"What English was that? You had so many grammatical errors," asked Rosy, and suddenly Leo standing in front of everyone vanished like it never existed, leaving no traces. "Still not perfect," Leo said as he entered the room where everyone was present. "What was that? " Asked Rosy, to which Leo answered, "It's the new skill I learned while I was gaining power and level. I stumbled across a skill called Clone. It has various features, but to maximize its control and power, it has to level up. If not, the clone will not look proper, will act weird and sometimes speak weird, or there will be grammatical errors, as you just saw."
Everyone was chatting for about an hour, as it was a rest period for the contestant before the start of Round 16. Jake was seen again on the arena after an hour, and seeing Jake, everyone started cheering as they knew the fights were about to begin.
Jake said, "Before starting, I would like to announce that everyone who was participating and has lost will be given an opportunity to work at the newly launched gaming department of XWorld, and there will be various stages and stuff that will be explained to everyone present here and the participants after the finals. So for now, let's get ready to start the Round of 16 with our first fight, and I would request Queen Galdriel to remove the names from the pot this time.". Queen stood up and removed the first name from the pot, and it was "Sherwood", He entered the arena after his name was taken, and now he awaits his opponent's name. Queen once again removed a name, and it was "Reed Lady.". After removing both names, she went and sat back in her place.
Reed Lady entered the arena and stood in front of Sherwood, and everyone started betting. This fight was going to be interesting because Sherwood was a guardian knight and Reed Lady was a summoner. Jake left the arena, leaving both contestants alone, indicating that the fight has started. Reed Lady started chanting an incantation, and Sherwood brought out a sword and a shield. Reed Lady summoned a sand golem as it rushed towards Sherwood. He put his shield forward and stopped the movement of the golem at once. Reed Lady was one of the Summoners who had one of the most powerful summoned sand golems, which was strong and stood to a whopping 10 meters in height, which was the largest ever summoned sand golem. To stop a sand golem with just his shield and strength and using no skill at all just showed how strong the defensive capabilities of Sherwood are.
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Sherwood had a smile on his face as he swung his sword, which he was holding in his right hand, slicing the golem in half, which made the golem's sand drop like rain as Sherwood dashed towards where Reed Lady was standing. A summoner who is defeated and can see the opponent rush towards them will leave them in a state of panic, but on Reed Lady's face, there was not a hint of panic; she was very calm despite losing her summon and her opponent dashing towards her. As Sherwood was dashing towards her, he was getting worried because of how calm Reed Lady was. Suddenly, there was a huge shadow behind Sherwood as he was met with the swing of an even bigger golem than before. Sherwood was sent flying into the wall as the golem rushed towards him and continued throwing the punches until Jake interjected and stopped the incoming punches with just his index finger.
Looking at Jake stopping, every player started whispering in the arena and wondering how strong Jake the NPC really was and to how he was related to XScythe Guild. Knowing as Jake and some of the other stronger NPCs are related to XScythe and as XScythe is a direct guild related to XWorld, people started enrolling in the guild, hoping they would get stronger and will be awarded with more chances to show their potential and to move up the guild ladder and into the top part of the guild.
As Jake stopped the incoming punch, the arena was shocked to witness the power of a NPC. "This is a clear victory for Reed Lady, as Sherwood is unconscious after the attacks," said Jake, which made the whole arena burst into cheers for Reed Lady.