Chapter 176
Chapter 176
“Рhеw, whаt а relief.”
“Whаt’s а rеliеf, Shаrin?”
Sharin let out а sigh оf relief аnd said it was fоrtunаtе аs sооn as she sаw the semifinаl tоurnamеnt brасkеt, but Кhan сouldn’t undеrstand what shе mеаnt.
‘Аctuallу, I’m the luсky one. I mаnаged to avoid bоth Shаrin and Dramos. I got luckу.’
Кhan, completеlу unawarе that thе brасkеt was being manipulаted by Аldrik, simрlу thought his luck wаs gооd.
“Phew, this is insаne. Sharin, it might bе fortunate that уоu didn’t meet Нуungnim, but meеting Mastеr Dramos is not fоrtunatе.”
“Вut it’s still much better than meеting Mаstеr.”
“Wеll, that’s truе…”
Byutеk trаilеd off with a dаrk eхрrеssiоn.
‘Аctuаllу, fоr a Маge like Sharin, Hyungnim might be a better opponent than Master…’
Objectively, if asked who was stronger between Khan and Dramos, Byutek would have no choice but to side with Dramos.
Because Khan had been holding back his strength throughout this tournament, giving his opponents as much leeway as possible during his matches.
Even Byutek, who didn’t know much about magic, could roughly tell how much Khan was holding back in this tournament.
‘Master Dramos probably won’t hold back against anyone, no matter who the opponent is… I should go and try to talk to him.’
He thought that if he, Dramos’s disciple, went and asked personally, he might listen.
‘If things go really wrong, Sharin could get seriously hurt.’
As Byutek was thinking that, Sharin suddenly clenched her fist as if she had resolved herself and shouted.
“I’ve decided! I’m going to beat that person named Dramos, my brother’s Master, with my own hands! With my current strength, it might be possible! I’ve gotten a lot stronger too, you know. I even beat Byutek Oppa, right?”
“Sh, Sharin…! It could really be dangerous?!”
“Well, since it’s come to this, I should see it through to the end. Right, Master?”
When Sharin looked at Khan and asked, he pondered for a moment before answering.
“…Do as you wish, Sharin. Just don’t get hurt.”
“Hehe. Yes! Of course!”
If a dangerous situation seemed imminent, Khan could intervene directly.
So, he thought it would be fine even if Sharin got this motivated.
‘If things go well, Sharin might even win.’
Sharin was probably the most outstanding genius Mage in this world.
Her potential was likely infinite to the point of being unfathomable, so this opportunity to fight Dramos might even help her grow.
While Khan, Sharin, and Byutek were chattering while looking at the bracket, Rodion shouted into the microphone.
“From the semifinals onward, only interesting matches remain! Then, we will now begin the first match of the semifinals! The first match is between Contestant Khan and Contestant Orphes! We ask both contestants to please come up to the Arena!”
“Wooooooah!!!”
“I’m going all-in on Khan again!!!”
“Khan!! I’ll bet everything I have on you right now, so please help me recover my lost money!!”
“What nonsense! Orphes is the one who will win!”
“I’m betting everything on Orphes! Orphes! Win this one too!!”
As Rodion announced the start of the semifinals, the spectators shouted in various voices, cheering for Khan and Orphes.
Encouraged by this, betting on the match between Khan and Orphes began immediately.
“Ohh, as soon as the betting starts, we’re seeing fierce betting odds! The betting odds for this match also seem to be almost fifty-fifty? Oh, wait a moment! This?! It seems Contestant Khan is slightly falling behind?!”
Rodion commentated while showing the real-time betting status.
When more people predicted Orphes would win, he exclaimed in surprise.
“This is truly an amazing result! It seems Contestant Orphes showed such a good performance in the quarterfinal match that this result came about! We will now close the betting in 5 seconds!”
After the betting closed and they checked the final odds, the betting odds between Khan and Orphes were exactly 4 to 6, with Khan slightly behind.
Meanwhile, Khan and Orphes, who had come up onto the Arena, stood facing each other.
Orphes hadn’t made that big of an impact in the quarterfinals, but it seemed the spectators didn’t see it that way.
“Orphes, the warrior with an indomitable will that absolutely will not fall! I believe without a doubt that you will win!!!”
“That’s right!! I bet my entire fortune after seeing that fighting spirit of yours!! You must win!!”
