CH 435

Unified Ranking (2)

Kevin's appearance was different from rumors.

I expected him to look like a demon, greedy for blood, but the man in front of me was just a young man you would see on the street.

To be precise, it looks like the boy has just taken off his t-shirt.

There was simply no external intimidation, but Mendes looked at Kevin and his mouth felt dry.

'Meeting Dmitry's demon from the first round.'

this contest.

Perhaps all participants had similar thoughts.

Please, I hoped I didn't see Chris and Kevin until we got some meaningful results, but that doesn't mean we weren't prepared for the worst.

A being that everyone is on the lookout for.

It means that if you defeat Dmitry's flash and demons, you will get a lot of honor.

'Fortunately, it was not difficult to handle information about Dmitry's demon.'

From the battle of the great warriors with Barco.

until the recent Continental War.

I looked through all the data.

'Kevin is quite aggressive. Quick, rough, and an attack pattern that enjoys tight spacing, it pushes your opponents into a corner in an instant. In addition, the fact that this ranking fight uses a true sword, and the fact that it can actually cost you a life, highlights Kevin's strength. I need a strong attitude to deal with such a monster.'

closely.

grabbed the sword.

The pride of the Kronos Empire hung on him.

If they were eliminated in the first round, it was clear that Kronos' downfall would follow no matter who the opponent was.

'You have to keep your composure. Even if my opponent pushes me like a storm, I must never deviate from the gap I think. When the opponent invades my territory, I will push it like a thunderbolt, but the moment I force myself to follow the narrow gap, the melee battle that loses the system will determine the outcome. don't show it to people What kind of existence I, Mendes, representing Kronos are.'

messed it up

I could feel people's eyes.

I wanted to clearly imprint the name Mendes on those who looked at me pitifully.

That was then.

flutter.

The referee signaled the start.

At the same time, Mendes raised his aura to prepare for Kevin's imminent attack.

'Kevin's pattern was the same every time. From the start, I will push you without allowing you to breathe. First, after sending out one attack like Deukdal, watch the opponent's reaction and choose the next response method.'

Curl rumble.

Explosive aura.

Adrenaline was released like crazy.

I finished preparing to meet my opponent, but the scene in front of me was different from what I expected.

murmur murmur.

"what?"

"Why aren't you attacking?"

confused people.

I had no choice but to do so.

Contrary to everyone's expectations, Kevin didn't move at all from where he started.

* * *

I didn't understand.

Kevin's pattern.

was not in the material.

It was Kevin's style that always led the fight, but Mendes's mind was complicated by the way he watched.

'What do you think?'

The reason was unknown.

What is certain is that Kevin is pursuing something different from the past, and if so, Mendes also needed a response appropriate to the situation.

I swallowed dry saliva. It wasn't a bad situation for himself.

If, for whatever reason, Kevin reacted defensively, it was enough to take the lead and finish quickly.

made a judgment

Mendes, who had finished warming up, narrowed the distance with his opponent little by little, and in an instant he sprinted to the ground and rushed forward.

pod.

Quiet rumble.

It was fast.

The explosive power of the six-star aura quickly narrowed the distance, and Mendes did not take his eyes off Kevin.

No matter how your opponent reacts. The intention was to block it and destroy the opponent's intentions at once.

ten steps.

nine steps.

eight steps.

distance has been narrowed.

As he approached the street that was still a little far away, Mendes had no choice but to open his eyes.

flash.

Quang!

Quiet rumble rumble.

It was an instinctive defense.

In response to the attack that penetrated the space in an instant, he unwittingly raised his sword and blocked it. Both arms bounced back, and my stomach was completely turned upside down.

I couldn't even check how my opponent moved.

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The moment he felt the flow of mana was strange, Kevin's attack was tearing up his own space.

That was the beginning.

Kevin kept his distance from Mendes a long way off, and attacked him as if he were shooting an arrow.

Kaang!

Kaka Kaka Kak.

'You crazy.'

Clashes broke out on all sides.

Although he managed to block the attack, Mendes couldn't come to his senses at the unfamiliar style that was different from what he expected.

I didn't understand.

Kevin and himself.

The physical specs had the upper hand.

Then, he had to preempt the one-sided attack distance, but Kevin was attacking from a distance that even he couldn't.

There was only one way. Knowing your attack distance perfectly, and trying to attack while rushing in before you preempt the distance.

It was a pattern that made the attack distance useless in an instant, and the theory could not be established without a perfect distance calculation.

'Close the distance.'

It was crazy.

Do I have to make such a judgment against Kevin?

Close combat was Kevin's domain, but he was completely pushed back in the distance calculation, so he couldn't just suffer like this.

tat.

Quiet rumble.

ran away

However, the situation was different than expected.

Obviously, they ran towards him, but the distance from Kevin grew that much.

Then.

flash.

Quang!

The attack was in full swing.

Kevin kept his distance from Mendes as if joking around, and as soon as he saw the slightest gap, he dug into the space and launched an attack.

The devil used to sing. This was definitely not Kevin's style.

There is no record anywhere that Kevin fought in this way, and the sight of him keeping his distance like a loach was completely upset.

I'd rather hit it right. He would have admitted defeat in the battle of strength and power, but in the current pattern, Mendes did not fully demonstrate his skills.

I lost my composure.

It was such a subtle difference, but the moment Mendes took a half step forward, the cost was disastrous.

pod.

blood splashed

His thighs were cut and his legs staggered, and Mendes, with his eyes wide open, hurriedly raised his sword.

