Chapter 58: Focal fights (1/2)
Chapter 58: Focal fights
“Ayrin’s tactics wouldn’t have succeeded if Rowan had a powerful enough area skill, even something like Dulvi’s ‘Wave Impact.’”
“It’s also a decision-making issue. Who would have thought at the beginning that his stamina and momentum are so amazing? Even if Dulvi had the been the one matched against Ayrin, maybe he’d also have thought of letting Ayrin run out of stamina first. And then it’s already too late by the time you notice something’s wrong.”
“That’s right. Even if Rowan realized it from the very beginning and broke Ayrin’s tactics, who knows whether Ayrin would have switched to another method or not.”
“The most important thing is that Rowan is too weak. If he were strong enough, he could have struck Ayrin with a mighty arcane skill that wouldn’t even have let Ayrin run away.”
“What’s the use of saying that? Who has such an overwhelming superiority? An arcane skill like that, do you think everyone’s at Chris’ level!”
Among the shocked arguing voices, more and more people felt that even if Rowan had had some powerful counter skills, perhaps Ayrin would still have achieved victory.
In their eyes, Ayrin became someone who could simply not be measured by common sense.
“What a fearsome momentum and recovery capacity.”
The teacher who’d approved the switch in the fighting order earlier was also looking Ayrin with astonishment. He saw Ayrin walk back to the rest area, surprisingly looking as if he recovered his strength after catching his breath for a mere little while, even after constantly bursting out at top speed for so long.
Just at this time, the other two students in the same group as Ayrin and Rowan both walked in front of him and told him,“Teacher, we’re forfeiting our following matches.”
“Forfeit? Why, is it because we readjusted your opponent last minute, that’s why you feel it’s a little unfair?” This teacher was suddenly startled.
“That’s not it, teacher.” One of the two students immediately shook his head. He looked at Ayrin with admiration and emotion. “We both reached an agreement right now. We’re very aware of our own strength, we can’t possibly be Ayrin’s match. Since Ayrin can defeat Rowan, he can naturally defeat us as well. We both want to let him save a little strength.”
The other student also immediately said, “We want to watch him exchange blows with stronger opponents. For him, there’s no opponent left in our group that’s stronger than Rowan, but there are opponents stronger than Rowan from other groups coming up next. We want to him to preserve as much strength as possible to fight against those people, we’ll also be able to see more spectacular matches.”
“Very good thinking. To tell you the truth, at first I didn’t think he could beat Rowan either, but now I’m also more and more hopeful about him. Who knows, maybe he’s truly capable of passing this selection and joining the academy team.” This teacher suddenly guffawed out loud, then he patted the two students on their shoulders. “I agree to your forfeits, but you two also have to do your best. I heard that the intensity of Ayrin’s training has always been four times that of ordinary people’s.”
“Four times?” These two students suddenly turned a little white. But then they saw an even fiercer blaze burning inside Ayrin’s eyes. “Teacher, we understand. We’ll definitely work hard!”
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“I didn’t expect you to have such a stunning momentum.”
“Chris!”
Ayrin heard Chris’ voice as soon as he sat down beside Kybaver.
Ayrin had no idea what kind of training Chris completed again this time. Her left arm, perpetually wrapped in bandages, trembled nonstop. When she looked at Ayrin however, her tone was filled with happy delight. “It’s no wonder you kept saying you wanted to join the team, no wonder teacher Carter especially helped you apply.”
“What! You didn’t apply yourself, it’s teacher Carter who signed you up?” Kybaver couldn’t understand why Chris and Ayrin were so familiar with each other, but he was in for another surprise as soon as he heard Chris’ words.
It turned out this guy was a genius that elite teachers had already taken a fancy to long ago?!
“Did you see my fight right now?” Ayrin actually didn’t take note of Kybaver’s expression at all. He only laughed out loud at Chris. “Haha, how was it, do you think I can fight my way into the school team this time?”
“I’m not sure.”
Chris seriously thought for a moment. “The two others in your group forfeited just now. You already qualified from your group, but the real fights begin now, after the group stage.”
“These guys are all at least as powerful as Rowan?” Ayrin nodded. He raised his head and looked at Chris. “Then give me a little additional motivation.”
Kybaver orginally thought the relationship between Chris and Ayrin a little ambiguous. Now he almost fell down face first.
Give me a little motivation… Was he trying to make Chris give him a kiss in front of the crowd or something?
“What kind of motivation?” Chris’ thoughts weren’t as torturous as Kybaver’s, but she was also a little curious as to what Ayrin wanted.
“Buy me something delicious… Something tasty would be the best.” Ayrin rubbed his belly and said with a pitiful face, “I ran for so long just now, I feel like I’m dead hungry… If I had something to eat as a reward, I will definitely perform even better.”
“…” Kybaver immediately rolled his eyes as soon as he heard, extremely disappointed. He mumbled, “Whatever the case, he’s standing face to face with a beautiful girl… He actually doesn’t want anything else, he just wants something to eat. Only a low-level Giant Food Monster would have a brain like this.”