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CH 38

"BEGIN!!"

Immediately 3 blades sliced  a path straight for Sen's neck, Sen, however, could easily see the blades and to him they seemed to move slow, instead of dodging them though he intercepted them directly.

*Thwack Thwack Thwack*

The sound of blades cutting air sounded out and to the attackers surprise each of their blades stopped within an inch of the young boys flesh. A wall of wind had intercepted the weapons and with but a thought Sen changed the direction of his wind armor and repelled the swords back.

Before the 3 challengers could even react, Sen already appeared before them quickly throwing out 3  open palms encompassed by the wind. He easily launched the 3 off the stage only a second after the fight started, with this the battle began.

It can be said that the 3 who attacked Sen looked down on him. They had figured that Sen was an easy target, but to their dismay Sen had hidden his strength making his aura seem as though he were only at the 2nd rank. Caught completely off guard, they were knocked off the stage before they could even realize their mistake.

Following this, several other people jumped at Sen, they two had the same misguided judgment and Sen would take clear advantage of their misgivings.

As blades rained down upon Sen he easily took them all head on, allowing each one to come to an immediate stop upon reaching his wind armor and like those before it each person that struck at Sen was left surprised and astonished right before Sen would blow them away.

Sen had decided beforehand the easiest way to win the tournament was to allow enemies to strike at him and then blow them away that way he wouldn't have to move much and waste precious stamina and for a while that's exactly what he did, but as the number of fighters started to dwindle down to just a few hundred soon those with real talent started to shine.

As Sen relaxedly stood on the stage taking blow after blow into his wind armor suddenly the hair on the back of his neck stood up and he felt a sense of dread. His instincts screamed out at him "DEATH!!" Sen immediately jumped back 20 feet and the instant he did a spear struck the place he had just been standing at.

When it did, a loud explosion cracked in everyone's ears followed by a cloud of dust and several rocks of debris quickly shot out in every direction. A piece the size of a fist zoomed passed Sen's fast grazing it slightly drawing a small line of blood upon his right cheek.

The power behind that blow hadn't even hit him directly just a small piece of debris from it, but that alone had been enough to penetrate his armor of wind and draw blood. Sen felt a wave of fear wash over his body, had he not moved from that spot he would be nothing more than a bloody stain on the ground. Sen could feel his heart thumping loudly within his chest and to him it was the loudest noise at the moment.

As the cloud of dust faded a lone silhouette could be seen walking out from within it  and with each step Sen could feel his heart rate increase ever so slightly. As the dust finally settled the figure clearly formed, it was a man clad in all white body armor. On his waist sat a thick black belt and in his hand he held a long white spear with a length easily surpassing 9 feet.

On the spear there were symbols that looked like some type of ancient language and at the tip it glowed a faint sapphire blue, but what was most shocking about this tall muscle-bound figure was not the armor he wore nor the mighty spear he wielded. The thing that shocked Sen the most was the mans face, it was no mere man, but a beast man.

The face looked to be panther-like, it was completely black with cat-like ears atop his head and bright yellow eyes that looked as though they could see right through you. This was the first time in Sen's life that he had actually met a best man. In all his life he's only ever heard of their existence. Like many elves the race of beast-men were rather reclusive, if it were rare to see a single elf in a small town then it was even more rare to see a single beast-man in an entire kingdom.

Most of the time beast-man would never venture out of their continent for reasons unknown.

Underneath the beast man's feet there appeared to be a crater of at least 10 feet wide and a foot or so deep the panther like man had used that much force that he actually broke apart some of the stage and left a crater beneath him.

"Hmm, you managed to dodge my blow even though your aura seems rather weak.

Sen's thoughts were sporadic, he could tell in an instant that this guy was at the 8th rank and that the panther's physical strength far outclassed his own, he quietly cursed within his mind.    "Fuck, fuck, I almost died. Why is they're a beast-man in this tournament and at the 8th rank as well? I actually believed those guys when they said it was impossible for someone at the 8th rank or higher to join this tournament. His strength is clearly above me and his speed seems to be close to mine as well.  Relax, relax, just breathe, his speed is quite quick, but I'm still a bit faster I just need to be careful. What good is his attack power if he can't hit me."

"Your awfully quiet for a human child, most kids I've met can't seem to shut up, but you, you don't even utter a single word."

It was only now that Sen noticed that the panther had been talking to him. His brows furrowed in confusion, why was this beast talking to him so casually and in the middle of a tournament no less. Sen couldn't help but ask.

"Why are you so casual?"

The panther couldn't help but smile

"Oh, so you do speak, but the first thing you do is ask a question. Haha, who says I'm being casual?"

Sen grew a bit annoyed he never really understood why some people answered a question with another question. His earlier fear slipped away and he quickly uttered out.

"I say you're being casual, your talking during the middle of a fight. If that's not casual then I don't know what is."

"Haha maybe I am, but you know what?"

"Wha."

Before Sen could utter the word 'what' the panther of a man shot towards him at an incredible speed. Some of the fighters themselves couldn't see his movements not to mention the audience. Sen was once more startled, but to him these movements were easily seen. Although the beast man's speed was quick, with Sen's special eyes he could easily determine the black panthers path.

