A Girl's Life in a Gaming World

Chapter 30 - Akkar Versus Ezekiel

Ezekiel wants to show Alex that he did not make any mistake this time.

"Show off..."

  "Sorry, but I don't like bullying kids."

"Anyone else brave enough?" Akkar questioned the crowd, not satisfied with the kid that stepped up just now.

Akkar is a small streamer in a streaming platform called Maze. And right now, he is streaming the first day of Parabellum. Akkar hoped to grow his fanbase with the duel as his content. So far, Akkar is doing so well by winning six times in a row.

There are two things that helped Akkar win those six matches in a row. One of them is him getting quite lucky by being the first person to receive armor from the village chief. His friend told him that the first armor is probably the best in the village. Having a 15 defense on his armor, while the ones he is fighting have an armor of around 11-14 is a great help to him winning those six matches. The other thing that helped him was his starting skill [Berserker]. It is a passive skill that increases his strength, agility, and defenses by 2% every time he loses 1% of his health.

With the help of his early advantage against players, he can see the number of his viewers increasing. And he wanted to continue this streak a little longer, until the first event started. But he doesn't like the kid that just challenged him right now. He wanted an opponent that could give him a good fight, to produce a good content. If he really accepted the kid's challenge, Akkar is afraid that the duel might end instantly. He was also scared that his viewers might hate him for bullying a kid. 

"Are you scared, mister?" Ezekiel said coldly. "I'll bet 200 silver. how does that sound?" Ezekiel smiled provokingly. 

If he is going to show off, he will do it big time. 

"Hey, hey, what did I say about betting? Never bet if your chance of winning is not even 80%." Alex hated gambling hard-earned money that doesn't have a clear chance of winning. 

"I'll win this one trust me," Ezekiel assured Alex.

Akkar contemplated, tempted by the 200 silver that he can easily win from the kid. But at the same time, he doesn't want to offend his viewers.

"Wait..." Akkar decided to ask his viewers' opinions instead.

Akkar asked his A.I. to open the streaming panel. When he looked at the number of his viewers, Akkar felt unexplainable happiness. The 2773 viewers he is seeing right now are nowhere near his average of 100 viewers. He felt like crying, but he prioritized the current situation first.

"Hello everyone, welcome to my stream for people who are new in my channel. What do you guys think should I fight this guy?" Akkar was glad that he first checked for his viewers. With the number of viewers he has right now, Akkar is anxious to watch out for his image. 

Akkar never expected that it would grow this fast. After all, he is just a 28-years-old small-time streamer with very few viewers. He was barely making his community survive a few months ago. 

"Teach that kid a lesson, big bro Akkar!!" 

"Beat that arrogant kid, Akkar!!"

"Let's go for a 10 win streak, mister!!"

"I also want to play this game, but getting a capsule on the first day is so hard." 

"Thank you for showing me this wonderful game, big bro Akkar!"

Akkar felt blessed seeing the comments flooding his stream panel. 

Seeing that most of the people wanted him to fight the kid, he felt relieved. "Okay, let's fight kid, but don't blame me if I make you cry." Akkar planned to end this fight in an instant to move on to the next match, underestimating Ezekiel. 

"What's your name?" 

"Ezekiel," Ezekiel answered while grabbing his weapon from his back, preparing to fight. 

"Light1049 Initiate a duel, to player Ezekiel with 200 silver as the bet."

[Yes]

Ezekiel's A.I. then asked for his confirmation.

[Player Akkar wants to initiate a duel with a bet of 200 silver]

[Do you want to accept?]

"Yes!!"

Then a system announcement rang through the plaza

[A duel between Player Akkar, and Player Ezekiel will start in 10 seconds]

[The duel will end if one player is left with 10% health points]

[If no victor has been decided, within one minute and 30 seconds. The duel is considered a draw, and the system will return both player's bets]

[Ready]

Ezekiel and Akkar moved towards each other, leaving a 10 meters space in between them. Both of them then readied their weapons, facing each other.

[10, 9, 8, 7... 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, FIGHT]

"10, 9, 8, 7... 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, FIGHT!!" The crowd also cheered in unison.

Akkar observed the kid waiting for him to make a move. 

While Ezekiel also waited for Akkar to make the first move. He can't afford to take any rash actions with the disadvantage of armor and skills he has.

Seeing the kid not making a move, Akkar raised his great ax using his two hands. He then charged at Ezekiel with great speed.

In just a blink of an eye, Akkar's great ax was already slashing towards Ezekiel's face.

Seeing the overhead slash, Ezekiel gripped his staff hard. Then positioned the weapon parallel to the floor and raised it above his head. 

Akkar's great ax then met the middle part of Ezekiel's staff. As soon as Ezekiel felt the great ax hit his weapon, he immediately softened his grip on his one arm, then left the great ax slid off from his staff to the ground.

Ezekiel then performed a counterattack by rotating his staff counterclockwise. As the staff rotated, he lowered it and brought it to his left hand, under his armpit. Causing the right end of the staff to strike the right side of Akkar's head. Executing a basic staff art called reverse strike. 

Not done with his counterattack. Ezekiel connected his next attack by making the striking end of his staff moves towards Akkar's ankles. Then he quickly pivoted his hips to the right as he swept Akkar's legs out from underneath him. Making Akkar get knocked down to the ground.

As a finisher, Ezekiel forcefully thrust the low end of the staff downward at his opponent...