Pride Online

Chapter 160: Lightspeed Demon “Lucy” Part I

The wind at night was making a whistling sound as it blew. Even though it brought the cold to many people, the two, who were staring at each other in the range of 5 meters, could not feel anything else except their thrilled heartbeats and attentive focus, waiting for a start signal from someone.

The amber eyes were staring at the one in front of him. She was a very skinny woman, or boney even. Around her eyes were darkened with mascara. And most importantly,

That bat had two tons of weight on the tip!

“...What about the rule in fighting, Mister Sander?”

Wisana asked as he glanced back at him.

And the master just shrugged, unbothered in reply.

“Do we need any rules in a fight?”

Yes, ...absolutely we do. Please!!

Wisana was yelling in his mind. ...This was not death combat, and was just a fighting skill test, wasn’t it? At least, this was all this uncle said!!

And it seemed like Mister Sander could read his disciple’s mind. So, he slipped out a laugh, before snapping his fingers loudly.

“Then, let’s say that when you put the other one in a condition that is not able to fight anymore, then you win. ...Sounds good?”

Yeah, that actually did sound good.

The young man let out a sigh of relief. At least there was not a rule like, ‘beat the other to death,’ or something like that. So, he turned to nod in understanding, before letting out a long sigh as he looked at Lala with a completely wry smile.

“...Well, would you mind if I asked what level you are at right now?”

He asked with a bit of nervousness in his tone. And Lala curled up a smile at him instantly.

It was as if she already knew that she would be asked this question. Even though they would be fighting intensely in the next few seconds, he really was the kind of guy who did not care about his pride, and only focused on the result of the fight.

And these personalities of his were exactly like her master’s!

Now she could see why Sander had a special bias toward Wisana like this.

“Er... did I just ask something I shouldn’t?” Wisana asked again because he saw the other was only smiling and did not reply to him with anything. Then Lala shook her head slightly right away.

“...My level is 167.” She said with a clear voice.

“For real...?”

His expression after hearing the answer was mixed with various emotions. It looked both shocked and strangely surprised.

He was surprised that the other was stronger than she looked.

And he was shocked that he had to fight a monster again!!

This girl’s level was even higher than his sister’s!!

“To be fair, may I ask what your level is, too?”

Lala placed her hands on the metal bat, tilting her head to the side as she asked.

“...Er, well, my level is only 40.” He smiled nervously.

“That’s not correct, master. Currently, your level is 48.”

He only said a few words when Jinnie spoke up to give him accurate information. ...Was his level upgraded this much when he passed out?

Well, it was not that surprising, since he fought an entire army of Orcs like that. However, level 40 or 48, what difference did they make when compared to Lala’s level? Damn it!

“...Oh, you’re level 48 already. That’s impressive. Apart from the master, you’re the fastest person to farm levels I’ve ever seen.”

Lala said gladly. Her white pale hands were clapping softly, looking like she was impressed by him quite a lot.

“...However, level 40 or 48, I’m not going to pull my punches.”

“...W ...well, go easy on me, Lala. Your level and mine are different like the sky and a bottomless pit.”

Wisana said stutteringly. His face started to get paler and paler. ...Well, this girl’s face, when she said that she was not going to pull punches, looked so frightening that he got goosebumps all over his body!

“I’m terribly sooooorry. It’s not like I don’t have sympathy for you, you know.” Lala grinned. “...It’s just that I don’t know how to hold back at all. Please understand.”

“...S...so mean.” Wisana frowned.

“Another thing.” She said, then her pale hand moved down to the handle of the metal bat right away. “...I have my motto that taking the fight seriously means that we’re showing the opponent respect, so. Get ready!”

BOOM!!

As fast as a thought, faster than Wisana could ever get ready. That skinny girl grabbed her weapon and launched herself toward him fast, in the way that the amber eyes could only bulge out of shock!

“W... wait!!”

“...If you still have something to talk about, let’s talk while we’re fighting!”

CLANG!!!

Two centimeters. ...No, it was closer than half of a millimeter that Lala’s bat missed crushing right on his head harshly. Just now, the weapon swung past his head with just the tip of his nose, before it fell onto the ground beside where he was standing, making a large hole in there.

Seeing that, the amber eyes widened as the tall man leaped backward, barely dodging it in time.

“...Hold on. Attacking without a warning like this is kind of cheating.” The one who was getting away yelled to complain.

But the one who purposely attacked without a warning smiled widely like she was having fun.

“The rule is to put the other in a condition that is not able to fight. There’s no rule about waiting for a signal to attack at all. So, apart from the lack of fighting experience, you also have no respect for fighting, too.”

“I do have respect for fighting. ...But what you did was obviously cheating!”

“Nonsense!”

CLANG!!!

The wall of Ouroboros’s castle dungeon was blown up when Wisana managed to use his agility to dodge Lala’s metal bat again. But this time, the attack caused him a serious wound on his shoulder.

It got him only by a scrape but could make his entire arm numb?

He was thinking for a few seconds before the weight that hung from the metal bat flew at him again. Wisana did not have time to think about anything. Just focusing on evading Lala’s incredibly strong attack already got him busy enough. He put attacking back to the second because to not get killed in one hit was the most important thing right now!

“It’s rare to hear Lala say something that makes sense.”

That was Sander’s voice. He looked quite pleased to hear his NPC say reasonable things once in a while.

“Na’s really that good? I thought he would be unconscious again by that first attack, but he can dodge it every time.”

Nuchjaree commented, getting Tunwa and Maysa to look at her.

“Speed is his main weapon, you know,” Tunwa said.

“I heard that he’s learned many kinds of self-defense, too. But I never thought that he could be this good.”

Hearing Nuchjaree said, the young man slipped out a laugh right away.

“It’s not just learning for self-defense, but Na’s won national junior taekwondo championships, too.”

“For real?!”