"How did you know he was going to attack you the first time ?"
"A sword cutting air makes a whistling noise, since he was going all out it wasn't hard to hear it coming."
"Even then it must have happened so fast that a normal human wouldn't have been able to react to it ! Your native skill is really something else !"
'Well...'
Thomas believed Henry's native skill was the passive skill he had told him about last time and assigned his victory to that fake skill.
Henry didn't feel good lying to someone he considered as a friend but he believed it was better to be cautious of everyone when it came to such a huge secret.
"It isn't bad I guess."
"Hahah you're being modest."
While Henry and Thomas were talking Rose had already beaten her opponent and it was time of the final ! Henry against Rose, everybody was excited to see how it would go, who would win ? The weapon using genius Rose who could use tens of weapons like she had trained years in using them or the "rich" boy Henry who had an insane armor and just as insane weapons ?
Amongst other planet's students the nickname "rich boy" Henry had already spread and rumors about what his parents did also spread, some believed he was a corporate's son, other said he was a Warrior's son and the closest to the truth although not close enough were a few who guessed his parents worked in the Forge.
"Final fight of the day : Henry versus Rose ! Please come on the stage."
Henry walked up and faces Rose who hadn't gone down after her fight and had sat down to rest during the allowed time.
"That's a Dark bone dagger right ?"
She asked while looking at the weapon in Henry's hand, he looked at hers and he couldn't be more certain that she also had one.
"Right, where did you get yours ?"
"A gift from my dad, he bought it from the Market because it looked cool."
Henry's mind was thrown in his memories and remembered his conversation with Crane alias YouHaveNiceThighs :
"A gift for my daughter who will be traveling to planet Reso in a few days."
He looked at Rose and was certain she was Crane's daughter but of course he couldn't say anything because he wasn't supposed to be the seller of the dagger, he was just someone else who bought the same weapon.
"What about you ?"
"I got it myself, probably from the same guy who sold it to you."
"I see. Anyway good luck for the figh..."
Before she could end her sentence Rose felt something wet fall on her forehead, she looked up and realized a huge dark cloud was hanging over their heads.
Seconds later it was pouring and everybody else ran into the buses, the teachers, the students and also the directors of all schools.
"We should take shelter too, the rain don't seem like it will stop anytime soon too so the fight might be canceled, if we can't fight today I'll except to meet you during the real tournament."
"Uhmm."
Rose and Henry both looked at the referee who seemed to be hesitant but then he nodded and everyone of them left for their school's bus.
"Henry you're insane ! You went all the way to the final round against the elite !"
"Humph ! You didn't believe he would make it this far ? Isn't it obvious from our ace ?!"
When he boarded he wasn't given any time to breath and everybody started throwing praises at him while one of the girls gave him a towel to dry himself from the rain.
"Thanks."
Meanwhile the director was having a video call with the other directors to decide what they should do and it was decided to end the tournament here, they had seen what they needed to see and tiring out the two finalists before the real tournament although favorable for the other teams was refused by Hyron's and Buton's directors.
"Alright kids lets head back to the hotel there won't be a final. You all did really well and I'm proud of you !"
It was true that contrary to the expectations Buton's student had ranked quite well, they weren't last since except Henry, Thomas and a few others had won a few fights and it was quite certain that Thomas would have went further if he hadn't met Henry.
Afterward on the way back Thomas sat next to Henry and asked him about the armor and he added Henry's account on the market to his friends, without knowing that the person he had just added was sitting next to him. The thing was although Henry could sell him an armor he bought from the store right away he felt like he might get a quest for the armors if he bought the blueprint like last time and was really impatient to level up his blacksmith level as he was already halfway through the level 0.
'System show me my status page.'
[Status :
Name : Henry
Age : 17 years, 1 month, 16 days old
Job : None
Status : None
Title : None
Blacksmith level 0 ( exp: 50/100 )
Stats :
Strength : 9 (+15)
Stamina : 9 (+20)
Agility : 9
Speed : 9
Intelligence : 14
Charisma : 12
Luck : 6
Skills :
Native skill : Forgeron's System.
Inventory : closed.
Shop : open. ]
Another quest of the same type of the ones with the ten Dark bone daggers and I'll be level one, I wonder what kind of stuff I'll unlock then.
My stats are also super boosted since I'm wearing the strength rings and the armor underneath my sports uniform, if I was holding a Dark bone dagger I would have 29 strength points and 14 speed points, if I was holding two like in the fight earlier then I'd have 34 strength and 19 speed. I already broke through the limits of human body using my equipment, I'm becoming stronger and stronger !
Henry smiled alone in the bus after realizing this, although he had had the equipments for a few days now he just realized how strong he was getting after testing himself in fights !
"Why are you smiling suddenly ? Did you think of a plan to sneak into the girl's bathroom ?"
"What ? No !"
Henry blushed after imagining the scene of girls bathing, for some reason Rose was amongst the girls in his imagination.
"Come on brother let's do it tonight ! We can't miss such an opportunity."
Thomas's insistance started annoying Henry who nodded in the end just to get rid of him, after that Thomas nodded satisfied and focused on his music with a cunning smile.
'This guy is bad... I should stay away from him.'
The Henry who had just threatened an elite of the galaxy to kill him an hour ago was now blushing all the way from his neck to his ears when he thought of what he had just agreed to !