Chapter 57

"WHAT?!"

The other doctor shouted at once, and one of them took the vial from the fraud before giving it a quick sniff. He frowned and took out a small piece of paper before dipping it inside the vial. I can see the paper start to change color, and the liquid starts to bubble up.

"Weakening potion."

The doctor who tests the vial says.

"Take this bastard away. I want to know who is the one behind this and make sure to dry any information from his brain. From now on, his career as a doctor is over. I want him to be branded as a fraud of a doctor. Let the other know that he cannot be trusted with your health."

That is harsh. I can see the former doctor get dragged by the guard and hear him screaming about mercy and how he did not know about the poison.

"I'm sorry about that. The name is Poltuk, nice to meet you."

"Jacob. It is nice to meet you."

"I know who you are, boy. I watch your fight. Good fight by the way."

"Thank you."

Poltuk nods his head and walks toward the nearby table before picking up a vial. I focus on the vial, and a panel appears.

|Rejuvenation Potion|

|Gradually restore a good amount of your stamina and heal your wound for a little bit.|

I nod my head and drink all the liquid in the vial. I can feel my stamina slowly get back, and my wound starts to close up. It was slow, but I could feel it closing up. It was slower than the potion I bought from the shop, but it was good enough.

"That should do it. Anyway, I need to prepare for the other participants. You can rest here and see the tournament from that."

She points her finger at the orb on the table. Above the orb is a hologram of what is happening in the arena. Man, this world has weird technology.

~An hour later~

The fight lasts for an hour before the referee announces the people who get into the big thirty-two. Among them are Belcoot and Childerich. Right now, we are in the middle of the arena after a quick ten minutes of rest.

I smile at Belcoot and ignore the stare that Childerich gives me. I don't know what his problem is. For some reason, he is always glaring at me. Even when we are in the infirmary, he still glares at me.

"Congratulations! You guys qualify to get into the next stage. For the next stage, you need to take a number from this box, one against two, three against four, and so on. Jacob Shiff! Please take a number."

I nod my head and walk forward. I put my hand inside the box and took out a piece of paper. I open it up and say.

"One."

I got to be the first one once more, huh? Well, at least I have more time to rest after the fight.

I wait for a few minutes before our name appears above us. A hologram showing our photo and name appears on top of us. It looks like I will fight against a man named Trax.

"Great! Other than Jacob Shiff and Trax, please walk away from the arena."

I walk to the other side of the arena, and Trax stays where he is. I do a small stretching and take out my sword while Trax takes out his spear from his back.

Trax is a young man in his mid twenty or early thirties. He is wearing black armor with a red cape on his back. He has golden hair and silver eyes.

"My name is Trax! I'm a warrior of Tinto City! I will be your opponent! I'm the proxy to Lord Giovanni!"

I smile at him and say.

"Jacob Shiff of Muse City will answer your call."

I can see him widen his eyes and smile at me. After smiling at me, he took a stance, and I took my stance as well. The referee nods his head and says.

"Well, it looks like I did not need to tell you guys more. The fighter is ready to fight! Let the match begin at 5! 4! 3! 2! 1! Go!"

I dash forward and swing my sword. However, to my surprise, he managed to block it in time before I could hit him. I frown a little and jump away before looking at my opponent once more. I need to make sure he is lower level than me.

|Trax| |Level: 64|

Yeah. He is lower level than me, but his speed is something I need to watch out for.

"If you do not want to come, I will make the move!"

I snap from my thoughts and just barely dodge the incoming attack. I raise my hand and block the following attack from his spear. I use my leg to kick him away and regain my balance. After that, I quickly dash forward and swing my sword down at him.

When my sword gets blocked, I quickly change my direction of attack. I keep swinging my sword to attack Trax. However, each of them manages to get blocked by him. I twirl his spear to block my sword and use the unusual arms guard to block all the attacks that his spear cannot block.

I cannot overpower him with my speed like the last guy. A thousand cuts will not defeat him. I did not want to go all out this early, but I needed to use all my strength to create an opening. I kick him away with all my strength and jump away from him.

I can see him wincing in pain at the impact. I take a deep breath and dash forward. I appear in front of him in a blink of an eye and swing my sword. To my surprise, he manages to block the incoming attack. However, he only barely blocks the attack, and I can see him losing his balance.

I thrust my sword forward and got good damage on his shoulder. I can see him gritting his teeth in pain and twirling his spear to counterattack. I jump away to dodge the attack and see Trax choose to dash at me with his sword.

I smirk and suddenly change the direction of my jump. After dodging, I thrust my sword at him and saw him use an awkward angle to block my attack. It makes him unbalanced once more. I swing my sword at his joint, but his armor manages to block my attack. However, it creates good damage to his armor.

I manage to land two more hits on his armor before he can block the rest of my attack. I keep moving around to make sure he cannot hit me. However, even when I was using my strength, he still managed to hit me.

His spear managed to get a clean hit on my armor. Sadly for him, I'm the worst opponent for a spear user.

I twist my body and swing my sword before quickly jumping away from my previous position. I keep jumping around and swinging my sword before my feet even land on the ground. When my feet land, I quickly change the direction of my movement and attack.

However, despite my speed, Trax still can keep up with me. However, I can see his hand start to shake because of the impact of my strike every time he blocks my attack.

I continue to lock his movement and manipulate his movement through a locking technique. This is what Raja called the endless wave, where I did not jump around to catch my opponent off guard but rather locked my opponent by getting into his comfort zone and attacking him from a very close range.

Trax tries to create some distance, but I keep appearing in front of him and release a flurry of attacks. I can see his armor cannot withstand all my attacks, and after a few minutes, I manage to pierce through his armor.

"Urgh."

He grunted and was distracted from the pain. So I take that chance, lock his hand with my left hand, and then twist it.

"ARGH!"

He screams in pain and releases his spear. I take away his spear and point it at his neck. Trax gave me a small smile before saying.

"I give up."

After he says that, the entire arena starts to cheer. I smile and help him get up.