Progenitor Vampire: I Have Many Skills!

Chapter 73: The final battle begins

It was a surprise for the participants in the other arena to see that Matt could finish the fight so quickly.

'He's more capable than I thought.' Thought the stronger of the two.

Neither had gotten into a fight until Matt's battle ended. But somehow, this battle ended even faster than Matt's.

It was only two or three clean hits from the sword guy for the battle to end.

'Heh, this guy is pretty fast with that sword. I almost didn't get to see it.' Matt thought.

And just then, the referees yelled out...

"Matthew Dietrich moves on to the finals!"

"Eliot Roberts goes through to the final!"

Both shouts came at the same time as the minutes of rest that the two would have were announced.

At the start of the Battle of the Halls a couple of days ago, just by looking at the faces of the participants, many spectators were speculating who would make it to the finals, and in every possible scenario, it was Eliot Roberts.

As the most powerful student in the Second Academy, he was famous and respected among the students. In addition, his swiftness with the sword was something few could match, so everyone was speculating that he would make it to the finals, and this time, they all got it right.

Still, on the other hand, the bets would never go through a first-year student because it had never happened before. First-year students come here to win one battle at most and then leave; if they win two, it's fantastic, and they should be respected as geniuses.

But to win enough to get into the Top 2? It's totally impossible!

Or at least it was until now.

That's why many of the first-year students were with their hearts in their mouths when they realized that Matt, the person representing them, was in the Top 8.

This is not because they have a hive sense but because the higher Matt placed, the more resources they would stipulate for all first-year students!

If he made the Top 8, there would be nothing special for them; there would simply be for Matt's classroom. But, if he made it into the Top 4 and then the Top 2, everyone would benefit. That's why many longed for Matt to reach the top spots in the tournament, and when they saw that Matt made it into the Top 2...

The shout of joy from the first-year students was overwhelming.

One student in the first year had reached the maximum stay in such an important tournament!

So, right now, everyone had the sense of hive.

This was the most crucial moment if a freshman won... They would earn a considerable amount of resources stipulated by the Academy.

That's why, even before Matt stepped into the arena, many first-years chanted his name. Although that was annoying to the sophomores and juniors, they soon silenced them, but the excitement could not be hidden from the faces of those students.

Thus, minutes passed until it was time for the match.

Matthew Dietrich versus Eliot Roberts. No one expected it, but now everyone wanted to see what would happen.

So far, Eliot Roberts hasn't shown much of his power, so they wanted to see how high the power of someone worthy of being in the First Academy could go.

While Matt... No one knew if he had shown his full power, does anyone know him?

Most didn't know him, and those who did had only heard one thing or another about him or belonged to Matt's classroom, so many wanted to see him fight.

Neither spoke once they got into the arena, although they looked at each other coldly, and you could see murderous intent in Eliot's eyes.

Just at those moments, one of the directors stepped onto the stage again.

"The end of the Battle of the Halls is finally here. I didn't expect a freshman to be able to reach these tournament stints, so congratulations are in order." Said the principal as he nodded to Matt, and Matt nodded back.

"I must say that you are both admirable for achieving the strength you have, so I hope you have a good fight and that the loser can learn from his mistakes. Remember this is a friendly battle and the main reason it exists is to reward the effort of all the students."

"The rewards for winning and for coming in second, I'm sure you already know. Maybe some of you are only aiming for one of those rewards or all of them, but I will mention that this time, there is a hidden reward for the one who can stand out the most, not for the winner, but for the most outstanding of the whole hall battle.

So, I hope both of you will do your best to get it; I'm sure it will satisfy you. You may start." Said the director, and he returned to his place once he finished saying this.

All the spectators were surprised to hear that there would be a hidden reward. Even so, the two in the arena didn't even blink at this.

Once the director announced the start of the battle, Eliot summoned his sword, and it shone in the morning moonlight.

On Matt's part, he simply let his vampiric power out in force, preparing for combat.

'Such a sharp sword... It will be dangerous if that hits my flesh. I can see it's of a high level.' Matt thought, smiling.

Just then, the referee again announced the start of the fight, so both contestants shot out of their respective places simultaneously, coming face to face a few seconds later.

*BOM*

The first big impact of Matt's fist hitting Eliot's sword rang out and was followed by numerous more impacts as they tested the opponent's strength.

'What hard fists...' Eliot thought with surprise, but just at those moments, he smiled and took a small step back, retracting his sword to unleash then a powerful horizontal attack in the direction of the left side of Matt's neck.

This attack was so fast and deadly that it surprised everyone who could see it...