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Chapter 43: Lord Doom vs Reckless Storm- The PK King’s ultimate test

Chapter 43: Lord Doom vs Reckless Storm- The PK King’s ultimate test

[Avatar "Reckless Storm" has joined the lobby...]

The female Blademaster gallantly joined Lord Doom in the lobby.

The Warstar Arena had seen countless duels that day, but this? This was something different entirely.

Noah’s Lord Dom stood in the center, Spellforged Battle Lance resting casually on his shoulder, exuding the effortless confidence of a King.

Aria was definitely no easy opponent, after all, this was a Blademaster that had won the MVP award of the English Pro Alliance once before. But before her, Noah showed no signs of apprehension.

It irked Aria as she stepped into the lobby.

Aria’s Reckless Storm, the newly ascended Blademaster stood opposite him, her hand on the hilt of her twin blades. She was grinning, no, baring her teeth like a wolf ready to rip into her prey.

"Alright, hotshot," she sneered, "You’ve been running your mouth all day, thrashing nobodies. Time to see if you can handle me".

Noah’s smirk widened. "Oh?" He chuckled. "Finally finished your little quest? Hope it was worth it, because this is where you learn your place".

Behind her monitor in real life, Aria’s eyes twitched. ’This bastard...!’

The spectators held their breath as the countdown started.

[3..., 2..., 1... FIGHT!]

BZZZ!

Aria’s Reckless Storm vanished, a Blademaster’s speed burst activating instantly.

Just like Noah’s Lord Doom, with her class change, she finally spent her reset skill points to purchase high level Blademaster skills.

She closed the gap faster than human reflexes should allow, her twin swords slashing at Lord Doom’s throat, but...

CLANG!

Noah already read her.

His Spellforged Battle Lance snapped up, intercepting her attack with inhuman precision. Sparks erupted as steel met arcane metal, and for a moment, it seemed like a deadlock.

But then Aria twisted.

Her off-hand blade curved around Noah’s guard in an impossible arc, aiming straight for his ribs.

Noah smirked.

{Runeburst=}

A shockwave of stored kinetic energy detonated between them, blasting Aria backward. She skidded across the arena floor, but she wasn’t done.

Showing her precise control and spatial awareness, in mid-air, she flipped, landing with a snarl. "Alright, you’re fast," she acknowledged. "But let’s see if you can handle this!"

"...!" The spectators were mortified.

In this short exchange, no matter how low their skill level was, they could tell that these 2 players were miles more skilled than they were.

’Just who are these guys?’

This duel was only going to turn more intense.

As soon as Aria spoke, her swords glowed red.

{Warpath=}

She activated Warpath, a Blademaster high level skill that stacked speed and power with each consecutive hit and then..., she vanished again.

Bzzz!

Aria became a storm of flashing steel.

Each strike faster than the last, her movements completely unpredictable as her blade strikes formed a harrowing symphony that lingered in the air.

Standing his ground, Noah’s Spellforged Battle Lance spun in response, deflecting, dodging, and countering but Aria was not slowing down.

Every clash made her faster, stronger, more ferocious.

She feinted a frontal attack, then flickered behind him in a blur.

Noah barely turned in time but it was too late; her blade bit into his side, drawing blood from Lord Doom.

"...!"

The crowd gasped; the first hit landed.

Aria grinned. "Gotcha".

She lunged again; her momentum now unstoppable.

The narrative of this battle seemed to have shifted, the indomitable Lord Doom now put on the backfoot but as Aria’s Reckless Storm lunged towards him again, Noah’s eyes narrowed.

Then suddenly, he stopped dodging.

Instead of backing off, instead of evading, he did the one thing Aria never expected..., he charged straight at her.

"What...?!"

In an instant, their roles reversed.

Aria was no longer attacking; she was being forced to defend.

Noah’s Spellforged Battle Lance became a blur, his relentless pressure unraveling the rhythm of her attacks.

And then, he saw it.

A 0.2-second delay in her step. The tiniest moment of imbalance but for players of Noah’s level, that was all that they needed.

Bam!

Noah’s lance struck like lightning.

The air rippled.

Noah’s Rift Lunge activated, space itself bending as he phased through her last desperate counterattack and impaled her clean through the chest.

{CRITICAL HIT!}

The entire arena erupted.

Aria’s HP dropped to zero, her body disintegrating into pixels.

---<VICTORY>---

The familiar victory screen flashed in the arena. Noah won, again.

And now, the PK King of the 11th server was truly crowned.

"..."

After the initial eruption and cheers, the sounds slowly died down, turning into stunned silence as the battle replayed in the heads of the spectators.

"My God!"

"What did we just witness?"

"These guys..., are they human?"

"That is already at the level of pro players!"

...

Bzzz!

Aria respawned outside the arena, arms crossed, glaring at Noah.

Noah just grinned. "Still think I can’t handle you?"

She scowled. She wanted to accuse him of cheating that it was because of the advantage of his SSS-Rank unique skill, but then it didn’t matter.

After a pause, she smirked back at him. "Fine. You win, for now".

The others, Genevieve, Caleb and Benjamin watched from the sidelines, having also completed their class change quests and heard about the commotion that was happening here.

Benjamin whistled. "Well, that was intense. Guess Noah really is the PK King now".

Caleb pushed up his glasses. "Tch. I hate to admit it... but yeah. That was absurdly well played".

Genevieve just smiled softly, looking at him. "Looks like our team has a real monster leading it".

Noah tilted his head back, basking in his victory. "Of course we do. It’s me," he grinned.

While they conversed, the spectators looked at them, their gazes alternating between all of them.

"How long did it take them to complete the class change quest? I heard they got to level 20 only today". They whispered.

"Really? Jesus!" They exclaimed.

"Monsters...!"

"Absolute monsters!"

At that moment, among the spectators, a familiar Blademaster waved. "Boss, it’s me, hehe," he grinned. "I completed a special quest and got a thousand-year-old mystical wine as a reward".

"Do you care for?"

Noah looked in that direction.

It was Nightingale.