"Examinee number 352, Shye Crowley, please stand on the left side of the ring. Examinee number 92, Edwin Greendale, please stand on the right."
"You have ten seconds to prepare. I shall start the countdown, once I say begin, then you may begin the mock battle."
"You will be declared as the winner if either your opponent gives up or if he/she is incapacitated."
"Ten…nine…eight…seven"
The examiner immediately began counting down after seeing that the two examinees were already prepared for battle.
"Three...Two...One...Begin!"
"Haaaaahhh!! Take this!"
After the referee announced the start of the match, Edwin immediately charged towards Shye.
*PAH*
"K-Kuuhhh…"
Shye was sent sliding back after the first clash of wooden swords. It seems like his opponent is more powerful than him in terms of raw strength.
However, a battle is not all about raw strength, Shye quickly tried a hit-and-run approach in which he quickly retreats a safe distance away from the opponent after attacking.
Fortunately, he managed to hit his opponent a few times before the opponent managed to adapt to his strategy.
*PAH* *PAH* *PAH*
In the blink of an eye, the two of them had already clashed more than 50 times, sometimes it was Shye who was struck, and sometimes, it was his opponent.
Both Shye and Edwin's bodies were battered by their opponent's wooden swords.
Shye's first match seems to be getting closer and closer to the end.
The two examinees were panting hard as they circled each other in the middle of the ring.
Although Shye and his opponent were both unknown persons, a neck-and-neck fight like this is bound to attract some attention.
In just a few moments, more than a hundred people were watching their fight.
Edwin was the first one to attack, he charged at Shye to try and stab him in the neck. He knew that Shye was as tired as him and at this point, the stab was the hardest move to defend against.
He thought that Shye would panic which would give him a chance to finish Shye off even if his stab didn't hit.
Unfortunately for him, he underestimated Shye's battle experience. He already fought to the death with a grey wolf so why would he panic in a sparring match?
Shye tilted his body and leaned towards the right to gracefully dodge the stab before striking Edwin cleanly on the neck.
*PAH* *THUD*
The small audience erupted in cheers after seeing that Shye managed to knockout Edwin after a beautiful side dodge.
"Winner, examinee number 352, Shye Crowley! Please stand by and wait for your next match."
"Oh, so his name is Shye Crowley huh? That was gutsy!"
"Yeah, that dodge was beautiful…I'll remember this guy."
Shye couldn't help but feel happy because of the attention that he was getting from the crowd. It sure feels nice to win a close fight!
However, after a few more seconds, a small holographic notification appeared in front of him.
[Congratulations! You've earned 87 points!]
Shye was pleasantly surprised. He temporarily forgot about the system since he was focusing on the assessments.
It seems that he managed to impress 87 people this time. After seeing the notification, Shye wasn't in the mood to continue celebrating his victory.
The points that he earned piqued his interest so he wanted to explore the system.
"System"
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[Welcome to Flashy Adventurer System!]
[Current Host: Shye Crowley]
[Current Points: 87]
[Status]
[Inventory]
[Upgrades]
[Shop]
[Quests]
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Shye clicked [Shop].
A list of options such as skills, armor, weapons, and consumables appeared. Although some of the options were still locked, he still had a variety of items to choose from.
However, he knew that he couldn't use these items at the mock battles because they could only use the wooden sword provided by the examiners.
He clicked [Back] and then clicked the [Upgrades] button.
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[Current Host: Shye Crowley]
[Current Points: 87]
[Upgrade Armor]
[Upgrade Weapon]
[Upgrade Status]
[Option Locked]
[Option Locked]
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"Hmm…So currently, I have three options available for upgrades. It's really not worth it to upgrade my current armor and weapon…Maybe I should upgrade my status first so I can try to fight for a better ranking."
Shye muttered to himself. He then selected the [Upgrade Status] option.
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[Name]: Shye Crowley
[Level] : 3
[Class]: Warrior
[Current cost to upgrade an attribute: 20 points]
[Upgradeable Attributes]
[Strength : 6] +
[Intelligence : 3] +
[Agility : 4] +
[Dexterity : 3] +
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[Locked]
[Stamina : 5]
[Vitality : 5]:
[Wisdom : 4]
[Back] [Exit System]
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"Hmm…twenty points per upgrade so I can upgrade four times. Based on the fight earlier, the best attributes to upgrade right now are strength and agility."
Shye upgraded his strength and agility attributes two times each.
[Please click confirm to apply the upgrades]
[Confirm]
After Shye clicked confirm, he felt a sudden burst of warm energy inside his body.
"Oh…How comfortable, that feeling must be due to the attribute upgrade."
Shye quickly opened his status to check if it was upgraded and sure enough, his attributes were upgraded by two points each.
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[Name]: Shye Crowley
[Level] : 5
[Class] : Warrior
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[Skills]: N/A
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[Attributes]
[Strength : 8]
[Intelligence : 3]
[Agility : 6]
[Dexterity : 3]
[Stamina : 5]
[Vitality : 5]:
[Wisdom : 4]
[Back] [Exit System]
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Just as Shye clicked [Exit System], his name was called.
"Examinee number 352, Shye Crowley, examinee number 127, Jason Wilshire, please proceed to sparring grounds number thirteen for your second round match."
Shye walked towards the assigned training grounds in anticipation after being called for his second-round match.
Upon arriving, he could hear the gossip of the small crowd gathered around their sparring ground.
"Shye Crowley? Never heard of him…This will probably be another quick fight for this Jason guy. I watched his match earlier and he smoked his opponent in just three minutes!"
"Yeah! I saw it too, although this guy Jason Wilshire is not seeded and is also not a dark horse, he's got some skill, and he probably will rank around the top 100 if nothing goes wrong."
It seems that his next opponent is quite strong.
"Well, no matter, I'll just do my best. I already passed the assessment anyway.
Shye walked towards the middle of the sparring grounds with an "I'll just do my best attitude".
Meanwhile, his opponent was already in the middle of the sparring grounds waiting for him with a confident smirk on his face.
"Yo…Shye Crowley is it? I asked around and some of the people who watched your match told me that you barely won. I suggest that you give up now, there's no way you will win against me when you just barely won your first match."
Shye didn't respond to Jason's taunts at all and just assumed his fighting stance.
"Heh, I'll show you the difference between us." Jason taunted Shye again.
After a few seconds, the examiner who was in charge of their match spoke
"Same rules as earlier! Ten…nine…eight…seven…six…five…four…three…two…one…Begin!"
"HAAAAHH!! Let's see if you can handle…This!"
*PAH*
After the countdown, Jason attacked first.
He planned to overwhelm Shye with a series of strikes but his delusional plan was immediately destroyed after he was sent sliding back after their first clash.
"What?! How is this guy so strong?! I thought he barely won?! Was he hiding his true strength?!"
Jason didn't even have time to recover as Shye immediately followed up with his own series of blows.
In just two short minutes, Jason couldn't hold on any longer. Shye struck him on the neck which caused him to pass out.
"Winner, examinee number 352, Shye Crowley! Please stand by and wait for your next match."
[Congratulations! You've earned 152 points!]