Chapter 59: First battle
They almost spit out the coffee they had had in the morning, seeing the naturalness of this person's movements.
It seemed as if he hadn't realized that he was in front of a large pack of wolves, where two of them were more powerful than the rest.
He even looked a little... Innocent?
The sophomores were in shock and turned to look at him.
Matt then looked at them, "Stop talking nonsense. If you want the token, then take it if you have the ability." He replied and stood there with the token in his hand.
He was basically telling him that if they thought they were capable, they should step forward to take the token from him.
The sophomores didn't expect to run into such a shameless guy like this here, but this pissed them off.
"Shit, how dare you touch what's mine!" shouted the one closest to Matt.
At the same time, he drew his weapon and lunged at him, trying to cut him with a horizontal movement.
Matt scoffed at the sight and raised his free hand, sending a powerful blow toward that movement coming at him...
A powerful impact came soon after when Matt countered the sophomore's attack with a single move.
The sophomore was not expecting this force, so he swung back in surprise.
Matt didn't want to waste time fooling around with such weak people, so after putting the token away in his pocket, he gave a solid kick to the ground, jumping over this guy to give him a strong punch in the face.
*BOM*
The impact he felt was so terrifying that it sent him hard, crashing to the ground.
'What the hell? That strong?' He thought in shock and looked at Matt, trying to locate him to attack him, but his perspective changed at that moment.
Matt yanked him by his clothes and sent him flying through the air, following close behind to punch him hard in the stomach.
"Buagh...!" A large amount of blood spurted out of his mouth at that instant, and his body flew at high speed off the combat tile.
Many who saw this were shocked at how fast a second year had fallen onto one of the tiles, so they couldn't help but see what was happening there.
It was just the right time to see someone attack the person who had done it from behind.
Still, Matt dodged the attack and fell back to the fighting tile.
"Tsk." He clicked his tongue at the second-year guy who had attacked him and fell as well in front of him.
"Kid, hand over the token, and you'll be fine. You were able to catch him off guard, but do you think me too?" he asked mockingly.
Matt simply shrugged and didn't answer him.
He had just told him that if he wanted the token, he should go get it; why harp on him about that? Clearly, he already realized that the guy in front of him lacked the brains to understand someone else's words.
That's why Matt ran up to him, making the sophomore frown.
"Since you're asking, don't complain later!" He retorted and ran towards Matt, summoning his weapon.
The unsheathed longsword swung hard at Matt, and the 4,000 power of its wielder was unleashed with force, causing many to look over.
"That guy is strong..." Said several students in shock and took note of this sophomore.
"If he's lucky, he should be able to move up to 5,000 Power before he graduates from the Second Academy, which would allow him to study another three years at the First Academy. Not bad, this kid is good." Said one of the directors with a smile and looked at Reagan Cooper next to him.
"Professor Reagan, do you think your student will be able to win?" he asked.
Reagan Cooper smiled. Earlier, he would have been worried about Matt, but recently, this morning, he got some interesting news.
How could he fail?
"Let's see what he will do. I have confidence in my students." He replied vaguely, causing the head director to be surprised.
'That's the first time I've seen him say something like that about one of his students... Looks like this kid is good.' He thought as he looked towards Matt.
Just at those moments, Matt moved his vampiric power to his hands and used one hand to deflect the sword attack, while in his other hand, he increased the weight of the vampiric power and hit the guy attacking him in the chest.
This guy felt the shock as he heard several bones in his body break and felt a tremendous weight on his right side, 'Too strong!' He thought, but that blow sent him rolling down the tile like a small training puppet.
Even so, he was still a vampire with 4,000 power, so he got up quickly and stopped Matt's next attack.
*BOM*
The resulting explosion pushed him back several steps. Still, this time, he didn't lose his balance, so he quickly counterattacked with a powerful horizontal attack, and his sword hit Matt's arm, unable to pierce the vampiric power.
Still, this was the start of a round of attacks from this sophomore.
'It's good...' Matt thought as he defended himself from the continuous attacks that fell on him.
But he smiled as he saw an opening and immediately pulled his weapon out of the ring and struck hard at that section.
His attack was not powerful, but it was decisive.
The sophomore's sword was sent forcefully backward while his arm bent in a rather lousy direction, causing pain to seize him completely.
Even so, Matt did not stop just to see this but increased his speed to the limit...
Four hit this student's body, and soon Matt appeared smiling behind him.
At the same time, the sophomore felt the pain in his body, and the blood in his body began to flow out.
"Agh!" he shouted as he fell to the ground, unable to use both arms.
One because he had some broken bones and the other because he was injured in several major sections. While the attack wasn't fatal, it was painful.
So, Matt smiled and knew it was over, then looked at the rest of the first-year students who were there, watching the show.
"If you guys want to fight, go ahead." He said as he shook his small dagger, and the sophomore's blood fell to the ground...
That action naturally frightened them. They were just regular students, none on the level of the leaders of their respective halls. How could they beat a person who could win such a powerful sophomore?
In the end, they all smiled sheepishly and stepped off the tile.
They did not dare to fight.
This was the first fight between two powerful people on one of the tiles, so it naturally stunned many people.
Being the first fight, it attracted the attention of many of those present, including the directors and teachers.