Mike stopped ten meters away from Evan and looked at him with eyes filled with coldness.
On the other hand, Evan looked at Mike with a weird face to be precise he was looking at the thing that Mike was wearing.
Mike was wearing a crimson color full leather armor that covered his body completely leaving only his face unprotected.
Just looking at the armor Evan can feel that the armor was not normal and its defense value is quite high.
'I think it is a C rank armor' Evan thought and looked at Mike's cold eyes.
Seeing how Mike was looking at him coldly but at the same time confident-filled face Evan can't help but give him a weird look.
'Does this guy is thinking I won't be able to harm him because he is wearing a C rank armor?' Evan wanted to laugh seeing that C rank armor. After all, from his fight in the VR Evan knew his power is close to C+ rank hunter.
Even if Mike is wearing a C rank armor he has 100% confidence that he will be able to beat the hell out of him without any issue.
While Evan didn't bother himself with the armor that Mike was wearing the people who came to watch the match were stunned.
But soon many people started to cheer out loud while a minority of people started to curse.
"Hahaha, I already knew Mike will be the one who will win the match I betted my entire fortune on him" a student laughed out loud and said in a joyful tone.
At first, he was a little nervous because he betted all of his money on Mike, and after hearing rumors that Evan became very strong he started to doubt whether he betted on the right person or not.
But now that he saw what Mike was wearing he felt happy that he betted all of his money on Mike.
According to him, there is no way Evan's power reach at C rank. And since he is not C rank there is no way he will be able to harm Mike much less defeat him.
He was not the only one who was thinking like this, most of the people previously thought that Evan is probably around D rank that's why he challenged Mike.
But now that they saw Mike wearing a C rank armor they have no hope for Evan.
"It's good I just betted one thousand credits on Evan"
"That Mike is so shameless to use that kind of thing can't he fight fairly"
"What is wrong with fighting while wearing armor? Since he is wearing armor it means those two didn't make any rule before the match that prohibited the use of armor"
"He is right, if you want to blame someone blame that idiot who came to fight while wearing casual clothes like he is out for a stroll"
"You didn't expect something like this right?" Mike smirked when he heard what the people were saying and asked Evan.
Evan nodded his head when he heard Mike. He never expected that Mike will come here to fight him while wearing a C rank armor.
'This armor must have cost him a few hundred thousand credits' Evan's mouth twitched when he saw the confident look of Mike because of the armor.
Evan can't help but wonder what kind of expression Mike will make when he will realize his armor is just a piece of paper in front of him.
When Mike saw the twitching face of Evan, he thought Evan was afraid of him so he grinned and thought about giving him another surprise.
Mike released his aura and people were once again surprised because Mike's aura was that of a D+ rank hunter.
Evan also showed surprised expressions when he saw Mike become a D+ rank hunter.
'Don't tell me he used his money to buy cores in order to advance D+ rank' Evan thought and now he really wanted to laugh.
First, the armor and now cores Evan doesn't know just how much money Mike must have used on these things but one thing was clear to Evan.
'This guy will also live on cup noodles from now on'
Even though Mike reached D+rank it changed nothing for Evan since as long as Mike is not a C+ rank hunter Evan had full confidence in beating him.
"Are you regretting now?" Mike asked Evan after he released his D+ rank aura.
Evan nodded his head when he heard Mike, he was indeed regretting that he wasn't able to bet one million credits because of the lack of money.
"It's too late to regret now" seeing Evan nodding his head Mike sneered and said in a cocky tone.
"Sigh, after I saw how Evan almost crushed Rio in the class I betted my money on him. Looks like I will have to live on cup noodles for a while now" a student who was in the class when Evan threatened Rio said in a bitter tone.
"Don't worry brother you are not the only one who will be living on cup noodles. I am with you" the guy who was sitting beside him patted his shoulder and said in an encouraging voice.
While the people who betted on Evan were despairing, and people who betted on Mike were cheering a man who looks in his mid-thirties entered the sparring arena.
Who could it be none other than the referee.
The referee was a B rank hunter. Since there is a high chance someone may die during spar the referee for the sparring match in the arena Is always a high-rank hunter so that no one will die during the sparring.
Seeing the referee appearing Mike showed a cold smile.
He spent all of his money to buy this C rank armor and cores. He was actually saving money to buy a C+ rank armor so that he can enter in high-level dungeons.
But because of Evan's challenge, he had to buy this C rank armor and cores since he still doesn't had enough money to buy a C+ rank armor.
'Since my plan of buying C+ rank armor is ruined by him. I will make sure he will pay for it' Mike thought and his cold smile become even wider.