Against the World II: Transgression
Chapter 22: Sky isn't Boundless, part 5
As can be expected of Alice. He used to surprise me with his weapon-playing skills, and now he surprises me with his unusual application of light magic. Bathe Xavier with both hands folded in the chest. I really should test it. But before that….
Xavier stood up from the audience seats, leaping into the arena floor. The action left the audience astonished. The referee looked intensely at Xavier, sending him questions that did not need to be voiced. Alice who had just returned to sit in the audience seat also looked at him with her eyebrows raised.
“That was an impressive show from Evil Mask,” Xavier said with a voice he narrated. “I want to challenge him. But it wouldn't be fair if I did it now. I want to test it one hundred percent fit. Therefore,” Xavier took out a bag of gold coins from inside his robe, “I will give 100 gold coins for those who can land a single blow on me. Scratches on my mask are also included in the count. This is how I, Azet, challenge Evil Mask in a tournament that will start tomorrow.”
Silence ruled the arena for a brief moment, before it was broken by warriors who could not accept the way Xavier belittled them. There are also interested, the referee is one of them. He immediately clapped his hands and silenced the entire arena.
“What an unexpected declaration!” the referee exclaimed excitedly. “Normally I'm not happy with someone who took the stagegu. However, this masked man who wanted to be called Azet had done so in an interesting way. I like interesting things, so I will tolerate them. And, in order to attract all of you, I will also give 100 gold coins to the one who managed to land a single blow on this man. Hows it? You guys interested?”
“I'll deal with it!” shouted a warebeast from the Tigerman Tribe. “Tigerman is generally stronger than Lionman. Evil Mask is challenged by Lionman, and he wins. If you consider yourself strong, it's appropriate for Tigerman to be your opponent, right?”
“I too!” exciting other warebeast—this time came from a Bearman, his body is large and his body is a bit puffed up. “I've won two weeks in a row; I'll be able to prove whether you deserve to face Evil Mask or not.”
“I too! I want to fight too! Bodo very much with all those claims, I only want 200 gold coins!”
“I will also accept your challenge, Azet!”
“I too!”
“I want to try it!”
“200 gold coins, I will take her home tonight!”
And next. In total, there were over thirty people interested in the challenge of Xavier and the referee. Money can move a lot of people. What's more, they just need to land a ‒ hit most of them must have thought that it would be an easy job.
“That's great,” Xavier said as he threw his bag of gold at the referee. “You can start from anyone. If necessary, they can advance at once.”
“Oh ho! Go forward at once he said!” exclaimed the referee haphazardly securing the two golden bags into his gray robe. “It's unbelievable, but I'll take that advice. 37 against one. Since these 200 gold coins will be the right of him who can give you just one strike, it is a form of justice for the 37 recipients of the challenge to advance at once. What about you guys, do you agree?”
“He really looked down on us, didn't he?” a Tigerman asked Bearman—sang Bearman giving a nod in agreement.
“We accept that challenge!” another warebeast. “If he wants to lose silly with dekeroyok, we give him a silly defeat!”
“Very good!” exclaim the referee while jumping on the pole outside the arena. “All of you, enter the arena from whichever direction you like. The fight will be we start once everything is ready.”
In less than a minute, Xavier had been surrounded from all directions. Someone put a wide grinning face of the jago. Some put on a calm, pretentious flat expression. There are also those who put on a stupid expression, no matter what they want to support. Clearly, they were all very eager to attack Xavier.
“That's great,” said Xavier calmly, both of his legs firmly standing in the middle of the arena. “Reach! You can start anytime.”
The referee need not be told twice; his mouth has opened: “Fight for 200 gold coins, start!”
In the blink of an eye, more than twenty individuals darted towards Xavier. With [Sensory Magic], Xavier's perception became even sharper. He easily avoided punches, tendangas, spear thrusts, sword incisions, and warebeast sharp claws. Xavier did not try to block their attacks; blocking was the same as receiving a block— punch was not an option for him.
“Borrow your spear,” whispered Xavier as he grabbed the spear of a Wolfman, then used the spear to block the barrage of weapons attack warebeasts.
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Alice frowned behind her mask. The man.Azet. Just seeing him overcome his challengers he knew. The movement is effective and efficient. Seeing from how she could avoid the people who attacked her from behind, Alice could assume she had [Sensory Magic].
Alice's eyes widened slightly at the lightning laser that Bearman— fired that had entered her Beastification mode— pierced through Azet's body as if the man had incarnated into a hologram.
The laser severely hit the other warebeast, making him bounce and fall unconscious—asap looks out of his body. Meanwhile, Xavier directly thrust the blunt end of the spear into the bowels of the Bearman—and at the same time released a strong wind impulse that made the Bearman bounce.
Alice did not know what magic was, but it was definitely not an illusion let alone an afterimage. Azet really made his body impenetrable. It was only fitting that he could be so arrogant as to challenge his opponent. How could his opponent touch him if he could make his body pierce through objects?
However, seeing how he was troublesome to avoid or fend off, Alice guessed that Azet could not make his body penetrate objects for a long period of time.
Putting aside the ability to make his body impenetrable, the man was unusually strong. Despite being surrounded by warebeasts in his Beastification mode, he could fight back effortlessly. No matter what the warebeasts did, Azet could always handle it as easily as turning a hand. And, in less than five minutes, no more warebeasts were standing in the arena.
Azet won without letting his opponent land a single strike. Let alone that, one touch is also not able to give them. The difference in strength between the Azets and the warebeasts was so great. Even if their numbers were doubled, nothing would change. Azet will still win quietly.
Maybe she can face me in Ultra Light Zone mode, inner Alice as she leaves the arena. Tomorrow's tournament.I'm looking forward to a fight with him.
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