Chapter 234 Give It Your Best

The first one to step up toward the centre, was Kun, even though Pink was more eager, but Kun had insisted that he be the one to fight Zain first, because he felt like in terms of combat, he was actually worse than Pink, who was incredibly talented at fighting before becoming a Reborn zombie.

"My specialty is guns, but the rule states no guns, so I'm just going to have to go with my bare hands." Kun said.

[Optional quest received]

[Defeat your opponent: Bronze reward]

[Defeat your opponent with no weapons: Silver award]

"I'll be fair, there might be a time where I have no weapons on me, and I will have to use just my fists." Zain said, as the weapons disappeared into his inventory as quickly as they had appeared.

Those around him were still amazed by this and the weapons themselves, as in the last few fights they had seen, anything the swords clashed against, they would break right through them.

'If the system has decided to give me a silver reward for defeating Kun, then that must mean it thinks he's a level above all the rest of the Reborn.' Zain thought.

"Don't think this will be a walk in the park." Kun stated. "While we were separated from you, we did our best to consume and absorb as many crystals as we could find, so you might be quite surprised.

Kun dashed forward and it looked like he was going for an overhead right, towards Zain's chest, since they weren't allowed to hit in the head. In order to test his opponent's strength Zain wanted to block the hit, but that was when he was suddenly kicked in the stomach instead.

HIs body slid, being pushed back a little, but Zain was in no pain, when he looked through his guard, he could see that Kun was already keeping his distance.

'In and out.' Wix commented, watching the fight carefully. 'That and surprise attacks, is the only thing one can do, when the opponent they are going up against is faster and stronger than you. I remember Kun, he was part of the Reborn group like me, so he already knows the standard hand to hand combat basics, but he was never one to excel with them, he was more the type of person to use their head.'

Zain didn't charge forward, because he thought it would be good for him to learn as well, to see the different ways to fight an opponent. So far he had been fighting, practically monsters, but there would be times where he would have to go against those that were more human.

Once again, Kun rushed forward this time going for an uppercut towards his ribs. With his new strength he could break them in one hit, and although zombies didn't feel pain, broken bones still affected them.

Carefully Zain watched the small movements, the twitch of Kun's muscles and could see where the attack was going. Swinging his arm down, with his elbow pointed, Zain mashed it right into Kun's fist.

A loud crack was heard, his fist was clearly broken, but Kun also didn't feel pain and continued on with the same kick as before, only this time the leg had been caught.

"I caught you before you could get away!" Zain said, as he pushed forward. He could have easily overpowered him with his strength or charged in with his speed, instead Zain went to throw a punch toward Kun's chest.

Kun lifted both hands in a cross to block, but a large foot was felt right in his stomach, pushing him over and he could soon see the ceiling above, not only that but his entire body slid across the floor.

"F*ck!" Kun struggled to say as it felt like his diaphragm had been messed up slightly.

Zain had tried to hold back, but was caught up in the moment and kicked Kun a little too hard, and it was clear the match was over as Kun didn't get off the floor for a good few moments.

'Fighting in the open like this is the worst scenario for someone like Kun. His speed and strength is perhaps as good as mine.' Wix thought. 'But he has no talent in putting strength behind his hits. Fighting in a warehouse, a kitchen, anything where he could use the environment to his benefit is where Kun shines, but it's interesting to see someone from the outside that just joined to be this far along in Reborn development.

'What's crazier is how much stronger this Zain guy is, just how many crystals did he absorb to get this far along. If I was to guess, he has to be similar to a stage 3? Which means he could be hiding a special skill of some sort? And I'm not talking about his little trick to make weapons appear and disappear.'

[Silver reward has been received]

[Would you like to use the silver card?]

[Yes]

[Reward received: Hand to hand combat Lvl 1]

Images started to flash in Zain's head of a soldier fighting, it looked a bit like the way Kun fought and what Wix was teaching, but had brillant form. While looking at these movements, his muscles were twitching, trying his best to follow along.

'That's quite a handy reward, after learning the basics, it's easy to level up the different skills, just like with the sword mastery and gun mastery. This was the type of training I needed.'

"I guess I'm next." Pink said, walking forward. "And I think it's best if you use your weapons against me."

There was another reason why Kun wanted to go first. Although the two of them would mostly share crystals, a lot of the time Kun gave his to Pink to use. There were times where he felt he wasn't getting a lot of benefit, while Pink felt like she was close to a breakthrough, and one day that breakthrough had happened.

She was unable to show her skills against the demon, because she was too distracted, but today she would show her skills.

[Quest: Defeat your opponent]

[Reward: Gold Card]

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