Everyone in the audience was shocked. This "mage" had already shocked them with the ease he could dodge the warriors normal attacks. But after the warrior activated the standard skill "rapid arms" they were certain that the "mage" would "die". Instead the so called mage burst out and stole the weapons from the warrior before putting him in a situation he couldn't escape.
"How is this possible? If Jason can do this he should be able to beat the second level puppet, although it would be a strugglehe shouldn't lose?" Gerald was shocked at Jason's skill but also confused as jason had just recently told him that he still couldn't pass the test that War Blade had given him and Thomas.
"Hmm. Maybe War Blade added something else to the test? Maybe Jason fails if he cannot beat the puppet in a certain amount of time?" Tabitha reasoned.
After some thought gerald and joseph agreed that that was the most likely case. They were both glad that Jason had such skill though, and even more so that he had won at least one of his duals. Even though losing wouldn't block Jason from being adopted or joint the nobility, it was considered unsightly to lose all three duals.
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" This child seems interesting. He is a mage yet can hold his own against a same level warrior in mele combat, while also beating said warrior. Although if this is the extent of his skill it would be only somewhat shocking yet still not a big deal." The king said to his wife. He was glad that this kid showed talent as he was being adopted into his oldest friends family.
"My dear, you should wait. That kid has not even gotten started yet. I am sure that he will not lose in mele combat against his next opponent as well, though wether he can win without magic I do not know." the queen responded, shocking the King Ramus.
The king had barely been watching the fight and was mostly conversing with his advisor over how the rest of the ceremony should go. He didn't doubt his wife as she was actually slightly stronger than himself, she was a warrior who was already a second level of the third rank of power. If she said Jason was hiding power then Jason was hiding power. The strongest publicly known power was only a sixth level Sentinel.
The king asked his advisor to wait to give him the rest of the new. He had decided to give his full attention to Jason's next fight.
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Jason stood across from a teen almost as big as Thomas. This man carried a giant war hammer with a spike at its back. Jason just hoped that this warrior wouldn't be as weak as the one from before. Jason never feared being beaten, instead he feared weak adversaries making him weak and complacent. He decided to refer to this guy as big boy, you know cause he's a big boy.
"Begin," came the shout from the Royal Advisor.
Big Boy grabbed his hammer and spun it a couple of times while Jason got into his stance. After a couple of seconds they crossed eyes and as if it was agreed before hand, they charged at each other.
Big Boy fought like an ape. His movements fierce and overwhelming. While to the untrained eye he may look like just a brute, to those with experience it was obvious that this was a highly skillful marrial art emphasizing strength and burst speed.
Jason was actually slightly excited as Big Boy seemed slightly more skilled than Thomas. This meant he would learn much from this fight. After so many soars with Thomas they knew each other to well to really surprise the other so could only slightly help. This new target could help Jason far more in improving his martial arts.
Jason would either juke around big boys hammer or occasionally hit the side of the hammer head to alter its direction. When he got the chance he would throw a few fast jabs to Big Boys body.
Big Boy began to worry. Those jabs were far stronger than they should be. while not as powerful as his own punches, they were significantly more powerful than even a tenth level knight apprentice, much less a tenth level mage apprentice. Jason's punches were almost as strong as a normal level two knight squire. While Big Boy was a second level knight squire his strength was almost equal to a level four knight squire. His speed was only average for a level two knight squire, while his skill level was common for those of his tier as well.
After a little while Jason was sure that he could win, as he had both improved his martial art skill, and learnt the fighting style of his opponent. He had learned that he was in a VR orld after his last win so ge wanted to try something. He had traded fists with Thomas before which shattered his fist and broke his arm. Luckily Jason had only chisen to do so because a healer was staying with the Kovars at the time. Now he wanted to try big boys fist to see if he could realese the same power. Unfortunately Big Boy used his hammer to fight not his fist. But after he knew that there was no real consequence, other than losing a mana Crystal which he still didn't understand the value of, he decided to test his fist against the hammers head.
Jason threw a quick jab at the hammer to weaken Big Boys blow, before thowing a full powered strike with his left fist to compare. The hammer was only slightly weakend by the jab even even though Jason quickly retracted that fist it was bruised although no bones where damaged. The full powered strike hit the hammers head and stopped it. Jason was flung backwards through the air. when he landed he grimaced a little in pain. At least seven bones where broken in his left fist. He was shocked to learn that Thomas's bare handed powers vastly exceeded the power of a second level knight squire who was using such a massive hammer.