The three began to walk in the direction where the duel would be held. Robert cooperated with Lumiere so that they would not be separated in the middle of the road. Lumiere herself is a foreigner who can speak Korean for Hyun. So as long as Robert was talking, Lumiere could understand clearly.
One thing Hyun didn't realize was that the atmosphere inside the association center was full of hunters. There are some that Hyun knows from the documents as well as the rest that he has seen for the first time. Everyone exudes its own aura. Maybe it's because this place itself is the center of the world's hunters?
The atmosphere inside the duel arena is no less intense. In front of him, stretched an arena specially designed for hunters' duels. According to Robert's explanation, the arena will send hunters who will fight to a random place. The mechanics are like dungeons that instantly move people as soon as they enter it.
Isn't this similar to the noona training room?
"This arena was specially designed by hunter Sylv! she's the greatest hunter after Oliver I've ever met," Robert explained as he looked for a seat.
Hearing his noona mentioned, there was a feeling of pride that emerged. Fighting in the arena made by noona, I will do my best.
When Hyun was about to sit next to him, Robert immediately told him that the dueling participant's seat was in a special room inside. It tells the way to get to the room. Hyun nodded and left.
Before leaving, Robert said something. "Show us, Hyun!"
Lumiere who was sitting next to him also provided support. "Oppa definitely won!"
Hyun smiled, giving a casual salute. "Of course!!"
Along the way, hundreds of eyes were looking at him. It was a view with high expectations. A look that is ready to praise when Hyun succeeds or an insult when their expectations don't match.
Like Oliver's words, Hyun ignored all of their expectations. This is his fight, not to satisfy that person's ego. After asking around, Hyun finally arrived in front of the waiting room.
As soon as he opened the door, a room with large glass that could see the entire duel arena. In addition, there are 5 sofas that have been filled and one that is still empty on the right side.
"Am I not in the wrong room..."
There, sat the top 5 young hunters. Katlyn, Dmitri, Lan Yi, Jean and the one sitting with the katana beside him, Hyoma. It turns out that the large glass in front is a screen that currently displays the atmosphere in the arena.
Hearing someone enter, Jean looked at Hyun. "Oh? Isn't this our main star?" All eyes were now on him.
Feeling a little embarrassed, Hyun tried to greet them. "G-good morning..." Lan Yi greeted Hyun back from behind her sofa. Hyun nodded, walking to the empty couch next to Katlyn.
The clock shows 7 o'clock exactly. The large screen in front lit up, showing a duel diagram that was still empty. According to the information Hyun got from Robert, there are a total of 20 young hunters who will fight, including Hyun.
The screen changes to show a huge draw that looks like it's going to determine who gets to fight with whom. A large container with a ball that seemed to contain the hunter's name inside, was shuffled. One by one, the balls were opened, revealing several hunters who were about to fight.
"Me first?" muttered Katlyn who got her first turn against Uzochi, a hunter of African origin with necromancer powers.
The next fight is filled by Hyun himself against Theodore, a hunter from France who has combo powers. A power that requires its users to constantly launch attacks in order to generate combos for their stat buffs.
"It looks like he's a troublesome opponent"
"Attention! for hunter Katlyn and hunter Uzochi, please go to the dueling arena immediately!"
"Cheers!" said Hyun as Katlyn left.
Although surprised, Katlyn still replied to Hyun's words by lowering her head, "thank you" and then went out.
"Hey system, can you absorb every hunter who will compete other than the one sitting here?"
Of course master, start the absorption of the Uzochi hunter.
Absorption is complete. Since hunter Uzochi was a UR rank, now master level rose to 316 and strengthened the fall skill. Now when the master used the fall skill, the master who lost consciousness would ignore all the injuries and would continue to fight until he completely fell.
"Although I don't expect it too much, it's a decent skill"
In the arena, Katlyn and Uzochi face each other. One thing Hyun realizes is that the venue of the arena that will appear is random. It can be anywhere including if it benefits one of the parties, as the screen shows.
Currently the world that the arena spawns is a place where there are many monster carcasses around it. Of course, this was an advantage on the part of Uzochi who specialized in necromancers.
And it looks like Katlyn looks quite relaxed?
Down there, several healers were deployed. "Everyone get ready! remember hunter Kaeyl's message to always be ready when his students fight!"
Hyun still didn't realize why the healers were so busy there. He just thought that it was something normal because even though this was only a fight for hunters under 20 years old, they were SSR and UR ranks who would definitely get seriously injured while fighting.
In fact, this is something that is specially prepared when Katlyn fights. It is feared that if not dealt with immediately, the hunter who fights her will fall asleep forever.
"Isn't this too much? I just heard Katlyn's name, is she that strong?"
"I don't know, I just know that she's a student of Hunter Kaeyl."
Several people around Robert whispered about the noise of the healers. Indeed, this is the first time Katlyn has participated in an event of this magnitude because she was recently recruited directly by Kaeyl. "They talk when they don't know anything about the girl," Robert muttered.
Lumiere next to him was enjoying the popcorn that Robert bought.
(Note, all conversations are in English, I mean for Hyun who was Korean)
"I've heard about your poison several times" Uzochi arched his back, a mark of respect. "I hope you have mercy on me"
Katlyn returned Uzochi greeting, "I was also impressed when I heard your incredible undead army" she smiled, "it was an honor to be able to fight you"
"Get ready! The duel begins!!"
"Staan op!"
As soon as the sign duel begins, Uzochi takes out all of his summoned creatures. One of the things that makes Uzochi a young top hunter is that all the creatures he summons inherit his stats. With this skill, his summons that were even just undead were able to move as fast and attack as hard as Uzochi.
And his summons that had physical attack and magic resistance, made him one of the strongest forces on par with a high-rank hunter.
Not only the undead, Uzochi also took out all the monsters he had ever fought, including the dungeon bosses. "Enjoy my welcome!"
All eyes looked at Uzochi's power, including Hyun. If he saw him being able to summon such a powerful army alone, Hyun was sure that Uzochi was capable of a level 5 dungeon raid solo.
At Katlyn's side, she stood relaxed looking at the festive welcome. Replying to Uzochi's greeting, Katlyn coated her body with her poisonous aura. "What kind of poison should I use..."
One of the undead attacked her, carrying a sword. Katlyn walked towards the undead, raising her hand to receive the direct attack.
"Is she crazy?! received the direct attack?!" said one of the people watching on the association's outside screen.
However, before it hit her hand, the sword melted. Katlyn kept walking, ignoring if she had to hit the undead in front of her. As soon as the distance of the two entered into the aura of katlyn's poison, the undead slowly melted like its sword. Making it disappear turns into a gas.
"Of course I didn't expect you to be so easy to defeat"
Without waiting for an opportunity, Uzochi ordered his troops to surround Katlyn and attack her at the same time. He also added magic resistance so that it could last a little longer than Katlyn's poison.
Uzochi's tactics are simple, making Katlyn unleash all her poison and wait for the opportunity to attack from a blind spot. It was a perfect plan if it wasn't Katlyn who was fighting.
Knowing she was surrounded, Katlyn raised her hand, throwing a large volume of poisonous gas into the sky. Looking at Uzochi, smiling. "Protect your head"
What does she mean-
Tes.
A drop of water fell on his shoes. "Aw!" The place where the water droplets were dropped was now making holes in his shoes. Oh crap!