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nAfter a few seconds had passed...

nCurrently, the Dokkaen, who was now lying on the yellow ground some meters away from the explosion site, stared at the cloudless bright sky with a blank face...

nAs the explosion had occurred too close to its body, causing it to have a heavy concussion, ears deaf, eyes blurred, and body numb...

nSoon...

n*Cough*

n*Cough*

nThe Dokkaen suddenly coughed up green blood from the mouth as it appeared that some of its internal organs were damaged from the impact earlier.

nAfter coughing for a few seconds, the Dokkaen finally gained back some senses. Then it struggled up from the ground with difficulty...

n*Huff* *Huff*

n*Huff* *Huff*

nThe muscular green skin outlander huffed in and out from its nose and mouth like it had just undergone and finished an arduous session of exercise...

nEventually, it shook its head from left to right to reduce the numbness in the head before suddenly realizing a round object with protruding needles was stabbing firmly on its bare chest...

nThe protruding needles stabbing on its chest right now were none other than the morningstar's flanged head.

nIt appeared that the explosion earlier had propelled the flanged head back towards the Dokkaen's bare chest, causing the sharp needles to penetrate deep inside its green flesh.

nThe muscular green creature gritted its teeth very strongly upon seeing the sight and took a deep breath before finally pulling the flanged head out of its chest.

n*Plush*

nFollowed the plushing sound from the needles being pulled out, fresh green blood started oozing out from the small wounds continually.

n'I underestimate him... The human mage had cast three spells within five seconds... How did he do it?' The wounded Dokkaaen thought to himself in dismay, puzzlement, and pain.

nIt shouldn't have underestimated the human, after all...

nIn fact, if Jeremy were a class-1 True Mage, the battle would have ended even before the Dokkaen could take the first step in his direction.

nAfter thinking about the human, the injured Dokkaen had finally realized something,

n'Where is he!?' The Dokkaen thought in a hurried manner.

nIt realized that the battle hadn't ended yet, so it turned left and right to find the damnable human mage, Jeremy...

nEven after turning its head left and right for some seconds, the Dokkaen still couldn't find Jeremy anywhere within the oval amphitheater.

nHow was that even possible?

nWell, it was possible because Jeremy was using the Stealth skill and was standing still under a shadowing shade within the arena.

nAs the wounded Dokkaen was sweeping its eyes around hurriedly, in compliment with its two blurred eyes from the explosion earlier had made it unable to spot the stealthy Jeremy under the shade.

n'Mana Bolt'

nJeremy thought inwardly while seeing the Dokkaen was now looking in another direction.

nAt this moment...

nUpon turning its head around the arena for two full rounds, the Dokkaen finally saw something, but...

nUnfortunately, the thing it had spotted was not Jeremy, but another deadly mana bolt came bolting towards it.

n*Whoosh*

nA mana bolt bigger than a tennis ball's size came flying towards the Dokkaen at breakneck speed, leaving the unprepared green creature to look in hopelessness and despair...

nDue to its unpreparedness, it could only raise the two arms to defend against the incoming deathly ball of mana...

nWith one-hundred-percent sheer instinct, the muscular creature drove every ounce of wind elemental energy from within its dantians towards the two thick arms in front of its body.

nThe wounded Dokkaen intended to brace itself for a direct deadly impact...

nA split second later, the mana bolt finally arrived before the creature's arms...

n*BOOOMMMM!!!*

nAnother big explosion rang out once again for the fourth time within mere ten seconds after the battle had started.

nIt was such a sight to behold...

nEvery time after an explosion had occurred, even before the dust and dirt could fall back down to the ground, another explosion and wave of yellow dust came creating new havoc once again.

nAs for the wounded Dokkaen...

nUnfortunately, the wind-elemental energy did not excel in defending against any types of attacks in the least, so even if its body was solid and strong like metal, it had to bend and break after this explosion...

n*Whoosh*

nThe Dokkaen's heavy body was blown away towards the wall behind...

nIf one looked closely at the creature's two arms, they would see them clearly bend in the awkward manners...

nAny onlooker would know instinctively that,

nAt best, the two arms couldn't be used anymore...

nAt worst, the two arms would be permanently damaged...

nAnd no matter what the case was, one thing was sure. That sure thing was the Dokkaen warrior had just lost in a battle against the human mage, Jeremy, so badly at that.

nIn fact, the green skin hobgoblin couldn't even reach Jeremy's vicinity, so it shouldn't be called 'battle', but 'one-sided beating' instead.

n*Thump*

nNot long after, the creature's large body finally hit against the stone wall, creating a thumping noise before its body slid down to the dirt ground.

nMeanwhile...

n*Scroooooch....*

nJeremy was strolling with the big morningstar in hand while letting the flanged head scraping against the dirt ground along the way towards the motionless Dokkaen...

nShortly after, the 'unscratched' Jeremy finally arrived approximately four meters away from the lying-still creature, as he thought it was the optimum distance to attack and defend against the current Dokkaen if it somehow flared up with the thought of making the final struggle.

nHowever, was that even possible in the first place from the creature's conditions?

nBut better be safe than sorry; that was always our sage's mindset...

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"Impressive... Your fighting power should easily be on par with our humans' class-1 Warrior. Well, even after receiving one mana bolt directly with your body, you are still alive and breathing...

"

nJeremy said towards the Dokkaen in the universal language to probe if it would respond to him or not.

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"...

"

nHowever, the result was clear; the Dokkaen laid utterly still with no response...

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"Emm... You hear me?

"

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"...

"

nJeremy decided to try again, but also received the same result, so he said for the last time,

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"Nevermind me then...

"

nHaving said so, Jeremy walked two steps ahead before using his two hands to hold the morningstar's handle.

n'Ah, **. It's so heavy...' Jeremy thought while gritting his teeth slightly.

nThen...

n*Whoosh*

nThe protruding flanged head was swung accurately towards the unconscious Dokkaen's head with the whooshing sound...

n*Pleh!*

nWith no theatrical or climactic event occurring whatsoever, the Dokkaen's head was smashed heavily by the big metal flanged head, causing it to be dented and distorted inwardly.

nAs a result, the disgusting mix of white brain and green blood spraying everywhere; Jeremy's black cloak even got some of the awful stains on it.

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"YAYYYY!!!

"

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"We got a winner!!

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"Cheers!!!

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"I see blood!!!

"

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"The challenger won again!!!

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nAfter the Dokkaen warrior's head was crushed indentedly by the flanged head, the half-sentient people on the stone seats simultaneously shouted at the end of their lungs, creating the sonorous excitement within the rip-off Zodia Arena.

nMeanwhile...

nA certain someone seemed to be unsatisfied...

n'If only I can wield mana at will. If only I were a true mage... Every battle will be just a piece of cake...'

nJeremy thought with a slight frown while looking at the Dokkaen's shapeless head.

nSoon, a window of notifications containing the hard-earned rewards showed up ahead of Jeremy....

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