Chapter 56- Tenth match, end of preliminaries.

"AGHR!"

[Congratulations! You have won nine matches. You will be transported to your final preliminaries match.]

"Finally, one more battle and I will participate to the finals. Disregarding my first match with Lexx, every single other matches where quite easy to deal with. Let's hope its the same now."

*Woosh*

Infront of Mylo was a young lady of small stature. In her hand was a long staff imbued with a blue luminous gem. The moment they met eyes, the young lady started to handle the rod in her hand in a seductive matter and with a charming smile, she mutters in her feminine voice; "Hiii~ gorgeous~."

"...?'

"You know~, I hate violence. "

"... And?"

"Aww~, shouldn't you be a gentleman? Havin a lady dirty herself is quite rude. What ever happened to 'ladies first'?"

"Haven't you been informed? In this day and age its gender equality, you should forfeit instead as to show your resolve for this equality."

"Hmm~, you seem to be the hard type. Oh well, I guess I have to dirty my hands in the end."

"Let's get to it then!"

Mylo sprinted towards the stand still individual. Based on her equipment's, he speculated that she was a mage. He knew they where weak in frontal combat, based on this knowledge he decided to get as close to her as possible. But to his surprise, the moment he took a step, he slipped and fell head first into the ground.

"What?"

When he looked around, he could see the whole arena covered in ice, which explained why he slipped.

"Are you alright~? You should always watch your steps~."

'It seems my speculation where right. She seems to be a mage who specializes in ice element. This is going to be quite tricky to deal with.' Mylo thought to himself.

"Ice spikes!"

As to follow the hindered state he was in, the young lady started to hurl numerous icicle at him. Unable to move out the way in time, a few of them managed to hit him and inflict significant damage.

[You have been dealt 343 damage]

[You have been dealt 326 damage]

[You have been dealt 341 damage]

[You have been inflicted with the 'Chill' effect, All action speed have been reduced by 10% as long as you stand in the 'Ice domain']

So far, Mylo managed to analyze two of her skills. One being the ice spikes she just threw and the other being the ice floor he was currently standing. He knew that she wouldn't have many active skills at her disposal since it hasn't been that long since the game was released. At this point, he decided to deflect her spikes as it was relatively easy to do since they were quite slow and low in numbers.

"Your quite good at holding on. But for how long?"

"I can defend for quite some time, but how many more spikes can you send out? It seems like the ice I'm currently standing in is a skill that uses your mana every few seconds in order to maintain. Will you be able to stop me when all your mana is exhausted?"

"Tsk! ICE SPIKE!"

*Clang*

*Clang*

The longer the fight lasted the more intense her assault was. Mylo felt quite lucky to be dealing with her limited amount of available skills. He currently was at her mercy, he couldn't do anything other then block the icicle she was hurling at him. He couldn't imagine how badly he would have been pummeled if it wasn't for her lack of abilities. This led him in adding yet another item in his bucket list. During his matches, he realized two major weakness he had. One was his lack of combat knowledge, After facing Lexx and his extraordinary growth in such a short amount of time after learning martial arts, he knew he wouldn't stand a chance against him if he had gotten more time to learn from his teacher. The second weakness was his lack of crowd control, this match was proof enough. The moment he would get immobilized by his opponent would bring forth his death.

A few moments later, the surrounding ice could be seen slowly melting away. The young lady expression quickly changed from the quirky trickster to a panicked individual who needed rescuing. It was evident to Mylo that she had exhausted all her mana, he approached at her with wary steps. He couldn't let his guard down as she might still have a trump card.

"W-wait! A-are you really going to harm an innocent girl. H-h-have you no sha-"

[You have dealt 671 damage]

[You have inflicted the Thorn Effect.]

[You have maimed the player vocal cord, player will be unable to speak]

"!!!!"

"You seem to be quite proficient in making use of your gender privilege. Some righteous man might have been tricked by such obvious deceptions, but I'm not quite fond of such acts."

[You have dealt...]

[You have dealt...]

[You have dealt...]

"..."

[Congratulation! You have won ten matches in a row. You will be transported to the waiting area until the start of the finals.]