NOVEL WEB Chapter 62: Still weak
After leaving the hand to hand combat class, Jake decided to play the VR game so he could gain more experience using the moves taught to him by sergeant Sunny. Jake logged into the game, was met with tons of friend requests from multiple users. Jake just closed them and then decided to start playing almost immediately.
This time, his time was to be spent playing against humans since his hand to hand combat skills were best used against humans and possibly werewolves too. But he wanted to focus his attention on humans for now who knew he might make human enemies soon.
Jake decided to play against people whose rank is silver. After a few seconds, his opponent appeared in front of Jake. Immediately his opponent appeared, the spectating stands were now filled almost to the brim with people of different ages and sizes all here to watch Jake's match.
Even Sam, Nate and Dan were there as usual. "So what do you think? Do you think he has grown stronger again?" Sam asked Dan.
"I'm sure he would have gotten stronger by now. And if not, he is more than capable of handling his opponent." Dan replied not taking his eyes off Jake.
There was a teenage guy in the crowd that heard what Dan and his friends said and he couldn't help but smile. 'Let's see how strong you are before I decide to battle against you.'
Back to the match, Jake was standing in front of his opponent calmly. When his opponent appeared, the big countdown clock also appeared and then it started counting down from 5 to 0. When it hit 0, Jake waited for his opponent who dashed towards him.
In this match, Jake decided against using any weapon so currently, he was bare handed. Then his opponent swung his sword towards Jake's neck. But Jake just ducked, then he gave his opponent a powerful hook to the stomach with half his strength because he didn't want to end the fight just yet.
The hook was still powerful enough to move Jake's opponent away from his position. Then Jake stood up straight waiting for his opponent again. Who in turn foolishly charged right back at Jake. When he got to Jake's position, he swung his leg towards Jake's neck.
Seeing the incoming leg, Jake just smiled then he uses Guard stance to block the leg then he punched the leg hard therefore breaking a bone in the leg. His opponent screamed in pain. Even in the stands, when Jake had struck his opponent's leg, some of the spectators squinted as if they were the one being struck.
Jake then dashed towards his opponent and made a quick Jab towards his opponent's face that managed to swing his opponent's head back. Jake didn't even get to use the third move, for his opponent was now on the floor seemingly unconscious and then gradually, Jake's opponent was now fading away and the gaming system declared Jake the winner but Jake was not even happy.
"Pathetic, he didn't even give much of a match. If I keep on getting all these weak matches up, I won't know how effective my moves are." Jake said out loud, unaware that the spectators were there and they heard everything he said.
Meanwhile the teenage guy in the stand chuckled out loud after he heard Jake say what he said. 'Not strong enough huh? Let's see how you do against me.'
The teenager left the spectating stands and then he went into his own lobby to send Jake a match invite. Meanwhile Jake was about starting his next match when the invite was sent to him. Checking the rank of the invitee, Jake's eyes widened in surprise and ecstasy. Quickly, Jake accepted the invite and then slowly a person appeared.
He didn't bother to use any customised avatar or anything, he just appeared the way he was in reality. This teenager had fiery red hair with a sword in his hand and a two pairs of daggers by his side. His face had a smile on it. He just stood there with his hands crossed.
Meanwhile, upon seeing who it was, Dan nearly jumped out of his seat. Even his friends were shocked. "But why? Why would the Red dragon decide to play against the wolf hunter?" Dan said.
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"Exactly, the Red dragon is currently ranked Gold but he's the strongest Gold player and very close to getting to the next rank which is Platinum so why bother fighting against a mere silver rank?" Sam said.
"Maybe the wolf hunter just interested him or something." Nate said.
"Anyway, this should be fun and entertaining, that is if the wolf hunter could last long against him." Sam said.
Meanwhile, seeing his opponent, Jake just smiled. 'Finally, a strong opponent. Although, I would have preferred to battle against the vortex to see how much I have improved against him but this should have to do.'
Red dragon calmly stood there waiting for the timer to count down and when it did, he still didn't move so Jake decided to take the initiative by running calmly towards the Red dragon. "Since you are not using weapons, I will also not use weapons. I want this fight to be fair." The red dragon said.
Then Jake threw a Jab towards the red dragon's face but he managed to duck avoiding the punch but he didn't counter attack. Jake went in again but this time with a hook towards his neck but the red dragon just leaned sideways avoiding it again.
Frustrated, Jake decided to use more than his hand to hand combat skills but also use his system skills. Quickly using the Triple Threat technique, Jake was now behind the Red dragon then he threw a roundhouse kick that connected successfully with the rib of the red dragon's but it didn't even make him move one bit.
Smiling, the red dragon grabbed Jake's leg and then hit it with such force and strength that it made a snapping sound so loud it got to the spectator stand. Jake wanted to scream out loud but he managed to bite down on his tongue. Then he managed to move back a bit with his legs throbbing with so much pain that for a second he felt that the pain was real and not just a simulation conducted by the game.
'Darn it! This was meant for me to train and not to fight against someone stronger than me just yet.' Jake thought.
"That is what you get for being greedy." Zee said. "Nothing was stopping you from declining the invite but you decided to accept now bare the brunt."
While he was conversing with Zee, his leg managed to heal up just enough for him to move and run. But when he lifted his head, his face was met with a kick that sent him flying back. "Crap! What monstrous strength does this dude have and why is he being so ruthless with me?"
In the stands, the spectators were confused by the red dragon's behavior, especially the trio. "Why does it feel like the red dragon is toying with the wolf hunter." Sam said.
"I don't know, maybe it's because he knows that the wolf hunter is holding back that's why he hasn't ended the match just yet."
Meanwhile, back at the fight, Jake was slowly getting up then he wiped the blood gushing out of his nose then he looked at the red dragon then he raised his middle finger towards him. "F***k you! I'm gonna pay you back In full now."
The Red dragon just smiled back, not even annoyed in the slightest. "Come get me."
Jake dashed towards the Red dragon then when he was a metre away, he activated Step shift and suddenly, he was in front of the red dragon. Without an uppercut, the red dragon was sent flying up but before he lifted off the ground, Jake grabbed his legs then slammed him hard on the ground.
And then Jake decided to stomp on the Red dragon's head but his foot was grabbed and now, Jake was the one on the floor with the Red dragon standing above him with a grin on his face. "You're still so weak even with the gift given to you." Then the Red dragon stomped on Jake's head so hard that the game was declared over and Jake was thrown back to his white space.
After being thrown to his space, Jake didn't even bother about the loss or anything, his mind was focused on one thing and that was what the Red dragon said before killing him in the game. "What did he mean by the gift given to me? Do you think he was referring to the system?"
"Unlikely. I don't think it's possible for him to know about it. Maybe he was talking about your talented nature or something else." Zee replied.
"Whatever the case, I need to talk to him again but I have a feeling he wouldn't want to talk to me for now so I just have to try and talk to him another time." Jake said while logging off from the game to head back to his room and rest up for the beast hunt tomorrow.