There is obviously a big gap between us in strength, although I have a higher rank than him.
He is still a berserker knight, and I once heard that the strength of chosen people is different.
If you base them on ranks. Then their strength is equivalent to two ranks higher than theirs.
So in a fight, both of us would be on equal terms of strength. If I don't use any of my item buffs,
Still, I can't make him fight with all his strength and win.
So the best strategy is to hit him with a full-blown knockout impact in a state where he does not expect it.
"You are very good at dodging. But that ends here."
He said that as mana ran through his body.
As expected, he was going easy just now. Still, what should I do?
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"Hmm, it seems like the first round is my win. Though young Richard really wants to give him a beating."
"I won't be so sure about that."
"Oh, what makes you think that?"
"Just a gut feeling."
"Mhmm, let's see."
"Oh, look, Richard is going to use mana."
"Alright, take him down!"
"Finish him off!"
"""..."""
"Come on, it isn't like that. I meant to tell him to send the guy to the infirmary."
"Okay, point taken."
Seeing the students react, the two teachers were surprised.
"I know he was hated, but to this extent, it is truly pushing it. What do you say, Ms. Gale?"
"I'm surprised as well."
'To think he was so hated. I really can't understand him. He could just show off his power, and this will be solved. But why?'
Miss Ria tried to think of the reason for his actions but still couldn't make anything of it.
'Still, I wonder how you will face this ordeal.'
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As BK gathered mana, the peanut gallery also chimed in to cheer on him as they yelled curses at me and adoration at him.
But there is one guy who really has malicious intent toward me.
"Finish him off!"
'I swear, if I get my hands on him, I will— On second thought, I need to find a way to get out of here.'
"You also know how to use physical enhancement, right?"
"Um, yeah, I guess I could."
He suddenly asked me if I could do basic physical enhancement. and I answered him back. But why is he asking me this?
"Then do it. I don't want you to make an excuse or blame it on an accident."
'Huh? Accident? That's right, let's make my win an accident, but what kind of accident?
"Stop spacing out and do it!"
"Uh oh, here I go."
I gathered mana and enhanced my body.
And as I finished enhancing myself, he suddenly attacked, which I was already prepared for.
Wopak!
A sound of the wooden swords clashing resounded throughout the crowd.
"Oh, you could block that."
He said as I made a face of having difficulty taking his attack.
"Still, your stance is weak."
He said as he kicked me, making me fall to the ground.
Whoosh
As I fell, he attacked me again. But I rolled out of the way as I made sure not to eat the sand again.
"Hmph, you got lucky again. Next time I will snap your sword in two!"
'This guy… he's giving me ideas.'
As he said those words, a plan was constructed in my mind. And I don't need to change the structure of my cores, as I already changed them to production class.
And using my mind's acceleration, I made calculations to make it happen.
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"That boy is doing alright with his doing. I guess you taught him well."
"I don't know if running many laps can help a person grow."
"Now you are just being modest. But the battle is about to finish."
"You're right."
'I don't want to admit it, but he is right: if the Anglos kid doesn't do anything to change the balance of this fight, then it's over.'
"Oh yeah!"
"His sword broke!"
"Look how the other half flew so high!"
"Yeah, this is a done deal."
"You got that right."
"Oh, look! His other sword flew again."
"Look at him rolling. Ahahaha"
"That's so hilarious."
"Haa, I guess this is it."
Miss Ria sighed to herself as she covered her face with her hand. Then a sudden impact changed the outcome of the battle.
"What!"
"That's foul!"
"This match is invalid!"
"That's right!"
"Ha?"
"I guess his luck saved him."
"What do you mean? What happened?"
"Oh, you didn't see? Your student won, although it is still debatable, and the referee will judge it."
Hearing that, she looked back and saw Richard the Berserker Knight lying face down as Dustin stood there with dirt all over his body.
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Dodging and blocking the attacks of BK, I made sure that he hit a certain spot of my sword.
With the help of my craftsman's ability, I also slowly deteriorated it in that area.
"Heh, it looks like you are already out of breath."
Huff huff
I also made sure to show him that I was getting weaker. And to top it all off, I made my mana unstable.
A little trick I tried to play a prank on my little siblings when playing, but they were not fooled.
Anyway, let's forget about that. I didn't think that practice would be useful now.
"Take this."
He suddenly gave me a heavy vertical slash, making me stagger.
Seeing this, he continued it with a heavy side swipe of his sword. And here is the start of my craft.
Snap!
My sword broke, and it flew so high. Then I acted shocked, and seeing my expression, he was delighted.
And do you know anyone else who is delighted? The peanut gallery, of course, cheering for my impending doom.
He then followed an attack.
Which I dodged.
As I barely moved out of the way. My footing then suddenly collapsed, which was part of the plan.
He attacked again, seeing it as a chance. Now for my grand finale.
I blocked the attack loosely, making the remaining sword I have fly out of my hands.
The crowd then cheered.
Then BK, not missing a chance, attacked again.
In which I rolled away from.
And as everything was in place. He raised his arm to attack me.
Only for him to be knocked down. And seeing the crowd grow silent.
And they yelled how unfavorable the battle was. Give me a break.
Still, I was glad that worked.
The plan goes like this:
First, half of my sword flew, and it must be as high as possible.
Then the second, would be the handle part, following the first half of the sword.
Upon doing so, the first half of the sword will fly back here in this position.
And to make it possible, one needs misdirection and magic timing.
Misdirection meaning the focus of BK should not be on the swords but on me.
As for the mana timing, I made sure that the impact could neglect the physical enhancements and defense.
So I made the handle make a perfect turn to hit the other half of the sword.
And although the other half of the sword doesn't have mana like the handle. It's still strong enough to knock any person down.
Honestly, it was a gamble, but I'm glad it worked.
"Winner: Cole Anglos."
Hearing that, I was glad. From the looks of it, this still counts as a win.
I suddenly felt relaxed. And out of nowhere, I fell unconscious.
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"Winner: Cole Anglos!"
"Wha? that can't be!"
"That's right. Ref, change your call!"
"Right!"
"Change it."
Thud.
As everyone was yelling about how unfair the fight was, a thud was heard.
And there they saw Dustin, who was also down and unconscious.
"Medic! medic!"
Seeing that two people were knocked down, they were then sent to the infirmary to recover.
"Who would have thought this would happen?"
'How did he do that? I need to ask him.' A question was then formed in Ms. Ria's mind
"Hey, are you listening?"
"Oh yeah, it was a bit unexpected."
"Right. But since this happened, I guess the first win is yours?"
"I guess I got lucky too."
"Hmm, alright, then let's show our next candidate."
"Yeah, I guess you're right."
As they ended their conversation, the next students to fight were called.
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"Again, I thought we were over this."
Out of nowhere, I heard a voice complaining. And from this type of voice, I think the person's got to be that kid.
"It's you. I'm sorry, but I really didn't mean to be here."
"So are you trying to say our deal is off?"
"No, not like that. More like, what deal did we make?"
"Huh, you don't know?"
"Yes."
"If that's how it is, then it's better if you don't know. So yeah. Leave!"
He spoke as the space around me cracked. And his voice, although low in tone, feels so heavy.
I don't know what our deal is, but there's got to be a reason why I came back here again.
As the space shattered, I then fell to who knows where.
And before I knew it, I woke up.