Chapter 279: Defensive type (1/2)

Looking at the current pace of the competition, it wouldn't take till night for this elimination round to end. For all the recent matches, the only match that took longer to finish was Bob's match. He was paired with a trainee who similarly had high vitality like him. Their endurance was put to a test if whoever among them could endure the fight longer than the other. The battle was somewhat blood-boiling and it took the audience by surprise.

After a thunderous howl, Bob finished his opponent using earth crashing body-slam.

”I wonder why Bob didn't engage him in a face-to-face confrontation?” Chloe asked with a confused face. Although Bob won the match, it wasn't with a result that she expected. Especially that Chloe was kind of familiar with his style.

”Might be because the enemy was more agile,” Almina was the one who answered. Then she glanced at the person beside her. ”What do you think, Yman?” She asked him with a flash of redness. The memory of that time when they fought the demon had a brief flashback in her mind. That time when they held each other's hand, it was somewhat one of the unforgettable moments for her. Almina subconsciously glances at her hand then looked at his hand that was on his side.

Her hand slowly approached his. But she paused when she heard him. Almina quickly retreated her hand and hid it behind her. She cleared her throat and listened to him.

”Hm… yeah, I also think it was the case but. I guess it wasn't only because of that…” he replied.

”Can you specify your reason?” Unexpectedly, the blonde interjected. Yman looked at her. But then he remembered something. 'Wait, didn't she tell me once to call her by her real name?' Regardless, it wasn't important as of now. Yman opened his mouth once again. ”Although the enemy was more agile than Bob, it was not a big issue—”

”Why not?!” Although he wasn't finished with his words, the blonde interjected once again, causing him to pause for a moment. His mouth extended to both sides to form a wry smile. ”Because mostly, the person who is used to fighting in a melee will be tempted to engage in a face-off battle. For this reason, he/she will subconsciously forget his/her advantage in other aspects, especially when the enemy has similarity to him or herself. Then the deciding factor of their match will still be in the aspect of endurance,” Yman explained.

”oh, I see…' Almina and Chloe were nodding their heads. On the contrary, the blonde had a face that was not fully convinced by his explanation. ”Well, it's not always true but. It was what happened to Bob's fight,” he added.

”Hm… I see…” The blonde finally showed an agreement to him. ”Is that the reason that he won that fight?” She asked once again. ”But it was clear that he was at the disadvantage of their fight,” the Blonde added while looking straight at him.

Yman glanced at her. He thought that maybe this girl, I mean Maena(He changed the way she called her), thought that he gave Bob tips beforehand. ”No, the reason he won was because of pure luck only,” Yman said honestly. It was the truth. And it was clear just by looking at Bob's current situation. He looked more beat up than his opponent.