[ Announcer ]

“The next fight will be a candidate for high ranking! Gezznir! Against a fighter with forty-eighth rank! Sanmar! Place your bets and let the fight begin!”

Gezznir was going into the arena only with one short sword while his opponent, Sanmar, got two axes and a helmet with horns. Before the fight began Gezznir just sat on the ground. This move provoked his opponent and the crowd was just screaming “FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!” Sanmar was the first one to make a move. He raised his ax aimed right for the kneck of sitting Gezznir. He didn’t hit Gezznir at all yet it looked like he hit a metal shield that repealed his attack.

After repealing the attack Gezznir stood up and with a swift move, he slashed his opponent's hand. Sanmar barely reacted in time and lost two fingers because of that. Such a painful injury yet he didn’t flinch. He used the blood from his fingers blind Gezznir. The blood was going right for his eyes but spalt all over his face except for the eyes. Like a wind moved the blood right on time.

He wasn’t happy about that move from Sanmar. I hit the ground with his sword and moved it from the bottom of the ground toward Sanmar’s face. Sand that was on the ground moved with his sword and hit his opponent. Sanmar now was blind in one eye. The fight changed to an exchange of attacks but Gezznir had more chances to attack and it looked like his attacks had put Sanmar on edge.

One attack destroyed the ax’s handle, leaving Sanmar with only one ax to fight. Sanmar took a few steps back trying to get some time to think about the situation. There needs to be a reason why he is high in the ranking. Somehow his bleeding just stopped and his veins began popping out. He threw the ax at Gezznir and followed it with a barrage of punches. Every punch was a direct hit.

Gezznir jumped away with a strong wind, moving all the sound on the ground and making a small smokescreen. Sanmar looked for a second at his hands covered in blood and small cuts. When the dust settled a bit he noticed Gezznir and went after him. Gezznir once again was just sitting. Luckily Sanmar didn’t have his ax but he looked open for attacks. When Sanmar was throwing his punch something unexpected happened. Something that we didn’t see from the stands. The head of the broken ax hit him right in the back of the head. Sanmar fell dead to the ground.

[ Eric ]

“What was that?! How did the head of an ax fly right at him?”

[ Basnir ]

“That’s Gezznir for you! Good fight!”

Gezznir stood up and raised his sword while the whole crowd was cheering for him. On a closer look, I noticed that even after getting hit by that many punches he didn’t look beaten up at all.

[ Eric ]

“He used some kind of spells… But it looked too strong for a spell of follower…”

[ Verser ]

“Why do you think he was preparing for so long? This whole time he was making his spell stronger and keeping it for the fight. That’s why I never agreed to any last-minute fight for Gezznir. Even for a lot of money.”

He indeed is strong and special. The spell that he was preparing and keeping for the fight was as strong as spells made by blessed. But I still don’t understand the part about keeping the spell for the fight. How does he do that? Or better… What if I had some kind of spell that I could just prepare and keep for later? It would be ten times stronger than Gezznir’s.

[ Announcer ]

“Here we have it folks! New high ranker! GEZZNIR!!!”

I could see one big smile on Verser’s face. From what I understand it’s his first fighter to get so far in the ranking. That puts him closer to being a great lord. If I want to earn more money to get Tae I need to fight someone high in the ranking. The higher I am the more money from the fight I’ll get.

[ Eric ]

“Can you find me someone high in ranking who would like to fight me? We both want money and that way we’ll earn much more.”

[ Verser ]

“You think you can handle someone high in the ranking? The last guy gave you a pretty bad wound.” He said as he pointed at my bandaged leg.

[ Eric ]

“If my friend is that high in the ranking then view me as someone above him. “

[ Verser ]

“Huh? I know you’re a good fighter but don’t be ahead of yourself. You might win against Basnir but Gezznir is surly above you.”