Episode 67 – Choosing the Arena floor (1/2)
Elaru patiently waited for approxihed and interrupted his pondering “You should start by watching the regular matches Choose the floor and buy the appropriate daily ticket”
“Thank you, captain obvious!” Kiel snapped
Elaru looked at hih money to buy the ticket?”
Kiel’s eyebroitched “It’s not that The proble the floor”
The floors were separated by the general rank of warlocks participating and the types of events they were participating in Kiel had a general idea that he probably shouldn’t pick anything below B rank, but that eliminated only half of the floors from his choice
Elaru’s“You should pick a floor running A ranked battles Those are floors 21-24”
Kiel’s eyebrows furrowed “Why A-ranked? I thinkA ranked battles right froress”
Elaru grinned “As you probably already know, Muni exa 25 points in the practical exae However, since the practical exaree of creativity and provides you ample opportunity to utilize your smarts, it is possible that you could reach 25 points while having strength below that rank Often it is the basic spells used in an unorthodox way that makes the difference between a win and a loss”
She continued telepathically “If you want any chance of scoring full points, you’d need to be at least an A ranked warlock Froe, your martial arts were B rank at most, and in the period of two days it is impossible for you to reach A rank in martial arts”
Kiel nodded in agree as well Previously, since I had very little th was to practice s are different Since I aic thanstyle to focus ic instead of physical attacks”
Kiel paused and looked Elaru in the eyes “Therefore, since I can’t reach A rank in two days and need to alterstyle, I should aim for the peak of B rank, and therefore watch the top of B ranked battles”
Elaru grinned “Who says you can’t reach A rank in two days? I said that it is impossible for you to reach A rank instyle to focus on ht be possible for you to become an A ranked warlock in the span of two days”
Kiel’s legs al an A ranked warlock was as easy as that! It takes years of hard work and battle experience! He, on the other hand, only had two days! Two days!
Seeing Kiel’s frozen expression, Elaru decided to elaborate “Think about it You scored full points up to nohich e, you are already A+++ ranked That means that you certainly have the capabilities to reach the same rank as a warlock
Since you already have the prerequisites, you just need to watch as many battles as you can and learn from them how to display your A+++ ranked power in battle You are a quick study, aren’t you? It ht be impossible for you to reach A+++ rank as a warlock in 2 days, but A rank or even A+ rank is possible”
Elaru paused slightly, giving him a triumphant look “And if you want to reach A rank you should start by watching battles of A ranked warlocks If that goes well, later on, you can move onto S rank battles”
Kiel resisted the urge to facepal an A ranked e, it doesn’t mean that he has what it takes to reach the same rank as a warlock”
Elaru rolled her eyes “Well, yeah But are you honestly saying that you don’t have what it takes? Even before the bond you were quick-witted, had a high reaction speed and a great natural instinct for combat After the bond, all of it should have improved even more”
Her words carried strong conviction She spoke with such confidence it seemed as if she knew him better than he knew himself
If it caht the infatuated meepshi+t But Elaru clearly wasn’t infatuated with hiratiate herself to hi hi her opinion
And she firmly believed in that opinion
A tinge of pink spread across Kiel’s cheeks, and he turned his head away She believes in my abilities this much?
Having her place her trust in hi didn’t feel bad at all
When was the last time someone who actually understood me believed in my abilities?
Kiel searched his eneral populace in Beyd thought him to be a God But those people didn’t know any better Co fro salt into his wounds, only rereat
But coh him, the effect was exactly opposite
Kiel looked towards the boards detailing the events on the floors 21-24, but before he could inspect which events are going on there, Elaru interrupted once again
“Floor 23 should be the best choice I recognize the na there” She read out several warlock nicknaic based They should be a good material to study from”
That was actually… impressive? Informative? Quite helpful?
Kiel gaze again dropped down to the redhead next to him He stared at her speechlessly until she couldn’t help but ask: “What?”
“Elaru…why are you so knowledgeable regarding warlocks and the Arena?”
Elaru raised an eyebrow “Because I, like most people, visit Arena often?”
Kiel inspected her closely That sounded reasonable He couldn’t tell why, but he had this nagging feeling that there was so suspicious about it