“Orphes!!! You can definitely win! Just show that fighting spirit from before, and you’ll definitely win!!”
Most of the voices coming from the spectator seats were from those cheering for Orphes.
‘That guy… He’s weaker than I thought, but it seems the spectators liked seeing him not fall no matter how much he got hit in the quarterfinals.’
Khan looked at Orphes standing opposite him and didn’t have any particular thoughts.
‘This time, I’ll go all out from the start and win.’
If he won this semifinal, Khan would clear the Main Quest and be able to obtain two Job-Exclusive Random Skill Selection Tickets.
‘Unlike what I expected, I can get two Job-Exclusive Random Skill Selection Tickets at once… but that doesn’t mean it’s all over. I need to get a Skill that can help me beat that monster Dramos.’
Having finished that thought, Khan looked at Orphes once more.
[LV.121 Indomitable Warrior Orphes]
Orphes boasted a physique almost similar to Byutek’s, and his main weapon was an Axe.
Although he looked ferocious on the outside, Khan wasn’t worried at all about fighting Orphes.
‘In a battle between a Mage and a warrior, generally the Mage has a much greater advantage.’
Moreover, having watched Orphes’s previous match, Khan didn’t even entertain the assumption that he might lose to Orphes.
At the same time, Orphes was looking at Khan with a scornful smile.
“I can crush a scrawny guy like that in one second! Haha!! My luck is good too. If things keep going like this, I might really win the championship?!”
He had hardly ever seen a Mage in his life, so he had no idea how strong Mages could be.
“I’ll finish it as soon as the match starts!”
The opponent he faced previously was a quite skilled Swordsman, so he had to fight with the resolve to die.
Indeed, Orphes’s quarterfinal match was an intense close battle, to the point where whoever won wouldn’t have been surprising.
Against such an opponent, Orphes was able to achieve victory in the quarterfinals thanks to his indomitable will.
Orphes, who was looking at Khan as if he were his prey, shouted to Rodion.
“Hey! Let’s just start the match already!”
“Hahaha, understood! It seems Contestant Orphes is also brimming with confidence about winning this match! Then, we will begin the match right away!”
As soon as Rodion finished speaking, the countdown signaling the start of the match began.
“Graaaaaah!!!”
As soon as the count ended, the one who charged first was Orphes.
‘No matter how scrawny he is, he uses strange powers, so I have to get close and kill him before that!’
Orphes might have looked stupid on the outside, but he was a warrior who did think things through.
That’s why he was trying to get as close to Khan as quickly as possible before Khan could use magic, but he was a step too late.
As Orphes lifted his foot, blue Mana bloomed from Khan’s body.
Immediately, the three Circles in his heart spun at an incredible speed, causing the entire Arena to shake.
Khan stretched out the hand holding his Staff towards Orphes, who was charging at him at high speed.
[Used Skill ‘Dark Flame’.]
[Used Skill ‘Wind Cutter’.]
[Used Skill ‘Wind Drill’.]
[Used Skill ‘Fireball’.]
As Khan used four Skills simultaneously, a Dark Flame of enormous size was created.
The black flames boasted a heat that seemed like it would burn everything around.
Not stopping there, sharp drills made of Dark Flame and things like Sword Aura appeared around Khan.
“Grrk!! What is this heat…!”
Orphes stepped back from the tremendous heat that felt like it would burn his body.
“Playing tricks! If you’re going to come at me like that, then I’ll have to use my Secret Technique too.”
Orphes gripped his two large double-edged Axes even tighter.
Then, large muscles all over Orphes’s body swelled up as if they were about to burst out.
‘No one has ever blocked this Secret Technique! His head might get chopped off, but that’s not my concern.’
He had lost count of how many lives he had taken with his Secret Technique, ‘Axe Throw’.
The axes he threw with all his might flew with tremendous power before the opponent could even react properly.
“Graaaaaah!!! Die!!!”
Orphes let out a Battle Cry, spun his body, and threw the two double-edged Axes.
The axes thrown by Orphes flew towards Khan at an incredible speed, tearing through the ground.
Just from the marks left on the ground as the axes flew, one could anticipate how powerful this attack was.
‘This… is a bit dangerous.’
Seeing the double-edged axes flying towards him, Khan hurriedly drew up more Mana.
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