Chapter 49 - ARENA FIGHT (1/2)

SHEN JI YUN'S first reaction when he saw this white haired elf was to frown.  His first thought, undoubtedly, was that this moon elf somehow resembled that silly rabbit he met almost two weeks ago.  He then look at the big screen where the two players were shown.  So he could clearly see the face of the elf and not just make assumptions of his own.

But seeing that beautiful face enlarged on the screen only strenghtened his thoughts that this moon elf really did resemble the silly rabbit.  No, not only resemble, he looked like an older version of the rabbit.  Like if the rabbit grew up one day, this was how he would look like.  Replaced the white hair with black hair, the blue eyes with black eyes, made him shorter, and what you would see was the rabbit.

Shen Ji Yun clearly remembered that when he met the rabbit, he was asking about Arcadia.  Then a few days later, after the new update, this player - Noctis - appeared who remarkably resembled the rabbit.  Was that all just a coincidence?  Or was this moon elf really that silly rabbit?

”Waa... how pretty!  I thought my friend was just exagerating it when she told me about this white haired elf earlier.  But it turns out that she's absolutely right.”  He heard a nearby female player said.

”But don't you think he's just too pretty to be a guy?  Maybe he's really a girl who just chose to play as a boy.  You know there's a number of player who do that,” said another.

”What are you saying?  He's simply too handsome to be a girl.  In other words, that kind of beauty simply transcends gender.  No matter if he's a boy or a girl, he'll still be a beauty!” replied the original initiator of the conversation.

Shen Ji Yun's attention was not on what the player last said but on what the other one said - about the possibility of the moon elf being a girl.  Could this be the rabbit's sister?

But before he could think more, the screen suddenly changed, showing the basic information of the two players.  He didn't care about the information of the other player.  All his focus was on the moon elf.

Noctis

Race: Moon Elf

Class: -----

Level: 15

There was a buzz in the crowd when they saw that information.

”Moon elf?  Is that a new race of elves?”

”Hey, haven't you read the announcement after the new update was released?  They said that a number of 'special races' would be added on the random selection.  Maybe this moon elf is one of those 'special races'.”

”Wait- he still doesn't have a class.  His opponent is even four levels higher than him!  Wouldn't this just be a unilateral beating?”

”Oh no, who could bear to beat up that face?”

”It would not necessarily be a unilateral beating.  Maybe this moon elf is not just a vase and has some real skill.”

But most of the opinion of the audience was the opposite.  In that, the moon elf would lose.  Of course, the swordsman had the same opinion.

Seeing that 'moon elf' on the race part, the swordsman's dislike towards this guy just intensified.  But when he saw the blank space on the class part, he sneered.  Then after seeing his level, the swordsman was just overjoyed.  How could this guy accept his challenge when he didn't have a class yet?  Was he just simply stupid?  Or maybe he's just too overconfident?

Whatever the case, the swordsman would gladly fight him with all his might.  Making him lose in front of these people.  He would make sure that after this fight, this guy wouldn't have the courage to appear in front of other players.  He looked at the moon elf and showed a smile full of malice.

Luo Yan was not aware of the current brain circuit of his opponent.  But even if he was, he wouldn't care.  He would probably even laugh.  He wasn't interested in making this battle a long fight.  In fact, he wanted to end this as soon as possible.  It's already time for their dinner.  Dinner, also breakfast, was family time in the Luo household.  So he didn't want to miss it just because of this challenge.

But how should he quickly end this?  This guy obviously had a higher level than him, so he couldn't simply overpowered him that easily.  Ah!  Should he test run his unique skill here?  It would be perfect for a situation like this.  And since there was practically no information out there about moon elves, he would have the element of surprise.

He looked down at the feet of the swordsman.  And when he saw the player's shadow, he smiled.  [Yes, let's do that.]

A countdown on the screen started.  3... 2... 1... Start!

The swordsman dashed forward but at the same time, the moon elf also moved.  The swordsman snorted and was planning to use one of his skills when the moon elf suddenly disappeared.  The swordsman suddenly lost his momentum.  He turned back but didn't see the elf.  When he tried to look around, he suddenly felt two deep slash behind his back.  His HP was immediately depleted.

It was not that big of an attack so he managed to quickly turn around to attack back.  But no one was there.  Then he felt his back being attacked again.  His HP decreasing again.  He could feel a vein on his forehead popping because of too much anger.