Conquering The Game's World

"I am not holding back, Luis. Be prepared!" Michael said.

Then, while adjusting his grip on his sword, he sped up, dashing towards Luis with a wide swinging motion. He slashed out.

"Holy Slash!"

Upon seeing the golden arc of light slashed towards him. Luis couldn't help but cry out.

"Damn! What a scam!"

However, he didn't have much time to be surprised, since the attack had already approached him.

"Lightning Spear!"

Using his spell, Luis created a lightning spear and swung it in a horizontal motion to clash with the golden slash.

*Swish*

*Boom! *

"Holy Slash!"

So as not to give him enough time to react, Michael attacked again.

Luis' Enhanced Instinct warned him. He squatted down, then leaped in the air, dodging the golden slash.

"You fell for it!" Michael smirked and used his next move while Luis was still in midair.

"Holy Bind!"

Golden chains shot out in the air, surrounding Luis from all directions, encircling him. The chains bound his arms and legs, making him hang in midair.

"Although your strength is good. It seems you still lack experience." Michael said with a smile while approaching the 'trapped' Luis, who had a 'helpless' expression on his face.

"So, the 16th rank student of the second year is a C-Rank. I wonder what the strength of the 1st Rank second-year student is."

"You guessed right, I am a two-star C-Rank," Michael admitted. Then advised. "As for the top student of my batch. They are much stronger than me. I can't even confront them for a few seconds, so you better not think about challenging them with your current strength."

"Hmm, is that so?" Luis didn't take his words to heart and gave him a mysterious smile. Which confused Michael.

Luis checked the time, and it was already 25 seconds since the match started. When he felt the huge consumption of mana inside him, he smirked inwardly and kept chatting with him to keep his attention on himself.

"By the way, why do you, a member of the Burndead Clan, have an affinity with the holy element?" This is what Luis was surprised about before.

"You also find it weird right," Michael sighed. His smile changed to a depressed one.

Luis wondered if he had touched on some sensitive topic.

"My mother was a nun and a holy elemental user. She fell in love with my father, who was a member of the Burndead Clan. When the church found out, they called her a heretic and kicked her out. She gave birth to my elder brother..." Michael started blabbing about his sad past. However, Luis was done preparing. So, he didn't intend to waste time because he wanted to end this match within a minute.

"Senior Michael! Why don't we chat about this along with a cup of tea later? After you, I still have to defeat a few more opponents today." Luis said with a gentle smile.

Michael, who was interrupted, was taken aback by Luis' words.

"What do you mean? You are bound by me and have no way to escape. How will you defeat me?" Michael chuckled in amusement. He was very confident in his spell's power. He knew that once caught by it, even a five-star C-Rank might not be able to escape easily.

Luis didn't answer him. Instead, he raised his head to look up in the sky and smiled.

"It seems... it will rain today."

"Huh?" Michael let out a confused sound. "What are you talking about?" He hoisted his head towards the sky and continued. "How can there be rain inside the virtual world..."

"!!!"

His words came to an abrupt halt, and his eyes widened in horror.

Hanging up in the sky were thousands of Thunder Javelins and Thunder Bullets. At the centre-most area was a giant Thunder Javelin, about 3 times bigger than other Javelins. All of them were ready for launch, at Luis' will.

Michael's reaction satisfied Luis. As he said with a gentle smile. "To answer your previous question. I ask you, Senior Michael. Can you survive?"

When he asked that question, he also used 'Discharge' to free himself easily from the holy chains.

After being silent for a moment, Michael uttered with a wry expression. "... What a monster." He knew there was no chance of winning, with the sea of attacks hanging up above his head looking down on him from heaven.

Sure enough, the next moment, Luis waved his hand while pouting.

"It's rude to call a handsome guy like me a monster."

Right then, thousands of lightning attacks fell on Michael like a shower of golden rain. It was a beautiful sight to behold.

However, to Michael, who was the target. This rain wasn't pleasant at all. Even his full-body armour didn't stand a chance against those attacks. Because it wasn't lightning resistant.

Michael's avatar blasted to smithereens after being thundered. Before he was defeated, he only had one thought in his mind. 'This bastard was a narcissist, after all!'

***

[Challenger 'The God of Charm' has defeated Challenger 'Silver Knight'.]

[Time Taken: 52 seconds.]

"A close one indeed, well I wasted most of the time chatting," Luis said with a sigh as he returned to the black space.

'A holy element user from the Burndead Clan. I don't think there was any such character named Michael in the game story, so he wasn't a part of the named character at least.'

'However, the story he mentioned about a nun marrying in the Burndead Clan is extremely similar to the backstory of another character I know from the Holy Dragon Knight 2.'

'Maybe it's the elder brother that he mentioned.' Thinking so, Luis' curiosity piqued. 'Guess a long chat with him is still necessary.'

By the time Luis sorted out his thoughts, the experience gained and the updates to his account were already over. The notification to do the next challenge was flashing in front of him.

"5 more to go. Let's get this over with fast and get that reward."

Luis rubbed his hands with excitement and clicked on the 'Accept' button.

***

On the other side, Alicia has just started her 96th challenge. The avatar name she picked was 'Ivy is Cute'. Don't ask why she chose that. Because that was the only thought in her mind at that time.

Her avatar was a thin, average-looking girl with brown hair and half her face covered by a masquerade mask. Height about 1.56 meters and she wore a black leather full-body suit, with black boots, making her look like an agent.

The battlefield chosen for her battle this time was a rocky terrain. Her opponent appeared 50 meters away from her, clad in an archer's dress.

"Huh? Alicia, is that you?" Her opponent called out in a surprised tone.

Alicia was also taken aback. Not because her opponent recognized her, but rather because she was called in such a familiar tone.

With a slight frown on her face, she inquired in a flat voice containing some chillness. "Who are you? Are we familiar?"

"Oh? You didn't recognize me? It's me! Mira."

Only after she realized that it was Mira did Alicia's frown eased. "I didn't expect to see you here." She said with a soft smile.

"Yeah, I was also surprised. When I saw your avatar name. I instantly remembered Ivy and thought that it must be you. It seems I was right. You really love Ivy a lot, huh?" Mira said with a soft laugh.

Alicia read Mira's information.

[Avatar Name: Violet Princess]

[Level: 09]

[Win Rate: 89.5%]

[Consecutive Wins: 9]

She deadpanned. "What's up with your Avatar name?"

"Violets are my favourite flowers, and isn't it cute?" Mira said with a grin.

"..." Alicia had no words in response to that. Then she saw that the countdown was nearing its end. So, she said. "Let's talk later. The match is about to start."

After hearing this, Mira also nodded with an excited expression.

"Of course, I also want to have an intense battle with you."

When she said that, immense fighting intent emerged from inside her.

Alicia narrowed her eyes, and after a moment of pause, she asked. "What rank are you among the second years?"

"You are finally interested in knowing about me, huh?" Mira's lips curled up into a teasing smirk. Then she shrugged, seeing Alicia's flat look. "Since we are friends, I don't mind telling you. I am the 3rd rank!"

Upon hearing that, Alicia's expression became serious as she knew this would be a tough fight for her.

'Can I defeat her within a minute?'

Doubts started appearing in her mind as the voice sounded.

[Match Begins!]

Right at that moment, Mira released her mana, causing Alicia's eyes to widen.

"You are a C-Rank?"

"Five Stars C-Rank to be exact," Mira replied feeling proud after seeing Alicia's surprised reaction.