When all that murderous intent permeated the air, even Arthur became extremely cautious. Any intention of Arthur's experiments was completely wiped out and surviving became his focus immediately.
Taking the opportunity to make the first attack, Arthur sent a circular kick to Buttons, who bent down to deflect. But the intention was not to hit the blow, but to use the rest of the centrifugal force to rotate and see the situation of the other clowns who were behind him.
Bob was already armed with a big knife, a machete, to be more specific. Bingo didn't have a weapon in any of his hands, but his pose indicated that he was an experienced fighter. Buttons, who was in front of him, magically removed a halberd from his back.
Seeing Arthur's look at him, Buttons put his index finger in his mouth and said, "Did you like the trick, little monkey?"
In exchange for the provocation, all Arthur did was simply to continue his attacks on Buttons. Distancing yourself from a spear user was suicide, and you wouldn't have to be the most experienced fighter to know that.
As soon as he got close, he saw that Buttons tried to attack him with an upward movement. Knowing that moving away was not an option, Arthur then jumped high and spun his body around with a twist. In the middle of the movement, he held the halberd handle close to the blade and completed the movement by kicking Buttons with both feet.
"Too innocent, boy!" Buttons spoke softly.
He then took out a military knife from God knows where and attacked towards Arthur's feet.
Not expecting this type of attack, Arthur has not yet despaired. He then used the Force on the entire body and used the halberd, which he was still holding the cable, to destabilize Buttons. At the same time, still using the force applied to the spear to hold on, he stopped his movement in the air and shrank his legs. The movement that was made from this series of actions was a sideflip executed at the last minute with the help of the halberd cable.
All this movement made in a second managed to destabilize Buttons, almost causing him to fall. Arthur obviously was not going to miss the opportunity and right when he landed on the floor, he adjusted his body and executed another downward kick with his left leg, but instead of the hit point being the heel, the point of this would be the instep. If he managed to hit Buttons' head, he would surely crush her.
But, before the kick could arrive, two shadows appeared on the sides and spoke with murderous laughter:
"You are not forgetting us, are you !?" Bob and Bingo, one making a cutting move and the other delivering a powerful punch, were about to execute their respective attacks on Arthur's ribs, intending to crush them completely.
***
In one of the private rooms, a young man who appeared to be Arthur's age was watching the fight with an interested look.
The young man was black and had what can be said of a well-sculpted and defined face. His eyes were deep blue, which emitted a severe maturity. His body was full of muscles, but with development held back by age. Their clothes were simple, but if you looked closely, they were all from the highest brands of clothing on the world market. Not to mention the aura he carried, which, even standing still and doing nothing, made the air around him seem heavier.
His eyes were tracking Arthur's movements and judging them at the same time. It was quite possible to tell by his look that he found his movements very rustic and inferior.But if you consider someone who has never really fought, using these moves would be quite a miracle.
The young man immediately looked at his secretary at the door and said, "Janice, give me this guy's data." His words were soft, but firm.
While waiting for the secretary to look for Arthur's documents in the Guild database, he thought calmly: 'That person really has good potential. His fighting instinct is basically that of a real freak. Whatever knowledge he has will be used in the fight, and everything that sucks is discarded. Really a monster! '
As soon as Janice found Arthur's data, she immediately handed the Ipad to the young man, while saying in a loving voice: "Are you interested in the young fighter? I would really say that he has a good talent, but he is not a little weak to be able to join the Group? "
Pausing for a while to read the data, especially his results on the mercenary test, the young man turned to Janice and spoke while pointing to the test numbers: "Do you see that? These Strength and Agility results are very low even for a simple level C, but only his intelligence was the main factor for him to gain that level. But I ask you: Can you find all this mediocrity in the strength that this man is exhibiting now? "
A little surprised by the question, the secretary replied humbly: "From the experiences I have in this world, I can see that his tests don't really match what is happening on stage now. And as I recall, it is not allowed to cheat on the test, since they are monitoring any candidate's heart rate and body temperature. That's why they ask to take off their clothes at the beginning. "
Hearing his secretary's response, the young man soon spoke with a smile that almost melted Janice's heart: "Exactly. And from what he is demonstrating, the numbers should have been higher. But it's like the sentence says: 'It's not because if you have something, that you necessarily know how to use it'. And that's exactly the question of this fighter."
"Based on that, two possible conclusions are drawn: Either he gained this incredible strength recently and did not know how to use it 100% until now, or he never had a master to teach him how to use it correctly, if the force had already manifested a while ago. Bearing in mind that the first one can be very unreal, unless he was a specimen from the super vaccine laboratory that was incredibly lucky to escape, the second option is the most viable. did I mean? " His last question to Janice was more rhetorical than really a question.
Trying to understand what was going on, Janice failed to notice anything and spoke with an apologetic smile: "I'm sorry, sir. I really can't understand."
Looking at his secretary, the young man smiled sweetly as he stroked her cheeks, and said: "Of course you wouldn't understand. Sorry for the question. This is something that only true martial artists would understand at first."
"To explain in simple words, there are three steps to definitely get on the Martial Arts path."
"The first is called Self-Knowledge. It is simply the recognition that you can. That you have in essence what every Martial Artist must have: Courage to face difficulties and learn from them your true path. A beginner can take some years to understand himself and his true essence. "
"The second step is about Improvement. Logically, it is the step in which you improve what you managed to pull from your essence, your fighting style, as well as your way of thinking and acting towards everyone. Just like before, the practitioner you can spend a lot of time trying to perfect your own essence with trial and error, in a process of continuous failure and success. "
"The third and last step is the Cultivation of Sentience. Knowing how to control yourself is the first step for a martial artist, but knowing how to control things around you and use them to your advantage is a path that leads to Greatness. This it is the step that differentiates any practitioner from a true martial artist, even if he is at the beginning of the journey. A true abyss that reaps only good fruits. "
As soon as he finished explaining, he just looked at Arthur and said: "What I mean by all this is that ...."
"This man... no. This Monster, in just a few fights, managed to complete all the steps as if it were a walk in the park!"
When he finished speaking, the young man's eyes were already shining with interest. Around him, winds began to magically rise and stir.