Welcome Battle I

Within the guild, there's an occurrence transpiring. It is between me and a man who suddenly appear from my side.

"A brat ain't needed in this place. Go home and drink ya'r mama's milk!"

Laughter resound, but I was unaffected. The man must be insulting since he just called me a brat, but those kind of baseless insult are nothing but words that cannot achieve anything.

He should probably try harder.

Thus, I decided to ignore him and continue my inspection, admiring the details of the images drawn from the requested jobs.

"Did ya hear me, boyya?"

"Yes, but I am really quite far from my mother's breast to drink it. I am from the west village within the territory of Hussein Margrave. The name's Vein."

I tried to be a little friendly, introducing myself to the man who has a buff body.

A little intimidating but upon appraising his power, he seem to be a chicken within a dinosaur's appearance.

"Hussein?!! How the hell did a beat like ya get' ere!?! Somebody, help this lost kid, bring it back to his mama's embrace before he cry!"

There seems to be no end to this conversation, he will probably just insult me all day until I click a nerve which he might also want. Unfortunately for him, I don't really like to fight from nonsensical reason.

I tried to ignore him and increase my tolerance. But the moment I reach my limit, I decided to just leave and head for the flower shop.

"Fine, I'll leave. Seems like this place is unfriendly."

"Oh ye? If ya gonna find a friend, go in the park!"

Laughter resound once again. My knitted brows may have also appeared since I can feel it. This day right from the moment I left the inn is getting on my nerves, how am I so unlucky today?

Just last night, I had the best of it.

Before I could leave though, a person suddenly grab my arms. It hurts and might leave a mark later so I tried to free my hand.

"It hurts, sir."

The person who currently hold my arm is not the person who insulted me. It was the receptionist who have an eye as if looking to someone who just made a crime.

"Put it back, kid. We don't like stealing in this place."

A mark appear in my forehead, hearing those words is something ironic.

"What do you mean by that?"

"This"

Upon showing my other hand, he immediately grab the small paper. It was a request job pasted in the board.

I got it from the time the people are distracted from the man's joke. It caught my attention ever since the start since I am not familiar with the creature.

A demon race, a humanoid with horns that breathe fire. It was a girl in the drawing, but it's still not certain. The rank of the request is 3rd class.

Which means it's too high even for a veteran to defeat. It might even take an entire knight squadron to defeat it.

"What do you think you are doing, trying to steal such important job?"

I have no actual excuses, my desire and greed seem to have made me do it. And by the time I blink, it was already at my hand.

"I'm thinking of trying it."

Then suddenly, the man who just insulted me earlier intervene. He seem to have heard my words and laugh hysterically while holding both of our shoulder.

"Guahahah! Comrades, this brat just tried to steal a job! And a 3rd class! Are you trying to kill yourself now, or you want to get wounded so you can return to your mother's breast?"

"I can defeat it!"

I tried to prove my own power through words, but they seem to be deaf and didn't hear it clearly.

"You can't complete a 3rd class job, kid. Even a 3rd class adventurer can't do it alone. The class of the job is equal to 10 of those written rank."

The receptionist look at me with empathy, the look in his face is that of someone who must've experience similar things.

"But-"

"Hey, boyya. I've got an idea."

"Yes?"

"Let's fight, if you win, then I can say you are strong enough to kill that, not alone!"

A nonsensical battle? Like I said before, I don't like doing so!

"I believe that fighting for no cause is nonsensical. It will only waste both of our energy and proves nothing. You will just continue your words of insult that won't affect me."

Two different group look at me with different perspective. The receptionist's group has approving expression while nodding from my logical sense of reason, while the others are laughing from my inexperience words.

"Are you scared, then?"

"No, I didn't say I won't fight. A battle with no cause can still result to a greater achievement. This might be actually beneficial to me."

"What words from a brat! Then, let's head to the plaza where space is wide. I'll show you how cruel this world is!"

"Wait, plaza? Do you not have some sort of training ground?"

"Ya truly is a fool!"

Then, I was dragged outside the guild. Moments after a long walk, we arrive in front of the academy, inside the plaza. In the center is the statue of the Great king who created the kingdom and brought prosperity in it.

The moment we arrive, I didn't even have any preparation made but the battle count begins immediately.

"The rules is simple, you incapable of fighting, you lose. That's all!"

"Where is my weapon!"

"3.2.1"

"Wait!"

"Fight!"

And suddenly, not prepared for an attack, a flash of slicing light appear within my sight. The second it got near me, I wasn't able to catch it so I was strucked.

Thankfully, a barrier from my power's Guardian Apostle, activated its passive power. The smoke also hid the mysterious shield that stopped the light from killing me.

It angers me to do so without any provocation. The fact that he just attack in unknightly manner which they look upon makes him a barbarian.

"What kind of barbaric act who fights an unarmed enemy?!"

"Ey brat, in battles we don't consider those who lack preparation. And if you don't know, battles don't have much this talk."

The instance he finish his word, another attack came to my direction. This time, it was his figure along with his aimed great sword.

His movement is far too great, I can't even see it. And unless I appraise his status, I won't be able to increase my power strength since it can only be activated unless I am in a battle of disadvantage.

The first I should do is flee, retreat from the battl line first and prepare a weapon. That's what I did, made a few step back after evading his attack, and summon a weapon.

It was a mere iron sword I used when I was in my journey.

And now that I realize, many people have gathered around us after catching their attention. Some students who came from the academy had also joined after being told.

Now if I lose here, it will be a humiliation far greater than the benefits I will get from wimming it. It was a battle in my advantage.

Since I have already summoned my sword, the fight continues but with a little fair play. We cross swords, with a few tricks I have learned, I was able catch his blade from cutting me.

The fight is in his side, the only thing he's doing is overwhelming me from his brute force.

"Ya can't even land a hit on me, how would you kill a monster greater than I?!"

I was at the lower ground of the rivalry, not being able to gain strength since I was kept being attacked from all side.

I want to rest, but I can't. The moment I let my guard down, it will be my loss, a total defeat.