75 Tournament 6 (1/2)

Sadly for Ivan there just wasn't any balance. The stat difference was just to high. Besides that the longer they fought the clearer it became to him, that not only were their strength to different, his close combat skills too were worse than hers.

As such even without her having to cast any skills he was slowly pushed back, until finally he was no longer able to properly block a staff strike of her, which would have broken his right sword bearing arm.

Swiftly switching his sword over to his other hand he continued fighting, but even though he was able to use both his hands equal, this didn't change the fact that he was weaker. As such the same thing happened again.

”I give up.”, he could only give up.

”The winner is Miss. Tang.”, the referee announced under the cheers of the crowd.

Then the both of them once again shook hands.

”You aren't bad.”, with these words Miss. Tang left the stage, leaving behind a speechless Ivan and referee. Never before in the tournament had they heard Miss. Tang say one word more than strictly necessary.

After that the tournament continued and unsurprisingly the final winner was Miss. Tang. What surprised Ivan was that the one who got second place was the second place from his group. As such many thought that Ivan should be the second place. Sadly he had to fight against Miss. Tang before that and as such was unable to advance to the finals.

After the rewards were distributed the newcomer tournament ended and the ones for normal members started.

It was interesting to watch the different strategies employed, but often times the difference in strength was to big and the one, he thought had the better strategy still lost miserably.

Of course there was still a lot to learn from this fight, since it was likely that such a situation could be encountered in the world. As such having some strategies that could be used against stronger opponents was definitely a must have.

After this tournament had concluded it was then time for the most hyped one, which was the elder tournament.

The elder tournament was different from the normal tournament, since it wouldn't be of much help for studying techniques and strategies. Their level were just to high, which made it next to impossible to really discern anything. But still the entertainment value of it was much higher, so most people loved to watch this part of the day.

For Ivan this tournament was even more interesting, since it would be his first time seeing his mentor fight. He really wondered how strong he was.