Chapter 42: The Shadow of the Arena
Mana got up early in the morning and looked at Yukina who was still sleeping next to him, and Manyan looked at the time when it was only about 6 o'clock. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThis is a habit that Mantra has been cultivating in the morning. Although the mantra has not been practiced in the morning at this point, he still can't get rid of this habit. Manyan saw the time clearly and didn't want to get up, so he lay back on the bed and looked at Yukina, who was still asleep.
"Mantra?" I don't know how long it took for Yukina to slowly open her eyes, and when Yukina opened her eyes, she saw Mana's magnified face. Shingon looked at Yukina with a curious expression. Yukina rubbed her eyes in a daze and continued, "When did you wake up?"
"Hmm...... an hour ago. Okay, it's time to get up, I'm going to make breakfast. Mana looked at the time and sat up from the bed and rubbed Yukina's head.
"Is it that the role is reversed, shouldn't I sit at breakfast and you sleep lazy? Yukina also got up from the bed and straightened out the nightdress that she slept in by herself.
"When I go back, it's all up to you, and now that my cooking skills are higher than yours, I'll do it. I don't know how to cook when I go back. Mana got up and walked to the kitchen. Yukina didn't have to wait long in bed before getting up and tidying herself up. Then he went downstairs and walked towards the restaurant, where Mana had already placed the sandwich on the table when Yukina arrived at the restaurant. Majin watched as Yukina walked down before pouring warm milk into the glass.
"Eat. Okay, and the dove said okay, today at 2 p.m. in the dueling arena on the 46th floor. Shingon sat down, picked up the sandwich, and nibbled on it. After hearing the mantra, Yukina also picked up the sandwich and ate it. Yukina's mind has been recalling every scene of yesterday's mantra and Kirito's sparring, although Mantra has always been at a disadvantage at first, but after Manyan got used to Kirito's second sword flow, it gradually began to take advantage.
It's a monster...... Yukina remembers Kirito describing Mantra this way when he was having dinner. And Mangat, when he heard Kirito's adjectives for him, he shook his shoulders indifferently, and didn't care about the adjectives Kirito gave him. However, Yukina also agrees with Manabun. In Yukina's opinion, since Manyan's eyes changed, he looked like a different person entirely.
"Hey, Yukina, Yukina?" When Yukina came back to his senses, he could see Mana's hand dangling in front of him. Yukina lifted her hand and removed Manyan's hand from her sight. Shingon stared at Yukina suspiciously and asked, "What are you thinking?"
"I'm thinking about what you had to do yesterday. Yukina picked up the sandwich in her hand and took a bite and said, "Are you sure?"
"Half and half...... Actually, I haven't heard anything about the dove in the real world. Like yesterday and ...... Kirito said so. In real life, I just practice, and my father basically arranges what tournaments and tournaments I participate in, so I don't care about any kendo geniuses or kendo players. "All I need to care about is to bring home the two cups or medals that I have on the podium." ”
"Do you hate your father so much?" Yukina subconsciously thought that Manyan would be disgusted by his father's behavior, but Mana replied the opposite.
"I'm so grateful to my father. There is no objection to these hobbies of mine. No opposition is the greatest support. Manyan took a sip of milk and said without being salty. Seeing that Yukina didn't continue to ask, Manyan didn't say any more. The two of them spent the morning uneventfully, and according to the agreement, Mangon and Yukina came to the arena on the 46th floor before two o'clock. At the door, Mana met the three of them, Hirud, Kiriri, and Crane. Shirud seemed to be talking to Kirito and them, and it was obvious that Kirito's brows were already together. Kirito's expression becomes even more serious when he sees Manu, and Manon himself doesn't seem to realize that the reason why Kirito is so serious is because Manato took the initiative to apply as a bait and also hide it from Kirito.
Manato walked in front of Kirito and realized what a volcanic eruption was. For Kirito's nagging mantra, he chose the strategy of going in the left ear and out of the right ear, and of course Kirito also saw that the mantra didn't listen to his words.
"The dove is already inside, it's time. Apparently not wanting to listen to Mantra any longer, he raised his foot and walked towards the arena, and Kirito sighed when he saw that Mantra ignored him.
