Hunter Academy: Revenge of the Weakest novel Chapter 129

Chapter 129 30.2 - Conversation

"Are you ready?"

In front of me stood the boy who would one day save the world. His wavy blue hair, toned muscles, and bright green eyes were all showing signs of eagerness as if he was looking forward to this moment.

"I am."

I still didn't know why Ethan purposefully wanted to spar with me, but this opportunity was something that wouldn't come often.

In my hands, I was holding the two daggers that I had been using all this time while fighting in close combat range --The daggers that the academy gave me.

'My stats should be enough to compete with him toe-to-toe for a while.'

I thought as I raised my daggers while Ethan grabbed his spear with his hands. We were now inside the academy's special training grounds.

I am saying special because not every student can enter here. Ethan's surname as Hartley would come in handy in such situations, even in the game. Though at first he refused to use this special building, it seems he had a change of heart.

'Probably in the banquet.'

I thought. I wasn't present while Ethan was fighting in the banquet hall, but it wasn't that hard to see what had happened at that time.

"Then, shall we start?"

With those words, Ethan took his position.

"Yes."

SWOOSH!

The moment he heard my confirmation, he immediately rushed to me with a clean movement, his muscles bulging.

However, I was ready for his attack. Immediately, tensing my muscles, I sidestepped the stab aimed at my shoulder.

SWOOSH!

The spear passed right through my arm.

"Hiss…."

I winced in pain as the blade nicked my skin, a shallow cut on my arm that stung.

It was clear that Ethan wasn't holding back. His strength and agility were impressive, and his skill with the spear was evident.

But I couldn't let the pain distract me.

'He is a lot better than before.'

This was my first impression as I saw the spear retreating back, and that meant I also be serious at my maximum level.

SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

Following the spear's retreat, countless other stabs came, each of them threatening me to get injured.

CLANK! CLANK!

However, this time, I was not going to get caught off guard. As my eyes continuously read his muscles and his spear's trajectory, I parried the attacks with my daggers.

CLANK!

Sparks flew with each confrontation, but I knew things wouldn't be like that for a long time. Even though I was able to parry his strikes and match his strength thanks to my improved stats, the thing I lacked was my constitution. Which meant, in the long run, I was going to lose eventually.

'I need to close the distance.'

And because the spear's length was longer than daggers, Ethan was in the safe zone, attacking me without risking himself.

CLENCH!

Seeing his muscles getting ready to attack, I also readied myself.

SWOOSH!

As the spear immediately flashed and attacked me from a distance, I could see it was aimed right at my side stomach.

THUD!

And that was what I was expecting him to do.

SWOOSH!

With a quick and calculated response, I lunged forward, my daggers aimed at his midsection. Since I didn't have any chance to use my speed even from the start of the spar, now was the time to move.

SLASH!

Immediately appearing right before his face, I slashed with my daggers.

"You have improved."

I could see Ethan mumbling. Since this was the first time we were exchanging blows after the time I had spent in the Chrono Groove, my speed was a lot faster than what he remembered.

SWOOSH!

However, as if it didn't matter, Ethan's eyes locked onto my movements, and with astonishing agility, he shifted his weight to the side, avoiding my strike by a hair's breadth. It was as if he had anticipated my attack, his reaction almost preternatural.

'What?'

I was initially surprised by how he easily evaded my attack, but I knew I had the momentum now.

I pressed on; my movements were fluid and aimed right at the places I determined in my head.

I launched a series of strikes, each targeting what I perceived as openings in Ethan's defense. However, he remained elusive, dodging and parrying with uncanny precision.

Something had been changed, and it was not only the way he was acting.

The way he fought and evaded was also a lot different from the past when we had sparred with each other at the practical lessons.

'This is weird.'

CLANK! CLANK!

I thought as I attacked with my daggers consecutively, trying to overwhelm him with the frequency advantage of my dual-wielding.

"I can see it."

I could again see him mumbling between his breaths as suddenly our eyes met.

STAB!

And the moment they did, Ethan's spear trajectory changed from trying to parry my attacks with his spear to attacking sweep.

'Fast.'

That was all I could say, as I could see the fast swing coming right to my feet. Since I was in the posture of attacking, I didn't have enough time to evade the attack while maintaining a good position.

SWOOSH!