Mixed Blessing System

After a while, the Frost family's position remained the same, but Lothur and Elke realized that a few more points had been added.

[... 11th Frost Family: 27...]

"By the looks of it, Viktoria and Annaliese have finished their two battles for the day..." Elke commented to Lothur, feeling that this was the only justification for the added points.

Lothur nodded in agreement, feeling it would soon be his turn to give this family another point and perhaps open the possibility for them to reach the 10th position in the ranking.

And while they were talking about the Frost family's situation, the enemies of this family in the surrounding area were already moving to establish Lothur's next opponent.

However, only one person could be chosen for this role, and as such, many were already disappointed!

...

"What? What do you mean we can't choose his opponent?" Kai indignantly asked, surprised that his subordinates had allowed such a thing after everything they had witnessed today.

"Are you people crazy? How can you allow another to choose that bastard's opponent?" He questioned.

A dark-skinned man then replied to his boss. "I don't know what to say, boss. This Lothur has many enemies, so the match referee sold this fellow's next fight to others... He must have received a much above-average prize."

"Damn!"

"Just when he has shown a weakness..." Kai clenched his fists in frustration.

...

"So a family from Reinhard managed to put someone against Lothur? How can that be? This brat has enemies even in that place?" Patriarch Baier asked a subordinate, annoyed that he could not place one of his young men against Viktoria's husband.

He was discouraged about being able to handle Lothur in this competition, given this young man's talent. But after watching Merten's battle, his mind had changed, and he now thought it was possible to eliminate such a person by using one of his family's prodigies.

Unfortunately, when he tried to choose Lothur's opponent in the second round of the competition on this 8th platform, he was surpassed by another family.

"I don't know, patriarch. But it is a fact that a family from that city managed to pick Lothur's opponent in this next round." His subordinate replied. "As for his enemies, there aren't people from everywhere wanting to get rid of such a person? So, they are just another one in the line..."

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Meanwhile, Magnus, the master of the late Harry, was smiling in anticipation that his family's competitor would soon put an end to Lothur.

He had made a personal promise to the match referee in exchange for the place for his family to face Lothur. As such, he could not help but feel hopeful of getting his revenge against this young man.

'Soon, my disgrace will be avenged, you bastard. Then, even if the Becker family continues to pursue me, you will no longer be in this world!' He laughed beneath his mask, watching the battle on that platform end.

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Finally, minutes passed, and once again, Lothur advanced up the steps of the 8th platform of the coliseum, presenting himself for his last match in this place.

After this, he would have his final matches of this first day of the Province Conference, the collective one on the central combat platform. So, Lothur was already looking forward to the end of this day, anticipating what he had in mind to do later alongside Viktoria.

But as he was thinking about that, positioning himself at one end of that platform, his opponent said to him.

"Lothur, know I am here to avenge Harry's death and your cowardly act against Lord Magnus." Such a level 9 young man said to his opponent, smiling in reassurance, happy to have been given this chance to fight the young Ritter.

'I will gain a lot of prestige by eliminating this person, and I will still receive the gift that Lord Magnus promised...' He pondered as Lothur watched him.

[Name: Phil Trapka]

[Cultivation: level 9]

[STR: 37.8] [CON: 39.0] [DEX: 38.1] [AGI: 37.4]

'Harry, huh?' Lothur's eyes narrowed as he remembered the person he had killed in Lewerenz. 'This Magnus fellow must be Harry's master, the one who tried to approach me that day...'

"Oh? So you are from the same family as that person? Good to know, the Becker family was having trouble finding out who were the enemies who killed one of their subordinates..." Lothur provocatively laughed. "I'll be sure to pass this information on to them. Thank you!"

Phil glared at Lothur, clenching his fists in anger. "That is if you can get off this platform, of course. But that won't happen, worm!"

"We'll see!" Lothur commented, feeling that beating this opponent would be troublesome, but he was not at risk.

'I think I'll get a small breakthrough after fighting this person...' He thought as he would undoubtedly suffer several blows from this opponent, who was faster and stronger in terms of attack than him.

'On the other hand, I only have one alternative to beat him...' He clenched the ax in his right hand, preparing to do his best, even if he had to spill some of his own blood on this platform.

With that, it was not long before the match referee authorized the two to move, with Phil and Lothur quickly beginning to run at each other.

Due to Phil and Lothur's characteristics, the two had almost the same speed, with the silver-haired young man slightly faster than his opponent. But the movements of the blond individual were much more efficient.

In this way, when both came close to each other and Lothur attacked with his hidden daggers, Phil had no difficulty dodging while also attacking.

Phil used a spear-based offensive technique, and while he dodged the daggers, he made a move against Lothur's left shoulder.

Pow!

Such a blow quickly approached Lothur, but this silver-haired young man did not dodge.

Lothur knew that if he only deflected Phil, he would lose the fight after 6 minutes of combat. The referees of the match committee would give the victory to this blond man, as surely such an individual would attack him much more.

Therefore, to have a chance to beat Phil, Lothur knew he could not dodge. Instead, he had to trap his opponent and find a way to do more damage to Phil than the other way around.

So, just when everyone thought that would be the end of Lothur for the vicious tip of Phil's spear, the silver-haired young man moved gently to direct that weapon at a non-vital part of his body.

It was not long before Phil felt like he had hit a wall, but his spear managed to penetrate Lothur's left shoulder gently.

"What?" Phil and the people in the area shouted in surprise as Lothur used one of his hands to hold that weapon to his shoulder.

Simultaneously, he used his ax to brutally strike Phil's hands holding that spear, giving that young man no option but to retreat.

Phil might have physical attributes superior to Lothur's Strength, which gave him a defensive advantage in an attack like that. But that did not mean he would not get hurt!

A blow like the one Lothur had initiated would not cut his arms in half, but it would undoubtedly injure him enough for him to lose some of his focus for the rest of the fight!

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