‘His Armor is a damn problem…. It’s too durable and my blade isn’t as sharp. I’ve only sliced against it twice and my blade is already nicked…. This isn’t good’ Lin Mu thought as she cautiously approached Luke who was also slowly charging towards her.
Gear played a big role in the world of Terra Nova, however, most players had not realized the importance of gear yet because they did not have access to enough money or resources to buy good gear.
Luke had obtained his great knight armor set by completing a tough quest and the effects were evident in this fight.
Had he been fighting while wearing cheap leather armor or low quality steel armor, then Lin Mu would have already caused critical damage to his body, however, because of his great gear, Luke managed to continue with the battle while taking minimal damage.
For most normal players, up till this point in the game, accumulating skills and strength was more important than investing in good gear, however, that trend was about to change very soon.
As players grew stronger and the avenue for improvement in skills became slower, the demand for better gear to instantly improve in strength was bound to shoot up as having good gear could instantly make an impact on one’s overall strength.
The craftsmanship class players who were sidelined in the world of Terra Nova for the first year while the fighter class players leveled up and entered the spotlight were going to slowly have their moment to shine as the hype of frantically buying good gear was right around the corner.
*Shua*
Lin Mu threw two daggers towards Luke, however, while the first dagger was a normal one, the second was an explosive dagger.
Instead of deflecting with his sword, Luke cautiously blocked both incoming daggers with his shield as although the second dagger exploded right in front of him and blasted him backwards, he did not take any real damage from the blast as his shield absorbed most of the impact.
*OOOOO*
The audience gasped collectively when the second dagger exploded, however, as Luke took that blow standing and came out of it with only his shield sizzling with smoke, he looked extremely cool to the audience as they burst into cheers for him.
‘Yup, monster defense’ Lin Mu thought, as she acknowledged that her opponent truly had a very strong defense that was very hard to breach through.
Had Luke lost his shield or be thrown off balance from the explosion, Lin Mu would have followed her two initial dagger throws with a barrage of attacks, however, although he was pushed back, Luke never lost his fighting stance, providing Lin Mu with no additional openings to exploit.
Meanwhile, Hollard who was watching this fight develop from the stands could not help but wonder as to why Luke wasn’t paralyzed yet?
In his mind, Lin Mu was sure to have laced her weapon with the strong paralytic he gave her and the thought of her betrayal hadn’t even crossed his mind.
‘What are you doing Lin Mu? Have you gotten so cocky that you did not use the paralytic I gave you?’ he wondered, as he believed that Lin Mu had turned cocky and decided that she did not need to cheat to win and could do so with her own strength.
“Alright, I guess I can’t win this fight without taking risks” Lin Mu murmured under her breath, as she realised that unless she fought Luke up close there was no other option for her to get past his defences as she once again charged towards him with two short swords in hand.
This time, with his body reinforcement spell active, Luke wasn’t as slow as before when trying to parry Lin Mu’s attacks, as although he was still slower overall, the difference was only marginal.
Fighting in the most technically sound style possible, Luke fought like a true Royal Academy student, providing minimal openings for his opponent to exploit.
*Lunge*
*Thrust*
*Parry*
*Block*
*Dodge*
*Counter*
*Block*
*SCREECH*
The two engaged in a high speed exchange of moves, exchanging about two to three moves a second as their fast past duel charged up the crowd.
Luke although hobbling, mounted an impressive defence giving no openings, while Lin Mu although faster could not land any serious attacks as the best she could muster was scratches on Luke’s Armor that did not penetrate beneath at all.
As the duo continued with this high speed exchange for several seconds, it became clear that something had to give, as the first one to make a mistake now was going to lose it all as both of them were going all out.
The crowd sentiment reached a fever pitch when this high speed exchange continued for over two minutes as at that point even the crowd could anticipate that the high speed dance would not last much longer and that someone was bound to make a mistake.
That mistake came when Lin Mu stabbed Luke, however, her dull and nicked blade got stuck inside his armor as although she managed to penetrate inside Luke’s Armor, she could not pull it out in time.
-70.
Although Luke had his gut stabbed, Lin Mu being unable to pull away in time gave him the opportunity to grab her as he dropped his shield and sword and hugged her like a bear before giving her a belly to belly suplex.
*BAM*
Absolutely planting Lin Mu’s tiny body on the ground with unbelievable impact force, Luke completely winded his tiny opponent before picking her up like a rag doll and giving her a series of German Suplexes.
Even for a veteran assassin like herself, Luke’s suplexes were too much to handle as from the first time she took it, the impact force stunned her body and made her unable to react in time before the second one, which only got progressively worse the more suplexes he gave her.
After the 17th suplex, she felt the world around her turning black, as her back felt sore and her vertebrae felt like they had recieved minor cracks.
After the 19th suplex she became a lifeless doll as the match referee was forced to intervene and declare Luke the winner via incapacitation.