A Defeat

                  Chapter 24

When the timer hit 0, Jake's opponent charged towards him planning to slash at Jake but already facing the werewolf, his human opponent looked so slow so Jake managed to avoid the slash but his opponent quickly changed tactic and turned around and delivered an elbow hit to Jake's head causing him to stagger back.

"Damn! I forgot am not skilled and all this guys must have a good level of skill." Jake said.

Quickly regaining his footing, Jake checked his system and saw that <Frenzy strike> cooled down timer was off meaning he could use it. But Jake had to wait for the perfect time to use it. The opponent was using some sort of fishing pole with a sharp end as a weapon of choice.

Jake didn't relent, he quickly closed the gap between him and his opponent by using 'The Triple Threat' skill. The opponent was a little bit stunned at the use of the skill. But he couldn't be stunned for long because Jake was already upon him with a thrust of his sword but the opponent used his weapon to block the thrust Jake was intending to do.

And then he gave Jake a kick to the side of his ribs therefore sending him back a bit.

"crap! I forgot that humans and werewolves both have different fighting style. I was treating them the same." Jake thought.

"You are forgetting something important." Zee added.

"And what's that?" Jake asked.

"Your breathing you silly host. You are trying to rush the match quickly therefore losing control of your breathing." Zee said.

"Oh, I know what to do now. You know sometimes the way you talk and scold me make me feel like you're human not an AI." Jake said focusing on his opponent who was coming towards him.

Quickly closing the gap between him and Jake, the fisherman tried to wack Jake on his head with his pole but Jake quickly twisted and used his sword to block the attack and then quickly using 'The Triple Threat' skill again to get away.

When Jake finally created distance, that was when he suddenly fell on his knees panting. "What! What is going on? Why can't I feel my legs?" 

"I think, your stamina has run out. Using that skill multiple times has taken up your stamina quickly." Zee said.

"shit shit shit! How am I supposed to win now if I'm on the floor?" Jake cursed.

The fisherman noticing that Jake was on the floor, decided to act cautiously by running towards Jake slowly to see if he will suddenly spring up and attack. But there was no reaction from Jake, he could only see Jake's face twisting as if in pain.

"Damn it! I mustn't lose. My winning streak! Just for five seconds please let my leg move for five seconds." Jake cried out.

The fisherman was finally close to Jake and he swung his pole towards Jake's head trying to finish the fight and suddenly, Jake's leg moved allowing to quickly roll away and got up.

Not wasting time, Jake activated <Melee combat> and <Frenzy strike> and then he dashed towards his opponent rapidly striking him continuously until the 2 seconds time on <Frenzy strike> was up and then he quickly moved back creating distance.

After moving back, Jake was now on his knees panting hard with his chest heaving in and out. Then he looked up to see the state of his opponent but Jake was given the shock of his life as his opponent was strangely standing fine. Then his opponent calmly walked towards him.

"You have strength and a little bit of speed but that is all useless without skills." The fisherman said and then he wacked Jake on his head with the pole therefore ending the game. Jake was now thrown out of the game room into his white space.

"Damn! The strange fisherman is right. What's the point of strength and speed when I don't have any skill." Jake complained.

"Have patience Jake, it's just a matter of time before you unlock a lot of skills." Zee added.

"Time? Patience? Are you kidding me? Time is running out. We don't know when and where the werewolves will attack. I need to be ready to protect myself and those I care about so that the werewolves won't take those I love again." Jake said gritting his teeth.

"Just calm down and have patience, I think you should rest a bit before you go into your next game." Zee said.

Jake just stood up from his sitting position and went to the game's interface. "I don't need rest." Jake said clicking on the quick match option.

"What are you doing? Are you nuts? The fisherman dude you faced was a silver rank if you didn't notice and you're here using the quick match, what if it matches you with a Gold ranked player?" Zee asked.

Jake shrugged and replied "It doesn't matter."

After a few minutes, a match was found for Jake and he went into the game with a face of determination. His opponent this time was dressed normal. When the countdown hit 0, Jake dashed towards his opponent, used 'The Triple Threat' skill and <melee combat> to deliver a powerful punch.

His opponent was too shocked to move because of the speed and aggression in which Jake used to attack him. And that was how Jake managed to land his powerful punch and ended the game therefore declaring him the winner.

"How did I do?" Jake asked Zee before he started his next match.

"Well to be honest, you did quite well but they were only two factors that made you win." Zee said.

"Which are?" Jake asked with a raised brow.

"Firstly, your opponent was a bronze player and secondly, you were the aggressor in the fight which stunned your opponent. That was why he didn't react on time." Zee explained.

"pfft. Who cares, I won that Is all that matters. Anyway onto the next game." Jake said.

Jake used the Quick match option to start his next match for the next hour. Jake kept going against random bronze players and in each fight, he always starts off as the aggressor therefore ending the match quickly. Unknown to Jake, the opponents he fought with, they decided to stay to watch his next few games because they all had one thing in mind.

"This kid's speed is inhuman for someone in bronze rank." 

Some of his opponents, even went as far as posting the videos of their match with Jake to the online forum so that people could find out if Jake was a Gold player In disguise. 

After a few more matches, Jake finally gained enough wins to move onto the next rank. Satisfied, Jake decided to log off. Unknown to him  that he had gained a few fans.