They only have one listed competitor."
"Because they aren't a well off family either, it's a poor family messing with the big leagues. They are going to get pounded beyond recognition."
"But a little girl beat up an heir!"
"Right?"
A mountain of conversations erupted from the crowd as Akio waited inside. A man with a button up suit walked out of the large stadium.
"Ladies and gentlemen, today's event might have a small change as the opposing party only has one knight. We shall consult the opposition and find out more details, for now. You may buy a ticket and wait inside, the fight will begin in an hour." He gave a small bow as the crowd erupted with cheers.
Akio sat still on the bench, where he had been looking through his system to utilize his extra points
------------status------------
Name: Akio Sano
age: 15 years
HP: 100/100
Con:22
MP:300
Level:62
Status points:256
Str:515
Dex:413
Int:372
Wis:315
Mana: 7700/7700
Skills: [appraisal (LVL 3)], [passive: blessing of Verglas],[passive: Mana absorption] [transformation LVL 1] [Flare LVL 1 (ice)] [lightning control(2nd grade) LVL 1][Ice glare LVL1]
Equipment: Leopards boots (+2 con, +20 dex) , Yamii's Dedication (1.4x all basic stats)
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"WOAH!" He spoke aloud without thinking in pure shock, he had forgotten that he had leveled up 19 times overall and was shocked by the absolute power it gave him. It wasn't just minimal, it was ginormous.
This power shot him up farther than he had expected. But that was a good thing after all, so he was rather happy with the outcome of the situation. He sat there thinking where he should put his status points as he looked around the room once more. The stone walls were sleek, without rust or wear as he dragged his hand along it. The pillars and stair cases stood tall allowing people to take seats to view an event. Akio looked over at the woman at the desk, who looked at him with annoyance.
"Follow me" she said without emotion as she directed me towards a small looking locker room,full of luxury chests and seats
'I could have sat in here the entire time…' i thought to myself, giving her a disappointed look. She turned and smirked at me as she left.
"You have 45 minutes" She called back, closing the door.
"Awesome" I muttered as i took a seat down on one of the fancy leather couches.
I sat there deciding the remainder of my status points, the chart in front of me glaring back. I couldn't even get them out as much as i wanted too. I really wanted too use these, even if I had an advantage in a 1 on 1, a 2 on 1 or even a 3 on one wasn't very optimistic. STR wasn't the ideal option as I can only do one thing with STR.
"Put all of them into dexterity please!'
[you're kidding… right?]
The deep voice resounded in my head for the first time in a while, honestly i was feeling kind of weird without it.
[I didn't miss you though. Very well its done]
'Woah, ok then' i sulked as i opened up the menu to see what happened to my stats
------------status------------
Name: Akio Sano
age: 15 years
HP: 100/100
Con:22
MP:300
Level:62
Status points:0
Str:515
Dex:771
Int:372
Wis:315
Mana: 7700/7700
Skills: [appraisal (LVL 3)], [passive: blessing of Verglas],[passive: Mana absorption] [transformation LVL 1] [Flare LVL 1 (ice)] [lightning control(2nd grade) LVL 1][Ice glare LVL1]
Equipment: Leopards boots (+2 con, +20 dex) , Yamii's Dedication (1.4x all basic stats)
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"Hhhoooooo, maybe I overdid it a little" I gasped at the outcome of the exchange.
[you think? You're about as fast as a low level grade 4 right now. Do you understand how unnatural that is?]
"YEP! But at this point don't you think i'm strong enough to show off a little? Don't you want to see your blessed subject be the best?"
[.... I suppose] i heard an embarrassed tone in there as I smirked.
[BUT DON'T OVER DO IT, you can flex on those the same level or maybe a grade higher. But the SECOND you show it to a person whos grade 5 or above, you're on your own bud]
I pumped my fist with excitement, this fight was going to be one of the most fun times i've had in a long while. Hopefully I win and get Nell to realize that she's not wrong for defending herself, although I think she knows that. It'll be good for reassurance sake. I nodded to myself as I walked over to the exit, while I may be leaving 10 minutes early. I'm too bored to keep sitting around. Mostly too impatient, but bored as well.
"WAIT, SIR" I turned at the yell of someone behind me.
It was a man in a button up suit.
"How would you like this fight to be fought? A 1 on 1? Any option is available for the challenged side." he did a short bow while out of breath.
I stood there thinking for a moment.i do want for a show to happen, but i dont want it too be too attention bringing.
"Put the two weaker ones in first at the same time, depending on how i do ill fight the last guy." i started with a giant grin of confidence.
The man's eyes widened in surprise, the sudden confident challenge against the best sword handling family in the empire city.
But he nodded and turned to leave the locker room. Opening the door to the large arena
The arena was a large hard sand arena, enough to cushion your fall or hard blows. But not enough to limit one's movement throughout the battle. The crowd lit up once they saw me walking down the small entry hallway.The stadium had three large floors of seats, mostly hard benches. The first floor was flooded with people trying to get a better view while the second floor was only around half way full.
As i was walking towards the center of the arena three young men walked out as well, these three all had matching uniforms and the classic boring non original logo.
Neither of us had any armor on, but it seems as though there was an option to wear armor provided, but i will most likely decline that. I would rather have us fight with no armor, then have them get their own personal armor given too them by a blacksmith or what not. Besides, the armor they give eis probably really weak and barely even usable.
I reached the center first where i stoof waiting for them to arrive, they stared and looked at me with anger.
"You really think that you can take all three of us on? We may be close to the same level and even just below. But we have been trained by some of the best sword users to ever live." A taller blonde haired man said too me with his arms across his chest with his face in a dim glare. He wasnt the best looker, his freckles ranged out from his cheeks in all of the wrong spots, like upwards too his eyebrows.
Behind him were two other guys, one was a larger dude with brown hair, trimed loosely and short. He wasn't as upset as the guy in front of him. More like he's annoyed that I'm underestimating him alone. Rather than looking down. The final guy was a short and scrawny guy, with a couple of bruises on his face. He had longer black hair on his neck and he stared at me with indifference, not the cold indifference. But it looked like he couldn't really care to be here.
"I bet you are, but being locked up in a courtyard isn't training. Its like a child running around a house expecting to run up a mountain." I smiled, I wasn't trying to insult him. More like poke him into annoyance
"Anyway, I'm Akio pleasure to meet and fight with you." I continued before he could offer a rebuttal. Sticking out my hand in a welcoming gesture.
He grimaced at the thought of shaking hands with the enemy, so the blonde guy shook his head, the larger guy walked in front of him instead.
"My apologies, I'm Grant. The blonde stuck up guy is Cole and that over there." he pointed to the shorter guy behind Cole
"Is Alex." he turned to me in a whisper.
"Please be kind to him, he's had a rough time lately" too which I nodded, i don't like causing harm to people who haven't done anything wrong. I turned to look at the equipment provided for us, I didn't want it. But I'm interested in the selection. But looking at the provided armor I felt a ball rise up my throat. The armor was similar, TOO similar to the fire. The only difference was the family symbol, which means. That their is a huge possibility, the mass murderers are here in the empire. But I've got something else too do first
I clenched my fists in anger as I felt the nails dig into my skin.
"Well then, let's get this started" I called back to them and walked to my edge of the arena