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Chapter 32 - Chapter 31 – First Battle between Roxas Nietes and Evil Klein

Third person POV

 With that, Roxas and Anko went on to the first floor, which will be the site of Roxas' first battle with a player in the game. Before entering the room, Roxas changed his clothes just in case he would get stabbed, and thus, his new limited-edition shirt would get stained with blood. So then, as the doors behind them shut close, Roxas' first opponent came forward with his weapon ready for the battle. The opponent was Evil Klein, much to Roxas and Anko's shock.

 "What the…?" Roxas responded to this.

 "No way…" Anko added, before going into Roxas.

 "Well, well…" Evil Klein smirked at Roxas while approaching him and wielding his weapon, "…what a spectacle you made in front of me."

He was assigned to this battle with Roxas.

 "Oh, flip…" Roxas replied back before wielding his sword.

Anko then readied himself to guide his vessel whenever he needed it during the battle.

 And so, the battle had begun. Evil Klein wielded his weapon and lunged at Roxas. Roxas then freaked out in response, but Anko helped out by controlling his body like a puppet. As a result, Roxas managed to dodge Evil Klein's attacks and retaliated back with his sword.

Evil Klein was stunned to see that Roxas was attacking like a good, not-so-dumb player in the game, and Roxas had no idea why his body acted like that.

Roxas' mind didn't even tell it to do things like that.

Haruto heard that outside behind closed doors and began to worry for Roxas' safety.

Despite his ability to control Roxas' body, Anko cannot and doesn't have the right to control 2 things within Roxas: his personality and mind.

Instead, he gave those aspects respect for themselves.

This means that Anko had partial control over Roxas at this point.

 The duel between Roxas Nietes and Evil Klein lasted for minutes. Then, Roxas knew what was going on with his body and synchronized with Anko as an advantage and a form of training in the game. He did that as if he was a different person, separate from his true, authentic self. Because of that, Evil Klein was a bit overwhelmed by Roxas' attacks. And so, Evil Klein became exhausted, but Roxas didn't want to eliminate him completely.

Instead, Roxas said to him, "Give it up, me and Anko-kun are stronger together."

Anko then came out and added, "Yeah, we are!"

And so, Evil Klein gave up and declared defeat, making Roxas the winner of this round.

Roxas couldn't believe that he had won the first round and was overjoyed by it.

He also leveled up to the next level, increasing his stats a bit.

Outside, it was declared that Roxas Nietes was the winner of the first floor, much to Haruto's overwhelming relief.