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So although he was startled his body reacted quickly enough and dodged backward just a bit quicker than the panther. Once more the panther was where Sen was just at and Sen was several feet away. Many people in the audience had no clue what had just happened, but those of them that had a warrior rank of at least the 7th lvl looked on excitedly, it seemed like the fight was about to get more interesting.

Sen's POV

"What the hell is up with this guy? he asks something and then attacks before receiving an answer."

"Very good kid, it seems your rank really isn't that low you're just good at hiding your aura, but tell me, can you avoid this?"

Once more the panther launched at Sen and again Sen dodged, but this time the panther man didn't stop but started to chase. Sen could do nothing more than to dodge left, right and back. There was no time for a counter, it was  now a chase. From the audiences pov most of them couldn't see anything at all while some that actually possessed power could see two blurs dashing across the stage in every direction.

Many on the stage who saw this scene immediately gave up and left, there was no way they could compete with that. Each time the black panther would lunge at Sen and each time Sen would dodge out of the way. With Sen's vision he could see that the panther had a big smile plastered on his face, the beast man was actually enjoying the chase as though it were a cat and mouse game.

Sen couldn't help but have a sour expression, to him this wasn't a game. For each time he dodged, a big crater formed from the panthers attacks. Each one could easily send him to his death, Sen couldn't help but ponder. "Should I use the bracelet? with it I can easily turn the tide and kick his ass, but at the same time if I use it then it won't be my own abilities that won and that would defeat the purpose of me fighting. I came here to prove that I'm actually strong, but if I use it then how can I claim to be strong?"

Sen quickly shook the idle thoughts out of his head he decided that he would definitely not use the A.F.B (Amplifying-Bracelet) to win this tournament. Only if he was definitely going to die would he use it then and afterward he would immediately withdraw from the tournament if he did indeed use it.

Sen continued to dodge, but the more he dodged the more he noticed something odd. The panther seemed to be getting closer and closer with each attack and the playful smile that was once there was replaced with a nasty sneer. It seems that the panther grew tired of the game and decided to get serious, but each time it tried to land a blow Sen would miraculously dodge out of the way.

After dodging attack after attack for almost 15 minutes, the panthers face was quite nasty to behold. Anyone would get  frustrated if they kept missing again and again. After missing several more times the panther's face slowly started to twist and contort into an ugly manner before appearing quite fiendish, after one more miss the panther suddenly stopped, Sen as well stopped about 30 or so feet away from him.

"WHY DO YOU KEEP RUNNING FROM ME!!"

Sen couldn't help but give a faint smile the panther was so casual and calm earlier and now that he couldn't kill Sen he was getting pissed.

"Because you keep chasing me."

A few people that were still around couldn't help but chuckle out loud while overhearing this. Although it was a tournament, some couldn't help but be distracted by Sen and the beast man and so when their attention wasn't focused on an opponent some of the stronger ones would look towards Sen and the panther and hearing Sens answer some of them couldn't help but laugh a little. It really was a bit comical someone so strong couldn't finish a kid and especially since they all thought Sen's rank was at the 2nd lvl.

Hearing Sen's answer, as well as the people around him, laugh the panther grew infuriated, he bellowed out a roar that was as loud as thunder.

*ROOOOOOAR!*

Instantly the entire arena was filled with silence, all the fighters on stage, the nobles and the rich, as well as the 10's of thousands of audience members, not a one made a peep and all focus was now on this beast man. He infused mana in his voice and yelled out.

"IT'S LIKE THAT HUH, YOU FUCKING HUMANS LAUGHING, ALWAYS LAUGHING. WELL, NOW I WILL DO THE LAUGHING, HAHAHA, TIME TO SHOW YOU ALL MY REAL STRENGTH!!"

Now that everyone was focused on the panther everyone in the audience began to laugh as well. At first they were startled, but knowing how upset the panther became over nothing they couldn't help but laugh and mock him. Hearing more laughter, the panther simply stood there silently with a somber expression. He took his White spear and spun it around a few times and then he chanted a few words quietly under his breath.

As he did, the ancient words on  his spear began to glow brighter and brighter. They glowed a bright blue, soon the words and symbols could hardly be seen because of the brightness of their glow. After a few more seconds, it was now very painful to look at the spear that's how blinding the light got.

Many people in the stands began to panic, some tried to run away, but that only caused accidents. Not being able to fully see where you were going, of course, they started to trip over one another and fear began to seep into them. Others covered their eyes, but the light still shone in and hurt them people in the stands were now screaming from the pain and then with a flash the sun like spear the blinding light from it just stopped and with it darkness came.

Clouds blocked out the sun and in the center of the stage where the panther stood, in his hands the tip of the spear emitted a small ball of rotating lightning because of the way he held the spear he looked as though he were a war god once more the panther infused mana into his voice.

*ROOOOAAARRRRR!!!*

"ALL OF YOU, DIEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

End of ch 38

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