Hellbents
Chapter 72: After the Duel
Ava won, of course. The girl stood up, shaking off the ground that was dirtying her clothes. He had to take another shower after this.
Only then did he realize that Hao was still on his back and not moving. Ava was sure that she had restrained herself, trying not to hurt the man badly considering that this was just a match practice, other than that the HP bar did not appear from Hao when they fought earlier, he said, it means he doesn't really want to hurt her. Ava will not do evil to anyone who does not bother her.
"You okay?" Ava crouched down, tapping the man's forehead with her index fingernails.
As if he had just regained consciousness, Hao flickered. Then with a flushed face he replied, "A-ah, yes. Just ... calm down for a minute."
Calm down?
Well, losing to a woman in a fight is usually a blow to a man's ego.
So Ava just nodded in understanding.
But it was not Hao's troubled dignity, but his heart.
His heart was unceasingly pounding hard. For the few minutes that he felt was euphoria, the dusty arena suddenly looked filled with flower decorations, the slightly cloudy sky was now a brilliant and bright blue in his eyes, and the, the audience cheers turned into church bells. Hao's focus was not distracted from Rina.
"Wake up, people suck." For this time alone Hao forgave Dom's innocence.
"Em, no one's hurt?" For a time, he could also tolerate the ever-present existence of River next to his lady puja.
Unknowingly she laughed a little.
As Hao smiled indistinctly as well as chuckled, Ava was sure that something was amiss. Chances are there are two. First, Ava accidentally hit Hao on the head to make the man lose his mind. Or, Hao was indeed as happy as it was being defeated by him.
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Their rental hours are still valid until noon. Ava's match with Hao lasted not half an hour, 26 minutes. Although objectively, the duration was long, Ava had to keep fighting for three full hours. Now, twenty-six minutes and Ava had started to get exhausted. His stamina clearly needs to be improved.
He will not guarantee that the monsters or people he faces in the future will be as light as training to fight this time, he said, or make sure the level and ability of the opponent is not higher than that of Ava opponent, does not guarantee that the enemy is always alone. The proof is that he almost got gang-raped last night, fortunately he only fought small-scale criminals.
For this reason, he studied all out the journal Eve gave, because there are so many recipes of ingredients that are not on the market. Ava also diligently raised money to buy better weapons.
But there is still one obstacle.
Requirement level.
Weapons with rare classes or above often have minimal requirements to unlock additional options for such items, the lowest rare class minimum level is 5. Unfortunately, Ava's level-up system was broken. He is still stuck in number 1.
It was true, without any additional options Ava was free to swing the weapon in her hand, but no sane person would be willing to pay triple for an ordinary knife. That was why he stockpiled dozens of normal daggers, in addition to being cost effective, the short durability could be compensated by the amount.
"All right, let's see who's stronger!" Lorah cheered excitedly along with the friends he had brought from the inn, they had just finished playing.
Unlike Dom who puffed out a confident chest, River felt burdened by the dozens of eyes watching him from the arena bench. The duel between Rina and Hao invited more attention so that the seats slowly filled.
This time Ava can follow the bet, but he has not decided for whom the bet coin falls.
River or Dom?