Kaang!

Quiet rumble.

intense shock.

I was out of breath.

He clenched his teeth and hurriedly tried to block the next attack, but Kevin, who was like a loach, suddenly appeared in front of him.

tuk.

A sword aimed at the neck.

Kevin looked down at him with cold eyes.

As Mendes on one knee, he knew how to act in this situation.

"… … I will surrender."

That's true.

It was the worst ending he didn't want to think about.

* * *

It was a shocking defeat.

Still, for Underdog supporters, Mendes is the most promising stock with the highest odds.

But I was completely fooled.

Failing to do anything throughout the fight and admitting defeat made Mendes look like a weak-willed man.

But those with talent knew the truth.

The fact that Kevin had overpowered Mendes with his overwhelming ability, a whopping six-star swordsman seemed crude to the general public.

was brought out

The blood flowing from his thighs rushed to treatment, and the high-ranking nobleman of Kronos asked with a bewildered face.

"How the hell did this happen?"

Mendes' defeat.

It was hopeless.

He had no eye to ascertain the truth.

Looking at his eyes that were tinged with embarrassment, Mendes said with a blank face.

"Can't you even see it? Completely defeated. In the last showdown, Kevin didn't even think of me as a matchup."

I cried.

angry

6 star level.

Mendes was proud of himself as he entered the new realm, but he faced a shocking reality today.

Kevin proves that the realm of the aura is not everything.

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Mendes couldn't do anything about the way he was playing around on the streets before he could properly demonstrate Aura's destructive power.

the problem is.

It was Kevin's intention.

When I think about why Kevin chose this way, I can only come to one conclusion.

"Dmitry's demon now sees no one as a competitor except Chris. The same goes for the last fight. I didn't come up with such a strategy to defeat me, I just experimented with Chris. This is the truth. People called me the hope of Kronos, but I didn't even reach Kevin's toes, let alone His Majesty Roman Dmitry."

It was a voice full of despair.

In preparation for this competition, I analyzed every single Kevin, but Mendes was defeated while being used as an opponent for training.

Dmitry's glare.

As there are rumors that his throat will be blown away in an instant if he fails to occupy the street against him, it was clear what Kevin meant to deal with Mendes.

It was a kind of water lily.

To quickly close the distance against Chris, to determine an appropriate distance from Chris, Kevin projected Chris onto Mendes.

Mendes.

He was also the kind of person called a genius, but now he couldn't contain his feelings of despair.

"People's expectations were wrong. In this competition, it doesn't matter how many countries except Dmitry occupy the top ranks. If there is anyone who can surpass Dmitry in even one of the top 16 places, we will applaud him for that level of achievement."

The eyes of the high-ranking nobleman changed.

I found out then

Dmitry Empire.

The fact that they, who unified the continent, have now become something that cannot be surpassed by the status of the past.

* * *

that time.

On the other stage, the result was in line with everyone's expectations.

"Haab!"

pod.

Quiet rumble.

The momentum was good.

Within Frank, he was a being called Frank's first sword in his own way, and he tried to subdue the baseline by exploding the 5-star aura.

But no one expected his victory.

The opponent was Chris, who is called Dmitry's Flash, so it was people's concern how long he would hold out.

And as expected.

flash.

puck.

only 3 seconds.

Prosecutor Frank stumbled.

I wondered if something was flashing, and the swordsman who was hit in the back fell to the floor.

"Game 21, Chris wins."

"Wow!"

"It's also Chris!"

people were outraged

Leaving behind the crowd of cheering and cheering, Chris came down from the stage with a dazed expression on his face.

'You don't have to be carried away with a win like this.'

Continental Wars.

Dmitry's swordsmen entered a completely different realm.

Aura is an important factor in determining destructive power, but since the Aura Revolution, the basic skills of individual swordsmen have been emphasized.

Kevin and Mendes were like that.

The two aren't very different in terms of the destructive power of the aura, but Kevin saw and heard many things that ordinary people would not be able to experience with Roman Dmitry.

That's why I knew that the fight with Kevin wouldn't end as easily as this time.

However.

I wasn't ready to fight him.

I was going to prove to everyone that I could win by just training myself and not preparing for Kevin's existence.

For that reason, the match was decided quickly.

There was no reason to drag it too long.

That was then.

As I was about to step down from the stage, I heard a huge cheer from another stage in the distance.

'Was there ever a game that received so much cheers from the first round?'

curiosity was aroused.

Seeing the crowds and the unusual cheers, I asked the staff in charge of the game.

"What kind of game is going on over there right now?"

"That's where people have no choice but to show interest. Do you know Raymon of the Valhalla Empire? A person who was once listed in the Continental Rankings, who is known to have died, has revealed himself to follow Baron Airn in this Continental War. It turned out that he had been living in seclusion and focused only on swordsmanship. He is a 6 star and has a lot of skills, so he is a character I am looking forward to very much along with Mendes of Kronos. And his opponent… … ."

actually.

Raymon's name alone could not get him this much attention.

No matter how great he was, the main character of this contest was not like Rayman.

Nevertheless, the reason people flocked to his match as soon as the first round lineup was revealed was because his opponent was special.

Rayman's opponent.

he's right

"This is Prince Edwin Hector. He met a strong man from the first round."

Wizards' warfare.

People were interested in what kind of results Edwin Hector, who is currently regarded as the best wizard on the continent, would show.

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