I'm really unlucky today, by the time my lunch is ready I get an unexpected visitor, couldn't it be earlier? A part of me felt that this was arranged by the person who is watching me inside the matrix, even though she helped me a little to counterbalance the difficulty of the test and I really appreciate it, but I doubt she would miss the chance to have fun putting me in a situation like that.
I hide behind a tree leaving behind the fire is my lunch, there's no way I can put out the fire and hide the trail so I didn't even waste my time trying to do that, it's smarter to use the fire as bait to attack mine guest from behind.
I make my way over the protection of the tree and approach the invader, but I obviously stop well away from him and wait for him to pass me, his core power is the same as mine and his element is earth. As he passed by me, I had a line of sight without even an obstruction, he is equipped with leather armor with some metal pieces protecting the tape points and joints, it's not very high-level armor, it should be in the class basic level two armor.
He's carrying a small iron shield on his left arm and a sword on his right, both are level two gear as well, but what catches my attention is the bow strapped to his back along with his backpack. It's unusual for a shield warrior to take a bow, but taking into account that during the test he starts alone it's possible he's decided to take a single tier one bow in case he needs to attack from a distance, it just shows me how insecure he is.
It helps me a lot, even though this is a common tier one bow, I can use it to hunt safely, I'm not even wearing armor, I doubt I can use any piece of armor this guy has, maybe I can use it the boots, this is because he is a much taller and fatter shield warrior than I am.
When I say fat it's not a euphemism for him to be a big warrior, he's really fat it's drooling over the barbecue that's hot on the fire. The unfortunate fat man hasn't even paid attention to the possible threats the matrix may have or the message that usually comes up, he's heading straight for the bonfire.
Only when he stays a few meters from the fire does he stop his advance and look for any threat around him, it seems he is not a complete idiot, to tell the truth I was already thinking that I was the one entering a trap, an idiot like that I should have been able to get here, but unfortunately, he's already doomed now.
When he started looking for some threat, I was already after him, I sneaked up until I was a meter from his coast for a long time, I've been following him for a few meters ready to attack him at the most opportune moment, patience is something very important when you are ambushing your prey.
My opportune moment appeared the moment he looked to his right and left, he was prepared to be attacked from the sides and not from behind, with the movement of his head his neck was left unprotected by the armor. It's too bad I can't just break his neck, that would be against the rules It's a little too cruel, I don't know if this guy is a dickhead or not, I feel more comfortable killing idiots or annoying people the chubby can be good people, and that would make me feel a little bad for killing just for convenience
I attack the back of his head with two consecutive strikes one aimed at the tip of his helmet, this strike was made to take his helmet off and leave him a little bewildered, as I didn't aim directly at his neck or the back of his head, so the chance of hurting it really isn't too high. I'm not exactly holding back on strength, so my blow is pretty violent enough to make your brain take a pretty good minor package.
The second blow was a choke, I used my other arm to wrap around the fat man's neck and choke him quickly. My sudden finial blows are perfect, the earth element warrior's helmet went flying and I only saw a little blood on his head, I must have broken his hairline, but because of the package he couldn't fend off the hanging.
Using both my arms to choke the fat man and the weight on my body to throw him to the ground, I subdued the fat warrior without a major problem, his attempt to use his aura to strengthen himself and break free was futile. I was already holding on to my strength not to break his neck, so the moment he started to resist I just had to tighten my grip.
In the bad position the earth element warrior is in he has no support to move and get the momentum to throw me away, as I'm on top of him he's his element and useless now. He even tried to attack me using the dirt on the ground, but he only managed to make the ground give a little and that only made him have his face buried in the ground as my weight threw him forward.
That was a pretty dumb move, I'm putting a lot of pressure on his neck if he suddenly unevenness a part of the ground I might end up breaking his neck when my strength doesn't apply evenly across his neck anymore. He almost killed himself, but because of the lack of air he barely managed to move the earth once.
After making sure he wasn't pretending I stopped choking him but even though he passed out I moved quickly to disarm him and take out his supplies, luckily, he had a pair of ropes, they're pretty common so no they must be strong enough to hold him, but it's enough to hold him while I'm there.
He should be able to use his aura and elemental energy to break the rope, but doing that in front of me is like asking to be punched to the point where your mom won't recognize you anymore, so I doubt he'll try to let go of those strings while i's still inside that array but after i get out it should be able to come loose it's keep doing its test. I have nothing against him so I don't plan on screwing him but I still plan on taking the sword, bow and supplies with me, I'll just leave him enough so he doesn't starve and thirst, a day's diet wouldn't hurt him.
I've tied him to a tree near my fire and begin to inspect my remains, it's a shame even his boot isn't good enough for me to use. It's a little too big for me, it would be bothering me for the rest of the day, I'd rather wait to find an armor my size.
In his bag I find a few liters of water and that helps me a lot, and I may have got food and a bag was made since the beginning of the test, but I hadn't found water, not many bodies of water in the emerald forest and it looks like the teachers didn't even set up a matrix on top of a water fountain, so I knew I was out of water, but now I have enough to keep from getting dehydrated for the next few hours.
In his backpack I find some emergency rations, some condiments like salt and pepper, a knife that is good quality, a very low-quality raincoat, which is stingy and finally a small skillet and some high-quality cutlery. This fat man looks like he prepared a backpack for a picnic and not for a test in a forest full of dangers, carrying a little salt is normal, but he has more than six different spices in his backpack and a skillet and cutlery that must be made of materials level one, they should be worth several gold coins, you should probably be able to exchange this frying pan for a level one weapon and shield, that kind of object is quite expensive.
Luckily my lunch is still good, it didn't take me long to take care of the fat man so my meat didn't turn into charcoal, it just burned a little on the ends that were facing the fire, I had already taken it off the flame before ambushing the fat warrior, but it's a shame I only got this frying pan now, it would have been quite useful to make my lunch.
Come to think of it, this fat man seemed right on time, now I have a plate and cutlery to eat my lunch, before I would have to use the tree leaf as a plate and I would have to eat using my wind blade to cut the horn. It's really nice to have seasoning to put on the meat, even though I can only add them after it's done.
Only after I had finished my lunch did the fat man show signs of waking up.