Chapter 70

Then, the battle started again, and Sophia used many movements and combinations to execute the moves and all of those were cancelled by Keiji every time. Klyzer, Mia and Ryle were shocked at Keiji when they saw how Keiji used only five buttons instead often all over the round. And they thought that Keiji didn't know how to play so they thought that Keiji was good at this game and just lied to them so that he could show off.

Keiji only used basic movements but can still gain the upper hand. He executed perfect basic skills in which Sophia couldn't block although Sophia knew more movements and combinations than Keiji. She couldn't execute them properly because Keiji had perfect timing and every bit of his character's movement had a purpose.

The battle ended with Sophia being defeated by Keiji. Although the character of Keiji wasn't full in health it was still so obvious who won. And after that, the four rounds came and Sophia seriously played the game. The battle started and the character on the screen was moving fast enough that normal humans couldn't see.

But because Klyzer, Mia, and Ryle were not normal people they can see clearly what is happening but it was still fast enough for them and will have a hard time catching up. One might think that it would be easy to fight in this game if you can see it clearly and can catch up to the character's action but the thing is almost top players are also not normal being and the secret of those is not because they have fast eye and it was fast enough to catch up to the movement speed of the character.

The secret of some top players of this game is the delay time of the button when one was going to click there is a 0.1-second delay in which everything may happen especially if the other person or the enemy can also move as fast as you then they will only get an advantage if they are good at predicting the move of their enemy. 

Keiji was gaining an advantage because he had already calculated how Sophia would move. In just three games he has already analyzed every possible movement of Mia's character and can predict it in advance which is why he was gaining an advantage at the game.

Sophia lost and was shocked as she saw the word "perfect" on the screen which means that Keiji's character health bar is full or his character did not take any damage at all. Another game started and this time Sophia was really serious she can not let herself lose because she was the champion in this games annual tournament last year. 

And now she is getting defeated by a man who was unknown in that game. But the worst of all is that she was humiliated by Keijo when Keiji let her win for two consecutive matches. She shook her thoughts and focused on the game. The battle started and everyone around the hall noticed how fast they pressed the button and how fast their movements were. 

More and more audiences started watching Keiji and Sophia fight. Some started recording it and posted it on social media. Keiji's character movement became much more precise as time went on while Sophia's character gave it her all at the very start but as time went on she still couldn't take advantage of the fight and be getting pushed back. 

Although none of them sustained any damage even though the round already started for a minute. The time was running out because every round there is a fixed time of 1 minute and 30 seconds. And after it ends it will be considered as a draw. 

Meanwhile, at Sophia's back a girl was already being amazed at how they move in the game this was her favourite game and have watched the competition every day and she was intrigued because she felt that the girl that was playing was familiar and if the girl that was playing is that good it means that he was already famous. 

"You are Sophia right! You are the previous champion of the annual competition. " The girl exclaimed when she remembered where she saw the girl who was playing. 

"Woahh?!! Right!! She was really the lady who is known as the second-best player in Takken." An extra exclaimed. 

"But I heard she already retired because she found the game boring," a mob exclaimed.

"Although you are right that she retired that doesn't mean she stopped playing it," A nerd said looking at the mov like a fool.

The audience started talking with each other as they observed the game. And after thirty seconds the game finally came to an end which resulted in a draw. 

"Wow, someone can be on par with the second-best player of Takken"

"Who is he is he also a professional player,"

"Wow, he's so handsome and looked at his yellow eyes smooth white skin, Uhhh!!" A random girl exclaimed as she blushed and giggled after. 

"He really was hot," Another man exclaimed.

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The surrounding audiences started chattering among themselves but no one dared to go near them because they knew that even though Takken is just a game almost if not all of its top players are high-level players of Ravaryn. It means that they are strong and if they get annoyed they might vent their anger at them. And what is more terrifying is that they are in the heavenly mall which is the most prestigious mall in the country.

"Reign, let's play another round," Sophia said eagerly and expected Keiji to agree so that she could get revenge. She was not satisfied that she was defeated like that so she initiated the fight. But before Keiji could reply she already sent another challenge.

"Ok," Keiji said without a hint of emotions and click the accept after then he picked the same character but as he was going to click confirm he saw another menu on the side of the screen he clicks it and there flashed different combination on how to move the character but it was just a basic combination like bending a finger which is the hardest movement in the game but also the most useless thing for the players before they could execute this move the other party would already made a move.

And as he scrolled through the list movements for a minute Sophia got bored and looked at Keiji curiously. He looked at what he was doing and she quickly saw that Keiji was looking at the list of the moves although there are almost a thousand moves in that list it was still considered as basic and no one would really care about what they care the most is the damage combination movement in which a consecutive attack. 

After that Keiji confirmed and the game finally started. The first round was full of defense and Keiji was in a disadvantageous position. Keiji was trying to form his own combination after he got the gauge on how to use all the buttons on the machine. Then there comes the next round Keiji's character was going crazy and was moving in an unknown pattern it seems like he was going sane and as expected when Sophia saw an opening she started the barrage of attack and there came a perfect combo. 

"What was he defeated like?"

"What was he doing? Is he going crazy?"

"Does the machine get a problem after experiencing the fight earlier?" 

"No it seems that he was experimenting the movements."

"But how could he do that when his opponent is the second best player in Takken."

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Everyone was curious and talked with each other although they did not dare get near the player. It was not because they are scared of their background because almost all of the people in there don't have normal backgrounds. They were not going and asking questions because they are all cultured people and do not like to disturb someone who was playing and if someone disturb them even if they are the president they would be banned there. But there are exceptions if they talk about the higher ups of the Union. 

No one interrupted their games and even Klyzer and Mia just watched patiently. They were happy to know that Keiji has a hobby like that.

Then after the 2nd round the score was zero and two in favor of Sophia. All of them thought that Keiji was losing after the first game because he had already been defeated for the first two rounds. 

Then the third round started and because Sophia's character was still the same Keiji can predict its movement even more. The battle starts and Sophia instantly rushed at Keiji's character. The wings of Sophia's character flapped and in an instant it flashed through Keiji's character. 

Keiji's hand pushed so many buttons that some couldn't almost catch up even though his character on the screen was still not moving while Sophia's character was moving at a high speed pointing the sharp horn on its head.