Everything was blurry due to the bright light glowing around him that indicated he just spawned into the game, once everything around him began to grow clearer he could see that he was standing in front of a three story inn.

“I must still be in the land of the swords. Maybe I’ll go take a look around while I'm waiting for Ash.” Yor began walking around the town looking at all the crowded shops wondering if he could find any use for them.

“Hey there Sir” a voice shouted over one of the stands.

“You look like you could use an upgrade” it shouted again.

“Who? Me?” Yor look at the big guy standing behind a stand. He looked rough with a scar on his cheek.

“Yes you. Are you interested in some new gear?” He asked again.

Yor looked at himself and realized he was right, he had been wearing the same boring stuff sense he had joined. He had on a plain black shirt with metal chest armor along with some grey pants and boots.

“Yeah I could use some new gear” Yor responded.

“Well that’s great, here we have the latest and the newest, feel free to try anything on” the shopkeeper said.

Yor looked at all the clothing, they all looked black and gray, which were the main colors of the swordsman.

“These are all pretty interesting,” Yor told the shopkeeper.

“Yep. Most of them were brought in by dungeon hunters who were looking for a bit of cash, or there were ones that were made by hand to sell to me.”

“I see” Yor decided to try on a few until he found the right one.

“Oh so you choose that one, interesting” he commented oh the outfit Yor had chosen. It was a black jacket with a black undershirt, he worn the same grey pants held up with a belt

“Great. that will be 5,000g please”

Yor sent him a cash accept and went on his way.

“This outfit fits really well, I bet Ashi will like it”

“It’s Ash in this world, Yor.” Yor turned around to see Ash standing behind him.

“Oh I see you got a new outfit, it looks great on you” she pointed out.

“Thanks, I just bought it. I like how it feels”

“Well it looks great. Anyways, remember that battle we were talking about earlier?” Ash said moving on from the subject, “well there's a pretty cool place where players can fight each other”

“I have a question real quick. How does the duel work if we have two completely different weapon users?” Yor was starting to get confused by the whole thing, “most fighting arenas I’ve seen are flat with no added details”

“Well the arenas around here are usually set up to adapt to each player's weapon” she explained “come on let's go take a look at it.”

“Alright. We’re here Yor.” Yor could see a big open arena with a dirt ground and some grass patches but nothing too exciting.

“Once we head down I’ll send you an invite and we can start.” Once they both got down to the arena Ash sent Yor a battle request but before he could press accept they were interrupted by a voice they didn’t recognize.

“Hey you’re that player traveling around with that gunner” the mysterious tone said.

“Uh, yeah why do you ask?” He looked at the stranger.

“My name is Ren. I'm a knight in training for the knights of defense” Ren said in a loud voice, '' I am traveling all over the country challenging players to have a duel with me, and that leads me to my next point.”

“What do you mean?” Yor asked.

“I Ren of the knights of defense in training challenge you to a duel” he had a determined look on his face like he had to challenge Yor to a fight.”

Yor looked at him in surprise at his request, “hold on a minute you barely even know my name” he responded.

“He’s right, you can't just go around challenging people if you don't even know who they are” Ash added, “plus we were just about to have a battle”

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Ren only looked at them in surprise “oh your names, what are they?”

“My name is Yor and that's Ash” he responded for both of them, but he wasn’t sure if he wanted to accept his challenge yet.

“Right then I Ren of the-“

“Okay we get now” Ash interrupted him, “but why Yor? They’re tons of players in here for you to challenge try one of them” Yor realized he was right, there were tones of people who would love to challenge Rem but for whatever reason he choose him and he had decided his answer.

“And plus he’s probably way under level compared to you” Yor wasn’t sure why she was so upset about Ren challenging him, he had guessed she was really looking forward to fighting him.

“I am also kind of a new player at level twenty.”

Now Yor was more interested in fighting him then fighting Ash and he felt pretty bad about it but he didn’t care, this guy was around the same level and he seemed more interesting to fight than Ash.

“You know what?” Yor said in an even more determined voice, “I accept your challenge” he said holding up a fist and curving it.

“What? Yor, are you sure about this?”Ash asked with a hint of disappointment.

“Yeah don’t worry about me I’ll be fine”

“Great, I’ll send you a request” Ren sent the request through and waited for Yor to to accept it, once he did they went straight to the field ready to fight.

“Wow, the field really did change” Yor saw the plain field change to a grey cobblestone ground,

“Ready Yor? I'm not holding back” He asked,

“Ready, and I'm not holding back either”

The timer counted down, five, four, three, two, one. The timer buzzed then it had set another timer for three minutes indicating when the battle was finished.

Yor froze he wasn’t sure what to do he had never fought another player before he was scared, but when he saw Ren rush forward at him with his sword, he realized it didn’t matter he had to get out of there, he dashed to his right and pulled out his sword to slash him only for Ren to block it with his sword, that's when he saw a smirk on his face Ren pivoted his front foot to throw a roundhouse kick he spon and lifted his back leg and bent bent it at an angle till it got high enough to reach Yor’s head, then he extended it to hit his head angling his foot down a bit.

Yor fell back holding his head but not for long cause he had to stay active, he jumped up and dashed towards Ren he went so fast dust and air mixed to form a wind path, “Ahhhhh!” Yor yelled, he took his sword in hand and swiped it up only to scratch his outfit and cut his hair a bit.

“Wow, good hit” Ren praised, then they both dashed forwards but before either of them could land a hit the timer went off and the fight was finished.

Both of the fighters stopped to catch their breath.

“Impressive you two” Ash complimented their attacks, “but what was that move you pulled with that kick?” She asked.

“Oh that's called a roundhouse kick, I took karate for a couple years and I added the moves I learned to the game. It’s really helpful” Ren explained.

“Yeah that was impressive. You’re like a prodigy when it comes to fighting” Yor said admiring his battle skills, but he was more impressed by how high he could kick.

“Thanks. Anyways I hope to catch you at this battle royale that’s coming up. Who knows Yor we could even battle again” he said hoping it was true, “yeah as long as none of us lose first, haha” Yor said getting excited.

“I'm gonna take a break and go, I don't want my folks to get mad at me again for missing dinner. Bye Ren i hope we meet again” he waved at the knight and logged off after they said their goodbyes and waited for the next time to rejoin.