Chapter 37: Running Boy! (1/2)

Novis's plans changed from what he had originally intended to do today. He didn't go to his grandfather's dojo. He didn't go and play VSW, he was currently just lying in his room thinking about his match with Mac.

Novis was wondering what he would do if he was to face a different type of opponent. Mac was an easy win for him due to the slow Warrior he chose. It was hard for Novis to tell if he was actually strong.

This led Novis thinking about a fight between him and Lucas. Lucas was someone who the same ages as Novis but Lucas wanted to become a pro. If Novis could beat someone like him, then he could truly say that he was strong.

Novis thought back to the fight between Arthur and Lucas. When Arthur won the fight back then, Arthur didn't even display much skill. Lucas was frozen and Arthur eventually defeated him with a single strike.

There was only one person who had a good grasp on both of them and that was Arthur.

”Do you think I did well today?” Novis asked.

”Of course you did, you won the fight without getting a scratch on you,” Arthur replied

Then Novis paused for a while before asking his next question.

”Then, out of me and Lucas who do you think would win?”

”Lucas” Arthur answered straight away.

Novis didn't know why but the fact that Arthur had answered straight away like that hurt him a bit. Novis had been training non-stop to get stronger. Of course, he hadn't been playing as long as Lucas had but he couldn't imagine anyone else his age putting in as much effort as he had done.

”Why do you say that?”

”You still have a long way to go Novis, your strength is still weak, your decision making is poor and you still don't have the fighting experience. Although you have trained with me for a long time now and I guarantee it would be enough to defeat most people out there, Lucas is a different animal like a dragon.”

Hearing Arthur praise Lucas like that really did sting Novis. He too wished that Arthur would say these words about him.

Although Arthur didn't say this to Novis, Arthur had a different thought about the two. If he were to compare the two of them today to animals and beasts, while Lucas was a headstrong fierce dragon, he would say Novis was a bird.

But in the future that bird would grow up to be a fierce phoenix. Each time Arthur trained with Novis he felt like Novis was an entirely different person. His improvement was monstrous. It would only be a matter of time before Novis evolved from that little bird, into a fiery raging phoenix.

Arthur decided that Novis deserved a good rest tonight and would not bother him inside his dreams. Arthur was really proud of Novis. Novis now wanted to get stronger on his own and had a goal. Arthur felt like if he said anything, then perhaps Novis would be satisfied with how far he had come.

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It was currently five in the morning the next day, the sky was a murky grey with hints of blue as Dan waited for the sun to rise. Dan was a student at Montem middle school and also the leader of the track team. He was known as a pretty boy by most of the girls and even had his own dedicated fan club.

But Dan didn't care about any of that. Dan had a pure passion for running. He was the best long-distance runner that Montem middle school had ever seen. He had beaten all the students with ease once he had joined the school club, but dan whished for more. He was saddened by the lack of competition and was hoping there would be a rival out there that could beat him.