191 Sword Arena (2/2)

The strongest in each rank was the one to enter in that selected group, so the other three members were at the Apprentice Rank, the Novice Rank, and the Mortal Rank; they didn't have any chance in front of the governor, so only that woman at the peak of the Practitioner Rank dared to battle against the governor.

Before the governor battled with that woman, there were a few people at the Expert Rank who also tried to battle against him, but their swordsmanship was clearly inferior, and they lasted even less than his current opponent.

In the memories of those bandits Yale had just obtained basic information about the Sword Five, they were all monsters regarding the sword.

As a curiosity, Yale discovered that except the governor and the one at the Apprentice Rank, all the others in the Sword Five were women.

The main reason why those bandits had learned well about them was to be sure to not offend them by mistake when they did their wicked acts.

However, Yale didn't care about four of the five members of the Sword Five, he only cared about the one at the Apprentice Rank because that one was at the master stage, but his rank was equal to Yale, so he was the only one Yale thought that would be a good objective to reach. The governor and the woman battling with him were far too strong for him, and the other two girls were too weak.

Of course, he didn't plan to challenge that guy directly; he still had a long way before reaching the master stage, that was just his final objective in the city. Even if he was crazy enough to issue a challenge he would be rejected as he was just an unknown guy.

That intense battle ended with the governor's victory; he always battled slowly to give a chance to his opponents to improve; after all, he wanted strong opponents and not just winning easily.

Giving their difference of strength, the governor would have been able to win in just a few hits if he wanted.

After the great battle, a few more fools tried to battle against the governor, but they were weaker than the previous woman, so all of them lose. In truth they knew that they were to lose, they just wanted to try to have some sudden inspiration in the battle, winning was never their intention.

After that, the normal battles resumed, and after two hours Yale's number was called. There had been an accumulation of people waiting to battle due to the governor's battles, and although there were secondary arenas in other places of the city, most people just wanted to battle in the original arena.

Skills were forbidden when battling in the arena, battling with just pure swordsmanship was a must. However, the strength of the body wasn't something that could be balanced by such a rule, so that was also an important factor.

The guy who battled against Yale was at the same level of power as him, and at the same level of Swordsmanship, but his strength and agility were far lower, so Yale won that battle without too many difficulties. However, his swordsmanship didn't advance because that first opponent was too weak for him.

Yale obtained five Sword points as a reward for his first victory of the day; if he battled again, the next battles would only be rewarded with two Sword Points if he won. Even if someone lost the battle, there was one Sword Point as a reward in the first battle of each day, that was a great motivation for those with little hopes of winning, at least they could earn something.

However, Yale didn't mind that his next battle would have fewer rewards, so he applied for another battle just after finishing the first one.

After waiting a while, Yale started his second battle; that time his opponent was at the 7-star Apprentice and was superior to him in strength and swordsmanship.

That battle was a defeat for Yale.

However, that defeat was something Yale liked more than his previous win because he improved enough to advance a level of his Swordsmanship; that kind of battle was what Yale needed to improve himself.

Yale left the arena and returned to the inn, after losing one battle it was impossible to ask for other until the next day.