BXBX NOVEL Chapter 50: Round two
"Huh? Where\'s Dan?" Sam asked, looking among all the other spectators.
"What do you mean? He was right here not too long ago." Nate replied.
"Oh no!" A thought struck Sam. "Is he… is he planning to do what I think he is tryna do?"
"What do you mean?" Nate asked.
"He must be so impressed by the wolf hunter\'s growth that he might wish to play against him." Sam said.
"And so?" Nate asked with a raised brow. "Dan is a silver ranked player and I\'m sure he can handle himself. And he isn\'t only just a silver player, we all know he is closer to getting to the Gold rank than any of us."
And just as Sam had predicted, Dan was currently on stage about to face off against Jake. Dan\'s gaming name was \'Vortex,\' his avatar looked like a futuristic, cyberpunk-inspired behemoth. Standing tall with a muscular build, Vortex has piercing blue eyes and jet-black hair styled in a messy, spiky fashion.
The avatar was clad in a sleek black and neon-green jumpsuit, complete with metallic armour plating and glowing blue circuits. A silver mohawk-like fin runs along the top of his head, giving him a menacing, high-tech appearance. His choice of weapon was a Gauntlet. A type of weapon that covers a person\'s hand like a glove.
"It\'s good to see you wolf hunter." Vortex smiled.
Jake just raised an eyebrow. "Huh? Do I know you?"
"Oh, my bad. I\'m so sorry, you don\'t know me personally, but I know you. I know you Enough to know that I can defeat you."
Jake just laughed at this comment. "Defeat me? Are you serious? Anyway only time will tell who will defeat who." Jake said while taking a fighting stance.
Vortex just smiled. "Oh how arrogant. Just a little bit of a winning streak, you think you can beat me? Fine, lemme humour you a bit." Vortex also took a fighting stance.
And then the big countdown clock appeared again. When it counted down to 0, it signalled the start of the match. Jake didn\'t dash forward like he did in all his matches against the werewolves. He calmly looked at the vortex while also glancing at his skills tab to choose the skills that will work against the vortex.
"Will you just keep on standing there for the rest of the match, or will you do something?" Vortex asked, still smiling.
Tired of standing around, Jake quickly dashed towards the vortex carefully then when he was a metre away from vortex, he activated<step shift> to close the distance between him and vortex then he quickly used \'The Triple Threat\' technique to get behind vortex and he swung his blade towards the vortex\'s neck but the vortex quickly ducked avoiding the hit.
Then he quickly stood up straight, turned around and punched Jake in the face with full strength therefore sending Jake skidding for a bit. Jake\'s avatar now had a little speck of blood coming from its nose. Instead of getting angry, Jake just smiled.
\'Finally, I have seen a decent opponent to go against.\' Jake thought excitedly. \'Now let\'s test all the skills to the fullest. I\'m not a fool to think that I won\'t have to go against humans in the future so let\'s see first hand how good my skills are against them.\'
Vortex noticed the smile on Jake\'s face, couldn\'t help but be curious as to why he was smiling. "What\'s so funny?"
"Oh it\'s nothing, I\'m just imagining what your face will look like after I beat you." Jake smiled again then he ran towards the vortex and quickly used <step shift> again to close the distance and he swung his sword towards the vortex\'s stomach. But his attack was stopped by vortex\'s hand which was holding onto Jake\'s blade.
And then he threw a kick towards Jake\'s stomach that landed successfully but Jake didn\'t flinch one bit instead, he let go of his blade for a second and then he quickly threw a hook towards Vortex\'s neck that landed squarely therefore making vortex\'s head to crash on the ground and bounce a few times before coming to a stop.
Jake then calmly picked his sword from the floor while the vortex was also getting up from the floor with a trickle of blood dripping from his head. But there was a smile on his face. Meanwhile, everyone in the stands were all at the edge of their seats. Especially Vortex\'s friends, they didn\'t even know who to root for because they admired the wolf hunter and Vortex was their friend. Regardless, they could both agree on one thing and that was, the fight was surely entertaining.
Back at the fight, the vortex calmly stood up and smiled at Jake. Meanwhile Jake was just thinking of what skills to use now and then an idea popped into his head which made him smile inwardly.
\'Let\'s see how he handles this combination of skills.\' Jake thought in amusement.
\'I think it\'s time I stepped it up a notch a bit.\' Vortex thought.
"Are you ready for round two?" Vortex asked with a smile.
To which Jake just smiled back. "Always ready and I gotta warn you, I\'m not gonna take it easy on you now."
This made the vortex almost laugh out loud. "I was just about to say the same thing to you. You took the words right out of my mouth."
With that short conversation, it was now finally time for round two between the wolf hunter and the vortex.