hotmtlnovel Chapter 72: Duel for the Substitute Representative Spot
Chapter 72: Duel for the Substitute Representative Spot
Chapter 72: Duel for the Substitute Representative Spot
"Dean Snowcrest, should we stop them?"
"No, this is bound to happen and Crowley must defend his spot. If he couldn't even defend his spot against someone less talented than him, then perhaps it is indeed a bit too early for him to be the substitute representative."
On the highest floor of the warrior course building, Instructor Fienna and Dean Snowcrest were having a conversation while observing everything that was happening between Shye and the second-year students.
They already knew that Shye would receive a challenge from the unconvinced students.
However, Dean Snowcrest decided that they should give a chance to the sophomores because he felt a bit guilty regarding their decision to give up on them.
The generation of the second-year and third-year students was a bit lacking when it came to talent so the deans didn't believe that they could achieve a high ranking in the Adventurer Academy Competition.
Hence, the deans decided to focus on grooming Shye's generation.
In addition to this reason, Dean Snowcrest knew that a warrior must be courageous and defiant in the face of strong adversaries so if Shye didn't even dare to accept the duel, Dean Snowcrest would be incredibly disappointed.
Fortunately, Shye didn't let him down and accepted the duel.
Meanwhile, Havan and the other sophomores led Shye towards the dueling stage and they purposefully spread the word regarding the duel to destroy Shye's reputation once he lost to Havan.
"Hey! Did you hear about it? Havan challenged the freshman who was selected as the substitute representative to a duel!"
"What?! This is big! Where are they fighting?"
"They're headed towards the Colzen dueling stage! Let's go! I don't want to miss this action."
One of Shye's classmates heard the conversations of the other second-year students and he was shocked upon hearing that their captain was challenged to a duel by the top second-year student.
He hurriedly gathered all of their classmates including Shirley and Anthony to cheer for Shye.
Upon arriving at the Colzen dueling stage, their eyes widened after seeing the unfamiliar scene. Their captain, Shye Crowley, was being beaten to a pulp by Havan.
Havan expected that Shye would willingly receive his [Bloody Stab Lv.2] skill using his [Stoic Lv.2] skill before catching him off guard with a [Power Slash Lv.2].
However, Havan quickly activated his skill [Parry Lv.2] to deflect Shye's [Power Slash Lv.2] before falling back and laughing.
"Hahahaha! Now that you don't have your skill, [Power Slash Lv.2], how will you defeat m–?!"
While Havan was talking shit, Shye quickly activated his [Dash Lv.2] skill and followed it up with one of his new skills, [Destructive Chop Lv.1].
Although he was quite arrogant and a blabbermouth, Havan was still the top-ranked second-year student so he was able to react on time and narrowly avoid Shye's unexpected combination by using the trump card that he was hiding, [Sparrow Step Lv.1].
Havan's skill allowed him to quickly step back and narrowly dodge Shye's [Destructive Chop Lv.1].
"Hahahaha! I admit that you almost got me there, howev–?!"
*BANG*
Havan thought that he had already escaped from Shye's clutches but who would've known that he had another skill?
Shye used his new skill, [Rush Stab Lv.1], to quickly close the gap and send Havan flying out of the stage, unconscious.
The mages and archer students gulped upon seeing Shye stick to his opponent like glue.
As archers and mages, they had to keep their distance for them to win but could they escape against such a warrior who suddenly dashed two times in a row?
Even his teammates who watched the match, Kiin Wujin, David Houdini, and Harry Copperfield broke out in a cold sweat after seeing his full power.
If they were in Havan's situation, they believed that they wouldn't be able to escape from him as well.
[Congratulations! You've earned 450 points!]
Meanwhile, Shye, the victor of the duel, simply took the huge sack containing 5000 silver coins and happily walked back towards his dormitory leaving a dumbstruck audience.