Skill Creation in the Fantasy World

There were loud cheers among the crowd as Falcon, Bellard, and Crystal watched with wide lit up eyes, as Felix came towards them from the underground path of the arena in which he had just fought.

"Umm that was quick, Phantom.", Bellard said with an impressed and 'unbelievable' expression on his face.

Falcon rubbed his chin and sighed.

"Well Phantom, do you know that you were faster than any of the fighters of the zero rank I've seen until now?", were his words after they witnessed Felix knocking out his opponent, with a speed that even they weren't prepared for.

"Not really, like Bellard said these guys are just weak."

Felix just shrugged at their compliments while Crystal had her narrowed eyes moving all over him.

They talked for a bit, as they made their way away from that arena and walked onwards to where Falcon would fight.

As they went away, a group of men could be seen near the edge of that arena. Most of them seem to have ran over and were looking all over the place.

One of them, a slightly fat man tapped another on the shoulder and asked.

"Where is he? You told you saw him, right? Then hurry up and tell me where the hell is he?"

The other man nodded rapidly and looked around in a frenzy before remembering the direction.

"There! I think he went that way! Also, there were three other people with him."

As soon as the fat man got the answer he needed, he sprinted towards the specified direction.

But someone else, a man thinner than him and with a bald head beat him to it, and hurried in that direction making the fat man nod in suprise.

"Good Dufus! Quickly get to our lucky charm before he ends the next battles."

Henry said with a exhausted smile as he got tired from running right off the moment he heard Phantom was back.

Dufus, with a determined face surfed through the crowd searching all over the place for the one he was looking for.

After a few rounds in the area, he finally found the one wearing a black mask and robe.

He turned around with a grin and waved to call his friend s as they stopped looking around and quickly grouped together from all the corners.

"He's moving over there and it seems he got some company with him this time.", Dufus told Henry while sneakily pointing at Felix.

Henry looked at the back of Felix and smiled, his greedy eyes lighting up at the thought of winning more bets.

"Come on guys, let's follow him. And be quick, as that guy is quicker than all of us combined."

As the group of men walked behind with smiles on their bright faces, Felix and his teammates arrived at another arena.

"It's my turn now. Well,.....I'll be back in a jiffy then.", Falcon entered the underground path to the arena after they wished him luck.

The three stood in silence and watched as the most experienced fighter amongst them walked onto the stage.

The battle started and both the fighter rushed towards each other wielding their weapons.

One, two and....three.

It took only three swings for Falcon's opponent to fall on his knees as the referee announced the winner.

Even though he took a few more seconds than Felix and Bellard had taken to end the battle, the three of them and the crowd could see that his moves were precise and straightforward.

Falcon walked out from the arena and joined back to the group, his state a bit strange than before.

"We should get going then, huh? So that Crystal can prepare herself up."

The only women in the group twicthed her lips while the two men looked at each other and chuckled somewhat forcibly.

Falcon then hit the back of his head, and coughed embarrassingly.

"Uhh I'm sorry for that. I get a bit carried away after every fight.", his face looked a bit irritated but he was calming himself down.

The rest didn't say anything much and just thought to themselves.

'This one's a crackhead, huh....'

Crystal shook her head in disappointment and turned around, making her way toward the arena where she would be fighting.

It was her first time in the underground battles, and if it wasn't for the deal the man called Mr.Dealer had presented to her, than she wouldn't be here.

But now that she was already in such a place, she decided to use whatever she can in her favour and make the most of it.

Felix and Bellard followed after her as they were curious about her power too, leaving Falcon who took deep breaths to calm himself and then chased behind them.

"Shit! When will this go....."

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As the irritated man and the rest left, they didn't notice that a group of men who had followed them had confused expressions on their faces.

"Isn't that guy Falcon? What's Phantom doing with him?"

One of them asked the question everyone had on their minds.

Henry looked deeply at the backs of the four and thought.

'Falcon is bad news yeah.....but what is he doing together with our Phantom?'

Scared and uninterested of getting into trouble for knowing more than he should, he shook his head and decided it was better to handle his own business first.

"Alright, guys. There's no need for us to go deep into it. We'll just follow slowly and bet if he is joining any battles."

The other guys nodded as money was what made them more happy than some eccentric guy's story.

With expectations and hope on their hearts, they dispersed about and sneakily followed behind the team of four.

It was the small amount of betting money that they were doing so much for, but they didn't knew that in the near future, they will be doing much more than this and it would be for absolutely nothing at all.