Chapter 24: A Defeat



When the timer hit 0, Jake's opponent charged towards him planning to slash at Jake but already facing the werewolf, his human opponent looked so slow so Jake managed to avoid the slash but his opponent quickly changed tactic and turned around and delivered an elbow hit to Jake's head causing him to stagger back.

"Damn! I forgot am not skilled and all this guys must have a good level of skill." Jake said.

Quickly regaining his footing, Jake checked his system and saw that <Frenzy strike> cooled down timer was off meaning he could use it. But Jake had to wait for the perfect time to use it. The opponent was using some sort of fishing pole with a sharp end as a weapon of choice.

Jake didn't relent, he quickly closed the gap between him and his opponent by using 'The Triple Threat' skill. The opponent was a little bit stunned at the use of the skill. But he couldn't be stunned for long because Jake was already upon him with a thrust of his sword but the opponent used his weapon to block the thrust Jake was intending to do.

And then he gave Jake a kick to the side of his ribs therefore sending him back a bit.

"crap! I forgot that humans and werewolves both have different fighting style. I was treating them the same." Jake thought.

"You are forgetting something important." Zee added.

"And what's that?" Jake asked.

"Your breathing you silly host. You are trying to rush the match quickly therefore losing control of your breathing." Zee said.

"Oh, I know what to do now. You know sometimes the way you talk and scold me make me feel like you're human not an AI." Jake said focusing on his opponent who was coming towards him.

Quickly closing the gap between him and Jake, the fisherman tried to wack Jake on his head with his pole but Jake quickly twisted and used his sword to block the attack and then quickly using 'The Triple Threat' skill again to get away.

When Jake finally created distance, that was when he suddenly fell on his knees panting. "What! What is going on? Why can't I feel my legs?"

"What are you doing? Are you nuts? The fisherman dude you faced was a silver rank if you didn't notice and you're here using the quick match, what if it matches you with a Gold ranked player?" Zee asked.

Jake shrugged and replied "It doesn't matter."

After a few minutes, a match was found for Jake and he went into the game with a face of determination. His opponent this time was dressed normal. When the countdown hit 0, Jake dashed towards his opponent, used 'The Triple Threat' skill and <melee combat> to deliver a powerful punch.

His opponent was too shocked to move because of the speed and aggression in which Jake used to attack him. And that was how Jake managed to land his powerful punch and ended the game therefore declaring him the winner.

"How did I do?" Jake asked Zee before he started his next match.

"Well to be honest, you did quite well but they were only two factors that made you win." Zee said.

"Which are?" Jake asked with a raised brow.

"Firstly, your opponent was a bronze player and secondly, you were the aggressor in the fight which stunned your opponent. That was why he didn't react on time." Zee explained.

"pfft. Who cares, I won that Is all that matters. Anyway onto the next game." Jake said.

Jake used the Quick match option to start his next match for the next hour. Jake kept going against random bronze players and in each fight, he always starts off as the aggressor therefore ending the match quickly. Unknown to Jake, the opponents he fought with, they decided to stay to watch his next few games because they all had one thing in mind.

"This kid's speed is inhuman for someone in bronze rank."

Some of his opponents, even went as far as posting the videos of their match with Jake to the online forum so that people could find out if Jake was a Gold player In disguise.

After a few more matches, Jake finally gained enough wins to move onto the next rank. Satisfied, Jake decided to log off. Unknown to him that he had gained a few fans.