The third day I was in this place, after Derold died, I tried to interact with the other fighters. Yet everyone ignored me, it seemed I was nothing more than a fly in their eyes. Maybe they underestimated my strength, I guess that was normal, considering I've only fought here once. Incidentally, today was the day of my second fight.
Hopefully, I got an opponent who isn't too strong, but also not too weak. That way, I could test and show the limits of my strength. Even though I still haven't become an Exor, but I could feel that my physical strength was increasing again. I feel so light, that made so easier for me to jump as well as run.
I continued to train my muscles while waiting for my battle was to come. This morning, I forced myself to eat the bowl full of insects that had provided. It tasted terrible, but at least I was full enough and ready to fight.
Finally, the jailer called me after the sun hung in the middle of the sky. On a very clear day, I entered the same arena where I fought two days ago. But there was something that makes me wonder. There were no spectators surrounding us, this was obviously very strange, where did the half beast go? No matter how boring the battle presented, there should still be some half beast who was watching this fight.
Too bad I had to throw away my thoughts immediately since my opponent had already started his attack. The opponent I'm currently facing was a 2.5 meter tall crocodile-man who looks extremely ferocious. He immediately swung his long and heavy tail to whip me. I jumped to avoid it. His attacks didn't stop there. He immediately lunged at me. I haven't had time to dodge, so he easily caught my body.
Without hesitation, he slammed me to the surface. I was surprised to find that my body's resistance had strengthened. If it was me a month ago, maybe this slam was enough to make me sick and sore for a week. But now it's different, I immediately got up and dodged the crocodile-man's foot. Our fight has just begun.
Between the two of us, my advantages were speed and agility. This crocodile man has many advantages such as strength, endurance, strong grip and others. If he breaks one of my legs, then it's over. That's why I have to be careful.
I jumped forward and tried to punch the crocodile man in the back. Hard! His skin was so hard that fists didn't have any impact. I immediately jumped again before he could catch me. The crocodile man was not satisfied, he ran forward while cornering me. I tried to escape, but he swung his tail, so it hit me and pushed me back.
When he was about to catch me, I immediately ran through the gap between his legs. Its tail swung once again, trying to aim at my body. This time I managed to dodge well, so the attack didn't hit me.
"How do I beat him?"
With a skin that was so hard, a large body and high resistance to injury. It's hard for me to threaten him in just the usual way. My fist wasn't strong enough to injure him. I have to find a way to beat him.
I'll try with the neck. The crocodile man walked up to me. This time, I ran towards the iron fence, when he was about to catch me I immediately jumped and used the iron fence as a foothold, after that I leaped onto the crocodile man's shoulder. I tried hitting his neck.
When my hand hit his neck, I was shocked. Although it did not have crocodile scales, his neck was also quite hard. In the midst of my shock, the Crocodile Man grabbed my body and slammed it into the iron fence before I could dodge, he launched a heavy blow that was aimed at my head. I used both hands to prevent the impact of the blow.
But it was clear that my hand wasn't strong enough. I felt pain in both my hands as if they could break at any moment. I then used the moment between his punches to shift my body to the side. Furthermore, I managed to escape from his punches, but he immediately swung his tail trying to prevent me from escaping.
I jumped, taking advantage of the gap between his tail and his hand. After that, I ran a bit away. It was clear that his weakness was not in the neck. Then I'll try to blow his lower body. Before that, I must be careful, I'm sure he already knows that I'm looking for his weakness at this time.
"Can you talk, stupid crocodile?"
"Enjoy your time, this is the last time you can get away from me," in a hoarse and low voice he returned my taunt.
I then ran forward. But the crocodile-man's movement surprised me. He jumped, so high that the arena shook violently. He then ran at a surprising speed. After that, he swung his hand aiming at my face. I tilted my body slightly to make the hit miss. After that, I grabbed his hand from the side and jumped. I used his hand to jump towards his face.
I hit him right in the area of his left eye before running away from the crocodile man. He didn't come after me, but grabbed his left eye. "Ahh damn you little human. How dare you hurt me, mighty Kroko."
His eyes were also a weakness. As long as I could make him blind, his fighting ability should drop drastically. But of course, he won't let me do it that easily this time.
I started to believe in myself, even though I was weaker than him, but I also had the advantage. Humans have human ways of defeating those who were stronger.
The crocodile man named Kroko changed his posture to a lower one. After that, he was running towards me. Seeing he was approaching me, I immediately got ready. I then ran towards Kroko. When I jump, Kroko spreads his arms and catches me with his right hand. After that, he slammed me to the surface. I used my feet to hit his lower body.
It made Kroko let me go, I used it to stand up and jumped while swinging my legs towards Kroko's eyes. Kroko stepped forward and headed my body. Even though I was pushed back, but at least I launched a second attack on him. But what I didn't expect, Kroko ignored my kick, even though he was in pain he forced himself to grip my hand.
This time he held my hand really hard.
"Argh! This shit really hurts." He broke my right hand, I screamed frantically.
"Hahaha, scream, little human!" Kroko laughed at me even though he himself was injured in the eye, so he had to close one eye.
I used my foot to kick Kroko's armpit, so he had to let me go. I immediately jumped back a few times. Not only that, but I hold my right hand using my left hand carefully. I can't move my right hand. My right hand drooped limply with a few drops of blood that came out due to Kroko's squeezing, which caused a wound on my hand.
A big explosion suddenly happened just like that. I and also Kroko, who was walking towards me, immediately turned our attention to the explosion.