"Mana seems to hate the way people care about him too much. Yukina walked away after seeing the mantra and walked away and said.
"It's not that I hate other people's care...... Hawkers, he also has his own ideas. Kirito said, looking at Manatin's back.
True Yan didn't pay any attention to the conversation between the two behind him, and walked straight forward. Shingon looked around the arena with his afterglow, and happened to spot a familiar figure in a small corner of the arena. Mana's heart is more certain of the one thing he has always suspected. Mantra closed his heart and looked at the dove and kite standing at the registration office not far away. By the time Yukina and the others arrived at the registration office, Mana had already finished their registration and entered the arena. Yukina: After checking the specific arena number, they also ran to the audience.
As the countdown ended, the arches of the isolation chambers on both sides of the arena slowly opened, and Shingon and Dove walked out of the isolation chambers, respectively. Shingon looked around the amphitheater and rediscovered the figure he had seen in the hall in the audience. The corners of Mantra's mouth unconsciously raised, and his gaze returned to the dove that was now opposite him. Mantra pulled out the Blemish from his waist, held the hilt of the Blemish knife with both hands, lifted the tip of the knife and pointed at the center of the dove's eyebrows. There was a look of coldness and indifference in his eyes.
The corners of the dove's mouth also quietly raised, holding the handle of the demon moon in the scabbard in one hand, but did not pull out the demon moon. The dove's performance is obviously to take the lead, and this series of action mantras look in the eyes but don't care too much. The drawing technique can not only attack but also defend, which is very useful at the beginning of the actual battle. The mantra is no longer guarded, and the rabbit raises the flawed obscurity and slashes at the dove's head, the dove does not dodge, but just holds the demon moon, and when the flawed obscurity is not far from the dove's head, the dove quickly pulls out the demon moon to block the flaw in the mantra's hand. The dove swung his knife hard to the left again to bounce away the obscurity. Mantra took a quick step back, but he still couldn't dodge the demon moon that came over again after the dove bounced off the flaw, but luckily the damage that Dove did to Manyan was not too great. According to the setting of the arena, two players will be of the same level, and the duel will end when one of them reaches 50% health.
Mantra stood in place and observed the dove, who didn't give Mana time to think, and raised his knife to slash at Mana from left to right. The mantra is offensive and defensive, squatting down slightly to avoid the demon moon, and then stabbing the dove in the neck with a flaw. The dove landed on his left foot and quickly dodged to his right back, but at that moment the dove saw a smile on Manyan's face. At this time, the dove realized that the blow of the mantra was just a preparation for the Taidao skill in the future, but even if the dove's mind had already reacted, the dove's body didn't have time to react. The system's skills will automatically calculate the hit rate, and with the current posture of the dove, it will be 100% hit according to the system's judgment. In order to reduce the damage, the dove raised the demon moon to block the first blow from the mantra, but the remaining two blows could not be blocked at all, and this time the dove's HP slipped to sixty-five percent. According to the way the dove was attacked, it can be deduced that the direction of the dove's growth is mainly strength and speed, and other aspects are relatively mediocre. After all, it's a game, or the data is more dominant. The growth direction of Mantra not only focuses on strength and speed, but also weakens his physical strength to increase hits. Such an extreme addition was also discovered by Shinga by chance when buying equipment. Most equipment has no more than 3 attributes attached to it in addition to the fixed stat, and equipment with stamina attributes always has hits attached to it. This is a minor bug in the game, and usually players don't care too much about hits, so this equipment is also very cheap. In addition, Mantra doesn't care too much about his own health, but feels that the amount of safe blood is not exciting enough. The usual kendo moves and Taiken skills were also discovered by Shingon by accident, and some of the tricks of the genre that Shingon himself learned were unexpectedly able to connect to the preparation posture of the Taidao set by the system in the game.
"You reminded me. This is the game. The dove was only surprised for a few seconds and then regained his composure. After saying these two words, the dove disappeared in front of the mantra with a flicker, and when he reappeared, he was already behind the mantra. The demon moon slashed a half-moon in the air and slashed straight at Mantra's neck.