Chapter 178: Arena Fight

Chapter 178: Arena Fight



"There you go." The hairdresser said with a sweet smile and removed the cape from Adam's neck.

Adam looked into the mirror's reflection.

Before the new haircut, his hair had already reached shoulder-length, and the bangs were hanging nearly over his eyes.

Now, his hair was styled in a trendy, layered cut that framed his face perfectly. It was around ear-length with razor-sharp edges that made him look like a completely different person.

Adam turned his head side to side, checking the haircut from every angle, and then he nodded with a satisfied look.

"Thank you; this is good."

"I am happy that you like it." The hairdresser said.

After leaving the seat, he quickly paid for the new haircut and walked out of the salon with lightness in his steps.

As soon as he inhaled the freshness of the outside air, he saw that there was an even bigger crowd around the two machines.

'Right, I have to play.' Adam shrugged his shoulders, slid his hands inside his pockets, and headed to the crowd.

Then he noticed that Alice was by the machine, already waiting for him to come back.

It looked like she'd been waiting for a while, as the crowd seemed to become anxious as they waited for the next game to start and for their turn to play.

"Sorry, I guess I am late." Adam walked over to Alice, then caught sight of the gray-haired opponent, who didn't even give him a courtesy to acknowledge his presence.

"Ah!" Alice turned to him with a sweet smile, and after seeing his newly cut hair, her smile grew. "It's your turn to play!"

"Right." Adam nodded and took a seat on the machine, then put some kind of bowl-looking helmet over his head that was connected to the machine.

Oath, his opponent, did the same while his friends laughed and chatted with each other, not really believing that their friend's opponent had any chance of even being a good fight.

"Good luck." Alice said with a nervous look in her eyes.

She had never seen Adam play Arena Online and wasn't even sure whether he had played it, but she doubted it should be that different from Mortal Online.

However, in fact, it was vastly different.

Adam pressed on the start button, and his consciousness slowly transferred into the game world's avatar.

...

After flapping his eyes open, he found himself standing in the colosseum's armory.

There were racks of weapons and armor lining the walls, glinting in the dim light of the hanging lantern.

He slowly opened and closed his hands, then tried to move his fingers individually, and an annoyed look appeared in his brows.

'It feels so slow and clumsy.'

Those who hadn't experienced Mortal Online thought that this game was the closest thing that came to the real thing-it was actually nowhere close.

The difference between two games was like night and day.

More people played Arena Online as it was easier to get into. There was nothing like a tutorial that cuts down the player base by over 90 percent.

However, those who had played Mortal Online rarely enjoyed Arena Online because it lacked in every aspect compared to the former.

At that moment, a series of dinging noises echoed throughout the halls of the colosseum, and then a system interface-purple in color-appeared before him.

[One-Versus-One]

[Two!]

Oath let out a yawn.

[One!]

The crowd in the outside world leaned closer to the screens.

Alice held her breath.

Ding!

[FIGHT!]

With a burst of energy, Oath suddenly sprang into action, and he crossed the distance instantly. It looked like he just planned to end this fight as soon as it began.

As he brought his swords down, Adam suddenly swung his swords up and deflected Oath's

attack like it was nothing.

Oath's eyes widened slightly.

Adam lunged forward and started swinging his swords in a fluid and unstoppable motion,

pushing Oath back further and further.

Their swords clashed with a loud and metallic sound that echoed throughout the arena.

'He knows how to fight.'

Oath thought for a moment, but then he started showing why he was one of the greatest Arena

Online players, as with just a few movements of his swords, he managed to stop the flurry of

Adam's strikes.

It was surprising to him that his opponent knew how to fight because Arena Online's combat was quite complex and annoying.

The amateurs wouldn't even know how to move their limbs properly in this game, as it was nowhere the same as moving in the real world.

That's why movement was actually much harder in Arena Online than in Mortal Online.

Everyone who tried Mortal Online already had decades of experience with moving their bodies, so obviously it was going to be easy in Mortal Online.

However, in Arena Online, they were basically moving their bodies like a puppetmaster

controlling marionettes.

It was difficult at first.

"Not bad, I suppose." Oath brought his sword down and pushed Adam a step back, then closed

in and delivered a swift kick to his side.

The kick sent Adam sprawling down on the ground, but he quickly jumped back to his feet.

The pain system in Arena Online was also different.

There was no pain whatsoever.

In the waist, where Adam got kicked in, the lingering sensation of numbness spread across his

"injured" waist.