'I've been waiting for an hour now, just when will that guy come.' Koji thought.
He stares at the old man sitting in front of him and tried to create some small talk.
"Hey old man. What're you here for?" He asked.
"Of course for the money. We defeat monsters and get money from their materials. I am the seller of my team and the negotiator so it's natural I'll be here." the old man replied rather harshly.
"Oh, I see. That good, I guess."
"And what about you young man? For promotion? Haha, I bet that's all you youngsters think about. But it's a dream you'll never achieve. No one will blame you even if you leave now."
"I'm thankful for your idea but I can't really leave. I don't have the choice."
"I see, then good luck in achieving what you desire."
As they were talking, some black cars stopped by the building.
It seemed like some very rich guy was paying a visit.
"Oh it's him. I wonder why he's here now." the old man said as he stared at the cars.
"You know him?" Koji asked.
"Huh? Where are you living youngman? You don't know of him?" the man surprisingly asked.
"No...? Who's he?"
"That man is one of the most powerful hunter and also the vice commander, Hirota Kazuhiko-Sama."
"The vice commander? So his strength must be second to the commander himself."
"You bet it is. Anyways I'll be going now. Things are about to get tough here anyways." the old man said as he walked away.
"What do you mean rough?"
"The vice commander always comes for a reason, and whoever his reason is, he'll have to face his overexcitability."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"You'll understand later." the old man stuttered as he went out from the back door.
"Heh? Now what should I do?" he thought with confusion.
*SLAM*
The main door was forcibly opened.
"Now what's the problem?" Koji asked.
"Calling him a problem would be rather rude sir, he's the person you'll be Challenging. It wasn't supposed to be him but he insisted so you should go introduce yourself to him." the receptionist replied.
"How are you everywhere miss receptionist?" Koji asked jokingly.
"I follow excitement. Anyhow you should go sir, or he'll come for you."
Koji didn't understand at first but meeting him made him understand everything in rather detail.
"WHERE IS HE!?" Hirota Kazuhiko shouted.
"WHERE IS MY OPPONENT? LET ME SEE HIM!?"
"Lower your voice Hirota, you're annoying the hunters here." a mysterious guy in hood adviced him.
"Yeah sure thing, I am just excited to meet that guy."
"You're all muscles afterall. He'll come shortly so just wait."
Koji looked at Hirota with interest and inspected everything about him.
'This guy, his presence is frightening. He could probably even beat the orc king. His body and height and power, it's all perfect. I can't imagine how scary my little commander has gotten. I shouldn't keep this big guy waiting."
Koji walked up to him directly and stood in front of him.
"I am th---"
"You're the one I'm fighting right?"
Koji looked at him with a shocked look.
"How did you know?"
"You really thought you could hide it? Just coming inside this building takes a lot of effort for an ordinary man because of that aura you're emitting."
"I'm emitting that much!? I'd rather fix it soon."
"HAHAHA!" he suddenly starts laughing.
"EXACTLY WHO I WANT AS AN OPPONENT! YOU'RE PERFECT!"
"Yeah thank you, so let's start the fight shall we?"
Hirota bent down and looked deep into Koji's eyes and said,
"That's exactly why I'm here."
They both were guided to the training arena for the match.
The arena was a huge room and one of the deepest rooms. It was built strong because it was only available for A rank hunters and because of that restriction it was barely even used.
It was shiny as new and had all sorts of weapons one would want for a fight.
Hirota picked a shiny and sharp long sword from the stand and pointed it at Koji.
"What are you gonna choose?" he said.
'A long sword. Means he's a swordman. He hasn't chosen a pose so he's probably taking me lightly. I'll take advantage of his thoughtlessness and try to strike him. But....I shouldn't underestimate him. Afterall I have to be prepared for the worst.'
"I'll chose my own sword." Koji replied.
He pulled out his sword from the inventory and embued it with fire.
"Space magic and fire elemental skill. You're no ordinary swordsman. What's your type?" Hirota asked.
"My...type? Any will do I guess?"
"I MEAN YOUR CLASS DUMBASS!"
"Oh, it's slayer. A class of warrior which can use both magic and armaments."
"So there's someone other than commander who can do that huh, anyways, come at me."
"Don't you think....
Koji jumped on Hirota,
"....you're taking me a little too lightly?"
and he aimed on his head.
*STRIKE*
"Heh,heh. You really thought I am the type to take other lightly?" Hirota smirked as he defended himself using his blade.
Koji jumped back to dodge any attacks and stood back on his position.
'What speed..I couldn't even see it.'
"This is my speciality. A godly speed. Can you clash with it?"
"No matter what speed you use, it's only a defensive power."
"Koji kun, I won't think like that in a battlefield. Making use of every ability is what a real war is all about. And your sword is the example of a mistake done in a war."
The sword Koji was holding suddenly broke into small pieces. Even the fire couldn't protect it.
"When did you-?"
"The moment I hit it. Did you really think that only thing I did was use it as a shield?"
'His speed overwhelms mine. I doubt that I can match it even with my stamina skill. What can I do...'
"DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME THINKING IN A MIDDLE OF A FIGHT. FIGHT IS ONLY ABOUT ABILITY NOT BRAIN." Hirota shouted and attacked Koji.
He barely dodged it and kept on dodging as Hirota kept on targeting him.
'This dick won't let me think!'
Koji uses intense wind magic and bounces him off.
'Now I have some seconds. He's out of breathe so I must think. I have fire, wind, strength boost. I have to increase me speed so I have to accelerate. But how....with my current abilities. Think, think THINK!
Wind, air, heat...I think I got it. If I take oxygen from air and use it with fire, it will increase the durability or if I use hydrogen, I can explode the air. It will give me quite some speed. I can enhance my invisible wall to absorb the shock of his blade. I'll use oxygen coating to materialise a sword.'
Koji first took out oxygen and made a fire sword with it. He covered himself with the invisible wall and enhanced it. Next he gathered hydrogen and with a single combustive blow, went on to Hirota with his full speed and gave one of the heaviest blow.
Hirota was blown away in a single shot.
"UGHH, HOW DID YOUR SPEED SUDDENLY INCREASED!?"
"I simply followed your tip. Make use of everything I have."
*Clap clap*
"Truly a fascinating fight." the guy in the robe appreciated.
"Who are you?" Koji asked.
"SHOW SOME RESPECT! HE'S THE COMMANDER, MURAMOTO KIYOSHI"