Competition (7)

"Muscle guy, go for it's knees, Stuart go for it elbows and Sofia... just stay there and look pretty we'll handle it." I said. Surprisingly Stuart and Muscle guy listened to my orders. Before Sofia could even speak I rushed of and charged towards the giant monster.

Muscle guy hit the monster in the knee causing it to buckle. He grabbed its aggro which gave Stuart some time to approach from the side. He jumped into the air and kicked the monsters elbow.

It's entire arm was blown of just from a single kick which surprised me. While still in midair he turned and kicked the other elbow and the arm blew straight of its joint. That was amazing.

The monster let out a roar but it was quickly shut up by Sofia who hit it in the face with a giant hammer.

"Tch, goddamn bitch trynna steal my thunder." Before the monster could fall down to the ground I jumped into the air and raised the staff over my head. I then brought it down with all my strength on the monsters exposed brain.

KCHHHKKK!

Chunks of brain matter fell onto my face as it's head was smashed into smithereens with a single hit from my staff.

I landed on the ground upright and removed the brain matter of my face. The entire stadium was silent for a few seconds but after a few seconds it erupted into a roar that was as loud as a lions roar.

"And this is a new record... 7 seconds to beat an adult ogre." Serena spoke into the microphone.

"We have a new team at the top of the rankings claiming the first place."

I glanced at the giant screen with all the rankings.

In first place was team number 17, that was us. Next to it was seven seconds. That was the time we had taken to defeat the monster.

In second place was team number 3 with 15 seconds. In third place was team number 8 with a time of 16 seconds. Team number 8 was the team the old man was in.

We were going to be moving on to the third round. That was good for me. I walked back into the contestants room.

"That was a good match." The old man said to me as soon I entered the contestants room.

"I know." I replied.

"I left you that mountain ogre on purpose so I could see your level." he said as he smiled.

"That mountain ogre was weak, we took care of it within less than 10 seconds." I said. If he was planning on gauging me with such weak monsters then that was on him.

"What are you talking about? The mountain ogre was the strongest monster in the entire competition. Everyone avoided it because of its strength."

That was surprising. That mountain ogre was the strongest they could get. But it was so weak. Did I grow so strong that I consider people's standard of strength as weak? No, it must have been because we rushed it. Although I did not want to admit it Stuart was pretty strong, the muscle guy also seemed really strong and even that talkative woman was strong. If you combine 4 strong people into one team then any weaklings would get destroyed.

"I don't care." I said as I sat down.

"That... was amazing..." The muscle guy said. His name was Max but I preferred to call him muscle guy.

Sofia and Stuart walked in while chatting with each other. They stood next to me.

"That was way to fast, hey what do you think the next round will be?" Stuart asked.

I glared at him. "Why are chatting so calmly with me?" I asked him. I did not understand it. I had beaten the brakes of him once and he was still chatting to me with a smile on his face. He wasn't like this in the novel. What changed?

"We are a team, we need to get ready for the next round." he said.

"Are you stupid? We are not a team. This was a one time thing. The next round will probably be the last. It'll probably be a one vs one matchup."

"But..."

"No buts... go fuck of."

"Why are you so grumpy?" Sofia asked as she tried sitting down next to me. I spread my legs so that she couldn't.

"Everyone gather up!" Just in time. Serena and Verizon entered the contest room. I don't know how long I could have endured these idiots and their sudden cheery mood. They reminded me of adolescents who were going through puberty. Although Stuart was an adolescent he was still the main character so technically adolescence shouldn't affect him.

"Hey muscle guy, how old are you?" I asked him. He looked like he was 30 years old or something.

"Me... I'm 18 years old."

STOP FUCKING LYING YOU BASTARD! YOU LOOK OLD ENOUGH TO BE MY FATHER! YOU LOOK OLD ENOUGH TO BE MY GYM COACH.

"Here's my ID." This guy was actually 18 years old.

"What about you?" I asked Sofia.

"You shouldn't be asking a lady about their age." Stuart said.

"I don't seem to recall asking you." I retorted to him. "So how old are you?" I asked.

She looked to be in her early twenties to mid twenties. Her moderately sized breasts led me to such a conclusion.

"I'm 13 years old..."

"...."

"...."

"...."

"I'm just kidding, I'm actually 18 years old as well."

What was that? That was single most terrible attempt at a joke. Jokes even if you didn't laugh were supposed to at least admit it was fun but that did not happen. I could see why people said woman were not funny.

I always gave the benefit of the doubt but not anymore.

Seeing how strong muscle guy and Sofia was, I was thinking about scouting them for my mercenary group. They were still young and I could see some potential in them. I could invest in them a little and see whether they shined or broke.

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In few arcs time we going to the elf lands. look forward to it.