Chapter 19: One on One Battle

T/N: Treasure Hoarder's Name May Not Same as Game, Don't Compare Them. They Are a Bunch of EXP for MC Anyways - Not Important.

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Their boss who is so powerful was actually sent flying so far by just one move?!

This is the power of the Vision Holder!

Johnny barely propped himself up, took a breath, and yelled at the other Treasure Hoarders: "Idiots, hurry and send two people to catch those two behind, the rest come with me to stop her, otherwise we'll all be doomed!"

"Yes, Boss!"

The other members of the Treasure Hoarders immediately responded. Alchemist Rike and Veg ran to both sides, trying to bypass Noelle to attack Nolan and the others.

The remaining three cooperated with their boss Johnny to try to block Noelle.

"Don't even think about it!" Noelle was more worried about Nolan and Vile, so without saying a word, she directly intercepted one of the members of the Treasure Hoarders who was trying to chase after Nolan and Vile.

Seeing Noelle coming towards him, Veg couldn't help shouting in horror:

"Boss, come help us quickly!"

Johnny frowned, looking at Rike who successfully bypassed Noelle and went towards Nolan and the others. After thinking about it, he decided to trust that Rike could defeat that brat.

So he went to assist Veg with the remaining manpower.

On this side, seeing only Rike coming over alone, Nolan actually felt a little like laughing. Did these guys really think he was very weak?

"Ms. Vile, you back off a little bit first, I'll take care of him."

Nolan said to Vile while paying attention to the Treasure Hoarder's members coming over.

"Okay, be careful." Vile nodded. Due to her injured knee, she couldn't help, otherwise, she felt that the two of them fighting a member of the Treasure Hoarders would be much easier.

Not long after, the members of the Treasure Hoarders slowly approached.

Rike looked disdainfully at this seemingly destitute adventurer who came from who-knows-where with a sneer. He felt that even using an elemental potion to deal with him would be a waste.

Moreover, if he accidentally killed him, he wouldn't be able to catch him to threaten the Vision holder to leave either.

So he decided to subdue him with martial arts.

Nolan realized that the cocky Treasure Hoarder member in front of him seemed to want to compete with him on fist sizes? Pfft, was this what a fool looked like?

Very good, this was exactly what he wanted. He would be more cautious if this member of the Treasure Hoarder group took out an elemental potion, but now watch as I beat you down!

Before launching an attack, both of them slightly lowered their center of gravity and took a stance. They were both novices in martial arts.

Nolan was just mimicking the posture of the protagonists in martial arts movies, while Rike only knew the two-bit Kung Fu that he practiced with the boss.

After being vigilant of each other for a while, Nolan employed the strategy of doing nothing and responding to changes.

Seeing the young adventurer in front of him not daring to attack, Rike thought he was afraid. He couldn't help but look down on him even more, with a fierce smile appearing on his face, "Kid, watch me teach you how to be a man!"

With a stomp of his short boots, even a few blades of grass were lifted up. He charged at Nolan and swept his leg fiercely towards his face.

The gust of wind blew towards him. With Nolan's current eyesight, he could see Rike's movements clearly.

He didn't use any exquisite moves either, after all, he didn't know any. He simply raised his left hand and blocked it in the path of Rike's attack.

When his hand and foot touched, Nolan grabbed his foot with a backhand and lightly pulled it forward. His strength, which was much greater than ordinary people's, successfully made Rikelose his balance and fall towards Nolan.

The panic and disbelief in Rike's eyes were clearly visible.

Nolan's freed right hand was already ready. His five fingers clenched tightly, accumulating a bit of strength before punching the member of the Treasure Hoarders in the abdomen.

"Cough! Cough! Cough!"

Rike painfully covered his abdomen and fell to the ground, he couldn't even send out a scream, he could only cough to ease the pain.

How could he not expect that someone who clearly looked so thin and weak actually had so much power, just one punch made him unable to resist.

[Defeated a Powerful Enemy, Obtained 150 Proficiency Points]

[Comprehended skill "Martial Arts Lv.1"]

The two continuous prompts from the character panel made Nolan overjoyed. He didn't expect that defeating the member of the Treasure Hoarders would give him so many proficiency points, and he also comprehended the skill [Martial Arts]. 

Weapon-based archery or swordsmanship required practice before one could get started, while unarmed martial arts were a kind of physical skill, and were much simpler to pick up.

Just one fistfight would do.

Nolan being able to easily defeat Rike was also within his expectations. Although his outward appearance was not impressive, his enhanced physique was genuine, he was just more low-key in showing it off.

It was precisely because of this that he easily misled the Treasure Hoarders.

"Hey! Rike, you can't be joking right, so easily taken down?!" On this side, Veg, who was blasted away by Noelle's accidental collision, happened to catch a glimpse of Rike falling down mid-air and shouted in disbelief.

The next second, he fell to the ground and rolled around for several turns before stopping.

He was considered lucky. The other few who had tried to surround Noelle earlier didn't even have time to use their weapons and elemental potions before being slapped away by her sword like flies, flying seven to eight meters away.

Luckily their bodies were still decent from frequent adventuring outdoors, otherwise, they would have been completely incapacitated.

"That's great, I didn't expect you to be so capable!"

Vile, who was retreating behind, was a little worried about Nolan earlier. Now it looked like there was no big problem.

"Mm-hmm!" Noelle, who had just casually slapped those people away, saw that Nolan was unharmed. Her expression was also excited as she nodded in agreement.

[Vile Has Developed Good Feelings Towards You, Obtained 20 Affection Points, Current Affection Level Lv.2 (172/200)]

[Noelle Has Developed Good Feelings Towards You, Obtained 20 Affection Points, Current Affection Level Lv.1 (80/100)]

Nolan's performance in easily resolving the enemy couldn't help but make their affection towards him increase slightly.

The boss of the Treasure Hoarders, Johnny, half squatted up from the grass. With the bonus of the relic, his injury was not as serious as the others.

At this time, seeing Nolan, he was also very surprised in his heart.

"Hmph!"

He snorted, his gaze fixed on him. If he didn't catch him or the injured woman behind, there would be no way to threaten that Vision holder.

Then forget about monopolizing the treasure, even being able to return intact would become a problem!

Johnny suddenly said to Veg, the lightest injured member of the Treasure Hoarders in the distance, "Veg hurry up and capture him, I believe in you!"

"Yes, boss!"

Johnny stroked his chin, his eyes calm, and said, "Be careful, Veg, that kid is quite capable."

Nolan's strength was truly beyond his expectations. He could let Veg continue testing out his depth.

"Watch me, boss, I will definitely punch out two of that kid's teeth!"

Veg stood up and nodded heavily. He was farther away from Noelle here and closer to Nolan, so he rushed over very quickly.

Seeing Veg go up, Noelle wanted to go back to defend.

But Nolan stopped her, "Don't worry, Miss Noelle, we'll continue to deal with this opponent, you can go knock out the rest."

"Uh, Okay!"

Noelle recalled Nolan's decent martial arts skills just now and felt that he could handle the Treasure Hoarders, so she agreed and then shifted her gaze towards the other members of the Treasure Hoarders who were slapped away by her.

"Stop lying down, hurry up, and get up to block her!"

"Yes, boss!"

The other three members of the Treasure Hoarders quickly got up and vigilantly watched Noelle. After being slapped by her earlier, they were now afraid and didn't dare act rashly.

While they focused on Noelle, Johnny retreated back a step.

(End of Chapter)

To be continued...

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