Chapter 15: Round 2 (1/2)

Lucas quickly grabbed Novis by his hand dragging him along to the subway station. The two of them boarded on the train as they headed back to the internet cafe. Lucas had now distanced himself a little away from Novis, realising what he had done in the heat of the moment.

While riding the train Lucas couldn't help but mumble to himself. He was currently planning every situation that he might encounter when he faced Novis. An imaginary battle started to play out in Lucas's head. Novis saw this and thought Lucas was extremely angry at him for some reason.

”I had just made an off-handed comment, it was just a joke and he gets all annoyed.” Novis thought to himself.

”That was not just a joke to him,” Arthur said.

”Of course it was a joke, even with your help Arthur, of course, we couldn't become a pro, you barely managed to beat him last time. It took you thirty minutes to finally win. If we went up against a pro player I don't even think we could last a minute.”

”Novis, I wasn't fighting seriously in the match against him, I wouldn't play seriously against a child. I was teaching him.”

”What do you mean?”

”In that match, I purposely fought in a way that would make him learn. Make him think about his moves more, work on his defence, let him know of his strengths and weaknesses.”

”Oh, so you are stronger than him, well he is just a kid after all so it's expected that you as an adult should be better.”

Arthur then looked towards Lucas who was standing on his own.

”You're wrong about him Novis, he isn't just any regular old child. When fighting him I could tell he was special. It was why I wanted to train him. When he grows up he will be one of the best players in the world.”

Novis was shocked by hearing Arthur's words, wasn't Lucas just a regular kid who enjoyed the game. But he had talked about wanting to become pro. Novis and Arthur hadn't played against many people so it was hard for Novis to gauge what Arthur true strength was. When he fought against his brother Bill he still hadn't learnt the rules and got attacked by the tower. The two of them hadn't actually fought. If they were to fight now Novis wondered who would win.

Novis had all thoughts now running through his mind, he himself still didn't know enough about swordsmanship to tell how strong someone was by watching them. Novis had no clue that all the opponents that he had seen fight so far, were monsters.

Novis and Lucas left the subway and went over to the VSW internet cafe.

As the two of them walked through the door Sophie was surprised to see Lucas back so early, she also noticed that he managed to bring Novis back with him.

As Lucas walked past the front counter he simply said to her.

”We will take the VR capsule machines at the back.”

Last time the two of them fought they used the standard Vr headset this time Lucas didn't want anything getting in there way, so he wanted to use the capsules.

While the two of them walked to the back of the room many people had noticed Lucas and the kid next to him.